The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-04-26

county and Charles G. Strong has
been appointed postmaster of the new
office Of Wiley, Yakima county.
A material increase in the pay of
trainmen of Spokane and interurban
systems has been authorized by the
Washington Water Power company.
The new schedule becomes effective
May l.
The new bridge on the Pacific high
way across the Lewis River at La
Center was thrown open to traffic
Saturday, April 81, after being closed
several days while the new span was
put in place.
Spokane banks subscribed $4,000
to the temporary war emergency fund
of 100000 ,00O to provide the sinew
of war until the $1,000 600 000 bond
issue and s2.O00,0OO,000 temporary
certificates of Indebtedness are avail
able.
Steps are being taken to carry out
the request of President Wilson for
intensive soil cultivation throughout
the White Salmon valley Many of
the orchard tracts, usually under clean
cultivation, will be put in potatoes
and other food crops.
Number ! Yakima Gem potatoes
were quoted 800 a ton wholesale al
Seattle, the highest price on record.
When the scant supply gives out the
price will go still higher, as Yakima
county farmers have begun asking
500 at the shipping point.
Notice of appeal by Logan Billing
sley, sentenced to serve Is months in
the federal penitentiary at Mcneil is
land, and of his brothers, Fred. sen
fenced to six months in the county
jail. and Ora, to 80 days. have been
formally entered in federal court at
Seattle
Call has been issued for the third
annual meeting of the National Parks
Highway association to be held in
Spokane Friday. April 81 The call is
issued in the name of w. G. Edens, of
Chicago, president, and Frank w.
Guilbert. of Spokane, secretary of the
association.
Federal improvement of Seattle
harbor by maintenance of depth of &c
feet at mean low water in the east
waterway when the state or other
local agencies complete the waterway
to that depth, was recommended to
congress by the war department. Fed
eral maintenance of the west water
way and deepening of the lower Du-
vanish river there were reported un-
advisable.
Figures compiled by kelso statistic
ians show that approximately $4,000
boxes of so pounds each of smelt have
been dispatched from Kelso. This is
equivalent to 1925 tons, or more than
200 carloads.
Berry pickers in the Puyallup valley
are practically assured wage increase
of 80 1-3 per cent for this season, ae-
cording to w. H. Paulhamus. manager
of the Puyallup and Sumner Fruit
Growers association.
If the advice of Governor Ernest
Lister, president of the western gov
ernors' conference. is accepted, the
entire western conference consisting
of Il governors. will attend the ia
tional defense conference called by
Secretary of War Baker at the war
department in Washington, D. c.. on
May ..
Threatening disruption to Tacoma's
police and fire departments, members
of both these branches have served no
tice on the commissioners in control
that unless the council can meet the
emergency, brought about by the high
cost of living and raise wages, they
will be forced to seek employment else
where.
The executive committee of the
Washington State harvesters' league
has been designated by Commissioner
E. F. Benson, of the state department
of agriculture, to raise an army Of
farm workers to relieve the labor
shortage. Agricultural and educational
forces of the state will be placed in
control of modifying food resources.
Stabbed in the back by man be-
lieved to be one of his statesmen named
N. l.. Bailey while he bent over
his desk writing a receipt in his of
flee in the Joshua Green building at
Seattle, A Rehfeld. president and
manager of the Washington Broker
age company, of Seattle, gold and
diamond brokers, died 20 minutes
later.
Alien prisoners in the state peni-
Tertiary are better off there than out
side just now where a prejudice nat
urally exists against them, according
to the board of pardons, which has
decided to continue for three months
the applications for parole of German
and Austrian prisoners who have not
taken out their first naturalization