Phone Officers Re-Elected At Farmers Mutual Telephone
The annual stockholders meeting in Bellingham re elected all former directors except Ferndale and Nooksack changes. N P Sorensen remains president J A Lochbaum vice president and P M Serrurier treasurer. Directors include Sorensen Milhollin Lory Pebley Lopas Jackman Lochbaum Bailey and Nelson with Ferndale and Nooksack participation. Attendance set a record though no major business emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Mutual Telephone Company
Bellingham
Ferndale
Nooksack
N. P. Sorensen
J. A. Lochbaum
P. M. Serrurier
Alki
James Milhollin
Blaine
David Lory
Custer
J. F. Pebley
Deming
Edwin Lopas
J. T. Jackman
Lynden
Sumas
J. T. Bailey
Nels Nelson
Everson Social Notes Highlight Visiters and Moves
Everson residents host guests from Ferndale Vancouver Cloverdale and Sumas. Local couples relocate join family visits attend church events and enjoy a Needlecraft Club gathering. Todd adds a new room and families plan future moves to Oklahoma and Bellingham area.
Miner reports silvanite find on Swamp Creek
Dennis OKeefe declares discovery of silvanite ore in Mount Baker district with an assay of 432.40 dollars per ton. A false rumor about the Bellingham waterfront mill closing July 1 is corrected. Altamon Ira Lucas, a so called psychical healer, is jailed on vagrancy charges after prior exposure by the Seattle Sun. Ferndale approves paving Alder and Third Streets with two course concrete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis O’keefe
Swamp Creek
Mount Baker
Altamon Ira Lucas
Bellingham
The
Seattle Sun
Lucas
Seattle
Whatcom County Teachers Honor Miss Delia Keeler
Whatcom County teachers presented retiring superintendent Miss Delia Keeler with a silver tea set last week. P A Wright, president of the Whatcom County Principals Club, delivered a note of appreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whatcom County
Delia Keeler
P. A. Wright
Principls’ Club
Potatoes Quarantined After BC Shipment Findings
State agriculture officials found powdery scab on three carloads of potatoes shipped to Seattle from British Columbia. Probable halt to further imports this year after federal quarantine and renewed state inspections. Inspectors ordered the infected potatoes returned to the shipment point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Agriculture
Seattle
British Columbia
Federal Department of Agriculture
Signatures filed to nullify seven last spring laws
Backers of the referendum movement report they have secured enough signatures to suspend seven acts of the recent legislature for at least 18 months. Totals include numbers 3 through 9 with Seattle contributing nearly half of all signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Dairymen Association Plans Summer Picnic
The Whatcom County Dairymen's association plans a county picnic in summer with a date to be fixed. The program committee will seek prominent speakers on dairy topics for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whatcom County Dairymen’'s Association
Foreign Born Citizens Must Think First of America and Humanity
An address urges immigrants to view themselves as Americans first and humanity as a guiding value. It warns against identifying with any group or division within the United States and stresses unity, love, and justice to strengthen the nation. The speaker condemns those who exploit passions for personal gain and warns such acts undermine the United States’ core of unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Humanity
United States
United
New Milk Inspection Law Enforces Slaughter or Quarantine Options
The new milk inspection law took effect June 10 providing compensation for owners whose dairy cattle are condemned for tubercular infection. It allows selection between slaughter or quarantine, with compensation up to 75 dollars after postmortem findings if tubercular lesions are not found, and up to 35 dollars plus proceeds from meat sales if slaughter is chosen. State inspectors are bonded, and imported cattle will be re tested at the state line to prevent dumping tubercular stock. Also noted are unrelated local incidents of cutting toes and a recovery from illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Graves
Boy Scouts Return From Season's Camp
The Lynden Boy Scouts returned from a ten day camping trip on Whidby Island. They enjoyed bird study wireless telegraphy Fort Casey and views of the Straits of Juan de Fuca. Meals friendship and thrift featured in camp with various supper parties and jokes about ice cream in a comb. One scout left with four forty and another with sixty cents while the top spender spent four dollars. Overall the trip was called a great success.
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Boy Scouts
Lynden
Whidby Island
Fort Casey
Straits of
Juan de Fuca
Lindhout
Baldwin
Anderson
John
Althe
Slade
Larson
Scout Knapp
Coupeville
Gale
George Neidhart Struck in Eye by Wood Block
George Neidhart suffered an eye injury Friday when struck by a wooden block causing a laceration to the eyeball.
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George Neidhart
Wayne Smith Undergoes Minor Throat Operation
Wayne Smith son of C. C. Smith underwent a minor throat operation Friday.
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Wayne Smith
C. C. Smith
Local News Happenings Around Bellingham
Mrs. McKee visited relatives in Bellingham on Saturday. Mr. Follis attended commencement in Bellingham on Thursday. Mrs. Winchell returned from nursing in Custer. Miss Leta McLeod and Miss Mattie Follis were in Bellingham Friday and Sunday, respectively. Emma Markworth visited Mattie Follis last week. Mrs. S. Johnson and Mrs. George Bruns visited Abbott home. Owen Gilfeth of Bellingham stayed at the Winchells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gehrman
Ferndale
Cyrus Hoover
Milton Cyr
Nooksack Corner
Mr. Cyr
Stewart
Vancouver
B. C
C. Robinson
Dell Gilmore
Annie Cameron
Sedre- Woolley
J. J. McNally
Chas. Arnell
Dora
McHenry
Jimmy
A. Arnell
Bellingham
L. Miller
Kenneth
Robert Hamilton
Laurel
Gus Norstrum
Fred Densor
Mr. Denson
Fred Trowbridge
Mrs. L. Bushby
Guy
Nettie
Jessie Johnson
Nellie Ayling
Bushby
J. E. Sligh
Lou Whitemarsh
Mrs. McKee
Mr. Follis
Leta McLeod
Mattie Follis
Emma Markworth
S. Johnson
George Bruns
Abbott Home
Owen Gilfeth
Winchell
War Is Not the Heroic but the Cowardly Way of Settling
A historical piece argues democracies rarely seek war and prefer peaceful settlement. It contends wars of defense arise from necessity, while imperial aggression should be avoided. It claims fighting is easier than maintaining peace and urges diplomacy over armed conflict.
Lynden Twelve Years Back
Lynden Farmers Club forms committees for upcoming Farmers Institute with names assigned for Picnic finance reception and more. Local WCTU organized at Mrs Judson’s home with officers elected. Ed Philo returns from Walla Walla after IOOF grand lodge visit. Miss Tremain and Master Clarke birthday dinner noted. School closes. list of students not tardy last month.
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Lynden Farmers Club
Farmers’ Institute
P. A. Clarke
H. C. Berthusen
H. J. Lannin
J. Ringewold
F. M. MacPherson
W. R. Ferguson
J. Meenk
George Taylor
R. E. Hawley
Gen. MacPherson
L. Zweegman
Whatcom
Oldemeyer
Smith Place
Delta
P. N. Judson
J. D. Scrimger
M. R
Roy Clarke
J. W. Tremain
Mary
Roy
T. R. Price
Woody
W. E. Clarke
Adah
Ivy Clarke
Robert Jones
J. W. Tremaine
J. W. Tremaine, Jr
Elzie Tremaine
Orel Jackman
Anna Botta
Jennie Kortlever
Anna de Boer
Clarence Vander Griend
Custer and Vicinity Update Highlights Local Sports And Visits
Johnson shot 24 of 26 and 42 of 50 in Sunday shoot at Custer Gar Club. Custerball loses 1–0 to Lummi Indians on home field due to seventh inning error. Next Sunday rematch at Googeberry Point. Local news covers visitors from Norway, Hamilton, Edmonton, and California trips, new store near Blaine road, savings department coming to Custer State Bank, church events, picnics, and illness recoveries.
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Custer Gar Club
Johnson
Googeberry Point
Leslie Stone
Hamilton
Geo. Parr
Blaine Road
Custer State Bank
M. E
Pansy Brunson
Ladies Aid
M. E. Church
H. A. Schell
Myrtle
Ivy Brown
Lake Chelan
Washington
F. S. Weatherby
California
Weatherby
Seattle
D. C. Haines
W. H. Brownell
Birch Bay
G. A. Rogers
Portland
Lind
California Creek
Goerig
Olympia
Anna Thompson
Edison
Claude Parrish
Lynden Land Stamp Offers Prospect of Big Strawberry Returns
In Whatcom County a tiny tenth acre by Front Street in Lynden yields Mayor Oakes strawberries already worth 76 dollars with more expected. A full twenty acre run could, on this basis, produce 320000 dollars in twenty years on paper.
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Whatcom County
Front Street
Lynden
Oakes
Lynden Stores Close July 3 for Independence Day
Lynden business houses agree to close Saturday July 3 from noon to end of day for the Independence Day celebration at the Fair Grounds. They stay open Friday July 2 evening and stage a parade with decorated cars babies carriages and a variety of races and prizes for participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynden
Armstrong-Hammondd Co
Marion Biehler Lynden Implement Co
Bauman Implement Company
Lynden Co-Operative Co
Jones & Rathman
R. L. Averill
Y. H. Trump
Elder & Pace Farmers Mercantile Co
Hawley Bros
F. E. Knapp
Lynden Dept. Store
Inc
Gale & Colley Barber Shop
Van
Whatcom County
Woodland visitors and local trips noted
Mr and Mrs Riddle visited Lynden on Monday afternoon. The Wilson Roddel and Jes families spent Sunday at the bay. Seneca Smith was kicked in the face chasing a horse but sustained no serious injury. Mr and Mrs Pyeatt and Elmer Lund drove to Bellingham on Sunday to visit Mrs Carl Yeager. Mrs Wilson and children spent several days in Bellingham for commencement ceremonies. Mr Lyre and Mr Thompson were in Bellingham on Monday.
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Mrs. Riddle
Lynden
Wilson
Roddel
Jes
Bay
Seneca Smith
Pyeatt
Elmer Lund
Bellingham
Carl Yeager
Mr. Lyre
Mr. Thompson
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H. Sebert
Orting
Wash
Gus Trowbridge
Oklahoma
Needlecraft Club
Wm. Jones Wednes
Win Warper
Elmer
W. Lott
Sum
Presbyterian Church
Robt. Hamilton
Hill
L. Lockhead
Alfred Ginger
C. Herree
Effie Tirrick
Harold Knapp
H. A. Slee
Spokane
Lomer
Gran ‘3
John Todd
County News
Bicedel Donovan Lumber Company
Charles Osgood
Lawrence
Sumas Mountain
Woodrow Wilson
Fred Manus
Mrs
Jasper Buizer
BOY
Glendale
Mr. Hayes
G. L. Abbott
Gaius Glenn Atkins
Central Congregational Church
Providence, R. J
Carnegie
Custer and Vicinity
Alfred Mercey
A. W. Thomas
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