The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-08-03

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Templar, Jurisdiction of Washington
and Alaska
The Citizens club of Chehalis is in
receipt almost daily of inquiries from
people desiring to know about Che
halls and Lewis county, especially as
to opportunities for dairying and gen.
eral farming.
The first car of new crop wheat was
shipped from the Walla Walla section
last week. Last year, the initial ship
ment was made in the first week of
July, which shows the backwardness
of the current season.
Declarations of candidacy were
filed with the secretary of state by
John E. Frost, of Seattle. republican,
for governor, and Charles c. Hart. of
Spokane. republican, for congress,
from the fifth district
Eighteen hundred miles alone on
horseback is the feat Miss Erna Rus
sell. 90 years old, will attempt when
she leaves Tacoma with the head OF
her horse turned towards San Ber-
nardino, Cal, and the Mexican border.
The first load of new wheat of the
season was brought to Kennewick by
l. T. Fouch 1t was Turkey red, and
was sold to the Kennewick Grain &
Milling company. Harvest is on here
in full swing, The crop will only be
fair.
Miss Elizabeth Lollan. age 10. en-
ployed as a domestic in the home OF
Gus Ehrenberg. Spokane, saved her
employer the loss of jewelry and sill
verware by holding gun at the head
of a daylight robber and forcing him
to leave the house.
A preliminary telegraphic report re-
ceived by Adjutant-General Maurice
Thompson. of the Washington national
guard, from Major G. b. Blethen, who
was sent TO Calexico. Cal. to inspect
the Washington guardsmen's camp
reported conditions excellent.
]. f. Willis of Chehalis filed for SUI
perior judge of Lewis county to sue
coed A. f. Rice, the present incum-
bent, against whom Willis a few
weeks ago issued a booklet containing
a series of bitter attacks, which re-
suited in his suspension for one year.
Declaring he was Disguised with the
formalities of naturalization, Johann
Wanner, a German sailor, aged 90
years. halted the proceedings in SUI
perior Judge King Dykeman's court
in Seattle and shouted, Il don't want
to be a citizen" His application was
at once suspended.
The State Retail Jewellers associa-
ton at its meeting in Tacoma elected
the following officers: President,
Kristian Kalkenberg. Walla Walla;
vice president, w G. Mahncke. Taco
ma; second vice president, A. L. Wifi
fen. Walla walla; third vice president,
G. II. Doerr. Spokane; treasurer, NJ.
Hunseiker. Walla Walla.
Mrs. May Barnard Wiltse of Spo-
kane. who attracted some attention by
announcing that she had evolved a
plan for transmitting base metals into
gold, has been experimenting at Wash
ington, D. c., with her scheme, and
the bureau of the mint has officially
announced that the attempts to turn
silver into gold have failed.
Allen H. Reynolds, treasurer OF
Whitman college. has forwarded to
the general education board in New
York city a formal statement signed
by himself and President Stephen B.
L. Penrose that the college is out of
debt and already has received in cash
$170,725.50 on subscriptions made to
secure s125,000 pledged by the board.
Carrying her shoes in her hands.
Miss Carol Rutter. accompanied by
her aunt, Mrs. Miles Poindexter, walk
ed into Othello from Saddle mountain,
eight miles, to procure an automobile
The road is sandy and blistered feet
caused Miss Rutter to abandon her
shoes. She walked half the distance
in her stockinged feet.
Construction work on a platform de
signed for use in unloading heavy ma
chinery on the O.-W. r. & n. grounds
in Pomeroy. was brought to sudden
stop as a result of an injunction is
sued last week by Judge Chester Mil
Ter. The company is enjoined under
a provision of the city ordinance
which prohibits the erection Of any
permanent wooden structure within
certain prescribed limits.
John F. Gillies. the convicted indus
| trial insurance defaulter. who escaped
| from the county Jail in Olympia or
the night of July s. was arrested al
Key West. Fla The arrest was eff
fected by means of a decoy telegram
after a message sent to a person IL
| Olympia had fallen into hands of loca
authorities. Gillies admitted his iden
tity. Guards from Walla Walla peni
| Tertiary will be sent after him.
The progressive party of Washing
ton in mass convention held in Seat
tie decided TO maintain the state ant
county organizations and to supper
the efforts of Matthew Hale, acting
national chairman, to preserve the ma
tional organization. and to induce can
didates to file for the progressive nom