The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-12-05
WASHINGTON BRIEFLETs

at his home there. aged ~.
Reports received show that the
wbeat surplus over and above tnat
needed for home consumption IN this
state will be 43.060.000 bushels ior
1912. or 100000 bushels over the
1911 record.
Marshall Peterson, q son OF MAT
shall w. Peterson. cashier OF the lex
ter Horton bank Of Seattle. dropped
dead from acute heart failure a. ne
entered the grandstand before the
Neutrality-suspicious. football game.
Both locomotives we're badly smash
ed when two freight trains on the
Crays Harbor branch Of the Northern
Pacific met head-on in the Centralla
Yards. A dense fog was responsible
for the wreck. The engine crews es'
capped by jumping.
At Tenino Mrs. Nellie Kinds shot
and instantly killed her husband. Her
man Kinds. The couple had separat'
ed and Kinds had been served with
court order not to modest his vie.
When he appeared and began kicking
In the door she shot him.
Three middle aged men. all single
and all possessed Of considerable
money, were found dead Saturday IN
Seattle hotels. One was . suicide
the second took an overdose OF orom'
ida, while the third Is believed
have died Of heart disease.
A meeting of delegates to be named
by the commercial organizations IN
Whitman county towns which are In
terested In the location Of the propos'
ed state highway through Whitman
county has been called to take place IN
Palouse Thursday. December 8.
An organized effort is being mace
by several of the business men OF
Wenatchee to mem0rialize the post
office department and every member
Of the state delegation In congress,
asking for assistance In securing an
appropriation for government build
ing in Wenatchee.
At a meeting of about 60 Progres'
sives, chiefly from Pierce county. at
Tacoma, State Senator Paulhamus
made a most strenuous talk against
the $500. 900 appropriation for the Pan.
anna Pacific Exposition. He told his
hearers the smaller the amount the
better the people would like It.
The women Of Randle. who recently
formed an exceptionally strong good
roads association. have prepared and
will circulate a petition to the cover.
nor and legislature. which urges the
completion of state aid road No. /
eastern Lewis county. The women
expect to get hundreds OF signers.
The Southeastern Washington Dew.
elopment league at Its meeting IL
Walla Walla passed resolutions fa,
oring a system of state highways tap(
ping the agricultural and horticultural
districts of the state and against tax.
ing the developed districts to build
state roads through the scenic re.
gions at this time.
At the age of 81 years. in the resi-.
dence he had occupied since 1860,
George A. Barnes. president Of the
board of town trustees Of Olympia.
mayor of the city when President Har.
rison visited there. and who crossed
the plains twice. once In 184S. and
again in 1850. and who Is credited with
having established the first bank In
Washington. died in Olympia.
Three small sons ranging from 13
to Z were found crying piteously over
the bodies Of their parents when en-.
ployes Of . shingle mill at Port Ores.
cent returned from work to the board.
ing house kept by William Flanagan
and his wife. Both bodies were lying
on the floor. Flanagan having com.
mitted suicide with q revolver after
putting a bullet through his wife's
head.
R. J. Cook. an inmate of the West.
ern Washington asylum for the In.
sane at Steilacoom for n months,
made startling disclosures before the
annual meeting Of the Washington
State Humane Society at Tacoma. d
olaring that It 10 . workable hell ON
earth. The society appointed q con 4
mittee to confer with Governor.olectS
Ernest Lister relative to . sweepil&x
investigation.
At the annual convention Of the
Washington State Humane Society.
held at Tacoma. leaflets were distri.
buted on which we're printed in full
three bills which 1t was the purpose
Of the legislative committee to have
converted into state laws At the meet.
ing Of the Legislature in January. The
bills. touching the most pressing needs
OF the Humane Society. are: An act
to prevent wrongs to children and
dumb animals and to establish q Blu.
reau OF Child and Animal Protection:
an act for the better protection Of
lost and streyed animals and for a.