The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-03-18
CUSTER

Several of the sportsmen around
| Custer met last Saturday night and
formed the Custer Gun Club. Fred
Flint was elected president; Byron
Porter, secretary; and c. X. Behme,
treasurer. They then voted to buy
two barrels of clay birds and thou
sand shells and decided to start
shooting week from Sunday. Any
outsider can shoot if he wishes by
paying for the birds he uses.
Henry Brown was in town Thurs
day looking after his interests here
and visiting old friends.
j. N. Pratt has moved back to
his ranch at Mountain View.
A. w. Stone, president of the Gus
| ter State Bank, was in otwn We'd
nesday on business. Mr.. Stone re-
sides in Bellingham.
| r. l.. Johnson who is taking Mr..
Weatherby's place here in the Great
Northern depot has moved into the
house owned by Henry Brown.
Mrs. Brownell entertained Mrs.
Ed Brown, Mrs. R. M. Abraham,
Mrs. Jas. Lambert, and Mrs. B. w.
Everett at her home Thursday NJ
ternoon.
H. c. Daulton has taken over
the Custer Hotel from Mrs. Tweed
and expects to make several I'M
Drovements in the place soon. Mr.
Daulton is doing very well with the
hotel. Mrs. Tweed has moved back
to her ranch at Renton. Mr.. Daul-
ton is one of the best cooks the no
tel has ever had.
Jack Walsh who was suddenly
taken i'll at his home here about
week ago is improving rapidly un-
der the care of Drs. Hill and Blce.
Mr.. Marsh has just finished MS
new barn which he has been build
ing in the west end of town.
Mr.. Prichard, music teacher
from Blaine, has moved here and is
teaching the Custer Band. He is
fine musician and the boys are I'M
proving rapidly under his direction
The Custer Orchestra gave
dance in the large Birch Bay nan
last Saturday night. While 1t was
a very bad night the dance was
fairly we'll attended. The Orchestra
Is FURNISHING DtltSi HiN7iN
time they play and will soon be aDle
To compete with any of our nelgh-
boring town orchestras.
Mrs. Norris Howell and her moth-
ar Mrs. Reynolds, are both ON the
sick list this week, Mrs. Howell be-
ling under the care ola nurse.
Little Robbie Walsh fell from a
moving cream wagon Monday and
WAS severely bruised. 1t was lear
cd ar first that he WAS injured IN
ternallv and DR. Hill was caleu
Immediately. TIE doctor belieVes
that he will be able 10 De afouilu
again in a fewdays.
Joe Russell who has conducted .
confectionery and cigar store :iere
for about a year has sold lbs btoch
tn Mr.. H. C. Daulton who Will take
charge of the place the first :"
naxt week. Mr.. Russell and MS
wife and daughter intend TO st1I'
for Alaska some time this month.
Kenneth Walsh is very i'll with
nneumopia. At the present time
he is reported as being very much
better oa
Miss Dora Winerd of Blaine has
baan visiting her friend Mrs. FREQ
Flint this week.
A number of the Custer people
drove TO the Sam Thompson rahch
Sunday evening when the fepor,
lcame in that Mrs. Thompson had
baan shot but arrived 100 late.
Fred Flint drove the Livery car
with large crowd in and from al
REPORTS there was no time lost i'll
getting to the scene of The murder
The Ladies Aid of the Nj. t.
church will meet with Mrs. VIM
Creasey Thursday afternoon OF thIs
week.
The Rev. J. T. Wright will give
a lecture at the l. o. o. F. nall
next Wednesday night on the ODD
Fellows home located at Olympia
Ed Brown has returned IRON
Olympia, where he has been attend
ing the session of the legislature.
Mrs Allan Gooder has been Oh
the sick list for some time.
The T. S. Berkeley Company
sale is finished and Mr.. Berkeley
twill soon satrt work on his new
building. He has his house moVeo
around already so that 1t faces 81
the side street making room u
front for the new store building. Il
Is understood that the new build
ing will be one story of concrete
construction.
Mrs. Nuns spoke at the NJ. Il
Church last Sunday morning in tbs
in+aroSt of the w. c. T u.