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The Advocate and news., 1899-03-01
Home-oured Meats.

Farmers have a decided advantage in
the fact that they can cure their own
meats at home. Home-cured pork and
homemade dried beef and cOrned beef
are far more desirable and palatable than
meats that are cured in large quantities
and possibly with the aid Of chemicals
The recent war with Spain has developed
so much talk about embalmed beef that
consumers will be reluctant for some
time to use factory-cured meats and es-
pecially canned meats. Hams painted
with creosOtum stain are very poor
substitute for the good old-fashioned
home-Cured and h0me-smoked hams, and
the dried beef OF commerce has nothing
Of the favor and nourishment Of home
cured and home-dried beef.
Farmers generally do their butchering
In late fall or early winter and If the
weather is cold the spare ribs and chine
pieces can be kept frozen or in a cold,
dry room until they are used as fresh
meats
The rest OF the meat will be picked or
salted down and when sufficiently cured
the hams will be taken from the pickle
and smoked and some OF the lean beef
dried. The pieces having the most bone,
such as spare ribs, chimes necks and
hooks should be used during the winter
and spring for they will not keep so well
during hot weather as less hony pieces.
A little sugar and litble saltpeter put
into the brine will improve the flavor
and the quality of the meat. The salt
peter will keep the meat from getting
hard and will help to preserve it and re-
tain its color and the sugar win add to
It's flavor. The smoke house should be
tight, dark and dry and have good
lock or good watch dog. Clean corn cobs
make good sm0uldering fire for smok-
ing meat and the smoking should be con-
tinued for several days until the meat is
well cured through. 1t can then be left
hanging In the smoke house until needed
for use.
If farmers are neighborly as they all
ways should be they can exchange pieces
Of fresh meats at butcherlng time and
the season OF fresh meats for thelF tables
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-01
settlnr > strawberry Red.

The selection OF the plants is very I'M
portant, to have good, thrifty plants Of
the previous seasons growth. You don't
want plants from an old bed that has
borne fruit, but from q new plantation
that has never borne any fruit These
plants should be trimmed Of all dead
leaves and runners, and IL 1t is a little
late the new leaves should be cut back
TO leave about two leaves, and the roots
should also be shortened to about 3h
or Inches. Our rule Is to take bunch
or plants In the hand, what we can hold
handlly, say t1ve or six, and even the
crowns up In your hand, shut your hand
and cut the roots OF at the heel Of your
hand, no matter how long they are. Then
che plants are slushed-that Is, dipped In
water and put in a basket, ready to be
taken to the fleld. In setting the plants
we don't want to go and drop lot OF
them along in the row, ahead of the
pianter; they should not be dropped any
faster than they are set. Professional
growers generally use tool, but II your
ground Is In proper condition you can
set with your hands, or you can take an
old ak with short handle and strike II
down In the ground, making wedge
shaped opening You take the plant, give
IL q Zip to make the roots fly out, and
aef &C so the roots will spread out In a
fan shape. Let the plant set no deeper
than Il set before: II II is set too deep
Il viii rot the heart OF the plant, and Il
lt Is set too shallow will dry out.
~. j., BChOasld.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-01
Gold storms and Butter Fat.

The Manhattan creamery received milk
on February 3, which, according to the
usual calculations, would make 288
pounds of butter; but when the cream
was separated and churned 1t yielded
only 227 pounds, or over II per cent
short Of the usual run. In looking for
the cause 1t was noted that on February
1, the weather turned cold and 1t showed
for two days. This goes to show that
dairy cows especially should be provided
with conditions as nearly uniform as
possible. Any sudden change in tenn
perature, feed or care may not perma-
nently affect the percentage Of butter
fat In milk, but 1t will cause a temporary
change both In quantity and quality, and
may In large measure account for the
fluctuations in the butter fat test ex-
perienced at so many Of our creameries.
d. II. OTIS.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-01
Some Good Dairy Pointers.

The following instructive hints to
farmers are from the Illinois Dairy Re-
port:
If the butter Is too soft feed the cow
some potatoes
Stringy milk can be cured by keeping
the cows clean.
Wash all milk vessels with cold water
before scalding.
Whitewashed stables mean fewer flies
and more milk.
If the butter is mOttled work it little
after sailing.
Many dairymen like an ounce Of salt
to the pound Of butter
Cows and horses should not be allowed
In the same pasture.
Richer feed does not mean richer milk;
1t means more milk.
Do not wet your hands when milking;
If you do you flavor the milk.
Heating milk to 1902 Pasteurizes 1t.
Stir 1t continually while hot.
When butter is poor don't blame the
COW. Blame your own want Of skill.
You waste 25 per cent Of your butter in
summer by not using separator.
Adding hot water to cream while
churning is the worst of all practices.
If the butter takes too long to come
add one to two fresh cows to the dairy.
Warm milk from the COW does not abb
sorb odors. While cooling keep it in
pure atmosphere.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-01
Range Cattle.

Ut will be very many years before the
ranges will again be stocked up to their
grazing capacity, and 1t is not at all
probable that they will ever again be
overstocked, as in the past. Cattlemen
zee ahead OF them an era Of prosperity
founded on more substantial basis than
their business has ever known before, but
they have learned the capacity OF their
respective ranges so as not to oVeresti-
mate them, and have, also, by providing
extensively an artificial water supply, ar
ranged to better and more fully utilize
the grazing areas Of the country. They
are also raising more feed than ever be-
fore, thereby diminishing the depen-
dence upon the native grasses.-Denver
Live Stock Record
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-01

would thus be materially heightened and
friendship and goodfellowship among
them be maintained. Farmers cannot
afford to buy their meat and pay the diff
ference between what 1t would cost them
to raise 1t and what 1t is sold for by the
town butcher and they should arrange in
advance every year to cure enough meats
for their own use and few surplus home
cured and home-smoked hams will al
ways bring a good price from town peo-
pie who prefer hOme-cured meats.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-01

The most implacable foe Of the pear
tree is the blight, which regards not the
seasons nor the territorial bounds theo-
retically set for or against 1t. And the
cause and cure for which l respectfully
decline to add anything to the already
long list Of theories, I am constrained to
believe, however, that we have no more
to fear from that source than those
within the recognized spheres of sue
cessful pear-growing Aside from one
Idaho tree which blighted to death the
third year from transplanting have had
comparatively little blight up to the pres
ent time---not enough to mar the tree
when removed and no worse than have
experienced with apple trees. / opine
that the greatest blunder we commit in
attempting pear-growing is to plant in
blue grass sod or hard ground and deny
the trees even moderate cultivation.
The pear does not naturally come into
bearing as young as is claimed for It,
but is more easily forced into bearing
than the apple tree by conditions which
unduly hinder its Wonted growth In
planting / aim to set two or three inches
deeper than the tree stood in the nursery,
and by keeping the ground loose about
the tree invite a system Of surface roots
emitted If possible from above the place
Of union of root and stem, believing that
1t is a poor tree that won't do we'll on
roots of it's own kind. aim to keep the
soil conditions favorable to growth in
keeping with the trees nature. / do not
view with alarm rapid growth in pear
trees as inviting disease or early decay,
and am unalterably opposed to the idea
of keeping trees of any kind in constant
check as promOtive Of health and long
Life. The open secret Of planting sue
cessfully is to cut back the top to CORE
spond with the loss Of roots in digging.
Often this cutting off the top to alter its
habits of growth is sheer folly, as it only
tends to thicken up the head with mass
Of limbs which are detriment rather
than benefit.
Without attempting to suggest pre-
ventive OF bllght-On account Of which
pear-grOwing must be accepted with
mixture Of at least small per cent Of
disappointment--I have practiced wash
ing the bodies OF my trees once in early
spring and once or twice during the sum-
mer with preparation made by boiling
until dissolved pound Of homemade
soap in a gallon or more Of water and
adding about one ounce of carbolic acid.
I have no theory as to the probable ben
eft Of this except to discourage a pos
sibIe attack from insects upon the body
of the tree. My treatment for the blight
is removing it as soon as discovered,
cutting with some degree Of courage be-
low the affected part near limb or bud,
with a view to the healing Of the wound
without needless delay. Friend
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-01

The number Of men engaged in agri-
culture In the world ia estimated at 2SO,-
100000.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-26
SHERIFES SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

By virtue of an order of sale issued out
OF the superior court of the state of Wash
ingtOn, for the county of San Juan, and to
ment rendered in said court on the 10th
day of December, A. d. 1898, in favor OF
The Oregon Mortgage Company, Limited
corporation, plaintiff, and against Pat
rick Welsh and Jane Doe Welsh his wife,
defendants, for the sum of 1856. so with in
terest at the rate of 10 per cent per annum
from said 10th day of December, A. D.
1893, and the further sum Of $500 attor-
ney's fees, and $3.50 costs Of suit, have
levied upon the following described real
estate, tO-wit:
The southwest quarter of the northeast
quarter and the south half of the north
west quarter of section one o., township
thirty-five (35) north of range four ~
west of Willamette meridian, containing
120 acres, situate, lying and being in San
Juan County, State of Washington.
Notice is hereby given that on Saturday
the 2Sth day of January A. D. 1899, at the
hour of IL o'clock a. m. of said day, at
the court house door, in Friday Harbor,
in said county of San Juan, will sell all
Patrick Welsh and Jane Doe Welsh, his
wife, defendants in and to the above de-
scribed real estate, at public auction, to
the highest and best bidder, to satisfy
said execution and all costs.
Given under my hand this 26th day OF
December, A. D. 1898. NEWTON JONES,
Sheriff Of San Juan County, Washing
ton.
Hastings & Stedman, Attorneys for
Plaintiff. Seattle. Washington.
First publication Dec 20, 1898.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-26
And The Times doesn't appear to be
much more favorably impressed with
the Tacoma candidate, for it saws:

HAS the Northwest Republican
Combination" encountered frost at
Olympia? The organization has a
most excellent opportunity to demon
strate its usefulness, If it has any, and
prove its claim to consideration as a
political factor by uniting the votes of
the Republican representatives of the
seven northwest counties in favor of
some one candidate for senator who
would, if elected, render valuable SER
vice to northwestern interests. But
that there is, in this direction, no unity
of purpose among the members is
manifest from the votes thus far taken.
Take Whatcom, Skagit, Island and
San Juan counties for instance. Two
of the four Republican member from
Whatcom vote for Wilson and two for
foster. One of the Skagit representa-
tives votes for Wilson and one for Eos
ter, while Joint Senator Hammer votes
for Foster. The Island county men,
Der votes for Humes as also does the
member from San Juan. If these
nine votes, together with the votes of
Snohomish, Jefferson and Clallam
counties, were given to one man they
would undoubtedly prove a very inn
portant factor in determining the re-
suit.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-26
SALE OF REAL ESTATE

By virtue of an order of sale issued out
OF the Superior court of the state of Wash
ingtOn for the county Of San Juan, and to
me directed and delivered, for judgment
rendered in said court on the 9th day of
December, A. D., 1898, in favor of l.. III.
Craver, plaintiff, and against Simon p.
Randolph and Catherine Randolph his
wife, defendants, for the sum of $577. 25
with interest at the rate of 10 per cent per
annum from said 9Th day of December A.
D. 1898 and the further sum of $28.85 at
torney's fees, and 5000 costs of suit, I
have levied upon the following described
real estate to-Wit:
Mineral survey No. 314, known as the
Sucia Island Stone Mine, in unorganized
mining district, San Juan County, State
of Washington. and containing one hum
dred and fourteen Q14) acres, more or
less.
Notice is hereby given that on Saturday,
the 18th day ofJanuary, A. d. 1899, at
the hour of 10 o'clock q. m. of said day. at
the court house door, in Friday Harbor.
in said county Of San Juan, will sell ali
the right, title and interest of the said
Simon p. Randolph and Catherine RAN
dolph, his wife, defendants in and to
the above described real estate, at public
auction, to the highest and best bidder. to
satisfy said execution and all costs.
Given under my hand this 18th day of
December, A. D. 1893. NEWTON JONES.
Sheriff of San Juan County, Washing
ton.
James NJ. Epler, Attorney for Plaintiff.
Seattle, Washington.
First publication Dec. %. 1898.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-26
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

By virtue of an order of sale issued out
of the superior court of the state of Wash
ingtOn, for the county of San Juan, and to
me directed and delivered, for a judgment
rendered in said court on the 10Th day of
December, A. d. 1898, in favor of the
Canada Settlers Loan and Trust Com
pany, Limited, a corporation, plaintiff
and against Pheba A. Rose, Joseph Rose
and Clarence Rose, minor children of
Joseph M. Ross, deceased; G. M. Tucker
and Jane Doe Tucker, his wife; Theodore
Tharald and Mary Doc Tharald, his wife;
Gilbert r. Steen and Jane Doe Steen, his
wife, defendants, for the sum of 81 .6O8.8S,
with interest at the rate Of 8 per cent per
annum from said 29th day Of December,
A. d. 1898, and the further sum of 500 at
torney's fees, and $40 costs of suit, have
levied upon the following described real
estate:
The northwest quarter of the southeast
quarter and the northeast quarter of the
southwest gu: ,er and the northeast quar-
ter of the southeast quarter of the south
west quarter and north half of Lot two
| t2), all in Section number thirty-three 1881
in Township numberedd thirty-six (36)
| north, Range two q, west, w. NJ, and
situate, lying and being in San Juan
| county, state of Washington.
| Notice is hereby given that on Satur
day, the 18th day of February, A. d. 1899,
a. the hour of 10 O'Clock a. M of said (lay.
| at the court house door. in Friday Harbor,
| in said County of San Juan, I will sell all
the right, title and interest Of the said
| Pheba A. Rose, Joseph Rose and Clar-
ence Rose, minor children of Joseph NJ.
Ross, deceased; C. M. Tucker and Jane
Doe Tucker, his wife; Theodore Tharald
| and Mary Doe Tharald, his wife; Gilbert
r. Steen and Jane Doe Steen, his wife, de-
PENDANTS, in and TO the above described
real estate, at public auction, to the highest
OF fn cOfi of ucoi6 CIV
| and all costs.
Given under my hand this 10th day of
January, A. D. 1899.
JOHN w. FIRTH,
Sheriff of San Juan County, Washington.
First publication January II, 1899.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-26

ANOTHER school district in this
county proposes to bond and calls for
bids for an issue of $500 for ten years.
fixing the maximum limit of interest
that Will be considered at ten per cent.
1t is not likely that it will be necessary
to pay so high rate, but if it should
be the amount of interest paid in ten
years will equal the face of the bonds.
Very likely the "good district fathersn
have considered the question in every
aspect, but it may be observed that as
a general thing it is seldom wise to
burden small district with a bonded
debt. The county has a bonded in
debtedness of S1a, 900 and very little to
show for it, but they are funding bonds
bearing only six per cent interest and
were sold to admit of the redemption
OF warrants issued under the ten per
cent law. An annual saving of $500. 90
Is effected, lit is given as $500 i'm the in
PRODUCTION to the auditors animal
statement rs published i'm pamphlet
form but as the bonds do not mature
for twenty years from the date of issue
the interest which the county will be
required to pay will aggregate SIS, 500
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-26
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION.
Tn tina aunerfor Court Of the State OF
washinoton. for San Juan County.
No. 49,
Totn Rnck1av Plaintiff.

Tn the Superior Court Of the State OF
washington. for San Juan County.
No. 10"
John Buckley, Plaintiff,
VS..
Charles A. Phelps and Mary =. Phelps,
husband and wife, defendants. Ia
The State of Washington, to the salu
Charles A. Phelps and Mary r. Phelps
Ynu are hereby summoned to appear
within sixty (6O] days after the GATE %
the first publications of this summons,
to-wit: within sixty 1901 days after the ot1
day of December, A. y. 1875, anu uoao n,,'
titled court, and answer the complaint OF
the plaintiff, and serve copy OF your an
swer upon the undersigned attorney Ior
nlaintiff at his office below stated; and IN
case of your failure so to do, Judgment
will be rendered against you according 10
been filed with the clerk OF said court.
The object of the above entitled action
is to obtain Judgment against the said de-
PENDANTS Charles A. Phelps and Mary n.
Phelps his wife, for the sum OF Two Hun
dred and Thirty-eight and Twenty-Five
One Hundredths($ 23S. 22)Dollars ana inter
est upon the note given by said de1eno-
ants to said plaintiff on the 4th day OF
April, A. D. 1895, and for Twenty-six and
Thirty-three One Hundredths $3.50 Dol
lars paid as taxes, penalties and interest,
by plaintiff, against the land hereinafter
mentioned and described. and for the
costs of this action, including an attor-
ney's fee of Twenty $500 Dollars.
Also PRAYING for a decree establishing
and foreclosing certain mortgage given
| to secure the payment OF the above in
| debtedness. and recorded in the mortgage
records of the Auditors Office of San Juan
county. state of Washington, in volume
| on page 242 thereof, and describing and
covering the following lands situated in
San Juan county, Washington, to-w1t:
The east one-half of the east one-half OF
| the northwest one-fourth of section eleven
| township thirty-four north, range No
| two west Willamette Meridian.
Also praying that in said decree the in
terest Of each Of the defendants in and to
said property be declared junior, inferior
and subordinate to plaintiffs interest
therein, and that the equity of redemp-
ton of each of the defendants be forever
barred and foreclosed, and for general
equitable relief.
III. s. KING,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
P. o. Address:-P. o. Box 80, Friday
Harbor, San Juan County Wash.
Date first publication Dec. 8, A. D. 1898.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-26

THE total Indebtedness of the county
including bonds to the amount of $751;
600, was approximately S14, 500 on the
first day of January, and OH the same
date delinquent taxes amounted to a
trifie over $4,000, more than three
fourths Of this delinquency being OH
the rolls of '95, '96, and '97. The am
cunt delinquent on the '97 roll alone
was IS ,553.93, out of total levy of $22, :
334.4l, or approximately sixteen per
cent. While this percentage of delin-
auency is much smaller than the aver
age in this state, it is larger than the
national average by at least six per
cent. and larger than it would seem
that it ought to be in this county.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-26
In its issue of January 10, The Coun-

In its issue of January 10, The Coun-
try Gentleman, the leading agricul-
tural journal of the United States, and
in no sense partisan paper, has this
to say of existing financial conditions
in its 'Crops and Markets" column.
ave are now creditor nation. Gold
is flowing hither from Europe. Elk
change is in our favor. and the balance OF
the trade in four years enriches us about
S2,O00,000 600. Seven years ago we were
borrowing gold to keep the treasury
from becoming bankrupt; now the
treasury is paying current expenditures
in gold, and neither buyers nor banks
want it. If this continues we shall be
flooded with money and the rate of in.
terest will Decline"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-26
Notice Of Application to Purchase Tide
Lands.
Office of Commissioner of Public Lands
OLYMPIA, Washington.

Office of Commissioner of Public Lands I
Olympia, Washington. !
Notice is hereby given that George L.
Gross, of Roche Harbor, Wash. has filed
an application in this Office to purchase the
following described Tide Lands, situate
in San Juan county, Washington, towlt:
All Tide Lands of the second class,
owned by the State of Washington, situate
in front of, adjacent to or abutting upon
the upland in front of that portion of Lot
for distance of 124 chains westerly
from where the boundary line between
Lots and intersects the U. s. meander
line. Also in front of said Lot for a
distance of 124 chains easterly from where
said boundary line between lots 5 and
intersects the U. s. meander line, said
Lots and being in Sec. %, Twp. SO N,
Range W., and having total frontage
of 25 lineal chains, measured along said
government meander line, according to
the. Surveyor Generals certified copy
Of field notes filed with said application
November 10, 1898.
Any person desiring to protest against
said application may do so within thirty
days from and after date Of first publica-
ton of this notice.
Date of first publication 22nd day of De-
cember, 1898. ROBERT BRIDGES
Commissioner Of Public Lands.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-26

The Chicago Record suggests that
Great Britain prove its loyal devotion
to the United States by lending Rud-
yard Klpling to the nation for while
to write poem about George Dewey.
Really it would seem that Rudyard
ought to be willing to grind out a few
breezy stanzas about the brave admiral
anyhow, if only to show his friendly
feeling for a distinguished citizen OF
his adopted state III this country.
Dewey is a Vermonter and Kipling's
wife. if we mistake not, is all Ameri.
can and he lived for some years al
Brattleboro, VT, where he owns, OF
did own, a home.