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OL. XIV 111 SIGN CONTRACT TO 1 RING CHAUTAUQUA Man Enroll To Guarantee Seven- Di 7 Program Here Next Year; Contract t>i>en for More Name* Lynden will have its Chautauqua again next year, thanks to the efforts of more than one hundred people of the district who guaranteed the ex penses of the production. The guarantee next year calls for the sale of G4O season tickets at $2.75 each, approximately the same as this year's contract which called for GSO tickets at $2.72 each. Those who desire to add their sig natures to the contract may still do so at the First National Bank. The following have signed the con tract for next year: C. A. Johnson, Albert Jensen. The Klatawa Club, It. H. King, Edna Mc- Kinou Fisher, E. B. Jones, Charles Hoo. Abel T. Bond, G. W. Van Wyhe, Eva C. Thompson, Ed Fisher, S. T. .lackman, W. \V. Palmer. Frank E. Knapp, G. Noteboom, Alvin Pyeatt, Muriel Appleton, C.i B. Love, M. J. Bedding. C. R. Axling, C. W. Gal braith. V. I). Bussard, Ben Crab tree, F. L. Bostwick, A. N. Swenson. J. \V. Steams, Mildred Waples, R. R, Handy. R. 1). Zylstra, Willard Weidkump. J. W. Tremain, C. H. McLeod, Harry Savings, Ray Hook stra, Elzie Tremain. L. F. O'Neil, W. E. Pr*ston, O. E. Reed. C. F. Wor then, A. H. Bruns, F. E Alexander, C E. Lund, H. H. Jamieson, C Vos kamp, J. C. Spalding, L. L. Reed, Mrs. H. Jamieson, George W. Frick, jr.,. George 11. Preston. Mrs. L. Sprague, Mrs. Carl Burg er, Carl Burger, D. L. Pangborn. Mrs. Mary Phillips, August Klocke, Imperial Fir Lumber Co., William A. Fisher, C. B. Bay. George Hall, W. G. Hemingway, L. J. Brown, D. W. Al varson, J. H. Collings, Mrs. c. E. Waited, E. U. Dean. W. O. Benadom. i Mrs. Ella Clarke. A. G. White, D, L. Beckes, Harry Walters, E. A. Living ston, B. A. Pyeatt. George Taylor, E. L. Bartlett, C. E. Renfro, B. W. Loring, Thomas P. Jeffers, M. Biehler. P. M. Serrurier, Emma Bennett, Mrs. E. J. Kamm, Dr. F. L. Wood, Harold Knapp, Ed Knapp, Ed Edson, A. B. Colyer, T. R. Burns, Mrs. T. R, Burns. W. E. Yeoman, C. G. Lund, Harry Beernink. Nellie Jeffcott. F. E. Kelsey, S. H. Lewis. W. B. Craig, B. A. Axlund. Frank Bwope, George E. Bruce, J. M. Beaty, Y. H. Tromp, Mary J. Swim, Charles Erickson, Dr. Walter Wilbur, Charles J. Kamm. .W. H. Waples, George W. Frick. George W. Worthen, D. Mulder, Dr. B. V. Moun ter, Kensington Club. FAIR TO GET BUILDING FOR AUTO EXHIBITS Board » alls for Bids for New Struc ture; Will Also Bred High Board Fences Erection of a new exhibit building to take pare of the automobile show is planned by the directors of the Whatcom County Fair Association. Bids for the structure were called f.»r this week. The new building will be 50 by 100 f. ot. and v. ill ho erected between the present nia.n exhibit liall and the horse la i ns. Demand! (Of space at the fair have grown so treat that a new building Is necessary to take care of the exhib itors. Last year, a tent was used for the automobile show, but this was blown down In a high wind. The Fair Hoard estimates that the cost of the new building will be cov ered by revenues within two years. Bids have also been called for the building of 2,000 feet of fence across the rear of the grounds. The Fair has lost considerable revenue in the past by the practise of many in walk ing into the grounds without paying admission. It is to stop this prac tise that the fence will be erected. HOW TO LOSE A COW IN A HURRY F. 11. Fierce had a fine Guernsey heifer that he wanted to dispose of. Now he might have spent much val uable time phoning the neighbors, or travelling over the district looking for a buyer. But he chose the quick way—a Tribune Want-Ad. This was the little inexpensive ad that brought the buyers to Mr. Pierce last week: FOB SALE — 3-year-old Guernsey heifer, just fresh. F. H. Pierce, phoue 1008, Lynden. 8-4-3t-* ®jje lUmbett tKrtbtme (Comwltbattim of Ihr jjajjg* f u°l Eunarrt »an PAVEMENT DANCES STUDIED BY COUNCIL Fireman Permitted To Hold Theirs, But Future Events of Similar Na ture Will Be Barred At the meeting of the city council 'Teusday night, the pavement dance matter came up for consideration. At its July meeting, the Council granted a permit to the Firemen to 'use a portion of Front Street for a dance during the Labor Day Festi val planned by the Fire Department. A petition was theji filed setting out objections on the part of a number iof citizens to the pavement dance. In view of the fact that the per jmit had already been granted, and that the firemen requested that the permit stand inasmuch as the whole J program had been arranged and the dance advertised, the council decided to allow the dance to be given as planned. However, the council expressly went on record that, in consideration of the wishes of the large number of citizens who object to such forms of amusement, no permit to use the streets for dancing would be granted in the future; and the firemen stated that for the sake of harmony, they would not make further requests of this nature. • MISS MINNIE MILDER AND JOHN VAN DALFSEN MARRIED Miss Minnie Mulder and Mr. John Van Dalfsen were married Thursday afternoon, August 4, at the Van Dalf sen residence In the presence of rel atives and friends. The home was prettily decorated for the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Van Dalfsen will make their home in Lynden. POWDERED MILK SHIPPED OUT TO EAST BY LYNDEN PLANT Two carloads of powdered milk Was shipped out this week by the Lynden plant, reducing the total oil; hand in the warehouse now to less than half a carload. I One car went to Chicago and the other to Brooklyn, via the Panama Canal. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Knapp left on Wednesday evening for a business trip to Seattle. ARCH COMMEMORATES 100 YEARS OF PEACE This is the big new Peace Arch to be dedicated next month at Blame. It was erected largely through the efforts ot Samuel Hill, to commemorate one hundred years of Peace between the I nited States and Canada. The arch is an imposing one; Lynden people will find a trip to Blame over the new pavement to see it worth while. The above picture is published through the courtesy of the Bellingham Reveille. LYNDEN, WASH., THURSDAY, AUG. 11, 1921 LYNDEN CLOTHING PRICES WAY BELOW 1920 MARK You can buy nearly twice as mv h wearing apparel in Lynden today as you could a year ago for the same money. Dry Goods and other things In that line are priced at from 40 to 50 per cent less than what they were a year ago. H. H. Jamieson and C. E. Renfro of the Farmers Mercantile Com pany prepared today the following table showing how prices have fallen off in Lynden: I WEARING APPYREL- Last Year Now 1 * Men's Made-to-Measure All Wool Suit $ 75.00 *45.00 Men's Best Dress Shoes LJ-fO '■'° Men's Dress Shirts - J Men's Neckties Men s Hat • ! * -„ Men's Lisle Hose J- •»« Men's Cotton Underwear (suit! 3.00 ... 0 Men's Work Shirt ■ : - ■■• Men's Best Quality No. 220 Denim ■veralls 8.00 1.76 Men's Wool Union Suit J-Jj 5.00 Men's Work Shoes <•;• ,!., Men's Wool Work Socks LOO .*U Ladies' Best Silk Hose •••« -•-;> Ladies' Good Silk Hose }■»■< I'.'J Ladies' Dress Shoes - 1 '-' D Totals $143.45 $87.33 DRY GOODSi • 1 i fit Wool Yarn »,rb Skein $ L« ? ■« Pequot Sheeting J »° ,'«? Best Silk Goods «-*g ; ™ Good Taffeta Silks - Good 2 7-inch Ginghams -4° .jk ~~Best Percales Cotton Blankets « - Cotton Batting (per roll) i & " _ j Totals *17.50 $9.69 CITY HEN WORTH NO MORE THAN COUNTRY Higher Assessment of Lynden Birds than Country Flocks Calls Forth ! Investigation A city chicken will be no more val uable in the eyes of the law than its Country sister, according to Inform ation given a delegation of Lynden poultryman this week by the Board Of Equalization. Both birds will be taxed on a basis of being worth fifty I cents. In the original assessments, city I ! flocks had been put down at 75c each ! as against the 50c valuation for the country hens. An indignation meeting of Lynden 'poultrymen was held Monday morn ing at Hanover's Senate, and Mike Vander Griend and Frank Hawley were named to appear before the Board of Equalization with a pro test. County Assessor McArthur no tified the committee that he had al ready decided to change the asses | ■meats. LYNDEN SCHOOLS TO OPEN AUGUST 29TH Lust Monday in Month Selected; One Teacher Added to Christian School Staff Lynden schools will open Monday. August 29 according to an announce ment made today by Superintendent William A. Fliher, Arrangements are now being made to have the schools in readiness. The Lynden Christian School will also open August 29, the school board has decided. The teaching staff will be compos ed of George Ramerman, principal: Miss Harrietta Vqnhuizen of aMnhat tan, Montana, sth and 6th grades; Miss Matilda De Valois, 3rd and 4th grades; Miss Emma Zylstra, Ist. No teacher has yet been appointed for the 2nd grade. The Lynden Christian School will have an extra room and an extra teacher this year. jAn enrollment of 180 is expected, as against 17(< last year. LYNDEN LOSES TWO GAMES TO DEMING Drops Two Fast Contests Here; Dem ing Pitcher Goea Strong in Dotible j Header Lyndon suffered two shut out de feats at the hands of Deming, last Sunday, by the scores of 2 to 0 and la to o. McDonald, who pitched the full eighteen innings, not only was in fine form, but was given almost errorless support in the pinches. In the first game only five Lynden batters were struck out and in the second only three. But no matter where the ball was hit there was a Deming man waiting for it. To offset this playing of the vis itors. Lyndenfielding was very er ratic at times. The first game was a close fast con test. The only inning in which any scoring was done was the fifth, when Deming bunched three hits for a total of two scores. The following is the score by inn ings: Innings 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9—RUE Lynden 60000000 o—o 4 .i Deming 00003000 o—2 8 5 Batteries—Olson and Thon; Mc- Donald and Pebley. The second game was an uphill struggle al! Hit way through for the home team. Deming cinched the game in the game in the second inn ing when they succeeded in scoring three runs. They scored once more in the fourth, twice in the eighth and twice in the ninth. The score by innings: Innings 12346678 9—R H E Lynden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—o 3 8 Deniing 0 S 0 1 0 0 0 2 2—B 8 8 Batteries: Olson, Jamieson and Thon; McDonald and Pebley. Last Sunday Everson and Custer split a double header, while Eerndale defeated Valley in a close contest. 7 to 6. The following is the standing of the teams of the Nooksack Valley League: \V L Pet. Ferndale 8 3 .727 Lynden 9 7 .563 Custer - 7 6 .538 Deming 6 7 .462 Everson 6 7 .462 Valley 4 10 .286 Lynden's next league game will be played with Ferndale next Friday af ternoon, August 12, at the Pioneer Picnic, Game will be called at 2:00 p. m. sharp. MISS EDITH JESS AND MANFORD HENDERSON ARE MARRIED The following account of the Hcn clersn-Jess nuptials is from the Bel lingham Herald: A simple but impressive wedding ceremony was performed Monday morning al 11 o'clock, when Miss Jess of Custer was united in mar riage to Mr. Manford Henderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henderson of Lyndon, at the First Christian par sonage, with Rev. W. F. Reagor reading the service, within the pres ence of immediate relatives of the eoupte. The bride was exceedingly modish and attractive in an advance fall suit of dark brown broadcloth trimmed with choker collar of white fur and a dose-fitting feather hat. A corsage of pink carnations and maidenhair ferns added the touch of color to the outfit. Imcdlately after the ceremony, the couple left via automobile for a tour of Mt. Rainier National Fark. returning to make their home near Lynden. Mrs. Hen dersn. nee Jess, is a graduate of the Whatcom High School and Belling ham Normal School and Mr. Hender 'son is prominent throughout What 'com County. PRICK OF rows snows hk; IMPRGA EMENT AT BALKS The price of cows has shown a big improvement at sales in the Lynden i district in the past few days. At the Terry sale at Hampton, the price went as nigh as $ 140 for a single an imal. ,M. Vander Griend was the auction eer for the Terry sale. GOVERNOR Of NOBIS DAKOTA WILL SPEAK IN COI NTV AUG. 13 Lynn J. Frazicr, governor of North Dakota, will speak in Cornwall Park. | Ball in (hatn, Saturday afternoon at 'one o'clock. His subject will be "The North Dakota Industrial Program; Learn the Facts about the most Sig nificant Industrial Program in Amer ica Today." FRUIT-GROWERS BUY LYNDEN'S CANNERY Local Men Incorporate for $.V».OIH» To Operate Local Plant on Largo Scale i Announcement was made this week by a group of Lynden fruit-growers that they had taken over the H. A. Baker Cannery, and had organized a company to qperate it. The new company. Incorporated under the name of the Lynden Pro ducers' Canning Company, will have a capital stock of $50,000, Of this sum, $20,000 will be paid for the Cannery plant, leaving a working capital of $30,000. C. If. Creamer is returning to Lyn don to manage the plant, assuring the company of careful direction in the production and marketing de partments. Tlie membership in the company insures the cannery more than twice as much fruit and vegetable* as has ever been packed here before in a year. Stock lias been assigned ac cording to acreag-. O. L. Sheets. W. E. Preston and F. H. Pierce were :iumed js incorpora tors of the institution, and perman ent officers will b% elected in the next few days. The plan of operation, as outlined in the subscription agreement, in cludes the following clauses: That the stockholders of the com pany shall have their fruits, vege tables and berries canned, packed, preserved, stored, transported, to gether with necessary containers, cases, boxes, labor, labels, insurance, etc.. at the actual cost to said com pany. That for all products canned or processed, the company shall receive 10 per cent of its selling price for the benefit of its stockholders. That the General Manager of the Company shall be paid on a commis sion basis, and shall not receive more than 20 per cent of the net profits. That the principal object and pur pose of said corporation shall be to secure the highest market price for all fruits and berries of its stock holders. M. E. Lee of Portland handled the details of organizing the company. CHURCHES TO HOLD MISSION FESTIVAL Christian Reformed and Reformed Congregations To I'nite in An nual Program The annual Mission Festival of the Reformed and Christian Reformed churches will be held tomorrow, Fri day, tit the Whatcom County Fair Ground!, with the Rev, Henry K. Pasma as the President of the Day. The Festival will begin at 10 a. m. Speakers on the morning program will be Rev. A. J, Brink and Rev. Vrieiman, both of whom will speak on Mission!, The afternoon meeting will begin at i:80. Rev. M. Flipse of Seattle will speak on Domestic Missions, and Dr. S. G. Mylrea. of the Arabian Mission of the Reformed Church, will speak of the medical phase of mission work as it is being done among the Mohamedan popula tion of Arabia. A collection will be taken for Mis- Bions, This will be divided propor tionally between the mission boards of the two denominations. Refreshments will be served at the Canteen, which will be in charge of A. To Selle and Fred De Hoogh. o LYNDEN FORD ©EALER MAKES DELIVERY OF TWO NEW CABS Gerrit Landaal has purchased a iFord Sedan from G. W. Robertson, Lynden agent, and A. J. McCourt a touring car. Deliveries were made this week. ■—r> LYNDEN POULTRYMEN PRAISED IN NORTHWEST MAGAZINE PralM fur Lynden poultrymen Is given by the editor of the "Pacific Poultryman," in this month's issue. The following is the article: "Another poultryman who is ma king a good living from the combina tion of poultry raising and berry growing, Is O. L. Sheets of Lyndon. Five years ago, Mr. Sheets bought his forty acre farm, and from his black caps, gooseberries and raspber ries, which he put In first and his poultry which was his next invest ment, lie has reduced his indebted ness each year. We noticed fine big kale growing among the fruit trees ' (Continued on I'age 2) NO.-9