The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-09-28

/ ShlpPAus plant Ol the SlalS, II not u
the Pacific coast, the Grays Harbor
Lumber companys mill in HoQuiam.
The shut down means throwing some
600 men out of work.
Governor Ernest Lister of Washing
ton, Governor James Withycombe of
Oregon, and Governor Moses Alexand-
er of Idaho, were guests at North Yak
ina at meeting of fruit growers and
shippers of the northwestern states,
at which cooperation with the federal
government in promoting the con-
sumption of apples was discussed.
Eighteen hundred bottles of whisky
were seized by the police at Seattle,
just after they had been removed
from freight house by transfer
company, and destroyed under orders
from Mayor Hiram c. Gill. An auto
mobile truck, in which part of the
liquor was found, was held by the
police pending proceedings to confis-
cate it.
A committee of nine, three each
from Washington, Idaho and Oregon,
will be Immediately appointed by Gov
errors Lister, Alexander and Witty
combe, to draft a plan by which the
executives of the three northwestern
states may cooperate with the federal
government, acting through its office
of markets, to promote a wider de-
mand for northwestern apples.
Steamers valued approximately at
$21 100000 are under construction or
contract at Seattle shipyards. The
first boat of the great steel fleet to
take the water was the Niels Nielsen
which was launched from the Skinner
& Eddy shipyards at Seattle. The
Niels Nielsen is of $500 tons, and is
therefore the largest merchant vessel
ever built in the Pacific northwest.
w. Schleussner, of the bureau of
markets of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, has been placed
in charge of the Spokane office of
publicity of the Fruit Growers agency
Mr.. Schleussner says he will distrib
uate daily information to growers and
shippers as to the receipts of apples
in 20 central points. Such information
it is said, will tend to prevent Cutting
markets.
= Chief of Police McCurdy of North
Yakima received letter from r. Bra
zier, Spokane, head of the agricultural
division of the l. w. w, declaring
10000 members from Montana. Dako-
ia and Idaho will come to North Yaki-
ma to winter if activities of the or
ganization are interfered with. This
followed closing of the local head
quarters and arrest of three members
as Migrants.
The United States reclamation serv-
ice has commenced excavations for
the construction of the pipe lines and
bitches for the Grandview irrigation
district. This is a pumping project
for about 5000 acres, and all power
spillways of the Sunnysde project,
mainly at the drop of the Mabton sy-
phon feeder canal, where the pump
house will be.
According to estimates made by the
state officials, the car shortage in this
state is growing serious, as it is estim-
ated it requires 1000 cars a day to
handle Washington shipments. OF this
number half are probably unloaded
in the state, while the rest are for
interstate shipments. Inasmuch as
the shipments into the state from out
side points run from 1900 to 1900 cars
a day it means the northwestern rail
roads must move from 500 to 500 cars
into the state to handle the business.
Marked improvement is shown in
the game and fishing conditions
throughout the state for the fiscal
year ending February 2s, 1916, accord
ing to reports made by the county
game wardens to State Game Warden
Darwin. While hunting conditions
show an improvement during the early
part of the year the unprecedented
winter served to curtail activities
along that line, and in the opinion of
most of the game wardens will oper-
ate to decrease the bird supply this
year.
Alleged shipments of liquor into
Clarke county without permits and
placing of permits on such packages
that had been used before. caused
Sheriff Biesecker and Prosecuting At
torney Blair to raid the office of the
| American Express company in Van
couver. They found two packages
containing two quart bottles OF whisky
each, without any permit attached to
/ them, and two packages OF two quart
bottles of whisky bearing labels which,
the officers say, indicated that they
had been removed from the package
on which they were originally placed
and attached to another.
Six candidates for superior court
judgeships presented a petition TO SUI
perior Judge Card at Tacoma asking
that the capvassing board be permit
ted to open up all ballots cast at the
judicial primaries and determine what
the proper certified vote per candi-
date should be, but more especially
to determine what the total vote for
judges should be. Judge Card was