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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-09-03

to Chas. Mckay, chairman of the
first board of county commissioners
and one of the two pioneer settlers
now living who came to the island
previous to the difficulty with the
Hudson Bay Company which led
to the establishment of The mil
itary garrison at old Fort San
Juan" under command of Capt
Pickett and brought about the joint
military occupancy of the island,
which continued for fourteen years.
Mr.. Mckay was born in Nova
Scotia, of Scotch parents, IN the year
1881. When sixteen years of age he
moved to tic state Of Maine ami
went from there to California in 1856.
He made the Journey viz the Mic
aragua route. Like many hundreds
of'others he Was Frustrated by yell
loNM fever on the isthmus and was III
tflere for three months. He finally
reached San Francisco and from
there went up TO Amador county
where he mined until 1858, when he
Joined the great rush TO the Fraser
river. The shores of:Beliinghain bay
that summer were dotted by TIE
tents Of thousands OF adventurers.
The young Scotchr1an tarried but q
short time among them but went in q
small boatup the Gulf Of Georgia and
the Fraser river to the principal
scene of the gold excitement in the
vicinity of Fort Hope. He mined
there about a year but failed tc
'istrike it rich',| and made up his
mind to return to California. At the
present site of the city OF New West
Minister he met d. w. Oakee, who
had boat ard together they came
down to Victoria, then the headquar
ters of the Hudson Bay Company in
the northwest. There, from som,
hunters ard tf.appers, they frs
heard of San Juan island, OF
bellevue, as it was most frequent
| ly called, and they decided to come
over here, which they did in June
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-09-03
IsIand Lime property fold

II is reported on good authority
that the property of the Island Lime
Company, near Deer Hafbor, has
been purchased by the Henry Cowell
Lime and Cement Company, the deal
having been concluded at the time Of
e. " Cowell's recent visit to the
county. The consideration is said to
have been $12,O The prlncipa.
stockholders of the Island Lime Com
pany were Byers 81 Byers, of Seattle,
and w. b. Augir, of Deer Harbor,
manager.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-09-03

The ISLANDER presents today the
second Of it's series OF pioneer
sketches. The first was devoted to
Capt. Edward D. Warbass, first
postmaster north of the Columbia
river, first representative in the leg
islature from Whatcom county, then
including San Juan also, first audi
tor of this county and founder of
Friday Harbor. The second relates
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-09-03
SAN JUAN'S FIRST
COMMISSIONER
A RESIDENT OF THIS COUNTY
FOR FORTY-FIVE YEARS

A Gold Hunter III California and on
the Fraser River and One of the
First American Settlers of San
Juan Island.
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has been held in obscurity since his ap-
 pointment, and it seemed that the Pon-
 cas would never again have a new ruler until the three buffaloes were se- cured for the hunt
 Horse Chiefs father, White Eagle, | is seventy-eight years old, but do not think for a minute that he retired from the position of chief on account of old
 age His retirement was necessitated
 by reason of the fact that he did not have ten members in his council, and, therefore, in the minds of the Indians was no longer a chief. It was just be- | fore the last sun dance that one of his councilmen died, leaving only nine members. Since then another has passed away.
 "You see, when the Indians inaugu- rate new chief, they hold the buffalo | hunt when sixty bucks form twelve hunting parties of five each, to chase | the animals. The ten most successful l in the hunt are selected as the council, | and when one of these does the next | best hunter among the remaining fifty who participated in the chase is put in | his place The Indians have been dy- 1 ing so fast that out of the sixty who hunted when White Eagle was inaugu- rated only eight are alive, and as there | was no way for him to get a full coun- 1 Gil, he had to step down and out. White Eagle was inaugurated forty years ago, when the Poncas were living talong the Niobrara river in Nebraska. At that time the buffaloes were plenti- l full on the plains. The tribe was re- moved to the present reservation in .1ST1. Their present home contains 1060OO acres, of which the 101 ranch where the hunt is to be held occupies l a part. This ranch is the largest in the world where miscellaneous farming is carried on, as it contains fifty-seven thousand acres. It is owned by J. C. l Miller and his two brotehrs, George and
 Zach. They do not own all the land ], but only that part which was sold to them by heirs of dead Indians, while l the rest is leased. This ranch itself is
 worth going many miles to see. On it
 horses, mules, cattle, fancy stock, polo ponies, wheat, corn, oats and all other products found on first-class farms are l to be seen.
 "An arena three thousand feet long
 and fifteen hundred feet wide has been
 laid out for the hunt. It will be en- 1 closed by two woven wire fences six
 feet high. The enclosure will be dou- l ble, so, if a buffalo should get through
 one fence, he would still be unable to | get away. On the west side is a grand
 stand which will accommodate ten
 thousand people.
 "The Indians from the twelve tribes 1 in Indian territory and Oklahoma have
 been invited and many have already
 arrived. They bring their tepees with
 them and their cooking utensils, fry
 ing pan, and a kettle, and the Poncas
 will furnish them with provisions.
 Some of the decrease in the number
 of the Poncas can be realized when it is
 known that forty years ago, when
 White Eagle was inaugurated, there
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were six thousand in the tribe while to-day not more than six hundred are alive. They were so certain that the buffaloes were gone that when told the hunt would take place they winked one eye and shook their heads, saying, No buffalo. All gone We won't see them l until we reach happy hunting ground And they wouldn't believe the animals were on the ranch until they saw for themselves.
 The hunt will begin about two o'clock in the afternoon. MT. Johnson says that the Indians, however, refuse to | tell in what way they will hunt the an in1als, believing that they should keep that part a secret. The three buffaloes 1 were secured by J. c. Miller from the Goodnight ranch in the Panhandle of Texas, where sixty-four of the animals are kept. Many people in Kansas City ! have signified their intention of attend | ing the event. So big is the crowd of visitors expected to be that the Santa | Fe has made arrangements to run sev- en extra trains to Bliss. o. T., one mile | south of the place where the chase will take place.-Kansas City Journal
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More. than anything else I am will ing to lay aside the matter of the man, Mccarthy, and drop that item from the discussion. Any fair board of arbitra- tors would be acceptable to me.
 Such a disposition has not been man ifested to the officials of the road as yet and in consequence the result of such an attitude cannot be stated. The completion of the new bridge at Poughkeepsie has been the occasion ot much joy among the railroad officials in that much of the freight coming this way has been handled by that route and the congestion has not been nearly so great as 1t otherwise would have been.
 It is thought that by the help of the strike breakers employed in New York and the general work along the entire system, all things will be moving as usual in very few days.
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FREIGHT HANDLERS STRIKE.
Failure to Tie Up System Yesterday
 Officials Think all Will Soon be Set.

Failure to Tie Up System Yesterday
 Officials Think all Will Soon be Set
 tied.
 There were several very generous in dieations yesterday that the threatened strike of all the freight handlers on the Consolidated road and those of the Pennsylvania lines would not extend to New Haven and perhaps would not continue more than a few days more on any part of the system This gen. eral strike was ordered as one of sym pathy with the freight handlers in New York city and was expected to take place yesterday in New Haven as well as other cities along the lines.
 But yesterday every man was at work as usual with the possible ex- ception of the men employed at the Silver street house, and these men were distributed among the other three houses. This was by reason of the fact that all of the New York freight is handled at the Silver street house and as there was no cessation of traffic on that division there was no need for the men at the freight house. It is report ed that there was no trouble at New London or Bridgeport and that the men are working regularly there.
 The cause for this condition of af- fais is, it is stated, that President Cur ran of the Freight Handlers union has taken a decidedly backward step and has retracted nearly everything which he said with reference to making the strike general. It is reported that he has agreed to permit the men to return to work and arbitrate the grievane aft erward.
 President Curran is said to have made the following statement:
 T am perfectly willing to submit this whole matter to a board of arbitra- ton. I am not to be misunderstood in this matter of settlement. I will ask the company to take back the men and arbitrate afterward. I am anxious to have the men go back to work at the conpany1s suggestion as to rates, hours, etc, and to arbitrate afterwards the points under discussion.
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A REAL BUFFALO HUNT.

On ranch 101, about three hundred northeast corner of Oklahoma, about three hundred Indians will gather in their tepees next Sunday, and it is ex- pected that fully ten thousand white people will also be there to witness one of the most important events in recent years, so far as the red men are con- cerned-the great buffao hunt, when real big Indians will don the togs Of their fathers and will chase sure enough buffaloes across the plains. Especially important is this occasion to the Ponca Indians. for the ten most successful hunters will be chosen as the
 great and wise council for Horse Chief,
 the new ruler of the Poncas. This will
 be the first buffalo hunt the Indians
 have had for so many years that the, are wild with delightful anticipation of
 the event, and are leaving nothing un-
 done to make the occasion one never to l be forgotten by any who see it. R. ID. Johnson, who was writing for
 Kansas City newspapers ten years ago,
 but who during the past few years has been among the Indians most of his
 time, and is really privileged charac-
 ter among them, is visiting in Kansas
 City, and to number of his friends yesterday related in very interesting
 manner the reasons why the hunt is
 being held and what preparations are
 being made for it.
 Horse Chief, the new ruler of the
 Poncas, was selected at the sun dance last June to succeed his aged father, White Eagle,' Mir. Johnson said. "He
 is the eldest son of the old warrior, be-
 ing about forty years old. It is tradi-
 ton among the Poncas that unless the
 chief has a great and wise council of
 ten, he is only one of the tribe, and his
 power amounts to nothing, and there is
 absolutely no way of selecting the coun- cil, according to the religion of these Indians, except by having the buffalo hunt. AS the Indians believed no buff faloes were alive now, the new ruler
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THE PRIVATE SECRETARY.

Second Splendid Presentation by the
 Malley Comedy Club.
 The second presentation of the farci- |cal comedy, "The Private Secretary" by the Malley Comedy club, this time under the auspices of the New Haven |County Anti Tuberculosis society, at the Grand Opera house last night, more markedly stamped the club as one of the best amateur organizations which was ever existent in New Haven. The |comedy was presented at the Grand Hast Wednesday night for the benefit of the Edw. Malley Protective associa- ton and scored a great hit with the very large audience present at that time.
 It was said by many who witnessed the first performance that the work of these amateurs was vastly superior to the ordinary amateur, and was of such la high order that it closely rivalled many of the professionals on the stage to-day. The consensus of opinion last night was that the first impression gained was the true one, and thus the comedy was well received and thor |oughly enjoyed
 There was no change in the cast of characters of last night over that of the original production and the per- formance was first class in every par ticular. The audience was not as large as was deserving, considering the cause for which the play was given, and also that the performance was smooth and finished in every respect. There was a very generous advance sale, and this caused the receipts to be larger than the appearance of the house betokeped and in consequence a nice sum was de- rived for the benefit of the Gaylord Farm sanitarium.
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YESTERDAYS BALL GAMES
NEW HAVEN WINS TRIMMING CONTEST FROM SPRINGFIELD.

o'connOr, the Latter's Third Baseman,
 Makes Double Play Unassisted-Hol-
 yoke Breaks It's Series of Defeats by
 Defeating Bridgeport to 1-WhaIers
 succumb to Meriden-HartfOrd and
 Worcester Play Ten Innings to a Tie.
 New Haven defeated Springfield at Savin Rock yesterday afternoon in a ten-inning game which at times was brilliantly and loosely played. There were number of sensational plays, especially in the outf1eld. Flanagan, of the visiting team, carried off the honors in this respect, catching a difi- cult fly, in doing which he backed vio- lently against the fence. A sensational feature of the game was the double play, single handed, by Springfeld's third Sbaseman, OConnor, when he caught Fitzmaurice between second and third and Bannon at second.
 Springfield tied the score in her half of the seventh, when Tuckey gave two men their bases on balls and allowed two timely hits. In the tenth Spring. field got man as far as third, but could not score.
 The score:
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brian" cemetery. Rev. J. Owen Jones will officiate. She was in her fifty-fifth year
 Work on the trolley line will begin next week on the south end of Main street. The heavy steel rails were be- ing unloaded from cars in the sand pit just over the North Haven line yes- terday.
 Quite welcome thunder shower struck here just before eight o'clock last evening and settled the dust and cooled off the air somewhat.
 MT. and Mrs. David Ross left yester- day for visit to Providence, R. l., and Bay Side, R. l., and Taunton, Boston and Lynn, Mass.
 MT. and Mrs. E. M. Gushee of Cam bridgeport, Mass, are visiting here.
 Miss Florence E. Sturtevant of Hart ford is the guest of Miss Grace Gil- bert of North Main street.
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Yale 8, Lafayette 0.

Yale won another whitewash game at the Yale field yesterday afternoon, MacKay pitching in splendid form and blanking Lafayette to O, Captain Winslow was in his usual winning con- dition and put up a faultless game. Great catches by O'Brien, Miller and Johnston, of the visitors, were the best plays of the game. MacKay kept La fayette in the air when there were men on bases. Lafayette put up some sleepy ball. The score by innings:
 RH E. Yale .......O4 S001o*-S 8 ? Lafayette ......0 0 0 0sG0 00-0 ' l Batteries -MacKay and Winslow; Newberry and Shook.
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IFoIyoke 2, Bridgeport I.

Bridgeport, May 25.-Holyoke broke it's series of defeats here to-day by winning from Bridgeport, to 1. It was the most colorless game seen on the local grounds this season, the only feature being the stupid base running of Bridgeport. Both pitchers kept their hits scattered. Clark lost the game to the locals in the first inning, when he glued himself to third base when he had an opportunity to come home on long fly. O'Rourke was another offend CT in base running. The score by inn ings:
 R.HE. Holyolxe .......O 0 ? 000O0-2 5 3 Bridgeport .....0 0 70 0--1 5 Batteries-Vickers and Shincel; Me Cullough and O'Rourke.
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WALLTNGFORD.

The new timetable which goes into effect Sunday will affect several of the trains stopping here. The southbound train changes are the S:4S a. rn., which will be six minutes later, the 1:47 will be fifteen minutes earlier, the 5:19 will be fifteen minutes later. Going north the SLY a. m. will be five minutes ear Her, the 5:25 five minutes later, the GAO ten minutes later. The new timetable will not be given out until Saturday.
 Several cases of chickenpox are re- ported in town.
 The funeral of Mrs. David Eakens will take place this afternoon at O. clock from the house on South Elm |street, with interment in the Tn Mem-
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Meriden 8, New London 4.

Meriden, May 25.-Meriden defeated New London to 4 in an cratic game of ball to-day. Fielding errors, hard hitting and weird decisions by Umpire Lovett assisted materially in the score. Meriden scored four runs in the sixth inning after questionable decision of the umpire on liner which might have retired the side. The batting of Bone, Snooke and Perkins was a feature. The score by innings:
 RHE. Meriden ......0 20O2 24OO *-S IA 6 New London ...2 01r00 1 0 O-4 6 6 Batteries--McCrane and Burke; Me- Laughlin, Burns and Armbruster.
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field this year. Harvard won the game in the seventh inning. when, with the score 3 to 1 in favor Of the visitors, Titus weakened and let in three runs. In the same inning Coburn's speed les sened and Clarkson took his place, sending the Georgetown men out in one. two, three order. The score by inn ings:
 RHE. Harvard ........o OOO1Os4- g 2 Georgetown 70 0 DO 0 O-S 1 Batteries-Coburn, Clarkson and Quigley; Titus and Hart.
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HoLYoKE TO-DAY.

The game at the Savin Rock grounds this afternoon will be between the Hol- yokes and the Blues, and an exciting contest is expected, as the former have struck their gait and are putting up a flrst-class article Of the national game. Corcoran is scheduled to pitch for the locals.
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Hartford 3. Worcester 3.

Hartford, May 25.-Hartford and Worcester battled for ten innings and a half to-day and after Worcester had made a run in the eleventh and the side had been retired Durnbaugh called the game on account of rain. Attend- ance 1,200. The score by innings:
 RH.E. Hartford 01o01OO-s 5 6 Worcester ....2 001000 00O00-3 5 ! Batteries -Foxen and Bunyan; Plank and Connolly.
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Princeton 15, Brown 5.

Princeton, May 25.-Princeton defeat ed Brown at baseball to-day by a score of 15 to in one of the most loosely played games seen here this season. Four errors by Princeton in the first two innings, together with three hits, gave Brown her only runs. Stevens proved easy for the visitors and lasted only two innings. He was replaced by Byram, who pitched in splendid style and allowed only one hit, beside sstrik- ing out six men. The sensational feat ure of the game was 8 double play by Wells, of Princeton, without assistance. He caught a hot liner off second and touched the base before Elrod could re- turn. The score by innings:
 R.HE. Brown .........1 % OOo-5 4 g Princeton ....0 5 3 ? % 1 *-15 10 6 Batteries-Tift, Beldine and Smith and Paine; Stevens, Byram and Coon ey.
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Eastern League.

At Rochester Rochester 8, Jersey City 8.
 At Buffalo-Buffalo 4, Newark 3. At Toronto-Toronto z, Baltimore ?. At Montreal-Rain.
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Springfield.

*One out when the winning run was made
 Score by innings:
 New Haven ........O4 00o0 0 1-6 Springfield ...,.....0 001SO 0-5
 Summary: Two-base hits-O'Connor 2, Hayward Fitzmaurice and Golden. Stolen bases-Connor. Connors, Hem ming. Double plays-Connors to Hem ming; Bowler to Hannif1n; Hayward to Anderson. Bases on balls-Off Tuckey 3, off Bowler 3, off Miller 1. Struck out
 By Tuckey 3, by Bowler 1. Time of game One hour and forty minutes At tendance-Fife hundred and fifty. Um- pire-K ennedy
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s. F. THRASHER.
 S2 Church Street.
Real Estate and Loans.
Cottage at cosey Beach to let.
FOR sAnE.

Brick building on Clay Street, con- taining two stores and four flats; all improvements and in good condition throughout; will pay more than ten per cent. on the purchase price,
 Fine property on corner of Blatchley Avenue and Wolcott Street.
 Two family house on James Street. Good investment on St. John Street; income more than eleven per cent.
 Two houses on Plymouth street.
 The above have just been handed in. We have more properties left from our previously advertised lists.
 If anybody wants to buy real estate either in the city or country, or at the shore, they will go farther and may fare worse if they don't see me. Try it.
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Harvard s. Georgetown 8.

Cambridge, May 25.-Harvard defeat ed Georgetown to-day in the fastest and cleanest baseball seen on Soldiers
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At Philadelphia

Detroit .......ooo1o30oo-41O 10 Philadelphia 10 o01 0 10 *-5 F 2
 Batteries -Mullin and Wood; Plank land Schreck.
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R.H.E.

New York ..s..2 Oo2OOoo--4 g 2 St. Louis .......O2 2S200 90 or 10 ?
 Batteries-Powell. Putnam and Me |Guire and Kleinow; Sudhoff, Siever land Sugden.
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Other College Games.

At Exeter-Tufts 4, Phillips Exeter 1. At Hanover Dartmouth-Amhe game after the third inning on account of rain.
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At Washington
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R.H. ID. Washington ,s1 o2oooOoo-a 6 5 Cleveland ......1 000302 CT 8 1 Batteries-Townsend and Drill; Moore land Bemis.
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s2 Cravenette Mohair, sI.50.

Heavy coatings of Sicilienne Mohair,"56- inches wide; Priestly cravenened in navy and black Made especially for travelling or automobile coats and separate skirts; will not spot or shrink. Clearance price, SI.5o
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At New York
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American League.

Boston ..........1 O0O010o oO-2 10 l Chicago ........O 0 01 % O-1 ?
 Batteries-Winters and Criger; White and Sullivan.
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Fancy Mohair. ST.

The celebrated Priesty Cravenette goods, in blee and gray, 54-inches wide and one of our best selling styles for shirt waist suits or travelling coats. Clearance price,
 gv
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My telephone number, 47s-S.
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soc Mohair, 40c.
5o-inch Mohair, soc.

One of the best bargains of the sale; very wide, lustrous Sicilenne Mohair, for shirt waist suits. Clearance price, soc
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National League.

At Pittsburg-