The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-10-04

the Skinner & Eddy plant, that com
pany having, signed the new scale,
advancing wages SO per cent, and also
agreed to use only eight-hour lum-
Der.
The past seasons wheat crop, tax
ing winter wheat with spring wheat,
should make about 40 per cent of the
usual crop through eastern Washing
ton. according to well-posted ranchers
The winter wheat did well, consider
ing the season, but the spring wheat
cut down the average. Barley and
oats may go little better. The pros
poets for next years crop is at least
10 per cent better than it was at this
time last year, because of the recent
rains which have put the soil in ex-
celIent condition for the sprouting OF
grains and preparing the soil.
The Spokane union OF the inter
national Brotherhood of Electrical
/ Workers has voted in favor of strike
+ of electrical workers employed by the
+ Pacific Telephone & Telegraph conf
pany and affiliated companies effect
/ i've October 81. They are demanding
an increase in wages from "a to 50 a
i day for electrical workers and from
+ So to S275 a day for operators.
For two years the streets of Ana
cortes, in Skagit county, were dark be-
cause the power company and the city
council could not agree. Now Ana
+ cortes is to have light once more.
Frank r. Spinning of the state public
service commission announces that
the company has filed a new tariff
schedule that provides rate for light
ing that is satisfactory to the city and
the state approves.
The first national army field event
was held at Camp Lewis. American
Lake, by the Three Hundred and Six
ty-first infantry, 260 participating for
the battalion and company cups hung
up by Tacoma newspaper. The first
battalion won the battalion cup and
C company won the company cup.
This is the first regimental field
sports event held in any of the 16
new army environments.
Senator Poindexter laid before the
president a telegram received from
Seattle voicing the opinion that the
larger lumber mills of Seattle and Ia
coma, if requested by the president,
would establish the eight-hour day.
The president did not follow the sug-
gestion, but told the senator he would
turn the telegram over to the labor
adjustment board and ask that board
to consider the proposition when it
opens hearings at Seattle October s.
After deduetins operating expenses
! and interest on the bonds, the net
revenue from the Interstate bridge at
I Vancouver frcm February -. when
the structure was opened. until Aug
ust 81. inclusive, was s20.
State lands valued at about $315,.
900 were offered for sale in 81 counties
on October 2. Uplands appraised at
SIG sos, timber at $685. tide lands
at $4934 and harbor area and tide lana
William Blackmcn. conciliator Of the
department of labor, and former labor
commissioner of the state of Washing.
ton was permanently assigned to the
dealing with labor problems in ship
yards.
At a council meeting at Northport
charges were made against Mayor
Wilbur and City Marshal and Clerk
Smith of collecting money contrary tC
law. They were requested to resign
and upon declining to do so were i'm
peached.
Patrick Hughes, pioneer farmer
of Walla Walla county. has bought
from Matt Ennis 1889 acres just north
of Walla Walla for price reported
to be around $275,OO0, or more than
$145 an acre. The farm is considered
one of the best wheat ranches in the
inland empire.
Governor Ernest Lister, President
Henry Suzzallo, of the state univer.
National Grocers association, and
others will speak at the annual State
Merchants association convention
which takes place at Aberdeen Octo
Der 8, 10 and II.
After an all-day session at North
Yakima, committee appointed to rep
resent the government, growers ant
dealers in fixing potato grades were
unable to agree and adjourned to DC
tober s. The committee was divided
on the question whether weight OF
size should be the basis.
The state property commission has
approved the sale by the state highway
department of 100000 feet of saw
logs for $4,000 The timber was cut
from the right of way of the Sunset
highway near North Bend, in King
county, and unless removed and made