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Newspaper
Lynden Tribune
Location
Lynden, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1915
Page
1
The Whatcom County Dairymen's Association offers a solid gold watch to the owner of the cow with the greatest butter fat yield during a set period. Open to all breeds, testing occurs at the County Fair from October 5 to 9 with special apparatus in the stock building.
Sunday scores at the Custer Gun Club include Vaughn 18 Johnson 20 Hills 19 Behme 12 E Behme 14 Porter 18 Parrish 22 Everett 24 and a 1 to 0 defeat of Custer by Poor Farm in a thrilling home game. Claude Yoder returns home from Montana and Eastern Washington. Parrish shows slight improvement.
da Mrs E Markstrom and Mr an Axlund drove to Mr and Mrs A P Ferndale Sunday.
A fragmentary poem praising peace after war. The speaker calls nature to heal wounds and celebrate fields and abundance. References to trenches, banners, and soldiers contrast with fertile landscapes and rested heroes. The verse urges renewal and urges not to rekindle conflict.
County News Everson drops the 4th of July event while local merchants agree to close at 7 30 p m nightly except Saturdays. Blaine plans a June 17 farmers merchants picnic and Ferndale adds a farm adviser instructor. Stone and Fisher to open a Bellingham branch next month.
Mr Johnson went to Bellingham on business Saturday. Mrs C H Winchell visits Custer for a few days. Miss Violet McLeod returned from a visit with friends in Bellingham. Mrs Phil Winchell is on the sick list this week. Mrs Cora Dickerson and daughter Marion of Bellingham visited the Abbott home. Mr and Mrs J B McPhail spent Sunday at O E Reed’s. Mr and Mrs Ralph McKee Charlie Follis and Roy Shippy went to Bellingham Sunday. Mr and Mrs Oscar Holmquist of Sedro Woolley visit Andrew Matheson this week. Mr and Mrs Vern Hale of Bellingham spent Sunday at the Abbott home.
Rev J P Berlin gave a stereoptical lecture on Sweden in Delta church Tuesday night. Mr and Mrs John Axling and children visited ferndale friends last Sunday. A baseball game between Sunshine and Sunrise on Sunshine school grounds Sunday ended in a 12 to 12 tie after ten innings. Rev Swartz was in the neighborhood earlier this week. The Club met at the home of Mr and Mrs B T Jackman last Saturday night.
Secretary H E Stuart will present the net gain of nearly 13000 for the fiscal year at the Farmers Mutual Telephone Company annual stockholders meeting in the Bellingham Chamber of Commerce rooms at 1 am Monday. The report notes strong growth, 14000 or 14000 in permanent improvements, and total assets of 32695 with 9473 debt. Receipts climbed from 16000 in 1911 to 32000 in 1914. A full company report is on page 7.
Local residents share travel updates and visits with relatives. Notables include Miss Lola Davis and Edwin Techer’s marriage in Bellingham, and several trips to Tacoma, Cultus Lake, and Chilliwack. The Needlecraft Club met, school trustees named new teachers, and W C T U delegates were chosen for the county convention.
Lynden strawberries are being shipped to Montana where 200 crates arrived in good condition and sold at 2.75 a crate. Two hundred more crates left Lynden by Tuesday, with shipments managed by Sherwood Brothers of Bellingham. The Lynden Cannery will not operate this year, with packing contracted to C. S. Kale Canning Company of Everson. A meeting of berry growers is set for Saturday at 2:30 PM in City Hall to explain the marketing plan. Frost reduced this year’s strawberry yield, while raspberry prospects look strong and picking should begin in about ten days.
A commentary on labor and capital moving toward industrial peace through cooperation. It argues loyalty waned due to lack of shared interests and credits universal education and intercommunication as the foundation enabling modern industry to exist and redefine labor relations.
Reginald Wright Kauffman laments that while Sheridan Sherman and Grant rest in marble, the common soldiers Smith and Robinson who died to free others are forgotten. The poem urges readers to honor the ordinary men who risked and sacrificed their lives, not just celebrated leaders, and questions society’s neglect of their debt.
Local notes from Laurel and Wiser Lake record visits and appearances. Violet and Myrtie Parker returned from Issaquah where Myrtie taught, with others visiting and traveling to Bellingham, Deming, and Ten Mile. Couples wed include Barney Klander and Clara Manley with home plans after June 15.
Lynden committee announces prizes for a wide Fourth of July celebration headlined by a street parade. Awards cover decorated automobiles and baby carriages, with sports events at the Fair Grounds including running races, obstacle contests, nail driving, and a molasses eating contest. Admission is twenty five cents for adults and free for children under 12.
Everson residents and friends gathered for visits and Sunday meals across multiple households. Names include Parrotts Rathbones Troosts Palmers Soppers and Bovenhams with trips to Wicker Sham Bellingham Lynden and LaConner, plus vacation returns by Allie Troost and Grace Bodine.
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