The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-08-23

The principal object of the concern, as
stated in the articles, is TO build rail
road to run from a point at, near or
within Valley to mining and quarrying
properties in Stevens county and to
Spokane. and to build, if necessary.
diverging lines.
Charged with conspiracy to defrauu
the United States government through
alleged false exemption claims, two
men and one woman were arrested
at Seattle. They are Clarence V. An
grove. % years old; his mother, Mrs.
Frances Angrove, and L. l. Neikirk. an
instructor at the University of Wash
ington.
The federal land bank of Spokane.
according to information furnished
by its president, d. G. O'Shea, has re-
ceived and tabulated to date 500 APP
plications for farm loans, aggregating
Sic. 100000. OF this amount loans to-
falling s7,326,0O0 have been appraised
and approved, and of this sum, s1,100,-
600 has actually been paid.
Apple-growers in the White Salmon
valley of western Klickitat county and
the Underwood district of Skamania
county will have a market this season
for all of their cider and cooking
apples brought about by the leasing of
the White Salmon fruit cannery plant
to the Hood River Valley Produce COM
pany, which will install machinery for
making cider
The second annual tournament OF
the northwest association of scientific
angling clubs, for the northwest cham
pionship titles, will be held at Seattle
August 25 and 26.
Holding up Deputy Sheriff Allan
Stark with drawn pistol SIX prisoners.
including S. A. Hewitt, who is under
life sentence for murder, escaped
from the King county Jail.
A farm near Colfax sold Last week
for more than 800 per acre. Irving
West sold 337 acres to Joseph FARES, I
of Endicott, for s34,5OO. The land lies
three miles east of Colfax.
Aberdeen's 100000 water system,
which has been under construction for
the past Is months, will be completed I
sometime in November if the present !.
lumber strike comes to an end soon. /
All employees who remain on the job /
at the cantonment until September l /
when the big army post city at Ameri- T
Oh rrriI M nln IN nj
will receive bonus of so cents a day. T
Three hundred Methodists, ministers F
and laymen, are expected at North I
Yakima for the week beginning Sep
TENDER for the forty-fourth annual I
session of the Columbia River con-
ference.
Plans for the annual Grays Har- F
Dor Labor Day celebration which this F
year Will be held in Aberdeen, are I
under way and promise to develop into +
the most pretentious labor festival T
ever held in this section.
The sawmill and $1,000 feet of lum-
Der belonging to State Representative F
w. ]. Lunn, near Auburn, was de-
stroyed by a fire which is believed
to have been of inoendiary origin.
The loss is $4,000 with no insurance.
Endorsement of the principle of the
basic eight-hour day in manufacturing
industries of the nation was made at
meeting at Spokane of representatives
of the largest lumber interests of
eastern Washington and northern
Idaho.
Shortage of help in the Goodnoe hills
fruit district of Klickitat county for
the operation of fruit driers will cause
a considerable portion of the apricot
crop to go to waste this year The
crop was exceptionally good and the
frrit of choice quality.
The Pacific Power & Light COM
pany at Pasco will build a new central
switching station for a 66,000-volt sys-
TEN which they will install there. The
building and equipment will be erect
ed about two blocks east of the NUM-
cipal docks, at an estimated cost of
100000.
Wenatchee orchardists are max
ing surveys against car shortage, labor
shortage and storage facilities. The
railroad storage will be classified as
to cold storage, frost-proof storage and
temporary storage, while the farm
storage will include only the frost
proof and the temporary kinds.
Any notary public who charges
military registrant in excess of 81 for
any service will have his commission
Cancelled. Such was the statement +
made by Governor Lister, following the {
report that in some instances regis F
trants were paying as high as IS for +
having Acknowledgements taken.
Joe Devan, one of the best-known
sheepmen of the Walla Walla country, 7
and j. NJ. Davis of Benge, an extern I
sive sheep operator of that district, F
have consummated sheep ranch deals {
ecently involving 10000 acres OF T
Walla Wa1la and Adams county land. +