The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-11-22
NORTHWEST FARMERS
WANT MANY LOANS
Washington, Oregon and Idaho Ask
For Much Money From Govern
ment; Other State News

/ mere is a heavier demand for farm
loans in the Pacific northwest than in
any other section of the country, as
shown by a statement of the federal
farm loan board. Farmers in Oregon
Washington, Idaho and Montana have
applied, in the aggregate. for loans
amounting TO s2S,764.774, and loans
have thus far been made by the Spo
kane bank to the total of s3.S49,590
Washington farmers have applied fol
s9O44,SS9, and the loans issued total
s1.259,O75.
Grays Harbor county contains ap
proximately 27.S00OO0,000 feet Of
standing timber, according to estim
ates made by Assessor Sherman Hoov
er from the county cruise. This is
being cut at the rate of about 1000,
100000 feet a year. The cruise, which
was made three years ago, shows 1915
sections of green timber or 351a town
ships in the county. Besides this there
are seven sections in the Indian reser-
walton, seven sections in the national
forest and % sections or 1926 acres
have been logged in the past three
years.
Immense war restaurants that will
sell certain articles of nutritious food
at cost will be established by the gov
eminent in Seattle. Tacoma and Spo
kane, in this state, and other biz
cities of the United States before tn
war is over. This will be the admin
istration's solution of the food prob
lem that promises to become more
acute than ever during the COMING
months, according to Hervey Lindley
chairman of the northwestern division
of the Christmas Red Cross member
ship drive, who has returned from
Washington. D. c.
w. V. Tanner of Olympia. attorney
general of Washington; John ]. Sulli-
van of Seattle, member of the general
council of the American Bar associ-
alton; Warren w. Tolman of Spokane,
member of the Olympia council of the
American Bar association, and n. c.
Richards of North Yakima, president
of the Washington State Bar associa
ton, have been named as an advisory
committee to assist the governor in
organizing boards and modifying the
lawyers of the state for service in con
neetion with further operations under
the selective service law, beginning
Drcrmber 10
The first drafted man in Camp
Lewis to receive commission in the
regular army was Arrived Charlie
Baltzer, who received one as a pro
visional second lieutenant of cavalry
Lieutenant Baltzer was a private in
company B of the 316th military 20
lice and was drafted from Moscow
Idaho.
A building opposite the county
stockade. erected as a home for jobless
workingmen when Seattle was con
fronted with a problem of the unem
ployed, will probably be repaired and
used as an isolation home for immoral
women found to be a menace to the
health of soldiers and sailors and
residents Of Seattle.
Positive orders were received by
North Yakima officials of the North
ern Pacific company that fruit ship
pers who refuse TO load 756 boxes to ?
car Will not be furnished cars in the
future Fruit shipments from the
Yakima valley this season have
reached 1851 cars and will pass the
10000 mark this week
Every family in Washington is
urged to observe strictly a wheatless
Wednesday each week in addition to
one wheatless meal and two meatless
meals each day, beginning this week
in a telegram received from Charles
Hebberd, federal food administrator
for Washington, who is at Washington
D. c., in conference with Food Admin.
istrator Hoover.
Wheat selling operations in the Pa
cific northwest. which have been in
terrupted since November because OF
the congestion and the placing of an
EMBARGO on shipments to Pacific coast
terminals will now be resumed. Salts
factory arrangements have been made