The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1913-03-13
WASHINGTON BRlEFLEIS

w. l.. combs, OF Walla Walla, had
gone to play in the yard and several
minutes later a neighbor woman no.
ticed the child's clothing in flames
She died two hours later.
Accompany of the Washington Ma
tional Guard is now being organized
In Wenatchee. An enrolment of Al
has already been attained. The mimi
mum. cannot be less than 60 in order
to have a permanent company.
When the month of February closed
the state had a cash balance Of ST.
617.041 on hand after taking care of q
$755.56s overdraft against the state
general fund, according to the report
issued by state treasurer Edward
Meath.
Napavine, a lively sawmill town
seven miles south of Chehalis, has
voted to incorporate after an extended
campaign and much discussion of the
subject. Incidental to voting to In
corporate. a wet" city council was
elected and the place will again have
saloons.
Repairs and improvements are now
| under way on the old office building
Of the Grays Harbor Railway & Light
company of Aberdeen, which it is
planned to turn into clubrooms for
the use of the conductors and motor
men employed by the company. while
the men are off duty.
Preparations for the blossom festi-
val at North Yakima are under way,
though the date cannot be definitely
set until the trees are further along
Processes for the festival are to be
| chosen from each of the valley dis
tricts, and the queen chosen from
among these.
| Alex ellis, aged IS, employed by
the Sunset Timber company at camp
No. IL on Mill Creek near Raymond,
as q hook tender, while standing on
log directing the operations was
thrown by the movement Of the log
and he was crushed to death when the
heavy stick of timber rolled over him.
James Gill, one Of the six burglars
who systematically robbed ranch
homes near Wenatchee, pleaded guilty
to Judge Grimshaw and received a
sentence of from to 10 years at hard
labor in the penitentiary at Walla
Walla. Robert Ruef and Gill made q
sensational escape from the county
Jail several weeks ago, but were re-
captured.
Children in two Spokane orphan.
ages are living on venison as result
of a seizure of eight fine quarters Of
deer by the County Game Warden
The question of disposing OF the
choice meat was solved when 1t was
presented to the county commission
ers. They decided to turn it over to
the orphanages, as it is contrary to
the law to sell it.
In a decision handed down the su-
preme court holds that the dependent
parents Of a minor workman, killed
in extra hazardous work, must be
compensated during their dependency
and not only during what would have
been the minority Of deceased. This
affects about 10 per cent of the fatal
cases handled by the industrial insur-
ance commission.
Within three weeks the Wenatchee
Canal company's new bridge across
the Wenatchee river will be complet-
ed. Six carloads Of steel have arrived
and construction work will be pushed
with vigor. The bridge is erected pri-
marily to carry an extra pipe line
which will provide ample water for
the irrigation of all land served by the
canal company. 1t may carry general
traffic later.
Christus Christus, an alien, employ
ed on a railway engineering crew, was
ground to pieces under the wheels OF
\ train in Centralia. He was working
a half mile north Of the city and
caught the O.-W. r. & N. local home
When he attempted to alight from the
moving train, his foot caught in
switch rod, and he was thrown under
the wheels.
The big steel steamer John A. Hoop
er, recently turned out OF the Ray
moud shipyard and brought around
the Horn by Sudden & Christensen,
Of San Francisco, where she arrived
on February Is. is due to reach Ray
nond March 9 to load her maiden car
70 Of lumber. She is over 30 feet In
length and has q carrying capacity OF
2.500,00O feet.
Willapa harbor is given favorable
mention in a report made by General
Maus to the war department on his
investigations in connection with the
fertilization of Grays and Willapa har-
bors when he declares that, IN his
Judgment, under favorable conditions,
heavy war vessels could enter Willapa
harbor. No money has ever been ex.
pended upon the entrance to Willapa
bay.
Andrew Peterson, superintendent OF
the Raymond ship yard. announces
that the keel of the new steam schoon-
er being built for the HARDWOOD lum-
Der company In the local yards. has
been laid and the work on this vessel
will be rushed in order that she may