The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-08-02

conferred during this time with State
Attorney-General Tanner, President
Suzzalo, of the state council OF defense.
and E. F. Blaine. chairman of the state
public service commission, agreed up
on policy of vigorous enforcement OF
all statutes designed to curb advocacy
of sabotage and destruction of proper
ty. Attorney General Tanner will
name a special assistant to cooperate
with the prosecutors in enforcing the
law.
In regard to the fact that the state
is now without any troops subject to
the call of the governor, since al o.
the units of the state militia have
been mustered into the federal service,
Governor Lister said there would be
no danger but troops could be had if
needed. Even since the infantry was
taken into the federal service and be-
fore the remaining units were taken
the troops needed were supplied by
the federal government. Governor Lis
ter reports that Wenatchee has the
honor of being the first community to
report a full company of 100 enlisted
for the Washington state guard. The
other cities are recruiting rapidly, and
it is hoped the 16 full companies will
be at the service of the state before
long.
The first strike in Clarke county
since the recent activity of the l. W.
w. was called at the Weyerhaeuser
camp near Yacolt when about so men
walked out after their demands for
10 hours pay for eight hours work
were refused.
Howard Durkee. aged Is, was killed;
Glenn Charles, aged 20, and William
Radford, aged 80, were seriously in
jured when the automobile in whici
they were riding collided with another
machine on the Marysville road, nine
miles north of Everett.
As result of the federal govern
ment Communicating all water pipe,
both wooden and steel. for war pur-
poses. the improvements to the Van
couver water system, including the
new 1s-inch pipeline from the springs
at Ellsworth, are at a standstill
Thirty canning and drying demon
stration schools for the training OF
community leaders in this work will
be conducted by the state college eX-
tension service, according to plans ma
tured by President Holland and Direct
or W. S. Thornber, OF the extension
service.
Jitney owners in the state OF WASH.
ington can nov secure bonds to oper'
ate in first-class cities as provided b!
.aw. as II. O. Fishbaek, state insurance
o-,mmissioner, has issued the certifi-
ate REQUIRED for the Public Casualty
company of PittsbUrg to do business
n this state.
The annual outing of Lewis county
ag-ors will be held at Forest, August
and the annual meeting OF the Lewis
county Pomona grange at klaDer Au'
INST and 4. The annual picnics OF
Lewis county farmers and merchants
AMI the Lewis county Pure Breeders
association will be held Jointly at Cla-
quato August 9.
washington state grain STANDARDS
have teen made uniform with these
adoptel by the government by the
state grain commission. There mas
been confusion heretofore owing 10
conflicting standards between the leu
eral code and those of the different
.to,es and It is for this reason that
the action was taken.
Grays Harbor ship carpenters act
ing in sympathy with the mill workers
md loggers now out on strike nave
notified their employers that they Will
handle no lumber cut in noh-ulioh
mills. This means the closing Vi
cravs Harbor's four shipyards unless
tho sawmill strike is settled for no
mills are operated on union basis
state Fish Commissioner Darwin
has notified George NJ. Baker, CHAIR
man of the Klickitat county game
commission, that 10000 lingering
rainbow trout will be shipped to KICK
itat county from the state hatchery at
walla walla about August 5. The tish
yin he planted in the lakes ana
.fraa1ns of western Klickitat county.
Fishery experts of the Pacific coast
,,o,,dinq members of the Pacific Fish