The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-05-28
WASHINGTON
STATE NEWS
OF INTEREST

| VA ANAAAJ
| Nine hundred and fifty-five miles
! by airship overland from San Fran
cisco to Seattle, is the flight proposed
by Aviator Silas Chrstofferson, the
well known Pacific coast aeroplanist,
| to start at San Francisco early in July.
A bill asking for an appropriation
OF 100000 for the construction of a
wagon road through the Colville In
dian reservation has been introduced
In the house by Representative La
Toilette.
Five indictments charging Illegal re-
bates were returned by the federal
grand jury at North Yakima against
the Potlatch Lumber company and the
Washington, Idaho & Montana railway
company.
The city council of Spokane seeks
the consolidation of the Pacific Tele-
| phone and Telegraph company and
Home Telephone system. The federal
court will be asked to issue a supple
mental order.
Bandits blew open the safe in the
OW. X. & N. depot at Lincoln Creek,
four miles west of Centralia, and
made their getaway with about $50 in
money. Papers that were in the safe
were scattered everywhere.
Secretary of State l. NJ. Howell has
been threatened with the Ohio blue
sky law because, in series of ad-
vertisements in eastern papers, he is
advising immigration to this state,
where land may be had on reasonable
terms and opportunities are present.
The first unit of what the city of
Seattle hopes will grow to great
municipal street-car system has been
put in operation. The city is also at
tempting to gain control of the Seat
tle Renton & Southern, operating
through the Rainier valley.
Forty-one prominent business men
of the Pacific coast left Seattle on
the steamer Admiral Sampson for an
extended trip to Alaska. The party
Is called the "billion dollar" aggrega-
tion because of vast wealth represent
ed by it's members.
Charles A. Murray, assistant tax
commissioner of the Northern Pacific,
has paid under protest the Cowlitz
county taxes on operating property in
controversy in the suit that is pend
ing involving the taxation of so-called
good will
Entries for the early closing events
for the racing at the Southwest Wash
ington Fair, to be held on the grounds
midway between Chehalis and Cen
tralia, August "a to 20, have been an
nounced. There are upwards of
dozen horses on the grounds in train
ing and others are expected shortly.
The Washington state exposition
commission itself will undertake an
educational exhibit at the San Fran
cisco Panama Exposition, in spite of
the decision announced by Mrs. Jose
phine Preston, state superintendent OF
instruction, that a suitable display
could not be made with the $4,000 al
lotted for the purpose.
That the bandits who robbed the
State bank of Spangle are responsible
for the theft of a saddle, wagon and
fine team of horses from the barn of
Adam Grein of Cheney and are now
fleeing across the country is the be-
lief of citizens who Joined deputy
sheriffs in securing the territory In
the vicinity of Deep Creek.
Frederick A. Simpkins, an old and
prominent resident OF Seattle, deputy
clerk of the United States district
court under Judge Cornelius Fl. Han
ford, who has since resigned. was ar
rested at his ranch near Hanford. on
the Columbia river, eastern Washing
ton. on an indictment returned by the
federal grand jury. charging the max
ing of false entries, embeZzlement of
government funds and failure to de-
posit money received by him In
government depositary.
Comprehensive exhibits planned to
show what different state departments
are doing are announced as feature
of the displays at the Washington
state fair at North Yakima this fall.
A big aquarium display Of live fish by
the state fisheries department and
Joint exhibit by the II state institu-
tions promise to attract attention.
The fisheries exhibit will include
many rar. specimens and will show
the life history. from egg to full-grown
fish, of trout and salmon. The handi-
work OF children from the state school
for the blind at Vancouver and exhib-
its Of produce from the farms Of all
Institutions viii be in the displax