The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-06-22
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS Of INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sketched for lnfor.
nation Of Our Readers.

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The enrolment at the 1916 session
of the Centralia summer normal
school was 81.
The Washington State Homeopathic
Medical Society held its convention at
Tacoma last week.
The first chautauqua ever held in
Ritzville will begin June ~ and will
continue for six days.
d. w. Truax. age IS, president of
the Tekoa state bank and prominent
Mason, is dead at Tekoa
The first auto over Blewett pass
since snow closed the road in October
came through Thursday.
A bandit held up Kenneth Startup,
cashier of the Citizen bank of Sultan,
and made away with $1,000
The Millroy-Alloy company of Taco
ma has leased with purchasing option
the manganese mine recently opened
near Omak.
was found dead in her apartment in
the Christie hotel at Seattle with her
throat cut by knife.
Nine persons were severely injured.
four OF them seriously, as the result
of four automobile accidents in Seat.
tie and vicinity last Sunday.
The German Lutheran conference
was held at Endicott About 40 pas
tors were in attendance, being from
many points in the northwest.
Work has commenced on the recon.
struction of the Stratford Irrigation
company's ditch and laterals at Adri
an. This work will cost $4,000.
The 50th anniversary of the laying
of the foundation for the Whitman
seminary, forerunner of Whitman col
lege, was held Tuesday evening.
With a class of 164 graduates. the
largest in it's history. the state college
of Washington held its 10th annual
commencement at Pullman Friday.
George Kotsopoulos, section man,
was killed while fighting fire on Lin
coin creek near Chehalis. A partially
A community sing. in which 1t Is
expected that 5000 voices will partici-
pate, will be one of the features of the
Fourth Of July celebration at Contra
liza.
Ebert F. Blaine has informed Gov
ernor lister that he would accept the
Craftsmanship of the state public serv'
ice commission, beginning his duties
July l.
Fire in the two-story office and
store building of the F. r. Woodbury.
Lumber company at Wilbur destroyed
the building and the $4,000 stock OF
lumber.
To decide whether or not $4,000 In
bonds shall be issued for the erection
of a new school and gymnasium,
special election will be held in Tenino
on June "a.
Mabton was chosen as the place for
meeting next year of the annual insti-
tute-conyention of The Dalles district
Epworth leagues, in convention at
Kennewick.
Mrs. ]. B. Ryan and her baby. few
months old, were cremated in their
home at Meadow Creek station near
Ellensburg. following an explosion OF
unknown origin.
Miss Mabel Peck, of Lind, student
of the normal school at Ellensburg
WAS drowned in Tanum creek, when
she slipped from log while attempt
ing to cross the stream.
The Holiness Association OF Clarke,
Cowiitz. Skamania, Pacific, WahKia
KUN and Lewis counties held annual
meetings last week in Prohibition park
at Orchards. on the Sifton-VancouVer
tnterurban line.
The annual convention Of the Pacif-
ic Coast Advertising Mems association
closed At Spokane with the election
of w. w. Cribbins. of Oakland as pres
ident, and the selection OF OAKLAND AS
the next meeting place.
Fire in the J. T. Boland warehouse
At Chelan, destroyed the entire STOCK
of flour and feed and spread to the
GreAVe8 fhATmbcyt ucS~so
twothirds of the $4,000 stock. me
total loss IL about $500.
Seattle's overseas, coastwise ana
Alaska commerce for the month OF
May amounted to $42,746,OOo, gain
of s22,s4s, 900 compared with the same
month last year, according to the re-
port of Port Warden A. A. Paysse.
The assets of Spokane county on
December 81, 1915. exceeded the la
biiities by $55s.s92. the assets aggre-
eating $s0s.oS1. and the hapiiities
1886. 06s, according to the report OF
the state bureau of inspection for the
year 1915.
With $4,000 being spent In repair
ing Denny Field this summer new re.
lations with coast institutions ana
some heavy schedules in all branches
of athletics. the University or wash
tpstou IL about to enter upon one OF
the biggest years In its athletic MIS-
tory. according to ]. Arthur Younger
graduate manager of the Warrington
Associated Students