The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-12-07

crease of the csal output in the Cen
tralia fields. The shipments from
Tono aggregated 1890 tons.
Notice of & contest before the lower
house of the next legislature has been
made by ". G. Duncan. republican
incumbent, of Lincoln county, who
was counted out by the canvassing
board by margin of three votes, los
ing to ]. J. Cameron, democrat
City officials are awaiting with con-
siderable interest the decision OF the
state supreme court in the Bellingham
| jitney regulation case, which is about
to be handed down. The action hinges
on the right of Washington cities to
pass ordinances regulating the jitney
| business.
DR.. II. T. Graves, state commission
er of agriculture. because OF the re
ported outbreak of the foot and mouth
disease in central western states, has
announced that all shipments OF cat
tie into this state would be held up.
temporarily at least, for examination
at Spokane and Portland.
The farmhouse of Henry Lofgren,
on Vashon island. mile from Burton,
was wrecked by an explosion, and all
of the eight members of the family
were cut and bruised. but none seri-
ously injured. The Lofgrens believe
a dynamite bomb was exploded under
the front part of the house.
Frank Eeck. IS years old, was con-
victed of manslaughter in superior
court at Spokane for having run over
and killed Orrin Logsdon, aged l,
while driving an automobile at an ex-
cessive rate of speed. The youth was
fined $500 and remanded to the coun-
ty Jail until the fine was paid.
Contracts for sugar beet acreage In
the Yakima valley are II be called IN
by the Utah Idaho Sugar company and
new ones will be issued providing for
payment of 81 a ton for sugar beets
instead of SIS, named in the contracts
now out This is the second rise in
price. the original figure having been
$3.50.
Gull apples sold to cider manufac-
turers and by-product plants on the
coast by Wenatchee growers this fall
netted 10000. The shipments totaled
40 cars. Four dollars the ton deliv-
cred was the average price paid. This
is the first year culls have ever been
sold commercially, previously being
considered a total waste.
A new sea wall, about half mile
in length, at Sunset, resort on the
north beach west of Hoquian has
been carried out by the ocean surf OF
last week, almost before it was COM
pleted. The sea wall, built to protect
the land along the beach from the en-
croachment of the sea, had been IN
der construction since last summer.
The largest student enrolment ever
recorded at the University of Wash
ington. numbering 3215, is causing the
administration officials to consider
seriously the housing problem. in spite
OF the fact that one new building was
opened at the beginning of the present
college year and another will probably
be available during the spring semes
| ter.
The silver salmon run is on in full
swing in Grays Harbor and the tribu
tary streams, but the fishing season
is over and the canneries are not prof
iting by the large number of excep-
tionally large fish running. The run.
which should have come in between
the middle of October and the frs
of November. developed only two days
before the fishing season closed.
Following an agreement reached be
tween Whalen brothers, of Mills
Creek, B. c.. and James Tyson, OF San
Francisco, president of the Puget
Sound Mills and Timber company, OF
Port Angeles, for a supply of raw
material for a sulphide paper plant,
city council committee of Port An
geles is preparing to lease to the Wha
| lens ~ aCIcS VI vi iiS4 NAiN
paper mill will be constructed. The
! first unit of the plant will have daily
capacity of so tons, and the whole
plant will cost s75O,00O.
]. D. Trenholme, who recently de
manded that John B. Fogarty resign
as chairman of the democratic state
committee, has carried his fight to
the national capital. He has filed for
NAL charges against Roscoe M. Drum
heller. collector of customs, formerly
of Walla Walla, and David J. Will
liams, OF Tacoma. collector Of internal
revenue Trenholme asks President
Wilson to remove both officials be-
cause of what he terms their PERM
cious political activity and violation
Of department orders forbidding ap-
pointees to take part in factional poll
tics.
The building OF shipyards to cost
approximately $3.50 900. and the plan