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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-03-19
ORCAS

Quite number Of people have been
i'll recently with la grippe.
County Surveyor Vaughn, and his
assistants are at work on Shaw island
this week.
Miss Jones, of Mitchell bay, is visit
ing Mrs. John Curry. They went to
East Sound Saturday, returning SUI
day.
The young people of Orcas serenaded
MIR. Killebrew and bride Saturday
evening. They were invited in and
had quite a pleasant time.
The Nrighborly CLUB had special
meeting last week to prepare for the
presentation of "Mrs. Jarey's Wax
works. at Orcas ball sometime IN
April.
A daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Ganson
and her husband and son arrived here
a few days ago from California for a
visit of two or three weeks. They seem
much pleased with the islands.
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Crcas Island
WESTERN ORCAS NOTES

Mrs. Geo. Adkins spent last week at
Ben Harriso s. in the valley.
Alex Chalmers has rented partof his
place a, West Sound to Mr. Andrews
VIM. Trueworthy, all old resident Of
Orcas, has been visiting friends here
Cor the past few days.
Mr.. Wright. Of Saturna island, b. C.,
mas been visiting his father-in-law,
VIM. Clark, for the past few days.
GUY Sentf is on the island, laid up
with. very sore hand, the RESULT of an
accident III one of the Whatcom mills.
August Van Cromphant has rented
Mr.. Bigley's place for another year.
There is IA fine prune orchard on the
place.
Mr. Wyberg is fencing and other
wise improving the Sweeney place, "
near Orcas, which he bought about a
year ago
The day after the heavy snow Mr..
II Adkins took all the pupils of the
West Sound school for a sleigh ride,
much to the delight of the young folks.
John KIlebrew has committed an,
act that has forever debarred him front
one..Of the best known societies OF.
OrcaS-the Bachelors. He was mar
ried Saturday.
Misses Pearl aud Rosa Adkins each
received silver mounted cornet
(B hat) last week and are fast learning
IL play under the instruction of Mr..
Vetter. West Sound will soon have
"a ladies' band and THEN!
Conrad Boede, our rising young or-
cardist, whose services as an
apple packer are always in such de-
mand, has been helping Mr. Kepler
this week and expects to go to work
for Mr.. Never as soon as the weather
settles.
Whatever kind Of "times" there may
be elsewhere three are good times on
Orcas, if good times mean plenty of
work. People have hardly time to get
off boats before they are offered work.
AT least such was the experience of the
new corners to West Sound last week.
George Meyer had the misfortune to
cut one of hands while pruning one
day last week. The knife slipped as
he was making cut, almost severing
his thumb. This is the third accident
Of similar nature here within the
last few weeks. First, Rex Hammond
almost cut his hand off, then Peter
Laplant, ST., dropped heavy saw
across his knuckles, inflicting painful
wound, and now Mr.. Meyer, Thanks
to DR.. FItz-Mathew, all the wounds
are getting well.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-03-19
EAST SOUND
George Shattuck is in town.

George Shattuck is in town.
Capt. Gregg went to Seattle last week
Oh business trip
James Fry is building a fine large
cottage on his place.
Is that road law going to be good
thing for our county?
A big boy is the latest product raised
at the Benz. Harrison ranch.
Mrs. O'Neill and her son Everett in
tend to lease their place this year. 4,
The creamery here is doing a good
business for this time of the year.
VIM. Wright has beautiful home
at the foothills of MI. Constitution.
1t is not right to chase deer with
dogs this time of the year; give them a
chance.
The poet hailed the coming spring,
His verse with rapture glowed,
Tut ere embalmed in type the thing,
1t simply up and showed.
J. w. White has very fine green
house with all the fastest improve
ments in ventilation and irrigation.
He has radishes and lettuce ready for
the table at this writing.
A material difference in the fare be-
tween West Sound and Friday Harbor
is noted. The Garland charges 10 cents
and the Buckeye so cents. What is
the reason of the Garland's higher
rate?
The proposition to bond this school
district for the purpose of erecting a
new school house was overwhelmingly
carried at the special election last Sat
urday, there being only two negative
votes out of total of sixty-two' cast
The people evidently appreciate the
advantages of good graded school. e.
Mrs. Julia Smith, wife of Eugene
smith, died very suddenly of heart
disease at the family home in What
com last week and was buried here
saturday, the family having resided
here for number of years. Although
she had not been well for two years or
more her death was quite unexpected.
she was 81 years of age and had been
married twenty-five years. Her hus.
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baud and four children--two sons and
two 1aughters-survive her. The fami-
" came to East Sound from New York
state in 1883. The funeral service was
conducted by Rev. Mr. Massey, of the
NJ. e. church and the burial was ac-
cording to the rites of the Odd Fellows
order of which Mr.. Smith is a melh-
Der. Mrs Smith was member of the
associated order of Rebekahs.
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A TEACHERS WORK APPRECIATED

ToEditor of the ISLANDER
I wish to thank the trustees and patrons
of School district No. 8, Mitchell bay
through your paper, for their kindness,
and the beautiful way in which they ex-
pressed their appreciation for the little
was able to do fer them while teaching
there.
When l went aboard the Garland"
Wednesday, March IL, on my way home,
was given large box and beautiful
letter. On opening the box, l found it to
contain an exquisite china salad set. a
china syrup pitcher, silver cake basket
and a set of cake plates. 1t is not so
much for the beautiful gifts as Tor the
more beautiful thoughtfulness and kind
ness that l wish to express my extreme
gratitude and thanks.
| also wish to thank Mrs. Alex Hall,
of Friday Harbor, who so kindly selected
them.
The committee consisted of Mr.. and
Mrs. RObt. Finn, MIR. and Mrs Alfred
Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam'l Gross, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Malcolm, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Little and Mr. Levi Brand.
EVA PHILIP CURRY.
Orcas, WASH, March Is, 1908.
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For Sale or Rent-Farm of 20 acres
at south end of San Juan island, with
good house. barn and outbuildiugs, to-
gether with farming implements and
live stock. Call upon or address H.
Sloll, Argyle. 2-26
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-03-19

Wanted-Cooprrs, Lime Burners and
Quarrymen. Address, Eagle Lime
Kiln, Deer Harbor.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-03-19

Insure in the Htra, "the leading fire
insurance company of America. 10.
H. Culver, resident agent
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The Great Majestic Steel Range con.
sumes less wood, bakes better, wears
longer than any other range manufac.
tured. Morse Hdw. Cos, Whatcom
agents.
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DR.. Lee Baker, .ort Townsend,
announces that he intends to spend
several days here each month, prepared
to dc all kinds of dental work.
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$4,000 S S s@s s sS1 ss. sse !,

Through car service from st. Paul and
Kansas City to the Coast. For rates and
particulars, address G. NJ. Hunter, Agent
l222 Dock ST., Whatcom, Wash. 9-ll-tf
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school Entertainment at Mitchell Bay
The Mitchell bay school gave an en-
tertainment and basket social Monday
night, March 8. The proceeds, $3.50,
are to be used to buy a dictionary and
start library in the school. A delight
full time was enjoyed by all present.
Foilowing'was the program:
Tableau in scenes --"Hiawatha" ,...,.
....".................... ..............By school
Solo-"Not for Joe" ...... ........ Miss Little
Recitation-"A Boys Lecture. ..........
.....-...-....-......... ..........Henry Little
Dialogue-"A Matrimonial Adver-
tisement" .................. ..................
Amanda Jones, Henry Little, Eddie,
Mary and Grace Botsford.
Duet-"O Morning Land" ..................
....... ....1...Mrs. Curry and Miss Little
Tsbleau-"Evening Prayer. ELLA Little
Quartette-"Though Your Sins Be as
Scarlet. ..............
Miss Little, Mrs. Curry and Messrs.
Elmer and Ernest Little.
Song-TheDrunkard' Daughter"
Little
Tableau-"Summer" ............... ..........
Amanda Jones, Daisy Briggs, Maggie
Stove, Lulu Gross and Ella Little.
All the Baskets were arranged on a
table covered with white cloth and
draped with large flag.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1903-12-13

Pay nothen. They just turned me
out without a shirt or blanket and
left me to walk home, and I have
walked nigh onto two hundred miles,
and only 1 had a few dollars they
took from me, when they arrested me
and give back to me when they let me
go, I'd a starved, reckon, for no.
body I'D give work to a man as had
laid in jail for robbery. Hain't got
claim agin the government for my
time for those months? 80? He'll,
hain't got claim agin Wells, Fargo
& Co., for they put up Evans to ar
rest me? No? Jist got to swallow it
all, have L? / reckon so, myself, and
L just came in to say to you that
Jack, before he died, told me to see
you and thank you for what you. did
for both of US, and he made me prom
ise that somehow I'd pay you, and I
will"
l assured the poor man that 1 had
no charge against him. "WeI, that
don't matter" said he my word to
Jack Is out. I amt got no money, but
I'll pay you-barrin' one thing. If
Wells. Fargo e Co. stop carrying bull
M M.oii SHi pay yout OTHERWISE VIII.
I've been locked up and starved for
months by Wells, Fargo & co. just
for nothin'. They owe me something.
Oh, I'll collect it, and I won't go to
law about it nuther. I never have
took a crooked dollar from anybody in
my life, but I'm goin' to change my
system now. Oh, shant talk that
way to anybody, and you just forget
that I talked SO to you. Good-by;
you'll hear from me again."
And heard from him about week
afterward. A man aswering to his
description was riddled with buckshot
by Wells, Fargo & Co.'S guard in an
attempt to hold up the Tucson stage.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1903-12-13
Captive Carnivora.

Among the huge cages of the car
nivorous animals--the 1.-THE tigress. the
treacherous and soft-footed leopardess.
and frequently, even the generous lion.
ess herself-the life of a baby wild
animal becomes sometimes a tale Of
ploodshed and tragedy. Nagged and
CALLED by prison bars, by narrow con-
fines that make exercise impossible.
and by the excitement of throngs of
slghtseers, these naturally nervous and
nigh strung brutes become overwrought
to pitch where they satisfy an nm
natural cannibal appetite on their own
flesh and blood. Like little bundles of
sunshine the kittens of these ferocious
brutes appear, mewing plaintivelv with
tight-shut eyes and cropping in the
darkness. Thousands of them have
been born behind the bars of rnenagerie
cages-no fault lies with the stork
hlmself-but most frequently the ire
sponslble, crazy mothers pounce upon
and devour them, or else iniure them
beyond hope of recovery. When the
Watchfulness and a pitchforIz of a
Keeper succeed in rescuing one of these
Kittens, it is given in charge of some.
big mother dog who adopts the strang-
er and rears him. Now and then.
however some strong, healthy, intel
l1gent member of this ferocious family
ceases to worry and fret at captivity.
and. the maternal instinct cropping to
the fore, the care of litter of cubs
becomes a welcome relief from the
stern monotony of prison life.-Mc-
Clure's Magazine.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1903-12-13
CACTUS JURISPRUDENCE

Applications for admission to the bar
OF the Supreme Court of Arizona by
examination have always been infre-
quent, as the demand for legal talent
was usually supplied by Importation
from California or the East. When
Phoenix, some years since, was enjoy
ing her first boom as a sanitariun, a
disgusted disciple of Blackstone re-
. marked, IF this influx of lungless and
liverless lawyers is to continue I mean
to Ieht out. 1t has got so that if one
of my clients wants a mortgage fore
closed he passes by my Office and takes
SIC and goes down to the County Hos
blizzard escapes to do the work be-
tween coughing SPELLS
The Supreme Court in those days
was seldom strict in its examinations.
Indeed, it was exceedingly complais-
ant. AT the January, $780, session of
the court there applied for examina-
ton a gentleman who had twice served
as probate Judge of his county, and
who was supposed to possess some lit
tie smattering of law. He was exceed
ingly popular, and relying partly on
this fact, partly on his record as a
patriot, and partly on his personal
friendship with the judges, he applied
for admission without having previous
" burned any great quantity Of mid
night oil.
what said Judge Silent, would
you do if in response to the verified
complaint of your client in an action
ON a promissory note, the defendant
fled an unsworn general denial?"
.sI would move for a non-suit," was
the calm reply.
what he intended to say was doubt
Hess that he would ask for judgment
for his client What he did say was in
effect that he would dismiss the case
and abandon the claim.
The applicant having served as pro-
bate judge. was supposed to Know
something of probate law, and Judge
silent was willing to help him pass the
ordeal of examination, so he shifted his
base. and the next question ne asked
was. Ifs the undertakers Dill a ciaiin
against the estate or a claim against
the administrator?
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1903-12-13

along to Chief Justice French. Dear
old, honest, esteemed, and self-esteem-
ed Charles Grattan Wilberforce
French, as he loved to sign his name
on hotel registers, had one question
which he always propounded to appli-
cants and if it was answered in ac-
cordance with the tenets of Jefferson
democracy all went we'll
What" said he, "is the difference
between the Constitution of a State
and the Constitution of the United
States?"
The posted applicant always replied:
'The one is a grant of power and the
other is a restriction on power But
this applicant had not been posted, and
he answered with diffidence, "Well,
thar amt much difference except that
one is heap bigger than the other"
The Chief Justice nervously fingered
his mustache, but, anxious to help the
poor fellow along, he propounded the
Interrogation in another form "By
what right said he, ''does the Legis-
lature Of the Territory of Arizona en-
act laws?"
Now, the Legislature was in session.
1t had passed several laws in brazen
defiance or disregard of its own or
ganic act, and of the Constitution of
the United States. It's members stood
ready at any time to make, for a suffi-
cient cash consideration, bill of sale
of the entire Territory. It's daring and
it's enterprise We're well known to the
candidate; so with right arm out
stretched he exclaimed in a sepulchral
voice, by the right, Your Honor, OF
eminent domain
The chief justice groaned and signi-
fed to Associate Justice De Forest
Porter that he might complete the ex-
animation. Porter, who was as fond
Of fun as boy of fourteen. pulled on
a grave face and said, What sir, is
! the rule in Shelly's case?' A cloud
crossed the brow OF the candidate. He
Slowly opened his tobacco box as he
replied, well, your Honor has got me
at last for I'm id if I know
When the judges discussed the ap-
plication in their chambers, Judge Por-
! ter said Let us admit him. He's a
good citizen. He killed three Apaches
in a running fight in Tonto Basin He
can't do any harm practicing among
the Mormons in his outlying county
and besides you know he answered
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1903-12-13
DECEMBER II.
KING ST.


1T is said that after killing a Mexi-
can at Wickenburg you cut his heart
out and carried it around the saloons
and made everybody drink to it,"
wall, I tell you how that was. I
did that because was merciful. did
that to save human life. There were
four Greasers of them, and they had
put up a job to rob me of the gold I
gathered on Antelope Hill, and one of
them got full of mescal and told his
woman, and she told Carmelita-thats
my wife-and SO I got to know about
it. The plan was to ambush me and
kill me, and then get the gold, which
they knew had up at the ranch home
Wall, I jist went down to Wickenburg
and there saw Jose Consoles, he was
the leader of the gang, loungin' in the
road in front of a mescal shop. / walk
ed UP and got my back to the wall of
the adobe builden so that the other
greasers couldn't get me from behind,
and I sung out to Jose to get out his
gun. I could have got him where he
stood before he could have lifted his
hand, but I treated him dead squar
1 give him the first shot, which
never came nigh me, and then / tum-
bled him over. I didn't fire but once,
twant necessary, Jack Swilling never
misses. He was plumb dead when I
went up to him. Now I knew there
were three more of them (Greasers, and
I had either to kill them all or to skeer
them out of the camp. Well, Jose was
dead. His heart was no use to him,
and it didn't hurt him to take it out,
so opened him and got it, and I car
ried 1t into that mescal shop and set up
the drinks on it and said was lookin'
for Jose's gang, and that my word was
out to add three more hearts to my
collection before morning.
wall, my plan to save the lives of
them other three Greasers worked like
a charm. They got out their broncos
and started, and they never stopped
runnin' until they reached the Mexi-
can line
Jack was discharged by the magis-
trate, it being shown that the robbery
occurred in an adjoining county He
was rearrested and spirited away by
Deputy Marshal Evans at daylight on
Sunday morning, and before a writ
of habeas corpus could De gotten out
was incarcerated in the Yuma jail.
Years before Jack had been scalped
and his skull broken in a fight with
the Apaches. 1t was trepanned and
a silver plate inserted. At times this
gave him great pain, which he was ac-
| customed to alleviate by the use of
morphine. Either through ignorance
or malice the jailer at Yuma withheld
from him his usual doses of morphine
and he died few weeks later in awful
agony.
Months afterwards one of the perpe-
! traitors of the robbery was discovered,
confessed and was sentenced to four
teen years imprisonment.
Jacks companion in misfortune came
/ into my office one day travel-stained
and as thin as skeleton. ''You heard" :"
said he, '.as how they got the robber.
That deputy marshal knew all the
time who it was that robbed the stage
| and where to find him. He was in
| with them, I guess, and he tried to put
it off on Jack and me- Jack died in
Jail and they kept me there until last
week, when they turned me out /
have been there for MONTHS
did they pay your passage home ?''
said I.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1903-12-13

that last question correctly" He was
admitted.
1.-the and graceful as a panther, with
long black hair floating down his back,
Jack Swilling, robed in buckskin, and
looking like the frontispieceSof a dime
novel, glided into my Office in Prescott
ore June morning more than twenty
years ago, in the custody of a United
States Deputy Marshal, and expressed
a desire to retain me for the defence in
the case of the United States against
SWilling and another, charged with
robbery of the United States mails.
Jack was a Texan, waif of the Con-
federate army, a scout, a hunter and
a rancher, with large Mexican wife,
and small band of Mexican cattle.
1t was charged against him and his
hired man and companion that on a.
certain night they had stopped the
coach near Wickenburg and robbed it
of the express box and several sacks
of mail. The men who accomplished
the robbery were masked. The trail of
their horses was traced into Wicken-
burg, and Jack and his companion
We're in Wickenburg early next morn
ing, forty miles or more from Jacks
cattle ranch. When the news of the
robbery reached Prescott, Jack was
drinking in a saloon, and he immedi-
ately gave it out that he was the rob-
Der, but averred that he got nothing
by it, for he scorned to rob unarmed
passengers, and there was no money
in the mail sacks. Upon this evidence
he was arrested and brought before
the United States Commissioner for a
preliminary examination.
Jack had reputation as a desper-
ado which he had fairly earned, but he
was braggart as well as a bravo, and
when in his cups would avow that he
had committed every robbery and mur-
der that had been perpetrated in Cali
fornia or Arizona Yet he was known
to be as honest a fellow as ever lived.
and though his homicides were many,
he had always on examination been
eXonerated as having acted in self de-
fense.
Jack had a penchant for collecting
and giving burial to the bones of pio-
neers who had been killed by the
Apache Indians. Years before one Col.
Sniveley was killed on Antelope Noun
tain by hostile Indians. Several ex-
petitions had endeavored to find Sniv-
, eley's bones without success, and
finally Jack announced his determina-
ton to make personal search for them.
So taking a bag in which to transport
them, when found, he mounted his
bronco, and accompanied by his hired
| man, departed on the search.
He did not find the bones and that
night the stage was robbed, and this
| coincidence, together with the fact that
| the robbers had a bag in which they
carried away their plunder was suffi-
cient to cause the arrest of Jack and
his hired man.
"Afr you at yourself?" said Jack as
he was seated in the Commissioners
Office, awaiting the arrival of that Off
Ger to proceed with the examination.
.'for you will hear some pretty hard
| things about me, and mebbe had bet
ter explain matters a little. What have
you heard about me?''
well. Jack" said I, 'it is alleged
that you have killed thirteen men,"
That's just the way they lie about
J q man-the hounds" said he. 81
pledge You my word have only killed
nine-not countin' Of Injuns, of cose. u
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1903-12-13

Against both until the coffin man
gets his money" said the applicant,
but Doc. Thompson down to Tucson
got his cash through my advice, when
neither the administrator nor the es-
tate had a red cent. You see, when
old Capt. jerks pegged out, his rela-
tions in Chicago telegraphed Doc.
Thompson to embalm the remains. The
doctor had been an army surgeon, and
he embalmed old jerks in good shape,
SO that he looked as natural as life,
and was as sweet as a nut. The rail-
road company would not take the
mummy without being paid freight
charges in advance, so Doc. wired the
Chicago relations to send on enough
stuff to pay freight and embalming
charges. Would Your Honors believe
it, them Chicago relations WEIGHED and
wouldn't put up a cent. All that jerks
had when he crossed the ridge was 90
cents in cash, and the pall-bearers
took. that for drinks Doc. Thompson
applied to me as probate judge to have
the county of Pima pay his embalming
bill. Well, had no right to do that,
but [ told him what to do; so he put
old jerks in a nice vanished redwood
case with a glass front, and he painted
on the front sign which read:
EXHIBIT A.
Specimen of Arizona Embaln1ing
by Doctor Thompson.
This is the Stiff of Capt. jerks,
Mummified by Order of His
Sorrowing Relations
Residing at 1921 n. Clark ST., Chicago
They were tin-horn sports
And WEIGHED on the embalming bill.
1.-The doctor, in order to get his pay
will sell 500 tickets at so cents each
| and when sold there will be a grand
rattle for the remains. Take chance
The winner can start a dime museum
with the captain.
doc. Thompson had a photograph
| taken of the captain in his box, with
the inscription, and sent it to the Chi
cago relatives with a letter stating
that he intended to send the captain to
the Worlds Fair for exhibition as an
Arizona manufacture. 1t worked
| Your Honors. it worked: and the doc
! tor got his money without troubling
either the estate or the administration -
| The judges laughed at the story. and
Judge Silent passed the examination