The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-10-12

mustered out of federal service at the
American Lake camp, south of Taco
ma, Sunday, and the various units re-
turned to their home stations.
Representatives from each board of
county commissioners for the coun-
ties of Yakima, Kittitas, Benton and
klickitat, together with the health Of
ficers from each of the four counties,
met at North Yakima Monday to con-
slider proposal for joint action in
constructing tuberculosis hospital.
The sting of honey bee on his
finger proved fatal to c. +. Gilpin, a
pioneer resident of Prosser. Death
ensued within 80 minutes. An attend
ing physician explained the sudden
ness of death by saying that the poi
son from the sting probably formed
eliot, causing death when it reached
either the heart or brain.
Five women, apparently a mother
with her daughters, all fairly well
dressed and intelligent looking, as
founded the freight crew of a Great
Northern train by crawling off the
rods as the train pulled into Wenat-
chez. They came from Spokane. They
were quickly picked up by a grower
looking for help and are at work in
the orchards.
Work in the coal mines of Washing
ton, in which 400 members of the
United Mine Workers of America sus.
pended operations September 80 pend
ing referendum vote on the comprom-
Use wage agreement offered by the
employers, was resumed Monday. The
vote in favor of accepting the agree
ment, which will be for two years,
was 2211 to 927.
Representatives of six counties in
central Washington met at Wenat-
chez on October 10 to map out plans
for concerted action on the proposed
West Columbia highway between FL
lensburg and Wenatchee, which would
tie up the two ends of the Sunset high
way, which now stops at those cities.
The counties represented were Lin
coin, Okanogan, Grant, Douglas, Kit
titas and Chelan.
Work is to be started by the Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph company on
construction of telephone line from
Hoquiam to Humptulips City as soon
nc ,ofa al for With tho
completion of this line to a connection
with the Olympic national forest, tele-
phone system connection will be made
with lines running over 80 miles into
the wilderness of the west side of the
Olympic peninsula.
On separate charges Of drunkenness
and violation of the city prohibition
ordinance, Patrolman w. L. Fender
CAST, who with Patrolman A. Gunter-
man, was caught in a liquor raid by
the police at Seattle, was arrested on
mayor also ordered the arrest of Gun
terman on charges of drunkenness
and of aiming his pistol at member
of the raiding party.
The whaling season on Grays Har-
Dor came to a close last week with
catch of 26S for the year. This is
better than the normal catch, although
not up to last season, when 1874 were
taken. The seasons catch is estimat-
ed as having a total value of nearly
100000. Nine sperms were among
those taken this season, and this is
about the average catch for a season
of this most valuable species. The
bones are being pulverized for fertil-
izer
The university of Washington was
the scene October II and IL of log
d-off land conference. A plan has
been formulated consisting in part of
the organization of county agricultural
experiment districts, by which, it is
thought, the problem of how to handle
the stumpage question will be easier.
The plan is to provide such means
that the county officials may secure
blasting powder in wholesale quanti-
ties and distribute it to the farmers
to use in blasting and clearing their
acreage.
A protest against the ruling of the
Great Northern railway in refusing to
furnish refrigerators for shipment des-
tined to points on foreign lines was
filed with the interstate commerce
commission by G. M. H. Wagner &
Sons of Wenatchee. The road also
refuses to supply its own cars where
shippers promise to transfer to refrig-
orators of other lines at transfer
points. The car situation is becom-
ing acute. and shippers are sustain
ing losses that will mount up into the
thousands of dollars through the en-
forced idleness of their warehouse
forces and the congestion of fruit in
the warehouses.
The official canvass, just completed
nv the state election board, except the