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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-02-03
OIL SITUATION AND GOOD
ROADS.

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,rbo have land bold;nos :, tb
nrovon oil fold noar OI;vip
r.hon tho oood no,ys wa, mad,
nnhIio ON Nonda,. artornoon tha
H. GuIf Comnanv had struck oi
~ no,,ino ,n,an+it;os ~ . dontI
&c ahon+ 1900 foot This concnr,
;e onorat;oa an tho Goodwin
Cob,r;no-+rao+ ond from +bo o+ar.
fol+ oon6don+ that tbo au;d vorI,
No oh+ainod r;th tbo first dr;I
limo Tho ,roI l. 70 no known as
Cob,v;n,, 10 / and Tho Comnan,
iii continue dr;ll;nn Tho wall nm
81 tbo, no do,r, ,nn7o +uontv f., q
~ .tLroo +honeond foot as +hoy feel
+bo+ . nr.bcr aon ho oL+a;,cd \
Iaroo onantifv If the Auid which
eoone If q 1nbr;catinr nature has
Iccn ybinnod to several noints Of
tho Trnitod Gta+os - nor+ios !,
tcrostcd IN onr nrosnrcts several
,hottIos wae ON nvb;bitio, If tho
Tavlor drng storo and hundreds
Of interested citizens assembled
tboro 70 Wow Il
Tho wall boino onnra+od bv Mr.
Edmpnd Rontto for tho Now )no-
no on Comnonv nayood throrgb
1orro s+ro+,,m of oil ,rodro;ng
sond and = l. mara than nroh.
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whom +bov os.o,d Tho bou,oIs If
tho oor4h sovoro1 br,drod foot
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ora b1o enthusiasm, ooona al onoc
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New iberia should oct do full
honaft If tbo oil that ;s Sunnosed
RI bo ,pdar o,,r coil &c oboan fnoI
means tbo osta bl;shmont here If
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tries Notb;pa will tand moro to
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and ova, +bonob oao i no+ found
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tho loc;caI s;te f,r Fac
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re 20, voors n, now manrfaot,,r
n q industries +bat como bcre ond
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of Commarco - '.,+ in
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title Cstv IL hobooras evorv
me Of us TO lend our best ener-
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-02-03
ENTERPRISE AND OBSERVER
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The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05
WHOLESOME FUN

Some people bring joy into their
lives by laughing at Charlie Chaplin
and his capers. Others keep cheer
ed up by making bright remarks and
chucklng over them. AS for us,
we're entirely content with the COM
edy furnished by any produce or
market report in the daily papers
When dull clouds begin to crowd
close overhead, and trouble thunders
in the distance, we need only turn
to the market page of the serious
metropolitan newspaper for cheer.
For many a long day now, the
price of butter has been without
fluctuation. But each morning. the
big town sages offer wise half-col-
umn of dairy conditions. rounded
off with a prediction that things are
"firming," or that they are decided
ly "bullish." One day appears a
glum announcement of shortage
OF cream brought on by lack of
pasture, or too much pasture; the
next morning, romnace dances
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05
PLAY MORE

Had a starry-banner sort of time
outdoors on the Fourth, diGn't yoa!
Glorious, isn't it, to relax in the
open with the little folk? Came
home sun-burned and happy, even
if you were nipped once or twice by
mosquitoes, and scraped by barbed-
wire fences, what?
Why not enjoy more of such out
ings, Man? Why take yourself so
seriously, anyway? Don't you know
that you're only microscopic speek
on one little world? In getting and
spending, aren't you laying waste
your powers?
Why not play little more?
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05
THE SCRAP BOOK
SHE GAVE HER TESTIMONY.
and Also Told How She Game to Be
Witness In the Case.

and Also Told How She Same 10 Dc
Witness In the Case.
Senator Tillman, discussing an invss-
tigation, said the other day:
"Some evidence is malicious 1t re-
minds me Of old Mrs. Bfng.
"N1rs. Bling, a thin, wiry old lady.
took the stand in case against one
John Bang. The lawyer began:
Now, madam, you will please give
your evidence in as few words as PCS
sible. You know the defendantT
~'Know who?'
"'The defendant, Mr.. Joshua Bans.
him, and l don't know nothin' to his
credit nuther. Why
"'Please answer yes or mo- to my
questions
"'What questionsT
"'Do you know Mr.. Joshua Dang|
"'You ask Josh Bang If | know him,
Ask him if he knows anything about
tryin' to cheat pore lone wilder like
me out of a three-year-old COW. Ask
"'Now, madam
"'Ask Josh Bangs wife about that
thar brick she put in Il batch o bat
ter she sold last summer. Ask
"'These matters, madam, have moth
ing to do with
TASK John Bang about lettin' his Old
mother die in the almshouse. Ask
Mehitabil Bang about the time she was
caught in a neighbours field milkin'
four cows on the sly. Ask
"'Really, madam. do you know any
thing about this ease or do you noty
"'No, l don't know nothin' about it.
but I've had it in for them Bangs for
the last thirty-seven years, and l got
myself called as witness so as to get
even | guess I've done it, too. Good
afternoon, sir "-Washington Star.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF WASHING
TON, IN AND FOR
THE COUNTY OF
WHATCOM
NO. 3342
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF MARTIN VOSKAMP, DECEAS-
ED.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned, Cornelius Voskamp,
has been appointed administrator of
the estate of Martin Voskamp, de-
ceased, and that he is duly qualified
as such.
All persons having claims against
said deceased, or against the said es-
tate, are required to serve the same
on the undersigned administrator
personally or at his residence near
Lynden, Whatcom County. Washing
ton, or upon his attorney, II. b. lie
Cocq, at his office in the City of Lyn-
den, Washington. and file the same
with the Clerk of the above entitled
court, together with proof of such
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05
ri rc PRESS NO LESS THAN PUBLIC OFFICE

forth of glutted market brought
on by lack of pasture. or too much
pasture.
We're getting very wearied of
Mutt and jeff" and polly and Her
Pals" and we haven't laughed at
the "Katzenjammer Kids for ten
years. But the dear old market page
we still find mighty good for our
digestion.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05

A dozen eggs brought $1,736.O0
at an Ohio auction last week. Fig
uring on that basis, we saw S2S9.33
poached for our breakfast this morn
ing.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05
LOCAL SAVAGES

A lot of people who live in rented
houses around Lynden never bother
to let anyone know that white
family is occupying the premises, by
cutting the lawn, ana keeping the
garden tidied up little. Nor, sad
to say, is the practise confined to
the renters.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05

The output of American pottery
last year showed an increase of 80
per cent over 1915, which certainly
does bear out the assertion of our
are going to pot.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05
Tho Last Straw.

A south side man who keeps few
chickens has been getting table scraps
for chicken feed from the home of his
sister, who has large family. Call
ing for the first time in week, he
found half bushel basket filled with
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05
Amazing Spectacle.

A freshman in New York uniyer.
sity who was asked to write a theme
on his first impressions of the city be
gan with this:
1.-The most amazing sight ever saw
was the skyscrapers of New York
crossing the Hudson on Il ferryboat.'
Such optical illusions of relative mo
ment are not uncOmmon.-Pitt
Chronicle.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05
Its Peculiar Excellence.

'Do you think 1 shall be able to keel
weeds from growing ON this land?' T.
quired the gentleman farmer.
"Without any trouble ut all" replip
the plain agriculturist. who had mHe
the sale. IF you can get ev7n "
to grow II will he more than ] Ta=ir7
able to accomplish Richmond Iig
Dispatch.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05

Cooks are now protected under the
first aid law of the State, but in our
it is not the cooks who re-
uuire the first aid.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05

The average life of the army await
or at the front is only thirty days.
But we must admit that in that time
he certainly lives high.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05
Dec DIS of Love.

There are people who would do great
acts but because they wait for great
opportunities life passes and the acts
of loving kindness are not done at all.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05

The CONSUMPTION law classes a wife
that most of them are independent
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05

service within six months from the
date of the first publication of this
notice, or else the same will be for
ever barred.
Dated this 21st day of June, 1917.
Date of first publication June 81,
1917.
Date of last publication July -,
1917.
CORNELIUS VOSKAMP
Administrator of estate of
Martin Voskamp, deceased.
r. B. LIE Cocq,
Lynden, Wash.
Attorney for Administrator.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05

WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN DIA-
MoNDS-The Tribune's herd rec
ords tell the cows that are losing
money for you. You can't afford
to be without them. &c each, soc
a dozen.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05
Pat Scored.

An Irishman named Pat Carr was
met by an Englishman one day, who
said to him:
"Whats your nameT
"Carr," said Pat
"Well, WELL" said the Engllshman;
you're the first car / ever saw going
without an ass, SO you're great sight
to me-
"Begob," said Pat, you're not the
first ass saw going without car, 50
you're no sight to me."-London Globe
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05

Neus
OF the Week senate that the people @o"s
RuSm
stirred in OF
o scare h tened apoe department
w W ia h t o l d Iulnor
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05

a BIG BUNDLE OF HEAVY PAPER
clean, just the thing for putting
under carpets, lining buildings, or
packing things, etc., only &c at
The Tribune office.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05

stood. Addison.
Conversation is game of cir
cles. Emerson.
Men of great converse tionnl
powers almost universally prac-
tice sort of lively sophistry
and eXaggeration. which de-
ceives, for the moment, both
themselves and their auditors
Macaulay.
Equality Is the life of CONVEX
sation. and he is as much out
who assumes to himself any part
above another as he who con.
siders himself below the rest of
society. Sir Richard Steele
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05
DON'T MIND ME-"

scraps of bread, bits of meat, leftoy err
canned corn and fruit and ether odds
and ends.
The south side man was proceeding
homeward with as much dignity as he
could muster under the circumstances
when he tripped over curbstone,
struggled frantieally and finally flop
ped The basket turned over and over,
scattering the contents for yards about
A pretty girl who happened to he
passing attempted to help the PROSTATE
man regain his footing.
"Oh,' said the man. don't mind me.
I'm all right
AT any rate" the girl smiled glanc.
ing at the wrecked basket, Il know
you will let me help you gather up
your lunch. youngstown Telegram.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05
News Snapshots
Of the Week
CONVERSATION.

Method is not less requisite in
ordinary conversation than in
writing. provided man would
talk to make himself under
stood. Addison.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05

JOB PRINTING AT THE TRIBUNE
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05
National Defense
TO ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS

War is here but it finds we'll prepared Our national
wealth has now exceeded the of Two Hundred and
Twenty Billion Dollars. Valorous Americans are respond
ing noby to the call for service Industry taking on an
increased activity. Partisanshp has disappeared Fin
anciay physically industrially and mentally we stand
united Our Officers urge all American citizens to I'M
resevedy evidence their patriotism and recognize CO.
operaion as the most constructive of all forces in speed
inc peace based upon liberty and justice for all
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-07-05

Conversation is game Of cir
cles. Emerson.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-21
The Fruit Cuckoo.

The Indian fruit cuckoo, which, like
all members of the cuckoo family. lays
its eggs in the nests of other birds and
thus avoids the trouble Of Matching
them, Is said to exhibit great deal of
strategy in dealing with crows, its nat
ural enemies. Whereas the hen, an in.
conspicuous, speckled gray bird, con-
ceals herself In the foliage, the cock,
remarkable for his brilliant black
plumage and crimson eyes, places him.
self on perch near crows nest and
sets up a great racket. The crows i'm.
mediately rush out to attack him, and
he takes to fight with them in pursuit.
The hen meanwhile slips into the nest
and deposits an egg.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-21
Bursting Gun Rarrels.

Although shotguns and rifles are
tested with loads which give pressures
far above those produced by ordinary
ammunition, swollen or burst gun bar.
rels are not uncommon. The cause Is
attributed either to defective ammuni.
ton or to an obstruction in the BORE
such as snow or dirt. The pressure of
the powder gases themselves Is not
to blame, for investigation has proved
that the swelling or rupture is caused
by the compression Of the air between
the bullet and the obstruction. -Popu.
lar Science Monthly.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-21
Washington and tho Artists.

Writing to friend May 16, 1855,
Washington thus described his expert
ence with portrait painters:
II am so hackneyed to the touches of
the painters pencil that l am now al
together at their beck and sit like Pa
tience on monument while they are
delineating the lines Of my face. 1t Is
proof among many others Of what
habit and customs can effect. At first
was as impatient Of the request and
as FESTIVE under the operation as colt
is of the saddle. The next time sub
mitted very reluctantly, but with less
founcing. Now no dray moves more
readily to the thill than do to the
painters chair
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-21
Cooked In a knopsaok.

Charles XII. Of Sweden invented the
first portable military fireless cooker.
He had knapsack lined with hay to
strap to soldiers back. When start
Ing on march big chicken was split
open and the inside dressed clean and
then filed with butter. In the chicken
was placed small cannon ball Of hot
iron. The hot cooking chicken was then
placed in the hay knapsack. When the
camp was pitched at evening the meat
was deliciously cooked and all soaking
in butter.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-21
Tried and Found Wanting.

1--WE had so much bad luck" said
the gloomy man, that lie awake
half the night thinking about my trou-
bles."
1.-THE cure for that" they told him,
rs to quit thinking of your own trou-
bles. Think Of other peoples"
"I'll try It," he said.
Three months later they met him
again.
well, how did it work." they asked.
Didn't do any good" he replied. II
lie awake all night now thinking Of
other peoples troubles"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-21
Cultivate Your Wife's Friendship.

Cultivate Your Wife's Friendship.
"a mans best friend" says Bulwer
Lytton, SIS a wife of good sense and
good heart. whom he loves and who
loves him. In woman there are at
once subtle delicacy Of tact and a
plain soundness of judgment which
are rarely combined to an equal de-
gree in mau. A woman, If she be real
ly your friend, will have a sensitive
regard for your character. honor and
repute. She will seldom counsel you
to do shabby thing, for woman al
ways desires to be proud Of you. At
the same time her constitutional timid-
ity makes her more cautious than your
male friend. She therefore seldom
counsels you to do an imprudent deed"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-21
European Civilization.

The first pavements in Paris were
Laid about the year 1900; in London.
about 1417. Berlin was without pave
ments far into the seventeenth CEN
tury. No houses had glass windows
before the twelfth century, and as late
as the fourteenth century anything
might be thrown out Of the windows
of Paris and London after three times
calling out, Look outw Shirts were
not known until the time of the cru
saders, and the fine clothes which la
dies and gentlemen wore were seldom
washed and only occasionally scent
ed" So late as 1850 there were to be
found in Paris but three carriages,
while in England coaches date from
1850
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-21
What He Was Tired OF.

Every non-golfer and many golferg.
too will have hearty sympathy for the
poor little caddie in this story from the
New York Tribune. The golfer who
was employing him was playing very
badly, and the caddie lay down on the
grass at one point and watched him.
When the man had got the ball out
Of the bunker he glanced toward the
boy.
you must be tired" he said, lying
down at this time of day."
II amt tired Of carrying" said the
boy, "but am tired Of counting"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-21
overeating Not the Scots Sin.

A northern writer finds a grievance
In the fact that the exhortations to eat
less arc addressed Unfortunately to
the whole Of Great Britain His pa
triotic contention Is that at no time
have the Scots eaten too much. He
holds that nearly all o. the overeating
has taken place in England and that
the heaviest eaters of all are the In
habitants of Yorkshire and Lancashire
One of his remarks is that Scotch
mans dinner Is an occurrence, while
that of an Englishman is an event
London Chronicle
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-05-17
WAR TAXES
INCREASED
ON|NCOMES
HITS CITIZENS ENJOYING IN
COMES IN EXCESS OF $4,000
PER ANNUM


WASHINGTON. d. c., May H.
Democratic leader Kitchin announc-
ed today that the treasury depart
ment notified him that II would be
necessary to raise $2.245,OOO,OOO IN
stead of $l.SOO,0OOOOO by the war
revenue bill now under debate. He
will urge the support OF new pro-
posals to raise the income surtax
increases on sums over $4,000 by
one fourth
Following Kitchin's announcement,
Representative Lenroot, of Wiscon-
sin, introduced an amendment in
creasing the proposed surtaxes on
incomes of between 100000 and $780,
600 from II to 13%es This was
adopted by the committee of the
whole by an overwhelming vote,
Hhe house, voting as a committee
of the whole, raised by one fourth
all income taxes on incomes between
$4,000 and $l.OOO,OOO. If this action
prevails the government will take
45 per cent of every income of
million and over.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-05-17
PRESIDENTS INVISIBLE CABINET
IS CHARGED WITH FAVOR|T|SM
IN AWARDING WAR CONTRACTS

conferred some of their powers on
the advisory committee, particularly
as to the purchasing of supplies.
1t was asserted that General Goeth.
ais opposed building wooden ships,
favoring steel, but had been compell-
ed by the shipping board to proceed
with wooden construction. Senator
Weeks complained that members of
the shipping board had prevented a
private ship building company from
raising capital and deferred individ.
uals from investing. advising them
against putting money into specific
corporations
Senators Martin, Underwood and
Shafforth we're among the few demo
Gratis who defended the executive
branch. Senator Lodge refuted as
sertons that the senate has been de-
laying war legislation. six weeks
ago today the war was declared"
Senator Lodge said. I'VE began by
passing four great appropriation bills.
We have passed great loan bills; we
have passed through both houses a
bill providing for selective conscrip-
tion.
England and Canada have been
discussing conscrlptlon for three
years. We've done it in both
houses inside fortnight"
Senator Poindexter said some peo-
pie seemed to have the idea that the
war would be won by legislation, es-
pecially as the impression seems to
prevail that the whole success of
the war depended upon what con
gress did.
What power is it that the admin
lstration wants." he demanded. Does
the people lack any authority to
carry on the war;" He spoke OF
the time that had elapsed since the
declaration of state Of war, add
ing: "And I am yet to hear of a
single German submarine that has
been sunk by vessel of the United
States navy"
Senator Fall commented on the
failure Of the administration to in
form congress officially of the pres
ence of the French and British com
missioners and of the advice and
suggestions which they brought for
the benefit of the country.
Senator Shaffroth of Colorado, de-
plored criticism of the executive de-
partments saying the various govern
ment departments have been busy
every minute in the day raising an
army and preparing for war.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-05-17

cussion Of confidential military Ques'
ton. Five hours afterwards the
doors were opened because Republi-
can senator's, including Lodgs, Nor.
ris and Brandage, suggested it was
not proper that such statements as
had been heard should be made with
out cognizance of the public and with
out opportunity for those attacked
to offer defence.
Democratic senators 1t was said af-
terwards. began the discussion by
criticising certain acts OF the adyis-
ory committee Senator Reed OF
Missouri was said to have been par
ticularly vehement Senator Lewis
of Illinois vigorously condemned GER
tain activities of the committee, es-
pecially regarding the letting OF
government contracts and offered
an amendment to the law creating
the defence council to provide that
hereafter men shall be appointed
to the advisory committee subject
to the senate's confirmation.
Some senator's said President VIII
son was not kept properly informed
regarding supply purchasing. Others
declared that the president and the
cabinet. without warrant of law. had