The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-11-01
TO GIVE SECEI rs OF
BREAKFAST FOODS
New Bulletin OF State College Will
Tell How To Make EN- At Home;
Other State News

A bulletin soon to be issued by the
Washington State college, data for
which have been prepared in the
chemical laboratories under the direc
ton of George A. Olson. station chem
list, will tell how to use combinations
of corn, wheat, flax, fruit and other
desired items in the preparation of
homemade breakfast food" BY an
extremely simple process these cereal
foods are made from the raw mater
flax if it is desired and such fruit or
seasoning condiments as may be de-
sired.
Heavy fruit yields and big returns
to growers are reported from the
Yakima valley. On the Lombard
Horsley orchard in the Parker district
from 100 acres of peach trees $4,000
boxes, mostly Elbertas. were harvest
ed, the average yield being 1850 boxes
to the acre. Fruitvale claims the blue
ribbon for producing more apples to
the acre than any other district in
the valley. Joseph Feser harvested
Is, 900 boxes from 20 acres, the crop
being worth $4,000. Mr.. Feser also
had two acres of peaches from which
he took 1900 boxes. Gross receipts
from this ranch of % acres were 1920
an acre. The valleys total fruit crop
is estimated at $4,000 cars.
Pend Oreille county gets something
more than oneseventh of the total of
S49.455 paid by the federal govern
ment to the state in connection with
the sale of timber from the federal
reserves within the state. The dis
tribution is based on the acreage per
county in the forest reserve. Pend
Oreille county leads the state with
1898, that being its share of the
money from the sale of timber in the
Kaniksu reserve, while Skamania
county, in southwestern Washington,
is second, with s5712. There are two
reserves in that county, the Columbia
and Rainier. the county getting $5044
from the first and s66S from the
second. The smallest amount goes to
Thurston county, which gets as its
share of the money from the Rainier
reserve, to be divided among the roads
and schools, S1.1O.
A call for 100 fruit harvesters has
been sent out from Wenatchee. 1t
Is said that the need is imperative as
not more than 40 per cent of this
years apple crop has been harvested
and that unless men can be obtained
100000 worth of apples. Three dol
lars a day and board are guaranteed
workers.
Experiments recently made may re-
suit in the bringing to light of whale
leather suitable for making of high
grade gloves for women and the up
pers for women's shoes. The leather
from the whale comes from the skin
which covers the stomach and intes
tines. Several New York firms have
experimental with the skin and found
that it makes fine, pliable white
leather.
Two bandits entered the Farmers
& Merchants State Bank at Edison,
Skagit county, and after shooting and
fatally wounding Pat Holloran, ex-
president of the bank, walked out with
$1,000 in gold, silver and currency. A
posse was Immediately organized and
started in pursuit One of the robbers
was killed outright and the other was
captured. Mr.. Halloran died later in
hospital.
State regulation of lenses used in
automobile headlights becomes effec-
tive in Washington on December 1,
under an official statement issued by
|. NJ. Howell, secretary of state. Four
makes of lenses-Crew-Levick Frac-
tors, Noviol Conafore, McBeth and
McKee-are approved and authorized,
with the proviso that others will be
added to the list as they are tested
and found satisfactory.
Food Administrator Hoover tele-
graphed to Charles Hebberd, food ad-
ministrator for the state of Washing
ton, declaring he had been informed
Of widespread conspiracy to destroy
grain supplies and animals in stock
yards and urging that immediate steps
be taken to safeguard food stores in
the northwest. Mr.. Hebberd immedi-
ately advised Governor Lister of Mr.
IIoover's warning and recommended
that additional guards be placed at all
grain elevators and stockyards.
A review of numbering operations
for the past week issued from head
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