Lynden Income Tax Officers to Assist Residents
Internal Revenue Collector David J. Williams announces federal income tax officers will visit Lynden soon after year end to help residents prepare returns at no cost. Appointments should be made promptly. penalties from $20 to $1,000 or jail if returns are not filed by March 1, 1918. Returns required for unmarried income at $1000 or more and married with a spouse at $2000 or more.
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The
Tribune Today
Internal Revenue
David J. Williams
Lynden
Three More Appointed to Lynden Advisory Board
Governor Lister named Ed Edson W I Baker and George Taylor to Lynden advisory board joining R B Le Cocq P M Serrurier and D L Beckes. Registrants must answer questions in their own handwriting with board aid for unclear items. Affidavits required for dependents and agricultural enterprises. employer or neighbor affidavits needed for employees. specific rules govern affidavits for land owners and lessees.
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Ed Edson
W. I. Baker
George Taylor
Lister
Lynden Advisory Board
R. B. le Cocq
P. M. Serrurier
D. L. Beckes
Worthens Host Christmas Dinner Attended by Relatives
Mr and Mrs Geo Worthen entertained on Christmas Day with guests including Mr and Mrs C T Worthen Mr and Mrs Geo Gustin and their children Mrs Annie Cudney Mrs Anna Sharrard Mr Theo Tobiassen and the Misses Clara Brounell Winona Williams Minnie Elsie and Mary Worthen and Messrs Chesty Clifton and Carrol Worthen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Worthen
C. T. Worthen
Geo. Gustin
Annie Cudney
Anna Sharrard
Theo Tobiassen
Clara Brounell
Winona Williams
Minnie
Elsie
Mary Worthen
Chesty, Clifton
Carrol Worthen
Local Christmas Dinners and Reunions Highlight Lynden Area
Mr and Mrs H H Jamieson hosted a Christmas dinner for Byron and Jamieson families from Bellingham Seattle and Ferndale plus others. A separate family reunion at Mrs Lizzie Mearer's home included Shumway Meurer Reed Walsh and Merurer families. Lynden High School class of 1917 held a reunion at Everett Hawley home with most members present. Sunshine school pupils raised 12 for Armenians and Syrians with a pie social. Will Noteboom returned home from Camp Lewis for Christmas.
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Lynden High School
I. OO
O. F. Hall
Tillie Meurer
Lizzie Mearer
Ray Shumway
Iane
Lois
Percy Miller
Bruce
Ethel
Will Meurer
Virginia
Jack
Clyde Reed
Vivian
Betty
Frank Walsh
Tillie
Hannah Merurer
Elbert Meurer
Everett Hawley
Viola Gosch
Mabel Parish
Frances Oltman
Alma Ecker
Ethel Liming
Genevieve Abbot
Gladys Stauffer
Blanche Jacobs
Alice Haveman
Charlie Kamm
Ralph Kirkpatrick
Lester Landaal
George Frick
Carrol Worthen
Arvid Benson
Esther Bolander
The
Sunshine School
Old and New Year Verse on Seasonal Change
A reflective poem contrasts the dying Old Year with the newborn Year. Bells sound as winter air carries a resolve for spring and the year ahead. The speaker notes the passing of months, fading promises, and a hopeful rebirth in nature and heart.
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Linden
Ice and Flood Ravage Lynden Area Damage Soars
A three day silver thaw with a chinook devastates Lynden and surrounding towns from Laurel to the Boundary. Orchards are mowed, poles snapped, and widespread damage to the Lynden district causes power and water outages with phone service disrupted for weeks. Water rises in the river bottom, marking the worst flood in years. The electric company aims to restore power by Monday night. Damage to the telephone and light company runs into thousands.
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Lynden
Laurel
Everson
Ferndale
Sumas
Blaine
Telephone and Light Company
Lack of Electricity Delays The Tribune Issue
The Tribune explains a power outage delayed this issue until Saturday while the next issue will appear on Thursday. Readers are asked to pardon typographical errors. Christmas dinners feature Mr. and Mrs. Nels Jacobson and extended family. Daisy Stewart from Bend visits Lynden for the holidays. Esther Bolander visits home in Puyallup. Jim Jacobson and Effie Bateman hosts welcome Christmas guests.
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the Tribune
Jim Jacobson
Effie Bateman
Lucy Austin
Skagit Flood Exceeds Nooksack In Town Burlington Flooded
Reports say the Skagit river floods its bottom lands more than the Nooksack with Burlington town under water.
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Skagit
Burlington
Christmas Day Visits and Local Social Raffles
Thanksgiving and Christmas day gatherings are noted as families visit relatives in Lynden Blaine and Sumas. Mrs Ellen Edson returns to Bellingham from Lynden after a short stay with her son Ed Edson. Mrs Axel Dahlquist of Sumas visits the Stark home. Miss Bolander raises 13 dollars for the Red Cross during the week. Vernon Hawley spends holidays with sister in Blaine. Mrs Agnes Hadley and Miss Tillie Meurer visit Mrs Lizzie Meurer.
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Marie Polinder
Bellingham
F. E. Landaal
Ellen Edson
Lynden
Ed Edson
Bolander
The
Red Cross
Y W C A Raises War Work Fund Effort Led Nationally
The YWCA launches a $4,000,000 National War Work Council drive to build Hostess Houses near cantonments and military posts, aiding soldiers' families and allied nations, with Northwest aims set at $144,000. Major generals and colonels praise the project as vital, while local residents discuss travel and illness over the holidays.
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Fosdick Commission
Young Women’s Christian Association
National War Work Council
Lynden
Northwestern
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Allied Nations
Young Women's Christian Association
United States
War Army
Northwest
Camp Lewis
American Lake
Navy Yard
Puget Sound
Vancouver Barracks
H. A. Greene
Lynden Creamery Wins High Marks in State Butter Contest
The Lynden Creamery earned a 94 rating at the State Butter Scoring Contest in Seattle, finishing just behind the top score of 94.14. Despite strong competition, Lynden churns over a thousand pounds of butter daily as prices rise four cents to 53 cents wholesale while farmers fetch 60 cents for butter fat, a regional high.
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Lynden Creamery
Seattle
Lynden
Blaine to Everson mail takes five days now
It takes five days for mail to travel from Blaine to Everson. The Everson Valley Home notes that questionnaires mailed from Blaine last Saturday reached Everson on Tuesday afternoon and residents along the routes received them by Wednesday afternoon.
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Blaine
Everson
Everson Valley
Christmas Dinner Hosts Named Jackman and Kelly Family
Mr and Mrs W H Jackman hosted a Christmas dinner for Mrs M L Jackman Mr and Mrs S T Jackman and daughter Ruth and Mr and Mrs Will Kelly and son Clyde keeping holiday gathering intimate and warm.
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W. H. Jackman
M. L. Jackman
S. T. Jackman
Ruth
Will Kelly
Clyde
Christmas Visitors and Local Scenes Across Seattle Area
John Wetering joins his parents in Seattle after Christmas and enters the Red Cross base hospital medical corps. Seattle residents Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jamieson host visitors. Effie Beltman and others celebrate Miss Rutgers birthday. Numerous families share Christmas Day meals and gatherings in Bellingham and nearby towns, including Miss Clare Brownell visiting from Amber and Ms. Mary Tremain with the Lunds.
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John Wetering
Seattle
Wm. Wetering
Red Cross
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Walter Hemingway
H. L. Williams
Chas. Samply
Irene Krause
Orel Jackman
Corvallis
Oregon Agricultural College
E. Edson
Geo. Taylor
H. H.jamieson
Byrons
Jameisons
Susan Byron
X. S. Byron
Wm. Pratt
David H. Jamieson
Andrew Jamieson
C. Humphreys
Clarence Jamieson
Mary Jamieson
Will Noteboom
Tribune
Nels Jacobson
Chas. Jacobson
Geo. Jacobson
Levi Axland
Edith Jacobson
Nels Jacobson, Jr
Daisy Stewart
Bend
M. M. Stewart
Puyallup
Roy Mutchler
J. W. Tremain, Sr
Francis Asam
Earl Tremain
Axel Dahlquist
Stark Home
Vernon Hawley
Mrs
Dave Larson
Agnes Hadley
Miss Tillie Meurer
Lizzie Meurer
Henry K. Pasma
Gale Edson
Wenesday
Allentown
Pennsylvania
Russell Tremain
Ed Scovill
W. H. Waples
Annie E. Waples
Edna Waples
Harret Armstrong
Tacoma
Geo. Waples
Bobby
Mr. Jamieson
Hugh and
Effie Beltman
Elizabeth Schuyleman
Elsie Schuyleman
Marie de Valois
Caroline Rutgers
Miss Rutgers
Fred L. Smith
Ben Dyksterhuis
Albert Bovendam
Knute Riddle
Harley Colley
Clare Brownell
Amber
I. O. O. F. Hall
Mrs. Marion Ward
Emma Bennett
Mrs. P. M. Serrurier
Percy Bayes
Whitman College
C. Ossewarde
Louis
J. T. Zylstra
Mr. and
Mrs. R. Green
A. A. Bauman
Harry Savings
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