The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-07-13
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS Of INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
br'efiy Sketched for Infor.
nation Of Our Readers.

ucsioh WORK on Aberdeens
100000 water system has been start.
ed.
A movement to recall CITY Commits.
sioner McBroom is under way at spo.
kane.
According to the census bureau
washington has 350,746 potential sol
diers.
Cherry growers of the Walla WalIa
valley just now are in the midst of
their annual harvest.
Ninety-four pheasants have been
Matched at the state game farm at the
penitentiary at Walla Walla.
The 18th annual encampment of the
Clarke county veterans will be held
ut Orchards. July IL, 13 and IA.
Work of ballasting the 26 miles of
the Northern Pacific's line from Ho-
Quiam to Pacific Beach and Moclips
has been begun.
-Four hundred members of Pomona
grange from Spokane. Stevens, and
Pend Orielle counties were present at
the annual grange convention at Chat.
taroy.
This summer a lookout station on
the summit of Mt st. Helens will
serve as means OF locating forest
fires by the forest patrol service EN-
ployes.
Dr. Thomas d. futile, state health
commissioner, has announced that
steps will be taken Immediately to
prevent the spread of infantile paraly-
sis to this state.
An exceptionally high birth rate and
exceedingly low death rate has been
maintained In Aberdeen in the past
six months, only 81 deaths occurring
rs against ia births.
Sixteen of II counties where Wash
ingtOn rural letter carriers are organ
lied were represented at the annual
convention at North Yakima Thirty
delegates were present.
Only 200 of Pullman's voters have
so far qualified for participation in
the primary election by registering,
and an active registration campaign
soon will be inaugurated.
The Rev. Oliver Hover of the Con-
gregational church at TOppenish is
organizing a community church en-
campment. He will tit up camping
ground near Fort Simcoe.
Theodore Tobiason. owner of q mil
linery store, was shot and killed at
Spokane in his store by AlphOnse Pan
sierra, who, according to the police.
said that Tobiason owed him $4,000
The Washington state geological
survey is cooperating this year with
the United States department of agri-
culture in the soil survey of Benton
county, which was commenced last
year.
The sum of more than $1,000 has
been subscribed by friends of the Lin
coin county fair at Davenport and ten
tative dates for the 1916 exposition
have been set for September q to 80,
inclusively.
A message from the chief of con-
structiOn OF the reclamation service
announces that the president has sign.
ed the bill appropriating $798.0O0 for
Yakima reclamation projects during
the fiscal year.
The Yakima County Bar association
"a m (ha rlna r.
Hughes, republican nominee for pres
ident, to address the state bar associ-
alton meeting at North Yakima Aug
ust 10. II and II.
8. C.. Erickson. Tacoma contrac-
tor, has put the finishing touches to
the new addition to the state school
for girls at Grand Mound eand the
structure will be occupied as soon as
II has been accepted.
That liquor is being sold In Spokane
on a wholesale scale, and that the
liquor permits issued by the county
are being used as blind to cover up
the illegal sales. was the declarPtion
OF County Auditor Anderson.
Mrs. John 3. Allen. Seattle, has an
nounced that she would run for Unit
ed States senator from Washington
on a platform that will be fundament-
ally republican and include national
eoman's suffrage and international
peace.
There Is now one automobile for
every "a persons in the state OF wash
iaeton. according to figures compiled
by the secretary Of states office and
43.121 licenses have been issued 70
owners of automobiles used solely Tor
pleasure.
Failing from a lift bucket in the
shaft of the abandoned mine NO. III
of the Northwestern Improvement
company at Roslyn, Tony Stanfei, as
sistant foreman at No. mine, lost
his life. He fell $50 feet to the bot
tom of the pit.
Although the prosecuting attorney s
office declares its hands are TIED os
the decision of the supreme court IN
the Booming Eden attack on the state
dry law, Mayor Gill and Police Cniei
Breckenham OF Seattle announce the!
will not be deferred in their methods
of enforcing the prohibition act sho
Sheriff Robert T. Hodge OF kine
county IL openly defiant