The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1922-03-02
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examination of statistics about
the city and county issued this
asYeek by the State Bureau of Sta
tistics, is of considerable interest.
The information is included in
the 1922 edition of Information
About the Traveller, Homebuild-
/ er and Investor" booklet illus
trated profusely and giving facts
about Washington.
Here is what is said about Lyn-
den:
Tells About Lynden
Population, 1920 census, 1,244.
The city is picturesquely situated
in the center of a rich farmins :
section of the Nooksack valley,
16 miles north of Bellingham,
and is locally known as the
"Gem" city of the interior coun-
try.
1t is essentially a dairying CEN
ter, with a large creamery in the
( city and many splendid dairy
I farms adjacent. 1t also has sew
! eral saw and shingle mills, with
auxiliary enterprises. All manu-
cactures amount to about a mil
lion dollars annually.
1t has bank, newspaper, five
churches, high school, parochial
school, municipal water works,
volunteer fire department and
paved streets, also farmers CO.
operative creamery. Walks are
lined with old maple trees. Bus
mess buildings are all substan-
TALLY built.
" Transportation is by Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul trains
and auto stages.
Offers Facts About County
Facts about Whatcom County
are given as follows:
Whatcom County is in the ex-
treme northwestern portion of
the United States, bounded on
the north by British Columbia
and the west by Bellingham Bay
and the Straight of Georgia.
The Nooksack river and its tri-
butaries are great factors in
draining the county, flowing into
Bellingham Bay, and great
quantity of rich level land in the
bottoms is in this way made pos
sible for farming.
A large number Of lakes are
found in this county; the largest
are Lake Whatcol and Lake
Padden. Several islands are coun-
ted as part of the land area of
the county. Lummi Island is the
largest of these.
The mountainous country lying
to the east comprises about 10
per cent of the county area; is
still heavily timbered and is in
cluded in the Washington ma
tional reserve. Mount Baker, 10,-
S27 feet high, is the greatest ele-
= S4tion and is great attraction
vor tourist parties looking for
adventure.
Describes Soil Conditions
The soils of this county are
composed generally of silt, clay
and sand. In sections large guam
titles of gravel are found. Much
of the valley land is alder bottom
consisting of calcareous loan,
peat and muck, tidal swamp and
marsh lands. A large portion of
this is suitable for cranberry cul-
ture.
The territory between the foot
hills and Puget Sound is agricul-
tural land and adapted to grow
ing berries and fruits. Hay and
oats grow in abundance. Dairy
ing is successfully carried on in
nearly all portions of the county.
The climate is ideal, due to the
warm misunderstanding winds
from the Pacific Ocean.
The mean monthly tempera-
ture at Bellingham varies from
35.2 degrees in January to 60.7
degrees in July. The mean mini
mum in January is 32.6 degrees
and mean maximum in July is
TIA degrees. Precipitation thru
out the western area is 80 to AZ
inches. Average date OF killing
frost, October 18th, with last
killing frost April %. The 1920
census gives population OF
600 and a land area of 2,0S2
square miles, having 1,132,4S0
acres; the number of farms are
$3.50 containing 177,742 acres
valued at $40, 5.907. producing
s3,944,S43. The average number
of acres to a farm is 52.s with