The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-11-29


and working conditions which were
rejected by employers after extended
conferences
The first government shipping board
hull to be launched in the United
States will 60 into the water at Aber-
deem December Is at the yards Of the
Grays Earbor Motorship corporation
Men are working on this ship over
time, rushing it to completion. The
vessel is of about 5000 tons.
General orders were posted at Camp
Lewis forbidding all officers and en-
listed men of the command to visit
the city Of Seattle unless upon duty
or under orders from camp military
authorities or separate, sufficient.
specific permission in writing. by COM
mand of General H. A. Greene.
One man in every three registered
In the Aberdeen and HoQuiam ex-
emption district is a foreigner who
has never taken any steps toward TAX
ing out naturalization papers. one of
every five examined was rejected as
physically unfit and only about one In
three Of the men between Fl and 81 is
married.
The stamp tax on legal instruments.
provided for in the recently enacted
war revenue measure. will go into ef-
feet Saturday On and after that date
revenue stamps must be affixed to
notes, drafts. deeds, certificates Of
stock. powers of attorney and other
legal papers. Severe penalties are
provided for failure to comply.
An apple pack for the northwest of
two grades, instead Of three as at
present, was Endorsed by the north
west fruit conference in session at
Spokane in connection with the ma
tional apple show. The proposal is
to eliminate the present &c" grade and
market all apples not eligible to the
extra fancy" grades as 'unclassified."
Patriotism was given a new impetus
and the seriousness Of the war brought
home to the people by the organiza-
ton Of the Patriotic League of Colfex
and Whitman county at Colfax. The
meeting was called for the purpose of
organizing a patriotic league for Col
fax, but visitors from Palouse. Pull
man. St. John and other sections of
the county were present and wished
g. x1ir ha Nnlfov
league, and the suggestion that 1t be
broadened to include the whole county.
with locals in every town. was adopted
To augment the aeropIane spruce
supply the secretary of war has au-
thorized Colonel Disque to cut all
suitable spruce trees on Three Tree
Point and Cape disappointment MILL
tary reservations, near the mouth Of
the Columbia river. These reserva-
lions are under war department con.
troll, and no charge 10 to be made for
the timber.
Telegraphic advice received from
President E. o. Holland. now in Wash.
ington, D. c., conveys the information
that DR.. w. J. Spillman. chief OF the
office of farm management in the
United States department of agricul.
ture, has definitely accepted the po'
sition of dean Of the college of agri-
culture at the state college at Pullman.
He will assume his duties April /,
1918.
Acting upon the suggestion OF c.
Hebberd of Spokane, federal food
agent for this state, and M. H. Houser,
federal grain agent for the coast. Gov
ernor Lister and Governor Witty
combe of Oregon united in . request
for the federal government to place
soldier guards about warehouses In
which government-owned wheat ia
stored. These guards will be placed
at Seattle. Tacoma and Portland.
Bills of fare in logging camps and
mill boarding houses in eastern Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho and western
Montana will be standardized to re-
duce the consumption OF meat ann
waste in other food products, accord
ing to action taken at q session at
Spokane of the Loggers' club. an or.
ganization of lumber producers in the
inland empire. The order for revised
menus will effect about $4,000 men.
A system OF bonuses to be paid
workmen for rapid construction OF
merchant vessels is planned by Pacific
coast business interests. The plan was
Put before the shipping board by w.
c. Pigott, president Of the Seattle
Manufacturers association. 1t is pro
posed to divide among the workmen
$4,000 for each ship completed before
schedule. The money would be raised
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