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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14
Public Lands In Washington.

In the report of the commissioner of
the general land office for the fiscal
year 1895, which was rendered to the
secretary of the interior a short time
ago, that official states that the decline
in the land business noted in his last
report still continues. There was dur
ing the year a decrease of 1905 origi-
nal entries, or 3,Ol6,685 acres. In the
number of final entries there was de-
crease of 6, 584, or 356, 059 acres. In re-
ceipts there was decrease of $734, $40.
The number of homestead patents is
sued was 5O,618. Ola total of 20 coal
and 1922 mineral patents issued, 6 coal
and Is mineral patents were issued to
residents of Washington. Of a total of
6, l84,336 acres of land patented to rail-
roads there were patented to the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company 8, 343. 473
acres in Washington. To the state of
Washington there was certified in sat-
isfaction of the educational and chari-
table grant the following: Agricultural
college, sc, 452 acres; public buildings,
Al, 1856 acres; school indemnity, 10, 754
acres; scientific school, 81, 344 acres;
state charitable, educational, etc., insti-
buttons, 81, 1902 acres, state normal
schools, 40, 500 acres, making total OF
261 ,817 acres.
Indian and miscellaneous patents
embracing 32l acres, were issued in the
state of Washington. There were sur
viewed in the state of Washington dur
ing the year 853 1907 acres OF land.
A table of estimated vacant public
land in the United States gives 5,229,-
$40 acres surveyed and 1887 81 acres
unsurveyed in the state OF Washing
| ton.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14
Experience With the Silo.

T. M. Alvord, of Pialschie, Wash,
gave the Farmers Institute at Tacoma
his experience with the silo, as follows:
The silo has been used on my place
for the past eight years, but more ex-
tensively the last three years. 4 have
used corn for ensilage mainly, only
using oats or clover when the weather
is unfavOrable for curing. For this
purpose alone I consider the silO a
necessary adjunct to the farm in this
climate, enabling such crops to be
saved which Otherwise would be lost
during wet fall.
Corn ensilage fed in the winter
months takes the place Of roots when
fed to cows, and can be raised much
cheaper and enabling the same acreage
to support an increased number of
COWS. Corn, cut for the silO, is an in-
provement, yet the extra cost does not
justify the outlay. lam now cement
ing the floors and the sides of my silos
eight feet high to retain the juice which
necessarily escapes from the silos built
the common way of lumber, expecting
also to improve the quality Of the en-
silage thereby. Formerly | used salt
quite freely in the silo, but find of late
little or none is required.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14

Mrs. F. M. Smith made flying trip
to the Bay Cities, this week.

Mrs. F. M. Smith made q flying triI
to the Bay Cities, this week.
Mr.. w. e. Sutherland was over t.
the Harbor this week on business.
Mrs. H. C. Stillman and children are
visiting with friends at Olga, this week
Capt. H. H. Hudson took passage or
the Bay City, for up-Sound, last Mon
day.
Mr.. w. E. Grinstead is again on the
island and says he intends to spend
the winter here.
Divine service at West Sound, Sun
day. Nov. 18th. at p. M, instead Of
4 p. m. as usual.
Mr.. w. A. Wakefield went to What
com, Monday, to purchase material TO,
a new apple house.
Mr.. John Baggs returned home last
week from Wellington, B. c., where
he had been working.
Mr.. A. c. Kittles, of Jones' island,
caught fine big otter, while on his
way to Orcas, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Robertson. of Fair.
haven and Mrs. H. Crandell, of What
com, are visiting with friends and rela
tives ON the island, this week.
Mr.. E. Gilshenan left here Monday
morning for Waldron island with a
load of freight which consisted of a
horse. He took his chances on the
sloop City OF Paris.
Mr.. A. P. Vaughn has abandoned
his mountain home for the present,
having run out of water he was COM
PEELED to remove his place of abode. He
now resides in what is known as the
Senf house.
Is marriage failure? No, I guess
not, at least it does not seem 50 when
we think of the arrival of q fine baby
boy at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Milne, residents of Turtle Back noun
tain, lat least 900 feet above sea level)
Mother aud child both getting along
nicely. ORCAs
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14
Our Steamer Service.

Several changes will be made in a
week or two in the time and course OF
the boats belonging to the B. B. Steam
boat & Transportation Co. They own
the Bay City, Island Belle and May
Queen. When the change occurs the
Bay City will leave here at p. N. and
get to Seattle at 6 o'clock next morn
ing. She will leave Seattle at $50 the
same morning and get here at $50 in
the evening. The Island Belle will be
taken off the run to Seattle and run
trv-weekly on the Whatcom, Sidney,
Victoria route, calling at all points on
the route.-Reveille.
This service will be of great benefit
to the islands on account of the trade
that can now be established with our
British Columbia eghbors. Hereto
fore this business has nearly all gone TO
other sections on account OF our not
having adequate and direct steamboat
facilities. This change will also leave
the LYDIA Thompson with but very
little opposition on her run and she
will secure nearly all OF the business
as she Justly deserves. No first-class
steamer can be run at a profit among
these islands if the business of the run
is divided among two or three ooats. II
the residents of this county desire to
have an A. service they must patron
lie our regular boat and stay by it. The
Lydia Thompson is by far the neates'
and fastest steamer that has been on
this run since the establishment OF the
island mail route. She is kept clean and
neat in every part and her table service
ia first-class and unsurpassed by any
hoat on the Sound. She is commanded
by Capt. Frank Worth, who is one o.
the most reliable and best known cap
tains on the coast, and Thompson Bros
her owners, are both accommodating
and pains-taking gentlemen, who look
out for the comfort and enjoyment O. :,
their passengers and see too 1t that al
the freight intrusted to their care re
ceives most careful handling and very
prompt delivery.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14
Dressing Poultry for Market.

Poultry should be kept without food
for twenty-four hours. Full crops in.
jure the appearance and are liable to
sour, and when this does occur, lower
prices must be expected than choice
stock will bring. Never kill poultry by
wringing the neck. To dress chickens
kill by bleeding in tie mouth or open
ing the veins of the neck. Hang up by
the feet until properly bled. Leave the
head and feet OIL and do not remove in
testines or crop. Scalded chickens sell
best to home trade and dry picked best
to shippers, so that either manner OF
dressing will do if properly done.
For scalciing chickens the water
should be as near the boiling point as
possible without boiling. Pick legs dry
before scalding. Hold 10y the head and
legs and immerse and lift up and down
three times. If the head is immersed
it turns the color of the comb and gives
the eyes shrunken appearance, which
leads buyers to think the fowl has been
sick. The feathers and pin feathers
should then be removed Immediately
very Clearly and without breaking the
skin; then "plump" by dipping ten
seconds in water nearly or quite boiling
hot and then put Immediately into
cold water. Hang in cool place until
the animal heat is entirely out. To dry
pick chickens properly the work should
be done while the chickens are bleed
ing. Do not wait and let bodies get
cold. Dry picking is much more easily
done while the bodies are warm. Be
careful and do not break and tear the
skin. In dressing turkeys observe the
same instructions as given for prepar-
ing chickens, but always dry pick.
Dressed turkeys, when dry picked,
always sell best and command better
prices than scolded lots.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14

The wife of Mr.. Leonard Wells, of
East Brimfield, Mass, had been suffer
ing from neuralgia for two days, not
being able to sleep or hardly keep still,
when Mr.. Holden, the merchant there
sent her bottle of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, and asked that she give it a
thorough trial. On meeting Mr.. Wells
the next day he was told that she was
all right, the pain had left her within
two hours, and that the bottle of Pain
Balm was worth S. 90 if it could not be
had for less. For sale at so cents per
bottle by all druggists.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14

Jeweler. az

B. w. Holloway, Matchmaker and
Jeweler. '
Mr.. r. L. Davis, of Richardson, was
In town, Saturday.
Judge Winn came over from What
com on the Thompson, today.
Mr.. ]. A. Gould returned from Tao
oma and Seattle, last Saturday.
Mr.. c. E. Cantine, of Lopez, was in
the Harbor, Monday, on business.
Mr.. Chas. F. Repath, of Seattle, ar
rived on the Thompson yesterday.
Mr.. John s. McMillin, of Roche Har-
Dor, has gone to California, OH business.
Attorney Thos. G. Gewman, of New
Whatcom, arrived ON the Thompson,
today.
Mr.. M. R. Noftsger returned from a
business trip to up-Sound cities, last
Saturday.
New furniture store. Fine stock. 1925
Elk ST., Whatcom. ]. 81. Whaling.
proprietor.
The board of examiners began the
work of examining teachers for certifi-
Gates today.
Miss Allie Gould, of Tacoma, is in
the Harbor visiting her brother J. A.
Gould and family.
Hon. F. c. Harper, of East Sound,
was passenger on the Thompson,
Tuesday on his way to Seattle, on bust
ness.
Mr.. joni Davidson, of Cass Co., ILL.,,
is in the Harbor, the guest of his old
friends Judge w. H. Thacker and
family.
Mr.. John A. Devlin, manager of the
Island Packing Co., of this piece, left
for his home in Astoria, on the Utopia,
Sunday.
Miss Flora Guard has closed her
school at English Camp, and is now
visiting her sister, Mrs. G. E. Hackett,
of this place.
Notice is called to the change in the
advertisement of the MacDougall &
Southwick Co., of Seattle, the largest
Dry Goods house on the Sound.
Mr.. Chas. A. Phelps, of Richardson,
who is experimenting the construction
of the wharves, buildings, scows etc.
for the Oceanic Canning Co., of Rich
ardson, was in the Harbor, Monday.
When in Fairhaven, call on Monta-
que & McHugh and you will receive
courteous treatment and good goods for
little money They carry full line of
Dry Goods, Notions, Carpets, Clothing,
Boots and Shoes, etc.
This office is indebted to Mr.. B. w.
Holloway for mess of the finest noun
tain trout we have ever cast our optics
on. They were caught by Mr.. Hollo-
way in Friday creek, small stream
tributary to the Skagit river. THE Is
LANDER considers this pretty rich pro-
vinder for hotel feed.
Sheriff Newton Jones went to What
com, Tuesday, and returned yesterday
with r. Fl. Straub, convicted of the
murder of Leon Lanterman and who,
unless granted new trial, which now
seems very improbable, will have sem
tence passed upon him by Judge J. r.
Winn to-day or tomorrow.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14
HOW TO PREVENT GROUP.

SOME READING THAT WILL PROVE
INTERESTING TO YOUNG MOTHERS.
HOW TO GUARD AGAINST THE DIS
EASE.
Group is q terror to young mothers
and to post them concerning the cause,
first symptoms and treatment u the
object of this item. The origin OF Group
is a common cold. Children who are
subject to it take cold very easily and
Group is almost sure to follow. The
first symptom is hoarseness; this Is
soon followed by peculiar rough
cough, which is easily recognized ano
will never be forgotten by one who has
heard it. The time to act is when the
child first becomes hoarse. If Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy is freely given
ali tendency to Group will soon disap-
pear. Even after the croupy cough has
developed it will prevent the attack.
There is no danger in giving this RENE
DIV for it contains nothing injurious.
For sale by all druggists.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14
LOPEZ ISLAND NEWS NOTES.

G. T. Butler returned on Monday
last.
Mrs. Mitchell went away on Satur.
day last.
Mr.. Violet returned from Seattle on
Tuesday.
Mr.. Dieffenbaugh left on the Thomp-
son, on Saturday.
Rev. J. M. c. Warren went to Seat
tie on Tuesday.
Mr.. Samuel Taylor went to the Bay
Cities on Monday.
Mrs. Anna Cantine left for Helena,
Montana. ON Thursday.
Mr.. A. F. Shaded went away on the
Thompson, on Thursday.
The steamer Roche Harbor came in
for boom of logs on Sunday.
Oscar Weeks and his little niece Eva
Rhoder came in on the Thompson last
Friday.
Two of the sisters of charity of Port
Townsend were on the island the first
of the week.
Messrs Warner and Dwight went to
Seattle on business the first of the
week and returned Friday.
Sol. Blake, who has been in Alaska
all Summer on a fishing and hunting
trip returned OH Monday. ANON.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14

Inc following Is a correct report of the
Standing of the pupils in the school OF
district No. 8. for the month ending Nov.
LIST, 1895:
RoOM@EIdHTH GRADE-GEN. AVERAGE.
Julia Brown.......62 Abbie Nichols. SO
bulan Thacker......68 Anna Mullis..... 76
SEVENTH GRADE.
Ada Mullis... ......6l Mary Middleton. 10
Sadie Middleton...72 Lida Chatterton... .S2
May Sweeney. .....79 Willie Sweeney. .76
Loyal Larson.....H
SIXTH GRADE.
Lillian Ruthlefsen IS Lottie Chatterton. rs
Esther Fowle.......75 Alice Gilliland. so
Daniel BrOwn.......75 Roy Larson.........7 II
Forest Dyer-........75 Ernest Gill... go
Chester Clinton....8 John Gilliland. rs
Warren Dightman......5S
FIFTH GRADE.
Matilda Higgins...65 Ida Little...... II
Bertha Dyer. ........88 Laura Wright. rs
Alice Boyce. ........ 81 Edna LarsOn.... so
Eyeilne king........S6 Ernest Wright......54
Alfred Coffelt........8 Launor Carter. .... 80
Leslie Douglas......69 James King.
Frank Mullis......8O
The following received 100 in both at
Ida Little, Lillian Ruthlefsen, May Swee-
ney, Alice Gilliland, Sadie Middleton.
ROOM FOURTH YEAR
Martin Nichols.....9 Raymond Clinton SO
Willie Ross-......88 Josie Sweeney......72
Frank Higgins......69 John Little......66
John Sweeney......66
THIRD YEAR.
Ella Thacker. ~.....85 Emma Nichols. .83
Lydia COffelt........S Susie Lee.....75
Ella Dyer-.........8l Graham Ross. ....7l
Earl Higgins......62
SECOND YEAR
Otis Murray........9l Sarah King.
Eddie Gilliland-...83 jeff Stugeon......s3
Raymond King-..8l Dora BrOwn.........7S
Amos Cofelt.........76 Willie Little........6o
Ada Little......69
No report of first year.
The following were neither absent nor
tardy during the entire month: Frank
Wright, BERTHE Fowle, Cyrus Nichols.
Frank Nelson, John Douglas, Palmer
Burney, Lawrence Werner, Ira Larson,
Jennie Fowle, Ellen Mullis, jeff Stur-
geOn, Willie Little, Sarah King, Emma
Nichols, John Little, Raymond Clinton,
Martin Nichols, Josephine Sweeney.
J. NJ. HATCHER, Teachers.
MRS. G. M. HAMMOND,
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14

OF setting out fruit trees. Less press.
ure OF business enables nurserymen Ia
get them out In better shape and to
handle them quicker, and the climate
Is less tickle. Tito be healed in, do not
leave them exposed to frosts and dry
ing winds.
Go among your orchard trees often
enough to perceive their wants. There
is work to be done peculiar to each
month. Clean up the winfalls now,
and, If the tree is overburdened, gather
and market some of the fruit. This is
the season to gather the brush, briars,
large weeds and robber sprouts for a
bonfire.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14
GENERAL AVERAGE;
FARM NOTES.

Horses doing ordinary work drink
from seven to nine gallons Of water .
day, oxen nearly as much, but cows
warmly housed and deeply MIXED re-
quire more. Very injurious to animal
health is organic filth dissolved or sus-
pended in the water, and cattle should
have none but the freshest and purest.
It is more and more generally adj
mitted that the fall is the better time
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14

will soon be brought to Richardson and
oeached, when it will be re-painted and
ntted up for the company's use. The
gentlemen composing the company are
showing commendable enterprise in
pushing their constructions and when
their work is complete, San Juan coun-
" Will have a canning plant within it's
boundaries, in capacity, second to none
in the northwest.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14

WANTED:-Several trustworthy gen.
uemen or ladies to travel in the state
OF washington for established, reliable
house. Salary $3.50 and expenses. Steady
position. Enclose references and self-ad-
dressed stamped envelope. The Domin-
ion Company, Third Floor, Omaha Bldg,
Chicago. Ill.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14
FOR SALE.

One span No. work Horses, one
wagon and one set double harness.
The above can be had cheap. For par
ticulars enquire of Nash & Coffin, Ar
gyle, Wash.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

The fourth quarterly exami nation OF
applicants for Teachers certificates will
be held i'm the court house, in Friday
Harbor. San Juan Co., WASH, Novem-
Der 14th, 18th and 10Th, 1895.
THEO. L. DYER,
Supt. Of Schools.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14
FARM LOANS WANTED.

A few desirable farm loans of $500 and
upwards wanted. Money on hand. In
terest payable at Friday Harbor. Apply
to SAN JUAN COUNTY BANK.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14
MONEY TO LOAN.

$500 to loan on improved farm.
Money constantly on hand for good
loans FREDERICK PETTIBONE,
Fairhaven, Washington.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14

Say Herman, you want to get q pair OF
those fine dancing pumps at the Blue
trout Store before the next dance. Like
everything else they are sold away down
at the Blue Front
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14

Watch, clock and jewelry repairing done
in first-class manner at HOlloway's jew
elry establishment in Friday Harbor.
Spectacles fitted; satisfaction guaranteed.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14

The following is the report Of school
in District No. 8, for the term ending
November l, 1895.
Number of days taught..................-.... 80
Number Of pupils enrolled. ...................M
Per cent of attendance...........
Number of cases of Hardness . 6
Number of visitors ...........15
Those neither absent nor tardy are;
Beecher Smith, Alfred Smith, Agnes
Smith, Addie French and Sarah French.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14

Gunda Markstrom89 Waldo MarkStromS5
Laurie Stillman..... 90
The following names are on the Roll OF
Of Honor for being neither absent, tardy
nor below 100 in department for the term:
Ada Xix Clarence Rose, May Glassop
and Albert Hix.
LILLE A. MARoLD, Teacher
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14

Ans Between Seattle and Whatcom
San Juan Islands,
SOUTH BOUND.
LEAVES

LEAVES
Whatcom........4a m
East Sound....7 .. m.
Roche Harbor 10 . N
Friday Harbor11 . M
Townsend...4:SO p m
Arrive wHATCOM
At.......S pm.
An M~u- n-nn~
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-11-14
School Report. District No. 10.

The following is the general average for
0 standing Of pupils in district No. 10, or
q term ending Nov. 9Th, 1895.
The evening world., 1895-06-29

Again the sick babies awake to find
the skies heavily overcast with for.
bidding clouds this morning, but that
did not dishearten them nor their
mothers. weary with long weeks work
ana heat, nor the little brothers and
sisters who had been looking forward to
tnis DAY ana the outing they were to
enjoy on "The Evening Worlds" float.
ing playground, with its swinging cribs
hobby horses, sweet music and splendid
lunch.
They knew that the floating plav-
ground on the great white barge viii.
lam Myers. the best Of the craft of the
Nyers Navigation Company. was rooted,
ana that rain or shine they would have
ample protection from the elements and
DAY OF unalloyed sport In the cool
Eephyrs from of the water.
30 they flocked down to the piers.
Eleventh street. North River, and Third
street. East River. and when Capt,
Minogue, of the barge. signalled to
skipper Ball. Of the fast tug Genesta,
the floating playground was thronsed
with little people and their mothers.
Messrs. Chas. Younger, Thos B. Quinn
and A. Hoffman. were we'll supported
by Policemen Lawrence +. Coleman
and Augustus Nelson in receiving tho
throng on board and disposing of them,
and Mrs. Mary Younger. Mrs. Carrie Has
selberger. Mrs. Wetzel and Mrs. Lizzie
Saddler. "The Evening World" matrons,
Immediately began a long. hard days
work in caring for the weaker women
and the little invalids.
In Jiffy the thirty-slx cradIe-ham-
mocks. swinging. from the roof beams
OF the upper deck. were filled with the
excursionists, soothed and lulled into
sweet refreshing sleep by the cool seph-
yrs that came Up over the waters from
before the moorings were slipped and
the final start made for Sylvan Beach.
Meantime dozen very little men took
The evening world., 1895-06-29
JOSEFA'S VENGEANCE.
Pamch0 Changed to the Eyes of Ernst
in the TtUi,akcling Of an Eye.

Tue nrst that people knew Of Touchup
shs photographer. was At the Institute
Fair, where he had . conspicuous cor
nsr to himself. decorated so bewilder-
lnSly with the latest. the largest and
the most daringly pastelesque Of photo
graphic creations that the remunerative
contingent above referred to paused.
stopped and stared incredulously at pic
turesQus representations Of utterly un-
might detect the snubnose. the timber
5aw-but nowhere . mole. . blotch. a
wrinkle. . hollow cheek and . too
prominent molar process. All-all were
suggestive Of youth and grace and dra-
matic elegance OF posture.
Along about this time Pancha's father
wrote from Chapitoula-
Anita" said Pancha that evening.
gliding lazlly into tho velvety Spanish
she was positively forbidden to utter.
papa says 1 must send them some pic
lures of myself"
"No?" assented Anita, with a. pro-
nounoed an expression as her Spanish
courtesy would allow to escape; but
that IL simple. Panchita"-then shaking
herself back into English-'I am sure
you will wish a new dressf No'"
'Si. si. Anita, mia!" cried the girl. soft
ly excited; no Sc OF what; you will
come with me-we will purchase man
ana Mop
"Manana! mananaw Anita laughingly
unclasped the arms thrown about her
shapely mock. And when are you to
learn English. little friend? Is that TO be
manana. also? Everything is manana
with you Mexicans-nothing is to-day.
Would you have ell padre angry when
3ou return to the coffee plantation. after
Q whole year in San Francisco with the
good sisters. speaking no better English
than thisf'
Pancha huSgsd her friend psnitently.