The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-02-19
WASHINGTON BRlEFLETS

ball league comprising the towns or
Wenatchee, Leavenworth, Chelan and
Waterville has been effected. The
season will begin April 5.
Workmen while sinking well at
Sequin struck oil in paying quantities.
Machinery for boring Will be installed
at once The find has caused consld-
cradle excitement IN the vicinity.
Washington state is selling thou
sands of potatoes to California as =
result of shortages there To dats
more than 500 tons of splds have left
Seattle On steamers for the southern
port.
All teachers in accredited high
schools of the state OF Washington
hereafter must be graduates OF stand
ard colleges, the state board OF edu-
cation has decided. Only special in
structors will be exempted FROM this
ruling.
Prosperous Washington banking
conditions are shown in the reports
OF 261 state banks made to State EX-
aminer Hanson. in response to the
call of January 13. The state banks
show total resources of $122 .934 1887
as compared with STA, .S34.o3 Feb
ruary 4, 1913.
With a death rate of sos for ever
1000 population for 1913 Yakima coun'
ty ranks better than the average fer
the state of S.2 per 1000. Were it not
for the &C deaths OF non-residenti
brought to North Yakima from the
rest of the country for treatment the
city's death rate would be rs per loco.
Small percentages of land remain
ing open for entry in the districts OF
Seattle and Vancouver may cause the
department to close the United States
land offices in those cities and trans
fer the business to Olympia. Opposi
ton to the plan may cause other ar
rangements.
Figures on the lumber cut on vii
lapa harbor just made public show
that at least 100000 feet less was
cut in 1913 than 1912. The total cut
for this harbor is placed at 279,3SS.3 300
feet, as against 303.17O,029 in 1912
The total output of shingles for 1913
was 249, 1868 900 pieces. as against 313,
352 900 pieces in 1912.
The terms of treaty made by the
government with the Sequamish In
dians in the early SOS and signed on
their behalf by Chief Seattle. for whom
the city of Seattle was named. formed
the basis of the defense of two In
dams on the Port Madison reservation
who were arrested for shooting can
vasback and mallard ducks in viola
ton of the state game laws.
c. w. Waters of the state depart
ment of agriculture and former chair
man of the democratic central com
mittee of Whitman county has been
appointed and confirmed as one OF
the two income tax collectors fol
Washington. He will be assigned
eastern Washington territory, ano
will have headquarters at either Spo
kane or Wala Walla.
Robert r. Hodge, progressive can
didate for governor in 1912, has ell
rolled as a freshman in the university
of Washington with the Intention oi
taking the full college course. This
action follows three failures to pass
the state bar examinations. AS soon
as he is eligible to take up work il
the law school, Hodge says he will
prepare himself there for future at
tempts to obtain license to practice
The distribution of the $1,380,0OG
allotted to the Yakima reclamation
project for 1914 by Secretary of the
Interior F. X. Lane. as announced in
North Yakima, will give $658,000 rc
the Sunnyside unit, $4,000 to the
Tieton unit, and S60900O to storage
work. The expenditure on the Sunny
side unit will include pumping plant
that will put water on $500 acres
which will be available for homestead
ing and will provide for the extension
of the canal to Benton. -
HdI tHc Dy CIcdSiua
the appropriation. has power to raise
the salaries of public officials beyond
the limits fixed by prior statutory
limitations, is the decision of the su
preme court. The decision grants in,
creases of salaries to the clerk of the
supreme court, the chief engineer oi
the public service commission. deputy
commissioner of statistics, actuary OF
the state insurance department. dep
uty auditor and assistant state libra,
rian. State Auditor Clausen previous.
ly had refused to pay the increased
salaries under an opinion from AT
torney- General Tanner.