The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-10-11

regulation.
Construction work is well under
way for the Hostess House" at Camp
Lewis. American Lake, which will
make a notable addition to the can
Torment This building, IS by 156
feet, in Line with similar structures
at other environments, is due to the
war work council of the Young Wom-
ems Christian association, assisted by
patriotic women of the northwest.
whose efforts are being directed to
meet the needs of this cantonment,
the largest in the country. The build
ing is to provide a general meeting
place for the men of the cantonment
with their women relatives and
friends, also well-equipped cafeteria,
where 500 people may be accommodate
ell at once.
AL alternative writ of mandamus 10
sued by Judge Frank Rudkin of the
FEEDER a. court at North Yakima against
the Norihern Express company will
bring a test case on the validity of
the Reed law in this state as it affects
a shipment of liquor from an outside
state.
Ten alleged members of the Indus
trial Workers of the World, arrested
at Spokane by soldiers last August on
the eve of a strike of timber and agri-
cultural workersrn the northwest, are
to be liberated soon unless their con-
tinued Imprisonment is desired by
the department of justice.
Letters denouncing Senator La Fol
lette as an enemy of the country who
should be ousted from office and
otherwise punished were sent to
United States Senators Jones and
Poindexter, of Washington, by The
Minute Men, a Seattle patriotic or
ganization composed of 1000 mem
bers.
The federal labor adjustment board
appointed by President Wilson arrived
in Seattle Sunday night and opened
its inquiry into the Seattle shipyards
strike Monday morning. Approximate
ly 10000 men are idle pending an ad-
justment of their wage demands and
a settlement of the 10-hour lumber
boycott.
Governor Lister denied executive
clemency to Frank J. Richards, of
Clallam county, convicted of black
mailing D. E. Thompson, former
United States Ambassador to Brazil
and Mexico.
Owing to the scarcity of pickers the
annual cranberry crop of the North
Beach peninsula is in danger of being
failure, and the growers have ap-
pealed to the people to volunteer the
necessary labor.
The second half of the real estate
taxes become delinquent in this state
if not paid on or before November 80.
In case taxes become delinquent II
per cent interest is charged from June
/ until they are paid.
A real estate deal involving s2s,500
was recorded at Asotin recently, when
George NJ. Thiel, of Portland, pur-
chased a section of land lying six and
one-half miles south of Asotin from
Philip Kinzer of Uniontown.
Five days after the death of his 90
year-old bride of three months, DR..
]. B. Burns. aged 81, practicing
physician in North Yakima for 20
years or more, likewise died and from
the same cause, heart failure.
Tacoma cash grocers declare that
millers are forcing them to maintain
a standard retail price on flour and
have threatened that unless they in
crease the quotation to the consumer
that no more goods will be sold them.
Since the industrial insurance law
of Washington went into effect on
October /, 1911, $s.413,s04 has been
collected. This money was collected
from the employers in the form of
premiums to compensate workmen
injured at their duties or for widows
and orphans of the victims of fatal
Industrial accidents. Out of this sum
s.. 1859 $50 has been paid out in claims
to the injured, while s2,930,365 has
been set aside in reserve for pensions
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