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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-01-07
LABORATORY
SITE SELECTED
PROF. KINcAID WELL PLEASED WITH
LOCATION
Point q Little south of Eastern ENTRANCE
TO Harbor win Probably BE Purchas-
ed Number of Laboratory Workers
This Year Likely to BE Limited.

Prof. Kincaid, of the State Universi-
ty, came down from Seattle Friday to
select site for the marine laboratory.
1t is quite probatle that it will he
located on a picturesque point jutting
into the bay a little to the southeast Of
Browns island and near the eastern
entrance to the harbor. 1t Is charm
ing spot and we'll suited to the needs of
the institution which promises to be-
come the most important on the Pacific
coast for the original study of marine
life. Since he was here last summer
Prof. Kincaid visited the station near
Port San Juan, on the west coast of
Vancouver island, maintained by the
University of Minnesota, and while he
considers the location there an admir-
able one for the special objects sought
he returned thoroughly satisfied with
the field afforded by the waters of this
vicinity tor the more varied work
which 1t is proposed to do here. This
seasons work will necessarily be done
under some disadvantages for the rea-
son that there will not be sufficient
means immediately available to erect
such buildings as are needed and adc.
luately equip the laboratory for prac-
tical work OH q large scale. Solely be-
cause of the probable lack of facilities
for the proper accommodation of q
larger number the number of students
aud teachers in attepdace the first sea-
son will probably be limited to twenty
five, though Prof. Kipcaid says hs
could easily get fifty. Though one of
the youngest professors in the universe
ity and one of the most unassuming
msn imaginable Prof. Kincaid ranks
,mong the leading entomoligsts of the
country and is the foremost authority
IN insect life In Alaska. He is tire
less worker, rising at five o'clock in the
morning and working fifteen hours a
lay, and he loves nothing better than
to delve into the realm of nature and
add something to, the worlds store OF ,
knowledge Of the lower forms of life.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-01-07
THE. COUNTY'S
PROGRESS In 1908
WHAT THE "P.-I." SAYs IN IT'S AN,
NUAL REVIEW
New Fire Map-Postmaster Harpst Re-
signs-Petition Forwarded Asking APP
pointment of A. s. Hall-Treasurer's
:
Quarterly Report.

The Post Intelligencer of last Sun
day contained very comprehensive
and readable review of the progress of
the state during the past year. Each
county is given separate consideration
and while the space allotted to each
was necessarily quite limited, the
smaller counties Jared as well as the
larger ones IN this respect and the gem
eral tone of the brief summaries, furn.
lshed by local correspondents at the
county seats, is such as to stamp them
as conservative and reliable. Of this
county the paper says:
"The past year has been prosperous
one for San Juan county, and the pros.
pect for the coming year is brighter
than ever before. While there has
been no marked increase over the pre-
ceding year in the amount Of the as
sessed valuation of taxable property, a
great many substantial Improvements
have been made, mostly upon farms
There has been a considerable increase
in the acreage of land under cultiva-
ton, and very material advance in
dairyIng and stock raising. The coun-
ty continues to lead all the counties of
Western Washington in the produc-
ton of sheep and wool, and it compares
favorably with counties of much larger
area in its output of fruit and miscel-
laneous farm products.
"In the lime industry, in which the
county leads the entire Pacific coast,
the year has been marked by great ac-
tivity, the output of the greet works at
Roche Harbor having been enormous.
The settlement and development of the
county has hitherto been retarded by
lack of telegraph and telephone COM
munication with mainland points, but
early in the new year this disadvant-
age will be overcome. A powerful sta
ton of the Pacific Wireless Telegraph
Company will be in operation at FRI
day Harbor, the county seat, within a
few days, and the work of connecting
the picturesque aad fruitful islands of
the county by cable with the Sunset
Telephone Company's system is soon to
begin.
"a new lumber mill, barrel and box
factory is about to be built in Friday
Harbor, and the early establishment of
an electric lighting plant is also prob
able. The present population of the
county is approximately $500, the in
crease since the federal census was
taken in June, 1900, having been lit
tie less than 20 per cent. The tax levy
is low, being only Is mills for both
state and county purposes, and few
counties in the state, if any, have so
small percentage of delinquency"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-01-07

by the exercise Of strong will power
that he has kept about his work. Mrs.
Harpst's health has also been very
poor and because of pulmonary trouble
her physician urges an early change of
climate. 1t is for these reasons solely
that Mr.. Harpst's resignation has been
rendered. He has been very prompt,
efficient and faithful in the discharge
of his duties as postmaster and has
given entire satisfaction.
A petition has been circulated and
generally signed asking for the ap-
pointment of A. s, Hall as Mr..
Harpst's successor. Mr.. Hall is vet
eran of the civil war, a staunch Repub-
lican, capable business man and OF g
of the most popular citizens of the
county seat.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-01-07
THE COUNTRY PRESS
Is Not Declining In Power and Influence.
Some Apprsciativs Comments

Is Not Declining In Power and Influence.
Some Apprsciativs Comments
City newspapers are 80 prone to refer
to their brethren of the country
press" in such patronizing and su-
percilious way, that it is a pleasure to
see occasionally broader and more
appreciative view taken by metrOpOl-
itan journal. The Boston Post, one of
the most influential papers of the New
England metropolis, says:
"The weekly country newspaper as
an institution is by no means declin-
ing. If one may judge by the evidence
of the recent newspaper directories, it
never flourished SO much as at present.
II has character of its own. It's place
cannot be filled by any metropolitan
publication. 1t is the intimate friend
of its constituents. 1t has the atmos-
phere Of its locality. Its angle of Wis
ion is that of its own community, and
this it truly reflects. Broad. questions
state, national, and international-it
presents and considers as part of Its
work of information, but these are SUBJ
ordinate to its own peculiar mission.
The uprising in the Balkans, the
breach in the British ministry, the
scandals of the postal service at Wash
ington, are dwarfed. In actual present
Importance by the washout on the state
road or the project for a new trolly
connection. And these, indeed, are tie
real living concerns of local life. 1t is
the home matters that make up exist
ence, and with these the country news
paper deals.
"We do not sufficiently recognize,
perhaps, how great an influence for the
preservation of that spirit Of local self
government which is the foundation
of our institutions the country press
has been and is today. 1t is unques-
tonably power. And it holds this
power and retains this influence be-
cause of the sturdy honesty OF the
country editor. The country press is
the ideal of independence. 1t is, as a
rule, unpurchasable and incorrupt-
ible."
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-01-07
Sheep and Wool In 1909 4,

The National Association OF Wool
Manufacturers estimates the number
of sheep ON hand in the United States
April 1, 1903, at 80, ,2S4 900 head, against
70, I84, ,122 head on the same date in
1902, a decrease for the year of 1900, l22
head.
The wool clip of 1903 Is estimated at
245, ,45O. 900 pounds of fleece and 42,OOO,-
900 pounds of pulled, wool, making a
total wool product of 2S7, ,450, 900 pounds
of wool in the grease. The correspond
ing figures for 1902, as estimated by the
same authority, were 274, ,34l ,O32 pounds
of fleece wool and 42,O0O,O0O pounds OF
pulled. making a total wool product for
1902 of l6,34LO32 pounds. The esti-
mated decrease in the wool clip of 1903
as compared with that of 1902 Is there
fore 2s, ,S9l 1882 pounds.
The per cent of shrinkags of securing
for the 1903 clip is estimated at 6O.S per
cent for fleece wool and 33 per cent for
secured, 80. that the total 1908 clip as
expressed in terms of secured wool
amounts to l24, 1866, ,405 pounds. In 1902
the shrinkagc in securing was estl7
mated at an even 60 per cent for fleece
and SO per cent for pulled wool, the
total 1902 product of secured wool be-
ing estimated at l37,9l2,085 pounds.
The decrease in the output OF scoured
wool in 1903 as compared with that OF
1902 is thus estimated to be l3,545,6SO
pounds.
The average weight OF fieeces in 1903
Is estimated at 6.25 pounds, decrease
of .25 pound from the average weight
in 1902, which was put at $50 pounds.
The average weight of fieeces In 1901
was 6.33 pounds, and 6.46 pounds III
1900.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-01-07
Postmaster Harpst Resigns

Postmaster Harpst has sent in his
resignation to take effect as soon as his
successor is appointed and qualities,
having felt compelled to do 50 by the
long continued Ill health of himself and
wife. For long time, on account of
serious stomach trouble, Mr.. Harpst
has taken but little nourishment ex-
cept matted milk and 1t has only been
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-01-07

J, Clarence NJ. Tucker, County Treasurer for
San Juan County, do hereby certify that the fore
going is true statement of the collections and
Disbursements for the quarter ending Dec
Al, 1904 CLARENCE NJ. TUCKER.
County Treasurer.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-01-07

Is Rockefeller also beginning to cor
ner the sea, tina. coG-liyer oil has gone
up to $l3t d barrel?
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-01-07
COUNTY TREAsURERs' STATEMENT

Treasurers statement of general account TO
quarter ending Dec, 81, 1908:
DERITS
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-01

Phonetic laziness" in the matter
Of place names is notorious in the
north of England, writes a correspond
ent of the London Chronicle Lanca
shire has a curt way of dealing with
troublesome names. AFTER all"
writes a correspondent, there is ar
excuse for saying 'Oost'n' instead o
,Ulverstone in these days of stress and
hustle, and life is too short to say
Little Urswick' when you can make
yourself understood more easily by
Lilosik' In Cumberland once asked
the way to Aspatria. The native did
not understand for some time, wher
it suddenly dawned upon him that !
meant 'Spethry.' Difficulties Of pro
nunciation, however, present them
selves to the Londoner much nearer
home than Cumberland. In Essex, fol
instance, once asked a laborer If he
could give me some rough idea as
to how far st. Osyth was from any
known outpost Of civilization. He
was a most intelligent fellow, for he
scratched his head only four minutes
when he exclaimed: oh, you mean
Toosy!' l supposed did."-NeW
York Tribune.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-01
Good News for All.

Bradford, Tenn. Nov. 21.-(Spe-
cial.)-Scientifc research shows Kid
ney Trouble to be the father Of SO
many diseases that news of a dis
covery of a sure cure for 1t cannot
fail to be welcomed all over the coun-
try. And according to Mr.. ]. A. Davis
of this place just such a cure is found
in Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mr.. Davis
says:
"Dodd's Kidney Pills are all that 10
claimed for them. They have done
me more good than anything l have
ever taken. had Kidney Trouble
very bad, and after taking a few boxes
of Dodd's Kidney Pills am COM
pletely cured. l cannot praise them
too much"
Kidney Complaint develops into
Bright's Disease, Dropsy, Diabetes,
Rheumatism, and other painful and
fatal diseases. The safeguard is to
cure your kidneys with Dodd's Kid
ney Pills when they show the first
symptom of disease.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-01
BROUGHT JAY GOULD TO TIME.
Woman Made Financier Pay for Her
lllions."


While Jay Gould was superintend-
ing the building of the old Rutland &
Washington railroad, between Rut-
land, Vt, and Eagle Bridge, N. Y, in
the late summer of 1852, it became
necessary to cross a large farm in the
town of Castleton, belonging to Mrs.
Ann Dineen, so a strip of her property
was obtained. A fine patch of water
melons on the place was too strong a
temptation for the one hundred or
more men in the construction gang,
and in a day or two the patch was
melonless.
Mrs. Dineen complained to Gould,
but he disclaimed any responsibility
for the acts of the workmen and re-
fused to recompense her for her loss.
A day or two later Mr.. Gould and
one or two of his engineers we're OBJ
tanning relief from the effects of the
hot weather by taking a swim in the
Castleton river, when suddenly Mrs.
Dineed appeared on the bank. Gath
ering up all the clothes of the bathers,
the woman made a motion as though
to throw them into the water and
shouted:
viii yez pay me for thin water
millions now, Mr.. Gould?"
The promoters trousers contained a
timepiece worth large sum and 9th
er valuables which immersion would
not have benefited, so he agreed to set,
tie for the stolen fruit if she would go
to his Office the next day. The promise
was satisfactory, and Mrs. Dineen re
treated in triumph.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-01
DO MEN KNOW woMwNf
To What Extent the Sexes Are Able
to Understand One Another.


to Understand One Another.
Edward Bennett has some witty re-
Elections in his 1.-The Passing Hour"
notes in the English Illustrated Maya.
zine. He says:
Solomon, the wisest Of men," de-
clared woman to be an enigma. He
appears to have studied the sex in
patches and to have struck an aver
age. He had scarcely time to study
the individual. But many an honest
Darby who possessed a heart has un.
derstood more than one Joan. II 1t
is possible to lay down a general prin.
ciple in such a matter. | should say
that where men have failed to under.
stand women 1t was owing to want of
heart, and that where women have
not understood men it was due to
want of intelligence"
AS a matter of fact, It is only in
rare moments of establishment and
devotion to another that anybody
cares to admit he or she is under.
stood. "'You don't understand me
one little bit is often the last despair.
Ing cry Of a woman's injured pride
to the man who is revealing to her
the fact that ne knows everything
even that this cry is patent insin.
CERTIFY"
The man who laments that a won.
an cannot see how strong is his devo
ton, that she perverts and twists all
his assurances into something quite
foreign to their original meaning, will
admit some day that she understood
him only too well, that his was a ma
ture which required opposition to stir
it into activity, and what was mis-
taken in the business was that he
himself was so easily comprehended
When a man says that the motives
If a certain woman are unintelli
gible to him the explanation often is
that she has wounded his pride by
showing too plainly that she under
stands him and acts accordingly. I'm
other words, her intelligence prompts
her to act differently from what is
expected of the average woman in
similar circumstances, and this exhi
bition of intelligence is labeled by the
man as incomprehensible. It is his
nasty pride which is at fault all the
time. And this applies just as much
! in the case of woman as in that OF
a man. Men and women have been
deliberately throwing Gust in one an
others eyes for centuries, and the
wonderful thing is that they under
stand each other so we'll"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-01
Nearest 70 Gladstone.

The relations which existed be-
tween Gladstone and John Morley
during the latter years of the Grand
Old Mans life are interestingly de-
scribed by Sydney Brooks, writing IL
Harper's Weekly, who is soon to visit
America for the first time. No one
in the latter years Of his life stood
so close to Gladstone as Mr.. Morley
says Mr.. Brooks; no one perhaps in
fiuenced Gladstone so strongly. The
two men met on the common ground
of character rather than of opinions
or temperament. Between Gladstone
the believer and Morley the agnostic,
Gladstone the irrepressible optimist
and Morley the painful, unwilling
doubter, Gladstone the impulsive and
Morley the self-suppressed, Gladstone
the bonvivant, the dinerout and Nor
ley the ascetic, there was a gulf that
only each mans recognition Of the
others intrinsic loftiness coulS
bridge"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-01
Practice What You Preach.

Have you any plan or notion
AS to how this world should rum
Have you made a great commotion
Showing how IL may be done3
Do you live as you've directed
In the good things that you teach7
And Ito questions you're subjected)
Do you practice what you preachT
II is laudable, I'm sure,
II you've any worthy plan
That, in time, may help secure
Future happiness for man.
But II you belle your teaching
(Please believe 1t. I beseech)
You would better give up preaching
TIL you practice what you preach.
Many things ara advocated
That will keep the world from sin;
II you feel quite agitated
Ger the subject, then begin
To explain the situation
To your friends and unto each
BE a living illustration
That you practice what you preach.
Benjamin B. Keech, In Leslie's Weekly
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-01

Every housekeeper should know
that II they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because It
never sticks to the iron. but because
each package contains 16 oz.--one full
pound-while all other Cold Water
starches are put up In %-pound pack
ages, and the price Is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. II your grocer tries to sell you =
12-oz. package II is because he has
4 stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose Of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
ters and figures '16 oSs." Demand
Defiance and save much time and
money and the annoyance OF the iron
sticking. Defiance never stieka
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-01

DEhONA is known from the Atlantic
i to the Pacific. Letters of congrat-
ulation and commendation testify
ing to the merits of Peruna as a catarrh
remedy are pouring in from every State
of the Union.
DR.. Hartman is receiving hundreds
OF such letters daily. All classes write
these letters, from the highest to the
lowest.
The outdoor laborer, the indoor arti-
san, the clerk, the editor, the statesman,
the preacher-all agree that Peruna is
the catarrh remedy of the age.
The stage and rostrum, recognizing
catarrh as their greatest enemy, are es-
pecially enthusiastic in their praise and
testimony.
Any man who wishes perfect health
must be entirely free from catarrh.
Catarrh is well-nigh universal; almost
omnipresent.
Peruna is the only absolute safeguard
known. A cold is the beginning of
catarrh. To prevent colds, to cure colds,
is to cheat catarrh of its victims.
Psruna nor only cures cafarrh, but
prevents IL. Every household should
be supplied with This great remedy for
coughs, colds and so forth.
The Ex-Governor of Oregon is an
ardent admirer of Peruna. He keeps it
continually in the house.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-01
The Clearer Vision.
J OF common life

The smoke Of common life
Hangs dark and thick and dreaT,
It's pail shuts out the brighter scenes
Which ought to seem so clear.
Even the blue Of God
Is lost TO my poor ken,
And yet at night when work is hushed
The stars Shine down on men.
/ take my stan and go
Past swamp and smoke and dust
Up the steep path TO yonder height,
To find my peace and trust.
Far up above the fog.
Above the mist and care,
/ ind the sky thought was lost,
j see the vision fair.
Somewhere Is light and cheer,
Though darkness fold me round;
So let me walk IN peaceful trust
TIL JOY again abound.
Boston Transcript
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-01
Fact and Poetry.

Or. Lyman Abbott is undoubtedly
right in saying that we cannot sing
Of the nickel plated faucet as we did
Of the old oaken bucket, nor have the
same feeling for the hole in the floor
the heat comes through as we had for
the old time hearth; nor can W. write
Of the water bug in the pipe as Of
the cricket on the hearth. But who
would go back to the poetic old-fssh-
Toned inconveniences7
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-01
Hypnotlsm AGAIN,

"A little lad in Nmington," said r.
S. Black, ex-governor Of New York.
must have studied the records OF the
criminal courts, and noticed a certain
rather absurd plea that for some years
had been advanced in extenuation of
all sorts of crimes. The lad was alb.
sent from school one fine spring day
and on his temperance the next
morning he brought no excuse.
James said the teacher, where
were you yesterday
1.-THE boy began to cry.
ait was Joe Mullen's fault be said
He hypnotiEed me and made me so
hshin' with him."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-01

In addition to the collection Of old
Junk from private houses the Saliva.
ton Army colony in London is now
Systematically gathering up waste pa
per. Nearly 5000 tons Of this material
was collected last year, sorted and re-
sold, nearly 1000 business houses be-
ing visited every week. The colony
now gives employment to $50 men
simply in recovering materials that
would ordinarily be destroyed.