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Newspaper
Lynden Tribune
Location
Lynden, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1920
Page
6
Rev W O Benadom is due back in Lynden this week to conduct memorial services at the M E Church Sunday. Bids have been requested for the Mt Baker national road project with an opening date of June 14 in Portland. The road length is 834 miles.
Duenota 2nd, a Ferndale Guernsey owned by H B Douglas Hope Farm Ferndale, posted 12 781.2 pounds of milk and 708.04 pounds of butterfat in her 12th year. The cow became the state s first to exceed 700 pounds of butterfat under ordinary pasture conditions.
Clifton Axling and Percy Clarke of North Prairie have not missed a day of school in five years and never been tardy. Glenn Axling has four years of perfect attendance. Arvid Benson has left for Dundas Bay Alaska. The Lakeside WCTU meeting was moved to June 2 from June 9.
Just before the war began excavations at Moguntia cum under the Arch aeological Society of Mayence uncovered relics from the Roman castrum. A damaged clay pot inside a Romano water cistern preserved a hen egg shell and a whole egg buried about nineteen centuries, now stored in the municipal museum.
The article surveys electric devices transforming offices from telephones and lights to electric adding machines and multi graphs. It highlights machines that print letterheads typewrite addresses duplicate letters and seal and stamp at 150 per minute while counting stamps used.
Wilbur Case sustained a broken arm after a fall while at play near the Imperial Fir Lumber Mill Wednesday morning. The incident occurred during ordinary activities and no other injuries were reported.
A Willard Battery Service Station will open in Lynden this week through Axland Service Station at 3rd and Front Street. An expert battery man will run the shop and batteries will be charged and repaired.
Judge Ed Hardin rules in favor of A H James and Goshen farmers against Whatcom County limiting road assessment to lands whose natural outlet benefits the improvement. The Lawrence to Nooksack road may not tax two mile radius lands not using the road as a natural outlet. benefits deemed general and not direct. Donahue road law requires one fourth of estimated cost for lands within the boundary with exceptions for lands lacking a natural outlet.
Community round up of visits and travels includes Mrs W B Schuyleman and families at Ralph Troost home, A C Palmer group in Vancouver, Delta visitors to Roy Allen, and multiple stays with relatives across Lynden Nooksack and Bellingham. Also mentions exams for Evelyn Willey Teddy Dean and Elmer Pearson recovering from illness.
Canadian invoice blanks are advertised for sale at The Tribune office. The notice specifies availability and ordering details for customers needing official forms.
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