Aphis Not Expected Back Here Soon Says State Expert
State agronomist F B Stookey of the Western Washington Experiment Station at Puyallup believes Lynden farmers have little to fear from aphids for several seasons. He outlines the aphid life history, noting two hosts, rapid reproduction, and the role of parasites in control, with outbreaks less common in other years.
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Lynden
F. B. Stookey
Western Washington
Puyallup
Stookey
Washington
Aphis
Warn Lynden Farmers Against Pedlers Remedies
Lynden farmers are warned by W A Linklater superintendent of the Western Washington Experiment Station not to buy remedies from pedlars. The bulletin cites misrepresented products such as Miller's Blight Remedy and poultry disinfectants sold at inflated prices. It urges farmers to seek county attorney assistance to stop such sales and notes limited merit of Carco root maggot treatment.
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Lynden
W. A. Linklater
Western Washington Experiment Station
Mr. Linklater
Washington
Brush Prairie
Washington Poultry Association
Seattle
Carco
Standard Chemical Company
Tacoma
Western Washington
Puyallup
Brer Tater Urges Americans to Eat Less Wheat and Meat
A U S Food Administration message declares Americans should eat fewer wheat and meat products and save fats and sugars to feed the army. The appeal urges more taters garden produce and fish to support soldiers, warning of dire consequences if food isn’t conserved.
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U. S. Food Administration
Butter and Milk Prices Jump on Market Time
Milk price rose to 2.40 per hundredweight with a 15 cent gain. Butter advanced two cents to 61 cents a pound. Lynden area butter fat payout around 57 cents. Creameries pay 2.30 for milk while condenseries charge 2.40. Skimmed milk price rises as hogs and veal fetch good prices.
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Lynden
Long Siege of Islands Causes Dr Wood’s Return to Lynden
Dr. F. L. Wood returns to Lynden after nearly two months in a New York military hospital. He was discharged from service following a long illness sequence including throat trouble diphtheria mumps and inflammatory rheumatism. Mrs. Wood and Theodore Wood travel to Seattle to meet him on his return and he will resume practice in Lynden.
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F. L. Wood
Lynden
New York City
Wood
Fort Riley
Kansas
Lynden Boys to Leave for Camp Lewis Next Monday
Lynden youths are among fifty called to army service Monday. Named from Lynden are John Hoftsra Corsica 8 D Ernest Van Dyke Peter Geleynse John H Bruns Henry Top Alvin Pyeatt and Charles Roe from Custer.
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Lynden Boys
Camp Lewis
Lynden
John Hoftsra
Corsica
Ernest van Dyke
Peter Geleynse
Charles Roe
Custer
John H. Bruns
Henry Top
Alvin Pyeatt
Treasury warns against chain letters in thrift stamp drive
The United States Treasury Department discourages chain letters used to promote thrift or war savings stamps. Lynden residents are told such letters were not initiated by the national committee. The WCTU plans its next meeting at Mrs. Staight’s home on Thursday July 25 a mother’s meeting with Mrs. Jacobs and Mrs. Sprague directing the program.
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United States
Treasury Department
Department
Lynden
National Committee
Staight
Jacobs
Sprague
Banks of County Grow 25 Percent in Year
Deposits in Whatcom County rural banks rose over 25 percent in a year from 978 000 to 1 254 000, a gain of 276 000. Towns with increases include Blaine Everson Custer Sumas Lynden Ferndale with varied post may gains and June 29 1918 deposit totals listed for each city.
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Whatcom County
Blaine
Everson
Custer
Sumas
Lynden
Ferndale
Lyndon
Lynden Women Urged to Measure Socks with Ruler
A Lynden notice instructs women to use a ruler rather than a tape measure to gauge sock lengths knit for Red Cross standards. Socks should measure eleven to eleven and a half inches, with uniform size. minor deviations may be accepted if well proportioned.
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Lynden
Red Cross
High School Boys Urged to Pay Y M C A War Work Pledges
Lyndon high school boys who have not yet paid their Y M C A war work pledge are asked to see Walter Fisher at once. More than three hundred dollars was raised at the high school and most has already been paid.
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Lyndon High School
Walter Fisher
Farewell Party For Boys Entering Service
A farewell party was given at the Pyeatt home for Ralph Pyeatt who left for the navy and Alvin Pyeatt who will leave for Camp Lewis. The event also celebrated Bayard Pyeatt birthday as thirty five guests enjoyed lawn games and refreshments.
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Pyeatt
Ralph Pyeatt
Navy
Alvin Pyeatt
Camp Lewis
Bayard Pyeatt
Lynden Men of Draft Age May Still Join Navy
Lieutenant M. C. Kent heads the Naval Recruiting Party in Bellingham extending to July 27 at 1306 Dock Street to enroll Lynden draft registrants before the August call. Interested men should obtain a certificate from their local board after July 22 and visit Kent in Bellingham for Navy enlistment opportunities.
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Lynden
NAVY
M. C. Kent
U. S. Navy
Bellingham
Dock Street
Lyndon
Kent
Wartime Shortages Warned by Owl and Rabbit
A village tale warns villagers to avoid feasting on rabbits and to save wheat flour for company as shortages loom. The owl declares wartime needs require feeding soldiers, so meat and wheat are diverted to support the fight.
Statewide crop report outlines weak yields and price pressures
The Washington crop report notes light first cut alfalfa and clover, weedier second cut irrigated alfalfa, and poor fall wheat due to heat and drought. It flags higher corn acreage, mixed rains in Palouse, Big Bend, and Walla Walla regions, insect damage to oats and barley, reduced potato acreage but tightened prices, and ongoing non irrigated potato water needs.
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State of Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Palouse
Walla Walla
Big Bend
Skagit
Cascades
Ferry
Stevens
Garfield
Whitman Counties
Lynden Chautauqua draws 110 contracts for next year
One hundred ten Lynden citizens signed a contract committing to bring the Chautauqua back in 1919. The list, double last year’s guarantors, includes four ministers, many professionals and business leaders, farmers, and Lynden ladies. Contracts remain at Lynden State Bank for others who wish to participate.
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Lynden
Edson Named Lynden Deputy by County Food Official
Ed Edson of Lynden is designated deputy food administrator for Lynden by County Chairman Virgil Perringer. He will issue permits to buy twenty five pounds of sugar for canning. Also noted are visits by Eldred Rickson Chris Rickson Ike Millinasr and Percy Bayes with hometown and cannery work contexts.
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Ed Edson
Lynden
Virgil Perringer
Edson
Percy Bayes
Bert Hyak
Alaska
John Haak Discharged After Camp Crane Operation
John Haak, who had surgery at Camp Crane in Pennsylvania on July 1, has been released from the hospital.
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John Haak
Camp Crane
Pennsylvania
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Blanche Jacobs
Lila Love
Myrt Love
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Milton
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George Waples
Charles de Jong
Chautauqua
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B. V. Mounter
Geo. W. Worthen
Y. H. Trump
D. Mulder
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H. Walters
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L. T. Brooks
A. Hoytema
J. F. Stark
A. McDaniel
C. H. McLeod
Edna K. Bradley
A. E. Henry
Geo. F. Abbott
J. B. Gale
S. L. Palmer
Geo. C. Blonden
George Zurn
Wm. McDonnell
Myron Cooley
C. F. Worthen
Art E. Oril
H. Lewis
Wm. le Compte
H. M. Mock
D. L. Beckes
A. J. Weeks
Messrs
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Chris Rickson
Ike Millinasr
Oak Harbor
Henry Haveman
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