The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-08-23
SEND MOUNTAINS OF
FOOD TO CAMP LEWIS
Two Thousand Tons of Flour Among
Supplies Sent For Soldiers; Other
Washington News

Two thousand tons of flour and 15t6
tons of potatoes are among the sup
plies being rushed to Camp Lewis at
American Lake by the quartermaster's
department preliminary to the arrival
of 80, 600 men of the national selectiye
army. The men are due to arrive early
in September Between loco and 400
officers who gained their training at
the Preside will arrive at the camp
August 81, % and 20. Forty-five
thousand complete uniforms will reach
the camp on August 25 from st. Louis
and Jeffersonville, Ind. Huge stores
of supplies will be stored away by
Captain Ball ard his men prior to the
coming of the soldiers.
in lengthy telegram to President
Wilson, Governor Lister carried out
his threat to refer to the nations chief
executive the situation n the lumber
industry in the state Of Washington
and other Pacific northwest sections.
Governor Lister suggests the appoint
iHeHt " the picSiuSHt VI SoAiHiiSSiod
to make a complete investigation of
the lumber industry of Washington,
Idaho and Oregon.
Declaring that in the present crisis
it is the duty of the Washington lum-
Der industry not only to supply the
needs of the government, but all de-
mands for lumber and asserting his
belief that the eight-hour day must be
granted to the lumber workers before
the western Washington strike can be
settled, Governor Lister replied to
communication sent him by the West
Coast Lumbermen's association.
: The Yakima valley beet crop prom
Uses a better yield than crops in Idaho
and Utah, according to Mark Austin,
agriculturist for the Utah-Idaho Sugar
company, who is in the valley for an
inspection of crop conditions to re
port to the headquarters of the com
pany at Salt Lake. He predicts
record yield for the first crop and
longer run for the factory than for
any other of the company's plants
this season.
Convicts at the state penitentiary
are to be fed a very wholesome wa
bread as the result of experiments
being conducted at the prison. Some
bread was made from half flour and
half potatoes. Warden Drum has di-
rected that about 10 per cent of pea
meal be added to the mixture. This he
has been informed by the state college
will make up perfect balanced r.
ton. 1t is expected to replace meat L
large extent.
That the forest fire situation is &c,
ting worse in eastern Washington IL
stead of better and that while cor.
paratively small amount of green tim
Der has been affected up to this TIM
much is threatened. is the announce
ment made by Fred E. Pape, state
forest and fire warden. There a.,
from one to 20 fires, running into
a total of hundreds in all timbered
sections of TIE state" is the declara
ton of the STATE fire warden.
Contracts for the grading of the
last five lilies of the Cascade scenic
highway has been let by the board @.
King county commissioners to the ].
W. Quigg Construction company, Of
Seattle, and work will begin at once
Quigg company's bid was S47,606.s1
The new section of road will run from
the 21-mile section, completed last
year, now undergoing repairs. to the
summit of the Cascade mountains.
where it will drop over Stevens pass.
The official statement of the cost
for the Sunnyside irrigation district,
better known as the Benton exten
sion of the Sunnyside project, receiv-
ed at the reclamation office in North
Yakima, shows a total of S349.460, or
$4,000 less than the original estimates.
The cost includes payment for storage
water, enlargement of so miles of new
main canal, building 13 miles of new
main canal and construction of a
laterals down to those carrying It
second-feet
T. E. Downey, C. Rca Moore and F
c. Bowman of Valley, have filed witt
the Stevens county auditor articles