The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-16
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raw RE-CLASSIFYlNG
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=. other News OF Interest
som over state

L ...,sication of Washington eoun'
~ salaries for county commits
win be recommended to the
,..,.Iature by the executive com
-, the state association OF coun'
commissioners, the committee de.
salaries in five classes proposed
r,nss from $4,000 per year for
,..t class counties to $1,000 for
n.b class, Classification beins
m the basis of population,
,,,.m yspe. a wealthy land owner
pr,sern Idaho. under sentence OF
q IS yesrs in the state peniten'
m charge of grand larceny and
..r. and TWO years in the federal
.n,isry on Mcneil island on
"a n, robbing mail coach and
n.nirscy. respectively. disappear
kh1e crossing the Pend Oreille
4 IN Newport. vane was at lib
under $4,000 bonds pending an
N on the federal charge.
Irs,arding unfavorable replies
1 the public service commission
4 G Gilman. district director of
.,rnitsd states railroad admins
Ii the Spokane chamber of COM
4 and the Spokane Merchants as
ston are continuing their efforts
w. resclnded the Great Northern
effective January 10, cuTtailing
L. between Oroville and Curlew
\. Marcus division. The railroad
.ss, to give a tri-weekly service
ID OF daily.
b Wilmann, an automobile me-
Il in the employ of the Standard
hmDany vas the cause Of indef-
N postponing the proposed pur-
by the city of Tacoma OF the
cushman power site when Will
4 filed suit to prevent the city
E.igDing contract with the Sky
Nj Power company, owners. The
h,sis of the suit is the claim
he city has no legal authority to
the purchase without submit
4 he proposition TO a vote Of the
border naming F. E. COnnOrs, OF
10 receiver of the Spokane /
Empire Railway company, was
LA United States district court
bkane The receiver was ap-
d on petition OF attorneys for
3irst Trust 4 Savings Bank OF
To- holder Of a trust deed rs Sc
for a bond issue Of $4,036,OOO
/ In 1906. Foreclosure proceed
Snder the trust deed also were
IN federal court, demanding the
ut Of s3,sss.o00 unpaid princi'
ID accrued interest.
b Ayres, age Il, who surrender
Sheriff Barnes and Deputy A.
Ausdale Immediately after his
|hion, Charles Greene, WAS IA
wounded by Van Ausdale In a
battle on Eureka flat, pleaded
at Walla Walla to grand lar
Or theft Of automobiles and was
ced to two to 10 years In the
hillary on each of two charges,
Scond sentence to be served on
ktion OF the first. Greene died
J operating table, a bullet from
Iusdale's rifle having nearly sew
small intestine and cut piece
his liver. Greene's widowed
h lives in Walla Walla.
Washington construction con-
attended by 400 delegates from
ITS OF the state. adjourned at Ia
|siter putting itself on record In
OF resolutions embodying pro-
legislation for good roads, land
|nent. social welfare. development
K hydro-electric power OF the
development OF the Big Bend
|nbia BASIN project, taking wa
|om the Pend Oreille river, en-
|ent OF returned soldiers, physi-
lining In the schools. compulsory
bl and dental examination Of
kH In the schools. enlargement OF
FOpe OF the state industrial In
fe commission, ownership and
Ion of all public utilities, indus
lsterpowsr AAd coal mines, aud
decision Of the supreme cour
ping the Stevens county court
J. Thomas RECEIVERS $4,000 from
pm, Charles e. Thomas, and hi
erin law, G. W. Roberts. HI
fd for them seven years on
near Chewelah without = spe
understanding As to pay ant
|ed he could not collect anything
Seattle port commission hal
Ped to the HarrinstOn-Peter
Rhy the greatest ocean termina
pet ever let In the northwest
contract aggregates 3617,725.S
ppers the construction of the sub
lure of the port commission sec
ymith Cove pier. The cOmplete'
nal will represent An investmen
Sou 900.
INMATES compiled from the rec
of Yakima sheepmen show that
! 20 years ago the cost of run
a eve through one season Wa