The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-09-21

Class work in the university Of
Washington began Wednesday morn
ing. Some of the departments. par
ticulsrly in commerce, the sciences
and home economics, have a heavy
increase in students. All classes are
larger this year. Present indications
are that this years enrolment will ex-
coed $500.
Mrs. w G. Merrywesther, of Jared,
was reelected for her fourth term
president of the womans Home Mis-
sionary society of the Columbia river
conference OF the Methodist Episcopal
church at its annual meeting at Spo-
kane. The annual reports showed a
mem bership of 1854 with cash re-
ceipts for the year of s242s.
The Spokane d Inland Empire rail-
road, in a report for the fiscal year
ending June 30. had a decrease Of
s47,117 in interurban passenger re-
ceipts during the year. The report
attributes the decrease to the fact that
the interurban lines traverse a farm
ing region populated wholly by we'll
TODD farmers who own automobiles.
In the ten months that the Clarke
county trout hatchery. on Cold creek,
has been in operation. more than T.
900, 900 trout and salmon fry have
been Matched and planted in the vari-
~ a Tho
hatchery, which cost about $4,000, was
built with funds derived through the
sale of hunting and fishing licenses,
and is operated with money from the
same source.
]. B. Glover. Portland president;
John c. Mayo. of Spokane. vice-presi-
dent; ]. w. Lewis. Fresno, CAL sec
ond vice-president; w. H. Sheedy,
Portland, secretary treasurer, we're
elected at the session at Spokane Of
the Pacific Coast Association OF
Freight Agents. About 60 delegates
attended the convention. The next
annual meet will be held At Los An
geles, at a date named later.
State Supreme Justices George Z,
Morris. Mark A. Fullerton and Emmett
Parker, who received majority OF the
votes cast in the non-partisan judici-
airy ballot. are elected and the ratifi
cation of their election will take place
at the November election, when their
names, as we'll as that of J. s. Web
ster, candidate for the short term on
the supreme bench. will be printed on
the ballot as unopposed, the names of
Edgar G. Mills and Charles E Clay
pool. eliminated in the primary, being
dropped
Great Northern freight trains. made
up of manifest fast freight. are being
detoured from Seattle and routed east
over the North Bank road. owing to a
blockade on the Great Northern line
over the mountains east of Seattle.
huge blast set off in the mountains,
where extensive improvements are be-
ing made by the railroad, covered the
track with a mountain Of rock and ii
may be week before the line is
cleared, local railroad men say. Pas
senger trains are being sent over the
Northern Pacific line to Spokane.
The university of Washington has
obtained for the forestry department
a demonstration forest. to be used by
the students. University land was
traded to the government for the new
tract, which lies in the Snoqualmie
national forest The trade was only
made after six years negotiations with
the government. 1t is proposed to
have the advanced forestry students
go to this forest every year to get
their actual experience in the timber.
Students themselves will do the log
ging and study methods of transport
ing the logs.
Registered pharmacists in the STATE
of Washington voted 324 to ia in
favor OF the removal of all alcoholic
liquors for sale in drugstores, except
for purely manufacturing purposes. &C
cording TO referendum recently tax
en-. The druggists by vote of 336 to
1853 favored the remova! of the state
tax that is paid for liquor licenses.
The referendum was taken by spe-
cial committee appointed by the Wash
ington State Pharmaceutical assocla-
ton at its last meeting to ascertain
druggists views on the subject of
handling liquor in drugstores.
Prosecuting Attorney A. H. Lundin
at Seattle declared that he is In pos
session of information disclosing
wholesale forgery, not only of the sig
natures on liquor permits, but of the
printing, also, in connection with the
seizure at q railroad station at Maple
Valley of eight 50-gallon barrels CT
whisky and lis dozen quarts OF beer.
The signatures of Deputy County Aud
itor w. II. Hart, who is in charge of
the liquor permit department, were an
apparent forgery. The four forged
permits on the consignment seized all
bore date of September 6, 1916.
The advanced age Of Henry Clough,
7S years, who has spent two months
in Jail at Spokane awaiting trial on a
charge OF mail frauds in soliciting
subscriptions towards establishing
university" at Odessa, probably will
result in the dropping OF the case
against him in the federal court at