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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25
LOPEZ

Mrs. Galbraith is very sick with
pleurisy.
C. P. Johnson has been in Seattle
this week.
Quite number of people are sick
with the grip.
Miss Rinemuth was in Anacortes
the first of the week.
John Bartlett has gone to Wash
ington D. G. for a short visit.
Mr.. Duffy, who had his leg broken
about two weeks ago, is getting along
nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lockwood have
rented the E. H. Hummel place and
moved on to it.
Nelson Culp is on the sick list with
an abscess in his head. At this
writing is reported as no better.
Logging bees are quite "the thing"
on Lopez just now. John Rinemuth
ann A. T. Dill each had one last week.
Mr.. Oliver, of Bellingham has
bought the Bob Jones place at Rich
ardson and will take possession next
week.
The W. c. T. u, of Lopez, held a
Miss Willard memorial service at the
Congregational church last Sunday
evening.
Messrs Eli and Will Atkinson went
to Anacortes Monday. They have
bought the Robert Hummel farm
near here
Through the efforts of the Wood
men, DR.. Fletcher, from Washington,
D. c., has located here to practice
his profession.
The masquerade ball given at
the Woodmen hall Friday evening
was well attended, quite number
coming over from Orcas island
The Otis, Lopez island, post-office
has been discontinued and Postmas
ter Eaton relieved at his own request,
the people OF that locality now being
well served by the rural delivery.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25
AZ 1t Was Intended.

A certain clergyman reports the
following incident as occurring just
inside the entrance to one of the
largest and most popular New York
churches during crowded service:
It was during the reading of a
prayer, and the entire congregation
was kreeling. A man Of rough ap-
pearance, evidently unused to &C.
clesiastical surrour 3ings, strolled
through the open doors and stared
in apparent wonderment at the ST.
lent and kneeling congregation. He
looked moment, then turning to
the sexton, who stood near by, re-
marked briefly:
"Well, this beats the old boyw
The sexton turned serene eve on
him.
"That is the intention" he re-
piled Harper's Weekly.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

The Anacortes American pays
the ISLANDER an appreciated COM
pliment in saying editorially that
it is zone of the neatest, cleanest
and most up-to-date papers in the
state, in so far as a country weekly
is concerned. X x Brother Gull
yer is doing a good work for San
Juan County and even the state.''
1t may interest our valued contem-
porary to know that when the pub
Usher of the ISLANDER bought a
large cylinder press a few months
ago he told the manager of the
company from whom the purchase
was made that he wanted press
that would enable him to get out
paper that would look as we'll as
the Anacortes American, which is
mechanically one of the neatest
and most artistic papers in the
state, as we'll as one of the newsiest
and most progressive.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

The steamboat service on the Sc
attic route during the past week has
been the subject Of much unfavorable
comment and the cause of much in
convenience. On her return trip a
week ago today the steamer lydia
Thompson broke her intermediate
shaft just after leaving the Deer
Harbor wharf and had to be towed
to Seattle for repairs. The steamer
Garland was sent out from Seattle
Sunday night and on her return trim
Tuesday morning she broke her tail
shaft, the mishap occurring within a
few rods of the place where the
Thompson was disabled. Wednesday
and Thursday the little tug ssThe
Doctor" with no Accommodations for
either passengers or freight, made
the runwith the mail. Yesterday the
Lydia Thompson was again on the
route.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

the state we suggest that a high wall
be built all around it, when the
capitol building is erected, with
bastions at suitable intervals COM
handing the entrances, and that
all members of the legislature be
herded within the enclosure from
the beginning to the end of each
biennial session and thus kept free
from the communicating influences
ofprofessional lobbyists, particular
ly of the Stevenson stripe. An
"Inside-Inn" could be operated on
the grounds and proper facilities
provided for preventing the Threats
of members from becoming too dry.
Under such conditions seats in the
legislature would lose much of
the charm which they now have
for certain types of law makers,
but there would be fewer instances
than there now are of the smother
ing of wholesome measures in the
interests of the masses of the peo-
pie, and of the enactment of per-
niciOus laws.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25
Thought Little Frank Fell Down.


A young local lawyer tells a story
upon a certain prominent, absent
minded jurist of Louisville on whom
the years do not now sit lightly and
who is prone to forget things he
should know best.
"At dinner l recently attended"
said the young lawyer, S'the older
lawyer of whom I speak said to the
hostess:
"sBy the way, Mrs. H., have you
seen your little boy, Frank, within
the last few hours?'
Ono, judge replied the hostess
4 haven't seen him since 10 a. M,
since l come to think of it, and /
can't imagine where he is
WELL replied the attorney, zee
ing you pour out that water just
now reminded me of something
had on my mind to tell you some
time ago, but which unfortunately
escaped by mind. It was just about
10 o'clock, l think, that I saw little
Frank fall down the cistern in your
yard. Louisville Herald.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25
4 HOUSE TRAGEDY.
The Climax = The RsmedsIlns Of n.
Nuts DWELLING.

III -
Nuts Dwelling.
eyes," said Mr.. Mutt, ct v,.
rather odd the way l came to ~
build my house. You see, Mrs. NM.
was in town one day and happensS;
to buy q very handsome hall iamnN
one of the kind that stands on n.
post of the stair banisters,o and
then, says London Tit Bits, he wen,
on to describe the development ~
the house:
"Wel!, as soon as she got tho
lamp home we saw that it was too
large for the style of the stairs, so !
had to get the carpenters to come in
and widen them and put in new
balustrades and posts, and set them
over more toward the center of tho
hall. When that was done the hall
didn't look like a hall at all, and 7
had to have the carpenters tear ont
the walls and make the old dininu.
room into a new hall.
"Thcn, of course, the kitchen had
to be torn away and rebuilt at the
back Of the house, so that the old
kitchen would do for a SITTING
room, and there had to be new
dining room built to match the
finish of the hall. And when things
got so far we saw at once that We
had to have a library off the hall
and then the veranda had to 90 to
make room for the library, and nv
pet rosebushes came up to give a
chance to bui,d the new veranda.
"Well, to make long story short,
had to remodel the second story to
match the first, and put a third
story on in order to take care Of
the rooms that were crowded out
by the changes in the second. And
so l had new house all round"
"And was your wife pleased"
"Only partly. You see, just on
the last day, when the carpenters
had completed the third story and
were finishing work on the whole
job, one of them dropped his ham,
men through the skylight, and it fell
to the hall and smashed the lamp
that had started the whole thing"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

Notwithstanding the era of pros
perity and progress which Anacor-
tes is now deservedly enjoying, the
city seems to be still suffering in a
financial way from the after effects
of the speculative ''boom" of 1890
to '92. The American says:
with taxes already as high as
one can reach from step ladder and
the city still paying an enormous in
terest on outstanding warrants, it
now looks as though it would be nee
essary to bond the city and pay off a
part of the old debt in order to keep
the interest from compromising and
finally swapping the entire city"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

The New York Worlds statisti-
clan has parceled out on paper the
crops of 1904, giving to each man,
woman and child in the United
States the slice that would be due
on an equal division. The individ-
ual dividend could be loaded into
a grocer's one horse delivery wag-
on and would be worth $50 at
wholesale prices. The amount
seems small when looked at in dol
lars, considering the aggregate in
billions, but it includes half loaf
of bread, half an egg, and nearly a
pint of milk every day in the year
and barrel of fruit and a barrel
of potatoes to tide over until the
next dividend is handed out.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25
DECLINE OF COURTESY.
b Difference 70 Woman Dssems"0 .
Thing Of the PastS

n RDYO6O0o0 70 WOUoO O~sss'SsO
Thing Of the Pasts
The familiar toast, 'Here's to
woman, once our superior, now our
equal" is much more than clever
bit Of banquet fooling. 1t was :
Jest when first spoken. 1t IL taken
as fact now. We have seen in re.
cent years a steady diminution OF
the Difference to woman which IN
the past century was q part OF ev-
ery bows education. Even the bow,
once a genufection of real compil-
ment, has deteriorated into a fash
ionable shrug. The kiss is unmen-
tionable except as microbe exhibit,
and, as for surrendering comforts
from a sense of duty, here is the very
latest authority from the very latest
book of etiquette: ''The old custom
of a man giving his seat in a street
car to a woman is being gradually
done away with. This is due largely
to the fact that women are now so
extensively engaged in commercial
business that they are constant rid
ers at busy hours and thus come in
to direct competition with the men. !"
And we find this delicious passage
in the further elaboration of the
rules: "a woman should not look
with a panied and injured air at the
men passengers because no one Of
them has offered her seat" Real
ly it comes as balm to. the soul to
be told that "a man should never
cross his legs or keep his feet ex-
tended in the passageway." Custom
rules, and it does little good to sigh
for the good old days. Still, we
shall cling to the belief that good
manners cannot 60 wholly out of
fashion, that Difference to women
is excellent, not only for the woman,
but for the man, and that the gen.
tleman who is guided by the better
promptings of his nature and the
higher teachings of his youth will
get more abiding satisfaction out Of
life than by ignoring woman simply
because she dares to try the only
way of becoming Independent by
making her own iving.-Saturday
Evening Post.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25
Kent Her Word.

Two young ladies were walking in
the woods one day when they were
accosted by an old and much shriv-
eled gypsy, who politely offered to
show them their husbands faces in
q brook which ran near by for a
slight remuneration. So, paying the
sum, they followed the bag to see
how she could do so wonderful a
thing and also anxious to see their
future husbands. But instead of
beholding the faces of the men they
SO fondly hoped for they saw their
own. eve can see nothing but our
own faces" said one. every true,
men," replied the sagacious fortune
taller, 'sbut these will be your hus-
bands faces when you are married"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25
Furnishing q Good Excuse.

Doubtless you have seen these
cocoanuts that have been improv-
ed by the hand of art and made to
resemble a human head-at an early
stage in the evolutionary process
by boring out a pair of eyes, exca-
waiting a nose and making jagged
cut transversely to represent a
mouth, the whole being topped bya
fringe of fiber trimmed in rude imi-
tation of a juvenile Chinese hair
cut.
Whether you have or not, how
ever, the golden haired little maid
en- who figures as the heroine Of this
story has, and numbers one of them
among her playthings.
The other day this little girl went
to the dentists to have an aching
tooth extracted. "Can | have the
tooth, doctorw she asked after the
performance was over.
Certainly" he said.
She took the tooth home with
her and brought out the cocoanut
imitation of human head and face.
"Now," she said, inserting the
tooth in the jagged mouth of the
helpless dummy. '1'll give you
something to make a real face
about, you ugly thing~-Chicago
Tribune.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

The legislature deserves the COM
mendation of the people of the
state for it's repeal of the vicious
Peaslee secession act of 1908 by
which disgruntled section of any
county might attach itself to a con-
tiguous county, without the con-
sent either of the county of which
it was formerly a part or of the
county to which it's people might
vote to be attached.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

DIR. Page writes in the Popular
Science Monthly that a cold arises
largely from indigestion, impure
air and irregular habits. He also
says that with proper attention to
fresh air one cannot possibly take
a cold. The French health maxim
is, "Keep the feet warm and dry
and the head COOL"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

Wright park, Tacoma, which it
is proposed to donate to the state
as site for the capitol if the capi-
tai is removed to Tacoma from
Olympia, is said to contain thirty
acres. That is large enough to
afford ample accommodations of
all members of the legislature dur
ing sessions of that more or less
august body. If it is acquired by
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

Notice is hereby given that the tax rolls of
San Juan County, Washington, for the year 1904
have been turned over to the county treasurer
for the collection of taxes thereon, on and after
the first Monday of February, 1905. Three per
cent rebate will be allowed upon all real prop
erty taxes paid in full on or before March Is.
Taxpayers are required to furnish the treas
urer with accurate descriptions of the property
upon which they desire to pay.
Dated at Friday Harbor, Washington, this
2oth day Of January, 1905.
JOHN P. PAINE,
Treasurer of San Juan County, Washington
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

The gold yield in 1904 was a re-
cord breaker. The previous record
was $SO.OOO.OOO, in 1902. Prelim-
inary figures for 1904 place the to-
tai at $84. 100000.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

The Farm Journal says: "Don't
think you are an old man at sixty;
that's all fudge! Keep your grip"
There are a great many people just
now over sixty as well as under
sixty who have got the grip and
don't want to keep it.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25
Hint For Home Workers.

George, we are talking of organ
king home mending society"
whats the object?"
I'VE propose to make speciality
Of arbitrating family disputes"
DO you call that home mend
iagf"
Yes, dear"
We'll, you'd better enlarge your
purpose sufficiently to include my
socks and the plates Della broke. "
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

The Blue Front Store has large ship
ment of Mems, Youths and Boys ready
made suits now on the way from Chicago.
They were bought from the manufact
urers FOR CASH and will be sold reason
ably. Better put off buying that suit for
a few days until you can see them.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

DR.. Garratt, the Dentist, will be at
the BAY VIEW HOTEL from Monday,
Feb. %, until Monday, March 6, pre-.
pared to do all kinds of Dental work.
Call early and make appointments.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25
SEED OATS FOR SALE

Golden Fleece Seed Oats for sale. Ma
ture as early as Banner and yield to 8
pounds more to the bushel. Stool out
we'll. Straw strong and healthy. No
boards. Sample at L. B. Carter's Store.
ARCHIBALD FLEMING.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

Going to build? We will save Won
money on Doors, Windows, Nails, Lime.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

Don't forget that you can get first-class
fruit trees-apples, pears, plums, cherries
ETC., for fall or spring planting, from P
BOSTIAN, East Sound. 1913
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

White enameled dishes and sets al
Fowle'S
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25
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AND 500 LINE
MONTREAL
WINNIPEG
ST. PAUL.
CHICAGO
BOSTON
NEW YORK
and all Eastern points.

and all Eastern points.
Shortest and best line in connection
with Atlantic Steamship service, to
and from Great Britain and the Con.
tinent. Lowest rates and all other
information from
A. B. CALDER, w. III. GORDON,
Vt. a. +. d. Agent.
Seattle, Wash. .1225 Dock st.
Bellingham
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

DIR. Garratt, the Dentist, will be at
Orcas from Tuesday, March z,
until Thursday, March 8. Call early
and make appointments.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

For SALe-Riding pony, sound and
gentle. just right for children. Inquire
at Friday Harbor Meat Market,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

Ship Chandlery, Mining, Mill and
Blacksmith supplies. Wholesale and Re-
tail.-Morse Hardware Co., Bellinpham.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25
A RUsE FOR DRAWING THE ENEMY's FIRE.

eminenty successful night firing and me
has the the
Arthur NUMBER o
drift the cnannei
ammunition
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

For Sale-Farm of SIS acres on Shaw
island. Large frame house, thrifty young
orchard. For terms, etc., apply to Robf.
Armstrong, at the place.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

Grass Seed, new crop, low prices.
Morse Hardware Company.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

Wool is now worth 22ac per lb.-Mor q
Hardware Co.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

Pure California Port Wine $3.50 per
gallon at Void & Lightheart's.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25
SEEDS. SEEDS. SEEDS:


The Blue Front Store carries IN
stock Seed Oats, Seed Peas, Glover
and Timothy Seed. Alsike Creep
ing Bend Grass, Blue Grass, Or
chard Grass, Italian and English
Rye Grass and Garden Seeds.
carry the best seeds Obtainaoie
and ask you to patronize Home
Merchants for what you neeu.
Your Home Merchant buys your
produce and often pays you more
than you can get by shipplns
yourselves, and If he makes any
monev he usually spends IL ~
home making Improvements; lno
improvements are take ed and tnere
by your own taxes are less.
Did you ever think Of this?
L. B. CARTER.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

Bargains in Doors and Windows-Morss
Hardware Co.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-02-25

The Otis, Lopez island, post-offce
has been discontinued and Postmas-
ter Eaton relieved at his own request,
the people of that locality now being
well served by the rural delivery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-02
no CLOSE FAKE" HOTELS.
Nezc Bill Does Not GiUe a Years
Exemption.
tsr rELpoaArH TO THE rRmUs'B-I

Albany, May The COMMITTEES OF Fourteen
tept up its fight against Senator Raines To-
night by getting Senator Amber to introduce
q bin which would make the Raines FAKE" hotel
hill amply to the places which expected TO escape
from It's provisions during the coming year ana
restore to It the section stricken out at the re-
quest of the introducer
It provides that such hotels shall be inspected
nv the building authorities, not only at inc
4t,nss when annual licenses are applied Tor, put
- orv time on tho request Of any taxpayer
me other new section requires that the Build-
ing Department inspectors shall ascertain
~rhe+her the premises comply with the liquor
laws. 49,. 40
The expected emergency message Hron 'no
Governor on the Raines bill did not come IN
-. evening. The Democratic mem bers OF the
conference committee to which the measure was
UsfsTred have asked FOR moro time !" COLL
Senator Raines declared that he woulo NOT
aoede from the position he had taken
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-02
THREATENS SUIT ON GAS.
Counsel for Brooklyn Union Says Regulating
Law Would Be Unconstitutional

Saying that the proposed reduction OF gas to 70
cents g thousand feet would prevent his company
from earning an income its capital actually
invested and that the law reducing 1t to that point
would therefore be unconstitutional in far as
his company was concerned, W. n. Dyknan.
counsel for the Brooklyn Union Gas Company
said yesterday that II the legislature follows out
the report Of the Stevens committee period Of
litigation would follow.
IF the courts decide that the price is unrea-
sonahIv low - he said, 1.-The law will be declared
void. Fortunately not even the legislature is su-
preme The courts hold that laws such as the
committee recommends are obnoxious to the Four
teenth Amendment OF the United States ConsuIu-
ton Several such decisions have been made in
+,a Circuit Court and in the Supreme Court Of tho
United States In railroad and gas cases"
General Jourdan president OF the Brooklyn
Union Gas Company. has telegraphed to Albany
ol,,ne for a hearing that he may prove that his
comnenv cannot earn an income IL the price OF eas
ia reduced to 70 cents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-02
Forty-inch FouLard Saks
At Z5c, Worth SIPS

THIS VERY handsome saving of SOC
yard is on beautiful new silks that viii
be doubly appreciated by women who do
their own sewing, because the fabric is In
the double width, which saves half the
seams. We counted it very lucky pur-
chase to be able to secure the silks, and
women who want new Summer gowns viii
be equally delighted to share them
The silks are in variety of small fig
ures and polka-dots, in single and multi
color printings, on grounds of gray, lilac,
reseda, Delft blue, brown, navy and cadet
blue, green and tan.
The selling was rapid yesterday, but
quantities were ample for another lively
day today.
Z5c a Yard, instead of SIPS
Rotunda-