Ambitious Washington legislature closes amid lavish spending
Olympia reports a record session ending March 14 1913 with huge appropriations and extra salaries. The thirteenth legislature approved about 16.3 million in appropriations after 24.2 million earlier, while governors and officials pushed back on wasteful spending and enacted major laws including a minimum wage for women, teachers pensions, mothers pensions, and direct election of U S senators.
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Olympia
Wash
House
C Will Shaffer
Shaffer
Bureau of Accountancy
United States
San Francisco
Public Service Commission
Capitol
Senate
Cow County
Cross Corners
Thomas Jefferson
Kingery
Whatcom County
White Brown
Axtell
Hughes
Dunning
Falkner
Brown
White
Sheriff Thomas Writes to The Tribune About Fire the Janitor Claim
The Tribune editor defends its reporting and states the sheriff’s claim against deputy John Aitken is unsupported. The editor confirms not receiving threats and supports the county commissioners’ honest management in the interest of taxpayers. The piece ends with a pledge to stand by the board.
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Thomas
the Tribune
Court House
John Aitken
Aitken
Tribune
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Commissioners
County Commissioners Split Over Sheriff Deputies Pay
The record alleges commissioners relied on diverse, reliable sources besides prosecutor Bixby when removing deputy salaries. It notes prior practice of keeping informants anonymous to protect sources, with citizen tips about blind pigs failing to yield arrests as offenders prepared.
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Bellingham
Bixby
Hawk-Shaws
Pixley Finishes Cannery Plans for Lynden Building
W K Pixley has completed plans for Lynden cannery a 2 story 65 by 100 foot structure with future expansion to 100 by 100. Bids will be called at once and construction to start soon. He also prepared a concrete telephone building plan for Farmers Mutual Telephone Co at Sumas.
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W. K. Pixley
Lynden
Sun launches Seattle’s independent daily in 1900s style
The Sun offers bargain rates for a new independent Seattle daily. Until April 15 subscriptions are $2.50 a year or $1.50 for six months. Miss B. E. Handy in Lynden, Washington handles orders at the post office news stand.
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Handy
Post Office
Seattle
The
Sun
B. E. Handy
Lynden, Wash
Twin Cities Fight Over Water Intake Site Inches Toward Court
In Lewis county superior court Centralia and Chehalis clash over a tract near the Newaukum river headwaters for a municipal gravity water system intake. Originally a joint plan gave way as Chehalis filed condemnation suits seeking sole ownership, prompting Centralia to counter with its own suit.
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Twin Cities
Centralia
Chehalis
Newaukum River
Lewis County
Inland Empire pioneer Dr. Nelson G Bla lock passes away
Dr. Nelson G Bla lock a founder of Walla Walla life and Whitman College leader died at 77 after a paralytic stroke. A Washington settler since 1873 he developed 2200 acres yielding 90000 bushels of wheat in 1881 and built a 28 mile mountain flume. He served two terms as mayor and long Whitman College trustee president.
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Walla Walla
Nelson G. Blalock
Inland Empire
Blalock
Washington
Walla Walla Valley
Whitman College
Robbed Man Thrown Under Train in Auburn
John McNamara, a Tacoma area farmer, was robbed while changing trains at Auburn en route to Prosser. He was flung under a train and killed, with his body found in the Auburn railroad yards. Thugs fled. only an empty envelope identified him.
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Tacoma
Auburn
Prosser
John McNamara
Beig
Building of Roads Fought in Chehalis County
The Polson Logging Company seeks an injunction to block the county from awarding the Humptulips to Lake Quinsault road contract. Ownership of the road will be resolved in court after the county commissioners are challenged.
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Montesano
Chehalis County
Humptulips
Lake Quinsault
Polson Logging Company
Spokane Jury Women Weep As Mother Is Sentenced
In Judge E. H. Kennan's court twelve Spokane County women jurors, first all women panel in the county, shed tears witnessing the sentencing of Mrs Myrtle Brown for aiding in the Rene de Bear robbery.
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Spokane
Spokane County
E. H. Kennan
Myrtle Brown
Rene de Bear
Law May Complicate Marriage
Walla Walla couple Elsie M. Cawthorne and John A. McNeill wed, drawing U S immigration scrutiny. Miss Cawthorne, recently arrested for unlawfully staying in the United States, is on bonds awaiting a commissioner of immigration decision. Officials will probe if the marriage aimed to evade deportation.
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Walla Walla
Elsie M. Cawthorne
John A. McNeill
Sherman County
Oregon
United States
All Men Not Homeless Yet Some Are
A compact reflection on homelessness noting that while not all men are homeless, a subset faces housing insecurity.
Public Library Appeal Seeks Community Support in Lynden
Mrs. M. J. Swim urges patrons and citizens to back Lynden’s Public Library as city officials balk at funding. A meeting planned new books and a travelling library exchange, with a $1 yearly membership for two books, or five cents per book for nonmembers.
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M. J. Swim
Public Reading Room
Lynden
Carnegie
Lincoln
Wright
Stoddard
Express Firms Profited From Parcel Post Test Case
A Milwaukee test reveals an express company used parcel post to move a Detroit cigar shipment. A Detroit man marked the box for ID and found it delivered by parcel post with twenty two cents postage. The company netted eighteen cents on the transaction, and authorities doubt action will be taken.
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Milwaukee
Parcel Post
Uncle Sam
Detroit
T He Express
Four Public Auction Sales in Lynden Area
George Bostwick holds a market sale Saturday March 22 at the Bostwick corner Lynden and Sixth Street Front. George E Hall conducts a sale one mile north of Lynden Tuesday March 26 at ten o clock with horses cattle farm implements household goods plants and more. J W Ten Dolle hosts a sale in Lynden Saturday March 29 at 1 30 PM offering a cow two colts and household goods. George Bostwick serves as auctioneer for all events with Mr Hull leaving the area and D F Smith selling his Holstein herd on April 2 at 1 PM at his farm two and a half miles east of Lynden.
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George Bostwick
Bostwick Corner
Sixth and
Front Streets
Lynden
Mr Bostwick
George E. Hall
Hull
D. F. Smith
E. E. Wolff
Mr. Smith
Worthen Station
J. W. Ten Dolle
Mr. Bob Play At Dickersons Hall Glen Dale
A local home talent will present the play Mr. Bob at Dickersons Hall in Glendale on Saturday night March 29. A grand ball follows under managers O W Henderson Berger and C Case with admission 25 cents for the show and 50 cents a couple for the ball. Music will be provided and parking arrangements ensure proper handling of horses and carriages for visitors from other points.
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Dickerson
Glendale
Bob
O. W. Henderson
Berger
C. Case
Ex-Governor Mead Dies in Bellingham
Ex-governor Albert E. Mead died at his home in Bellingham after a two month illness due to valvular heart trouble. He had been active at his office until two days before his death. Funeral will be held Sunday at Trinity Methodist Church in Bellingham.
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Albert E. Mead
Bellingham
Mexid
The
Odd Fellows, Elks
Knights of Pythias
Woodmen of the World
Trinity Methodist Church
Death of Mrs. Eliza Jane Robinson in Lynden
Mrs. Eliza Jane Robinson aged 77 died March 16 1913 at the family home Lynden Washington after a lingering illness. She was born February 20 1836 in Kimballville Pennsylvania and married Ebeneezer J. Robinson February 24 1859 in New London Pennsylvania. Survivors include her husband two sons J K Robinson and D I Robinson and two daughters Emma Daniel and Jennie Shank all present at death. Interment Lynden cemetery. Funeral held at home with Rev Herbert Jones officiating and an accompanying quartet. The family note a religious life and community involvement and a flower filled tribute to her memory.
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Eliza Jane Robinson
Lynden
Washington
Robinson
Kimbellville
Pennsylvannia
Ebeneezer J. Robinson
New London
Pennsylvania
Oxford
Mountville
Canton
Ohio
Abilene
Kansas
J. K. Robinson
Bellingham
D. I. Robinson
Hoquiam
Emma Daniel
Reuben
Idaho
Jennie Shank
Seattle
Annabelle
Pauline Sain
Harold Knapp
Rae Sain
Methodist Episcopal Church
Herbert Jones
Methodist Church
Arno Rathman
E. Edson
Wilder Jones
F. E. Knapp
Mrs Smallfield on Movies and Progress
Mrs Smallfield argues the moving picture is a powerful force in education and industry and should be allowed to grow with reasonable regulation. She contends critics rely on hearsay and that non progressiveness undermines advancement in kinematography as a necessary part of human existence.
County Revoke 1908 Nooksack Traction Franchise
Whatcom county commissioners signed an order revoking the 1908 franchise granted to the Nooksack Valley Traction Company for an electric line from Bellingham to Blaine. The franchise expired unused and the $500 guarantee is forfeited to the county.
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Whatcom
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Secretary of State
Gover
Seeney
Industrial Insurance Fund
Rotary
Quincy Valley
Lake
Lister
Department of Agriculture
Cheney
Dupning
White Hughes
Cannery
Washington State
DR. Blalock
Foxy Express Companies
Mead
Mrs. Smallfield
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