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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-30
FIFTY CENTS A TON.
Baer Orders Raise in the Price of
Coal,

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Philadelphia, Oct. 24.-In view of
the resumption of mining of anthracite
coal the Philadelphia & Reading Rail
road company has issued the following
statement, directed to G. E. Henderson,
general manager:
"The reports of the superintendent
in charge of the mines show that as a
result of the strike the mines and min
ing plants have sustained considerable
injury and their respective working or
carnations have been impaired. For
some time the collieries can not be
worked to produce the average quantity
of coal. This will increase the cost of
production. The general average ex-
ceeds 80 cents ton.
"You will Therefore add to the circu-
lar price so cents ton, this additional
price to continue until the LIST of jan
uary, 1908, by which time we hope to
reach a normal condition of mining
and production.
The circular also instructs that in
the distribution of coal, "you will, so
far as practicable, supply the dealers
who are willing to sell coal to the pub
lie at reasonable prices. Where deal
ers seek to obtain unfair profit from the
public you will promptly take steps to
supply the reasonable demands of the
public directly"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-30
Supposed Train Robber Arrested.

Butte, Mont, Oct. pa special
from Missoula to the Miner says
Deputy Sehriff w. w. Mccormick ar
rested near Bonita a man who is
thought to be the single-handed hold
up of the North Coast Limited passen-
ger train and who murdered Engineer
Dan O'Neill near Bearmouth. The
man. who in size and general descrip-
tion answers that of the hold-up, gives
the name of Alfred Vanhiazendoct, and
at times tries to talk with German ac-
cent and sometimes in plain English.
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WAGES IN ENGLAND.
Marked Reduction Noted During
Last Year.

Washington, Oct. pa marked re-
duction in the wages of labor in Eng
land, is reported in the Chamber OF
Commerce Journal, the official organ OF
the London chamber of commerce, a
copy of which has just reached the
treasury bureau of statistics.
''There is a warming" it says, ito
masters and men alike in the official
report on the changes in rates of wages
and hours of labor during 1901. 1t
foreshadowed relapse from the pros
perity of the last few years, decline
in wages having to be recorded for the
first time since 1895. Moreover, dur
ing the first half of the present year,
the tendency is still towards lower
wages. The number of work people
affected by the reductions i'll 1901 was
greater than any year in the period
1S93-1901, the computed amount of the
reduction being more than the total re-
auctions recorded in the previous eight
years.
1T is estimated that the net decrease
in the wages bill last year was about
1,5S4 900 pounds, compared with net
increase of 100000 pounds in 1900.
The fall in wages was confined to the
mining and quarrying and the metal,
engineering and shipbuilding groups
of industries, there being net increases
in the other groups-building, textile,
clothing, etc. One most satisfactory
feature in the report is, however, the
fact that there was large increase in
the percentage of work people whose
wages were settled by Cancellation
boardc, ETC., which is mainly due to
the formation or establishment OF
such boards in the mining industry.
Out of every 100 persons whose wages
were changed only two were concerned
in strikes and lockouts. This is the
lowest recorded percentage
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-30
Tacoma Quotations.

Wheat-Bluestem, zoe; club, 66]1c.
Oats-$22 .50@24 ton.
Barley-Feed, whole grain, $3.50
ton; rolled, $23 .50@24.
Hay-Timothy, east of mountains,
$l4@l5 ton; clover, $1I. 50@l2; al
falfa, $l0@l1; wheat hay $12@l3.
Beans.-No. l small white, SIC;
large white, SIC; Lima, 4Ac; Bayo,
33sc; pink, SIZE.
Butter-Washington creamery, SOC;
ranch, 24@25c.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, sec; eastern 25c
Cattle-Steers, $4@$5.50 per cwt.
cows, $3.75@$4.00.
Sheep-$42.5.
Hogs-$5. 50@$62.5.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-30
COL. SWAYNE is SAFE.
His Forces Have Escaped Those of
the Mad Mullah.

London, Oct. 25.- A message has
been received at the foreign Office from
Gen. Manning, dated Berbera, capital
of Somaliland, which announces that
the forces commanded by Col. Swayne,
which was threatened with destruction
by the army commanded by Mad Null
lab, has reached Bohottle in safety.
The news from Somaliland caused great
satisfaction here, and relieved the keen
anxiety felt as to the fate of the British
expedition.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-30
Attempt on Sultan.

Constantinople, Oct. Pa Bulgar-
ian disguised as palace official, made
an attempt to assassinate the sultan. but
guards overpowered him. This would
be assassin managed to gain access to
the sultan's presence, and made a rush
upon him with dagger, but was stop
ped by the attendants.
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Approves the Jetty.

Seattle, Oct. 25.--Maj. Mills, in
charge of the engineering work of the
government in this district, has form
ally accepted the contract on the Grays
Harbor jetty, which was begun about
five years ago, and which involved the
expenditure of about 81 900, 900. Maj.
Mills made special trip to inspect the
jetty, returning to Seattle Thursday
evening
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-30
Fire in Oregon's Bunkers.

San Francisco, Oct. 24.-Ihe Dun Dung
tin says that fire has been puln h;o
in the coal bunkers OF the pa.'ieo D,r.
Oregon for three days. A board OF ~ .bs
vey has been summoned to examiho. va
vessel, and it will be some time pe ia
she will be able to depart for MAI all a
Repairs will have to be mace haiore
new supply of coal put on boaru w.
the battleship can sail.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-30
PECULIAR OVERSIGHT.
Walla Waila Republicans Refused
Place on Official Ballot.

Walla Walla, Oct. 27.-The discovery
has been made that the Republican
ticket of this county was not filed with
in the dates prescribed by law, and
therefore may not 20 upon the otficia!
ballot. The law requires that nomina-
tions shall be filed not less than thirty
and not more than sixty days prior to
the election. The Republican ticker
was filed 'O3 days before the election,
and County Auditor Mclean, who is a
Republican, asserts that under the law
he cannot place the ticket upon the
official ballot.
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Yerkes Gets 1t All.

London, Oct. 25.-The committee of
the house of commons on tube railways,
declined Morgan's second tube railway
scheme, owing to the apparent impossi-
bility that Morgan could carry out the
entire plan. This leaves the under
ground railway system of this city en-
tirely to Yerkes,
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WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

Washington University won from the
Oregon Agricultural college team by a
score of Is to at Seattle Saturday.
1t has been discovered that David
Mitchell brother of John Mitchell,
president of the United Mine Workers,
is miner at Renton, ten miles from
Seattle.
The new church edifce recently COM
pleted for the First Christian congrega-
ton, at Olive street and Broadway,
Seattle, was dedicated with impressive
ceremonies Sunday morning.
William Reese Anderson, one OF
Clarke county's earliest settlers, drop
ped dead with heart disease at mis- home
few miles north of Vancouver Satur-
day morning. Anderson was in his
Slst year
The retail merchants of the state OF
Washington are going into the insur-
ance business. They have filed articles
incorporating the Merchants Fire Asso-
citation, with headquarters in Seattle.
The company will be conducted on
purely mutual lines, and the only risks
to be accepted will be mercantile and
dwellings. I
Vancouver's new electric plant will
start up Saturday.
Two hundred new dwellings have
been built at Vancouver during the past
year, with an estimate cost of 1925, 900.
The c. E. Russell shingle mill at
Everett has been sold to Charles Forbes
of Michigan, for SIS 900. Mr.. Forbes
will continue the mill in operation.
Expecting an easy win, the Seattle
baseball team met the surprise of a de-
feat. with a score of to l, at the hands
of the Vancouver, B, c., nine Thursday.
The Washington Agr icultural college
football team won its first game on the
home grounds from the University of
Idaho Friday afternoon, by a score Of
II to 0.
The Kent school building and con-
tents were totally destroyed by fire Fri
day night. The origin of the fire is I'M
known, but it is supposed to have
caught from one of tths. furnaces. The
loss will probably run up to SIS, 900.
The building and furniture was insured
for So, 900. For time adjoining build
ings were endangered, but by hard work
they were saved. 6
The steamer Humboldt brought
5000, 900 Klondike gold to Seattle.
S. B. Chapman, the knee bolter in
the Cole Single Company's mill, at
South Bend, cut off his left foot.
Judge Graves of Colville, veteran
journalist of the Pacific coast, is dead
of Bright's disease after a lingering i'll
ness.
The football game at Eagene, Or,
between the University of Oregon and
Whitman college RESULTED in a score Of
6 to in favor of the Oregon eleven.
Mack Smith an Everett man, has
invented an irrigating device, patent
for which has been applied for. 1t has
been shipped to Spokane to be tested.
At meeting of the State Hotel
Association at Seattle, it was decided to
again take up the matter of hotel legis-
lation and see if the bill cannot be got
ten through which will protect those
engaged in the business from deadbeats.
Oscar E. HALEY, of Oakesdale, has
been selected by the executive commit
tee of the Republican county central
committee as candidate for state senator
in the Ninth district, vice John Lath-
rum, who died suddenly last Saturday
morning 5
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-30
Says 1t Isn't So.

Washington, d. c., Oct. %. - The
story of Alice Roosevelt's engagement
to John Greenway, which has been ex-
tensively circulated, is said to be en-
tirely untrue. 1t is not known how
such a story could have been started.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-30
Abandon Their Tour.

London, Oct. 27.-In dispatch the
Brussels, the correspondent u
Standard says it is declared pos have
that Gems. Botha and Delarey 4 p the
abandoned their proposed tour .tlv 10
United States and will return s"O
South Africa.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-30
NEWS OF THE DAY
isterestns Items from Various Parts Of dhs
World-Resume Of the Less Important
Happenings OF the Past Week in Cor
densed Form.

venSGu U Otfus
Brunswick, Ga, is suffering from
floods.
The Chicago market is said tn be
very short of good work horses. 1t is
claimed 100 900 are needed.
A rockslide is reported from Dyea,
completely burying all remains of the
famous Sheep Camp, Chilkoot TRIAL.
For some time past Germany has not
had a military attache at her Washing
ton embassy. 1t has been decided to
fill this post.
The indianapolis Grand Jury which
has been investigating the grave rob-
bling leases, has brought in % indict-
ments, five against physicians.
1t is officially announced that Colon
ial Secretary Chamberlain has decided
personally to visit South Africa and ex-
anime on the spot the problems pre-
p9lu9s by the termination of the war.
Pope Leo paid half million for the
Urban VII. The same will be estab-
lished IN special hall in the vatican
and open to the scientists of all coun-
tries. l
Senior de Ojeda, the new minister to
the United States fromtSpain, has been
formally presented to the. president.
Frank Norris, the author, died at San
Francisco, Saturday morning, the re-
suit of an operation for appendicitis.
Fifteen persons are reported dead as
a result of hurricane which swept over
Capt. Bowman II. McCalla has been
selected by Secretary Moody of the navy
department to succeed Rear Admiral
Miller as captain of the Mare Island
hayward.
Lewis A. Wood, of st. Paul, has
brought suit in the federal court against
the Chicago board of trade for $500, 900
damages. Wood claims his business
has been injured to that extent as 1 re-
suit of his expulsion from the board on
August ~ on charge of bucket shop
ping.
The cruiser Olympia, which is to be
the flagship of Rear Admiral Coghlan
in the winter naval maneuvers, is being
detained at the New York hayward on
account of the lack of coal. Several
Atlantic passenger boats are also being
delayed by the lack of coal and the
slowness of its delivery. 6
Former President Hawser of Sitter
lands dead.
1t has been definitely settled that c.
Oliver Iselin will be the managing
owner of the new boat which the Her
reshonffs are to build for the America s
cup.
A bill will be introduced in the next
legislature of Massachusetts, looking to
the incorporation of labor unions. The
movement is the outgrowth of the coal
strike.
One woman is dead, two men fatally
injured, another woman severely hurt
and four guests badly burned by fire
that destroyed the hotel at Fairview, B.
c.
Matthew Henry Money, a pioneer
newspaper man of the Pacific coast, died
at Oakland, Cal, Tuesday, aged 20
wears. He and his wife formerly con-
Quoted the Beacon, at Kalama, Or, and
the North Pacific Coast and News, both
published in Tacoma. B
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knew so feet would do the work an
would have a credit ter draw on ter
offset the points and braces. So, after
he made a few more passes an motions
he drew up a contract, which | needn't
sign, but he would. l said go ahead.
Gosh durn my buttons, he had me fixed
then"
DO you mean hypnotized?" asked
the editor. @ -f ..uH..,. III.
"Sure thing. Yer see, | got so'st I
could see the lightnin' comm out Nv
the clouds an maxim fur my barn, an
l got in an alfred big hurry ter have
the rods on. Jest thing NV me havin' a
lightnin' railroad, fur nothin' an have
ter wait fur it. Next day a Teller come
round an put up the safety valves fur
lightnin' an then I come to-" said Uncle
Bill. l1t. s.N .rg .ft. D..
What brought you to-" asked the
editor. ''' ".1
"Wall, yer see this Teller had a bill
agin me fur S300.75 an | had ter pay it.
Say. that was enough ter make the
brass nubs fall off NV ole Brindle's'
horns, an mebby yer think l didn't
sweat. Did yer ever take a turkey bath,
, Mr.. Editor?n" emit rt-tss.u
"Turkish bath you mean, don't you"
corrected the editor. oult
81 mean somethin' as makes yer
sweat like thunder" replied Uncle Bill.
."And you mean that you were
hypnotized by that agent asked the
editor. d tl.r., ,A .l.f
"Sartin | was. Didn't I tell yer I
could see lightnin' comm right out NV
the clouds" said Uncle Bill nervously.
"Oh. lbosh! You was a great big
sucker and wanted to lay It on to some
one, so picked out a h%ypnotist," dis
gustedly remarked the editor.
Say, do yer think I've got money
ter throw away?" asked Uncle Bill.
Don't yer s'pose | know when I'm hyp-
nertized? I can tell when I'm hypner-
tized an that's more'n you can do.
Any one can come in an throw a'light-
min story at yer an, yer set there an
listen with yer mouth wide open jest
as though yer never heerd bout light
min afore. Say, but yer easy ter throw
a story at. I didn't bring yer envy sub
scribtions ter yer paper, but | had yer
hypnertized, all right. Next time I'm
in town call me in ter see If | know
enything bout it. will yer?" And as he
passed out the door, the editor slowly
recovered, rubbed his eyes, yawned and
said to himself: H"Guess | must have
been dreaming"
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section. The question of time in con-
nection with tree-growing is an i'm
portant one, for the best varieties Of
timber grow much more slowly than the
poorer one. The European larch, the
white ash, hard maple and black wal
nut are among the best of our forest
trees, but are slow in growing, while
the cottonwood, box elder, soft maple,
white elm and willow will make a very
rapid growth. but have little value for
timber purposes as compared with those
first named. A very successful way Of
planting such a tract is to alternate the
row of trees, planting one-half of the
desirable kinds and the other half with
the quick-growing sorts, the latter to
be cut as they attain sufficient size to
be of any use. The black walnut on
moist and ~alluvial soils is a very profit
able tree to plant, but 1t will require
about SO years to make 1t marketable.
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~ Els, I've been hypnertized," said
wv Uncle Bill in reply to a ques-

ffv y Els, I've been hypnertized," said
wv Uncle Bill in reply to a ques-
ton by the editor, who had
just returned from a court
session, where a case of hypnotic sug-
gestion had been or trial.
"How Ices a person feel when under
the influence of hypnotism?" asked the
editor.
Feels like a fool what's afraid he's
goin' ter have some sense that he won't
know how ter use when he gifts it," re-
piled Uncle Bill. who had got his feet
fixed so that his tongue could wag.
when were you hypnotized?" again
asked the editor. iri
"Why, gee whiz, hain't yer heerd
bout that yit?" queried Uncle Bill. al
Some one was in and said that you
had become a convert to hypnotism,"
replied the editor, "but l want my in
formation from the proper source"
wall, yer got 1t straight enough"
replied Uacle Bill, who seemed a will
ing convert, for some reason.
81 would like to know why you be-
came a believer in hypnotism?' replied
the editor. you used to be one of the
citizens who were opposed to it and
claimed 1t to be a fraud" ..'ilH.
when a Teller steps inter a hole an
the water runs over his boot tops,
there's mighty apt ter be water there
whether he believes it or not" said
Uncle Bill, IAN that's jest what I done
with this hypnotism bizness. / stepped
inter a hull pond NV the influence
an was lookin' round fur a fool an
found one in myself 'thouht stirrin' out
uv my tracks, an there's n advantage
bout tia Teller what's been hypner-
tized II own up ter bein' a fool"
How were you placed under the In
1uence?" asked the editor.
"Wall, yer see, 1t was like this: A
Teller come along an stopped at my
place an wanted ter put lightnin' rods
on the house an barn an / hat
made up my mind that no one coult
work me on that racket. but this fellel
hung round an said he jest wanted tel
put the rods up fur advertiser pur.
poses, as he had ter have some place
ter demonstrate, practically ter the peo'
pie, an then he turned a crank. an
the gosh durnedest lot NV crackin' an
sparkin' l ever see went ter jumpini
round a box he had with him. onti
he got me ter thinkin' mebby I'd gil
struck by ilghtnin' myself. Wall, l no
ticed that, he was swingin' his arm
round a good deal an finally he said hs
would put me up rs feet fur nothin' an
Jest charge me fur Joints an braces an
II It would take more'n rs feetAwhicf
NV course 1t w~ouldn't7-he would jes'
charge rs cents a foot fur 1t. but hi
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Make Your Own Bacon.

A farmer friend brought to market a
30O-pound hog, the other day, for which
he got S1S from. the local butcher. He
took as part payment for the hog two
hams at IS cents a pound and 100
pounds of salt side meats at ~ cents a
pound. We asked him why he did not
make his W smoked and sailed
meats, and he said he did not know
how to kill and dress a hog or salt and
smoke the meat. Why should he not
know and would not it pay him we'll to
know? The poor whites of the South
are way ahead of the Northern farmer
in this particular.
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Good Trees to Plant.

We are asked to name the most use-
full varieties of trees to plant in a farm
grove which Is needed both for Drotee-
zion from the wind and vs. a timber
lot. AS this inquiry comes from the
prairie regions Of the Northwest we will
try to answer 1t with reference To that
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The writer is a firm believer In the
of only the very hardest root sys-
TENS and trunks for the apple in all
the Northwest country-trunks and
roots like those of the Duchess, Tran
scendent Hibernal, which are fitted to
stand all kinds of grief and climatic ex-
tremes. With such a starter, we then
believe in top working with the less
hardy types of apples, which certainly
will do well when so grown, where they
would be a total failure when on their
own roots and trunks. Carrying this
theory out in a practical way, we have
this spring top worked 500 hardy four
year-old trees in u orchard and con
fidently expect good results.
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Where an evergreen hedge is wanted
the plants set should always be email
and bushy, the value of a hedge lying
in the trees having a thick base
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good cistern of soft water, a gasoline
stove, or, better, a blue flame kerosene,
and has a supply of dry wood under
cover and her husband has fixed her
flower garden in nice shape for her, she
ought to be good natured half the time
at least.
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Anyway do not fail to sow a small
field Of rape for your hogs. 1t is almost
an invaluable food for the shotes dur
ing August, September and October.
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Wherever a nan is so located that he
of groceries.
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The clam beds of the Mississippi riv-
err which have been raided in a most
piratical are now to be better
protected. The button and pearl prod
uct of these beds has become very val
liable.
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Some folks have queer notions about
fresh air. They have such a horror of
it that they will sleep in tightly closed
bedrooms. Don't do this. The fresh air
is natures most efficient health officer.
Plenty of fresh air at night and sun
shine by day will do more to beat the
doctors than anything else.
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We have found the last two e in
May the best time during which to
transplant evergreens.
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If the rye and barley can be removed
from the field by the 1st of July, pillow
at once and take off a crop of millet.
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The robins, after running the gaunt-
let of shotguns in the hands of the da-
goes and negroes in the South all win
ter, are still plentiful enough to suit
every man who is engaged in the fruit
business.
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Prevailing prices for all farm prod
ucts would justify a valuation Of not
less than 5000 per acre for the good
farm lands of the West and Northwest.
But, then, these prices are not always
going to stay with us.
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We are asked whether IL o man built
a private fish pond and stocked it with
game fish he would be amenable to the
fish laws regulating the taking of the
fish during the close season. AS we I'M
derstand it the law only applies to pub
tic waters and a man owning such fish
pond could catch the fish therein when
ever he wished to-. If he sold the fish.
however. during the close season, the
dealer who bought them would proba-
bly, be liable for having such fish in
his possession, laf
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If beef gets much higher in price, it
will be necessary to create the office OF
hash inspector.
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the state at a small expense. This
method of fish distribution will now
cease for at least two years owing to
the failure of the last legislature to
make the necessary appropriation for
the work.