The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-06-07

champ ionships, which were held at
Seattle. went to that city, Seattle box
ers taking four out Of seven of the
final matches.
a vigorous and active campaign has
been instituted by the Ilwaco CONNER
cial club in favor of the S274000 read
bond issue which will be voted upon
by the people of Pacific county June
L.
I. W. w. and transients are eaus
ing considerable trouble in the Rich
land berry fields. where they are con
tinually striking for raise in pay. ne
matter what the growers seem willing
to pay.
Members of the Tacoma fire depart
ment have quietly formed a union. af
filiated with the American Federation
of Labor and are ready to call a
general strike unless salary increases
recently asked by the department are
granted by the city council.
What is believed TO be the highest
price ever paid for sheep in Okanogan
county was received recently whe.
Fred Beeman, Pine Creek cattle and
sheepman, sold 1000 ewes for SIS a
head to Vincent McKenna, represent
ing the Portland Wool and Warehouse
company.
Frank H Gloyd of Puyallup. form
erly general auditor of j. D. Bassett's
banks in eastern Washington and who
has served two terms as auditor of
Pierce county, has been appointed
auditor and secretary to the commits
sioner by E. F. Benson, state commits
sioner of agriculture.
AT joint meeting of the commits
sioners of Cowlitz and Clarke coun-
ties plans for a suspension bridge to
be built over the Lewis river at Yale
were accepted and bids will be called
for The bridge will have steel tow
ers, span 200 feet long, and will be
fully 100 feet above the water.
The American bureau of shipping,
u6lltI hIlOh dS tllC IloAi
Lloyds," an organization devoted to
the surveying and classification of
ships, will establish a complete office
in Seattle to take charge of the work
of surveying and listing vessels un-
der construction on the :-:...z-t coast
The high cost of steel and other
materials has made the construction
of new steel bridge over the Cowee-
man, a short distance from kelso,
impracticable, so the state highway
commission is calling for bids for
new wooden bridge to replace the
present bridge, which is beyond re-
pair and is in dangerous condition
Franklin l. Whitman, late of Spok-
ane. committed suicide in the King
county bank, at Seattle, by shooting
himself after he had been shot in the
thigh by William A Nordquist, as
sfstant cashier, to whom he had pre-
scented a written demand for $4,000, at
the same time laying an empty bottle
labeled "nitroglycerin" on the bankers
cage sill.
Last year at this time the heavy
wheat movement was through Spok-
ane, according to the public service
commission reports. but since Nay l
this year all Puget sound records
have been broken. Already 1lS1 cars
have been received at Tacoma and
zoo can not be unloaded for want Of
inspectors, while Seattle has received
552 cars and more are being held at
Auburn.
Grays Harbor county has furnished
more military volunteers per capita
than any other section of the country,
+ it is believed. To date 605 Gays
Harbor county boys have answered
+ the call to the eolors and enlistments
are still going ahead at the rate of
i five to ten a day. Estimating the
county's population at 10000 ole man
+ in every &c inhabitants has volun-
i teered.
According to private advice received
from the war department it was of
ficially stated that the third division
of the new army raised under the
seleetive draft system would be sent to
American Lake to be trained This
unit will comprise 10000 men, and
with additional units from other
branches of the service it is said that
the number of troops at the post will
come up to $4,000.
After a trip of half mile overland
across the north peninsula at the en-
trance to Grays Harbor, from the
ocean beach to quiet inside watn~