The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-05-04
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF INTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor.
nation of Our Readers.

Thirty-five boys and girls have Or
ganized the Ridgefield School Garden
and Canning Club, the first of its kind
in Clarke county.
The third annual district convention
of Yakima Valley Odd Fellows was
held at North Yakima with 800 dele
gates in attendance.
Further delay in farm work in the
Walla Walla section Of the Washing
ton wheat belt was caused during the
past week by the wet weather.
At the age of 81, Mrs. Cynthia Bent
ley, of Prosser. filed at the North Yak
lima land office her entry on a 160-
acre tract of land east of Sunnyside.
Two hundred gallons Of spurious
liquor of many sorts, seized in raid
on Smiths pharmacy at Seattle, were
dumped into a sewer near the police
station.
Restoration of division headquarters
of the North Bank Road at Vancouver,
with r. c. Wegner in charge as divi-
sion superintendent, became effective
on May /.
Many special premiums for the ed
ucational department OF the 1916
| Southwest Washington fair have been
donated by the Centralia and Chehalis
merchants.
The Elma school district Is over its
debt limit about $4,000, according to
the state auditor, and he has notified
the county auditor to issue mo- more
warrants against the district.
Conrad Leo, a former restaurant
proprietor and for 20 years a resident
of Seattle, shot and killed himself on
the street. after having shot at
Thomas Dunbar, realty agent.
The last work of the $4,000 high
line canal Improvements at Wenat-
chez have been completed and the
contractors have turned it over to the
Wenatchee reclamation district.
The Northern Pacific railroad an
nounces that construction will soon
begin on a freight shed at Auburn,
1900 feet long, to provide storage for
war material awaiting shipment to ST.
IBERIA.
Clarke county farmers are being
urged to plant strawberries by the
Oregon Packing company, which has
packing plant in Vancouver that will
employ 800 persons during the can
ming season.
That Walla Walla valley vegetables
may reach northwestern Canadian
and midwestern markets in minimum
time both the American and Northern
express companies have put on special
express cars.
The Rev. w. 8. Pritchard. of Odessa,
was selected moderator of the Congre-
gational association of east Washing
ton and north Idaho at the annual ses-
sion at Spokane. Colfax was chosen
/ as the next meeting place.
A proposal to forbid the publication
of tobacco advertisements in the Uni
versity of Washington Daily, student
publication, was voted down at the
annual election of the associated stu
dents of the University of Washington.
Enoch Browitte, a well-known miner
Of the Roslyn field. was killed in one
of the Roslyn Fuel company's mines
at Jonesville Mr.. Browitte had gone
j on duty as fire boss of the mine. and
/ it is believed was struck by coal cars.
Frank Ferris, a young Elma carpen-
ter, is building an unique parlor table,
on which he has been working for
more than a year When completed 1t
will contain more than 10000 pieces
of hardwood of more than 60 different
kinds.
@. p. Clerin and Angus McGregor,
lumber operators, have purchased 5000
acres of valuable timber land situated
along Hamilton creek, not far from
Stevenson, at a consideration believed
to have been between $4,000 and
100000
Sheriff w. P. Murphy, of Yakima
county, will procure carrier pigeons
and establish a cote at the county jail.
He plans to use the birds for trans
mission of messages from remote
parts of the county, where there is no
telephone service.
A special farmers union train
from Spokane to Seattle on Sunday
June 4, is planned by the union Off
,ials to carry members of the organi-
zation to the annual meeting OF the
stockholders Of the Tri-State Terminal
Warehouse company.
The first annual Washington Road
huilders institute was held at the Uni
yersity of Washington Monday and
Tuesday. Good roads in the state OF
washington, their character, cost, con
struction and maintenance were the
subject of the conference.
A. Guthrie & Co., of Portland, mas
contracted with the Cascade Lumber
company for the cutting OF approx
mstely SOC, O0O.0 feet of timber IN
the Teanaway valley. Washington
The work is to be done in 10 to /.
wears. which will mean the cutting Of
nearly so,o0O.00o feet year.