The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-03-22

The resignation Of DIR. IL. i. GraN'
"a acting state commissioner OF asr
culture has been announced by Cover
nor Ernest Lister. The governor sa'
he had appointed E. F. Benson, OF
coma. commissioner of agriculture
take office April /. DR.. Graves wi.
return to his former home in Spokan
March imports of the customs dis
trict of Washington totaled value
s11,954,234 and exports $9,5S4,464. &C
cording to the monthly report OF Col
lector Drumheller OF this volume
Seattle's imports were valued at $s,
71z65s, Tacoma's $2,257.S42; Seattle
exports, $S,193,27O; Tacoma exports
s3,892,255.
Advances in paper will cost the ap
pie growers of the state an additional
100000 in 1917 for apple wrappers
The seriousness of the situation Is just
being driven home to the growers or
CARNATIONS, as quotations are being
made on the seasons supply OF wrap
pers. Prices are 100 per cent higher
than in 1916.
The Yakima Valley Fruitgrowers'
Association trustees voted unanimous
ly to continue marketing the members
crops through the organization in
stead of by means of outside agencies.
Two propositions from marketing
agencies were rejected. P. F. Clark,
traffic manager of the association,
was elected sales manager.
Plans are under way to form in
Spokane an association to list all va
cant lots available for raising po-
totoes and to encourage boys and girls
to grow potatoes on the lots this sum-
mer. The organizations aim is not
only to increase the supply OF pota-
toes in Spokane, but to make the boys
and girls economic producers.
DIR. Carleton Parker, member OF
the faculty of the University OF Cali
fornia, was chosen dean Of the school
of commerce at the University OF
Washington by the board Of regents.
The appointment will not become eff
fective until next year. Ira c. Cross,
assistant professor of economics at
Leland Stanford University. was chos
en- professor of banking in the school
of commerce.
Sumner members of the Puyallup
and Sumner Fruitgrowers' association
have authorized President w. II. Paul
hamus and the board of directors to
go ahead and sell the plants and two
cooperative stores. An offer OF $780,.
| 900 has been made for the two can
neries. and the firm entering the field
will contract for 60 per cent Of the
valley crop of berries, cherries, rhu-
barb and other fruits canned there.
The cranberry growers of the Pacific
coast have organized an exchange for
the sale and distribution of their pro-
duct and now have 80 per cent of the
! total cranberry acreage of the lower
Columbia river district signed up.
There are three associations of cram
berry growers in the lower Columbia
district. Two of these are in Pacific
county. the other in Clatsop county.
Or. These three associations COM
pose the cranberry exchange.
James Allen. state highway commits
siOner of Washington has announced
that he has plans advanced to such q
stage that the improvement of the Pa.
cific highway from Chehalis south to
the Oregon boundary will be finished
during the present season. The Wash
ington legislature appropriated $24S,-
900 to put this stretch of road in
shape, and $4,000 will be added from
the federal treasury under the new
federal aid act, making $41S.000 avail
able to finance the laying OF new
surface.
Defendants in the booze-graft con-
spiracy trial of public officials in fed
eral court at Seattle were reduced
from seven to six by direct verdict
of not guilty, in favor of ex-Sheriff
Robert T. Hodge. Judge jeremiah
Neterer held that Hodge. though So
Letting and receiving campaign con-
tributions from Logan Billingsley,
king of the whiskey ring. and extend
ing favors to him. had had no knowl-
edge of the conspiracy to violate fed
eral statutes, so far as the evidence
showed.
Two out of the three best school
industrial clubs in the United States
are located in the Yakima valley, &C.
cording to Professor T. ]. Newbill of
the United States agriculture depart
ment. who has directed the boys and
girls club work in the state for the
last two years. Mr.. Newbill reports
that the department of agriculture has
decided that the three best clubs are
the Broadway School Pig club of
Yakima county and Kiona- Benton girls
Canning club of Benton county, and