The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-05-24

IN accordance with proclamation by
Governor Lister. Thousands of regis
tration cards were distributed to
school and college students. Those
who volunteer for farm work will re-
turn the cards this week
As further conversion of natural
food resources, the state fish commits
sion declared all tributaries of the
Columbia, on the Washington side
closed for two years to commercial
fishing from June l. Exception is
made in faver of the Cowlitz river
from the mouth to Ostrander
President Henry Suzzallo of the Uni
versity of Washington has been ap-
pointed a member of the committee on
science and research, under the ada
visory commission of the national de-
Tense council. according to announce
ment received from Washington. DR..
Suzzallo will act on the educational
section of the committee.
The Hanford Irrigation company
which has thousands of acres of rich
lands along the Columbia river for
which 1t is ready to supply water for
irrigation, announced its willingness
to permit use of the land. rent free,
to any persons who will undertake to
crop it, in order to increase the crops
as urged by President Wilson.
Michael Earles. lumberma1, filed
suit in the superior court at Seattle
to recover $SS9,250 from the Charles
Nelson company, of San Francisco, al
leging that he lost the sum mentioned
by being deceived into trading shares
in the Puget Sound Mills & Trading
Timber company of Clallam for stock
in the Charles Nelson company.
At a meeting of railroad men held
in Seattle last week, plans were dis
eussed as to the facilities of their
roads for transporting from 10000 to
80. 900 Chinese across the continent to
re-embark at Halifax for Europe,
where they will serve as packers and
general utility men behind the allied
lines and as laborers in the fields and
forests.
William l. Collier, former president
of the bankrupt Northern Bank and
Trust company of Seattle, which sus-
pended business January 81 last owing
81 500, 600 to depositors, was arraign-
ed in superior court, charged with EN-
bezzlement of $4,000 of the banks
funds. He pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to five to Is years in the
state uenitentiary at Walla Walla.
Bounties for 1876 coyotes, two lynx
and one bobcat have been paid to Lin
coin county people by the county audi
tors office since March Is.
Ralph Berkes, age 4 years. son of
Mrs. Oliver G. Beckes of Grandview,
was drowned in Union ditch by acct
dentally falling into the canal.
Twenty-eight referendum petitions,
containing approximately $500 names,
directed against the new state bone
dry law, were filed at Spokane.
Frank Callahan, timekeeper on the
Kelso-Lowny wheat rench, died at
Prosser from the effect of bite from
mad dog three months before.
The crest of the high water in the
Spokane river that threatened to take
away several bridges at Spokane passed
without causing material damage.
That the orchards of Walla Walla
valley will yield record crops this sea
son is the present indication, accord
ing to growers throughout the section
High water has seriously but not
dangerously damaged the fill around
the abutment at the Vancouver end OF
the Columbia river interstate bridge
Governor Lister has designated June
5. army registration day. as a state
holiday, and has appointed Lieutenant
Governor Hart as director of registra-
ton.
A decree of foreclosure of mort
gage of $4,000 on the home of Mayor
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fresiding Judge Everett Smith at
Seattle.
James Stewart, of Tacoma, was
drowned when the British steamer
Corfu was sunk by German submar-
inc 160 miles west of Gibraltar on
April II.
Gladys Simmons, 5-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. c. c. Simmons, OF
Pennington, was instantly killed when
struck by a heavy touring car driven
by her father.
An average of II pounds of wool to
the fleece is the record made by Fred
Smith, a prominent sheepman OF
Granddalles. Some of the fleeces ran
to Is pounds.
a resident of Lewis county for the
last So years, Barton Koontz died at
the age of II at the home of his sister
on Jackson Prairie. He crossed the
plains in 1s47.
A. r. Metz of Pullman was elected
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