The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1913-04-17
WASHINGTON BRIEFLETs


of the fire hose and substituting auto
mobile pumps and trucks instead.
Governor Lister has announced that
he would retain Adtutant-General Fred
Llewellyn, who succeeded Ortis Ham.
ilton.
At a mass meeting Of the farmers
Of Espanola. it was decided to organ.
ice an elevator company to -iandle
grain In bulk.
Eight thousand sheep have been
sheared at Prosser this spring. The
Yakima sheep company shipped $4,000
pounds of wool.
1t is reported in Washington that
Hugh C. Wallace Of Tacoma. son-in-
law OF late Chief Justice Fuller. OF the
supreme court. is to be appointed am
bassador to France.
That John L. Riseland, State Fish
commissioner, would be succeeded on
April 16, by Leslie H. Darwin. demo
crat, Of Bellingham, is the announce
ment made by Governor Lister.
The commercial club Of Dayton. un.
der whose auspices the annual horse
show will be held this year. has per-
fected the preliminary arrangements.
1t is expected that the event will be
held on Saturday. May II.
Fire at Everett destroyed almost the
whole plant OF the Sumner Iron works.
manufacturers of saw and single mill
machinery. The loss Of 100000 10
we'll insured. The office building and
records were saved.
Washington state college expert.
ment station has shipped q ton Of field
peas to the department Of agriculture
at Washington. D. c.. to be used for
seed on the governments experimental
farms throughout the United States.
Following . secret tip that vast
quantity of contraband opium was con-
cealed on the Great Northern liner
Minnesota. lying at its dock At Seattle.
customs inspectors discovered los
five-tael tins. worth $500. hidden in
sail lockers.
The rural free delivery carrier on
Prosser route. has purchased an auto
mobile for use in delivering the rural
mail. Most Of the main roads around
Prosser have been macadamized In
the last year, which makes the use
Of the auto possible.
J. S. Scribper of Minneapolis. MINI.
is at the head of pulp mill enterprise,
the mill to be located on ChetcO Har-
Dor. The pulp mill people have filed
on 10000 horse power in the Cowlits
river and they intend to transmit the
power to Chetco Harbor.
George Edward Adams. the former
cashier of the Seattle assay office. Who
was paroled after serving half Of his
sentence imposed for stealing 100000
from Alaska and Yukon miners. has
been convicted Of conspiracy to coun-
terfeit United States money.
Perfectly good fruit and vegetables
were dumped every day last summer
as garbage by Seattle commission
dealers. according to q witness testi-
flying before the council committee in
vestigating charges against the city
garbage collection management.
Governor Lister appointed Senator
Relph Metcalf. republican. and Repre-
sentative Clark Black. bull mooser.
delegates to accompany the congres-
sional commission to Europe to study
the farm loan proposition for which
the legislature appropriated $500.
BY the arrest and arraignment OF
William Colegrove. town marshal and
deputy sheriff at Orting. Wash. and
James r. O'Farrell. postmaster at the
same place, on charges Of giving II.
quor to minors. another incident was
added to the long fight between Ort
ing's wet" and dry" forces.
A party Of between 10 and 20 bust.
ness men of southwest Washington on