The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-03-26
WASHINGTON BRIeFLETS

sion has so decided.
rural route ls miles long, from
Lacrosse to serve l02 families, and
another from Daisy, "a miles long. TO
serve 81 families, have been ordered
established.
The application of the Farmers
State Bank OF Colfax to change TO the
Farmers National Bank OF Colfsx, has
been approved by the comptroller OF
currency.
In spite of the failure of the Yakima
business men TO make up the $4,000
guarantee fund, the state fair will be
held al North Yakima Governor Lis
ter has promised TO join in the move
ment to have the fair.
Motorcycle races, featuring the fast
est Of Grays Harbor and Puget Sound
riders, will be the big attractions at
Cohasset Beach this summer. The
first of these is scheduled for Sunday,
May 3.
W PcAIbiSo1 pea 'ASs 49,
lack any formal platforms for their
state campaigns this fall and the con
test for control OF the next legislature
promises to become hit or miss fight
il the main.
Supplies for the next six months
for the 5000 inmates OF II state insti.
tutions are being purchased by the
state board of control at prices con
siderably lower than those paid for
articles of the same quality last fall.
The bureau OF inspection has filed
q report showing & satisfactory condi-
tion OF affairs in Stevens township,
Spokane county, assets being listed At
s2s27 and liabilities at $12b. 80
Winter wheat in Walls Walla coun.
ty not only is in better condition than
it has ever been, but there will be
more OF it. The total acreage OF
wheat in Walla Walla county is ap
proximately 100000 acres and IS per
cent of this is in fall sown grain.
An attempt TO have grave-diggers
come under the workmen's compensA-
tion act, because OF the dangerous na
ture of the work. is being made at
Olympia The use Of explosives to
blast out the graves is held as men
ace to life.
Mrs. Adelaide Clark, aged so, first
woman court bailiff in Whatcom coun
ty, died OF heart trouble while leading
a jury in damage suit 10 dinner in
q restaurant in Bellingham. The wo
man died before she could be taken
to the hospital.
c. A Sprague. president OF the
northwest association OF teachers OF
history. economics and governme ent,
has called a session OF the organiza
ton to be held at Spokane, April II.
in connection with the Inland Empire
Teachers association convention.
Mary Blehm, after having been
three times married to her husband
Philip, has decided that she will ge,
q divorce now and abide by it. On
each former occasion she went back
TO live with him, but she says he has
failed to make good Suit has been
filed at Walla Walla.
Adams county, with the lowest tax
levy in the state, is in excellent ii
nancial condition, report of the bu
reau of inspection shows. January /.
1914, the county had assets OF $165.13s
including a cash balance of $74,2S9
and liabilities of $S394.
Net insurance premiums totaline
$16,191,49S, on business in Washing
ton of all kinds, were paid during the
year 1913, according to a compilation
OF the companies report TO Insurance
Commissioner II. o. Fishback. Dur
ing the year losses totaling s7,232.19s
were paid.
The state highway commission has
approved plans for construction Of s3
miles OF the Inland Empire highway
from Colfax north 10 Steptoe, and di
rected imm mediate issuance OF q call
for bids. This work will take about
half of the s73,702 appropriated for
work from Colfax northerly.
Grief-stricken over the death OF
George Stone, who was shot BY Mrs.
Sadie King last week at Tacoma. fol
lowing the killing with her own sui
eide, Lewis A. Roberts, a carpenter, 60
years of age, who had roomed AT
Stones house long time. ended his
life by shooting himself in the fore
head
George L. Houghton. an attorney OF
Seattle, publisher Of pamphlet sn'
titled Court Corruption in the FEEDER
a. and State Courts OF South Dakota
and Elsewhere" has filed suit for $l0.-