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The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1920-02-26
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE TOWN
COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LYN-
DEN, WASHINGTON.


DEN. WASHINGTON.
SECTION
That section TX of said Ordinance
No. las be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
CONNECTION CHARGES
When a permit has been obtained
for the introduction of water. the
service pipes and connections from
the main to and including a stop
cock to be placed one foot within the
line of the street curb will be put in
and maintained by the city and kept
within its exclusive control for which
a charge of $500 will be made pay
able in advance, for a three-fourths
inch connection; for one inch con-
nection, $25.00 and for other sizes
larger than one inch, or where 1t
becomes necessary to open a paved
street the cost shall be estimated by
the Water superintendent for mat
erial and labor and shall be paid by
the person applying for service be-
fore work of connecting the property
with the main is begun. The connec-
tion between the city's pipes at the
property line and the service pipes
on the premises must be made by a
union.
SECTION II
That section XXXVI of said Ord
nance No. las be and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows:
The monthly rates for the use of
water, other than by meter shall be
known as fixed rates. and shall be as
follows:
Minimum rate: No charge less
than $3.50 for water furnished in
used No rate less than $1.90 per
month where a meter is not used.
Barber Shops
First chair in addition to closet and
bath ........ $l.so
Each additional chair ....... .65
Toilets and Bath Tubs
In hotels, boarding houses, public
buildings, barber shops and bath
houses. for. first bath tub. $1.25
For each tub in addition thereto.
....,.... ........ 10
Animals
For each COW .............. 10
For each horse 10
Chickens, for each one hundred or
fraction thereof ........... 10
Ice Cream Saloons and Soda FOunt.
aims
In addition to water closets, $2.oo
Photograph Galleries
In addition to water closets, .$2.5
Stables
Other than supplied from house ser
vice and not over two horses, 81 o 8
Each additional cow or horse 10
IRRIGATING PURPOSES
The irrigation season shall include
only the months of May, June, July,
August and September. Water Tor
irrigation purposes shall be used only
during the sprinkling hours from .
A. NJ. to A NJ. and p. NJ. to 3
p. NJ. 1t shall be unlawful for any
user to use the water for irrigation
purposes unless such user shall first
nav for such service the sum OF $500,
which sum shall be due and payapie
ON the lst day of said irrigation seas
on. and payment of said sum must
be made before any water is used Tor
irrigation purposes.
Whenever the Water Superintend-
ent shall deem that such user is US
ing the water for irrigation purpos-
es contrary to the rules and regui-
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1920-02-26

Percy Bayes left Monday for Seat
tie with Ralph Kirkpatrick, who came
up to Lynden Saturday night to Wis.,
it his parents and friends here
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1920-02-26

To Give Talk on Venezuela
An interesting talk will be given
tonight at the Mission Church on
mission Work in Venezuela" by
Miss Winger who has been there.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1920-02-26

Miss Mable Keller fell from a tree
on Tuesday of last week. breaking
her left leg.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
Minifying Spectacles

Spectacles that diminish the apparent
size of the object instead of charging ii
are late addition to popular optical ap-
paratus. They are intended for those
whose fate, as late arrivals, consigns them
to front seat in the movie-show. Says a
writer in The Popular Science Monthly.
"'Seats up 'front.' says the usher as you
enter the moving-picture theater. But il
you sit too near moving picture the
screen folk become monstrous, distorted
figures moving around amid a great flick
ering that hurts the eyes. IF you are in
the habit of arriving late, you ought tc
own a pair of the moving picture specta-
cles invented by Edward Lamphier, Of
Kalamazoo, Michigan. They are made
like opra-glasses, but they have the re.
verse effect. Opera-glasses bring thing:
near; these glasses send things away
Converging lenses are mounted on the
outside ends of the frames, and the eye.
pieces are adjustably mounted on alumni.
mum tubes within. The movie fan ad
justs the eye-pieces to suit his particular
focal length. A screen fifteen feet away
will then seem to be forty-6ve feet away
and Pickering is reduced"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
U. S. for Citizens Only

"This country should no longer be
loved for Its opportunities alone but
should be loved for its institutions as well,
said vice-President Marshall in an ad-
dress before the Sulgrave Institution in
New York, in celebration of the tercen-
tennary of the Pilgrim Fathers. "These
pilgrims" said the vice-president, "came
to Plymouth to worship God and make
homes, determined never to return tc
Europe. This lesson should be stamped
on the heart of every liberty-loving Amer
ican."
Mr.. Marshall thinks that newcomers
should learn our language, so that they
may understand our institutions; that il
atheists, homeless wanders and fortune
seekers had been kept without our doors
we should have today more cohesive
citizenship. "In these troublous times,
said the vice-president, "when freedom Of
speech is being used for the purpose Of
forcibly undermining the government Of
the United States, it is well to remember
that the government of the fathers is un-
fit to survive if it is powerless to prevent
unlawful assaults upon its authority"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
The Trouble With America

"What is the matter with America these
days?" asks the Fargo, N. Dak., Forum
and then it proceeds to answer, as follows:
Too many diamonds, not enough alarm
clocks. Too many silk shirts and not
enough blue flannel ones. Too many point
ed-toed shoes and not enough square-toed
ones. Too many serge suits and not
enough overalls. Too many satin uphol-
stored limousines and not enough cows
Too many consumers and not enough
producers. Too much oil-stock and not
enough savings accounts. Too much envy
of the results of hard work and too little
desire to emulate it. Too many desiring
short cuts to wealth and too few willing
to pay the price.
Too much of the spirit Of "get while
the getting is good" and not enough of
the old-fashioned Christianity. Too much
discomfort that vents itself in mere COM
planning and too little real effort to
remedy conditions. Too much class con-
sciousness and too little common democracy
and love of MISUNDERSTANDING.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
The Guilt of the Moon

Still another theory for earthquakes. In
Oriental countries an earthquake is
viewed as visitation of vengeance
against monarch. If plague, then the
people are guilty of forgetting the gods.
Now, the cool, calculating observer of
things, scientifically, ascribes the guilt of
the moon. Hard on the moon, but this is
how he puts it: "The moon was almost
at its nearest approach to the earth on
the Sunday when the recent earthquake
in Mexico occurred-and close to its full
phase, and its powerful attraction at such
a time was reinforced by that of the sun,
which was at its minimum distance from
the earth at 10 o'clock on Saturday night.
These conditions have existed on many
previous occasions when earthquakes and
volcanic eruptions have occurred.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
The Old Road

Give me the old road still,
l am tired of the garish city street,
Where wealth and fashion and folly
meet.
Give me the old road still!
Give me the old road still.
l have Travelled far the worlds broad
ways
Since the golden dawn of my morning
days
Give me the old road still
Give me the old road still.
With its zigzag fence and its chestnut
trees,
And its springtime mud to the horses
knees
Give me the old road still
Give me the old road still.
1t is dusty and narrow country
Yet it winds me back to my youth
again
Give me the old road still!
Give me the old road still,
1t has no secrets of fortunes lore
But, oh; it passes my mothers door
Give me the old road still!
John Jerome Rooney.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
To JOY

Yea, Joy, my heart has ever kept
A roof for thee, the latchstring out,
A goodly fire, the hearthstone swept
And bread and wine, and flowers about.
How happy have been at times
When thou didst come to be my guest
What feasts we had, what pleasant times,
What songs, what laughter, and what
rest.
Then came the time for thee to go,
How dark the morning was, how cold
The winds, how 6ercely did they blow,
How lonely was my heart, and old.
Yea, still for thee l keep room,
And daily make it clean and sweet
Nor once forget to haunt the gloom
Withdreams of thy returning feet.
-Lasya Blackburn.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
Ambition Hats at Skull

A story, which bears in its full nara
tive the evidence of accuracy, about
Count Hohenzollern, comes from Holland
1t appears that the ex-Kaiser's secretary
called upon Mr.. Van Hoven, the cele-
brated Dutch artist, and at his urgent de-
sire posed as an adoring shepherd-which
he was employed to paint for church in
the vicinity of Amerengon.
The ex-Kaiser, hearing of the paint
ing, took advantage of the first opportun-
ity to call on the painter.
"The Kaiser spoke animatedly," Mr.
Van Hoven said. "He has seen much and
criticises well. However, he looks aged
His moustache now droops and he has q
gray beard, while his hair is almos,
white. The Empress was gracious and
charming" Mr.. Van Hoven character.
lied the Kaiser as "a religionist." "He
preferred religious subjects" he said
1.-THE picture which he liked best was one
of the Good Shepherd Next he liked
the 'Prodigal Son."
Mr.. Van Hoven had in his studio hui.
man skull, surmounted by spiked he'll
met, with scarlet plume, representing
"the futility of human ambition" HI
calls it Julius Caesar. But the Kaiser
despite many references during the con-
versation to the might of men who over.
came worlds, looked askance at the skull
Exchange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
Amazins Predictions

One of the foremost newspapers in Lon.
don, England, made this comment upon
the campaign which was carried on BY
Lord Roberts some time before the war in
favor Of a modified form of CONSUMPTION:
Lord Roberts of Kandahar was a hero
and success; as prophet he is out Of
place."
To which the fine old war veteran re-
Piled:
"They refuse to believe me, and we
sleep under false security, for do moi
hesitate to affirm that we shall have a
frightful war in Europe, and. that Eng
land and France will have the hardest
experience of their existence. They will,
in fact see defeat very near; but the
war will finally be won by the genius Of
French general named Ferdinand Foch,
professor in the military school in Paris
Lord Fisher has lately been saying
much about "submersibles," and their al
most universal use in the future for ocean
transit; but Mr.. Rudyard Kipling, long
before submarines were. invented, pre-
dicted in his book, "With the Night Mail
that in year 1000, when all passenger traf-
ic moves in air, heavy transport will
still be conducted by sea in huge Sub
mersibles."
1t has been pointed out thousand
times how Tennyson draws a wonder
fully faithful picture, in his great poem
"Locksley Hail." of "airy navies Crap
ping in the central blue" and of argosies
of airships bearing costly bales" to dis
tant lands; but few know what William
Cowper, who died in 1880, nine years be-
fore Tennyson was born, discussed avia-
ton in letter to a friend. He asks
eff man becomes as familiar with the all
as he has long been with the ocean, will
it prove a mercy or a Judgment"
Mark Twain made an aviation pro-
phecy long before airplanes had been
thought of, which, although still in the
region of the future as far as actual reali-
cation is concerned, has almost succeeded
although it was regarded by its author
as the most colossal bit of fooling. He
| pictured his hero, in one of his stories
planning back home to America fzom
Africa to fetch his favorite pipe!
An amazing shot at the truth was made
by his schoolmates when Lord Jellicoe wa:
at Hewitt's old school at rockingham in
the early '70s. One of his schoolmate:
says: "Johnnie Jellicoe was an attractive
lad; we all liked him. We knew that hi
was destined for the navy, and we made
little rhyme about him, of which l car
only recall some words of the refrain
Pm John Jellicoe, commander of thu
Aeet!' "-Eschange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
Dull Times in Berlin

Germany's old aristocratic element is no
longer found in the great cities. The
"Society" set along with old conservative
families, have gone to sparsely populated
parts of the country and are indulging in
shooting and hunting while sticking close
to the sources of food supply. Berlin's
season" is therefore dull and drab.
The Woodworking, worried republican
Government can provide no picturesque
social substitute for the abolished court
life. So far nothing more "classy" has
been given than beer evenings rendered
by President and Mrs. Ebert to assorted
politicians. Hereafter the highest officials
of the new republic will wear ordinary
citizens dress on state and gala occasions.
Exchange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
The Man Always Just Going
To"

He was just going to help a neighbor
when he died.
He was just going to pay note when
it went to protest.
He meant to insure his house, but it
burned before he got around to it.
He was just going to reduce his debt
when his creditors "shut down" on him.
He was just going to introduce a bet
ter system into his business when it went
to smash.
He was just going to quit work awhile
and take vacation when nervous pros
tration came.
He was just going to provide proper
protection for his wife and family when
his fortune was swept away.
He was just going to call on custo-
mer to close a deal when he found his
competitor got there first and secured the
order.-Philadelthia Association Bulletin
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
River Changes State Line

There has been dispute about the state
boundary line between Texas and Okala-
homa since the Spanish-American treaty
of 1919. The U. S. government is now
entering the controversy on account of its
own interests which are involved. The
lands affected lie in the flood plains of the
Red river near Burk-Burnett, Tex, where
values have been increased 100000
in the last few years on account of the
development of oil. Most of this land is
now on the Texas side of the river, but il
is the contention of the government that
the river does not flow where it did when
the treaty was made 100 years ago. The
government claims that it has shifted from
one side of the food plain to the other.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
Lincoln Day Fools French

When the citizens of Paris saw Ameri-
can flags displayed in houses and shops
occupied by Americans they at once
jumped to the conclusion that the United
States had ratified the treaty and the
Americans were celebrating the event.
Eager inquiries poured into the newspaper
Offices of the city. When the people found
out that it was Lincoln's birthday that the
Americans were celebrating they were
glad and sorry in a breath-glad that
homage was being paid to the Great
Emancipation but sorry that their hopes in
regard to the treaty were not yet to be
realized.-Exchange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
Homecoming

Strange how you slip into my life once
more,
As fingers slide into lovers hand;
Softly you come, as drifting foam to
shore,
Wearied, as wind-tossed birds return
to land.
You fill my heart as bubbling water fills
A drouth-shrunk pool, as stars the firm
ament.
You clothe me as the grasses clothe the
hills;
All things are as they were before you
went.
1 wonder is it so with hearts whom
Death
Has parted, when they meet in some
fair place,
A touch of hands, a catching of the
breath;
Do they look long each in the others
face,
Then, walking through green meadows
side by side,
Take up the life they had before they
died?
Victor Starbnck, in Harters
Magazine.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
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Selected
Firing

|
A King of Clinkerdom am when in my
furnace clothes
The early morning finds me in the
cellar.
| tell the Muse: 81 must be gone to work
my spirit loathes!"
l see her grin with malice when l tell
her.
She follows me down in the dark to josh
my painting soul,
No Modesty will e'er this lady hamper.
Says she: "a thousand forests died so you
might shovel coal
Shut off the draft!-and don't forget
the damperl"
Her eyes are full of mischief and her
voice is soft and low,
She holds each Aeeting moment to be-
witch it.
"The earth stored up the sunshine a mil
lion years ago
In the furnace by the shovelful you
pitch it.
"Now turn the bars and shake her down
Your patience should be great"
"a prating Poll and Muse is, so l
think herD
can angry dinosaur," said she, "once
slavered in his hate,
And everywhere he slavered there's a
clinker."
If some day in the cellar that old dinosaur
l find
(The welcome thought comes TO me
very often.)
I'll fill his mouth with clinkers of the
very hottest kind
And say to him: "Now chew them till
they soften!"
Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
k0 MI C K | FPS


II don't want my boy to be fast when
he grows up. What sort of training
would you give him?"
"Why not make him messenger boy?"
"You are giving your daughter musi-
cal education, aren't your"
'Well, I can't say that exactly, but
am paying for one"
Jones-Doctor, called to thank you for
your splendid medicine. 1t helped me
wonderfully.
Doctor-Delighted to hear it. How
many bottles did you find it necessary to
take?
Jones-Oh, din't take it. My uncle
took one bottle, and Pm his heir.
The following is told of late railway
magnate and prominent Philadelphia
lawyer. 81 want to show that this law
is unconstitutional. Do you think you can
manage it?" said the magnate to the law
yer.
Easily" answered the lawyer.
swell, 60 ahead and get familiar with
the case"
Pm already at home in it. know my
ground perfectly. It's the same law you
had me prove constitutional two years
ago."
A college student once asked President
Eliot of Harvard university if he could
not take shorter course than the one
laid down in the prospectus of the insti-
tuition. "That depends" replied the level
headed president, upon what you wish
to make of yourself. When nature wants
to make an oak she works away on the
job hundred years, but if she only wants
to make squash she needs only about six
months"
Among the passengers on the ship was
man who suffered badly. One day he
hurried up to the captain and started:
"Th-th-the-"
"I'm very busy now" interrupted the
captain. "Tell the mate here"
But the mate was also busy, and the
sufferer tried everyone else in sight with
out success. Finally he came back to the
captain.
"Iook here, man, sing it! That's the
only way" urged the officer.
Whereat the man chanted in tragic
voice:
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot and
never brought to mind? The blooming
cook fell overheard and is 20 miles be-
hind"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
France Makes Money on
Yank War Motorcycles

Thousands of motorcycles of American
make were transported to France for the
use of our armies during the war, at the
conclusion of which they were sold to
the French government, together with
motor trucks, power plants, and other
equipment, for total amount of $500, 000,-
coo. These motorcycles have been placed
on sale at auction to the highest bidder
Exchange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
Economic Status of Snakes

A bill has been drafted by the Reptile
Study Society in the State of New York,
seeking legislation to protect harmless
snakes. They have, this society asserts, a
substantial economic value. One harmless
snake will, it is alleged, consume four to
five rats or mice week, and in this de-
struction fires, disease, and loss of grain
will be prevented. The boy and girl
member section of the society are carrying
on a campaign in country districts to
show farmers the advantage of preserving
the harmless breeds. So far, the lovers of
the snake have met with small encourage
ment.-Exchange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
A New Insulating Material

A new product suitable for use in cleo
trical insulation is being obtained from
the treatment of kelp in Australia. The
moist precipitate is subjected to pressure
and formed under pressure, after which it
is hardened by treatment with formalin.
The finished article is made by turning
on the lathe, aprocess which is said to
be perfectly satisfactory, and high pol
ish is applied. The raw material is to
be found in large quantities around the
coast of Australia and particularly on the
Tasmanian shores.-Exchange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
Egypt Becomes Wealthy

Egypt is ebursting with wealth" accum-
ulated from cotton. Illiterate natives liv-
ing in mud huts have made 10000 pounds
sterling out of cotton deals. Some have
made 100000 pounds sterling. They are
buying land at inflated prices and paying
off mortgages which were regarded as
family heirlooms. One British official
says that the country has made at least
100, 0o0,0 900 pounds sterling Exchange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
Country. in Sussex

Very few people, we expect, are aware
of the way in which Sussex shepherd
counts his sheep. 1t may therefore interest
them to know that he always does it in
pairs and himself, or his boy at his side,
makes stroke in a pocket book or cuts a
notch in a stick for every tenth pair, so
that the scores are afterwarwards easily
counted up. Here is the formula used
"Onetherum, twotherum, cockerum, quthe-
rum, setherum, shaterum, wineberry, wig
tail, tarrydiddle, den." The words may
vary slightly in pronunciation in various
parts-Exchange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
Miss Hammer Wins With
Hammer

The girls of the university farm school
were having a nail-driving contest, and
before the hammers had ceased hammer
ing it was found that Miss Minnie Ham
mer, of Odin, Mimi, had hammered her
way to victory. Ten 1O-penny nails
straight and clean to the head in hard
wood plank in just SO seconds was her
record. Who can now ask, whats in a
name ?"-Exchange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
| N | R R 0 RETIEs

Com on wee-gee, say baseball, say
baseball!
Christian Science services were held
in the chapel Sunday morning.
Laying of the new tile roof on the
Hemp and Irvine warehouse is again un-
der way. This work was started last
fall but could not be finished on account of
non delivery of tile.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
Motion Picture Show

Our motion picture show Sunday was a
two-reel comedy featuring Fatty Arbuckle
in Camping OUT" one reel of Red Cross
activities entitled, "Remaking Men" and
the Sennett players in two reel release,
entitled, "Saucy Madeline"
The musical program by our orchestra
was as follows:
March-Chaticler Whitake,
Selection-Miss Springtime- -Kalman
One Step-Floatin' Down to Cotton Town
Fox Trot-Sugar--- Bernard
Popular One Step-Desert Dreams
Serenade- Starlight johnson
Serenade-Dardanella ----------Bernard
by request)
Waltz-Beautiful ght----Week,
One Step-When its Moonlight on the
Swannee Whiting
March-Liberty ecniA
r. J. REIcHKITzER,
Musical Director.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15

Tobacco growing is being encouraged
by the government of Australia. Loans
are provided for the purchase of essential:
for tobacco raising and culture.