The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-11-23


ISOLATION will hold its annual meet
ing at Montesano, December 9Th, 9th
and 7th.
A farmer in Woodland, Washington,
according to the news reports, grew
on one acre of ground As tons OF
rhubarb for which he received $500
this year.
Washington still leads the Pacific
Northwest in wheat production. The
government crop report giving this
state SO 1874 900 bushels Oregon did
not reach half that and has l7,O66,oo
bushels. Idaho leads Oregon, nav
ing 17,9OO,55O bushels.
The supreme court has held in
lengthy decision recently handed down
that the law creating the state bureau
of public inspection and supervision
of public offices is valid, and that
the state may have supervision of
the examination of county, municipal
and school district record under the
law.
Robert c. Ashby, superintendent OF
farmers institute work, of Pullman,
is taking up the matter of silo build
ing and wants all the information
that any farmer of the state has
He asks that they drop him post
al card and he will send them list
of questions regarding silo building,
filling, etc.
Washington will be we'll represent
ed on board the Governors Special,
the exhibit train that leaves st.
Paul late this month for three
weeks tour through the East. A
good showing of state products Will
be on board, calculated to show the
East opportunities the Evergreen
State offers to the settler.
One of the hardest fought trials
in the history of WEatcom county,
was concluded at Bellingham, ON
Tuesday, when after celebrating for
nearly seven hours, the jury con-
victed the Carlisle and Cherry Point
Fish Companies of unlawful fishing,
by not effectually closing their traps
off Sandy Beach during the weekly
closed season on August IL. The
jury retired at o'clock and did not
come to an agrecv.e'.S until 1915.
1t was learned from the jurors that
the majority had stood for convic-
ton in both cases upon the first bal
lot but two members held out.
AS Mayor Dilling will not be
candidate for reelection as mayor
of Seattle, r. A. Parish, of the State
Tax Commission, has decided 10
make the race. Mr.. Parish was form
erly assessor of King County and is
very popular in the Queen City
With his announcement, which is ex-
pected almost any day, will also come
his withdrawal from the Tax Com
mission. 1t is predicted that he
will be succeeded on that board by
M. J. Carrigan, formerly commissioner
Of King County. At one time, Par
ish was spoken of as recall can
lidate against former Mayor Gill.
race.
The big Southwestern development
meeting recently held at Aberdeen,
formulated a splendid plan to get
settlers for the lOgged-Off land Of
that rich section of the state. The
plans include sellingthese lands at a
reasonable price; clearing them in
large bodies, SO that it can be done
cheaply, and furnishing money to
assist the needy settlers in getting
started. They will open up offices at
Chehalis, which is the most central
point and put competent man In
charge. This is apparently the most
favorable plan that has ever been at
tempted to settle logged-off lands.
When the logged-off lands of West
ern Washington have been properly
settled they will maintain a popul-
alton five times as great as the state
now possesses.
Professor Riggs, of the Govern
ment Bureau of Soils, has issued a
report and map OF Puget Sound in
which he makes the remarkable
statement that wealth of potash,
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