The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-11-28
LOCAL and PERSONAL.

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Miss Nettie Bailey is visiting
friends and relatives at Blaine.
Miss Fay Olin of Deming was in
Lynden during the past week WIS.,
iting friends.
Nels Jacobson has returned from
Portland where he went to attend
the big stock show
Mrs. Charles c. True attended
teachers institute and visited her
mother at Bellingham this week.
Mrs d. Mulder and Mrs. George
Hall were Be1linghAm visitors Sat-
urday.
The infant child of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. II. Gregg died Saturday and
was buried at Lynden cemetery on
Monday. Mr.. Gregg is teacher at
the North Prairie school
lows and Rebekahs will hold a
Thanksgiving service at Odd Eel
lows hall next Sunday afternoon at
two O'Clock. A cordial invitation
is extended to the public.
Mark Hammond, of the Farmers
Mercantile Co, was in Bellingham
the first of the week looking ov-
er the lines of eastern manutactur-
ers and selecting goods for spring
trade.
The state dairying association will
convene at Mount Vernon next
week. Special committees are ar
ranging for the entertainment of the
many visitors who are expected TO
attend.
The sixth annual poultry show to
be held at Bellingham next week be-
ginning Tuesday, December 3, is
calculated to be one OF the biggest
and best events of the kind ever
held in this locality.
L. Engel who is erecting the
new sash and door factory in the
east end of town, expects two car
loads of machinery for the man.
The new mill will be in full opera
ton about the middle of February.
The marriage of J. c. Runyon
ard Miss Cora Summers was sol
emnized at the home of Mr.. Run
yons aunt, Mrs. Harding, near
Newport, Washington, last week
The newly married couple have
L. i,,
1t is said that apples may be kept
two years by wrapping them in news
papers to exclude the air. The news
paper must, however, be one upon
which the subscription is paid in full
or the dampness resulting from the
due" will cause the fruit to de-
Cay. Exchange.
The conference.-the old baby
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughn, residing
near Sumas. died at the home Of
its grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. 3. Mace, at Custer, Saturday,
and was buried at Lynden cemetery
Monday afternoon. Rev. r. /. Case.
of the Baptist church. conducted
the services.
A special meeting of the city
council was held on Monday even
ing for the purpose of appointing
election officials to act at the ci-
iy election next Tuesday The fol-
lowing appointments were made: W
l. Baker inspector, T. D. Shoema-
ker and Charles Runyon, judges;
Mrs. Margaret Watson and Miss
Cecil Watson. clerks.
The union missionary services
held every afternoon last week by
the ladies of the Home Missionary
Societies of the local Methodist and
Baptist churches were well attend
ed and the sessions profitable and
enjoyable. Miss Alice Hawthorne
National Field representative. was
present at the Friday sessions, both
afternoon and evening, and at the
latter meeting, delivered an interest
ing address.
D. l.. Beckes, than whom no one
in Lynden has better right to
feel jubilant over the democratic
success at the recent set-to, was suf-
fering from an liberated tooth last
-seek to the extent that he was O.
bliged to adjourn his celebration 10
tis own home for part OF the
time. Mr. Beckes is out again nov
s. ling good real estate. and Civ
ing good democrats good advice.
The farmer who lives on a rural
mail route is going to have con-
venience his city cousins will not
nave. When the parcels post is put
in operation January ! the city
man will have to carry or send his
parcels to the postoffice or. post
office substation. But the farmer
will merely have to carry his par
cells post package to the road In
front of his home and give it to the
rural mail carrier.
Mr.. E. r. Thomas, special repre-
sentative of the Underwood Type
writer Company was in Lynden on
Friday and sold three of his Stand
ard typewriters 10 the school board
These are to be used in the COM
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