The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-07-18
WON'T RELEASE ARMY
MEN FOR FARM WORK
Camp Lewis Can't Let Soldiers Go
Until They've Been There 60 Days;
Other state News

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son cannot obtain their releases on
agricultural furloughs until after the
men have been in camp 60 days, &C
cording to a ruling from the war de-
partment. The reason assigned is
that if the men are recalled to camp,
due to their company preparing for
immediate overseas duty, they should
have some preliminary training.
Muncaster Mountain is the name
given a peak located between the
Quinault and Rustler rivers on the
line between townships "a and 20
north, range 7 west 1t was named by
the United States geographic board to
commemorate Roy Muncaster, former
district manager. who lost his life in
the Tuscania disaster while on his
way to France as a private with the
goth Engineers Cforest regiment
l.. H. Darwin, state fish commission
er, has begun the distribution of A.
900 900 fish fry to lakes and streams
in eastern Washington. OF this num-
Der 2.45U000 are cut throat and rain
bow trout. the largest take and distrib-
ution on record; the others are steel
head trout fry from the Pateros-
Methow hatchery The commissioner
has received $50 Chinese pheasants
from the state game farm at Walla
Walla for distribution in western
Washington counties.
Directors of the National Lumber
Manufacturers association and leading
lumbermen from the Pacific coast will
meet in Paradise valley, Rainier ma
tional park, July &c, for the semian-
nual session of the West Coast Lum-
bermen's association and the regular
session of the National Associations
directors. Among the prominent Wis
itors will be John H Kirby, of Hous-
ton. Tex, president of the National
association, and Charles S. Keith, OF
Kansas City, president of the South
ern Pine association.
Yakima's big potato" is to be feat
ured at the national capital according
to plans that are now maturing under
direction of County Agent Price. A
letter was received from j. Maury
Dove, jr, secretary of the Shoreman
Hotel company, Washington, b. c.,
asking where he can procure potatoes
similar to those the Northern Pacific
/ railway dining car service featured in
its menu. He says he proposes to in
troduce them at the national capital
in a similar way. Arrangements will
be made with growers to supply this
new demand.
Orders for 100000 feet of Douglas
fir lumber to be used in eastern ant
southern shipyards will be distributed
among the mills of Oregon and Wash
ington within the next few days, &C
cording to advices received by the
West Coast Lumbermen's association.
from Robert B. Allen, secretary, who
now is in Washington, d. c. The gov
eminent also has purchased 100000
feet of fir for the navy and will re-
uuire large quantities for the muni-
lions plant being built near Pittsburg.
Orders for 63,O00000 feet of fir for
eastern army environments were placed
few &eeks ago.
bound over to the district court by
United States Commissioner F. w.
Radle at Bellingham to stand trial on
the charge of violating the federal
sabotage act Larson was charged
with interfering with government war
work by driving nails in logs.
Figures given out for publication by
+ the finance department of Camp Lewis
i show that in the II months of the
+ fiscal year ending July /, cash paid
out totalled s13.243,429. This is ex-
! elusive of the cost of building the can
Torment, payments for this having
been made from Washington. D. c. u,
County Agricultural Agent Nelson
says that the cranberry crop in Pacific
! county is in fine condition and there
will be an abundant harvest. The
+ harvest will begin about September is
and continue until November. The
problem confronting the growers is
scarcity of help to gather the crop.
There will be no shortage of refrig-
orator cars to move the soft fruit crop
to market, according to G. M. Merritt,
head of the Northern Pacific refrigera-
tor service, who has on hand $500
empty cars stationed at sidings west
of Paradise, Mont. in preparation for
the rush of the fruit season, which
will be on within the next four weeks.
No more German chemicals or medi-
cinal agents will be used in Washing
+ ton If the efforts of the Washington
State Pharmaceutical association are
effective. Delegates from over the
state, in convention at Seattle, an
nounced they had adopted resolution
to discourage in every way possible
the use of German-made goods by
either doctors or the public.
Orders for central officers training
schools covering the infantry, field ar
| tillery and machine gun divisions OF
the military service have been receiv-
ed by Colonel w. T. May, military
commandant of the state college at
Pullman, and under the order Colonel
May will receive applications from
Washington state civilians desiring to
enter these officers training schools,