The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1913-01-09
WASHINGTON BRIEFLETS

Mrs. Annie Holt, ~ years DID, was
burned to death at Seattle when sne
used gasoline to start a fire IN iur'
mace.
Two battalions Of infantry from Fort
George Wright, near Spokane. LETT ioF
Hawaii Monday, and that fort Is prac'
tically abandoned.
George Bernard Noble. aged 20, o.
Oregon City, Oregon. was the SUCCESS
full competitor for the Rhodes scholar
ship for the state Of Washington tma
year. u
spokane bank clearings for 1912 VIII
chow an increase of more than $o'-
O00. 900 over the figures Of 1911. inc
clearings to date for this year arc
1921 ,23s.265.
Princess Estelle Gabriel Bonaparte'
a blood relative Of the great Napoleon
applied to the federal court at Seattle
for the necessary papers permitting
her to become a citizen of the United
States.
Paying rs cents net for bluestem
and 10 cents net for club. Walla WAL
la wheat buyers purchased more than
400 900 bushels last week. The prices
were the highest since July ID, when
rs cents was paid for bluestem.
Three masts. each 100 feet long and
ak feet in circumference at the butt'
have been ordered from the Chris En-
dersen company at Aberdeen, owners
of a large shipyard. by a Hamburg
firm for Kaiser Wilhelms new yacht.
The four-masted British bark Tor
risdale went ashore near the Westport
lefty at Grays Harbor in a terrific
storm which swept the Pacific coast
Her captain and crew of 80 men were
saved by the lifesaving crew OF the
Westport station.
To insure the big 100000 Daven-
port hotel in Spokane against the
possible loss Of Louis M. Davenports
services az manager. an insurance pol
icy Of $4,000 has been taken out on
Mr.. Davenport's life. Mr.. Davenport
has a policy Of $4,000 on his own
account.
Harry H. Carroll. who was convict
ed OF participation in the attempted
robbery Of John c. Robey. wealthy
baker, in Seattle, February. 1911. by
badger game in a downtown hotel. has
been granted q conditional pardon by
Governor Hay. Carroll is said to be
worth $4,000.
Reports from all of the grain Sec
lions tributary to Wenatchee point to
prospects for a big wheat crop next
year. Two conditions have combined
to bring about this flattering prospect
An unusually large acreage Of fall
sown grain and unusually favorable
fall and early winter weather.
Battered about in a government
launch by . fierce wind and high
waves until several members were
seasick and most Of them badly fright
ened. the choir Of Trinity Episcopal
church of Tacoma. numbering about
Is, was marooned on McNeils Island
and compelled to spend . night In
the federal penitentiary.
To enforce prohibition at McCleary.
the home of the Chehalis Fir Door
company. Mr.. McCleary applied for
and was granted saloon license and
gave the liquors away. This forced
the other saloon to close. Mr.. Nc
Cleary has now closed his saloon and
informed the county commissioners
that II any one opens saloon he will
reopen his and give the liquor away.
The program for the annual meeting
Of the Washington state horticultural
association, to be held In North Yaki-
ma next month. has been completed.
and is now being prepared for distri-
button. The program Is one Of the
most exhaustive ever attempted by
the state organization of fruitgrowers
and 10 notable In that it provides for
talks by men Of practical experience
as we'll as by theorists.
Preparatory to double.tracking
much of its line between Spokane and
the coast and shortening the distance
between Spokane and Tacoma and Sc
attic, the Northern Pacific railway has
let a contract to Guthrie 4 McDougall
Of Spokane and st. Paul for rs miles
of double tracking between Easton
and Lester on the Seattle division and