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The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16
|LYNDEN BOY NAMED
AGAIN IN CASUALTIES
Newt Riddle Mentioned Once More
In Official Governm List; Mates
Call Him FATTY" Now

Newt Riddle of Lyndon was men-
toned in the casualty list of the war
department this week again under
the caption-''WOunded, previously
reported missing
According to Riddles letters to
his relatives here, he is now hale
and hearty, and getting so round that
his mates have dubbed him Fatty
He was wounded on September IL
and was confined for time in the
hospital, but is now out again. He
had expected to arrive back home
for Christmas. and had asked his
relatives not to write to him. AS he
was wounded, he thought he would
be invalided home with the rest OF
the wounded.
However, the authorities decided
to keep him in France.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16
KENSINGTON CLUB ELECTS
NEW CORPS OF OFFICERS

The Kensington Club met last Fri
day at the home of Mrs S. Fl. Lew
is. Payment of dues and election OF
officers took place.
The follow .ng officers were elect
ed: Mrs. F. L. Wood, president; Mrs.
B. C. De Long, vice-prosident; Mrs.
r. l.. Averill, secretary; and Mrs. B.
w. Loring, treasurer.
The club decided to sew at the Red
Cross rooms today, aid also decided
to work on relief garments at the al
ternoon meetings. These garments
should be made of left-Cvers or used
material and can be started at nome
before the meeting end finlshed
there.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16
LONG DISTANCE PHONE
RATES TO TAKE DROP
Lynden Farmers Can Phone To New
81; Other Reductions

After Monday, any Lynden farm
er can talk to Mayor Hylan or John
d. Rockefeller or any other New
York city celebrity over the Farm
ers Mutual Telephone Company in
strument for only four dollars! New
long distance rates considerably low
er than the present tariff will go in
to effect on that day as result OF
government control.
There will be no change in the
rates for Bellingham calls, or to 9TH
er points in the county.
The following information concern
ing the new rates was issued today
by l.. A. Jones, secretary of the Far
mcrs Mutual Telephone Company:
A new schedule of long distance
rates will take effect at midnight on
Monday, January 20. These rates
will be the same all over the United
States.
There will be a standard rate from
4:3O a. m. to $50 p. m. Then from
$50 D. m. to ~ midnight the rate
is so per cent of the day rate, with
no charge less than 25 cents. From
midnight to 4:30 a. M, the rate Is
75 per cent less than the day rate,
with a minimum charge of 25 cents
The cost of the call is based upon
tho air line distance between cent
rails. This IS cents for each q
miles up to "a miles, then cents
for each additional s miles.
On all calls the initial period OF
conversation is three minutes instead
of one as at present. Then one-third
more for each additional minute.
To illustrate: Seattle is about "a
miles from Lyndon in an air lire. Ana
the day rate under the new rules Tor
a 3 minute call by number would De
about 65 cents, or if a particular per-
son were called, it would be 80 CTS
If messenger were sent ana
time appointed for conversation the
nrice would be 95 cents for the firh
three minutes. Any call for person
on which a report of that person Is
made, a report charge of about 20
per cent is made, even although no
conversation is held.
The toll charges beween our OF
fices and Bellingham, being WITHIN
one county, will remain the same as
at the present. Likewise, subscrip-
ers will be given the free toll services
bctween our different centrals as US
20, hecause the rental charges are
based upon that free service.
Any further information may De
secured by calling up the dinereht
oefices when the rates go into erect.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16
STATE ESTIMATES CITY
POPULATION AT 1,5OO
Estimates Lynden's Growth In New
Booklet just Issued; Gives Past
History

A Statistical Abstract of the State
of Washington" published this week
by the state department of statistics
and immigration, assigns to Lyndon
an estimated population Of 1.500.
The figures are made for the year
of 1917 by Harry F. Giles, deputy
commissioner.
The report gives an interesting re-
sumo of the growth of the city from
1890 to 1918. In 1890, the city had
a population of $50. In 1900, the
government census SHOWED that this
had shrunk away to 1865.
The 1910 census credited the city
with 1,14S. an increase of 214.5 per
cent.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16
LYNDEN BASKETBALL TEAM
DEFEATS FAST BLAINE FIVE

Lynden's basketball team carried
off the hOnors Friday night III the
second game of the season at Blaine.
The game was a very sharp con-
test. and was won by score or "a
to II. Lynden's second team was
also victorious, the game being won
to the tune Of II to 4.
The Lynden girls team was rang
ed against a squad composed entirely
of experienced veterans, and was less
successful, losing % to 5.
LINDEN will meet the Mt. Baker
consolidated school players Friday
night at the high school gymnasium
in three games. Some exciting con-
tests are promised, as Mt. Baker mas
a reputation for having strong teams
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16
GOVERNMENT WOULD CLOSE
v.yNDEN RIVER TO NAVIGATION

The city of Lynden was asked TINS
week by the government railroad
commission il the town would nave
any objection If the Nooksack River
I'm this section were closed to navig-
alton.
Inasmuch as it has been twenty
wears or thereabouts since such fast
and commodious ocean liners as the
Edith 8. made Lynden a port OF CALL
no one had any objections =
The Great Northern railroad main
tains a draw bridge atsFerndaie at
considerable expense, aithough the
bridge has never been opened ana
IT is to eliminate this that the re-
quest was made.
The Guide Meridian bridge Is now
a fixed span SO that big steamers
couldn't get up to Lynden' anyway
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16
LITTLE LYNDEN STORE
GROWS BIG IN 21 YEARS
Occupied A Thumb-Nail Space In
1907; 1t Crowds Quarters Now
OF Twenty Ordinary Firms

'Perched up on a little platform
out of the muddy street at the cor
ner of Fifth and Front Street, lit
tie general merchandise store open
ed for business twenty-one years ago.
A tiny room "a x 80, half of which
was occupied by Ed Edson's City
Drug Store, sufficed the firm for its
business; and even this small space
was further sublet to Orie Ramsdell
who conducted barber shop at the
rear.
From this insignificant beginning
has leaped the big Lynden Depart
ment Store, crowding a modern con-
crete structure on the same site with
900 feet Of floor space at it's SER
vice. To celebrate its twenty-first
anniversary year. the Department
Store will next week conduct sale
in its various departments.
w. Fl. NAPLES, then a brisk young
chap in his twenties, and Andrew r.
Smith opened the little store on Nov.
l. 1897 with a few hundred dollars
worth of dry goods and groceries on
the shelves. The first year, the lit
tie place did business OF $4,000.
In 1918, the little store grown
now to the Lynden Department Store
did a business OF $511,838.82. near
~ twenty-five times that of twenty
one years ago.
On July 10, 1900. Mr.. NAPLES pur-
chased the interests of Mr.. Smith,
and continued as sole proprietor un-
til April Is, 1909, when the store
was incorporated, and John P. Boer-
have and Ed Eerkes bought an inter
est in the business. On Aug Is, 1911
P. Ivan Hemert bought the stock
of Ed Eerkes, and on Jan. 20, 1916,
George w. Frick entered the firm.
Lynn ]. Brown became a stOckhold
er on Jan. 1, 1917, and George Hall
on Jan. l, 1918.
The various departments of the
big institution are now under the
personal charge of the different mem
bers of the firm. Mr.. Brown has
direction Of the grocery and hard
ware departments, MIR. Van Hemert
Of the feed and warehouse depart
ments. Mr.. Boerhave of tho ladies'
ware and dry goods and mems fnrM-
ishings, Mr.. Frick of shoes, and Mr..
Hall OF the bookkeeping and cler-
ical divisions.
The big institution now occupies
the space that twenty average city
stores use, and boasts OF dozens Of
features that even the most modern
establishments would envy. Steam
heated throughout, with its smart
art glass awning. It's nattily dressed
windows, its mezzanine floor, and
its fine array of merchandise. 1t has
none of the appearance of the country
establishment. Among It's exclus-
lively up-to-date features are a re-
tinforced concrete vault for its rec
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16
One Work Making
Clothing for Othec instantly Arriving
RALPH BALDWIN NEW OWNER
OF NAPLES CONFECTIONERY

Ralph Baldwin has purchased the
interests of George NAPLES in the
NAPLES Confectionery and has TAX
ell charge. Mr.. Baldwin, who has
had considerable experience as a
cook, is serving meals and light
lunches. and expects to improve the
other departments of his business.
Mr.. NAPLES has as yet made no
plans for his immediate future.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16
AL STUURMAN BUYS KINSEY
EARM OPPOSITE FAIR GROUNDS

Al Stuurman has purchased the
acre Kinsey place opposite the Fair
Grounds from Darius Kinse.y for $2,-
500. The deal was made through
the Office of the Bauman Realty Co.
Mr.. Stuurman win reside on the
place, and will go into the chicken
business.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16
NEW COW TESTING ASSOCIATION
TO HOLD FIRST MEETING

The new Whatcom County Cow
Testing Association will hold its in
itial meeting Saturday afternoon at
one o'clock at the office of County
Agent H. B. Carroll, jr., in the Fed
eral Building in Bcllingham.
Officers and directors will be ell
ected at this meeting, and all mem
bers are asked to attend.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16

A. A. Bauman returned Tuesday
from a trip to Tacoma and Olympia
where he witnessed the opening ses-
sions of the legislature. lie drove
back from Olympia
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16
LYNDEN CHURCH VOTES GIFT
OF 800 TO ARMENIAN FUND

The cOnsistOry Of the Lynden Re-
ed a gift of 500 to the Armenian
drive. This was the largest contrib
ution received by the committee thus
far
1t represents one-tenth of the sum
that Lynden was expected to raise.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16
THIS LYNDEN FLOCK SHOWS
PROFIT OF $500 PER BIRD

Showing a profit of $500 per hen.
D. j. Zylstra has just completed a
report on his poultry business for
1918 that is all the more interesting
as the record was made on city lots
right in Lynden itself. Mr.. Zylstra
averaged 355 hens during the year,
and his net profit for 1918 was ex-
actly $1,OS6.57.
The following is his statement of
costs and receipts:
jan |, 1918. On hand:
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16

Mrs. Mollie Stark Williams has
been visiting in Seattle anf Be''lnG-
ham
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16

The w. C. T. U. will meet next
Thursday with the Rcd Gross a' '"e
Masonic Hall.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16
SAM SHIRTS

ar price on Uncle Sam
far under that of any
|untry. Special prices
s are quoted at Sl.S
ar price is only $l.W
|lrment.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16

Gerrit Polinder and Mr.. and Mrs.
:;s;s. ss,s; H''''aa'~ left for Calf
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16
|RGET ABOUT
PAINTS
Outside Paints

Outside Paints
1t advanced our prie'
Inside Paints We
she's, wall paints, fur
Ong winter evenings.
,u can add HUNDREDS
value Of your house
and you can do the
Pr yourself in your
Mr.. Farmer, why not
machinery? Save i |
and rusty looking
II it it will sell better
our farm MACHINERY
apidly from neg!lecI
about these paints
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16
|MERY REPORT
lows PROSPERITY
Ia In Bank And In War Saw.
lamps stamp Local Instftut.
L Highly Successful

Ing that the Lyndcn farmers
an average price of 6lc q
tor butterfat in 1918 as ag-
khc in 1917 and 35 S-1Oc In
ke Lynden Creamery Company
l. It's annual report at a
| ot stockholders at Hawley's
5esGay.
creamery did a business OF
h OF during 1915 a decrease
S;ne thousand dollars over the
Rowing, and this I'm spite OF
Spally stiff competition on the
the condense-:,es.
hcially. the Lynden Creamery
showing that will challenge
ktIye institutions the country
equal. 1t has $500 on de-
| the Lynden State Bank bear
Aar cent interest. holds $S42
Savings Stamps. and has to-
kurees of $4O,O01.S6!
tole change made by the stock
| Tuesday in the management
o.uery was the election of
X 10 succeed G. J. Polinder
Board. Tae other officers
e-elactcd.
following is the complete re-
prepared by Marager Herman
Is:
IS cream received. 1 ,688, ,606
Test ...... :51s per cent
bs. butterfat 80. .4S1'SiO
Is. butter churned .456,2S.
II sold In sweet
-. -. 46,00S lbs.
oyer.run -. 2S.6 per cent
price paid for
rfat :. :. .01c per lb.
price received for
size per lb.
manufacturing and
10 -. .2.7c per lib.
mount paid for freight, ex-
drayage. on cream and but
........ 81, ,007 .S0
ales:
litter. :. ... .$245, ,083.07
rect Cream -. III sesss1 30
lttermilk ........ 4,0A.47
cam (AnS 49,. .NOOs6O
nn,ies ,.. 1OO.45
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16

CONTINUED on Page Sfx)
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-15

washington.-New express packing
rnIes. similar to those required for
freight movement on the railroads.
will go into effect on December lO,
and express shippers are requested to
prepare themselves for the new stand
ards. The new packing requirements,
which were recently approved by the
United States railroad administration,
were formulated to provide additional
safeguards for merchandise sent by
express. Heretofore shippers have
been using all sorts Of containers for
express packs ges. but the new rules
are expected to make the regulations
uniform and thus provide business
concerns with. an even more reliable
and speedy service.
Preparations are being made at To-
cal offices of the American Railway
Express company, which is the agent
of the government in handling the
express business of the entire coun-
try, to put the new rules into effect on
December 10, and to require strict
adherence to them thereafter. The ex-
press officials expect that in this way
shippers will be induced to pay greater
attention to their packing methods and
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-15

who has visited the neighborhood any
operations seriously undertaken would
easily repay the necessary capital In
vested.
Coal and Transport.
Should fnanciers be ready to en-
bark on such venture as the exploita-
ton of Persian mines, the question OF
both coal and transport would have
to be seriously considered. Fortunate
" coal does exist in many parts or
the country and is at present being
worked in at least two localities. The
district of Kumisheh is especially rich
in this mineral, and quite recently 1t
has been discovered in the Curdlsn
mountains bordering on the Bagdad-
HamadoR road.
The difficulty of transport Is rap
idly being overcome. Already there
are various schemes In hand for the
construction of railways; in fact. quite
a good start has been made. The re-
cent operations in both the north and
the south of Persia have shown the
roads to be quite suitable for heavy
motor traffic, consequently the impor-
tation Of heavy machinery ought not
to prove a very serious obstacle.
In normal times the Persian laborer
is paid from II to 16 cents Omitted
States) a day. A slight advance In
pay would insure the necessary labor,
especially If 1t should prove perma-
nent. 1t is not difficult to prophesy
that before many years have passed
Persia will prove to be one of the
mining countries of the world.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-15
STILL AGAIN WORKS

and thieves. 1t was no disgrace then
to run copper can and coil. The abil-
ity to turn out good whisky was an
accomplishment, and many a farmer
would employ hired man If he knew
nothing else about him except that he
could make good whisky.
1t was back in 1859. 1860 and 1861
that Uncle" John Jones made 100
per cent pure" liquor. He lived on
Lick creek. near the Ltncoln-Wayne
county line, and there turned out
whisky as pure as the mountain dew.
sweet as honey and with a kick like
a cranky f1ivver. Uncle John had
reputation for "souring" his mash
just right. distilling just long enough
and turning out run" of liquor that
was much in demand.
Then came federal legislation put
ting a high license on the business of
diStillirg, and Uncle" John decided
to qpit. He buried the still after
carefully drawing a map showing it's
exact location A few days ago de-
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-15

large trout. Cash each side In han
a dozen places, lay in each cash a
lardoon of fat salt pork, then brush
the fish inside and out with melted
butter mixed with lemon juice. Put q
rack in the baking pan, on it lay the
fish, pour a cupfuI of boiling water in
the bottom and place in a very hot
oven. Allow twelve minutes to the
pound and haste three or four times
with melted butter. Cook in a sauce
pan one tablespoonful of butter and
flour together. When the fish is re-
moved from the pan pour the water
from the pan into the thickened butter,
add salt, pepper, and enough kitchen
bouquet or caramel to make brown
sauce; add a tablespoonful of lemon
juice and one-half cupful of finely
chopped shrimps. If the sauce seems
too thick, add boiling water and boil
up again. Garnish the fish with pars-
ley and quarters Of lemon.
Piquant Stuffine.-Pour half cupful
of vinegar over three cupfu1s of
crumbs, squeeze dry, add to the
crumbs one-half cupful of melted but
ter or butter substitute, one cupful of
chopped olives, three chopped pickles,
one small green pepper, finely chopped,
salt, pepper and curry powder to taste.
BroiIed Fish.-Any good sized fish
of firm flesh may be selected for broFl-
ing. Split it from head to tail and re-
move the back bone If desired. Brush
with melted butter and broil in a wire
broiler over a clear fire. A fve-pound
6eb will roU1Iiro fTx-onfv-fvo minutes
Serve garnished with latticed potatoes
which have been fried a golden brown
in deep fat add also the usual lemon
quarters and bit of parsley.
Fresh Fish 5alIs.-Flake any left
over fish and mix it with an equal.
quantity Of seasoned mashed potatoes,
fresh and hot; make into balls. ado
egg to the potato or dip in egg and
fry. Boiled rice is a good substitute
for potato.
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-15
Persia Is Rich in
Mineral Wealth

chinery on the spot such venture
should prove q very paying concern.
Gold dust is found in various parts
of Persia, principally in the river beds,
but not in any great quantity, with
perhaps one exception. 1t is regularly
brought into the Kermanshah bazaar
for sale. but from exactly where has
SO far been kept a secret.
Lead and silver are both to be
found in quantities that would pay for
the working.
In considering the mineral wealth
of tile country, copper undoubtedly
takes the most important place. Persia
is full of copper. but so far has not
attracted foreign capital, because Of
the import and export difficulties that
have had to be contended with in the
past. In spite Of these many draw
backs, at least one mine is being
worked locally.
little to the north Of Isfahan. IN
the Nantaz mountains, is a large seam
of copper. To mine such rich de
posit would assuredly pay. The ker-
man district abounds in copper, and
in the Judgment Of a mining engineer
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-15
FLU SPREAD BY HANDsHAKE
Dirtier the Atmosphere, the More I'm
rnune One Is 70 Disease, Says
Colonel Vaughn.

st. Louis, Mo.-There is no indica-
ion Of an epidemic of influenza this
winter, according to speakers at the
convention of the Association Of Mil
itary Surgeons Of the United States
here.
One method of spreading the disease
is hg handshaking. 1t was said.
Col. Victor C. Vaughn, in an address,
declared the dirtier the atmosphere
and the more bacteria one breathed,
the more immune he would be to dis
ase. This was proved, he said, by
tatistics compiled during the war,
which showed that the greatest death
rate from disease was among men from
rural districts.
'"The city-reared man." he asserted,
ELS accustomed to breathing filthy air,
whRe the country-bred man is not, and
consequently q foul atmosphere win
affect the latter sooner than the for
vNer."
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-15
Natural Resources of Ancient
Country Are Almost
lneStimable.
DIFFICULTY OF TRANSPORT
Chief Obstacle In Way Of Develop
ment-Various Schemes Already
In Hand for Construction of
Railway Lines.

Lond0n.-The natural resources of
Persia are almost inestimable, and up
to the present the great wealth of this
ancient country has scarcely been
touched. The now famous Anglo-Per-
sian Gil fields are vivid example of
what can be done when the necessary
enterprise and capital are forthcoming
The large area over which this COM
pany possesses the rights Of working
contains an almost inexhaustible sup
ply eff oil.
There ls at least one other oil field
In Persia waiting to be exploited. A
few Baku experts have known for
some time Of the existence Of oil IN
the northeastern part of the country.
This district is judged to be exceed
ingly rich in Oil-bearing strata and Ia
situated close to the southeastern
shore OF the Caspian sea.
Beyond any doubt. says the London
Times, the plateau of Persia is ex-
tremely rich in mineral wealth, but
the question has been how to work it,
ewing to the difficulty of transport.
In the past reliance has had to be
placed on mules and camels, whose
loads cannot possibly exceed 400 or
500 pounds. This being so, the I'M
portation Of the necessary heavy ma
ch1nery has been altogether out of the
question, and as a result the greater
part of Persia's rich mineral wealth
lies dormant.
Precious Metals.
Seventy miles or so to the north OF
Isfahan is disused gold mine that
was originally worked by the Persians
themselves. The ore was extracted in
a crude aad Anticipated way and then
carried to Teheran on the backs OF
mules, a distance of over 200 miles.
There the gold was extracted by some
old-fashioned process, and as the prof
its only covered the expenses the mine
was ultimately closed down. With
modern methods and up-to-date ma
The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-15

tered tin and place in the oven to
toast. While this is toasting toast the
bread, butter 1t, then place a slice of
cheese on each piece of toast and
serve at once. A rich cheese should
be used for this dish.
Cheese BaIls-To one cupful of
grated cheese add one-fourth of a tea
spoonful of salt, dash of paprika and
three drops of Worcestershire sauce.
Beat two whites of eggs until stiff ; add
enough of this to moisten the cheese.
Make into balls, roll in bread crumbs
and fry in hot fat. Serve hot in a nest
of parsley.
Dreamed Cheese on Toast.-Make a
cream sauce of four tabIespoonfuls
each of butter and -four worked to-
gether with a pint of cream or milk /;
season with salt, mustard and paprika
and add two cupfuls Of soft cheese
broken in bits. When the cheese is
melted add two beaten eggs, then pour
quickly over hot toast or waters.
Cheese croquettes.-Make a thick
white sauce, using four tablespoonfuls
of butter, the same of flour and one
cupfui of milk. Beat into this one
egg yolk and season highly with pap
rika and little salt. Add two table
spoonfuls of grated cheese, and when
melted remove from the heat and add
one and one-half cupfuls of mild
cheese cut in cubes. Cool the mixture
thoroughly. shape into any desired
form and fry as usual in deep fat.
Cheese Fondu.-Pour one cupful of
scalded milk over one cupful of soft
bread crumbs, add three-fourths of a
cupful of soft cheese cut In bits. one
tablespoonful of butter, and salt and
red pepper to taste. Beat FIVE egg
yolks until thick, add to the mixture,
fold in the stiff1y beaten whites and
bake in moderate oven 20 minutes.