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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-07-12
WEAKER THAN GREELEY.
Statistics Puncture the Absurd Claims Q
Bryanarchists.

statistics Puncture the Absurd Claims Of
Bryanarchists.
Mr.. Bryan has frequently made the
claim that he received an unusually large
popular vote in 1896. Because Of the Oft
repeated assertions Of this character,
many people have been deceived into be-
lieving that Mr.. Bryan proved an excep-
tionally strong candidate and would have
been president If the popular vote had de-
termined the result. To correct an i'm
preston so at variance with the facts 1t
is only nee ssary to refer to the history
of presidential elections.
Mr.. F. II. Clifford has compiled the
presidential vote from the first campaign
Of Jackson in 1924 to the election in 1896
It will be a surprise to m my an ardent
Bryanarchist to know that the represent
alive Of the sacred ratio received the
smallest per cent Of the popular vote oil
any Democratic nominee during the en-
tire period. The defeat of Greeley has
always been regarded as the most humil-
iating disaster to the Democratic party.
Greeley received II per cent Of the pOpu-
lar vote. This record of Greeley was
eclipsed by Bryan in 1896. Mr.. Bryan
received but 40 psr cent Of the popular
vote.
This showing ought to silence the alb
whose lack Of judgment Is In part com.
pensated for by an excess Of enthusiasm
There Is but Que possibility for the DEM
ocrats TO duplicate the humiliating record
of 1896 and that is by repeating the NOM
iation made at that time.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-07-12
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION


UNITED STATES LAND 0yyicB.i
Seattle, wssh., July 5. 500.
Notice IL hereby given that the following
usmed settler has He'd notice Of his inteutioa -
make 6nal peoof in support Of his c1aIm, ana
that aid proof will be made hefore The lesk o
ne Superior Court IT Friday Earb0r. washing-
ton, on Tuesday. August ~ 1890, vis:
JOHN n LANrzRNAN-
ffomes&end application No. 1855, for tie
iols 1, : and ; Of section IS, townshtP IS norsns
range we1e
Re names the following Witnesses 20 prove
TSeodorde ". spesces, q Thatcher, wash.
and Nels Person, John r. Jouess Joseph ~
Reed all OF Decntug WASH ...e.
EDwARD p. rnE,1rHa, Rsgisfe<
First pubiicatioa July s. lopa
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-07-12
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS /!

The Board Of County Commissioners
of San Juan County will meet as q
Board OF Equalization, at the County
Court House, in Friday Harbor, Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday, August
6, Z and 8, 1900, for the purpose of
equalizing the 1900 assessment rolls.
All persons thinking that an unjust
levy has been made on their property,
or having any grievance regarding
their assessments, eau have same I'D.
justed at this time.
Dated this 18th day of July, 1900.
WIN. D. CLARK,
Clerk of Board.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-07-12

How many dairymen appreciate the
amount of water their cows need, both to
digest their food and to furnish that need
ed for their milk supply? A COW cannot
work over her food nor supply milk
without water, and plenty of it. 1t takes
four pounds or a half gallon of water for
every pouvd of dry matter in the food;
this means nearly one hundred pounds al
water for COW receiving dry food alone.
If the food contains water, as in siIage OF
roots. of course tho amount required il
less.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-07-12
An Epidemic of DIarrhoea.

Mr.. A Sanders, writing from Cocoanut
Grove, Fla, says there has been quite all
epidemic OF diarrhoea there. lie had -
severe attack and was cured by four doses
OF Chamberlaiii's Collie, Cholera and Di-
arrhoea Remedy. lie says he also rec
ominendel it tn others and they say it is
the best medicine they ever used. For
sale by dealers everywhere.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-07-12
NOTICES

day, July, I, the Undersigned found a
salmon gill net drifting in the waters of
Puget Sound. near Doc Bay, San Juan
county, Washington. The owner can have
same by proving property and paying
charges Of recovery, care, etc.
HI. +. PEARMAIN,
n. OLSEN.
Dated at Deer Harbor, July Z, 1900.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-07-12
NOTICE OF SUPERIOR COURT.

A special term of court for San Juan
county will be held Monday, August q,
1900.
Any person desiring to take out their
final citizenship papers can do so at this
time.
Judge.
JAMES FARMLAND, Clerk.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-07-12

"We have sold many different cough
remedies, but none has given better salts
faction than Chamberlain's'" says Mr..
Charles Holzhauer, Druggist, Newark,
N. j. at is perfectly safe and can be re-
lied upon in all cases of coughs, colds OF
hoarseness." Sold by dealers every
where.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-07-12
COMMISSIONERS, PRocEEDlNos.
RRIDAxHApnop =,

FRIDAY HARBOR, July ., 1000.
Inc Board of County Commissioners Of San
Juan county met at the Auditors Office in regu
Lar session, In pursuance to law, at 10 O'Clock
m. Present: John Buckley, chairman; VIM
clerk; and the following orders were made and
entered Of record:
The following road supervisors made their re
ports which were audited and allowed as follow
and warrants ordered drawn on their respective
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-07-12


John Boede, supervisor Orcas S oc
Matthesius work on roads Orcas. 50
James Guthrie, do. .................... s.
Martin, do........,.-...... 49,. ..-.. g
= c1aa 90 o. .,.-..'....... 50
Pfifner, supervisor San Juan 10 a.
Geo w Dightman. sledge, do . IS
W M Sutherland, blacksmith work do 90
w Peterson, supervisor and road sup
plies San Juan ..,.................... 81 90
a Brown lumber, do. .............. I os
Geo Hess, supervisor and bills paid.
LOPEZ rs Ga
John %iIsoa b iiaRpasf 1 Work do
Samuel Wilson, supervisor Lopez AZ go
Hod2son, supplies do. .......... s is
John Wilson, blacksmith work, do so
Ralph Dwight, supervisor and bills paid
e1 ssPf lumber Co, lumber. do... g S S
E KING, supervisor Orcas $500 40 90
Ross W ruiloc.s, work on road and sup
se s!'ssi a. Tulloei. do 49,. IS s 3,
K Kirby, supervisor Orcas . 76 50
Sutherland, supplies. do S.
A Miller, supervisor Orcas. ...... a "a
w L Sutherland, supplies do ...... & AZ
WIN Smith, supervisor San Juan. -. So so
VIM Emch, supervisor and supplies
OrcaS ............. Observation-Disclosures. 90
The following bills were audited and allowed
and warrants ordered drawn on the county cur
rent fund:
Printing, publishing and stationery. IS az
Capron, telephone rent e months)... IS 90
~ ".
San Juan County Bank, rent of vault 49,. 10 90
st. johns Hospital, cafe of poor ..... 50 IS
San Juan Trading Co, rent and supplies. IS 40
Thos Hansen, digging grave "a. Nelson). 90
john FIRTH sheriff s expenses. ........... 20
Lowinan & Hanford, drawing paper. 90
In the matter of the deed made by George H.
Adkins and "ife, by which they decided to the
county the road right-ofway to county road No.
Is. Orcas, said road was declared opened for
public use.
The bonds Of John Douglas and James Ross,
liquor dealers at Friday Harbor, were examined
and approved.
Ernest Rahorst was appoin Ted road supervisor
oil district Waldron to fill vacancy caused by
resignation of f. 4. Allen.
X. N. Bickell having resigned as road super
visor Of district Orcas, George Sutherland was
appointed to fill said vacancy.
In the matter of redeening one of the county
and maturing Sept. 1, 1915, same was ordered
rede, med provided it can be procured OH the
same terms as Nos. I and were redeemed.
Board adjourned at p. III. to meet at a. IN.
Tuesday, July 8.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
In the matter of the county road locally
known as the Lanyard road and hereafter to be
known as road No. 10, San Juan, said road was
ordered resurveyed.
The following bill was audited Mld allowed
and a warrant ordered drawn on the county
current fund:
A Jensen, court comniissioner....... .
Ordered that a warrant be drawn on the
county current fund III favor of the county
ditor for the sum of $40 to meet the postage, ex-
pressage and freight expenses of the county for
the ensuing quarter.
The following bills were audited and allowed
and warrants ordered drawn on the road and
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-07-12

big catch was made at Bush point, near
the south end Of the island.
This shows that the hatchery is doing
the work that was expected of it, and
shows that artificial propagating is sue
cess. 1t also shows what we may expect
when the fish nom the dozen or so hatch
cries now operating begin to return to the
rivers where they were progagated. AZ
in the case of the Baker lake sockeyes, II
will take put q few catches to pay for all
the hatcheries ever cost, and then then
there will be an immense clear profit to
the state and the fishermen"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-07-12

bridge fund:
A P Vaughn, surveying and plating :. $40 so
w Freel, viewing on roads. ............. 90
4 Kirby, claiming OIL roads. 90
y m uSker, 10 $4,000 %
Scott, axeman on roads. 90
w A Wakefield do Observation-Disclosures. 1 90
Smedberg, do. Observation-Disclosures. so
The following road supervisors made their re-
ports, which was audited and allowed fol-
lows and warrants ordered drawn for same on
his respective road district fund.-
Z N Bickell, supervisor Orcas ............sI2 so
Templins Fair, supplies do .............. Io IS
VIM Malcolm, supervisor San Juan. 81 so
Rob. Flynn, hauling, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. S SO
John Low, work on road, do. .............. 1 90
A Brown, lumber, do $500. 3,
/. Carter, nails, do ........... $50. 20
James King, supervisor and bills paid
San Juan CS o2
+. Ordered that the county treasurer transfer
from the road aud bridge fund to the con, mis-
sionefs' district fand the sun of $500 as follows:
To John Buckley, commissioner dis:rictI saoo o.
To Peter Bostiau, 2 oo
To VIM Graham, 3. 200 o.
The following tariff Of wharfage was fixed by
the Board and shall be liz effect from and after
July 3, iqoo
All shipments measuring g. to 43 feet. inclusive,
will be ton, 2sc.
Under ga to 10 feet, I5c.
Smalls, minimum charge, ioc.
General merchandise, weight or measure, ton.
25c.
Grain and potatoes, weight or measure, ton, 2sc.
Hay, weight or measure, ton, 25c.
Machinery, weight or measure, ton, 25c.
Apples, IS boxes to a ton, 2Sc.
Stone, rubdle or dimension, ton, I5c.
Furniture, measured ton, 25c.
Brick, per 1000, 25c.
Shi ngles 7o 900 or less, per 1000, SC
Over 20 ,ooo 2Hc.
Lime by the 100 barrels, per barrel, &C.
In less quantity. sc.
Horses and cattle, per head, 25c.
Per dozen, s..
Wood, per cord, foc.
Hogs and Sheep, per head, SC.
Wagons, each. 25c.
Lumber, per thousand feet, 75c.
Iath, per thousand, 3 to sc.
The fee books of the auditor, clerk and sheriff
were examined and approved by the board.
new road petitioned for by Nels Olsen and
others, to run from Deer Harbor and West
Sound road to Shingle Springs, on the west
coast of Orcas island, was ordered opened.
On:petition of F. 4. Kirby aud others por
| ton Of the Deer Harbor and West Sound road
was ordered vacated and new road ordered
opened.
An order was issued by the board directing
the county treasurer to cancel all interest on de-
| linquent personal taxes for the year 1897 and
prior years.
| The board adjourned to meet again on the 9th
Of August for the transaction OF general county
| business.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-16
IS A THING OF THE PAST.
Long Horned Steer Took Too Much Space
 aud Held Too Decided Opinions.

Ten years from now the visitors at the stock yards in Chicago will look at the massive horns nearly six feet from tip to tip that hang over the doorways of offices and hardly be able to believe that they were taken from the head of a beef eritter" on the Texas ranges, and thar hundreds of thousands of cattle with such horns once ran half wild on the ranches and plains of the Lone Star state For the passing of the long-horned, long legged, uncertain colored and still more uncertain tempered Texas steer is a thing of today, and in his place one finds a stgekily built, red or roan ani- nal, with short, stubby horns, or no horns at all. The Texas steer of to- day is not properly descended from the Texas cattle of the past. He has sim ply supplanted the others on the ranges, and the former animal has either migrated farther south or has gone out into space and is no more. The improvement-as it most certainly is-has been brought about in many ways. The first great change came when the cattle man decided that car space that could be filled up by good, salable beef, was more profitable than that taken up by the picturesque horns of the Texas steer, and began to dehorn the yearlings and young steers. More could be gotten into a car, as they could stand closer together It was but step to then begin to improve the quality by crossing the cows with fine bred bulls, Durham, Hereford and Angus. and the Texas steer of 1900 will compare very favorably with the cat
 tie in Missouri He has taken on weight, and will average 100 to 150 hounds heavier than in former days.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-16
THE RAISING OF osTRlcHEs.
Five Farms Now Carried on in tho
 United States.

N kf0 FAITHS NOW GaFItG0 On tn 1uo
 United States.
 There are now five ostrich farms in the United States-twe in California. one in Texas, one in Florida, and ons in Arizona. The last named, although the youngest, is the largest and most fourishing in the country. It is To- cated near Phoenix, and the Salt river valley seems we'll adapted t0 the Af- rlcan ostrich. No protection whatever is required for the birds during the winter. They graze the entire year in tae fields, the same as horses and cat tie, and are healthy and thrifty. The man in charge of the Arizona farm, who spent 15 years handling ostriches m south Africa, says the birds do just as well in the Salt River valley as in Africa, and that the climatic and other conditions surrounding them here seem as well adapted to their requirements as those existing in their native home After the birds attain the age of tour weeks there is little danger Of shieir dying from natural causes for many sSNA'. AC iS Iol pUSltlp0ly huOWn uOW long an ostrich will live under normal conditions, but there are birds on South African farms which are believed to have reached or passed the century mark, many of them having been in captivity there over fifty years Most people have the idea, obtained, prob aDly, from their old geographites when they were children, that the female ostrich, after laying her eggs in a nest scooped out of the desert sands, cov- CTS them up with the sand and leaves them, trusting to the heat of the sun to hatch them. This is not the fact. The birds always pair off during the breeding season, the male bird making the nest by resting his breastbone on the sand and turning slowly round and round, scratching the sand away with his feet until shallow hole is made, some three feet in diameter and about a foot deep. The female then lays, usu- ally. l5 eggs, and the birds take turns sitting on them, the female sitting during the daytime and the male at night, except that the male allows the female about an hour in the middle of the day to feed, when he takes her place on the nest.--Boston Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-16
Khaki Made at Pimilco.

Khaki is made at the army clothinS stores atsPimlico, Eng. There are over 1900 girls, ranging from 1o to 70 m age. employed at the factory, the sew ing machines being driven by steam at war speed of HOO stitches a min- ute, making khaki and other clothing required for South Africa. Every girl is taught to make a garment through out, it being considered that, even II the girls do ret work as quickly when making the whole garment, they do 1t better than if each section was made by a specialist; at any rate, they man. age to turn out 10000 uniforms week, Every soldier out in South Africa car- ries in the lining of each garment a linen label containing the name of the girl who made it, and if any complaint of scamping is received during it's natural life of twelve months she is certain to hear of 1t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-16
GENIUS IS ECCENTRIC.
As Is Proved by Some Recent Doings
 of Actors.

The ancient wearers of the sock and Duskin had many draw backs to con- tend against. The strollers who sol emnly performed their parts on the insecure boards of cart must have felt at times that they were leaving altogether too much to the imagina- aion of the open-mouthed auditors. Yet we have no reason to believe that they ever cut short a tragedy because of these unpleasant restrictions, nor that they rudely drove away in the midst Of mutilated comedy. It re- mains for the later-day actor, with his wealth of realistic surroundings, to flare up over trifles and bare his quivering nerves before 8 presumably sympathetic audience Miss Julia Arthur stops her performance and de- nounces the murmur of a chattering box party. Actor Richard Mansfield throws Up his hands in disgust and rings down the curtain because of a sputtering steam pipe Perhaps he Felt at the moment very much as the oldtime actor did when greatly an
 ioJOu py ulS Gi 9tuS OI cU iuldnt CuIiu Breaking off abruptly, he advanced to the footlights and grayely observed Unless the play stops. the child can not go on." MT. Mansfield, however. said nothing-at least, nothing audi Ole to the audience. He tacitly con 1essed his unWillingness to match the ordinary vocal pipes against the va pory sort. and rang down the curtain. Genius has always borne a reputation for eccentrieity, but only i'll later years has it burst through the en- yironments of time, and place, and professional obligation, and domi- mated it's chosen field The musical genius warbles or thrums at will; the actor treads the boards at will. Per haps this independence of action will mark the other professions in time Genius has become, in measure, a petty autocrat and as long as there are seryile necKs for it to pirouette upon, it may be expected to show stil. further proofs of unpleasant eccen- fricity.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-16
The Remains of Paul Jones.

The remains of Paul Jones, the American sailor of the revolutionary war, having been located in an ob- scure Paris cemetery, which has long since been built over, desire has been expressed to have the remains, If they can be located, removed to the United States. But the American colony in Paris has another plan. If Washing ton consents, it intends to buy the ground, remove the encumbering houses, and create public square. Over the grave of Paul Jones 1t would erect a monument-a symbol of the old friendship of the two republics. In view of the object, the cost would be insignificant The Paris authorities have intimated that they will gladly second the project. Long ago they named streets after Washington, Franklin and other American heroes. Paul Jones Square, would be 8 worthy addition to the list.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-16
Where Smoking Is q Crime.

It is curious to find that there is q tountry in the world in which it is considered crime to smoke. Abys- sinia is the region, and the law forbid ding tobacco dates from the year 1642. It was at first merely intended to pre- vent priests from smoking in the churches. but it was taken too literally and nowadays even foreigners have to smoke sub rosa as if they were stilt schoolboys.
 Treasury Ruling on Automobiles.
 The acting secretary of the treasury has ruled that an automobile is not free of duty as a personal effect, but is free of duty as household effect if used abroad by the owner one year or more.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-16
 A Curious Monument.

curious monument has been dis covered in the dense undergrowth Of the so-called Brandhai. in the Upper Harz. It is granite block about seven feet high, resting on a stone pedestal, and on an iron tablet attached to it is the following inscription: Here, an the year 1747, the first trials were made with the cultivation of the pota- do. The German peasant of the time did noe take kindly to the potato plant on it's introduction to the country. It had, however, a great friend in the king, Frederick IT., who was convinced of its value, but who was obliged to use foreible measures to get the people of Pomerania and Silesia to plant the bulb. The action of the Harzers In voluntarily adopting the plant was evidently thought worthy of memo rial.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-16
WHAT AsToNIsHEDTHE SCOUT
ostriches in South Africa Are often
 Exceedingly Familiar.

The war in South Africa is produc- tive of the greatest curiosities that nave ever come under the notice of the British soldiers. One of the latest re- ports from the scene states that the simple-minded British soldiers have mistaken troops of ostriches for bands of Boers and bands of Boers for troops of ostriches. In some cases the os- triches have made friends with the soldiers. One of the best known cor respondents at the front, who was with General Methaen at the Modder river, reports this remarkable incl dent While I ranged the valley or plain with my glasses something slip ped and tumbled heavily over the loose stones behind me. I turned, thinking to dodge or help stumbling man and found myself staring into the great brown eyes of an ostrich six feet tai and with legs almost as thick as and longer than my own. He came up here some days ago, said a soldier,
 and he always stays here now We feed him and fool with him, and he seems very happy. The ostrich stalked past me and took position between the major and the captain, where after appearing to observe that they were very busy scanning the landscape, he, too, stared at the plain and remained erect and watchful, the highest type of sentry in appearance. He marred this fine effect for just a moment by seizing and swallowing a box of safety matches. After that he continued his sentry duty with satisfaction in his eyes, The ostrich is a great figure in public life in South Africa. He is source of wealth and often a friend and companion. He is valuable sub stftute for watch dog. He can kick horse to death and is, therefore, very formidable to bu lars He eats with relish things that would poison the strongest goat that ever lived.-New York Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-16
INDIGO IN ooSoNlAL TIMES.
It Was Looked Upon as Sort of Cur
 rent Coin.

rent Coin.
 The colonial ladies were great ear- deners and the hours they passed with the1r fruits and flowers must have been moments of much pleasure in their busy lives, says Longman's Magazine The most famous of these ladies was the daughter of George Lucas, a planter of Carolina, and at the same time governor of Antigua, at which place he appears to have resided leaving Miss Eliza at home. From Antigua he sent her all sorts of tropical seeds of fruits and flowers, to try if auy would take kindly to the soil of Carolina. Eliza observed certain hopeful signs with re- gard to the indigo and undismayed by repeated accidents to the young plants, at length obtained good crop Gov Lucas was so delighted at this un- looked for success that he sent over an Englishman to teach Eliza the whole process of indigo working. The Eng aishman, bearing gifts, seems to have been a rather sly and tricky sort of person, but when did England ever get the better of America? The youth ful Miss Lucas saw through the Eng sishman's dodges. (his name was Crom- welD, and finally obtained a success ful knowledge and application of the complex and annoying methods of ex- tracing indigo" A bounty Of 6d pound encouraged the planting, and through it's profits more children were sent over from Carolina to be educated at home than from all the colonies put together. Indigo was looked upon at last as sort of current coin, and it is on record that when little boy was sent to school at Philadelphia he took with nim wagon of indigo to pay his expenses.