The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-09-10
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Flies spread the hookworm dis.
D. HocKsbergen is erecting a new
broom bungalow on his place north
east of town.
Mrs. Bert and Mrs Silas Burgess
OF Seattle visited at the Hemingway
home on Sunday.
The Lynden Department Store ex-
poets to occupy its new location in
the new two-story NAPLES building
about November l.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilder r. Jones and
MT. and Mrs. Carl Rathman were
sunday visitors to Bellingham. re-
turning the same evening.
Miss Kate Den Abel. who has
been visiting in Lynden for the past
year, left for her home in Iowa ON
Monday.
Fred Bruno and Cornelia Neveen
were married at the home of the
brides parents near town ON Mon
day evening.
Both Blaine and Bellingham not
satisfied with having clean, sober
communities, will take another try
at voting their towns wet at the
polls i'll November.
Long wished for showers set in
on Monday greatly to the comfort
Of our people who had tired of dust
and smoke. The rains kept up for
several days and have proved
blessing.
Mr.. Edgar H. Gerlach. oldest son
of M. II. Gerlach OF Lynden. and
his wife, arrived last Sunday from
Edmonton, Alta, with the intention
OF making this part of Washington
their future home.
F., The next township board meeting
I. of Lynden Township Will be held
son Monday, September % at the
township aall. The regular order
of business will be taken up and
the warrants for work done On roads
will be issued.
The large barn by C. F. Worthen
on Grover Street was found to be
on fire Monday afternoon. An a.
larm was turned in to which the fire
department responded quickly ex-
tinguishing the blaze in quick time.
Some 10 tons of hay were destroy
ed. The damage to the barn has
not been estimated.
Another great factor in aiding
Lynden enterprise is found in the
LINDEN cannery which is being sup
piled in great quantities with boxes
by the Lynden Lumber Company,
which is headquarters for all kinds
of fruit boxes and crates. Lynden
money paid out to Lynden factories
again finds it's way in the Lynden
peoples pocket books.
The Farmers Mutual Telephone
Company is considering the matter
of consolidating some of its small
er offices as it is not able TO meet
the requirements of the new mini
mum wage law which makes it COM
pulsary for the company to pay its
operators $45 month at these
smaller stations. 1t is matter or
about $500 additional monthly ex-
pense 10 the company to comply
with the statutes.
At the meeting of the fire depart
ment on Monday night it was found
that some $50 was left over from
the prize money subscribed by our
merchants and that the grandstand
receipts at the tournament We're
$3.50. Both sums We're ordered
entered to the general fund. The
ball Melted $40 and this amount was
turned over to the firemen's band
fund.
The Lynden Cannery, is employing
about sixty persons working over
time every day until midnight.
great quantity of plums and pears
were canned during the past week.
All the product known as the
Famous Lynden Brand Is finding
a ready market. In fact, the can
merry has been unable TO supply The
demand and heavier one Is
sure TO be made upon it next sea-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Palmer of
LINDEN were guests OF Mr.. ana
Mrs. Frank Cotter few days early
in the week. and left for Happy
Hill to spend some time with the'
daughter, Mrs. King. Mr.. Palmer
Gomez from the wealthy Nooksack
valley just west of us on the other
side of the Cascade mountains-a
section that has been made wealthy
very largely by dairying and fruit
growing. Mr.. Palmer expresses lhe
belief that this valley holds great
possibilities in the dairying line as
we'll as for fruit growing Okahog-
an Independent.
There are not near as many MIS-
sourians around this valley as FORM
erly. When The Tribune began us
campaign for additional acreage to be
set out to berries and vegetables
and promised to have market 1or
all that could be raised. through the
erection and operation of an up-to-
date cannery. most of the growers
wanted to see the cannery built first.
Well II was built and placed in fuii
operation just as promised. ID. +.
Smithwas one of those that had