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Newspaper
Lynden Tribune
Location
Lynden, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1911
Page
4
The Lynden Tribune records DAN CLOUD as publisher with history tracing back to the Pacific Pilot Lynden Sun and Lynden Sun-Pilot lineage. It notes second class mail status from July 8 1908 at Lynden Washington under the 1879 act.
Readers discuss subscription prices and a shift to safer public fireworks displays under police direction. The piece quotes H H Windsor praising historical parades as patriotic, mentions a Washington editor and a local reporter’s reflections on fame, money, and work, ending with a note on shared illness and duty.
In a candid note, Everett G. Griggs reflects on press fame, summer lulls, and a lighter Tribune issue. He cites a warm Puget Sound climate, shares travel from Chicago to New York, and forecasts a strong fall trade aided by favorable crops and harvests in southern latitudes.
San Francisco and western Nevada felt two earthquake shocks separated by seconds. Minor building damage reported, but panic spread in cities as crowds fled stores and diners rushed out without paying. The quake extended from the seacoast to the Sierras. It was felt as far north as Sacramento Valley and south to Fresno, with Reno experiencing its strongest quake ever.
The fifteenth annual Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs session ends with Tacoma set for the next gathering. Delegates urge pensioning mothers deprived of support, admit Alaska clubs to full membership, oppose public drinking cups, and push a visiting board to inspect state institutions. A women’s legislative committee is proposed and protest against Canada’s Napolitina hanging. Real estate activity surges in Walla Walla with over two million mortgage and deed transfers in June. Ellensburg locals back a high-line canal district to water 9000 acres after a strong meeting.
Fraters from 24 chapters across the western states and provinces will attend the fourth biennial Gamma Rta Kappa convention in Spokane July 11 to 14, preceded by the eighth annual Gamma district convention on July 10. A 14-year-old from Morton ran 43 miles to reach his dying father in Centralia, only to learn he was recovering.
Professor A L Melander found half grown potato bugs in a Pullman potato patch. The insect, the first known in Washington, alarms farmers familiar with its destruction in eastern states. The Washington Experiment Station will issue notices urging field inspections and immediate reports if found.
War Department orders bids for a portion of the Lake Washington ship canal linking Lake Union and Lake Washington to salt water. Total project cost listed at 2 750 000 dollars with 300 000 dollars to be spent on the current phase.
The Municipal Commission urged the city attorney to prosecute Max H. Garretson secretary of the Civil Service Board for alleged tampering with his electric light meter at his residence in San Francisco. The Francis H. Leggett arriving from Astoria reported a log raft of about 5000 logs broke up in heavy seas on the trip down from the Columbia River.
An advertisement urges readers to buy lumber now to build a home, claiming superior grades and steady values. Flooring, from $10 to $26 per M. Drop siding 12 to 18 per My. Novelty siding 12 to 18 per My. Rustic patterns 12 to 18 per My. Dimension stuff 8.50 to 9 per My. Shiplap and sheeting 8 per M.
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