The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-01-10

Even with the northwest mills work
ing at their maximum capacity, 1t Will
be almost impossible to turn out the
IL 900, 900 feet of spruce that the gov
eminent wants from them each month
for airplane work, declares Colonel b.
P. Disque, who has charge of the gov
eminent spruce production.
A total of 1888, 491 has been ex-
pended by the finance department,
quartermaster corps, Camp Lewis,
since the camp was established, &C
cording to figures given out. This
sum represents the payrolls and such
material as the camp quartermaster
has purchased, but does not include
money spent in the building Of the
cantonment.
In his address before the dairymen
of the state at SeQuim in Clallam
county, after saying that every able
bodied man should be made to work,
conscripted if necessary by the gov
eminent. E. F. Benson, state commits
sioner of agriculture, said that the
farmers of the United States were
largely responsible for the hobo" by
putting a premium upon him.
Governor Lister appointed J. d.
Trenholme, Frank Warehouse and
Captain James S. Gibson as members
of the state nautical school board
under the law passed by the last leg
islature. The 1917 law makers set
aside $4,000, of which $4,000 is for
the establishment of nautical train
ing school for merchant marine, to be
conducted in cooperation with the
federal government.
Four dangerous fugitives from Ia
coma, where they had broken jail, to-
gether with two men who were &C
companying them south with an auto
mobile, were halted by City Marshal
Ed Hull at Kelso at midnight. After
pistol duel in the heart of the town,
five of the party of six were captured.
One of them, Tom French, was prob
ably fatally wounded by bullet from
Marshal Hull's revolver.
Losses inflicted on the railroad lines
in the Yakima valley by the recent
floods are estimated at 100000, OF
which the Northern Pacifics share
may reach s150,OOO. This does not
include loss of revenue through in
corruption of service. The loss of
Yakima county in bridges and roads
, has been heavy. The largest single
loss was the destruction of the Wapato-
Donald bridge over the Yakima river.
Fire at Colfax destroyed the Kincaid
implement house and Colfax creamery,
causing a loss of about $4,000.
A state convention of county agri-
culturists is being held in Pullman,
beginning Monday, and will continue
for two weeks.
While crossing a footlog over the
south fork of the Newaukum river,
| near her home at Ethel, Mrs. Harry
Macomber fell in and was drowned.
An active campaign is being waged
in Pasco by the sheriff and chief of
police against bootleggers and an eff
fort will be made to stamp out the
evil
Aberdeen's postal savings deposits
| jumped from $197,210 on January /,
1917, to s279,367 on the first day of
| 1918, being gain of $S2,157 for the
year.
George A. Lee, republican candidate
for governor in the primary election
of 1916, has been appointed valuation
attorney for the interstate commerce
commission.
Twenty officers and 81 enlisted
men are now engaged in seven lum-
Der camps in the northwest cutting
spruce for the governments airplane
! construction.
Demoralized railway schedules cut
down the attendance at the 14th an
nual meeting of the Washington State
Horticultural association which was
held at Kennewick.
The possible location in Aberdeen
Il big paper mill is forecast in a
request filed with the city council ask
ing for rates on 100000 gallons of
water daily to such a concern.
In the year 1917 the office Of H.
o. Fishback state insurance commits
sioner, collected s4S2,11O, the highest
in the history of the department. Last
year the collections were $401,300
The fishing fleet landing fishery
products at Seattle during November,
1917, landed at that port q trips aggre-
eating 451, 473 pounds of fish. having a
value to the fishermen of $69,255.
George Albers, of Seattle, secretary
treasurer of Albers Brothers Milling
company, has just been appointed
north Pacific coast member of the
United States feeding stuffs industry
| committee.
The secretary of war transmitted to
congress an unfavorable report of the
engineers department Oh the proposal
to improve the Columbia river be-