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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-10

25c; turkeys, 15@17c; rooster.
chickens, broilers, 40@45
Cheese market quiet. State
common to special. 25@271hc: /
skins. 1IH@21c.
Butter market easy. Recent, u
Creamery extras, 39A Q4Oc: n
tubs, 33@40c; imitation cream
firsts, SAG 35c.
Egg market dull. Receipts M,
Nearby white fancy, 36k @37c. N
by mixed fancy. 35k@36c; h,
$500 37c- :
St. Louis Hay.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-. May s-H,
Market weak; receipts at ST. Loui,
cars. at East ST. Louis, 70 cars en-
timothy, $4,000; No. 1 timothy hi
q 22.50; No. 2 timothy, 1880 IA,
No. 3 timothy, s16.5o@1s.OO.
Chicago Seed Market. (.
CHICAGO, May 9.-Rye. No. 2 \,
mai. )
Barley--$1.25@1.63.
Timothy-$5.00@7.5o.
Clover-S12.00@17.0O.
Morse and Mule Market
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. May 9.-Horss,
Receipts were small, not near wi
the demand called for, and trade '
somewhat quiet. The outlet was 20
and prices strong on eastern class
particularly good, big horses. Son
ern trade was slow and lightly j
piled. Army demand continues. j
without Improvement in markets
and the new inspection opened
French here got but very light a
ply. There are two inspections /
French classes at present and a ne
many horses can be used.
Heavy draft, extra -. .s191ds
Eastern chunks ........... 1901
Southern horses, good to
CuoiCe 49,. l35U
Southern horses, plain 49,. 90Gl
Southern horses, common i. COO
Mules-Hardly any msliss N
varded and the offering was mai,
one of holdover. The market sho
10 important changes and there Is
good emand for pitters d
anger miners. along with good gu
ty big mules. No small mules unls
.eal miners are selling.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-10
ss.5o614.oo.

ss.5o@1400.
Sheep receipts 5000; market strong
10c higher. Native, S1150@14O0;
western, S11.S5@14.15; lambs, $14.00
@17.50; western, $l4.5O@18.35.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-10
Chicago Live Stock.

CHICAGO, May 10-Hog receipts
$4,000; market strong, 10915c higher.
Mixed and butchers, s15.45h16.1o:
good heavy, s15-75616.05; rough
heavy, s15.45@15.65; light. sl4.s5m
1895; pigs, s10.2561420. Estimated
receipts tomorrow, $1,000.
Cattle receipts 5000; market
steady. strong. Beeves, se.4OmI2.70.
cows and heifers, s6.65 61150; stock
ers and feeders, $500 1890; calves.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-10

win the American Flyers.
lby Henry Wood, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WITH THE LAFAYETTE AIR
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06
WILL HOLD AUCTION SALE OF
SCHMIDT ESTATE PROPERTY

By order of the heirs of the os-
tate of J. P. Schmidt, the Lynden
real estate owned by them will be
sold Saturday afternoon at public
auction The property includes a
fifty foot frontage on Front Street
between Third and Fourth, on which
the buildings now occupied by Mrs.
n. Boerhave's millinery, and the real
estate office of Frank lie Coeq stand.
A residence lot on Third Street, be-
tween Front and Grover, will also be
sold. The property is improved by
a three room house.
The sale will be held at the prop
erty at two o'clock sharp. The terms
will be cash. NJ. Vanuer Griend is
the auctioneer.
Information about the property
may be obtained from E. Edison at
the City Drug Store.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06
ILYNDEN POPULATION
1850, SAYS DIRECTORY
Polk And Company Estimate Shows
Growth; Sumas Total Falls OF;
Ferndale Grows

Lynden has a population of 1850,
according to the 1917 Whatcom Co.
Directory issued by R. L. Polk and
Company this week. The 1916 dir
ectory gave the city 1875.
The directory gives Sumas a pop
ulation of 400, as against 1884 last
year. Ferndale is listed as 1870, a
gain of 60 over 1916.
Everson is given a population of
$50, Nooksack 400, and Custer $50.
George S. Shaw, a Blaine real es-
tate dealer, is the author of the stat
istics of Blaine published in the dir
ectory. He credits Blaine with a
population of 5000. Last year, the
directory estimate was $500. Six
teen pages of the directory are given
over to Blaine names; Lynden names
cover ten pages.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06
DAIRYMEN TO CONSIDER PLAN
TO RAISE CONDENSERY FUND

A plan for the raising of 100000
by the dairymen of Whatcom County
to be used in erecting a conden cry
or for use in any other way to insure
a proper return to the producer for
milk, will be considered at a special
dairymen's meeting Saturday at 10
a. m. at Ferndale.
Skagit County dairymen last week
voted to spend a similar sum for the
erection of condensery in their dis
triet. Representatives of the Sno-
homish and Skagit County associat-
ions will attend the Ferndale meet
ing and will tell of the plans being
made in their counties.
All dairymen are urged to attend
the sessions.
At Mt. Vernon, following the an
nouncement of the dairymen's plans,
the condenseries this week raised
the price for raw milk to $3.50 per
hundred. This is the highest price
ever paid in the history of the Pac-
ific Coast condenseries.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06
FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS VOTE
TO FORM ONE JOINT SECTION

Ten Mile, Victor, Alki, North Bel
bingham and Laurel school districts
will be consolidated into a single
district, following the decision OIL
the voters Saturday. The proposit-
ion was carried by a vote of 151 to
II.
Three of the districts affected vot-
ed solidly for the plan. The old dir
ectors will have charge of the school
affairs until next March.
The plan of the consolidated dis
trict is to maintain large Industrial
and agricultural high school at a
central point.
All grades will be taken care OF
at Laurel, except two at North Bel
bingham. The district will be known
as the Meridian District" Mrs. j.
C. Anderson has been named chair
man of the consolidated board OF
directors. and ]. H. Kelly of Alki
clerk. The district will have an as
sessed valuation of 100000.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06
FAIR WILL FEATURE
FARMING LECTURES
Whatcom County Exhibition Will
Talks On Agriculture

The big Whatcom County Fair at
Lynden September 25 to 29 will be
featured this year by more demon
strations and short courses for farm
ers and poultrymen than ever before.
The Fair this year will be supremely
an educational one, in line with the
government campaign for conservat-
ion and improvement in all indust-
ries.
Dr. w. F. Garrett of the State De-
partment of Agriculture will spend
the week at the Fair, and will lect-
are each day on Diseases of Cattle. .
DR.. Garrett will be ready to answer
questions brought him by the dairy
men and farmers over the county
On one day, he will conduct a dem
onstration of the dangers of tuber-
culosis in cattle, by butchoring dis
eased COW.
In the dairy department, other ex-
perts from the State College WI be
present to give pointers to the farm
ers. 1t is possible that E. F. Benson,
State Commissioner of Agriculture,
may be present in person to lecture
at the Fair.
In the poultry department, George
5houp, poultryman of the Western
Washington Experiment Station at
Puyallup, will spend the week in the
poultry building, and will be at the
service of Fair visitors during that
time.
H. B. Carroll, jr., county agricult
urist, will make his headquarters at
the Fair during the week, and will
assist the farmers in any way possib-
lie. Mr.. Carroll is taking an active
interest in the Fair. and is arrang-
ing for other features for the ben
eft of the farmers.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06
CITY EXPENSES WILL
DROP OFF SLIGHTLY
Reduction OF Interest On Bonds
Means Saving; Council To Pass
On Budget

/ The estimated expenses of the
Town of Lynden for 1918 drop one
hundred dollars below the budget OF
this year, according to a report is
sued today by r. B. LIE Coco, town
clerk
The saving is made on the inter
est on outstanding bonds, which the
council was able to lower this year
one per cent. Other expenses run
substantially the same.
The extra six mill levy to clean
up the back debts of the city, is in
cluded again this year. This is ex-
pected to raise an additional two
thousand dollars. Until two years
ago, when the practise of raising this
extra fund was stablished, the city
had been running behind each year
and was paying out heavy interest
charges on accumulated debt. In
another year, it is hoped that this
extra levy will place the finances
of the city on a strictly cash basis.
The following is the complete est
innate.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06
LYNDEN MEN CAN STILL ENLIST
IN U. $. NAVAL MILITIA CORPS

Men of the Lynden district still
have chance to enter the Naval
Militia in camp at l. S. Naval Train
ing Station, University Campus,
Seattle, Washington. Applications
may be made in person, or by phone
to the Commanding Officer or Excu-
tive Officer, of the training Station,
where physical examination will be
made. If physical examination is
successfully passed applicants will
be placed in active service.
Fred Rockey and John Bay of Lyn-
den are now at the camp.
1t is not possible to furnish trans
portation to the camp nor will a
recruiting party be sent on the road.
If applicant is sufficiently interested
to come to Seattle to take the physi-
cal examination, it will, if possible,
be arranged to have it take place
on the day of arrival.
An invitation is extended to citi-
zens to visit this station following
end of quarantine period, which is
September 2nd. Within six weeks
after station was started there were
approximately 1000 men in train
ing. Each and every man is care
fully and properly housed, and is
given three hot meals a day in a
modern mess house.
The training at this camp will be
varied and complete and will cover a
period of from four to six months
during which time instructions will
be given in infantry and artillery
drill, and boats, under oars and sail;
also thorough instruction in the
many duties required of the present
dav sailorman in the U. S. Navy.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06
PROPERTY VALUATION IN
COUNTY SHOWS BIG INCREASE

An increase of S1S0,000 over the
valuation of 1916 is apparent in the
actual valuation of real estate in
Whatcom county this year, County
Assessor Alex Van Wyck announced
last week. That increase as noted
on the tax assessment rolls is en-
tirely accounted for in real estate
improvements made in the course
of the year. Total valuations of per-
sonal property have increased S212,-
500 as well.
An interesting feature of the re-
port is that the automobiles in the
county stand next in value to cattle,
which are the leading item found in
the personal property list.
According to the final figures COM
piled by the county assessor there
are at the present time 1850 horses
having an actual valuation of
sS16,s10; 43O mules, valued at
$4,000; 1924 cattle, s772,240;
105,460 chickens, s3S,225; 2,003
wagons. S47,165; 1040 buggies,
S16,S95; 67 bicycles, s715; SO mot
orcycles, $500; 1856 automobiles,
$700,565: 1861 organs and pianos.
s169,320; 2,16S sewing machines,
s22,S20, and other minor items, CIV
ing a total valuation of personal
property in the county amounting to
s10,S56,260. From that amount,
81 1,064,100 is exempt under the law,
leaving s9,792,16O which is taxable.
At the rate of tax valuation the as
sessed valuation is s3,916,S64.
Figures as prepared on the real
estate of the county give the total
numbers of acres of land, exclusive
of town and city lots, as 407,725,
with the number of improved acres
5S,541 and the number of acres of
timber land 100000. The equaliZed
valuation of these lands with their
improvements is placed at $S,741,SS5
and the equalized value of town and
city property, including improve
ments, ss,252,320, totalling s16,-
994,205.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06
LYNDEN II YEARS AGO
(From the Sun-Pilot Sep. Z, 19O5)

(From the Sun-Pilot Sep. Z, 1900
Mr.. Dyk is building a fine house
on his farm.
Ed Edison left this week to visit
the Fair at Portland.
W. H. Towner has sold the Pilot
building on West Front Street to
George B. Taylor, who owns the two
lots just west of the property.
Last night for the first time in
about week, the electric lights were
on. The armature has in the last
week made two trips to Bellingham
to have little tricks played on it. 1t
is now declared by the lighting comp
any that there will be no more dark
ness in Lynden.
Jerome McSorley, son of ]. E. Nc
Sorley, stepped on a rusty rake Sat
urday and cut his foot badly.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w.
Tremain gave them a surprise party
Wednesday night.
B. C. Crabtree is serving on the
jury at Bellingham.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06
BOARD RECALLS MEN THROWN
OUT FOR MINOR DEFECTS

Men with defective teeth and 9th.
er minor weaknesses which can be
corrected will now be accepted in
the draft army, and the Whatcom
County board has recalled forty-two
who were exempted for these causes
for a second examination. The men
have been ordered to report Satur-
day.
The following from the Lynden
district were recalled:
Charles August Hillbrecht. Lynden
r. 2.
Walter Heutink, Everson
Curt Heider, LyndeL R. 2.
Nick Beltman, Lynden.
Eugene Wynn Baird. Lynden r. 2.
Ben Walter Bradley, Lynden.
David Dykstra, Lynden.
Roy ]. Tenant, Everson.
Sydney Wright, Sumas.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06
IyNDEN w. S. c. STUDENTS AND
FRIENDS TO ATTEND PICNIC

The w. S. c. picnic and saimoh-
bake that many Lyndenites are plan
ming to attend, will begin at ten
o'clock Sunday morning at the what
Ea,ls Park. The Lake Whatcom
Greet car goes past the park. All
nigb school graduates and others IN
,erested in the Washington State Col
100 are invited to attend. The col
lege students are requested to orine
w s c. pictures, pennants' etc.
Anv information about the affalr
can be obtained from Miss Mihhi'
Uror,ben chairman of the committee
at Lynden. --~-
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06
NAME OF RESTAURANT is
CHANGED TO .LYNDEN CAFE

William Mcdonnell moved his rest
aurant Saturday two doors East, and
changed the name of the establish
ment to the Lynden Cafe.
The new quarters of the cafe were
remodelled especially for it, and are
attractively finished.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06
LOCAL MEMBERS OF PEOPLES
COUNCIL TO HOLD MEETING

A mass meeting will be held Sat
urday evening at 5 o'clock at Haw-
ley's Hall under the auspices of the
Peoples Council for Peace and Dem
ocracy.
Emil Herman of Everett will ad-
dress the meeing on the subject
1.-The Origin, Organization, Scope and
Purpose of the Peoples Council OF
America"
No admission will be charged, and
everyone has been invited to attend
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06
URGES LYNDEN MEN
TO RAISE MORE SHEEP
County Agriculturist Points Out Big
Profits In Industry; Dug Ogle
Makes Money on Flock

H. B. Carroll, jr., agricultural ag-
ent, believes that the farmers of this
district would find it profitable to
go into the raising of sheep.
with climatic conditions equal to
the British Isles and many other
large sheep producing areas, we
should devote more of our attention
% the raising of a small flock of
sheep on every farm in Whatcom
i County" said Mr.. Carroll who Wis
tied Lynden today.
sheep are noted for the big re-
turns they bring from what ordin-
arily goes to waste on the farm. They
can be used to pasture brush lands
that are rough and timbered, and in
this way a good return can be had
/ from the land, with no expense for
/ feed, and at the same time the land
will be benefited.
sheep of outstanding quality will
! be offered at a sale held in North
/ Yakima il connection with the State
Fair September II to %. This will
afford the farmer of Whatcom County
an excellent opportunity to buy
small band of sheep for pasturing
their waste lands, or to improve their
flocks by the purchase of a good pure
bred sire.
THE opportunity of buying sheep
It a sale where merit and quality
rank so highly is seldom offered the
/ farmers of the Pacific Northwest.
The expense of travelling long dist
ances to see a large number of sheep
will be done away with. as Professor
Hislop. manager of the sale, states
that there will be several thousand
sheep on sale at the Fair and the
price will suit most any prospective
buyer.
IAN opportunity like this of get
ting a start in the sheep business al
ong proper lines of wool and mutton
production should not be overlooked
at this time when everyone should do
his bit to increase the worlds output
of war time materials.
Il shall be very glad to take this
matter up with anyone in the Coun-
ty interested in raising sheep, or who
wishes to buy few sheep at this sale
during the State Fair
Dug Ogle is one of those who ag-
rees with Mr.. Carroll's statement that
every farmer should keep a few sheep
and Ogle points out that they are
losing money by not doing so.
On Saturday, Ogle sold Willis Wor-
then twenty ewes and lambs at S1z
each. AS an instance of the money
there is in raising sheep, he cites the
case of one of the ewes in the bunch
bought by Worthen. Ogle Offered
the animal last fall to Worthen fol-
81. but at that time Worthen did not
ant to buy. Ogle kept the eve oyel
the winter at a cost of S1.50. Ht
was able to shear $3.50 worth o.
wool off her, and she produced two
lambs. The three animals were sole
COR $4,000. In other words, since
last fall this one ew- brought il
s29.50, at feeding cost of s1.50.
"The fine thing about raising
flock of sheep is that it needs pract
ically no attention" says Ogle. "Th'
animals will forage for themselves
and will go to their shelter alone
There is hardly a farmer IN the dis
trict but what could make big none,
4 on HIS investment if he went into tn
sheep raising game"
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06
WANTS LIST OF FARMERS
WHO WILL HAVE SEED TO SELL

H. B. Carroll, county agricultural
ment of agriculture to send it list
of Whatcom county farmers who will
have seed for sale this year. Farmers
having seed grain or vegetable seed
should write to Mr.. Carroll, box 1876,
Bellingham, Wash.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06
STAR CHAPTER TO
ENTERTAIN HEAD OF ORDER

The local chapter of the Eastern
Star will entertain this evening at
the Masonic Hall in honor of Mrs.
Lizzie Mccormack of Tacoma. Mrs.
Mccormack is the grand matron OF
the Eastern Star chapters of the
State of Washington.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06
LITTLE PUPILS CROWD
LYNDEN CLASSROOMS
Large Primary Enrolment Marks
Opening OF Term; Board To EN-
ploy New Teacher For Overflow

A tremendous increase in tn,
number of primary pupils marked tn,
opening of the fall term of the Lyn
den schools this week. Forty-eigh
youngsters appeared on opening day
and the school board immediatel!
authorized the employment of an ex
ira first grade teacher to take care
of the overflow.
The enrolment in the high schoo
totalled lis, slightly less than las
year. A total of 3S9 students are
now registered for work in the Lyn
den schools.
The following is the list of little
folks who are now regular school
boys and schoolgirls for the frs
time, with their names just as the!
gave them to the teacher:
Clara Bauman
Curtis Bay
Sarah Edith Boyce
Marvin Ralph Cramer
Mack William Davies
Priscilla Dorr.
Leon Justin Vinup
William Farnel
Gordon Graham Gale
Lefty Harvey
Don Henry
Freddie Hildebrand
Hardy Hodges
Peter Tony Hoff
Earl Jensen
Marie Jensen
Minnie Rose Jones
Elsie Keller
Billie lie Compte
Theodore LIE Compte.
Everett Lancaster
Jay Lancaster
Robert Leak
Mable Florence Leo
Fern Livingston
John Burton Lauckhart
Marie Moore
Mary Sue Mock
Ellen Ossen
Luther Gustar Palmer
Zunna Maude Prigh
Doris Perry
Billie Lockheart Renton
Ruby Riddle
Henry Sadwins
Gladys Sattley
Carl Scoddard
Mary Scott
Elwood Smith
Dorothy Winona Stauffer
Herbert Stuart
Elsie Swope
William Talner
William Thorp
Esther Floy Tremain
William Andrew Tucker
Orvie Wander Yacht
Theodore Wood
Leoda Marion Young
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06

Mrs. Charles Scott and two child
ren are visiting with Mrs. Scott S
sister, Mrs. Harvey Smith. Mrs.
Scott was formerly Miss Evelyn
Staight.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06
S99S0.00
sS20O.OO

Estimated total to be raised
by direct taxation 10000
Published Sep. 6, 13. 20, 1917
R. B. LIE coco,
Town Clerk
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06
BOARD EXAMINES
MANY LYNDEN MEN
Passes On Four Hundred And Fifty
From Country Districts This
Week

'efore Saturday, bringing the tot
xamined to 900, approximately ha
# the complete list.
OF the total certified to the di
rict board, forty-nine have been a
epted for army service thus ia
Zen Nymeyer, William Noteboom ar
'ert Dyksterhuis of Lynden, and Pc
y Miller of Van Buren are include
n this list.
The following from the Lynde
istrict were examined yesterday ar
oday:
Leendert Raider, r. 2.
Warren Nutter, Van Buren,.
John Brink
Joe Elenbaas
Fred X. Polind r
Shafleigh Geiger, Everson.
Dirk Rutgers
Garret Van Wyhe, Ferndale.
Bastian Kolff
Henry Stap
John Kroontje
S. H. Lewis
Albert F. Knutzen
Henry Ripperda, Everson
Edgar H. Gerlach
Alonzo ]. Elmore
Gerrit Zoet, Everson
Grover C. Reid, Everson
Robert Van Mersbergen
B. c. Wander Griend
Carl Stanley Reid, Everson
George V. Wetering
Roderic Perry. Van Buren,.
Archie Kenoyer
Jerry Youngedyke
Harley Edwin Colley
Arthur Middeke, Everson
John H. Kok
Marvin Dean Courtney
Albert De Young.
Willie Milton Redd
Frank Hawley, Everson.
Arthur Frederica Urfer.
Lee Williamson.
Charles Wilbur Robinson.
William John Yeager
Ray Milton Cole.
Ray Wander Kovi
Arthur L. Hickey, Ferndale
Jacob Van Zwol
Alvin Pyeatt, Ferndale
Elder R. Thurston
Ernest Heider
Arie Wander Hoek
Alfred Nelson
Charles G. Coles, Everson.
Narinus Quintus. Everson.
Ernest Boyd, Everson.
Argene Verco Sollinger, Everscl
Clifford l.. Morningstar, Eversol
John Friedrich Gehrman. Ferndal
Charles n. Atkinson, Van Burel
Arthur Ferdinand Jacobson.
Victor E. Nelson, Everson.
Richard R. Zylstra.
Ernest Desmoures Dean
The following will be examined c
friday afternoon:
Ray H. Slade.
Harry B. Crabtree.
Alfred August Elsner
Edward Becker Quimby.
Peter Koert.
Arthur ROLAND Crabtree.
Earl Elmer Slater.
E. Kieth Ahrens
David NJ. Jacobson.
Joseph E. Nelson.
William Marinus Zuidmeer
Clarence Ephriam Freedam
Henry ]. Haveman.
Thomas Verduin.
Ralph Pilon
Jesse Harold Knapp. Everson.
William Anthony Meurer
Walter F. Fisher
George Milton Neidhart
Osa Dickson, Custer
Henry Everett Glass, Lynden
Paul Henderson
Edward 1. Fisher
Floyd Preston De Witt
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-06
ESTIMATED EXPENSES AND RE.
CEIPTS OF TOWN OF LYNDEN,
WASH. FOR THE YEAR 1918

Pursuant to the statute in such
case made and provided relating to
revenue and taxation, tho Town
Council of the Town of Lynden,
Washington. will meet at the Town
Hall on Monday, October 1st, 1917,
at s o'clock p NJ. to consider the tax
levy for the year 1918, to make est
innate of the amount required to meet
the public expenses for the ensuing
year, such estimate being itemized
below.
Interest on outstanding bonds. -.
Middletown transcript., 1917-11-17

beaten, and thus coerce them into maxi
ing offers of peace''-the peace Ger
many and Austria, Bulgaria and Tur-
key, must shortly have or collapse
altogether
But the end is not yet. This severe
blow to Italy may finally prove dis
aster to Austria and Germany-the
lure of the rich booty Of Italian cities,
turn out to be snare that has entrap-
ped the greedy barbarians.
But Italy's defeat will be turned into
a great blessing for the Allies, inasmuch
as it will result in their unifcation. AL
ready steps have been taken to COM
pletely solidify and unite under one
general head and conduct their various
military operations-a fact which will
more than atone for the grievous Italian
disaster.