The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1913-02-20
WASHINGTON BRIEFLETS

northwest 70 years ago, having cross
ed the plains with Marcus Whitman
in 1s43, died at Walla Walla at the
age of 100 years.
Impressive ceremonies have bee.
planned by the Masonic orders of tn.
northwest which will lay the corner
stone OF the first unit of the Masonic
home at Puyallup.
On March /, 80 field deputies of the
county assessors office will radiate
into the city and country districts te
find out what Pierce county is worth
Some of the deputies this year will
be women.
More than 40 foreigners have beer
admitted to citizenship during the
past week in Chehalis county, ano
from this number the majority OF the
new citizens are natives Of Norway
and Sweden.
By their finger prints depositors ir
Spokane banks will be recognized il
he future. Six of the leading banks
have decided to install the system
following approval of the plan by the
American Bankers association.
Under the new plan Of army reor
ganization announced by Secretary Of
War Stimson, the department Of the
Columbia, with headquarters at Van
couver, will pass out Of existence
Troops Of the northwest will comprise
the Seventh brigade
The Rainier Coal company, Cen
tralia corporation operating mine or
Lincoln Creek, ceased operations fol
six weeks while new 400-foot shaft
is being sunk. With the construction
work completed, the mine output viii
be increased from so to 200 tons day
Disappeared and given up as dead
for three years, L. w. Fancher. who
was the first county school superin
tendent of Pacific county after Wash
ington became a state, was recently
located in the Alameda (Cal.) infirm
airy, where he has been for more thar
two years.
A resolution urging the state legis
lature to secure consent Of congress
to permit the enactment Of a state
homestead law, applicable to state
lands, which have been logged and are
good for agricultural purposes, has
been adopted by the Montesano cham
| Der of commerce.
One hundred patients at the west
ern Washington hospital for the in
sane at Steilacoom were transferred
to the recently completed Northern
hospital for the insane at Sedro-Wool
ley. According to officials Of tht
western institution, similar number
will be transferred soon.
The city council of South Bend has
let to the Puget Sound Bridge &
Dredging company, Of Tacoma, the
contract to fill PIT lots of another
lowland district of that city. The fill
involved the dredging of 100000 yard:
of dirt from the Willapa river. ant
work is to start at once.
George Defoe, who shot John Hager
man, November II, when Hagermal
and Mrs. Defoe returned from a dance
at in the morning, was sentenced
at North Yakima to serve 4 to q
years in the state penitentiary. Defot
was charged with murder in the frs
degree, but pleaded guilty to man
slaughter.
The petition of Paul X. Mohr, Seat
tie socialist, single tax and municipal
ownership advocate, for a writ com
polling County Assessor Parish to as
sess property at its 100 per cent value
instead of As per cent as now, ant
for a writ reviewing the action Of thu
county board of equalization for MOI
assessing on such valuation in 1912
were denied by the superior court.
Litigation which would call hal
on development representing millions
of dollars may result from action TAX
en- by the Yakima reservation watel
users association at North Yakima
The protest comes from the white
land owners of the reservation, repre-
senting some of the most prominent
men in the valley and is similar t
the protest sent to Washington, D. c.
from the Indian owners.
A solution Of the sack problem II
Columbia county probably will be thu
outcome of a recent move OF the
Whetstone-TurneY. Warehouse com
pany of Dayton. stockholders of which
have subscribed $4,000 for the con
struction OF elevators at Dayton. Tur
ner. MILESTONE and Newbill Siding
The elevators will have q capacity o.
half million bushels Of grain and vii
be SO equipped that grain can b
cleaned. elevated and loaded Into car:
in bulk.
The strike in the bag factory OF thu
Camas paper mills Is still In effect
and there seems little prospect Of set
Element. The girl strikers claim th.