Poultry Profits Hold Despite High Feed Costs
George R. Shoup of the Western Washington Experiment Station urges poultrymen to keep 1916 hatched pullets in good health as egg prices rise and feed costs climb. He notes eggs up 57 percent year over year, examines feed price increases, and advises careful summer culling and ration adjustments to secure profits before the fall moult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Shoup
Western Washington Experiment Station
Puyallup
Puyallup Station
Shoup
Sksup
Uuis Seson
Seniors Score Hit In Class Comedy The House Next Door
Senior class players presented J Hartley Manners delightful comedy The House Next Door at Jamieson Opera House. Sir John Cotswold and Sir Isaac Jacobson clash then reconcile through the younger generation. standout cast led by Charles Kamm Ethel Storrey Viola Gosch George Frick Ralph Kirkpatrick Ethel Leming Gladys Stauffer Percy Bayes Lester Landaal Blanche Jacobs Alma Ecker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hartley Manner
Jamieson
Opera House
John Cotswold
Isaac Jacobson
Elsie Sweet
Sir John Cotswold
Charles Kamm
Lady Cotswold
Ethel Storrey
Ulrica Cotswold
Viola Gosch
Cecil Cotswold
George Frick
Walter Lewis
Cecil
Ralph Kirkpatrick
Carrol Worthen
Rebecca Jacobson
Ethel Leming
Esther Jacobson
Gladys Stauffer
Adrian Jacobson
Percy Bayes
Trevor— Lester Landaal
Maximilian— Blanche Jacobs Jane
Cotswold
Alma Eck
Lynden High School
Will H. Thompson
Seattle
Ethel M. Storrey
Alma C. Ecker
Lester H. Landaal
Charles J. Kamm
George W. Frick
G. Percy Bayes
Carroll W. Worthen
Ethel
F. D. Jockey
Elmina Graham
P. A. Wright
Methodist Church
Paul Ashby
Army camp life discussed to improve conditions and recreation
J J Donovan of Bellingham will speak at 8 PM Tuesday in Lynden on improving army camp life. Rev Paul Ashby notes the dangers beyond physical illness and cites the Red Cross and YMCA efforts at the Mexican border as helpful models for suitable recreation facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynden
J. J. Donovan
Bellingham
Whatcom County
Washington War Work Council
Jamieson
Paul Ashby
Alow
Rev. Ashby
Red Cross
National
Donovan
Whatcom County Must Pay Fr Wyman Back Salary
The Mt Vernon judge ordered Whatcom County to pay back salary to F E Wyman probation officer. County commissioners McMillan and Slater had cut Wyman and Mrs Cline to 12 50 monthly claiming economy. Judge Augustus Brawley ruled the cuts arbitrary and set Wyman’s pay at 25 a month for each of two officers.
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Whatcom County
F. E. Wyman
McMillan and Slater
Augustus Brawley
Mt. Vernon
D. P. Day
Wyman
Cline
Brawley
McMillan
Slater
Th.em
Salutatorian Charles Kamm Leads Local Class Roll
Reverend P H Davies introduces the class roll listing Valedictorian Viola Gosch and Salutatorian Charles Kamm along with Alma Lester Landaal and other named students including Ethel Storrey, Mable Parish, Genevieve Abbott, and Blanche Jacobs. The roll reads like a school graduation notice with multiple names.
Odd Felt Party Plans Everson District Meeting
A party led by Odd Felt will attend a district meeting in Everson on Saturday.
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Odd
Everson
Bilman Delivers Two Maxwell Cars to Boehringer Family
A. A. Bilman delivered two Max well automobiles last week to the Boehringer family, confirming a local vehicle sale.
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A. A. Bilman
Maxwell
Boehringer
Lynden Stores to Close Memorial Day Observance
Lynden will close most stores all day on Memorial Day to honor Decoration Day amid wartime. Grand Army men and WAC members meet at the G A I Hall at nine, proceed to the cemetery at ten to decorate soldiers graves, then return to Jamieson's Hall for a public patriotic program with addresses recitations and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynden
Grand Army
Jamieson
John Detwiler Dies After Paralysis Stroke
John Detwiler, manager at the Van Gelder mill, suffered a paralysis stroke Monday afternoon and died Tuesday morning. Funeral services were held today with Rev. P. H. Ashby presiding.
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John Detwiler
van Gelder Mill
P. H. Ashby
Wigh High School Students Plan Year End Picnics
Lynden high school students cap the year with a picnic at Chuckanut Bay on Saturday. Seniors hold their picnic at Lummi Island on Friday. Grade school classes also hold picnics on the school grounds.
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Lynden High School
Chuckanut Bay
Lummi Island
Lynden High Receives Two Curtis Indian Pictures
Two Curtis Indian pictures were presented to Lynden high school this week. One was a gift from the senior class, the other bought by Miss Mable Steffe with first prize money from a state sewing contest. The works titled The Rush Gatherer and Can you De Shelley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis
Lynden Boys Enlist For Harvest Service At Home
Lynden youths plan to help on local farms rather than travel to distant harvest sites. Walter Gaskell and Clarence Ehle registered Friday after an appeal by government officials explained the harvest need. Superintendent P A Wright spoke at Lynden High School. many boys may sign up, but most prefer local work. Frances Knapp, attending the state university, visited home over the weekend.
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Lynden
Walter Gaskell
Clarence Ehle
P. A. Wright
Frances Knapp
The
State University
Lynden High School to Graduate Nineteen Seniors Tonight
Nineteen Lynden High School seniors will receive diplomas at this evening’s graduation in Jamieson’s Opera House. Will H Thompson of Seattle, a Confederate veteran and poet, will deliver the address.
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London High School
Jamieson’s Opera House
Gale Edson Joins UW Ambulance Corps For France
Gale Edson has enlisted in the University of Washington ambulance corps placed in the army medical reserve and likely to be among early contingents to France. Members are drilled and trained in hospital work in the city clinic in preparation for a government inspection around May 25. A $12 000 fund is being raised to outfit the corps with two ambulances stretchers uniforms for 91 men and other equipment.
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Gale Edson
University of Washington Ambulance Corps
Army
France
City
American Red Cross
Lynden Woman Elected Grand Manager of Pythian Sisters
Mrs. Madeline Bay of Lynden was elected Grand Manager of the Pythian Sisters of Washington at the annual convention held last week in Spokane. She attended the convention as the delegate of the local lodge.
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Madeline Bay of
Lynden
The
Pythian Sisters of Washington
Spokane
Bay
Star Mercantile Owner Returns From Seattle Trip
Albert De Young of the Star Mercantile Company arrived Saturday morning after a business trip to Seattle.
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Albert de Young
The
Star Mercantile Company
Seattle
Four Ounce Eggs From Lynden Hen Delight Town
A White Leghorn owned by D L Steffe lays a four ounce egg daily to ease food shortage. Steffe brought two jumbo eggs weighing a half pound to The Tribune. He donated the extraordinary eggs to the editor and they required effort to flip in frying.
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D. L. Steffe
Road bids exceed engineer's figures prompt rebid
County commissioners rejected tenders for Geneva road and Northeast Diagonal as bids topped estimates by over 9000 dollars. Two bids were placed for the Deming Lawrence road with K Sauset submitting 95502 for division two while the Washington Paving Company bid 194055 for the entire road. The engineer's estimate was 48100 and 177500 respectively, labor and material costs cited as the cause. Washington Paving Company bid included waiving penalty and completion time due to labor shortages and the panel decided to re advertise for the Geneva road bids.
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Geneva Road
Lidingham and Cooper
Vancouver B. C
K. Sauset
Deming-Lawrence
Nugent
Bridge
Deming
Washington Paving Company
City to Clean Moss from Roofs If Owners Fail
Many property owners ignored the city fire department order to remove moss from their roofs. Beginning June 1 the city will perform the work and bill the cost to the property owners. The action aims to reduce fire danger during dry weather.
Everybody Wants to Bid on Lynden's Spotted Pony
Local horse fanciers plan a spring auction sale of Marshal Jake Le Compte at 2:00 PM Saturday in the rear of Lynden's city hall. A spotted bay pony with a good appetite is the offering, sound in wind and limbs. Mike Vander Griend conducts the sale. admission is free.
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Jake le Compte
Mike Vander Griend
Abandoned bid to refer 1918 Bone Dry Law
The organizers failed to collect needed names to refer the Bone Dry bill passed by the last legislature and the law will take effect June 6. Petition drives to refer the capitol building law were also dropped, so no referendum appears on November 1918 ballots. The effort to refer the first aid law was not pursued as labor leaders accepted the law.
Lynden News Roundup from May 1905
In Lynden the De Hoogs plan a new south river home and Guy Dyk finishes a small farmstead house. Miss Louise Scrimger to wed Judson Wilkes in Boston then depart for India as missionaries. Lynden Everson and Van Buren telephone messages launched. Bernard Meendering buys the P Marth ranch southeast of town and will move next week. Bicycle enthusiasts plan to form a social club at Mrs. D Mulder’s home next Tuesday.
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B. de Hoog
Guy Dyk
Louise Scrimger
J. D. Scrimger
Judson Wilkes
Boston
Mass
India
Lynden
Everson
van Buren
Lynden Men Must Register June 5 Under War Law
The Lynden district will require all men aged 21 to 30 to register under the conscription law on Tuesday June 5 1917. Registration will occur at the usual county offices with no exemptions. Penalties include up to one year in jail for false or missed registration and other offenses. Local registrars to be named later by the president.
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Lynden
Woodrow Wilson
Charles Galbraith Buys Pedigreed Ayrshire Bull
Charles Galbraith purchased Willowmoor Peter Pan 67, a seven month old Ayrshire bull from J. W. Clise. The sire Willowmoor Peter Pan 26 held top prizes as yearling and junior champion at the Panama Pacific Exposition. Dam Willowmoor Lady Jane earned senior yearling honors at New Westminster 1913 and Pacific International Show Portland with multiple prizes. The grandsire was Beauchan Peter Pan, grand champion Ayrshire of Britain and America, and great-granddam Netherhall Brownreath, famed as a world record cow.
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Charles Galbraith
Willowmoor
J. W. Clise
Willowmoor Farm
New Westminster
Portland
Beauchan Peter Pan
Ayrshire
Great Britain
America
Netherhall Brownreath
Local residents enjoy weekend visits and trips to Bellingham
Ever son Mr and Mrs H Herington and Mrs C Galloway plus daughter June spent several days in Sedro Woolley. A parade of visitors from Bel lingham and other towns joined friends at local homes. Ayrshire and Guernsey cattle plans were announced as A H Carvasso leaves for the East to attend sales and dairy points.
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H. Herington
C. Galloway
June
Sedro Wooley
Seattle
Guy Bushby
Bellingham
H. Girke
A. Mathews
Helen Albright
Curtis, Sr
A. W. Curtis
Dr. Reeve
Frede Westergreen
L. Rouss
A. H. Carvasso
East
Massachusetts
Whatcom County
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BE. Wyman
Flute
Dorothy Thomas
P. H. Davies
Wynken, Blynken and
Nod
Eugene Field
Nevin
Alma
Ethel Carroll W. Worthen
Mable E. Steffe
Arvid
C. Ecker Mable Parish
Genevieve M. Abbott
Blanche T. Jacobs
Onson
Anna de Boer
Alice T. Haveman
Frances A. Oltman
Wigh School
Ingh School
Lyneln
Pythian Sisters
Bernard Meenderinc
P. Marth
L. Lockhead
Grandpa Warner
Alfred Ginger
Elwood Warner
Mary and
Leitha
Mrs. Berkeley
Esther Anderson
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