The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1913-01-09
WASHINGTON BRIeFLETs
The state board of pardons held the
quarterly meeting at Walla Walla Sat

The state board of pardons held the
quarterly meeting at Walla Walla Sat
urday.
The Whitman county farmers un-
ion met in Albion Saturday with 300
| present.
o. F. Stangland. pioneer farmer
of Waukon, committed suicide by
shooting himself with a rifle.
Amos Rusie, once q famous pitcher
with the New York Giants. was com.
united to the county jail at Seattle
on charge Of threatening to kill his
wife,
Chester Rowell, Of Grays Harbor.
was scalded and instantly killed at
Grays river. Mr.. Rowell was riding
on locomotive, when q landslide
turned over the engine.
Colonel w. M. Ridpath. owner Of the
Ridpath hotel in Spokane, and defeat
ed congressional candidate, was ar
rested for failure to supply his beds
with sheets 81 inches wide and 80
inches long.
| For the third time Chelan county
women have refused to serve on su-
perior court juries. The January PAN
ell of Sc names included Is women.
Every ne~of the women claimed the
right of exemption.
Engineers representing practically
all industries will assemble in Spo-
kan February 10 to 81 inclusive to
attend an engineering congress at the
Spokane hotel. More than 500 visit
ors are expected to attend.
Shareholders of stock In Spokane
banks received 1881. 900 In 1912 in in
terest on their investments. Ten
banks figured in the distribution. The
Exchange National and Trades Ma
tional each paid IL per cent.
Captain Anderson was drowned at
Port Townsend while boarding the
German steamer Setos. Captain An
derson was a pioneer steamboat Off
cial of Puget Sound and for decade
had been pilot for the Kosmos line.
According to railway officials. snow
conditions in the Cascade mountains
are the worst in 20 years. Snow and
landslides have demoralized the traf-
fic, telephone and telegraph lines are
down, and washouts have caused enor-
nous damage.
A freight train on the Tacoma East
ern branch of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul railroad struck landslide
!, near Eatonville. The locomotive and
four cars were plunged over an en-
bankment and Engineer William Bum
nell of Tacoma was badly scalded by
escaping steam.
John Moore. 30 years old, was kill
ed; Ed Collins. aged 81, was shot In
the neck. and John Byllings. Sno-
homish policeman. was shot in the leg
in pistol battle that began when
Moore and Collins attempted to hold
up saloon at Snohomish. q town 30
miles north Of here.
The Klickitat river settlements for
40 miles up to the rivers junction with
the Big Muddy river are now actively
engaged in circulating petition Of
protest to the interior department to
see that the vested rights OF the set
tiers in the water flow of the Big
Klickitat river are preserved.
There is little prospect that the de-
positors of the defunct Commercial
bank of Vancouver, which went to the
wall on December 10, 1912. will receive
another dividend in the immediate
future or that they will receive more
than another 10 per cent with the
final windup of the business.
/ With inquiries from the Panama-Pa-
cific exposition authorities for be-
tween 100000 and 100000 feet Of
lumber to be delivered as soon as pos
sible, lumbermen are jubilant over the
immediate outlook for the new year.
All the big mills of Puget Sound and
the Grays Harbor district have been
asked to make bids on this order.
Loomis Baldrey is promoting an
organization that intends to buy
40 acres of land near Lynden and
plant the entire tract to fruit.
This is a step in the right direc-
tion," says the Bellingham Sentinel