The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-08-30


mapda for general increase IN p''y
was sent out BY the Seattle Meta
Trades Council 10 the 10 aiiiilais'
unions
Another record price was establish
ed for KIlekiiat lambs 10 a deai Hi@NF
by James Berney, a prominent kiicEi
tat ghecpman. and william cIaihDsf'
lain. a gtockman VI Quinton, Or 10
which the latter purchased 1906 heaa
Of lambs delivered On the summer
range near Clcnw00d In western
Kllckltat county for si0.z5 per head
without cut.
puget Island, comprising 5zi7 fer
tile acres In the lower Columbia, oppo
gite the town Of Cathlamet. II 10 "
reclaimed By system Of dikes and the
entire area utilized for agricultural
purposes An issue Of $4,000 In
eeyen per cent bonds has been hoated
nv the owners Of the property, VINO
have Incorporated under the title OIL
Wahkiakum county diking district NO.
/.
An aggernblage Of doctors from Ore
pon and Washington met at camp
Lewis, American Lake, Sunday. ABOUT
30 doctors were present from Portland,
80 from Seattle, 1875 from Tacoma and
Is from neighboring towns. The pur'
pose Of the meeting was to DISCUSS
matters Of special interest In the med
zeal profession In connection with the
assembling OF the division at the post
In September.
The ferry City of Tacoma, formerly
City Of Vancouver, which was pur'
chased in Portland, Is giving Pierce
county commissioners trouble. NOT
that the ferry is not satisfactory, but
it has been found almost impossible
to get a landing place for 1t either al
a city terminal or on Vashon Island.
The old Tacoma landing cannot be
used unless breakwater is built and
the tide is too swift at Gig Harbor,
on the island side. 10 land the craft
Six sperm whales in two days hunt
ing-a killing valued at s15,000-was
the luck which the hunters of the Bay
City station in lower Grays Harbor
had last week.
The total cost of the American Lake
cantonment, according to figures COM
piled by Major David l.. Stone, in
charge of construction, will be approx
mately 100000.
F. NJ. Burke, for several terms city
school superintendent and later state
clerk at the penitentiary at Walla
Walla, died from injuries received in
an auto accident near Gardena.
w c. Block of Portland walked off
with the lions share of honors in the
annual tournament of the Northwest
Association of Scientific Angling Clubs
at Seattle. Nineteen casters were
entered.
The elevator constructed by the
Centerville Elevator company at War
wick station on the Goldendale branch
of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle
railway has been completed and has
started handling grain.
Alleged indiscretion in remarks con-
corning Germany in a speech resulted
in the removal of Professor E. w Mes
nest as head of the department of Ger
man at the University of Washington
by the board of regents.
Reports on the crop yields from the
several flats in Asotin county indicate
the returns are much more salts
factory than were expected, and in
many districts the yield will be better
than 80 per cent of normal crop.
From reports of the various district
horticultural inspectors, compiled by
the United States agricultural depart
ment, the Orondo and Entiat fruit
growing district will ship SAB cars of
all kinds of fruit during the season
of 1917.
Various branches of the United
States military service have taken
more than 500 students who were in
attendance at the University of Wash
ington last year, according to an esti.
mate by Arthur H. Priest, dean of men
at the UNIVERSITY.
In order to rush work on the army
cantonment at American Lake all men
were ordered to work last Sunday, the
first Sunday all hands have been or
dered to work. There are $3.50 men on
the payroll, which amounted to $3.50,
600 for the past week.
Announcement was made by the or
ganized lumber manufacturers of a
continued and practically unanimous
shutdown of all the Pacific northwest
lumber mills and logging camps for
at least four months. or until after
the beginning of 1918.
Fruit growers of the state, and those
of eastern Washington and the CEN
trail districts who are having trouble
in securing boxes for their fruit, are
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