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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02

A fatal accident occurred at Bryant.
Link Campbell had been boring a well on
his farm. He had reached the depth OF
ITO feet and struck a pocket Of dry sand
MIR. Campbell started to go down, but be-
fore he had been let down half the dis.
lance he was overcome by foul gas ana
!ell. The wOrkmen did not suspect the
cause Of his falling, and one Of them
Charles Chapman, asked to be let down
that he might render assistance. Fortu-
nately he was dashed to the rope and Vas
hauled up unconscious. Graphing hooks
we're procured and the body of Mr.. Camp
pell was hauled up after it had lain at the
bottom Of the well for three hours. The
carbon dioXide gas undoubtedly came in
from the pocket of dry sand. Campbell
was between 80 and 40 years of age and
leaves a widow.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
TO Repeat the Herd LAW.

ne repeal OF the present herd law Will
he an important question before the next
State Legislature and probably in some
localities an Important issue IN the cam
palgn next fan. Wheat raising in some
parts "i The state is becoming a secondary
matter with the farmers. who have found
by experience that stock raising is mucl
more profitable and ie,S labor connected
with 1t than With exclusive wheat farming
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
Robbers Make a So, 600 Haul.

San Francisco special: Three masked
men held NY 3 k:ssi0A street car retnrn-
ing from lng.ande and robbed Richard
Clarke, an employe of the Pacific Coast
Jockey Club, of the days receipts, about
IS, 900. Clarke and two other men were
shot by the robbers. but it is believed
none of the wounds will prove fatal, al
though Clarke will probably lose one Of
his iaUS
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
She Got 5000.

In the suit brought by Mrs. Sarah Rich
ardsOn at Sioux Falls against the mem
bers OF the board of Burke Township for
5000 damages for false Imprisonment,
the jury awarded 5000 damages. 1t is
probable that another damage suit grow
ing out of the same trouble will be
brought.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
Queen Lii Acts Like a Good Girl.

San Francisco, Cal, special: Advices
from Hawaii are to the effect that Presi-
dent Dole and his Cabinet are so we'll
pleased with the way in which eX-Queeu
LiliuOkalani has conducted herself since
her release on parole that the granting of
a full pardon to her is under consider
Alton
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
A Bad Man ut Pierre.

VIM Crockett, IA cowboy. attempted 10
play bad man in Pierre. He opened fire
Oh Policeman johnson, who was attempt-
ing TO serve a warrant for a petty oifense
on INN, and a half dozen shots were ex-
ciiaiged on the crowded street. but no one
was injured. Crockett then ran for the
river and escaped TO Fort Pierre.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02

After being out nearly forty hours the
jury in the Du Fran murder case at Tyn-
dali returned a verdict of guilty. Du
Fran was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
Bound Over for BURGLARY.

j.. +. Levers and Thomas Il. Wells were
bound over to the circuit court at Aher.
deem IN the sum Of 500 for burglary. The
former gave bonds and the latter went to
Toll
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02

Dr. l.. Milllron, a prominent Chamber.
lain dentist, well known throughout the
central and southern portion of the state
has disappeared.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
Christmas Tragedy at Chicago.

Chicago special: During a quarrel in a
butcher shop over the changing OF a
bill, William Dayton shot and fatally
wounded Joseph Cohen, and seriously
wounded Matthew Cohen. Dayton was
arrested.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
Shot His Wite's Paramour.

Chester, Pa. special: James Cook shot
and killed Marshal Jones in South Chcs-
ter. Both men are colOred. Cook accused
Jones of intimacy with his wife.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
Hot Springs New Mill.

The roller Touring mill at Hot Springs
is now completed and running. 1t IS one
OF the finest mills in The northwest and
will compete for business all through the
west.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
MGR. Katzer's Mother Dead.

Milwaukee special: Mrs. Bertram
Katzer, mother Of Archbishop Katzer,
idied from the effects of old age. She was
leigbty
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
Stepniak Dead.

London special: Serglus Siepniak, the
celebrated Russian, WAS killed by the
cars while walking over The tracks at
CieS wick.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02
Geo. Garner Dead.

George Garner was instantly killed at
Tyndall. His head was crushed by a loo
falling of a wagon. He was a prominent
farmer.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-02

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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06

paws and lakes, patches of enchanting
scenery, such an abundance of both
land and water game, to say nothing
ol the perpetual green and feed grow.
ing the year round for stock. And no
osher portion of this, the most favored
OF states, possesses the above mentioned
dressings to the degree the islands &C.
cupylng the northwestern portion of
fuget Sound do, and among the more
notable of the group might be mention
eu Orcas and San Juan islands. The
nrst thing to be done is to let the peo-
pie know the exact truth about the
state, which the Immigration Commits
son should do by sending us informa-
tioii OF the resources, the climate and
cohdltlons of each part or portion there
OF. Then let each citizen constitute
himself committee of one to see to it
that his friends in the east are con-
stantiy and correctly advised of the
conditions here. Do it by personal let
ter or send copy of your local news
paper now and then when it contains
an Item throwing light on the question.
You must help, I must help and we
must altogether help in bringing to the
knowledge of eastern friends the re-
sources of this wonderful and glorious
Puget Sound country. LITTLE P.-I.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
PORT STANLEY NEWS ITEMS.

Mr.. G. III. Hastin was in Port STAN
ley on business last week.
The genial face of Mr.. Violet was
seen in Port Stanley last week.
Mr.. Julius Schroeder made a business
trip to Friday Harbor, last week.
Messrs Ed. Blowers and Andrew
Dleffenbach are getting out fish trap
piles on Mr.. p. Conahan's place.
Mr.. A. T. Erb and r. M. Kalberg
are putting fine. sawed picket fence
OH the line between their places.
If cannerymen had been aware of the
abundant supply of water at and near
Port Stanley there would have been a
cannery here ere this.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bolton, Mr..
Lew Bolton and Miss Lena Bolton, of
II. N. Jesper, Sunday.
Mr.. H. N. Jesper and Mr.. John
Troxel have purchased all the pile tim
Der on Messrs w. III. Bells, Adam
DEEMS and Julius Schroeder's ranches
and have a force of five men a work
getting out fish trap piles from 40 to
20 feet long.
The question for debate at the Port
Stanley De batting Society this evening
is; resolved that there is no justifiable
reason for the United States treasury
deficit. Affirmative, f. G.. TroXel and
Harvey Butler; negative, H. N. Jesper
and Edmund Cochran. LANDSLIDE.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
A COrker on the Iowa Man.

EDITOR ISLANDER:-I am too much
in the habit of rushing into print, but
here is one that is too good to keep. A
tendertoot from the big prairies of
Iowa landed at E aassts T ssU9.nad q few days
ago for the purpose of buying some
land, while walking along by Mr..
Showers garden he was admiring the
vegetables when his eye caught sight
of big kelp that had been dragged
up from the beach and left in the gar
den by some of the school children; he
stopped, caught his breath and leaned
up against the fence and said, "What's
that?" He was informed that it was an
Australian parsnip. "Well, WE'LL" he
said, chow do you pull them, with
jackscrews? What a fine country this
would be to grow sugar beets, where
parsnips grow thirty feet long " eyes"
said the wag, THAT has been tried and
busted every man that tackled it."
Chow is that" said the man from
Iowa, whose eyes were hanging out
by this time. "Couldn't get donkey
engines enough" donkey engines p
quoth the man from Iowa, "why do
they want donkey engines?" "To pull
them with, you see, an acre of beets,
as they grow here, is all that one en-
CINE can pull in season, and the cost
of machinery eats up the profit" The
man from Iowa took off his hat put it
under his arm and started for the
wharf. DELTA.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
LET US BESTIR OURSELVES.
We Should Shake the Moss From Our
Backs and DO Something to
Help Ourselves.

FRIDAY HARBOR, Feb. 5, 1895.
EDITOR ISLANDER, Dear Sir-After
a supreme effort to overcome my ex-
treme modesty against counting news
paper notoriety, 1 have come to the
conclusion that it is about time for FRI
day Harbor anu San Juan county to
arouse themselves from the Innocuous
desuetude in which they are falling
and now is as Opportune time as any
for US to do so. We have had state
immigration convention and their lab
Ors are now practically delegated to
county organizations, of which great
things ought to he expected. We are
beginning to see reports of the good
work already commenced in other
counties, so now let us in San Juan
also keep up the refrain. Our county
commissioners appointed delegates to
that state convention, and L nave no
doubt they were proud of the honor,
they have bob-knobbed with the ''Guv-
ner" and possibly ate hash with him
las l have done myself) and they had
the benefit of the experience of that
convention. Now l think they should
bestir themselves and give us the bene-
fit of that experience, and not let the
matter drop entirely. We know these
gentlemen are busy men, and all are
adapts at figuring interest, in fact are
fond of it, but what better impulse to
their talent could they desire than a
steady stream of immigration. think
the question is deserving a good deal Of
steady and persistent work OH their
part. We are naturally selfish, and
am no better than the rest, in fact we
are all after The nimble nickle, but
don't let us sit around here and live off
each other entirely, trading legal
knowledge for potatoes, medicine and
printers ink for wood, and so on, but
do our best to encourage others to come
here, swear by San Juan county and
her possibilities, and let the world hear
US and if we keep on persistently at
that the people are sure to come and
with them the money. We are some
what scattered as county but that
should be 10 drawback as boat is far
preferable at any time to the roads on
the mainland. Let us get together and
work, and / would suggest that these
committeeman sail meeting of the
whole county, with no uncertain
sound, give the people sufficient notice
and call especial attention to the ur-
gency of the case, lin fact make a spec
ial effort and then some suitable or
ganization can be effected and pushed
intelligently. Let us open our mouths
wide and we may perchance get them
half filled. for one will gladly put
up share of the expense attached to
such call. Yours truly,
HUSTLER
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
VALLEY GLEANINGS.

A. F. Ackley is getting out another
scow load of wood for use at Roche
Harbor.
Jack Kelly's familiar figure is again
seen behind the counters of the Maddi-
son store.
Captain c. w. Shain, of the schooner
Echo, darkened our threshold the first
of the week.
Our genial road supervisor, Major J.
w. Firth, was down from Roche Har-
Dor, last week.
Mr.. Everett Woodin is introducing
the American Tract Society's literature
here, at present. He will start Sum
day school at the South End school
house shortly.
There will be spelling match held
at the No. l school house, Saturday
evening, Feb. s. All are cordially in
vited, and as several crack spoilers are
expected from Friday Harbor, an in
teresting contest is looked for.
ELDORADO.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
Birthday Party.

On Saturday afternoon last Miss Ella
ThackerScelebrated her tenth birthday
at the home of her parents, on Spring
street, by treating her young friends
to one of the most pleasant birthday
parties ever given in Friday Harbor.
The young people were nearly all as
sembled at p. N. and from that time
until 5 o'clock the parlors of the
Thacker residence were scene of
gaiety and merriment. During the
afternoon Mrs. Thacker provided the
little folks with lunch that the most
dainty might envy. The following is
a list of those present: Otis Murray,
Rex Hammond, Ella Mullis, Emma
Nichols, Cyrus Nichols, Joe Sweeney,
Jennie Fowle, Myrtle Sturgeon. JEFF
Sturgeon, Louise Wright, Nellie Motifs
ger, Agnes Wright, Earl Higgins, Susie
Lee, Frank Higgins, Ella Dyer, Josie
Sweeney, Allie Sweeney, Ruby Ross,
Graham Ross, Willie Ross. Dimple
Kelley, Eddie Gilliland, Frank Chilli
land. Launor Carter. Ray Clinton, AT
via Carter, Lettie Carter, Lawrence
Werner and Irwin Jones.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
OLGA ITEMS.

Mrs. Willis departed by the Buckeye
Monday morning, to be absent few
days.
Mrs Pain returned by the Thompson,
Monday evening, from Lopez. She re-
ports all well at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. T. Butler.
To the regret of many Mr.. William
Bailey contemplates departing from us
for the pursuance of his trade in AS
toria or elsewhere for the season.
Saturday the Thompson carried away
from us Miss Beatrice Willis, who has
returned to her duties in Seattle. The
good wishes of host of friends here
follow her.
John Mcdonald is enthusiastic over
the friendIiness and good cheer he met
with recently while spending a night
with some friends over in the Doe Bay
neighborhood.
Mrs. Harry Bailey and daughter ar
rived from the Bay Cities by the Buck
eye, Friday morning for week or
two's sojourning amidst TRENDS ana
pure mountain air.
Mr.. O. HI. Culver, associate. press
agent and special correspondent for the
P0st-Tntelligencer, at Whatcom, re-
GENTLY passed few days respite mere
from, his arduous and multifarious la
bors.
Miss Leare Bailey afforded the audi
o,oa of the Cascade Lyceum some
hiph-class entertainment Saturday eve
nino by the rendering of an operatlc
selection, accompanying hefseii Ihe
time by her guitar.
The Olga store-keeper has agreed to
nav q cash prize to the person furnish
no the two handsomest Easter eggs.
ne Esbibits will be received until March
1stb The contest is open to all. From
aortain proceeds in connection, $I VIII
Sa sr;uan the homeIiest old bachelor,
o ~ so cents to the old bachelor having
tbe fullest and finest set OF Whiskers.
Write ssstore" for particulars.
notwithstanding the inclemency OF
.ha weather. which undoubtedly pre-
.antad a number of friends from at
tendinc the Olga Sunday School enter
ta;nment given by the ladies last frl-
dav evening, proved, nevertheless,l Q
Great success both socially ana nIla 4.
eeia I The numbers on the program
v we're heartily enjoyed and the entnusi,
ssn, displayed in bidding for possession
as the u7 baskets was most gratifying.
Net proceeds, $40.
Thare never was time when more
conid he done to advertise norlnwess Z
e ep Washington in q judicloas anu Tha
t heInf,,i manner than the present. Inc
ne ne, II times which have prevailed every,
Where throughout the country VIII
WI, Wne additional hardships experience ea
~ ine tha drouth stricken sections nave N;.
made the people dissatisfied WIN '4 4e;.
eon r;na and summer will see tremen,
spr ,,s tide of immigration pouring "
I IOWA where i such good rich soil as 9,
s washington possesses, can De naa i hv
y a s;.ala and no other state where, ~
- cultivation, SO mucn can NJ NC ot her
ten : oa a'ossesses so delightful and heath
s s,1 ) Climate, so many beauti'ui fise''
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06

The little daughter of Mr.. Fred Weber,
Holland, Mass, had a very bad cold and
cough which he had not been able to cure
with anything. [ gave him Is cent bot
tie Of Chamberlain'sCough Remedy, says
w. P. Holden, merchant and postmaster
at West Brimfield, and the next timeI saw
him he said it workad like charm. This
remedy IS intended especially for acute
throat and lung diseases such as colds,
group and whooping cough, and it is fam
Gus for it's cures. There is no danger in
giving it to children for it contains moth
ing injurious. For sale by all druggists.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
LOCAL AND Personal.
Murray is selling out.

10 selling out.
,s B. W. Holloway, Matchmaker an5
mr.. Jas. Burke made Anacortos ,
orief visit last week. eoi'es
on, ddie,u.enant Carbon is in Port Towns
emu this week, on business. " "s
MT. Isaac Sandwich, of Roche Har
oof' was In town Tuesday.
MI; g. B. briggs now has cbaroo :,
TIE trading Co.'S. dock and warehous %
Mr.. Samuel Gross, Of Roche Harhor
day. business, Mon
Thompson Brothers are putting a
new moor on the lower deck of t6ei,
New furniture store. Fine stock 1oo5
ELK ST., Whatcom. j. IT Wha,; ;n'
proprietor. A"iiig'
MRS Il. Z. Willis, of Olga, is i'm the
1arpor the guest of DR.. and Mrs.
Geo. S. Wright. - o
mrs; ); Blythe and daughter Helen.
OF OF Biakely island, are guests at the Bav
View hotel this week.
Mrs. M. A. Woodruff of this place
Went TO Anacortes last week and made
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Thomas a short
visit. Aoi
1t is reported that large English
vessel went ashore near Port Townsend
during the storm on the Straits. Tues
day night.
Col. u. 0. Haller, of Seattle, owner
OF the Haller block, is i'm the Harbor
on business and is registered at the
Bay View hotel.
Mr.. Fred Thompson is going to his
home airport Angeles, again tomorrow.
He says it is for the purpose of replen-
ishing his wood pile.
Preparations are being made for a
grand time at the masque ball to be
given in Union Grove hall, February
2lst, and many fine costumes are being
prepared to be worn OH that occasion.
Captain Harry Boline and wife, who
have resided i'll Seattle for the past few
months are again located in Friday
Harbor. AS soon as the fishing season
opens Capt. Boline will once more take
command of the steamer Michigan.
r. [. Morse, the we'll known What
com hardware merchant, says he will
mo To of hn 81 10
spraying pumps this spring and will
sell the bucket sprayers at So so, instead
of $3.50, which was the price last sea-
son. Every fruit raiser should have
one.
Mr.. Chester Klieves, who has been
in the employ of the San Juan Trad
ing Co. for the past year or more has
resigned his position and last Tuesday
took the Thompson for Seattle, where
he will reside i'm the future. While
here Mr.. Klieves made many warm
friends who will much regret his leav-
ing but they one and all wish him the
best of success.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Belshe, of
West Sound, were passengers on the
Thompson, Tuesday, enroute for Port
Townsend. Mrs. Belshe, it will be re-
membered, received a severe injury
last summer by being thrown over all
embankment by an enraged COW and
from the effects. of which she has not
vet recovered, so she is being taken to
the hospital at Port Townsend where
she may receive better better care and n2edii-
cal attendance. Her many friends hope
for her speedy recovery and early re-
turn.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
Railway Rates.

In all article on railway rates, in the
Engineering Journal for January, Mr..
H. Il. Newcomb, of the United States
department of agriculture, say:
The progressive reduction in rates
since the introduction of railways,
which has been very great, is best illus
-tratedt by comparisons between the
prices of various iceaSmmodities during
successive periods and the rates corr
temporaneously charged for their trans
portatlon. The average export price
of flour was S5.88 per barrel in 1880,
and "a. IL in 1894, and the average rate
from St. Louis to New York 81 cents
and so cents respectively during the
same years. Comparing prices and
rates, it appears that in 1880 freight
charges absorbed the value of one bar
rel i'm every seven, but in 1894 only
one in every 8.22.
The average charge for carrying a
tor of freight one mile via thirteen of
the most important railways in the
United States during 1865 was 3.O8
cents; 1870, 1.90; 1875, 1.36; 1880, 1.Ol;
1885, O93; 1890, OFT; and 1893, 0.76
cents. These railways performed one
third of the entire freight transporta-
ton during 1893, and from the figures
given it appears that rs cents would
pay for as much transportation over
their lines in 1893 as could have been
obtained for $3.O8 twenty eight years
earlier.
The entire transportation performed
by the railways of the United States
during the twelve years ending June
80, 1894, was equivalent to moving 1885,
799, ST., 822 passengers and 8O7 1886 1882,
83S tons of freight one mile. Had rates
averaging as high as those of 1882 been
collected upon this traffic, the railways
would have earned $2,629, O43, 459 more
than they actually received.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
Gone To Her Last Resting Place.

Mrs. Nancy J. Lilly, aged 64 years,
died at her home in Friday Harbor, of
consumption, at $50 o'clock, Monday
morning, and was buried in the protes-
tant cemetery at 1870 p. m. yesterday,
the Rev. T. L. Dyer, of the Methodist
church delivering the funeral address.
Mrs. Lilly came here about four years
ago and has since that time lived alone
in her humble cottage on Spring street.
She has for many years been an untir.
ing worker in the Methodist church
and has always made many warm
friends wherever she has been. She
had no relatives living and only leaves
her many friends to mourn her loss.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
Blue Ribbon Temperance Lodge:

The Blue Ribbon Temperance Lodge
of Richardson, was organized on the
9th of January and has twenty-five
charter members who are all deeply IN
terested i'm the good work. With IN
creasing interest we feel that God Is
with us and has blessed our every eff
fort as he ever does those who trust
him. The officers are rs follows: Pre-
sident, l.. E. Carr; Vice-President, Mr.
Novantry; Secretary; Jane Buchanan;
Treasurer, J. L. Mervin; Chaplain, D.
Wilson I. B. III.