The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-09-20


enlist being successful the eighth tine
L ;oining ths engineer corps HIS
( first application fo- enlistment wzs to-
he nzvy. hut IL failed il the physical
examination Later attempts also
we're unsuccessful b psrssvering h
gained aduittznce 70 the engineering
corps.
Representatives @ wooden ship
Fzr1s on the Pacific cast have been
5uying u TIE locust trees in the irri-
gated country east Of the Cascade
mountains 10 use the wood for nails
and pins in the zC6den ships WORK
men in the employ q the buyers cut
down the locust trees. chop them Up.
take away tie stuff they wish. and
leave the remainder on the ground
The ship builders use the locust wood
because i IL strong and does not de
c-y.
Better roads for the Yakima res
zrvatior and more especially z better
trunk line from Toppenish TO Golden
dale. completing al important link
in the big scenic loop from Puget
Sound over the Snoquzlmie pass
through Yakima valley 10 the Colum-
bia river. over the Columbia river
highway 10 Portland, thence north %
the Sound. vas made the subject OF q
conference az North Yakima between
prominent citizens OF North Yakima
and Toppenish-
Winds have damaged apples and the
dry weather has caused unusual &C.
tiyity Of apple worms. according to the
report OF the Northwest Fruit ex-
change in Seattle This will result in
2 material reduction in quantity.
Prices xill Be profitable to the grower
unless unforeseen conditions arise. NJ
P. Goodner, secretary Of the state
council of defense. reports frcm
Olympia that the box situation is i'm
proved and that it probably will be
possible for growers and packers TO
get all the boxes needed. although
not in all cases will they be made Of
as good lumber as the packers have
demanded in the past.
Fifty spruce Ioggers and manu-
facturers Of Washington and oregon
attended 4 meeting in Centralia at
which the organization OF the air
craft spruce production bureau vas
completed with the appointment Of
the following executive committee OF
five: Howard Jayne. Of Raymond.
chairman; c. VI. Weatherwax, OF Aber-
deem, Dwight Merrill, of Seattle: W
P. O'Brien, Of Astoria, and Thomas
Watts. Of Brighton, Oregon. The bu-
reau is the organization through which
the government, speaking through E.
T. Allen, of Portland. representative
of the aircraft production board.
reaches the spruce industry. Its
membership is composed OF manu-
facturers OF the two states, and With
the completion Of the organization
II is now in a position to supply air
plane lumber. At the meeting the
members pledged their entire output
of spruce during the next u months
to the government and her allies.
Benton county's oil district in cen
trail WASHINGTON is assuming more OF
the appearance of a real oil camp.
Four rigs are on the ground either
drilling or preparing to drill. Oil has
not been found in the district, but
there is a steady flow of gas reporteu-
Practically by a unanimous vote the
Seattle l. W. w. local No. 500, which
includes practically all the western
Washington territory, has voted TO
call the strike in the lumber mills and
logging camps to halt, giving the
Erastus Brainerd, of Seattle. was
named assistant in charge Of food con
servation for western Washington by
Charles Hebbard, state food admins
editor of the Spokesman-Review, is
named publicity director for the state.
Ten whales were killed BY the Bay
City whaling fleet off Grays Harboi
Tuesday of last week, making this
the biggest single day slaughter of the
season. The total catch for the year
is now 1856 and probably will reach
about $50 by the time the season closes
in October.
The Chehalem Land company,
corporation holding large interests In