The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-02-10
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF INTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
Briefly Sketched for lnfor.
nation of Our Readers.


Salmon
General damage from the storm In
the Tacoma territory has been light
The old ST. Mary's Catholic church
at Seattle collapsed under the weight
of snow on the roof.
Sheriff Foster eonfiscated all the
punch boards in the cigar and eonfec-
tionery places at Chehalis.
The dealers OF Tacoma will hold
their auto show at the Glide rink. the
week of February 81 to %.
John Rafferty, was killed at Chehalis
when he was hit by a chunk Of ice
hurled by q log which skidded down
hill.
David Livingstone, rancher OF
Happy Valley. near Sequim, was kill.
ed by the collapse Of the snov-lAden
roof of his barn
a course in child psychology and
adolescence will be established al
Whitman college for those taking
teaCnllS courses
Northwest postmasters have been
appointed as follows: Washington,
Mrs Kaye Lomsdaleu. Nemah. vice
George W. Prior resigned
A snowslide at Riparia covered 50
O.-w. R & y. laborers. Seven OF the
men were seriously injured and were
brought to walla Wslla for treatment.
All viii recover.
The herds Of dairy cattle al the
state school for girls at Grand Mound
and at the state training school will
be increased with cows purchased By
the state at Chimacum.
John F. GilIies. eXelaim agent OF
the state industrial commission. was
found guilty of forgery in the first de-
gree. after a trial that has continued
for nearly three weeks.
One hundred and fifty delegates are
In Spokane from all counties in the
state to attend the meeting Of the
Eastern Washington Fish and Game
association held on February 3 and 10.
A whole series of complaints against
the appointment OF Louis d. Bran
deis. OF Boston. to the supreme bench
Of the United States have been filed
by attorneys Of Spokane and vicinity.
-Four eightinch navy rifles valued
at $4,000. went to the bottom Of Pu-
get sound when wash from q steamer
tilted barges on which they were be-
ing conveyed. breaking their lashings
A series of institutes in connection
with a religious campaign are to be
held at convenient points in Clarke
county under the auspices Of the
Clarke County Sunday School associa-
ton
Twenty-three drawings Of suggested
seals for the University Of Washing
ton. TO replace the one now used, were
submitted in a prize contest arranged
by President Suzallo, but all were re
!ected.
Not in the memory of the Oldest In
dian has the Columbia river at White
Salmon been frozen in solid sheet
for as long a time as this year. The
river has been impossible for over
two weeks
Fort George Wright will not be
abandoned as an army post. At least
for many years TO come, according TO
information received by the SPOKANE
chamber of commerce from the Wal
department
c. D. Van De Veer, of San Francis
CO. formerly physical director At the
University of Idaho. was selected as
track coach by the board of control OF
athletic affairs at the University OF
/ Washington
Fire. starting in a hotel during g
snow storm at Bellinghsm. destroyed
the building and the entire block OF
adjoining wooden structures. and cost
the life OF one Greek One other per
son is not accounted FOR.
Ice from the silver thaw trose the
machinery which operates the draw
span OF the big railroad bridge across
the Columbia at Vancouver. and ii
could not be opened for river boats to
pass through for several days.
The Chehalis Liederkranf society
is planning 10 bring the German sing
| ing societies in the Saengerbund to
ChehaIis for the annual meeting In
July. Chehalis Germans Are working
or a plan 10 finance the proposition
The annual meeting Of the Wenaha
wooigrovers' association, with head
quarters In walla wslla. will be held
February IA. in that city. according
TO the announcement Just issued By
President Dick Jackson and Secretary
John KIDD
Grays Harbor county had S174.so5
worth Of road work done in 1918. &C
coriing to figures complied by the
county engineer. In the neighborhood
OF s56.ea5 was spent on the Olympia
highway west OF HoQuiam and leading
T to Lake Quiniault-
Several men had narrow escapes
+ from death near Stampede Pass when
huge Stow slide struck Northern
Pacific passenger train while It stood
stalled in snowdrifts- The slide bur
| led the engine. baggage car and POI