The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-07-16

Vol. 7
STATE NEWS
AND COMMENT.
Labor Commissioner Olson has
succeeded in having a Seattle laun-
dryman fined for violating the min
tmum wage law. The proprietor fir
ed one of his employees because she
testified at the wage conference.
County clerks in annual session
at Walla Walla went on record as
favoring issuance of marriage IL
censes by the clerks instead of by
the county auditors and that jur-
or qualifications be given at the
time of registration. Both sug-
gestions appear excellent.
The minimum wage commission
has already granted more than 130
permits to apprentices in the mer-
camille Industries and has rejected
a number of applications.
Three honor camps for convicts
are to be established by the state
highway department on state road
eight between Stevenson and Cas-
cade, In Skaminia county.
Judge ]. P. Houser of Mt Vernon,
superior judge for Skagit and San
Juan counties. is dead. Under the
law Governor Lister will have to
appoint a successor to serve until
the November elections.
A North Yakima man figures that
the Panama canal will save $12O
per carload on shipment of fruit 10
Europe.
A Chelan apple grower states that
the apple crop at Lake Chelan Is
the best ever this year. and thinks
that the price will average dollar
box.
G. B. KoOntz, of Gold Bar. has
received some tobacco plants from
Wisconsin. and expects to determine
whether they can be profitably cul-
tivated.
Arrangements have been made
with the railroads entering Seattle
for a fare of one and One-third for
the round trip within a radius Of
500 miles from Seattle for mer-
chants and members OF their fam
lilies who plan to attend the second
annual convention of the Northwest
Merchants Association, August II
to %.
A committee OF five prominent
business men of Harrington will
soon be appointed to list lands for
sale under the plan adopted at the
immigration conference called by
the Spokane Chamber of Commerce.
At least 1000 acres Ia expected to
be listed by ex-senator Bethel and
many other tracts are to be offered
for sale at attractive prices.
Fire on Friday night destroyed
mills at Bismarck. near Tacoma.
More than 100000 feat OF lumber
were destroyed. Loss to the mill
company $115.0O0. Three lives
were lost and Is persons seriously
injured.
Fred l.. BOalt, correspondent OF
the Tacoma Times and otherScripps
newspapers at Vera Cruz, under de-
tention I'm quarter" on account oI
an article he sent to the United
States alleging that United States
soldiers shot down fleeing Mex1cans,
il at liberty again. according 10
telegram from General Funston.
One man was painfully injured
and a unber Of Others considerably
iarred by an explosion of natural
gas in Raymond, when gasoline
tank in which the gas was being
stored exploded with terrific force,
blowing the ends out OF the tank.
Estimates of the Walla Walla
county wheat crop range from o.
800 900 to 6,OOO,OOO bushels. The
large acreage OF hybrid wheat VIII
bring up the total.
For having opium in his possess
s,on and smuggling the cOntraband
into the United States, Hong Hai'
a Chinese merchant Of Olympia,
was fined $3.50 by Federal Judge T.
E. Cushman.
On the basis of the present canal
rates a steamer of the avreage size
operating between Tacoma and AT
lantic coast points. will have to pay
from $4,000 to $4,000 for passage
through the canal. The fastest
steamers now make the run from
puget Sound ports to New York a.
round the Horn in sixty-five to nine
ty days. under a daily cost OF $Soo
To 5000 for operation. By the ran
a canal the same vessels will make
the journey in about twenty days.
IN the basis of sixty-five days fnr
the other route this makes dii-
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