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The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
LYNDEN SUNDAY SCHOOL On
WAY HOME FROM JERUSAII IGM

The Lynden Sunday School of the
Methou.st Church arrived at Jerus-
alem last Sunday, beating a party
from Ferndale by several thousand
miles, and is now on it's way back to
the Nooksack Valley.
The tour was arranged to provide
an attendance contest for the Sunday
schools of the Methodist Churches
of Lynden and Ferndale. Each pup
il in attendance counts two miles to
the 10,vvv to the city in Palestine
ana each new scholar secured sets
the school ten miles nearer the goal
The contest began Nov. 5. At the
close Of the session Sunday, it was
found that Lynden had 12,615 miles
to its credit, or 2.615 more than nee
essary to win the contest, while Fern
dale is still about 200 miles short
of the goal. Ferndale will make the
distance Sunday and on February is
the schools will start on the return
journey.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
FUNDS RAISED TO
BUY FIRE TRUCK
Seven Hundred Dollars Already Sub
scribed Assures Department New
Auto for Apparatus

LvnGen's fire department Will
whisk TO blazes in the future in a
smart Lew auto truck, following the
successful campaign for flnd5 pract-
ical.y concluded this week :even
hundred dollars had been pledged up
&c t.. afternoon, with se1e al large
donations yet to come in.
W!tI but three hundred dollars
m1re ID be pledged, Walter Pxley
vino IL president of the fi'e Depart-
u.en. and a member o. the truck
comm ':ee declared TO-DAY that the
auto was a reality.
The committee composet of Pix
ley. Frant Knapp and E. Eds"n, who
lave been gathering subscriptions in
the business district, met with a s'n
erous RESPONSE cn all sides. the Ll"r
chants expressing themselves Is sad
to be of service to the fire fighting
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
LIBRARY PATRONS
WILL ELECT BOARD
Will Name Officers For Year At
Annual Meeting Monday; Many
New Books Added In 1915

Officers of Lynden's public librar-
y will be elected at meeting of pat
rons Monday evening at O'Clock at
the library rooms. The new board of
directors will serve during 1917.
Last year, snowy weather made it
necessary to call three meetings for
the election, and then the patrons
seemed so we'll pleased with the
way the institution had been con-
Quoted that the old board was nam
ed again.
In spite of limited funds and poor
financial support, the library board
has in some marvellous way been alb
lie to eonjure up great many new
books during the year. making the
reading room one of the most pop
ular places in the city. The annual
fee is only one dollar.
giving an entire family privileges of
using the library.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
NAY CHANGE NAMES OF
COUNTY'S TRUNK ROADS

That the names of the important
county trunk roads may be changed
shortly from the confusing geograph-
ical titles of Northeast Diagonal ana
Northwest Diagonal and the GUIDE
Meridian, is considered likely, now
that Ferndale is prosecuting cam
paign for the shift over its way.
Ferndale wants the Northwest Di-
agonal renamed the "Ferndale High
way, on the grounds that the pres,
ent title is too long, too clumsy, and
too easily confused with the North
east diagonal. The Everson valley
Home wants the name of the North
east changed to the "Deming High
way, and it has Deen suggeste- a.
various times that the Guide Mel io'
ian's name be changed to the Lynden
Highway. If this action is taken
each road will bear the name OF tht
pl .ncipal town alone urse.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
LYNDEN PIONEER
is LAID TO REST
Friends Gather To Pay Last Res
poets To s. H. Bradley, Who Came
To District Thirty Years Ago

In spite Of unpleasant weather and
muddy roads, large crowd OF
friends gathered at the family resid-
ence Friday afternoon to pay their
last respects to S. H. Bradley, pion-
eer of the Lynden district.
The Rev. Paul Ashby conducted
the services, while the rites at the
cemetery were in charge of the Lyn-
dn Lodge of Knights of Pythias.
A group of pioneers of the count
v, who had known Mr.. Bradley since
he came with his wife to Lynden 80
years ago. were in attendance. The
floral offerings were many and very
beautiful.
Mr.. Bradley was born in Franklin
County. Virginia, and at the age of
eight, moved to Missouri. Thirty
three years ago, he was married, and
three years later came to Lynden.
He is survived by Mrs. Bradley.
and ten children. A brother lives
at Bucoda, Wash.
He was affiliated with the Knights
of Pythias and the Fraternal Union.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
OPPOSE BILL TO DO AWAY
WITH TOWNSHIP ASSESSORS

The bill that was introduced into
the legislature by H. c. Hoff. one of
Whatcom County's representatives,
to amend the township law by doing
away with the office of assessor, is
arousing considerable protest in all
sections of the county. 1t is likely
that a formal petition of protest will
be drawn up and circulated.
The Acme Prospector comments as
follows on the bill:
Zone of our country district rep
resentatives, ths Hon. H. c. Hoff, has
introduced a bill in the legislature
to amend our township law by doing
away with the office of township as
SCISSOR. throwing that work into the
office of the county assessor. Such
a change in the law would not meet
the approval of sponsors of the law
for township organization, and neith-
er will it meet the approval of the
people where township organization
exists. The change would only give
the county assessor q chance to ap-
point a lot of deputies and III any
thing increase the cost of assessment.
1t would also pave the way for E.
Eliminating other town offices and
thus, in time, in doing away with
the township government a gov
ernment that satisfies the people OF
this county. The assessments over
this way have zen fair and satisfact-
ory to all property holders. with
all due respect to our representative
that bill should not pass
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
ClTY'S FINANCES
MUCH l..?ROVED
Annual Report of Clerk Shows Lyn.
den Better Off by S7OO Than 1t
Was La 1916

A financial report of the Town OF
Lynden showing the city funds to be
in better condition this year than
in 1916, was presented to the city
council Friday night and is publish
ed in full in this issue of The TriD-
une
The report shows that the condit-
ion of the current expense warrant
account has improved 500 during
1916, while the local improvement
district warrant and bond account is
$500 better off.
Lynden now has assets of $32,S72.-
05, and liabilities of $3l, ,001.03, or
a surplus of sS71.03. To this should
be added six thousand dollars in tax
money now due.
The report was prepared by City
Clerk r. B. LIE Cocq and will be sub
mitted to the State Bureau Of In
spectiCn.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
COMMISSIONERS INCREASE PAY
OF COUNTY'S EMPLOYEES

Increases in salaries totalling s45
a month have been granted by the
county commissioners to various Of
ficials The board denied major
ity of the raises asked for. The fort
unate ones were George Err, jailer.
formerly of Lynden, who is boosted
from $50 to So a month, Sam Bar
rett, deputy auditor, who gets $1l0
now instead of 500, Miss Olive Will
son, deputy in the treasurer's office.
advanced from $50 to $50, and two
clerks in the auditors office raised
from $40 to SIS.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
HUMORIST FARMER-EDITOR
PAYS VISIT TO LYNDEN

T. J. O'Day. head of the printing
department at the Washington State
College at Pullman. visited in Lyn-
den Monday. In addition to being
retired farmer and editor, O'Day
has the wellearned reputation of be-
ing one of the wittiest speakers in
the State. He is touring the State
in the interest of the State College
and the Bankers-Farmers Week at
Pullman this spring. Mr.. O'Day is
friend of the Worthen family. and
he says that over at the State College.
the Worthen girls are his favorites.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

At the grade school, Miss Harris
room won the picture for the month
by making the largest savings dep
osit for January.
Alma Ecker substituted for Miss
Topping who is i'll with the grippe.
The preliminaries for the Junior
declamatory contest will be held on
Feb. Is and 16.
Misses Ethel Leming and Viola
Gosch helped in the substitute work
last week.
The following is a complete list OF
freshmen who are on the honor roll
for the first semester:
Edward Kamm, Elmer Swenson
Charles Sprague, Bradford Knapp
Marjory Packard, Minnie Van Wyhe
Harry Bateman, Marian Bay, Jennie
, Wander Griend, Erwin Rathman. Ed
mund Packard, Edna Daniels, Herb
ert Eerkes, Porter Hatley.
Owing to the stormy weather. life
at the high school this week has beei
/ NdTltu III "oy o. AANNf ~
counteract the effect of the bad wea
ther, the domestic science department
served hot lunches to all who came
1t was like having picnic every day
Then the atmosphere oil the class
rooms was dampened by the leaking
roof. But nothing daunted, the sen
iors donned rubbers and umbrellas
aud wrote their themes on the board
Mr.. Wright has been cheerfully laf
oring overtime, climbing to roofs an
shoveling snow. The only thing tina
interrupted his many duties was tn
removal of the ladder, which mad
it necessary for him to remain in tn
attic a little longer than his wor
required.
The Girls Literary Society had
, splendid time Friday after school il
: itiating new members. Oranges an
: stick candy were served, la Germ
an.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08

A Valentine party with all ap-
pointments expressing the hearts
darts" idea was given for the kens-
ington club ladies and their husbands
Friday evening by Mrs. w. H. Wap-
les and Mrs. r. B. LIE Cocq at the
NAPLES residence. Red carnations
we're used as decorations, and the
score cards, and refreshments were
of the heart-shaped order. Five hun
dred was played during the evening
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
STORE HOLDS
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

B. c. Crabtree was elected pres
ident. c. r. Axling vice president,
D. F. Smith secretary-treasurer, and
Nels jacobson and Jacob Zweegman
directors at the annual meeting of
stockholders of the Lynden Cooper
ative Company Wednesday at Haw-
leys Hall.
The report of the business dore
during the year, and the advance
ment made, was so pleasing to the
stockholders that they were all en-
thusiastic in favor of leaving their
stock dividends in the business to
promote the welfare of the store.
A splendid banquet was served the
stockholders at noon.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
FERNDALE

The FernCale Dancing Club ent-
ertained with a dancing party FRI
day evening at the X. P. Hall.
Mrs. Mary Greene has as her
puests. Miss Nola Strange and Miss
Jessie Henry of Seattle.
OF surprise and interest to many
friends was the marriage OF Miss
Doy Slater, daughter OF Mr. and MIS-.
John Slater, to Mr.. Horace Leon
Hughes Thursday afternoon. Inc
only guests were Mr.. Glen Slater OF
Seattle and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry HAM
mer of Mt. Vernon. Little Marg-
aret Hammer, a niece OF the prioe'
acted as ring bearer. Miss Slater
20 graduate of the Bcllingham High
School. and the University OF wash
inRton. She is member ei Deila
Delta Delta sorority, and mas oeeh
a teacher in the beiiingham schoois
for six wears. Mr.. Hughes is int
crested in &c automobile business
here. Immediately after the cere-
monv Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes left Tor
Portland, and they will be at nome
Harry ..o.~- has as ms gues'
his cousin, F. A. Kelly of Seattle.
Jobn Barkeley of Anacortes spent
the weekend here.
Charles Hamshaw, who has been
.,ding 80 Normal, left FRIDAY
for S,altle. where - will enter the
Unise.-..y.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. S. Brooks are the
narents of an eighl pound son, Min
or S., Junior.
Funeral services we're held IRON
the Methodist Church on Suaoay ic'
Mrs. Violet Harnden, wife OF Mill
an Harnden, who passed away Ihurs
dav. Mrs. Harndn was 23 years oio
Cha leaves her husband and two III
- children to mourn her loss.
Miss Clara Nielsen is quite III VIII
the measles at hospital in Beiiihg
ham.
The East Mt. View school was tot
.,,y aestroyed by fire Thursday a
m school is being held in Tn
manual training building.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Martin nav
zone to Chehalis for an eA.ehue
visit. ,..c,,a 10,
Mr. and Mrs. w. B. Mcclure lei
Tuesday for Spokane
Mrs julius Shields has had
rssts her cousins. Mrs. Mcka
.and Miss Margaret RAMSEY oi "
couver, B. c.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
FERNDALE HAS EXTENSIVE
PLANS FOR PAVING STREETS

Ferndale is making extensive plans
for paving streets this spring. Ar
rangements are now under way for
the hard-surfacing of Bridge Street,
known as the Blaine road, from Ham,
ilton Bros. store to the city limits
just beyond the Baptist church, and
the street from the Central office
to the depot, crossing the track and
turning at the Washington hotel and
to he c.ty limits on the
river road.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
MUSICIANS WILL GIVE FINE
PROGRAM IN LINDEN FRIDAY

The oxford Company of Musicians
will appear tomorrow night in jam
ieson's Opera House on the high
schools lyceum course.
The Oxfords are one of the highest
priced organizations on the lyceum
platform and only last minute op-
en- date enabled Lynden to get the
attraction.
THE Mikado", the pretty Gilbert
and Sullivan opera, or Robin Hood
will be given. The performance will
not start until $3.50 after the pict-
ures at the Electric theater are ov-
ar
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
DAJRYMEN WILL DISCUSS
SKAGIT'S POOLING PLAN

The Whatcom County Dairymen's
Association will meet Saturday at
Lawrence, and will consider the plan
adopted by the Skagit County Dairy
men of pooling all their milk in an
effort to advance prices. The dair-
ymen will consider whether this plan
could be followed with effect in this
county.
All dairymen are urged to attend
the meeting.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
FARM LOAN ASSOCIATIONS
APPLY FOR $i5O.O0O 90

The three farm loan associations
that have been organized in What
com county have applied to the fed
eral farm loan bank at Spokane for
loans aggregating more than $3.50,
600. The three associations are to
be known as the Meridian, the Nook
sack Valley, and the Sumas Valley
National Loan Associations. Three
others are in the process of organic
alton Rome, Haynie and Custer.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
DELTA TOWNSHIP TO FORM
FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION

A meeting of farmers of Delta
Township will be held at the Glen
dale schoolhouse Tuesday evnning.
Feb Is to form farm loan associat-
ion.
A preliminary meeting was held
Tuesday and chairman and secret
ary elected, and committee of four
appointed to get out large attend
ance at the meeting next week.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
Calvin Morical Dead

Word was received in Lynden this
week of the death of Calvin c. Nor
ical, formerly of Lynden, at Battle
ford, Canada on Jan. 81. Mrs. Nor
zeal, who will be recalled by man
Y Lynden friends as the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Meenk, will return tc
LINDEN with her four children to
make her home with her parents.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08

Howard WortheL has left Wash
ington State College at Pullman to
go to Racine, Wisconsin, where John
Wolf is employed. Howard expects
to return and finish his college work
after he has gained some experience
in making his own way. He still has
a year and a half at the college be-
fore completing the work for his de-
gree.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
STEERING GEAR BREAKS AS
AUTO REACHES RIVER BRIDGE

AS G. c. Osgood was ABOUT to
drive across the Guide Meridian riv-
er bridge Monday, the steering gear
of his auto broke, and he crashed
into the railing. He was thrown
through the windshield, and dropped
to the mud beneath the bridge ap-
proach, fortunately escaping with but
slight injury.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08

Jacob Noordeloos, who arrived in
Lynden last week with his wife and
seven children from Huntley, Mont
ana, expects to rent a farm in the
district and make his home here.
The Noordeloos family left Montana
because the cold weather was too sew
ere for Mrs. Noordeloos, but they
found Lynden's zero week quite chill
ly.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
THESE LYNDEN CHICKS ARE
THE REAL EARLY BIRDS

S. Starkenberg says he has some
little chicks that arrived in the city
of Lynden four days ahead of the
Thompson flock recorded last week
as being the first of the season. The
Starkenberg chicks cracked through
the shells on Jan. 26 and there were
five of them.
Now can anyone beat the Starken-
berg record?
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
FERNDALE LADIES TO FORM
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT CLUB

Ladies of Ferndale will form
civic improvement club tomorrow.
The purpose of the organization is
to help make Ferndale better city
to live in by starting movements to
beautify the city, and undertaking OF
her work of civic improvement.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
Recital Postponed

Because of the adverse weather
conditions, Kenneth Heun was fore
ed to postpone the recital of his stud
ents, which was to have been held
last Wednesday. The date will be
announced later.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08
REPORT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
TRANSACTIONS OF TOWN OF LYNDEN,
WASHINGTON
Period of Jan. l, 1916 to Dec. 81, 1917


BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
efundin 1885, 512 s10,O0O00
efundin 1885, 51 cent, 200Oo0
perc
A. refunded
at interest 11Ooooo
1000 90
OPERATION OF WARRANT ACCOUNTS 1915
$667723
~ Issued durn 323511
Warrants Redeemed during 1916 3s2262
81 5sS92
Warrants Outstanding Jan l. 1916 SS 80
1886 81
81, 1916 1130I
mproy Outstanding
1916 sZe'sS6 90
i
.oOs.S7
Total Outstanding s25,2s342
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08

Mrs. Ruth Staight has left for Bak-
er, Oregon,where she will visit her
daughter.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-08

Mrs. P. A. Wright will entertain
the Kensington Club at her homo on
riday afternoon, Feb. 16.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01

Smythe. an old scientist OF Beacon
willie, n. Y, and the action all takes
place during one day. 1t is rent day
ard the rent is long overdue. Gen.
Linney, retired, the landlord. has
come for his money, but the professor
has been too engrossed with attempts
to discover the elixir OF youth, to
bother about filthy luCre and 1t looks
as II he. with his daughter, Sylvia,
his sister Alvina, and his assistant,
Philip Stanton. would be turned out
Of the house-but Just then things be-
gin to hapen.
Sylvia, knowing her Aunt Alvina
had long cherished a tender feeling
for the old general, leads him to an
avowal OF love, never dreaming that
1t is for her hand and not that of
the maiden aunt the old warrior is
asking. The unraveling OF this tangle
provides fun enough, but to add to
the interest the old scientist, finding
in his laboratory a young puppy In
place of an aged dog on which he has
been trying his elixir believes that
success has at last crowned his ef-
fects.
He does not know that the puppy
has been substituted for the dog by
his assistant, who had heard that the
local sheriff suspected him, quite prop
erly, Of dog stealing. The professor
leaves a bottle of the wonderful elixir
with the old general and when he re-
turns later finding the empty bottle
on the floor and a tiny baby lying
on the couch wrapped in the generals
overcoat, it Is but natural that he
believes that the general has taken
1f.yf- ~ n
to infancy. The same fate apparently
befalls the professors daughter and
the scientist is on the verge of
breakdown by the time matters are
Strengthened out.
AS for Sylvia, she has a happy ro-
nance OF her own and even the pro-
fessor is consoled for the failure of
the elixir by the discovery. brought
about in a most startling manner,
that the nostrum is really remarka-
able for something.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01

brain. And it is my candid belief
that the big play or tomorrow VIII
be written around a theme that de-
mands concentration and careful
analysis.
Il contend that 1t is all tommy
rot to say that the public taste
must be appealed to. and that the
demand of the public spurs the
producing manager to cater to
that taste irrespective of condi-
tions. II there is a surfeit of one
class Of plays during the season the
fault is with the theatrical man
ager and not with the public, sim
ply because whenever a manager is
progressive enough to offer a play
new in conception and treatment
and the public places the stamp OF
approval upon the contribution,
then every other manager urges
every other dramatist to write a
play for him along the same lines,
with the result that the public re-
volts at this superabundance Of one
histrionic dish and refuses to go to
the playhouse. Then the manager
with indignation upbraids the
masses because they will not pat
rOnize his play when the fault is
solely his own.
We have had this exemplified
many times during the past dec
AIDES. We have been operating in
cycles; We have had the romantic
cycle, the religious, the problematic,
the society. the musical, all of
which have had their day and are
forgotten. with the sole exception
of that grand old drama Of whole
some appeal, the legitimate home
spun drama. the drama of construc-
tion, not destruction. That is to be
the drama that will always live.
Therefore. 1 pin my faith in the fu-
ture in the educational drama. The
helpful play is the play of tomor-
row, and that is why 1 am here
at this time, presenting a play that
carries message that is pertinent
and potent. and is very aptly named
The Man Pays for heaven knows
the woman has paid too long"
The Washington herald., 1917-07-01
BeIaseo-"The Man Pays,

1t is rather an odd thing to announce
that Louis Mann, so most excellent
an actor. will return to Washington in
the capacity OF producer. but such is
true, for at the Belasco Theater to-
morrow night he will present for the
first time on any stage a new comedy
drama from the facile pen Of Samuel
Shipman. bearing the significent title
The Man Pays" and il reports be
true the play has all the earmarks of
prosperity, for 1t carries a message of
timely interest and signal Importance,
Considerable reticence has been OBJ
served In giving any information anent
the theme, which is probably a very
good idea, as many times the publica-
uon OF a theme or plot lessons the in
terest In a premier and frequently
ninders instead OF aids the auditors
viewpoint Of the argument.
Nj. Shipman is said to have taken
= very much-discussed topic, and by
oeftiy weaving it in the loom Of
drama. succeeded in manufacturing a
fabric that ought to have a strong
appeal at this time, for the question