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Newspaper
Lynden Tribune
Location
Lynden, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1920
Page
2
State auditors declare Lynden’s finances excellent with no warrants and $3,352.16 cash on hand in all funds. Available credit totals $32,242.56 while District 5 shows a $27.86 overdraft. Water department deemed fair. records praised for accuracy and clerk and treasurer congratulated.
C E Whited of Bellingham has purchased the Lynden Cafe and will take possession next week. He is an experienced restaurant man who has operated establishments in Bellingham and Bremerton and will move his family to Lynden. The previous operator Mr Owens plans a summer trip to St Louis Missouri.
The Guide Meridian road paving completed May 15 will be opened to traffic next Sunday, easing Lynden detours for Bellingham travelers. The County Engineer’s office aims for Sunday completion though Monday is possible. Hannegan Road remains closed as paving crews move forward toward the Nooksack Bridge, where a new bridge project will begin upon paving completion.
Lynden enforces a new traffic ordinance with fines up to 100 dollars for sign damage or disobeying street signals. Three offenders were arrested and fined five dollars plus costs. wagons and autos must follow signals. Petition drive aims to form a Nooksack River drainage district from Marietta to forks, with 25 cent per acre deposits as a guarantee fund.
The Lyndon Christian School ended its year with a Friday picnic and program at the Fair Grounds. The program included prayers, recitations, dialogues on punctuality and teachers, songs by various classes, and closing remarks by Rev. A Brink.
Friends gathered at Knapp's Parlors to mourn Elmer L. Sicklesteel who died Sunday morning in Bellingham after a brief illness. Rev. W. O. Benadom led the service with interment in Lynden cemetery. He was born in Michigan on September 6 1872 and moved to Wiser Lake with his parents as a youth. Survived by his mother and brothers William Alberta George and Charles.
American Legion Lynden Post No 99 presents The Fumbles of 1919 a two part musical comedy at Hawleys Hall Friday night. Sergeant Danny Wallace stars with fifty performers in a Winter Garden style revue featuring sixteen chorus changes and a second act About Face a doughboy life Farce. Reserved seats available at City Drug Store.
Lynden schools will open August 30 with a 38 week term two weeks longer than usual. Superintendent William A. Fisher announces grade school teachers led by Miss Gertrude Imus and Miss Anna Wright, plus high school staff including Miss Edna MacKinnon and Miss Lois Yeck.
The Lynden High School class of 1920 plans a reunion Monday evening at Wiser Lake with all members asked to meet at Blonden's Confectionery at 6 30 P M. A Lynden party toured Mr A Velekes farm at Noon Station praising his home and improvements. The Ww Co Tv U County Convention is set for Deming on June 16 with a large Lynden delegation encouraged.
The Lynden council refused a license for a street carnival, citing it as unsuitable for the community. They awarded the sidewalk contract for 8th and Edison streets to Boerhave and Zoet for 4 787.40, with bids from Everett Hawley and John Van dergacht higher. The marshal’s salary rose to 125, partly funded by local merchants. Streets will be swept twice weekly, water tower to be painted black, and street numbering planned for next meeting.
The Farmers Mutual Telephone Company will hold its annual stockholders meeting at the W O W Hall in Bellingham Monday at 10 30 a m. Directors seek a 20 percent rate rise to cover higher expenses and propose aligning stockholder rentals with renters, plus paying a dividend on stock. The firm has never paid dividends and many stockholders receive no return.
Lynden Cannery manager C. M. Creamer says this years cherry crop will be smaller than 1919 due to spring frost damage but the fruit will be larger and finer. He expects to pay about the same price as last year, with no definite price set yet.
At the Henry Haveman farm hens are being trained to lay oversize eggs. A White Leghorn produced an egg measuring 7% inches in circumference one way by 6 inches the other. Mrs. George Worthen left Saturday for Pullman for graduation exercises. Miss Elsie Worthen will receive her diploma this year.
Dairymen in Lynden urged to sign an application at the Tribune to join the honor roll of Owners of Tested Herds before Saturday night. A state tuberculin tester is working in the county and no applications will be accepted after this week. Hundreds of cows will be tested this year. the test is free and available at once.
Lynden authorities warn that cows must not be tied to trees or poles or allowed to roam sidewalks and parking strips. Marsha Jake Le Compte cites an ordinance and reports recent fines issued by Police Judge Frank Le Cocq as Duluth?
Lynden Community Club to discuss holding a July 4th celebration and home picnic at Lynden High School. Members note Lynden could match neighbors with races and sports, though gas shortages may keep many residents at home this year.
R W Mize of Rome Township was elected delegate from Whatcom to the State Convention of the Non Partisan League by the county convention at the I O O F Hall. Alternates chosen were J J Falkner Mountain View A D Zander Ten Mile Henry Shagren Lynden and W H Kauffman Ferndale. The convention will meet at North Yakima on July 19.
Mrs F M Bloom Wendell and Frances Bloom return to Lynden from a California trip after running out of fuel in Oregon. They pass stranded cars as Oregon stations refuse Washington cars any gas and the Bloom car is refueled with coal oil and ether.
Gerrit Top sustained an injury after a last week when an axe struck his toe. The incident is reported with minimal detail and no further information on injuries or location.
Lynden will play the Brunswicks of Bellingham in a twilight baseball contest Friday at 6 pm after a 9 to 5 opening win over Sumas. Lynden will feature strong batting and pitching with Morse Vander Griend and Meurer on the mound and Fisher behind the plate as the crowd expects another victory.
A Lynden Cemetery Association will be incorporated after a meeting of lot owners at City Hall Monday night. The group will improve grounds and set up a permanent sexton, with assessments levied on lot owners to care for graves. Ss. T. Jackman chairs the incorporation committee. other members are Nels Jacobson Miss Ruth Handy and P. M. Serrurier.
A Lynden petition circulated this week asks for a 24 hour service and a new switch board for the Lynden Farmers Mutual Telephone Company office. It notes Lynden has the most phones of any central office and calls for service equal to Blaine.
Mrs Wilder Jones visited Lyn den this week while her husband Mr Jones works with the J C Penney Co chain of stores and is stationed at Wenatchee.
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