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The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19

tation from the Fifth Biennial Re
port of the State Tax Commission
which was distributed this week
Some rather sharp things there
about that general property tax
eh?-
1--WE cannot hope for a perfect
system of taxation. What we do
hope is that the people of the state
of Washington are fully aroused to
the iniqnities of system of tax
alton that has been tried and dis
carded by almost every community
in the world and against which the
following indictments have been fill
ed and against which the system has
been unable to defend itself:
An antiquated and exploded the
DRY of taxation;
Full of inequalities;
"a system that places an undue
burden upon agriculture"
A system that allows intangible
property to escape taxation;
A system that distributes the reve
nue. from public service corporations
only to such counties and minor tax
ing districts as are fortunate enough
to contain wire or rail mileage;
A system which instead of being
general property tax is in fact a
real estate tax, (Only fifteen per cent
of the total tax paid in Washington
is paid on personal property);
A system that does not permit OF
equalization either between indivld-
uals, corporations or communities;
A system that penalties honesty
and encourages perjury on the part
of individuals and public officers;
and yet, system, the evils OF
which are so strongly intrenched
and fortified in our constitution thai
they cannot be dislodged except by
amendment"
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19
The Brave Cowboys

Written by Hans Burthusen in
honor of the event of M. w. Stone
and N. w. Pratt being thrown from
Horace McClanahan's bronco Romeo
when trying to ride double, in front
of Judson's store on Sunday, Dec
ember 5, 1886.
We have two brave cowboys,
Bad broncos they break,
But now they've quit-they quit
for their sake.
The last one they rode,
1t broke them up so,
They said they would ride,
No other bucking bronco.
Now Horace had a pony,
That was quite fool,
Wiener you rode it,
1t would buck like mule.
But we are brave cowboys,
We've blood in our eyes.
We will ride that pony,
"Bejabbers" or die.
Although it is Sunday,
And church in the hall,
Well have a great racket,
Well laugh and we'll squall,
Well ride off so jolly, We'll cut n
big dash,
And If any of the girls see us,
Well sure make a mash.
So Stone on the front,
And Pratt on behind,
To see the performance,
1t would make a man blind,
Pratt was so short,
And Stone was so tall,
OF all the darned hoodlums.
They sure beat them all.
This little pony made quick dash,
And with his brave riders
To the ground he did smash,
And with empty saddle,
Around he did wheel,
He ran to the barn,
And kicked up his heels.
Stone jumped up
With wonderful grace,
But by the great heavens,
He looked red in the face.
Oh! l am not hurt, but as a rule,
| will admit l have acted the fool.
Pratts coat it was torn,
And his head it was sore,
And he was heard to say,
I'll ride broncoes NO more.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19
Comedy And Taxes

One of the funniest books that
has been published in many moon
is the Fifth Biennial Report of the
State Tax Commission. If you want
a merry time these winter evenings,
Mr.. Farmer, send for copy.
Here are some sample laughs:
Ninety people are paying taxes
on bicycles in Whatcom county.
Three hundred and seVenty-slx
people in Whatcom county had TO
pay, taxes on watches in 1914.
Somehow, nobody had an organ
in Whatcom county worth paying
taxes on.
Fishtraps and locations were
assessed at $655,561.
Whatcom County is mighty
prosperous one-asseSsmentS on
money reached the astonishing total
of $2,405.
,But that's nothing; twenty-one
counties according to the report
haven't a cent of cash in them
worth taxing, and Douglas County
possesses the grand sum of $40.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19
How Long, o Legislators?

Legislatures have come and leg1s-
latures have gone, but as far as the
average citizen is concerned, the per
nicious system of taxation in Wash
ington seems doomed to go on for
ever.
Unless
Some day there will arise a legis-
lature with brains enough to devise
something better than the grossly
unfair general property tax.
Every two years the farmers ana
merchants look hopefully in the di-
rection of Olympia. At the end OF
two months, they turn their eyes
sadly away.
This time we're looking to you,
1915 Legislature.
Jut glance over the following quo.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19
ON GUARD!

On guard, Nooksack Valley Farm
ers.
An enemy that will bring terror
into this district is now ravaging the
UHited States. 1t may be headed
this way.
This foe is the Foot and Mouth
Disease" 1t has swept through
state after state, bringing disease to
man and beast. Striking the cattle
first, it reaches out and siezes men,
women and children.
Vigilance alone can keep it out.
Manager Herman Elenbaas aof the
Lynden Creamery issues warning
In this issue of The Tribune.
Every farmer should read his
statement, and follow his instruct
ions to the letter.
A quarantine would mean finan-
cial disaster to the district.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19
Encouragement

The years slip. oh, so silently away
The NIGHT comes then the dawn
of DAY
The ROSES fade but ALWAYS
bloomt again
The prayers We pray are seldom
prayed in VAIN.
The silver threads amongst the
brown or gold;
Bespeak true wisdom, Cleaned from
far gone years
The furrowed brow is but the
PEN of TIME
Perhaps the eye is dim with
unshed TEARS.
For LIFE is not bed of
Leiderdown
And neither is LIES PATH
strewn ALL with thOrns;
SOMEBODY smiles-tho' some one
else may frown-
There's more warm, SUNNY Skies
than wintry storms.
The birds are singing, SOME
WHERE. all day long
Tho, for the moment your own
sky seems gray;
They'll COME AGAIN, to cheer you
with their SONG
If, in your HEART, you worship God
and PRAY.
Mark Hammond.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19
THE READING OF BOOKS

OF one thing l feel quite certain,
that the reading of good literature
is necessary to the growth of the
mind and the Strengthening of char
acter, especially in young people,
and that there is no resource for all
periods so helpful, so satisfying, and
so enduring as love of good books.
Charming we'll says: God be thank
ed for books. They are the voices of
the distant and the dead, and make
us heirs of the spiritual life of past
ages. Books are the true Jewelers..
They give to all who will faithfully
use them, the society, the spiritual
presence. of the best and greatest
of our race.-George p. Brett, in
the November Atlantic.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19
JU T rs
No Winner.

Sublime satisfaction in ones own
powers must be a very delightful con-
dition. but celebrated English mu-
stefan. DR.. Arne. who fourished in the
first half of the seventeenth century.
for once very wittily turned the tables
on some singers of this type. He was
asked to decide on the respective pow
ers of two vocalists whose talents ex-
listed entirely in their own imagina-
tlens. After hearing them DR.. Arne
said to one. "You are the worst singer
ever heard in my life"
Then exclaimed the other. 81 VIM
NO" answered the just judge; ''you
can't sing at ALL" -Argonaut.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19

The greatest editor in America?
Who is he? Many say he Is James
Kelley of Chicago, who gave the
United States a sane fourth of July.
He is editor of the Chicago Herald,
and the Inter Ocean and Farmer.
The Inter Ocean and Farmer, the
great weekly newspaper, is offer
ed in the Tribune's Christmas bar
gain combination. Read about 1t
on page s.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19

The Washington Paving Company
is to be congratulated for the record
it made in Lynden. 1t brought its
great force of men into the town,
did it's work quietly and well, and
has left without causing the slight
est trouble to the town and its c1t1-
zens. 1t is no easy thing to keep
group of laborers gathered from the
four corners in check. The paving
company was able to do it.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19
Would Like to See Il.

81 done heard it read in de paper"
said Uncle Raspberry, dat some O.
desc here fyin' machine gemmen says
man kin do anything bird KIM
"That's what they say" said Aunt
Chloe.
"Well. when any O. 'em sees man
sit fas' asleep. holdin' on to tree
branch wifi Ais feet, sho' wishes dey'd
call me to have look. Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19

We saw boy and a magnifying
glass in action this week. The boy
was making the amazing discovery
that it is possible to set fire to pap
er by concentrating the rays of the
sun. Is there any boy in the audi
ence of ten to eighty years VINO
didn't make the same discovery in
his day?
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19

Even in Lynden Thanksgiving and
Christmas won't be celebrated by a
full table in every home. We know
some men in town who are having
a mighty hard time to find work.
They are anxious to labor, too. We
hope that some of the good things
will be shared with these men and
their families by those who have
much for which to be thankful.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19
What She Didn't Say.

The young man should have gone
home an hour before, but he was still
lingering and making conversation
The girl was desperate.
"Oh. say, Miss Frances" he said,
would you rather say something and
mean nothing than say nothing and
mean something? We were discussing
that this evening at dinner and left 1t
undecided"
And the girl never said a word
Lippincott'S.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19

Consider the gentle Lynden COW
with soft brown coat and untroubied
eye, browsing quietly the day long
on tender grass. Then ponder on
the old question of the phlloso-
phers-"Which would you rather be:
an animal satisfied, or a man dis
SatiSfied?o
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19

with red cotton strips wound with
blue string, yellow sponge dang
ling from the edge? And the slate
pencils-some with gilt paper, others
with striped covers and dotted with
stars? And now, can you recall how
a slate pencil that scratched or
squeaked sounded?
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19

William Allen White, editor of
the Emporia (Kas.) Gazette un-
dertook to write up an important
meeting of the local ministerial
association. For three quarters OF
a column he gave an accurate &C
count of the proceedings of the
grae and reverent assemblage, and
then wearying of the somber tone
of the story, he ended: 1.-THE meet
ing closed with cards and dancing
Golfers
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19

Well, we'll, here's the good old in
strumeut known as the melodeon
bobbing up again in the tax COM
mission report. We thought 1t had
gone to join the psaltery and the
spinet and the Tyre.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19
MASTER YOURSELF.
Al: o., .,o, ,,o.,..( al .,o.,

AIM to master yourself ana your
passions. The hardest and most
lasting part Of the battle Of lie is
the fight that must be wased against
sell. Sell Is always the traitor in
the camp-always attacking in flank.
always stabbine from behind. Not
until self t. fought to a finish can
there be true victory or peace.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19
In the Market.

Agent-Have you become converted
to life insurance yet? Prospective Risk
No, but I've got four companies bid
ding for me.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19

Let's all cheer up. Those beauti-
full trills we hear these clear days
come from a fat, brown, squat bird
known as the meadow lark.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19
lmauination.

"You don't care much for the dialect
author?"
NO" admitted Mr.. Rafferty,.
agination."
HE has. He goes right ahead i'm.
agining that an Irishman says OF In
stead Of II and 'phwat' instead OF
what "-Washington Star.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19
SAGES ON MAN.


Such is man! In great afflic-
ton he is elevated by the first
minute; in great happiness. the
most distant sad one, even while
yet beneath the horizon, casts
him dOwn.-Richter.
I have thought some Of ma
lures journeymen had made
men and not made them well.
they initiated humanity so abom-
inably.-Shakespeare.
The man of wisdom is the man
Of years.-Young.
Man, that flowers so fresh at
morn and fades at evening late.
-Spenser.
When beheld this | sighed
and said within myself. "Surely
mortal man Is a broomstick."
Swift.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19
Her Belief.

DO you" he asked, believe in early
marriage?
WELL" she replied. II used to. but
am willing to say that Mt present l be-
lieve better late than never may be
applied to marriage as well as to some
other things. "-Brooklyn Citizen.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19

We saw some states today. Can
you shut your eyes and remember
the old slate days-slates bound
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-11-19

Waiter-What part of the chick
en- do you wish?
Freshie-Some of the meat please.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-10
CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH MEETING
Officers Elected and Decision Reached
to Do Newspaper Advertising
for the Church

The members of the Pilgrim Congre-
gational church held their annual meet
ing at the church edifice. corner Seventh
avenue and Nineteenth street, north, last
night. Edna W. Moore, pastor, was in
the chair as moderator and a large part
of the membership was present. The
following officers were elected to serve
for the ensuing year:
Deacons: d. M. Lewis, J. A. Arthur and
B. NJ Graves.
Trustees: D. B. Dimmick, A. j. CHS
holm and J. NJ. Milan.
Deaconesses: Mrs. w. J. Lee and Mrs.
James Brown.
Treasurer J. R. Thomhas.
Statistician: A. j. Stone
Clerk: Miss Susie Foreman
Superintendent of Sunday School: B.
NJ. Graves.
Finance committee: James Arthur, d.
B. Dimmiek and w. J. Lee
1t was decided at last nights meeting
to start campaign of newspaper adver-
tising, running an advertisement each
week in one of the local dailies 1t is
to be decided later which paper shall
receive the patronage or the church. 1t
is the intention of the publicity commit
tee to buy enough space each week to
let the public know what the church is
doing and call attention to the fact that
the church stands for all that is good
in the citv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-10
OF MEN
AT THE JEFFERSON

Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock w. T.,
Clarke of Toronto will deliver an ad-
dress to the men of Birmingham The
Jefferson theatre has been engaged for
the purpose. Mr. Clarke has the reputa :
ton of being an authority on social life
in its different phases, and his talk, it is
said, will be straight from the shoulder
and to the point. The distinguished
speaker is prominently connected with
the National Purity association, and is
thoroughly familiar with successful meth
DDS of dealing with social vice as it ap-
pears in the great cities of America
The subject for the evening will be
Sex and Manhood There will be no
admission charge, but Mr.. Clarke regrets
that on this occasion it will be neces-
sary to exclude ladies and boys under
the age of ID
This will be the first of a series O;
Sunday addresses to be delivered at the
Jefferson under the auspices of the
Dung Mems Christian associa ton of this
city. The theatre is retained for Sun
day use several weeks in advance, and
prominent men from different parts of
America, who are experts in their line
of endeavor, will speak from special
knowledge and experience.
The meetings of the association in the
past have been extremely popular and
the management desires to EXPRESS to
those who have composed the vast ard
appreciatiYe audiences its qualification at
the warm welcome heretofore accorded
the distinguished gentlemen who have
visited the city at the invitation of the
Young Mems Christian association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-10
LEADING ATTORNEYS
TO DEFEND FOSTER
New Jersey Millionaire De-
nies Himself to Inter-
viewers i'm Mobile

Mobile, January 9.-Joel NJ. Foster, mil
lionaire poultry farmer of Browns Mills,
N. j., remained in his room at fashion,
able hotel here today. denying himself to
interviewers, while the pretty stenogra-
pher with whom he eloped. Miss Delilah
Bradley. left the hotel at which the two
were arrested to seek seclusion in pri-
vate boarding house.
Foster has employed two leading attor-
neys of this city to defend him. His pre-
liminary hearing is set for January "A.
1t is understood that the recent de-
cision of a Texas federal judge who held
that the intent of the Mann white sls--.
act was merely to stop commercialized
vice, will be invoked in Fosters case.
Mr. and Mrs. Foster, as the couple were
known during their stay here, obtained
entree into the best society. Foster ex-
hibited interest in plan to establish a
magnificent sanitorium at Springhill
near Mobile, and land agents had sought
to sell him the property.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-10
BesSen1er News

Bessemer, January 9.-(Special)-The
Dolomite High school gave an entertain
ment tonight at the school in the nature
of a housewarming, the doors being
thrown open to the patrons and public.
During the year the school has had
much improvement an additional building,
a new music room beautifully furnished,
a room for manual training, a gymnasium
and everything that goes to make up
an up-to-date school. An interesting fea-
ture of the occasion was the presentation
of handsome loving cup to Ben E. Pur-
ser, the real founder and builder of the
school, from the pupils of the school.
The presentation speech was made by
the Rev u. A. Bowling. Mr.. Purser was
very much surprised and feeingly re-
sponded
Short talks were made by Professor
owen and DR.. p. f. Gwin. Refreshments
were served by Miss Ada Robertson, Miss
jeanette Allen and Miss Mary Morrison,
the teachers assisting Professor Owen
at the Dolomite school.
Deputy Sheriffs NJ. f. Parker and j.
N. SmithSon went across Shades noun
tain last night to arrest copper thieves
w no nave Deen Stealing CODpeT WiIe dlOtls
the line of the Alabama Power company
in this distrist. On reaching the plafe
where the men were supposed to be
wagon was found with about 500 pounds
of copper wire cut up and loaded and
some brass and copper plates, but the
parties who had done the stealing had
skipped. The team and load were brought
to Bessemer by the officers and the
thieves are minus a mule and wagon The
1nal iC no
hundred dollars.
Lucille Watercutter, the 5-year-ol
daughter of Mr.. A. Al. Fred Watercutter
died this morning at the home of her
father al Hueytown. The funeral Will
take place Saturday afternoon at 1:30
o. clock from the residence. the services
being conducted by the Rev. NJ. E. Kit
trick. Interment will be made at Pleas
ant Ridge cemetery
George Ross, Gardner f. Goodwin, j.
F. Cannon, w. j. Whitaker, Frank
Hewitt and r. A. Hines, Jr., went to
Johns tonight to attend the meeting OF
the Underwood club. Short talks were
made by Mr.. Whitaker and Mr. Ross.
The club has 200 members and claims the
beat will go for Underwood 4 to /.
Lucian Huey and Alderman Eugene
Honeycutt, who went to Sumter county
Monday to hunt BIRDS returned Thurs
day night, having had most successful
trip, reporting many birds and excellent
success in their shooting. The weather
was ideal for good shooting and the hunt
ers bagged many quail.
Judge Murphy and his clerk, Ralph S.
Barrow, were in Bessemer today holding
the semi-monthly session of the juvenile
court. Willie Johnson and Sallie Pipens,
both negroes, were committed to the
county shelter until further order of the
court Willie Ward, negro, was put
on probation. All three negroes were
charged with larceny.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-10

Representatives of the association
declared that from one to two mil
lions pounds of poultry was received
in the markets of New York weekly,
that each pound carried its percentage
of rock and sand.
The department believes the practice
exists among the principal markets of
the country. A short time ago the bu-
reau of chemistry announced the dis
covery of the weighing scheme" call
Ing attention to the fact il was prac-
tieed generally. Members of the asso-
citation today said the practice was an
old trick, and had been operated so
long that many New York women had
discovered it, and now demanded a lib
eral discount on poultry with promi-
nent crops.
According to the explanation of the
scheme, the fowl, when in shipment are
starved for sufficient period to give
them ravenous appetites, and two or
three hours before they are to be sold
they are fed paste preparation COM
posed of wheat middlings and meal
mixed with sand and coarse gravel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-10
SUGAR COMPANY
MUST TAKE ACTION
Antitrust Law Will Be Wig
orously Enforced if De-
mands Are Not Met

Washington, January s.-Negotia-
filming company and the department of
Justice have came to an abrupt halt,
and unless the so-called trust agrees
to meet demands for a reorganization
the pending suit to dissolve it under
the Sherman antitrust act will be
pressed with vigor.
For the past week officials have
been hopeful that recent conferences
between Attorney General McReynolds
and Snowden Marshall, United States
district attorney at New York would
result in peaceful settlement of the
suit, filed more than three years ago.
This hope was shattered today when
word came from New York that the
negotiations had failed. Exact points
which failed of adjustment were not
made public.
Although the department can do
Dothing now except continue its pros
ecn,ion. it is not denied that an about
face by the sugar company and a de-
sire to meet government requirements
probably would lead to a reopening of
negotiations. This is the first failure
of negotiations of this sort since the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company pointed a way by which "big
business" might avoid long litigation
in the courts.
In the bill filed against the so-called
trust the government held that it con-
trolled about 70 per cent of the coun-
trys output of refined sugar, exclu-
sive of the beet sugar product, and
that its percentage of the beet sugar
produced was about "a per cent of the
| total. The bill asked that the Amer
| lean company, the National Sugar Re-
| filming company of New Jersey and the
| Great Western Sugar company be
found unlawful monopolies and that
the community of stock interest held
to exist between them be broken and
enjoined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-10
UNSCRUPULOUS "FATTENING"
OF CHICKENS IS EXPOSED
Welghting Scheme by Which Public is to Pay for
Thousands of Pounds of Rock and Sand Discovered
An Investigation Has Been Ordered

Washington. Jananry 9.-Convinced
the public has been innocently purehas-
ing quantities of chickens "fattened"
by INSCRIPTIONS shippers. with rock
and sand in food mixtures, the depart
ment of agriculture today ordered an
investigation into this phase of the
poultry business. The people of New
York city alone, the department esti-
mates, buy every week from loo, 900
to 100000 pounds of rock and sand sub
stances paying poultry market prices.
Officials of the department have de-
termined on the investigation as tie
result of complaints made today by the
New York Live Poultry Dealers Pro-
tective association, who brought a bar
rell of chickens of sand fed variety"
as an exhibit. Some of the chickens
crops were puffed out to the size of
the average orange and weighed a half
pound each, though not more than three
ounces could be charged to the natural
weight of the crop.