The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-03-01

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Interests in the dairy business Of
the Kiock Produce company, a Seattle
firm. indicted at Boise, Idaho, for al
legged violation OF the antitrust Law,
were taken over March /, 1915, by the
Mutual Creamery company, also one
of the indicted companies, according
to H. L. Klock, president of the klock
company.
Bids for the saving OF the cruiser
Milwaukee, wrecked at Humboldt bay,
have been opened by the navy author
titles at Bremerton. The bids call for
the rescue of the cruiser by digging
ditch TO float her into the bay. No
award will be made until the bids are
passed on by the secretary of the navy
Spokane Transmitted 400 or 500 tons
of old waste paper into about slO'OoO
in solid cash Saturday. All day long
hundreds of youngsters pulling toy ex-
press wagons. showing wheelbarrows
or laboriously packing large bundles
tramped happily toward collection de-
pots to get pay at the rate OF sl.25
a hundred pounds.
Sixty-five potato growers at Van
couver organized the Clarke County
Potato Growers association. which
will work to standardize varieties and
the manner of marketing the crop Ia
the county The organization hopes
to build up a name for Clarke county
potatoes which will be sold in speci-
ally stenciled sacks.
DR.. Edward H. Todd who was re-
elected president of the college OF
Puget Sound. has been appointed by
Bishop Matthew S Hughes. of Port
land, in company with DR.. R. E Shaw,
of Idaho. to organize the Methodists
of Oregon. Washington and Idaho and
to knit them more closely together in
UNCONVENTIONAL work.
Mrs Eta Mcdonald. testifying be-
fore a jury in Superior Judge Refald's
court at Seattle against her ex-hus-
band. F. j Dusky. who is charged with
roDbing the Citizens bank of Renton.
October 10. 1915, said she made the
mask used by Dusky She declared she
knew of the plans to rob the bank and
helped in the preparation.
The 1917 Pacific northwest associa-
ton of the amateur athletic union,
track and field championships. will
be staged June 16 This decision was
reached by the directors of the
Spokane amateur athletic club. which
will stage the meet. Athletes from
Portland, Seattle. Eugene. Corvallis.
Pullman. Walla Walla and Moscow
are expected to participate in the var
ious events.
A loss 10 the government of s162,385
in timber, forage and youEg growth
was caused by fires in the national
forests in 1916. according to statistics
compiled by the forest service. OF this
loss $4,000 occurred in Oregon, Wash
was more than the average number OF
fires, the loss is the smallest that has
been sustained from fires since the
national forests were established.
Two committees, one to endeayor to
procure for Spokane smelter for the
treatment of zinc and other ores by
the electrolytic process. and the other
committee to seek the establishment
at Spokane of an ore testing plant
with a capacity sufficient to handle
ore in ton lots or more. were named
by the officers of the Northwest Min
ing association in session at Spokane
last week.
Cats that prowl in the parks of Sc
attic hereafter will be taking their
lives in their paws. The park board
has discovered that there are 25,000,-
600 cats in the United States and that
EACH on tn average, kills five birds
a year Therefore zone of frightful-
ness has been created for them in the
parks. and all caught within it's Dor
ders are open to assassination. The
wholesale slaughter of the cats is urg.
ed by various bird clubs whose mem.
bers appeared before the park board
There are GO schools in the state of
Washington where the annual cost
per pupil is more than 5000. OF this
number four are maintained for one
pupil each. Seventeen have but two
pupils each and % have three pupils
each. The highest cost per pupil in
any district in the state is in Clallam
county, where one district with one
pupil expended s664.91 during the
past year for that pupils instruction.
The education of two pupils in one
district in jefferson county cost
s552.65 each
In an effort to gain relief from the
car shortage. which is declared to be
threatening the lumber and shingle In.
dustry. the West Coast Lumbermen's
association, at its meeting at Seattle,
authorized the trustees to request rail-
road companies to increase the supply