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Newspaper
Lynden Tribune
Location
Lynden, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
5
A proposed statewide Blue Sky Law aims to curb fake stock sales by creating a securities department led by a governor appointed commissioner in Olympia with potential Seattle or Spokane offices. Brokers would need a certificate to operate and must file detailed financials and prospectuses for each offering.
Six week courses in Dairy Farm and Poultry Management are offered to Lynden district farmers by the Western Washington Experiment Station at Puyallup. The annual Farmers Winter School opens January 3 for six weeks. One week courses in Berry Growing and Tree Fruit Growing start January 17 and January 24. Full information available from the Puyallup Station.
Mr and Mrs John Bajema and baby traveled to Seattle Monday to attend the marriage of Mrs Bajemas cousin Miss Ossewaarde who will wed Mr Henry Hofman of Oak Harbor. Hofman is a brother of Teunis Hofman of Lynden.
Lynden Pens begin the Western Washington Experiment Station event in Puyallup with White Leghorns led by Harry Walters at 15th with 104 eggs. Earl Craine close by, Ray Slade’s pen at 25th with 95 eggs. The contest hosts 79 entries from British Columbia to California. Feed costs for November are listed for oats, scratch, shell, milk, and greens with per-pen and per-bird figures for American and Mediterranean flocks. Each pen averages 12 pounds of straw per month.
The Pythian Sisters elected a new corps of officers this month. Mrs. August Klocke was named Most Excellent Chief followed by Mrs. B. V. Mounter as Most Excellent Senior and Mrs. Harry Mock as Most Excellent Junior. Other posts went to Mrs. Harvey Boysen Manager Miss Helen Lindseth Protector Mrs. Ralph Baldwin Guard Mrs. George Waples Mistress of Records and Correspondence and Miss Ada Baldwin Mistress of Finance.
Harvey Slade announces that Lynden and Pullman Knights of Pythias lodges have set up a Big Brother committee to aid State College students. The committee, drawn from educational, religious, legal and business circles, offers confidential guidance and assistance to students and their families upon request. Parents are asked to send names of interested students to the Pullman chancellor commander and urge students to seek help from any committee member.
Dr L J Covington of the Washington Children's Home urged high school students to organize and raise funds. A questionnaire gauging cafeteria dish popularity was circulated. Sophomore candy prizes went to Alberta Le Compte and William Gorseman. Seniors received class rings bearing S H S and 7. Senior Freshman and Sophomore Juniors and Freshmen girls contested in games. Seniors and Freshmen won. The Senior English class studies A Tale of Two Cities. Arthur Meenk made a Seattle trip. Mrs Meenk stayed home.
A Whatcom County grand jury will begin sessions Tuesday to investigate bootlegging and liquor traffic. Judge Pemberton and Hardin issued the order. special prosecutor W. H. Abbott cannot serve and a replacement will be named. Lynden area jurors drawn include Sam Stuurmans Mrs Bertha Kittle D J De Hoogh William Visser James Vanderyacht Mrs James Vanderyacht Ida B Gilmore Oscar L Sheets Henry Lauckhart and Mrs J G Bodine.
The 1919 legislature bases property assessment at 50 percent of actual value, boosting county valuation to 35,541,567 and lifting both county and state levies. Lynden’s area shows a 20 mill levy yielding 11,241.78, with uneven rises across Custer, Delta, Ferndale, Lynden, and Ten Mile townships versus 1919 figures.
Lynden Post of the American Legion will host a free Christmas Tree entertainment for Lynden children under twelve at 10 o clock Christmas morning at the Liberty Theater. A Christmas treat will be provided. Manager Jack Kauffman cooperates and will show a two reel comedy Edgar Camps Out. Parents may accompany small children if desired.
Linden area lyceum series presents Marshall Louis Mertins Monday at the high school with The Foot of the Rainbow and The De Mille Male Quartet Thursday. Mertins, a Kansas City Star poet laureate figure, is billed as The Poet of the Seven Seas. Miss Lula Erickson also visited friends in Bellingham.
A A Bauman has purchased the Vanderbrink tract on Stickney Island from Klaas Kuipers. The deal was completed this week.
Miss Rose Campbell of Wenatchee and Alfred Moltke of Lynden were married at Wenatchee on Wednesday. The couple will reside in Wenatchee. Also, Mr and Mrs Matt Meenk and family visited Mrs Hattie Morrial in Bellingham Sunday evening.
Lynden high school basketball suffered its first losses of the season Friday as Blaine swept both games. The girls battled tightly with Blaine holding a 9 to 10 edge, while the Lynden boys led early but Blaine pulled away to win 20 to 2%.
The Lynden schools close this afternoon and stay closed all next week for the Christmas holidays. Some teachers remain in Lynden while others travel to their home towns. Miss Tachel goes to Redlands, Washington, Miss Powlinson to Seattle, and Miss Van Syckle to Everett.
Lynden Christian School will hold its annual Christmas program Saturday at 2 p m at the Christian Reformed Church. Parents are invited to attend.
Klaas Kuipers this week purchased a residence on Grover Street between 1st and 2nd Streets from A. A. Bauman.
Washington farm wives perform major parts of outdoor and house work and earn about 10 percent of farm income. Maud Wilson notes fourteen hours daily in summer with one hour rest, winter twelve hours with over two hours rest. Few receive separate butter or poultry money and egg money.
The M B E church announces a Friday evening Christmas program with recitations songs and solos led by the Sunday School. Officers will be installed January 12 and a noon dinner for G A R members is planned. Local purchases include a 2 ton Federal truck by C G Lund and Western Electric Light plant takeover by Cornelius Huisman with Arthur Meenk installing it. Rev Myron Cooley travels to San Diego for a Christmas visit with Lynden residents.
Washington State College edged Lynden 41 to 38 in an overtime showdown at the local high school gym. The 400 strong crowd saw a 36 36 deadlock at the end of regulation, with W S C pulling away in the extra frame while Lynden faded.
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