The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-10-19
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor.
nation of Our Readers.

The seventh annual convention of
the League of Washington Municipal
tiles and state conference on city
planning was held at Everett
The annual Grays Harbor poultry
show will be held in Aberdeen Janu-
AIRY to 5. 1t is anticipated that more
than 1900 birds will be exhibited
The state good roads convention
wilt be held in Centralia November
16 and H. About 800 delegates are
expected to attend the convention.
The Cheney Union Warehouse COM
pany is erecting a grain elevator ard
installing machinery sufficient for
three additional elevators at Cheney.
On account of the car shortage
many Cowlitz county logging camps
and numbering concerns are curtail.
ing operations or are shutting down
entirely.
1 hundred acres of overflow land
lying between Kelso and Fowler's lake
will be organized into a drainage dis
eiAst nOeoia iiS W the present pAdNS
of the owners.
The North Coast Power company,
which operates a network of power
Ines throughout southwest Washing
ton, is contemplating establishing a
plant at Pc Ell.
While driving his gasoline propelled
milk wagon along the road near Nov
city, A. Frederickson ran down and
killed 2e5 pound bear, which refused
to get out of the way.
The temporary organization of a
been formed by Aberdeen high school
students who have as their aim thor
ough study of Aberdeen commercial
needs.
Interest in the night cooking course
for women of kelso at the high school
domestic science room has run high.
More have been enrolled for the
course than can be accommodated in
the two classes.
The enrolment this year at Whit
man college at Walla Walla is the
largest in the history of the college.
The enrolment is 276, of which 123
are men and 153 women There are
lis new students.
Enjoying the luxury % contra band
liquor in suite of rooms on the six
teenth floor of local office building,
deliberately fitted up as club 40 of
Tacoma's lelding business and profes-
sional men were caught in a police
raid
After trying internationally during
the last 10 years to get park, with
out any success, although numerous
projects were resorted to, Kennewick
at last seems on the point of securing
its hearts desire in the form OF an
offer by one of its citizens.
Wooden vessels to the value of ST.
$4,000. which includes two vessels
now under construction, will be built
at the ship-building plant of the Sea
born Ship yards. at Tacoma. The
contracts for three other wooden
steamers have been received by this
firm.
]. l.. Sutherland. president Of the
Vancouver chamber of commerce. has
appointed a committee to appear be-
fore the state legislature next winter
and make every effort to have the
state take over the 100000 bonds
voted for the Columbia river inter
state bridge.
F. Z. Ames, assistant district for
ester, has approved two small sales
of government timber, one aggregat-
ing 100000 feet of saw-timber on
the Snoqualmie national forest, and
the other consisting of 1875 cords OF
single bolts on the Washington ma
tional forest.
Gasoline tractors, hauling seven or
eight wagons and handling from 20 to
80 tons of freight. will ply regularly
between Walla Walla and Wallula
next year TO connect with the Column
bia river vessels at Wallula and make
use of the river feasible for Walla
Walla merchants.
The North Pacific Coast Tourist
association of Oregon, Washington and
British Columbia was organized at
Tacoma for the purpose of combining
the three districts in gigantic cam
paign for the sale of the scenic at
fractions of the northwest to the trav-
cling public of America.
The Harvey Mill company, with in
terests at Etna. in the northwestern
part of Clarke county, has closed its
plant indefinitely and doubled the
force of men in the timber. The log
ging crew is now putting about 120,'
600 feet of logs into the north fork
OF Lewis river each day.
Several trainloads Of sheep were
unloaded in Prosser last week for the
winters grazing. The sheep number
into the tens of thousands, and are
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