The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-23

VIM my SteiioQsiy ulSAPpcATeu early
last October. That he is wandering
aimlessly because of mental disturb.
ances due to being gassed is the sx.
PLANTATION offered.
The lowlands. Of the Chehalis and
Newaukum rivers are flooded, owing
to the recent heavy downpour Of rain
The steamer Inland Empire was bad.
ly damaged and sunk in the Cowlitz
river when she struck q submerged
snag.
AS soon as the weather clears In the
spring. the state will be ready to start
on It's road program of the next two
years.
Men still held in the spruce produc.
ton division at Vancouver Barracks
will practically all be discharged by
February 10.
Expenditure of $4,000 for mainten.
ance of permanent highways in Cow
litz county has been authorized by the
state highway department.
Estimates compiled show that ship
ments of 1918 Yakima crop products
have reached total OF 26.877 cars
with a value Of $29,475,000.
In view of the spread of influenza
in the past few days all schools and
public gatherings of all kinds In Pacif.
lie county were ordered closed.
Parents of children in Wslla Wails
have voted overwhelmingly to make
up school time lost through seven
weeks shut down because Of influ-
enza.
In fire which for q time threatened
the sanitarium filled with patients, the
Seventh-Day Adventist church at Col
lege place, three miles west Of Walla
Walla, was burned to the ground.
Residents of Bismarck, suburb Of
Tacoma, did not like the Teutonic
name of their town and decided to
cast it aside. They selected Hillsdale
by majority vote and it will be used
hereafter.
The Yakima trades and labor coun-
Gil has passed resolutions cOndemning
the Seattle police for stopping public
assemblage there and also demanding
immediate withdrawal of American
troops from Russia.
A war department report on the
progress Of rehabilitation shows 1865
men discharged from Camp Lewis dur
ing the week ending January IL and
q total discharged to date from the
same camp of 60O7.
O. E. McCutcheon, of Deer Park,
was elected as president of the Pacific
Hardware and Implement
Dealers association. at their meeting
in Spokane. and Seattle was selected
- the next meeting place.
Constant fall Of warm rain during
the last few days has resulted in the
rapid rising of water in a number Of
western Washington rivers and In sur
rounding some 20 homes in the Rain
lsr valley with two feet Of water.
Removal of Chief Of Police Warren
aud the recall Of Mayor Hansen were
demanded by the Seattle central Ia
Dor council in q resolution. unless po-
lice responsible for breaking up an
open air meeting, which resulted In
riot. were punished.
w. F. Calvert, head of the federal
bureau at Yakima. has
asked the city commissioners and the
club to furnish q small
sum for An advertising fund to be
spent to keep employers and employees
posted as to labor conditions.
Operation and maintenance charges
on the Teton project this year will
be approximately $l.76 an acre. &C.
cording to = statement given out by
the reclamation service office. 1t will
be assessed against the $4,000 acres
Of irrigable land in the project
]. C. Ford, former president Of the
Pacific Coast Steamship company, and
other enterprises, has been selected
by the King county commissioners -
Of transportation. He
will have charge Of fleet Of seven
ferryboats at an annual salary Of
$4,000.
Plans for . "job drive" throughout
Oregon. Montana, Idaho,
Wyoming and other states for posi-
tons for the men Of the 91st division
are being made by Lawrence Wood,
Seattle. federal director for Washing
ton of the United States employment
service.
The 3lsth field artillery. the first
unit Of the S1st division to return
from France, will be welcomed to
during two-hour stop In
Spokane. The regiment, which CON-
prises men of the western states. Is
en- route to Camp Lewis, where it re-
ceived its training.
Fred 8. Baker, owner OF one OF the
largest strawberry acreages In the
White Salmon valley, 10 making elab-
crate plans for housing and entertain
ing the Dickers next season. Among
other improvements for the comfort
and entertainment Of the pickers is q
large dance platform.
A BUDGET of $4,000 for the years