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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20
MAY SELL TIMBER.
Important Land Office Decision as to
Forest Fire Tracts.

Vancouver, WASH, Nov. LII has
been decided by the general land office
that any bona fide settler may cut off
and sell the timber recently damaged
by the forest fires. This will set at rest
any conflicting opinions among the set
tiers in Clarke, Cowlitz and Skamania
counties since the fire. The settler,
however, must have settled upon the
land in good faith, and entry for the
land must have been made as soon as
possible after the plat of the survey has
been filed. 1t is not necessary to have
permit to remove and dispose of
burned timber under these conditions,
and it is not necessary that the settler
be located upon surveyed land if he be
otherwise complying with the law.
State Senator E. Al. Rands is in re-
ceipt OF letter from the commissioner
of the United States land Office to this
effect. The senator wrote to make in
quiries as to what steps settlers would
have to take to remove and dispose of
the burned timber from their claims.
He told the department that in short
time the timber would become worth
less. Ia less than two years the value
of it would be very small, while now it
was all right. The commissioner, Hon.
Binger Hermann, gave the opinion as
outlined above. In part, he says: "You
are advised that bona fide settler, who
has established residence upon the land
for the purpose of cultivating and i'm
proving the same, and intending to
make permanent home, is permitted
to apply the burned or dead timber to-
ward his support, and in making inn
provements upon the land while per-
fecting title The opinion comes very
acceptably to many settlers in the three
counties most affected by the fires.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20
Charles Sprague Dead.

Seattle, Nov. 17.-Charles Sprague.
son of the late Gen. John W. Sprague,
and brother of Otis, W. W. and G.
W. Sprague, died at Providence hospi-
tai after short illness. Mr.. Sprague
was a well-known man about Seattle
and in the state. He had been engaged
in various transportation enterprises
about the Sound and in the North, and
had made his homo in this city for a
number of years. His death was due
to appendicitis. Had an operation been
performed sooner his life, it is thought,
might have been saved, but the delay
was unavoidable. He was taken sick in
Tacoma Saturday of last week, and was
later removed to this city.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20
COUNTERFEITERs JAILED.
yang That Flooded Seattle Under
Arrest at Frisco.

seattle, Nov. 14.-The most success.
ful gang of counterfeiters that has ever
operated on the Pacific coast has come
10 grief In San Francisco. News of he
arrest OF five members of the gang was
received from the Golden Gate city by
the local United States secret office.
The leaders of the counterfeiters and
one OF the men arrested is Frank San
ders who is said to be the man who
Hooded this city with bogus subsidiary
coins during and subsequent to the
Elks' carnival.
According to the secret messages that
have passed between the Seattle and
San Francisco service men, and which
are now told for the first time,
the gang was operating with utmost
boldness in the latter city.
At last, however, the criminals fell
prey to their own cupidity. Em-
ooldened by past success they circulat-
Ell their bogus coins without apparently
the most ordinary circumspection
Vast quantities of spurious rs and So
cent pieces were "shoved" in every
city OF any Importance between Victoria
and San Francisco.
The names of the men arrested are
Frank Sanders, Harold Jones, Herman
Schmult alias Miller, and Emile Menu
glier alias Normant alias Lingero.
Frank Sanders, the leader of the
gang, operated until recently in this
city, in Victoria and in Tacoma. He
disposed of thousands of dollars worth
of the "queer' in these cities.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20

long, and, In reality, lashes the two
wreck finders, or sweep boats, as they
are sometimes called, together.
The boats then run in opposite d.
rections until they are half a mile
apart. Then they take their course
and run parallel to each other, the
windlasses or reels In each boat in the
meantime having been released and
paying out the rope from the stern OF
each boat through a ring in the end Of
an iron pole that extends out over the
stern. When a sufficient length Of rope
has been paid out two large weights
Of 300 pounds or more each are run
down the rope from the stern Of each
boat. These weights sink to the bot
tom and hold the half mile Of rope
about four feet from the ground, so
that the rope forms sweep half
mile long, catching anything that
comes in its way. Sometimes one Of
the sweep boats will remain at anchor
and the other boat run around radius
Of half a mile, and clearing up q mile
of ground. When the sweep rope catch
es fast 1t Is indicated by the pulling
down, sometimes almost under water
of the sterns of the sweep boats. The
boats are stopped and the reels are re-
versed to wind up the rope. Slowly
the sterns Of the boats come closer and
closer together until they are almost
directly over the point where the sweep
rope Is fastened many feet below. Then
the nature of the wreck Is determined
The next step, in case the wreck
proves to be a coal barge, Is taken by
the diver, one of the crew always being
a diver. He dons his rubber suit and
Is let down to the fastening and pro
ceeds to explore the find. He estimates
the quantity and looks into the quality
Of the find; also observes the best man.
ner Of taking 1t out, whether by buck
cts or the suction pump. If the find Is
worth while the diver fastens floating
buoy to the wreck, and then the sweep
boats proceed on their way to find more
wrecks. After the wreck finders have
marked their find by floating buoy
the lighters run out. They are equip
ptu viii anu SuCtlOH
Sometimes the pump Is run down into
the sunken coal barges and showed
around by a diver, who goes below to
tend the pump and place the end where
1t will do the best work. This Is the
easiest method of recovering the coal,
as the coal is sucked up through the
five-inch pipe in steady stream and
falls into a screen, the water running
overheard. and the coal passing down
the chute into the hold of the lighter.
At other times 1t Is necessary to take
the coal out I'm buckets or shovels, the
shovels acting the same as the folding
shovels on great dredger, which
sends the shovel down to the bottom
and then closes up, bringing up what
ever 1t shuts up on at the bottom.
1t Is not an uncommon thing to find
a coal wreck where the lighter can be
pumped full of coal in half a day. and
a wreck that will not fill the hold of
the lighter In day is not considered
much Of find A hundred tons OF coal
recovered In this way Is considered
fair days work. 1t will be seen that !
cargo of 100 tons of coal IL sold at SO !
ton, would yiell a handsome profit to |
the water miners" In round figures, |
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20
SKATING THE YEAR ROUND,
The Oregon Lakes Afford That Psstime
to Those Who Wish 1t.

Among the many natural phenomena
this country affords Oregon boasts of
two lakes whose surface is covered
with Ice from beginning to end of every
year. They have but recently been dis
covered In Baker County. G.. NJ. Sage
of Portland on Sunday, July 81, crossed
two good-sized lakes in the Granite
mountains, some miles northeast Of
Cornucopia, on half-fro3en Ice.
Mr.. Sage, with party of friends,
went on hunting and pleasure trip to
the almost inaccessible mountain peaks
back Of the town Of Cornucopia, in the
panhandle district. The mountains are
high and rugged and before passing the
timber line the explorer must find his
way through primeval forest. A pack
horse is the only means Of getting into
this district except to trudge along on
foot, which, to say the least, Is uphill
business. One part of the road Is so
incumbered with fallen trees that it Is
almost impossible to get through. In
order to get supplies to their claims two
prospectors were obliged to cut trail
through this tangle Of fallen trees and
1t was by means of this trail that Mr..
Savage and his friends were enabled
to ascend the mountains until they
finally discovered the two frozen lakes
referred to. The lakes are near the
summit on the north side of the noun
tain and in order to reach them the
party travelled over ice and SHOW for a
distance Of five miles.
The bodies Of water are small One
Is about $50 feet across and the other Is
between 600 and 700 feet in diameter.
They are well-defined lakes or pools,
however, covered with thick coating
of ice. clear as crystal and as smooth
as glass, which Is so thick and strong
that the exploring party did not hest
tate to ride across on horseback.
Mr.. Sage says so far as he Is able to
judge the Ice on the lakes never melts,
two tall peaks that the suns rays new
err strike them with sufficient power to
make any impression on the snow and
Ice. This land Of perpetual snow and
ice Is within a days ride Of Baker City
by the present means Of transportation,
part way on a blackboard and the rest
on horseback. 1t would scarcely be
more than ride Of an hour and a half
on an electric railroad. Mr.. Sage Is Of
the opinion that from the lay Of the
country other larger and more pictIr-
esque lakes with perpetual ice will be
discovered.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20
MINING COAL IN WATER.
How a wrecking Company Extracts
Fuel from Sunken Barges.

Coal mining in the waters Of Long
Island Sound has been taken up on an
extensive scale by Bridgeport Comm
wrecking company. The sound con-
tains immense quantities of coal Old
sound captains say that there Is enough
coal In the waters tossupply New York
for a year. There Is scarcely heavy
storm on the sound that a number OF
coal barges are not sunk and the work
of the wrecking company In mining for
the coal is watched with deep interest
The method of water mining Is sim
pie. In the first place, the wrecks
must be found, and for practical work
the wrecks ought to be in water not
over forty or forty-five feet deep. and
thirty feet Is much easier working
For this work wreck finders are en-
ployed. The wreck finders consist or
two thirty -two-foot power boats, gaso-
line engines being used, and each boat
Is manned by two men. The boats run
out to the territory where the wrecks
are believed to be. In each one Is
large reel containing mile OF Inch
rope. The boats are run alongside or
each other. and the ends of the ropes
from each boats reel are spliced. This
makes continuous rope two miles
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20

stores She was courted In society as
few other American women have been
and distinguished visitors to our shores
deemed 1t an honor to meet her.
Mrs. Morosini lives at Riverdale-on-
the-Hudson and there holds court Of
her own. AS hostess she is charming
and an invitation to any of her func-
lions Is looked upon as high honor.
Besides being pretty Mrs. Morosini is
an accomplished musician, performing
on the piano and harp. She has re-
NAMED unspoiled by society and takes
a more serious view of life and It's du-
ties than commonly prevails within the
gilded portals OF the idle rich. One Of
her souvenirs is buckle which Wash
lngton once wore on his garter.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20
To Absorb Orange Groves.

Los Angeles, CAL, Nov. IL: y.
Eppers, of Chicago, who is in this city,
is authority for the statement that d
corporation known as the Southern Cal
ifornia Trust Company, with a ready
capital of 4,500,0 mostly Eastern EASTERN
capital, has secured an option on I,ooo
acres of orange groves in this and ad-
joining counties and proposes to a
absorb under trust management
heavy portion from the Southern Call
fornia citrus belt interests.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20
GRAND NIECE OF WASHINGTON.
New York Society Woman Who Enjoys
Great Popularity.

Mrs. Attic Morosini Of New York
enjoys a two-fold distlnction-she Is
beautiful and immensely rich and she
Is the lineal grand-niece Of George
Washington, the father of his county.
Her maiden name was Mary Caroline
Washington Bond and before her mar
riage to the son Of New York's million
aire banker she was the belle Of the
East. Her pictures made covers for
the magazines and subjects for the art
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20
Blow at English Church.

London, Nov. 17-.Churchmen are
indignant at Mr.. Balfour for having
accepted an amendment to the educa-
ton bill which removes religious educa-
ton in church schools from control by
the clergymen in charge of the parish
and instrusts it to managers of whom
five may be laymen.
This is regarded as blow at the Ma
tional Church in depriving it of the
power to train the youth in the schools.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20
Considered Slap at Miles.

Washington, D. c., Nov. l7.-What
is construed by some of Gen. Miles
friends as another slap at the lieutenant
general commanding the army, is an
order issued by Secretary Root directing
the Inspector general to hereafter make
but one report, that to be addressed to
the secretary of war. 1t has always
been the custom for that Office to make
two reports, one to the commanding
general and a second to the secretary OF
war
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20

Americas Cup Race to De Saiied
Third Week in August.

London, Nov. 1.-THE Royal Ulster
Club has received a communication
from the New York Yacht Club fixing
the dates for the Americas cup on
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday OF the
third week in August, 1908.
Additional races, should any be
necessary, are to be sailed on the same
DAYS. of each succeeding week until
finished. The conditions and courses
v III be the same as in former years.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20
POETS HOME DESTROYED,
Old Residence of William Cuiieh
BRYANT Burned.

New York, Nov. 1.-THE old home
of the poet William Cullen Bryant al
Roslyn, L. l., has been destroyed Dy
fire. The house was occupied by W:
Butler Duncan. All the furnishings OF
the house, including rare paintings,
costly rugs and furniture, ana tne
original library of the poet, we're saved;
Mr.. Duncan's valuable collection Oh
yacht models was lost.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20
Butler Declared Guilty.

Columbia, Mo-, Nov. 17.-Col. Ed.
Butler, millionaire and politician of
st. Louis, on trial charged with at
tempting to bride DR.. Champman, of
the st. Louis board of health, in order
to influence his vote on the indorse.
ment of the garbage contract with the
city, has been found guilty by the jury,
which assessed the punishment at three
years in the penitentiary.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20
MITCHELL HEARD
COAL STRIKE COMMISSION SITTING
JUDICIALLY.
Mitchell the First Witness-.Makes
a Statement of His Side of the
Case and Is Cross Examined by
President Wilcox---Not Much De-
veleped.

commission met for it's first judicial
session. Both sides were represented
bv great array of counsel. MANY
wagon loads of records were carted into
the courtroom by the operators. Sew
entv-five witnesses have been called by
the miners, and everything indicates a
long-drawn hearing. The independent
operators intends to make spe ,ial
fight against the recognition of the
union, and in this they are backed by
the coal presidents.
John Mitchell was the first witness.
He was regularly sworn and asked for a
statement of the miners side OF the
case. At the outset he said that the
sole hope of future peace between en-
ployers and employees is satisfactory
adjustment by the action of the arbitra-
ton commission. Mitchell then re-
viewed the demands of the miners at
length, quoting figures constantly, in
support of the claims he put forth.
Mitchell dwelt strongly and at con-
siderable length upon the danger of the
anthracite miners occupation. He said
that each day of the operation of the
mines costs the lives of two and 1-16th
men, and the mai ming of three times
that number. Nevertheless, he said,
the men working in these mines receive
less pay than the workers in the blum
minous fields, under less hazards, and
in many ways more favorable condition.
He asserted that the lives of all miners
are limited, and that all of them suffer
from asthma.
Mitchell said that the ton weight
basis of measurement was the one great
vital question which has caused more
d trouble than many others combined.
He explained in detail why he consid-
ers it unfair to the miners.
The Mine Workers president gave
reasons why there should be trade
agreement recognizing the order of the
United Mine Workers. He affirmed
that in the bituminous regions where
such recognition has existed for some
time, there have been no strikes of any
magnitude since the agreements went
into effect. He claimed that the disci-
pline and efficiency of the organization
is such that it assumes full responsible
ity in all dealings with employers, and
enforces implicit obedience from its
members.
Mitchell closed with an eloquent APP
peal to the commits to exercise its
influence for the adoption of system
that will prevent children from being
forced into the mines, through the in
sufficiency of the income of parents to
provide for, their families.
After MITCHELL address he was cross
examined by President Wilcox. The
examination was directed along lines
intended to show the weakness of the
constitution of the United Mine Work
ers. Wilcox sought to show that
Mitchell is possessed of supreme power
in the organization. The result OF
several hours questioning produced
little beyond bringing out Mitchells
views of economic conditions in the
mining region.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20
Mr.. Babcock Declines.

Milwaukee, Nov. 1.-THE Wisconsin
congressional delegation at conference
offered their support to Congressman
Babcock for speaker of the Fifty-eighth
congress. Mr.. Babcock, however, de-
clines to be candidate and favors
CONGRESSMAN Cannon of Illinois.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20
GOLD AND SILVER.
Total Production for Past Year Was
Near $4OO,OOO.OOO.

Washington, Nov. 14.-Geo. E.
Roberts, director of the mint, has COM
Melted his report upon the production
II the precious metals for the calendar
wear 1901. The final figures for the
worlds output are as follows: Gold
s2es, $40, 700; silver, $lo4, ssS, 100.
The cold output of the United States
was SIS, 666, 700; silver. $S3. l2S' 400.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20
CHOLERA FAT MANILA.
Seven Men of the Fifth Infantry
Dead and Others Ill.

Manila, Nov. IA. - Cholera has
made its appearance among the
men of detachment of the Fifth in
fantry, which is stationed here. Seven
men have already died and a number of
others are seriously ILL.,.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20
Presumably.

Stenographer-Did the baby sleep
well last night?
Cashier guess so. l did.-Somer-
vile Journal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20
Always Ready.

Wigwag-My wife threatens to go on
the lecture platform.
Henpeckke-My wife doesn't need
platform.-New York Tribune.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20

1t would amount to $1,000 for days
work. and, as it costs nothing but the
labor expended in mining 1t. the profit
Is many times over 100 per cent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
A Party Mistake.
n uA " UAHSO"HO' Mobile Register,

Mobile Register
 MT Rlchardson's proviso, which he de- sired to have added to the Philippine tar fir bill, to the effect that the United States reluqush all claim to sovereignty oyer the Philippine Islands and that her eafter the archipelago shall he con- sidered as foreign territory will walk lIka a ghost through the halls of De- mocrary, aud freeze the hearts of Demo- clats, even W hile they appeal to the coun- try at national elections.
 We go as far as we are permitted when we say that the entry of the United States into the Philippines as a world power was unnecessary at the time and economically unwise. and that We should be better off if we had no Philippine policy on our hands; but reasoning~men must recognize that, even if 1t were best now to abandon sovereignty over the islands and proclaim a protectorate. 1t is not going to be done. The people of the United States regard the Philippines as their own and the archipelago as the theatre of a great commercial develop ment in the East. We may as well talk of Great Britain giving up Hong Kong as the United States giving up the Phil ippines. This was decided once and for all by the last election; and those who do not like 1t will have to make the best
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Interesting Notes of Some of Those
 in the Public Eye.

The dowager duchess of Abercorn Is the most marvellous of all the peeresses of the United Kingdom. She now has 140 descendants living, namely, ten children five sons and five daughters), fifty mine grandchildren and seventy-one great grandchildren. The f1fty-ninth grandchild -the child of Lady Evelyn Cavendish- was born recently.
 John Bloomfield of South Portsmouth. Ky, has found cursing to be an expen- sive indulgence. He engaged in wordy war with a neighbor and was taken be- fore the local magistrate. Under Ken lucky law curses are finable at the rate of $1 ger curse. Fifteen counts wee found against MT. Bloomfield, who had to pay $15 snd T cent general fine"
 Daniel Tarboe Jewett of 3745 West Pine Street, St. Louis, is still practiclng law. though 95 years old. Every day he spends six hours in his office in a downtown building. Mir. Jewett witnessed the in- auguration of Andrew Jackson in 1929 and Ves college boy at the national capital when Webster, Calhoun, Clay and Hayne were familiar figures on the streets of Washington.
 Among the stories, apochryphal and Schley to discuss President Roosevelts recent decision is this: A friend had dis cussed the Presidents decision at length and wound up by saying: Now, what do you think of 1t, Admiralr The vet eran said, without hint of smile: He doesn't say that Cervera got away or that the Spanish fleet did business after that day, so, after all, we did not fight in vain"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02

Hiss Cora Ainsley, prominent school teacher in one of our normal schools, speaks of her experience with catarrhal headaches and eulogizes Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a cure for them. She says: "I suffered daily from severe frontal headache and pain in and back of the eyes. at times so intensely as to inca pacitate me in my daily duties. I had suffered from catarrh, more or less for years. but never thought it was the cause of my headaches. but finally became con- vinced that such was the case because the headaches were always worse when- ever I had a cold or fresh attack of ca tarrh.
 "Stuart's Catarrh Tablets were highly recommended to me as a safe and pleas ant catarrh cure, and after using few hfty-cent boxes which I procured from my druggists I was surprised and de- lighted to find that both the catarrh and headaches had gone for good"
 Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are sold by druggists at fifty cents per package, un- der the guarantee of the proprietors that they contain absolutely no cocaine Hound in so many catarrh cures), no opium (so common in cheap cough cures). nor any harmful drug. They contain simply the wholesome antiseptics necessary to de- stroy and drive from the system the germs of catarrhal disease.
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