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The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-07-29

Pearl Frost were named as COM
mittee to solicit funds to build a
church, and Mines. Louisa Constant,
Minturn and Frost to decide on the
plans. A chicken dinner was Berv-
ed at noon.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-07-29

A party of Lynden people, who
picnicked at Silver Lake Friday, IN
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. d. l.. Steffe,
Miss Mabel Steffe, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Storey and family, and the De
Nye and Cruickshank families. The
trip was made by auto.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-07-29

Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. JacOby enter
tained at dinner Sunday Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. LOucks and children of
Aldergrove, B. c., and Mr.. and Mrs.
]. w. Austin and grandchildren of
Sunshine.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-07-29
County News

United States Senator Miles Poin-
dexter will be present at the Old
Settlers Picnic at Ferndale. WASH
ington on Saturday, August z at 2
p. m. and deliver an address to
those assembled.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-07-29
FERNDALE

Mrs. Percy Hood entertained on Fri
day In honor of Miss Mable Jones, OF
Snohomish. Plates were laid for Miss
Mabel Jones, Miss Doy Slater, Miss
Pearl VanOstrand, Mrs. Leona Ben
nett, of Seattle, and the hostess.
DR.. and Mrs. C. w. Hamshaw are
camping at Birch Bay. With them Is
their daughter. Mrs. Earnest Sather, OF
Colebrook, B. c., and Miss Pearl van
Ostrand.
John Ridgway and daughter, Rob-
erta, have gone to Hoods Canal to
visit with Mrs. Palmater, Mr.. Ridg-
ways sister.
Miss Edith Stroup, Of Pittsburg,
Kansas, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. =.
w. Hamshaw, for the rest of the sum-
mer.
Miss Minnie Andrews Is preparing
to enter st. Luke's hospital for train
ing next month.
Mrs. Agnes Mitchell and Geo. Slater
and Mrs. A. Pepper visited at the }.
A. Shields home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Jones. OF farK'
Wash. were visitors in Ferndale We'd
nesday.
Miss Louise Atchenson, OF Tacoma
spent the week at the F. A. Queery
home.
A. A. Baker, of Seattle, spent the
week end here with his father ana
sister.
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. H. X. Rus
sa,. a nine-pound girl on "Wednesday.
Mrs. Frank Whitney and MRS.
charles Thornton entertained on Tues
aav. July 9th. in honor of their aunt
Mrs John Ridgway, of Washington
d. c.
Geo. Tiffany left the last OF the
week for trip east of the Mountains
R Long has returned from Alas
10 which he says is good place 10
stay away from. Mr.. Long does ho'
know Just where he Will locate.
Mrs Matte Tawes is quite Ill this
Indee Douglas and wife, of st. paui'
arrived in Ferndale to spend the SUM-
NOR with their son, Harold.
Miss Jessie Henry has returned 10
Aer home in Vancouver, b. w. ai'e'
a long visit with Miss Nola Strange.
Mrs Geo. Brown is spending a ie"
a.vs with her parents at Wiser Lake
Geo. Leighton has moved MS FANNY
.ha bouse recently occupied by )
Miss sophye Reichert, OF Blame
snant the week end with Nina nan
sen. ,au,nohom
Mrs. Mary Tawes. OF beihhenam
ono of Whatcom county's Oldest p'o
naors Is the guest Of her dausn.e'
Mrs. Emily Mohrmann. until after 'n'
IN Sunday a little daughter was
- to Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Brighton
of Fernuaie' ..,or Johv
Atter a two weeks VACATION 'oh'
parkley has again resumed MS '"''e'
ON rural route No. z.
Miss Hattie Monroe is PACK oss ~ w.,
,ostoffice again. after TWO ~e'"'
illness. a
Mrs. Margaret Grant is seriously .la !,
:. the home of her daughter Mrs
Henry Dewitt.
,,,,s clara Shorthand Is spehdih'
..o,,ou at Seaside. Oregon.
Mrs. F. J. Lorenz and dauen'e
have arrived from Spokane, ..u
MT. and Mrs. Berne Hudson son, nav ,w
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-07-29

A serious auto accident occurred
Sunday on the Drayt0n road near
Blaine, when the Glen c.. Hyatt car
slipped in the loose gravel and turn
ed over an embankment seriously
injuring one of the occupants.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-07-29

A party of young people, includ-
ing the Misses Mabel Plank. Mamie
Stranded, Lavina Van Patten, Pearl
Tucker, Nellie Oakes and Fern
Stuart, left last Tuesday for ten
days camping trip at Vashon Island
where they will attend the B. Y. P.
U. assembly in session there. Mr..
Ernest Tucker of Lynden is also at
tending the assembly during the
present weekend.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-07-29

A strike of fine anthracite coal
has been reported at Glacier. A
railroad will have to be built to the
property before the coal can be
shipped.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-07-29

The Sumas merchants are con-
tinuing to accept Canadian money at
par, although the banks are dis
counting it l per cent.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-07-29

Miss Ellen BOoman is visiting
Nels Ling of Rushin. B. c.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-07-29

For the fiscal year ending June
80, thirteen hundred and thirty-fOur
aliens were apprehended by The
Whatcom county immigration off,
GERS. These do not include the
aliens turned back at The boundary
line, but only those trying to make
their way through the country with
out the knowledge of the officers.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-07-29

T. De Valois and H. j. Kok and
families autoed to Oak Harbor this
week for a short visit.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-07-29

Bellingham canneries are working
these days. The salmon are running.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-07-29

convention In Bellingham August
19 and 20.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

Magazine and
Feature Section
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

found very little fertilization necessary
although Mr.. Harris keeps the beds
covered fatrly well with fresh horse
manure. which acts as a mulch and
keeps the ground from baking and
cracking. This year for the first time,
he mixed in several hundred pounds Of
Stacked lime with his soil.
FL Paso has many different varieties
of soil in the different sections Of the
city. according to Mr.. Harris. and these
all require different treatment. All the
soils need manure, he says, after a time,
and manure Mr. Harris finds. comes
nearer containing all the soil elements
necessary to successful plant growth Of
any fertilizer that can be used Still, he
often advises the use Of potash or nj
trOgen in some form for plants in spe-
cific cases, depending upon the char
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

to move on against him and had her
army ready at Termez. Kerki and
kushk, for all of which. England re-
warded the Ishans by extra pay.
The German Mistake.
The power Of StambuI has never
been very great in Afghanistan and
when the Germans expected 10 influ-
ence the Afghans through the sultan
OF Turkey, they made a grave mistake,
for the people who had the key to the
situation were TO be found in east
India, quite secure from Geman influ-
ence and for many years on the pay
roll Of the English government The
average Afghans have vague concep-
tons Of Mecca, for practically none of
them have ever been permitted to make
pllgrlmages there. going instead to old
Bokhara city. khanate of BOkhara, a
Russian dependency absolutely under
the control of the car
1 have interviewed hundreds OF
AIshans who were making pilgrimages
70 old Bokhara city and none of them
ever referred TO Mecca or Stambul. but
the all holy place to them seemed to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

all "giaurs" look alike 80 MIN, h,
would just as leave kill an Englishman
as a Russian. When 1 made this fact
known in London. my English friends
had their doubts, but at the first op
pOrtunity. Afghanistan showed herself
true to her color. and this was not the
result Of the declaration of the Holy
War on the part Of the sultan Of
Turkey. either No more had England
and Russia declared war, and long be-
fore Turkey had become involved. than
the emir began to move his troops to
the Indian border. attacking the Indian
contingency of the British army. The
casualties on the English side were
not heavy, and eventually England
succeeded in making the emir desisr
from his continual attacks upon her,
through the excellent work Of the
Ishans, the apostles of the head of the
Mohammecan religion Of India. who
represented TO the emir that ABSOLUTELY
no effort would ever be made again
by England in any way to influence
the people of Afghanistan. and by eX-
paining to him that Russia was about
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

acter Of the soil and the needs Of the
plant.
Adobe often Needs Lime.
In many of the yards on the water
shed Of Mount Franklin Mr.. Harris finds
that there is always enough lime. but
he has not found any land with too
much lime, and some of the adobe soil
is sadly in need Of this necessary part
Of good soil composition Some Of the
yards on Sunset heights Mr.. Harris has
found not well adapted TO rose culture
or TO the growth of the larger plants
without the installation OF a drainage
system The caliche is too heavy 10
permit the water TO drain from the
roots of the plants and causes a sOuTing
process which kills the growth
There is danger of putting too much
water on a plant just IS there is danger
of putting TOO little Mr. Harris says
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

In time, however. both these worthy
women were compelled to leave Al
ghanistans as they could not combat
the perniciOus influence Of the mullahs
or Mohammedan priests. During their
presence in Afghanistan. several
European specialists We're received by
the emir, one Of them, an engineer
and the other, a tanner. A doctor al
ways has a strange charm. for the su-
perstitiOus MOSlems, as IhknOW from
my own experience, and hardly had
year elapsed since the departure of
Miss Hamilton, when the emir again
applied to the vicerOy Of India, who re
spOnded by sending Mai. Bird, who was
able TO cure the seriously infected left
hand Of the emir. The missions of the
physicians sent to Kabul by the vice
roy Of India have often been extremely
difficult ones especially in the DAYS
when England was fighting Russia,
and IN every way sought to weaken
Russia's influence in that country
Russia is your geographical enemy,
who VIII seize your country at the
first opportunity, for it is on her route
to the sunny sea, for which she is
heading, with which object she built
the Murghab railroad from Merry to
kushk, that caused the slaughter OF
1000 Afghans near Herat." where the
words that had to be repeated by the
medical Intermediates to the emir and
his ceurt dignitaries- Several Russians
attempted to enter Afghanistan by
way Of Kerki and Termes. two border
towns on the Anu Daria river. and.
after frightful torture by the treach-
erous Daghas, as a certain race Of
Atghans is called, were mercifully dis
patched.
Natives Are BarbarOus.
The same fate awaited those Eng
lishmen who entered Afghanistan by
way Of India and not one single hunt
mas ever been undertaken by English
officers and soldiers stationed on the
lndian-Afghan border. for game that
might be found on the Afghan side.
without some fatality at the hands of
the barbarous natives. Generally, the
white men of the party take too good
care OF themselves to become the vic
tins, but their Indian guides and
guards often are the ones to pay the
penalty.
Needless to say, neither Russia nor
England would tolerate the conditions
now existing in Afghanistan We're it
not for the jealousy of DAYS gone by
between these two countries The
Ishans. as a certain religious sect is
termed, who have been spending good
English money and whose duty had
always consisted Of prejudicing the
masses against Russia, have done their
work only too we'll
Hates All Europeans.
When one meets an Afghan, it is not
difficult to perceive the murderOus
hatred he bears a European, and as
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

By DR.. C. c. Young (Kyr1 Christiianoviteh)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

.THE small girl is
/ well equipped for
comfort in this
sweater coat Of knee
lengths, matched by a
cap of the same
weave which is fin
ished with a button
on one side and a tas-
sci on the other. Large
crocheted buttons of
tan wool fasten the
coat and a crocheted
belt IS knotted at the
side, the tasseled ends
falling almost to the
bottom of the coat.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
Hates All Europeans.

when one meets an 4-fghan, it is not
dltticult TO perceive the murderOus
hatred he bears a European, and as
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-07
ROBBERS IN TULAR0SA
BLOCKED BY INGENIOUS
BURGLAR ALARM DEVICE

SPECIAL coRsesponpsHeE TO MORNING JOURNAL
Tularosa, n. NJ, Nov G.-An at
tempt was made recently to rob the
Tularosa postoffice but w. A. Clo-
man, postmaster, had installed an in
genious cOntrivance so that If anyone
entered the postoffice or drug store in
which the postoffice is situated, the
telephone i'm his house would ring
The phone called him up two nights
age and obtaining aid, he went to the
postoffice which was opened but
nothing had been taken.
one man was seen about the place.
but apparently did not care to wait
to discuss the weather, as he disap-
peared across the street Last night
Il man forced an entrance into
Wertheim's store, which is situated on
the corner opposite the postoffice.
Again an alarm was given and the
would be thief left before he had Sc
cured any booty 1t is but recently
that the Meyers store in La Luz was
entered. the safe blown and much
booty secured
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-07
What's New in New Mexico

81 ths community being known all
over the state as BOX s Charley on
account Of his connection with the
BOX $ ranch some years ago. He
Is man of middle age. and was well
liked by practically everybody In the
county and country McKittriCk had
sold his ranch some time ago to go
70 the Pacific coast for the benefit
OF his Wifes health. which at the
present time is very poor She linz
proved greatly during her stay al san
Diego, and thought il safe for them
To return 10 this part of the country
10 stay but she was again taken
down with her complaint ana is
again i'm very poor health. The
shock Of the shooting has placed her
in a very dangerous condition
Winston is "a young man who, with
his wife, recently came 20 this com
munity to reside. The news OF the
shooting is very much regretted by
the people in this community because
both men were considered very vam-
able citizens 1t is said by those
who have had business relations with
McKittrick that he is a man govern
ed by a high temper and when he
becomes angered at anything is a
very difficult man tie control Wins
tons preliminary hearing will be held
today.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-07
FARMERS OF HOPE ARE
GETTING PROSPERITY
IN GREAT BIG CHUNKS
SPECIAL eoRRrsPosDEseE TO MORNING lou"H'u

Hope, n. NJ, Nov 6.-Prosperity is
coming in chunks to this little inland
settlement on the Penasco river in
northwestern Eddy county. The APP
pie growers have done well this year
land received a fair price for the crop
THAT is now about all marketed. The
The fruit acreage has been growing
from year to year until fruit growing
has become one of the main indus
tries.
At the same time that fruit grow
ing has developed the farmers have
given attention to other crops like al
falfa and forage crops like kaftir
corn and milo maize. Transporting
these crops to the Santa Fe railway
over twenty-five miles away was eX-
pensive and the people decided that
marketing the grains, fodder and hay
in the feed lot was the sensible way.
Last year few fed lambs at profit
and this year the Hope section is
turned into a big feed lot. Through
the assistance of the bank, the FARM
ers were able TO buy such livestock
las they needed. Something like To-
600 lambs and muttons are on feed
land a considerable number of steers.
The Hope people have apparently
found that the combination that will
make prosperity in the Pecos valley
is fruit and livestock.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-07
CARLSBAD SCHOOLS TO
CLOSE DURING WEEK OF
TEACHERS CONVENTION


Carlsbad, n A.. Nov. 6.-The Carls-
bad schools win be closed durinl
THANKSGIVING week ON order ~ the
local school board This is dome ia
order 20 give AN the teachers tn the
schools here opportunity to attend
the convention of the New Mexico
Teachers association which win ne
held i'm Albuquerque.
indications are that the Pecos val
lev Will send a hig delegation To the
convention. The Santa Zee railway
mas granted the very low rate of ONE
fare for the round trip This ,our-
tesy Will help To increase the atttnl-
ance at the convention from the east
side of the state
Ii may be said IN passing that these
conventions OF the New Mexico teach
ers surpass i'm Importance. even the
state fair, To the future development
of the state. New Mexico is waking
up 20 the necessity of getting together
IL is big state. Il has great variety
Of climate. surface and resources. It
has a wonderful history lt is really
the only state In the union that has a
history that reaches beyond the conn
ing Of the white men II is the meet
ing place Of the Latin and American
civilizations
The teachers of the state largely
determine the direction Of the instruC-
ton in home geography and home
history. on them really depends the
duty to instill patriotism for the state
New Mexico stin depends to a great
extent on other states to supply the
teachers Of the schools. Well educat-
ed though they be, they as rule
know little of New Mexico history
Meetings of this kind therefore fit
them letter for their duties In New
Mexico schools.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-07
Miss Reagan Wins Contest

East Las Vegas. n. NJ, NOV e.
With the subject Tact Miss Edith
Reagan, Of Portales, this afternoon
won the preliminary oratorical con
test in the college section at the Ne"
Mexico Normal university. Edwin
Rosenthal, Of this city, won the first
honors in the academic section, his
subject being "Americanism.' These
young people will represent the Nor
NAL university in their respective sec
tions at the state contest. which Will
be held in Albuquerque the latter part
Of this month. during the convention
Of the New Mexico Educational asso-
citation Las Vegas high school VIII
hold its preliminary contest on Fri
daV. November 10
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-07
EGGS ALL READY FOR
transforming TROUPE


SPECIAL ooaEEspoHosNeE TO MORNING JOURNAL
East Las Vegas, ~ NJ, Nov g.
one of those rotten theatrical com
panies that usually shows up here
about once each season would do well
to strike Las Vegas right now. Eggs
have risen in price to 40 cents per
dozen, and there is not half enough
hen fruit on the market to supply the
demand.
Eggs Of all kinds and ages from
ranch to cold storage from fresh to
rotten. are so scarce that many a
person who wants his ham and or
his two in the water easy is going
without The surrounding country
keeps Las Vegas supplied with fresh
eggs and the shipped-in variety is
used only for cooking but since the
recent suffrage elections in New YORK
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts,. the
San Miguel county hens have quit lay
ing.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-07
{. A. NJ KITTRICK
FATALLY WOUNDED
BY s. {. WINSTON
Difficulty Over Sale of Ranch
Near Gallup Brings on Quar-
rel With Tragic Results
Slayer in JAIL
t.rse,,L eossss,oSosHes TO MORNING JOURNAL

SPECIAL coasEspoEorNcS TO MORNING JOURNAL
Gallup. ~ NJ, Nov 6.-Charles a.
NcKutrick was shot and probably
fatally wounded yesterday evening by
samuel f. Winston, at the Winston
ranch about twenty miles south of
Gallup. winston telephoned in to the
sherffs office yesterday afternoon
stating that he had shot McKittrick
In self-defense and that he would
wait al the ranch until the officers
arrived 10 arrest him He also asked
them to bring out a doctor to attend
McKittriCk who was MORALLY wound
ed. Both McKittrick and Winston
were brought TO town late last night
winston was held in the county Jail
and MCKttrick was taken to the city
hospital McKittrick is shot through
the stomach and chances of his re-
coyery as tar as has been learned at
the present time is very poor.
The shooting of McKittrick is the
outcome Of series Of quarrels that
have been coming up between the
two men for the past two months or
more McKittrick sold his ranch
and trading store to Winston several
months ago and left the country, go
ing to San Diego, Calf, to reside. He
returned here about two months ago
and shortly after his return announc-
ed that he had decided TO take the
property back and return to the bus
mess. Some misunderstanding came
up in regard to the return sale The
men engaged in a fist fight week
or two ago and the matter was
brought into court here for settle
ment A few days ago McKittrick
asked the courts to grant him an in
junction restraining Winston from
selling his this years crop of hay in
Gallup because he claimed he had al
ready purchased the hay, and Wins
ton was not complying with his part
OF the contract. IL is told here by
some that on the day the trial was
held in Gallup McKittrick secured a
pistol and several times threatened
TO shoot Winston. Winston claims
that he has been threatened by Nc
Kttrick several times since that.
McKittrick yesterday went to the
home Of Simeon DanOff who lives
short distance from him and hired
him to take him to the Winston
ranch, twelve miles away, in his au-
to. The men talked over their bust
ness relations in a very heated man
ner for some time, and it finally de-
veloped into the shooting scrape. Nc
kttriCk was the first to draw his
pistol and fire The bullet passed
through Winston's hat Winston was
also armed and pulled his gun almost
at the same instant and fired. The
bullet from his gun struck McKittrick
IN tho pff nf tho stomach Tho lat
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-07
FINAL TRIBUTE PAID
TO MRS. JOHN A. MOSES

ESPECIAL eoNrusrcHoEHoE TO noRNiNa iouNNAll
Silver City. H. NJ, Nov 6.-Final
tribute was paid here yesterday to the
memory of Mrs John A. Moses, one
Of the pioneers Of Silver CITY, and a
woman respected and ieloved by a
wide circle Of friends, whose death
occurred the past week i'm Los An
gees where she had gone several
months ago for treatment. The body
was brought home FOR burial and the
funeral was one Of the largest attend
ed in the history of Silver city A
husband and family Of grown child
rem survive,
Following closely upon the death OF
Mai W. NJ. Spence. which also oc-
CURED the past week, Silver City and
Grant county have lost two old-timers
who had an active part in the early
history and upbuilding Of this part Of
the state.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-07
WURLITZER ELECTRIC
MUSICAL ORGANS
ARE VERY POPULAR

w. j. Flynn, the local distributor
for the famous Wurlitzer musical inc
struments, yesterday made several eX-
ira good safes r. G. Garrett, the
moving picture man Of Gallupp. was
in the city, and purchased from Mr..
Flynn a 5000 Wurlitzer electric or
gan for his Gallup theater Fred BaN-
ter also Of Gallup, where he conducts
saloon was in the city, and pur-
chased for his Gallup resort a $4,000
Wurlitzer electric instrument Dur
ing the past week, besides these two
mentioned, Mr. Flynn made several
other sales to outside parties