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The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-06-20
THE BIG CHAUTAUQUA
At Ferndale Opens Saturday,
June 20. Splendid
Program Out.

Success Is assured for the Chatauqua
| meeting to be held at Ferndale begin
| ming SATURDAY. June ~ and continuing
up to and includig July o. The COM
| mittees having the various departments
| In charge have been working untiring-
| ly to make the event one Of great So
cial and intellectual benefit to the peo-
| pie who attend. When the meeting o.
pens on Saturday morning a week hence
all will be in readiness for the auspic-
ious Inauguration of the Ferndale Cha
tauqua, which, until this season, was
known as the Birch Bay Chatauqua.
One of the attractive features Of the
program will be the musical numbers,
to be given by the Symphony Concert
Co., the Schubert Quartette. Mime. fu-
lisse, prima donna. In addition. there
will be band music throughout the en-
tire session. with special selections dur
ing the last three days Willie the polit-
ical speaking is going on.
The list of prominent speakers and
lecturers includes Governor Hay, Hon.
T.. 5. Howe, Rabbi Koch, Bishop o.
lea, w. 5. U'Ren, G. b. kegley, and
DIR. G. ID. o. Powers The best speaker
that can be secureed will discourse on
the beauties, wonders and possibilities
OF Mount Baker, and on one evening
there will be a stereopticon lecture il
Illustrated with views of Mount Baker
and the surrounding country The slides
to be used belong to the Mount Baker
Club and represent one of the finest
collections of scenic views ever gath
cred in the west. 1t has been decided
tc devote the last three days of the
program to the discussion of political
questions. An admission fee of 10 cents
Will be charged to these debates. which
include joint debate between repre-
st stntatives of the republicans and DEM
ocrats.
The following have charge OF the
arrangements: f. NJ. Swanson, J. b.
Wilson. Nels Nelson Guy L. Dunning,
Il. w. Lowe, Mrs. NJ. Mclean, Miss f.
thornton. c. f. Flint. Percy Hood. {.
II Woodbridge, Rev W. j. MOles, Rev.
w. c. Holcomb Miss Keeeler. and c.
c. Giblin. President c. B. Legoe and
Secretary +. NJ. Smith will act as ex-
ificio members of the board. and E.
w, swanson, NelS 0NelSOu anu d. VIII
son are in charge of the concessions
Tickets for the first eight days or
the Chatauqua will be sold for $l.oO or
- cents for any one day.
The Ferndale Chautauqua will be held
on the picnic grounds of the Ola Pi-
oneers' Association at Ferndaie. A
large attendance is expected and the
meeting will afford an opportunity for
people of this section to get acquaint-
ed with each other. and also to meet
people from other places. The residents
of Ferndale have done everything in
their power to make pleasant the visit
of strangers to their city, and If these
efforts are appreciated and the Chau-
tauaua properly patronized. it will! be
made a yearly event and Will become
one Of the important affairs OF the
west.
Remember the time-June % to July y
and the place--Ferndale. Washington.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-06-20
why We SHOULD
SAVE THE BIRDS.

Eight hundred million dollars a year
is the annual loss to farmers by rea-
son of insects, is the official Wash
ngton estimate. The Hessian fly cost
the wheat-growlng states fifty million
dollars in 1904. Chinch bugs in one
wear damaged the crops in the Mississ-
ippi basin hundred million dollars.
Cut worms have caused a loss of that
amount in one season, and Rocky noun
tain locusts have cost the Northwest a
hundred and fifty millions in a single
year.
The plague of insects accounts Tor
greater crop losses than do floods or
drought, and the plague is always po-
tentially terrible. For instance, the
green leaf louise, or aphis. reproduc IS
its kind at the rate of ten seXtillion 10
the pair in one season. Unchecked nat
ural increase of one pair of gypsy moth
would defoiate the United States In
eight years.
What alole Keeps down insect life Sc
that we can live? Bird life. Birds live
mainly to eat and insects are their
food. The appetite of birds for insects
Is as astonishing as that OF insects for
plants. young robin ate sixty-eigh'
worms in one day. A young crow viii
eat twice its weight in a day. a plague
of caterpilars in 1895 in New England
and New York was stayed by birds. In
| 1865 blackbirds redeemed Nebraska from
| the locusts, and sea-gulls once saved
Utah from crickets. In Europe in ls4s
1itmice and wrens wiped out an army
| of gypsy moths.
Reduce the bird life and at once the
| insect life gets chance. French mar
vests for many years were failure be
cause of slaughter of birds and the
| destruction of their eggs.
Conservation of bird life is the mos
! important species OF conservation FOL
| the farmer, the fruit grower, the foot
| consumer.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-06-20
VALLEYS RESOURCES
To be brought to the attention
of Eastern Investors
and Homeseekers
PUBLIC LIBRAkf'

The change of ownership of the B. b.
g. Il. c. railroad to the Milwaukee sys-
TEN will mean agreat deal for Lynden
and the Nooksack valley. The Milwau-
kee road is credited as being one of
the most enterprising of all large rail-
road systems in this country. 1t is
builder of feeders for its main lines,
and has never yet been known to al
low good territory to lie unnoticed or
long unused.
on last Saturday Lynden was visited
by o. T.. Shaner, the Milwaukee's i'm
migration agent with headquarters at
Chicago. and j. IL. Ginet. Jr., of the
immigration department, who is also
stationed at Chicago. They We're ac-
companied by w. II. Somers. traffic
manager of the local road, and who.
with II. L. Stuart. ploted the gentle
men through the valley. and showed
them the many points of interest and
beautiful spots bout Lynden. So favor
ably We're they impressed with the
country and it's opportunities that few
days after their visit here. H. l.. Toles,
the Milwaukee's official photographer,
was sent on to take some views of
the country, and for several days Mr..
Toles has been thus engaged Among
them will be a splendid birds eye
view of the valley from the school
house in Delta township.
At the farm of Nels jacobson, north
of town, Mr. Toles took view of
field of rye which averages seven feet
and eight inches in height. AT Chap
fYpit fa al
town, several strawberry pictures were
oi the large berries of which nine fill
an ordinary berry box, and the largest
thus far picked measures nine inches
in circumference. Several photographs
of pea fields were also taken Mr. Toles
will make several trips through the
valley, and will attend the county fair
the purpose of securing some views of
farm products and other exhibits.
The views taken by TOlcs on this trip.
together with appropriate articles set
ting forth this sections unlimited re-
sources. are to appear in book form.
and will be distributed by the Milwau-
kee throughout the United States, care
being taken that they find their way
into sections where they will do the
most good in the way of interesting
prospective settlers in our favored "i-
ty and valley. Concise accounts of the
limitless possibilities which await de-
velopment here will be given. and an
effort made to induce people of the
east and middle west to locate on our
unoccupied and unimproNed lands
Assuredy, the Milwaukee entering this
section metN,s much for Lynden and
the Nooksack valley. 1t is predicted,
ana there Is not the slightest reason
why the prediction should not come
true, that inside of five years. train
loads of berries of various kinds will
be leaving Lynden for eastern and
middle-west points.
Three cheers for the Milwaukee,
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-06-20

,. % ruling made by the
acc Aeeo'ue tax Commission last Friday, wi, wmel s4
state TAX fnr school land is cancelled
a contract later is reinstated the
holder must pay rrbis is the
years II was ns taken if the contract was
course to nourh oe non-payment of the
cancelled '", nn the land, but the tax
commission says II ,m mistake or a pri-
sancs'sa o~'"s os another. ,H and no, Desaas,
Of any delinaueney na, ." he required te
holder, ne should not
pay the taxes
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-06-20

The trustees of the Whatcom County
Old Settlers Association will hold a
meeting at the pavilion in Pioneer
Park at Ferndale on next Saturday at
p. NJ. for the purpose of inspecting
the new pavilion and making final ar
rangements with the contractor there
for, and for the transaction of such 9TH
er business as may arise
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-06-20

Remember-no filth, no flies. Screen
the doors and windows of your home,
especially those of the kitchen, dining
room and pantry. If you cannot do
this, at least screen the food itself, es-
pecially the milk, in which germs null
tiply with more than ordinary rapidity.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-06-20

From all over the four states. WASH
ington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, en-
couraging reports are received Of crop
conditions. The moist season will re-
salt in rank growth of grain straw.
and all kinds of forage crops and grass
will grow abundantly. Rains have been
falling in most every section. and a
splendid growth is being made general
Iy
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-06-20

The central valleys of California be-
gan the month of June with heat
wave of unprecedented torridity. In
Fresno the street temperature reached
10 degrees. That is not remarkable
degree of heat for that region later in
the SUMNER but it is little out of
the ordinary for the early summer. Ec-
centricities of. the weather have been
going on for several years now.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-06-20

LINDEN Is located in one or III
choicest spots in the entire west.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-06-20

Never find your delight in anoth-
ers misfortune
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-06-20

Everyone excels in something
which another falls
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-06-20

Now If Mr.. Bayes has individually ac-
complished such splendid results. ana
with better returns to follow from now
on how much more may be dohe II
all the growers operating here become
thoroughly organized, purchase their
supplies in quantity. and cooperate III
the marketing of their product as ooes
the Puyaliup association? The expense
it is safe to say, would be fully one
fourth to one-third less.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-06-20

There are thousands of acres of logged
off land in the Nooksack valley that
can be bought and cleared and set to
berries. and paid for with the profits OF
the first two crops
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-13
PROPOSED HIGHWAY ROUTE
DISCUSSED IN ALEXANDRIA

Alexandria. Va. March l2.-Thc pro-
posed route Of the Quebec Miami high
way was discussed before the Chamber
OF Commerce at a. meeting held yester.
dag afternoon by committee from
Manassas. Va. consisting OF Westwood
Hutchinson, C. L. Nash and Robert a
Hutchison. The Chamber OF Commerce
at its meeting last night elected dsle-
gates to the Richmond Washington
Quebec Miami highway meeting to b.
be held Thursday the i!st including
j. VI. Duncan. C. S. T. Burke, ]. Y. VII.
liams and J. Il. Preston.
Delegates hev. also been chosen tC
attend the conference OF Representatives
Of the Commercial and Roads Associa
ton OF the United States. which will
be held in Washington April Is next
They arc j. y. Williams. T. Louis
Loose and j. IT. Preston.
SIR Hynson. for the National Citizens
League, delivered an address before
| tho association in tho interest of tha
league
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-13
DEATH CLAIMS
HOUSE NE NJ Be
J. w. Gregory, of Pittsylvania,
Passes Away at Retreat
for the Sick.

Following an illness of several
weeks. j. w. Gregory, member of tho
House OF Delegates from Pitisylyania
county, died OF pneumonia yesterday
morning at 1880 o'clock at tho Ro-
treat for tho Sick. He contracted tho
diseuse. II Ia said. while sitting In q
draught during the session of the
HOUSE While II was known for the
desperately III. the end yesterday came
as shock to members und friends
FL the Capitol among whom he was
held in high esteem
The Duriul Will be at Chatham, Pitt
sylvunia county, to which place tho
nlSht. An escort OF six members.
three from each house. was appointed
by tho presiding officer OF the liouso
ana senate TO accompany the bod
nome. The escort was composed OF
Senators Rison, Edmonson and Gar
rett. and Delegates Bell. Anderson and
Kent. DR.. S. Il. A. Kent of Halifax.
was a close personal friend Of MIR.
gregory, und was in constant attend
ance throughout his illness.
MT. Gregory was sixty-siN years OF
aSe-a fact which had much 10 do
with the fatal termination OF his
maiady. During the last few days It
covery were growing daily more slim,
ana his family was summoned. and
was with him until the end. He left a
| widow and two children.
Both houses OF the Legislature nd
1ourned shortly after convcninS at the
noon hour yesterday out of respect for
the laIe member OF the House. and
passed Joint resolution appointing IA
committee OF escort and directing that
suitable noral offering be provided.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-13
MEANS POLITICS
|. IN CITY SCHOOLS
CONTINUED from Fret page,)

OF the City Attorney, the Board re-
jected the Grundy amendment. return
Ing the item TO It's original form by the
following vote:
Ayes-Mcrrs Butler. Coward!n. Gil
man. Grumpy. Moncure and Perude--6.
Noes-Messrs. Atkinson. Bennett.
Bliley, Donohoe. Don l-cavy. Grimes.
Gunst. Hobson, Kahn, Melton. Mitchell.
Patram. Powers. .Whittet-1i.
Recognizing the obvious injustice OF
the action. Mr. Mitchell offered later
and had referred to the Committee on
Ordinance. Charter and Reform q reso
luton appropriating $4,000 for In
creasing the pay OF teachers other than
those In the while elementary grades
Ono member expressed the view after
the meeting that the Mayor would GER
tainfy veto the Pollock Umlauf amend
ment giving one class of teachers all
the Increase in defiance OF State laws.
and that meanwhile 1t had been good
politics to acquiesce in the demands o..
the elementary teachers. who huve a
| strong organization. and who have
known to political canvassers for
months past to SECURE votes for this
Increase
Many Candidates, Says Grundy.
In the course of the debate Mr..
Gunst took occasion to defend the Ord
nance. Charter and Reform Committee.
or which he was subchairman.
THAT committee has recommended
every salary Increase that has been
before 1t this year" asserted Mr.. Hob
son, amid laughter, which increased
when Alr. Grundy remarked: Look now
, many candidates for the Administru-
/ tive Board there are on that commit
/ tee"
The only other effort Uade to amend
! -
sought to strike out the $4,000 appro-
! prInted for repaving Broad Street. from
Tenth westwardiy. and put the fund
to the credit OF streets generally. as
! sorting that the needs OF the outlying
streets were too urgent to think of
spending $4,000 on Broad Street. Mir.
Bennett defended Broad Street as the
creator Of taxable values. and the show
street OF tho city, and MIR. Grundy re-
marked that the budget carries S404.OO0
for streets besides the Broad Street
item. Mr. Gunst said that ALTHOUGH II
member Of the Street Committee, he
was opposed to turning this fund over
FOR an addition to the general ward
grab among tho eight wards of the
city, each getting but little bite. and
the amendment was overwhelmingly
rejected, after which the budget was
concurred In by unanimous vote.
Other Business.
On recommendation of the Finance
Committee, the Board adopted an ord
ihnnco Increasing tho nay o. employees
In the Street Department por cent. to
$40 per day. In harmony with increases
recently made for police. hremen and
street cleaners. An ordinance inc:eas-
Ing the pay OF the keeper of ST. Johns
turylng ground was rejected. and one
TO allow tho Board of Fire Commission.
crs to employ n linomhn was recon-
United.
An ordnance was adopted forbidding
me offering for sale of live fowls with
their legs tied or wings interlockcd
ON roll call Mr.. Gilman offered amend
lmenis to the building code. which went
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-13
Jcner.on Hotel Arr4vnls.

J. T. Twitty and wife, Buffalo. \. Y;
+. @. SwaGeld. Columbia. s c.; IL ".
CLAIBORNE. New York; John Fowler
and wife, 81. Louis. Mo-; y. +. Stevens
and wife. Boston: Stanton B. iol!nS.
Orange. y. j.: r. w. Burke and wife.
stanton. va" the Misses Clements.
Stanford. Conn; M!ss Bachelor. New
York; A w. Hewitt, Washington:
John II. Jones. New York; ". II. Dav!a.
New York: Il. a Cherry. New Britain.
Conn; c. T. Ruhl. Chicago; g. A. Walk
er. Cogg!n Hall. Va; Charles A. Tier.
Nj. Vernon. y. Y: r. @. Hopper ana
vile, Sew York j. J. Poole, Norfolk.
Va: j r. B!ssltt. Raleigh, y. G.. 81.
Marks, Baltimore. Md; 5. J. Hanson
and wife, New York: Curtis @. Mezlea.
Boston: James s. Kcndr!ck Boston;
+. A. Eldridge. Detroit. Mira. G. ".
Stoddard. Walden. y. y. Miss Stod-
lard, Valdez y Y; ]. 7. Parish. Mon
treai, Canada: Louis Dilloff. New York .
q. r. Pfanler Philadelphia, Pa; w. T.
Manges. Phiiadelph!a: S. p. Murphy.
washington; H L. sarbcl. New York;
I.etha Pogue, Washington. d. C.: Mrs.
II G Root. Denver. Col; IL !. Bright
man and wife. New York Mrs. s. d.
Quinn. Spring Aeld. Mass Miss f D.
Eustis. Springfield. Mass: 7. ]. Hal
sey, Baltimore: II. NJ. Fetter Ph!la-
deiph!a; Adolph Fox. Cincinnati, o.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-13
MAY Be REHEAR|NG
IN PATENT CASE

Washington. March 12.-Arouscd BY
the tremendous bearing of the Supreme
Courts paten, monopoly decision yes
terday upon the governments anti
trust campaign, Attorney General
Wickersham to-day turned mis- uttcn-
tion toward the probability OF re-
hearing OF the case. The Department
OF Justice. Il was declared. will lend
It's assistance in presenting the case
TO the Supreme Court II rehearing la
granted.
The AttorneyGencral to-day com
municatcd with the defeated parties to
the suit TO ascertain II they contem-
plated asking full bench to recon
slider the Important issue. The gov
eminent Is anxious TO know their
plans because only By their request
can the case be reopcned.
should an application for re-
hearing be made. II is said. the Attor-
ney-Generai would ask for permission
10 intervene and present the hearing
of the lcgali2ed monopoly of a patent
upon the Sherman antitrust law. The
administration of the statute has an
important relation TO the scope OF a
patent monopoly
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-13
nenIx to Cnmrhell.

Oyster Bay. y. Y. March ia
sharp reply TO Congressman Philip 4.
Campbell, OF Kansas. was made to-
night by Colonel Roosevelt. who took
exception In particular to one passage
In the letter which the Congressman
yesterday addressed to him. Mr.. Camp
bell was quoted as having pointed TO
the ovcrturning OF the decision OF Pom
thus Plate by the people as an arEu-
ment against the recall of judicial de-
cisions. Colonel Roosevelt dictated this
statement:
"Congressman Campbells position is
In effect that the American people are
as unfit for self government and as
prone to guilty excuses as the mob
which demanded the crucihNion OF the
Saviour! l do not think Congressman
Campbelfs comparison is in good taste,
and in any event 1t needs no discussion
by me-"
The statement was made on Colonel
Roosevelt's return to- nigh, to Oyster
Bay
While in New York Colonel Roose-
Welt conferred with the leader of the
Roosevelt movement regarding plans
FOR the campaign.
According to the present plan Colonel
Rooscvclts set speeches before the
Chicago convention time Will be linz
tied to probably six or eight He eX-
poets TO make three or four speeches in
the West and a few In tho East and
said that one of them had been pre-
pared Neither the time nor the place
for the speeches has been decided upon.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-13
SIGNS BILL AFTER
SEEKING ADVICE
Continued from Flrs, Page,

Continued from First PaGc)
was claimed. the Corporation Commits
sion merely assesses the rolling stock
of each road for the local purposes ouly
OF the home Office city. the legal situS.
sharply defined distinction was
drawn by these between tho constitu-
tional right OF the Corporation Com
mission TO assess the rolling stock for
the peculiar benefit of the home oihce
cities. the legal situs, at the differing
tax rates In force in thoso cities, ana
the right claimed for II by the Attor-
y-General 10 tax the same property
for the benefit of widely separated
counties and school districts At the dit-
fer.nt rates in force in the half dozen
different home office cities. II Rich-
monds claim as the stus of the Ches-
apeake and Ohio was disputed, il was
pointed out, and tho S!tus for ,he pur-
poses of rolling stock taxation placed
in the several counties, then tn. tax
rate of each of these counties must
perforce become the rate at which the
rolling stock ~ taxed, not tho hcme
office rates.
Says Governor Cannot Decide.
After reviewing several court decis-
Ions to the effect that the Legislature
has full power to change tho situs Of
personal property, Attorney u eli era !
Williams dsduces that there is no con-
stitutional or statutory rule which
gives to tho localities In which tho
offices of the railroad company arc sit
uated any fixed or Invested right TO the
dement's arising from tho taxation of
It's rolling stock.
Bearing more directly on the "difrer-
ent rates" objection. the Attorney-G Cen
eral speakg as follows:
If this is an eiument important to
be. considered by Your Excelle!Icy In
passing on the question as to the con
stitutionality of this act, il is sub
mitted that there is no way known to
the law BY which this fact can be
brought to tho attention OF Your EN-
cellency, for whilst on a question Of
general policy which enters into the pas
| SAGE of law IL may be that the Cover
nor can near testimony bearing or the
act under Considcrat ion. vet | submit
mat on the question OF the constitu-
tionallty of bill, based on the exit.
ence OF extrinsic facts. the Governor
| cannot hear or consider outside evil
/ dance, for tho law prcsuines that the
. legislature has duly considered all
| questions OF this character. tina. 1, has
arrived at Just and proper conclusions
| ana that Its acts are constitutional,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-13
HIT Hf UNKNOWN MAN.
Negro Found by Railroad Trnclts Tells
Story of Attempted Murder,

Especial to The Times Dispatch
Pamplln City. Va. March l2.--What
seems to have been an attempt at
murder was revealed when the negro
named Couch. who, was found uncon-
sclous early Sunday morning at the
switch Just east or the depot. rcgaincd
consciousness for a short time last
night and told how he received the
injury which almost caused him to
lose his life, He sought lodging Sat
urday night at the house OF an un-
known negro. After he gained ad-
nlttanco he became involved in a
quarrel with this negro. who struck
him with blunt instrument, render
ing him unconscious. II is supposed
that his assRilant then carried tho
unconscious negro TO tho railroad. in
order that train might Anlsh his
task and have Il appear as an acci-
dent. Whom Couch was found his
heaa was lying In the switch. In the
pa A OF any train which might pass.
The injured negro is tho son OF Isaac
Couch whose home Is near Tara, In
Charlotte county. His condition Is
now more hopeful. although Dr.. RI. 5
Hart. who is attending him. thinks his
skull IL fractured.