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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04
Care Of the Orchard.

The past year, with its unusual eli
matte conditions, has been marked BY
a signal neglect of tillage operations in
the orchards of the state. One result
of this has been the formation of an ex-
ira large amount of fruit wood and
buds, and under ordinary conditions,
next spring there will set very much
greater amount of fruit than will be
best for both the interest of the tree
and the orchardist. The orchard
should receive a judicious, yes, Wig
GUS pruning this winter. to the end
that liberal thinning of fruit spurs shall
be had. otherwise the more expensive
work of hand thinning must be done or
else there will be produced mass OF
small inferior fruit for which no mar
ket can be found, and as too often &C.
ours, the larger part of the crop be-
comes watse.
Now is the time to make thorough
examination of the trees; study the
various systems of pruning and the
ends they are sought to reach. Watch
the insect and fungous foes and the
climatic effects upon the fruit and
foliage buds, and with the opening Of
spring be prepared to give the orchard
a vigorous but judicious pruning and
then follow this with generous tillage
of the soil. Only under conditions
like these can we expect to get the best
of returns from the orchard next year,
under the usual Oregon climatic condi-
tions.-Oregon Agricultural College
and Experiment Station.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04
Atlins Future Output.

Charles Christopher, who has nego-
tiated more large Atlin mining deals
than any other man in the country dur
ing the season recently closed, is au-
thority for the statement that there
will be no less than half dozen large
hydraulic plants put in operation in
Atlin with the opening of spring. He
says the output of gold in that country
will exceed SIS, 100000. The gold COM
missioner collected royalty on about
$1,000 this summer, but he failed to
collect on more than half the output.
There was at least 81, 500, 900 taken
out of the Atlin gold fields this year,
and next year the output will exceed
$5,0O0,000. Last summer the great
majority of the miners did not get to
work before August l, and they all
worked small claims and handled most
of the dirt with shovefs. Next year
they will handle it by the hydraulic
process. &.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04

N
For peculiar marriage customs the
Eeoritos cannot Be beaten. The young
man who seeks. . bride first obtains the
favor. of her parents and then pursues
her. catching her in his arms. She
breaks loose and runs, and does not
Weld until he has caught her, several
times. Finally. he leads her in triumph
to her home. Here tho father draga
the youth up . ladder to the foor OF
their hut. The mother drags up the
maiden. They are made to kneei. and
the father pours over them . cocoanut
shell full Of water. He then bumps
their heads together, and the ceremony
is completed. They spend their honey
moon in the depths of the mountains,
and for FIVE days and nights are lost to
sight, after which they come back to
everyday life. Then there Is another
marriage custom. Instead of the
youth and maiden being dragged up
the hut ladder, they are made to
climb two sapplinss that grow near
each other. Then an elder OF the
group grasps the sapplings and draws
them together until the heads OF the
young couple touch. with q kiss OF
bump, according to the force used.
This makes them man and wife.-N.
Y. Press.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04
SALT LAKE CITY.
An Important Factor in Transconti-
3. mental Travel.

An Important Factor in Transconti-
mental Travel.
No one crossing the continent can
afford to cut Salt Lake City from his
route. The attractions of the place,
including the Mormon Temple, Taber-
nacle and Church institutions, the
Great Salt Lake-deader and denser
than the Dead Sea in the Holy Land
the picturesque environment and the
warm sulphur and hot springs, are
greater to the square yard than any 10.
cality on the American continent.
The Rio Grande Western Railway,
connecting on the East with the Den
yer 81 Rio Grande and Colorado Mid
land Railways and on the West with
the Southern Pacific Central Route)
and Oregon Short Line, is the only
transcontinetnal line passing directly
through Salt Lake City. The route
through Salt Lake City via the Rio
Grande Western Railway is famous all
the year round. On account of the
equable climate of Utah and Colorado
it is just as popular in winter as in
summer. Send &c to j. D. Mansfield,
253 Washington ST., Portland, or Geo.
w. Heintz, Acting General Passenger
Agent, Salt Lake City, for a copy of
salt Lake City-the City of the
Saints -
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.

Seattle Mark0to. -
Onions, new, $1.OO@1.25 per sack.
Potatoes, new, $1,000.
Beets, per sack, 75@S5c.
Turnips, per sack, coo.
Carrots, per sack, soc.
Parsnips, per sack, 75@85c.
Caulifower, 75c@$1 per dozen.
Cabbage, native and California, 70
q 9Oc per 100 pounds.
Peaches, 65@SOc.
Apples, $1.25@1.5O per box.
Pears, $1.0O@1.26 per box.
Prunes, coo per box.
Watermelons, $1.50.
Nutmegs, 50@75c.
Butter-Creamery, sec per pound;
dairy, 17@22c; ranch, 22c per pound.
Eggs-Firm, S0@3lc.
Cheese-Native, lee.
Poultry-9@10c; dressed, 11@1Sc.
Hay-Puget Sound timothy, $780,;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$17.OO@18.0O IL.
Corn-Whole, $780,; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $2S.
,Barley-Rolled or ground, per ton,
SOL; whole, $22. -.
Florr-Patent, per barrel; $685.;
blended straights, $50; California,
$3.26; buckwheat -four, $500; gra-
ham, per barrel, $3.50; whole wheat
-four, So. 10; rye -four, $S.80@4.00.
Millstuffs-Bran, per ton, $1,000;
shorts. per ton. Sl7.OO.
Feed-Chopped feed, 5000 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $22; oil cake meal,
per ton, $500
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04

The La Fayette memorial commission
has announced that the United States
mint at Philadelphia would soon begin
striking the La Fayette dollar author.
lied by congress in aid of the monu-
ment. The coin. legal tender, will
bear upon its face in has relief double
medallion of the heads of Washington
and La Fayette, and upon its reverse q
miniature reproduction of the eques.
trian statue of La Fayette, to be used
on the monument. The number is
limited to one for each 1900 of the
population of the country. The first
coin struck of the $4,000 will be pre-
sented by the president of the United
States to the president of the French
republic. As the La Fayette- dollar
will be desirable souvenir and me.
mento of the children's monument to
the Knight of Liberty, I" the commits
sion has fixed. the price at two dollars.
Tho dies arc finished and specimen
coin has been sent to Meaningless.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04
THE. WORST AND THE BEST.


srs.<,f' -
wall street suffered. But General Busi-
mess wss Good. ..,.-,
r. 6. DUN & Co. IS weekly review OF
trade, says. The worst day In Wall
street in many years was in part" the
legitimate result of the best year IN
business ever known. Because the
country had prospered so greatly and
80 expanded its business that 1t could
no longer afford to have many millions
locked up in carrying stocks represent
ing imaginary values, the question
was not one OF monetary supply. When
the country found ample use for its
capital in regular trade and productive
industry, a contraction of loans became
necessary, which would have been
more painful if the volume of stocks
had been larger.
The business of the country close to
the holidays is necessarily smaller than
it has been, and yet larger than at the
same date in any other year. Ex-
changes through principal clearing
houses for the week have been 1877
larger than last year, and 50.4 per cent
larger than in 1892, including S2.1 per
cent gain in payments outside New
York. There was not even a suspicion
of unsoundness in any considerable
branch of industry or trade, the ex-
traordinary expansion in some being as
we'll warranted as the material gain
in others.
Cotton suffered in speculation for a
day with stocks, but the great decrease
in receipts from farms since September
over 1900, 1000 bales-gives strong
support to prices, as does the increase
of 400, 900 bales in takings by spinners.
Wheat has fallen both in foreign de.
mand and in prices, in spite of still
larger loss in Western receipts, for the
week only s,sO6, 2s6 bushels, against
7,34O, 40 bushels last year.
Failures for the week have been 220
in the United States, against 25S last
year, and 26 in Canada, against 81 last
wear.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04
Snowslide on White Paas.

News of big snowslide on the
White Pass & Yukon railroad was
brought to Victoria by the steamer
Tees. A rotary and two engines were
buried by the slide, and after they were
shoveled out, the rotary ran into a
rock, knocking out Is of its 20 knives.
The train which was behind the snow
bucking outfit was not injured.
P. O'Regan, one of those who en-.
deavored to walk to Skagway from the
snowbound train, was found uncon-
scious, with his face and hands frozen
The operator at Glacier reported to
Skagway that the track there, was COW
cred for distance of $50 feet depth
of five to 20 feet. Telegraph wires be-
yond Glacier are down.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04
Improved Train Equipment.

The o. r. & N. and Oregon Short
Line have added buffet, smoking and
library Car to their Portland Chicago
through train, and dining car service
has been inauguarated. The train is
equipped with the latest chair cars,
day coaches and luxurious first-class
and ordinary sleepars. Direct connec-
tion made at Granger with Union Pa
cific. and at Ogden with Rio Grande
line, from all points in Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho to all Eastern cities.
For information, rates, etc., call on
any o. r. & N. agent, or address w.
H. Hurlburt, General Passenger Agent,
Portland
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04
His Hirhest Cr,.,-

'ucal Prni..
Edward Terry tells Of . n..
dent which occurred durin ms''y inci.
Australia. do you know - . %af b
sider the most glowing tribu,. ' co..
reoeived' The compliment, niue o. eve
q child. There was crovd Is1s ioa
an intent audience, and hmm. ,aous
tho instant given place to ussho. a'c 10
might have heard pin dron ."s i@
the tension Of tho house va, -, !. i.a
Ing point. The intense ,,,..u 'st.
broken BY Q childish voice w
who, turning to her parent. ... sai'-
broken voice: Mother, ia n ;..,s ~
San Francisco Bulletin.
At . mass meeting held in 9. i, .
1t was decided to establish :, ~ ~ f,al
rata OF % cents for hair cutti,a mum
ofl0Sshops in St. Paul all hns w
were represented at the meetin, A., S' :,
present signed the agreement. NM "
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04


Scenery, altitude, sunshine and air,
constitute the factors which are rapid.
ly making Colorado the health and
pleasure grounds of the world.
Here the sun shines 357 days of the
average year, and it blends with the
crisp, electric mountain air to produce
q climate matchless in the known
world. No pen can portray, no brush
can picture the majestic grandeur OF
the scenery along the line of the Denver
& Rio Grande Railroad in Colorado.
l aries going East should travel via
this line which is known all over the
world as the Scenic Line of the world.
For any information regarding rates,
time tables, etc., call on or address R..
G. Nichol, general agent, 251 Wash
ington street, Portland, Or, or any
agent of the o. R. s. NJ Co., or South
ern Pacific COMPANY. -.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Comnsreiai ssd Financial Happenings
of lnterest to the Growihg
s% western States. -

Since the first of July the people Of
Alaska have contributed to the federal
treasury in license money the. magnifi-
cent sum of $l5S, 278.40 for, the privi-
lege of doing business in Alaska and
developing the territory. says the Skag-
way Alaskan. This is in addition to
the tariff duties paid, internal revenues,
taxes and all other taxes common to
the country at large. 1t is q special
tax levied upon business in Alaska
alone, such as no other citizens of the
United States are required to pay; in
fact it is tax that was never before in
the history of the United States levied
against any of its people.
Plenty OF Supplies at Dawson.
D. w. Bullock, lately arrived from
Dawson. said to an Alaskan reporter:
Dawson is supplied with everything
needed there for the winter. The re-
port as to great shortage of oats is
not true. There is plenty of oats along
the river and in Dawson to supply the
interior. When we got away from
Dawson, November Z, oats we're SELL
ing for % cents q pound and hay at
10 cents. Last winter oats went TO 40
and 45 cents, and hay to 35 to 80 cents.
Tobacco sells in Dawson today for 81
to $1.25 pound, less than it brings in
Bennett. The Bennett price is $1.50 q
pound. Flour that sold for So in Daw-
son a year ago is worth only &.75
there today. There will be plenty of
beef in Dawson throughout the winter.
Dumbolton had four scows loaded with
beef on the way in, one of which is at
Selkirk and one at Stewart river. do
not know where the others are. Dunn
bolton will take the meat through to
Dawson over the ice after the river
freezes. McDougall & Burns have 80
tons below Selkirk and will take it in
over the ice. The labor market of
Dawson is glutted. There were 1000
to 1900 idle men in the town when l
left, and more were rushing in from up
the river"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04
Northwest Notes.

An opera house is one Of Albany's
needs for 1900. -.-+,.-
Mule-buyers from California are in
Southern Oregon countless.
A Burns paper reports sale of 2, 700
stock sheep at $2.80 per head.
It is estimated that the call for war
rants recently made by the county
treasurer Of Whatcom county covers
about $l7O. 900 of county indebtedness.
Figures of real estate transfers re-.
corded in King county. (Seattle) since
July show d total of 1876 transfers. of
an aggregate value of $s, 9S9,625, not
including. of course, the value Of the
transfers for nominal sums. he @ffs
In Umstllla county, wheat farms are
advertised for sale at prices from $40
to $40 an acre. A farm on the foot
hills east of Milton sold for IS, 500
spot cash. t"T
The old mill, on Chambers creek,
near Fort Steilacoom, was recently de-
stroyed by fire. It was one of the old
landmarks of that part of the country,
having been built in 1859.
The convention Of the Linn county
Christian Endeavorers is to be held in
Brownsville on January IL, Is, and ID.
The Bellingham Bay q Eastern
Railroad Company cannot find laborers
enough to work on road construction at
20 cents an hour. and is getting in
some Japs for that purpose; The Jap
labor is not 30 satisfactory as white La
bor, but enough of the latter: cannot be
found. g.sk
!: Among the experiments ih progress
at the Pnyillup experimentation il
. series of spraying tests for black
spots, or canker, in hops, which is be-
coming 50 prevalent In that vicinity.
Over e25, eco was spent In Lakeview
y building Improvements during 1889.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04

The hodcarriers of Cripple Creek,
COL, district have made a demand for
an eight-hour day and an increase of
wages from $3.50 to 81 per day. Wait
ers and cooks have recently secured a
six-day week without striking, and all
city laborors have been advanced from
$l.75 to 50 per day.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04

Perhaps the most trying experience
in the career of q maiden who has
passed the first blush of romantic girl
hood is when she braces herself to meet
the shock of q proposal of marriage
from some man, and the shock doesn't
come.-Cincinnati Enquirer. r..
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04
Heather Chinese Threw . Bomb.

At Victoria, B. c., dastardly at.
tempt was made to wreck a Chinese
Methodist mission church. While the
congregation, principally Chinese, was
worshipping, bomb made of lead pipe
and filled with gundpower was ex-
ploded. No one was injured. The
deed is ascribed to heather Chinese
jealous of the introduction of Christi.
anity among their countrymen.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04
To List All the Hops.

Directors of the Oregon Hopgrowers'
Association met in Salem Tuesday af-
ternoon, and were in secret session four
hours. The chief business transacted
was to require every local representa-.
tive of the association to obtain COM
plete list Of hopgrowers and the amount
of hops now on hand in their respect-
i've districts. The board also an
nounced that it is now ready for bust.
ness. 3
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04

R. H. Edmonds, of Baltimore, places
the amount of wages which will be
paid to factory hands in the South this
year at the large sum of $3.50, 900, 900.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04

The coal mines neSr Edna, Mo-,
have been compelled to shut down be-
cause the operators could not find men
to dig, .'...-#----
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the only
cough medicine ID used in my housed. G.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04

All street railway companies operat-
ing in the city of New York are re-
quired by law to run at least one closed
car in every four at all seasons of the
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04

We Offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case OF Catatrh that can not b cured " AaIi1
r. J. CHENEY D CO., Props Toledo. O.
We tie undersigned, have known ~. cheney
for the pest Is years, and believe him perfectly
Memorable in afl business transactions and nm
anciallT able to carry out any obligations maoe
BY t.leif hrm.
wholesale Druggists, Toledo, ,.
WAIDINo, KINNAN & NAcvn.
wnelosale Druggists, Toledo, =.
uall's Catarfh Cure II & ken mt :fnally, eottne
directly on the blood and m cons surfaces g.
the system. PR % 7Sc per bot 500 " ~
druggists. TeGtimoni.ls free,
HSllb Family Pills r thu best
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04
An Excellent Combination.

An Excellent combination.
The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIe SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known, to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
Is the one perfect strengthening Taxa
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance. and it's acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants. by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIe SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get it's beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front Of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN y1ANcIsco. CAL.
LoUIsvILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. n Z.
For sale by all Druggists. Price Soc per bottle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04

VITALITY low, debi1itated or exhausted curedby
DIR. Klines Invigorating Tonic. FREE 81. Trial
Bottle containing Weeks treatment. Dr. KliIfe's
Institute. 93l Arch St.. Philadelphia. Founded 1871
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04

In Germany. between. Dusseldorf and
Crefeld, q distance of IA miles, An ex-
press train is run,by electricity at Q
maximum speed of 81 miles an hour.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04
Are You Going East1

Geo. II 30. you should see that
;bd5 land your ticket reads via the
:Iu|{! Great Rock Island route.
and you will get the best.
Pullman palace sleeping cars. elegant
reclining chair cars Free" and library
buffet cars on all through trains. Best
dining car service in the world. Popu.
lar personally conducted excursions
once week. to all points East. For
fulf particulars call on or address any
ticket agent, or A. E. COOPER.
g. A. P. D., @. r. !. & P. Ry., 246
Washington street, Portland, Or.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04
Proeperity fer 1900.

Indications point to great prosperity for
the COMING wear. This IL the sign Of .
healthy nature. The success ofa country,
as Welt Is of an individual, depends upon
health. II you have any stomach trouble
try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters which
cures dyspepsia, indigestion and bilious
ness. -
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04
San Francisco Market.


i Wool-Spring-Nsyada, 12@16 per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 12@ leo; VAL
ley, 2O@22o; Northern, 1O@l2c.
Hops-1899 crop, 11@12o per
pound. -
Onions-Y Yellow. 1886 Per sack.
Z Butter-Fancy creamery 24@25c;
do seconds, 22@23c; fancy dairy, 90
Gale; do seconds. leo per pound.
Eggs-Store, 25@27Kc; fancy ranch,
84c. -.
Millstuffs - Middlings, $1,000 q
1900; bran, $1S@l4.OO.
! Hay-Wheat $7.00@9; wheat and
oat $7.50@9.00; best barley 6.O0@
7.50; alfalfa, $5.O0@7.6O per ton;
straw, S6@45c per bale.
Potatoes-Early Rose, $1.00; Ore
gon Burbanks, coo q 10; river Bur-
banks, 46@75c; Salinas Burbanks,
$l.0001.25 per sack.
Citrus Fruit-Oranges, Valencia.
$2760S.26; Mexican lines, $4.O0@
500; California : lemona 75c@$1. 80;
do cheice $1.75@2.00 Per box.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas,'. q. 500
$50 Per bunch; pineapples: nom-
inal; Psrsian dates. +606Xc per
pound.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-04

FLAGSHIP OLYMPIA CAPTAIN GRIDLEY COMMANDER
Mrs. rdIey Captain Ordey, who in command
of Deweys haghp Spanish fleet at Man.
of remedy, Peruna:
solicitation of friendI used Peruna and truth
fully say 1t Is grand should be
used In using short peod feel like
q person. Ann f. O7dley.
liable have catarh the
kidneys bladder and
wherever located Address Dr. Hart
man.C Columbus, free book.