The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-02-12
COUNTY CLEANINCS.

James Cain, who came TO What
com county in 1871, and settled
where the city of Blaine now is.
died last Thursday at the age OF
IS years. He and his brothers,
Cornelius and George. plated the
town of Blaine and the deceased
WAS its first mayor, also the first
school teacher of District No. 20,
the first notary public and the first
postmaster of Blaine.
The United States Attorney gen.
eral has filed suit against the Pu-
get Sound Traction. Light Power
Co. for the revocation of five claims
on the Nooksack River, on which
is located the $2,000,000 power
plant of the company. The COM
plant charges that the patents %
the claims We're obtained through
fraud and misrepresentation
One. of our Ten Mile farmers
took $500 of his hard earned saw
| ings and hied him to the county
treasurers office TO pay this year E
taxes on his 120-acre farm. When
Re found that they Were not less
than $500 as he expected, but more
than Sass he almost tainted.
public meeting Will be held at
Clearbrook Friday evening at which
Fruit Inspector Flint, and Miss Ma
ry Weissenberger will be present
and address the meeting.
The whatcom County Fruit Grow
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following officers: E. c. Neyans, OF
Clearbrook, president f. F. King
man. of Ferndale, vice president; j.
A Lochbaum. OF Sumas, treasurer;
l.. +. Baldry, of Sumas. attorney.
and Floyd Kaylor, of Blaine, man
ager.
Mike Donnelly. who escaped from
Walla Walla penitentiary where he
was serving life sentence for the
murder of ]. J. Stevens, logging
camp Superintendent 1T Acme, was
re-csptured by police Officers ri
Everett on Tuesday evening. Three
revolvers. knife aud some ANN UNI
ton. and $500 in gold coin, were
1 found in his possession.
H. P. Murphy. Burns detect
| i've who made an affidavit in the
Sefrit libel cases. WIS arrested al
Seattle on warrant charging Rer-
jury in the second degree.
F. E. Wyman has been appointed
County Probation officer by JUICE
PembertoR. Mrs. Cline will assist
in the work of the office. nv. NY
man will receive SIS per month and
Mrs. Cline $50.
The contract for digging The main
ditch and the six laterals On Tie
Schneider drainage project east Of
Custer, has been awarded 10 George
Dickinson, % Bellingham, and is for
s10,5OO. The main ditch we'll be
four miles and the laterals about
three miles long. The ditch commls-
sioners under whose supervision The
work will be done are S. Schneider.
c. Mcclure and Frank Lowen.
The Blaine-Lynden Electric Rail
way Company, which il IS CHARMED
will build an electric line from
Blaine to Lynden. and eventually TO
Bellingham, has filed articles of in
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tor. ]. J. Pinckney, Lester }. Liv-
ingston and James A. Willison are
the principal officers.
The state tax commission has IS
sued a set of instructions to coun-
~ assessors with view of secur
ing uniformity and making The as
sessments as equitable as may be.
hk. H.
vention of assessors that some OF
the county assessor had not been
listing any cattle and horses under
one year of age, because the state
law makes no specific provision for
animals under that age. Under the
present instructions the tax COM
mission asks assessor TO consider the
approximate age of the animal on
March !, and TO rate animals from
9 to 20 months of age As year
lings, but with some distinction IS
10 the exact age. For instance. if
the county in question assessed The
yearlings at 500. au animal nine
months old should be assessed At
ISIS and one Is months old at S25.
In conclusion the commission says
The county assessors of the state
can do much to create public sen
ltiment in favor of a constitutional
lamendment TO enable us to get
way from the general property tax
system We invite cooperation in
spreading the gospel Of tax re-
form throughout this state"
For the purpose of getting AT least
80 acres of clover under cultivation
for seed, the farmers about Fern
dale have organized a cooperative
association with view TO harvest
ing not only the clover for hay, but
for clover seed. Figures compiled
from records in the department
agriculture indicate that in this man
ner an acre of good clover will yield
approximately $s5 when both hay
and seed are harvested.