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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17
The S Gill Tax !"

To the Editor: I was much inter-
ested in reading your article in the
ISLANDER on roads and the chill tax. -
The illustration based on report of
government engineers showed that
six horses are required to draw a
load on road rising ten feet in one
hundred, or 10 per cent grade,
which could be drawn by one horse
on a level roadway. What would
you think Of IA, is and 10 per cent
grades? The county road from Deer
Harbor to the head of West Sound,
a distance of less than two miles, has
four long hills with such grades. One
of them, the school house hill, has an
average grade of over Is per cent
where nearly level roadway could
have been secured by laying out the
road not over six rods from its pres
ent location. You would scarcely
credit it, but the Norton hill and the
Johnson hills on this road have in
places grades of rs per cent where a
slight deviation would have given easy
grades. This is not by-road, newly
opened and unworked; it is the main
and almost the only county highway
at the west end of Orcas island.
did not say ''main travelled road you
will notice; no highway like that
would be TRAVELLED very much
there is scarcely one vehicle day.
The "hill tai" is practically prohib-
tive tariff and no community can
prosper under such conditions.
Lest you should misjudge the intel
ligence and business Judgment of the
community would add that the road
is said to have been located by a
former incompetent and needless
county official was wholly indn
ferent to the welfare Of the commun-
ity, and that it is the unanimous
sentiment of all the residents Of the
district as far.as | know that these
blunders Of location be corrected as
soon as possible and that they viii be
supported in this by our worthy
county commissioners.
W. B. AuGIR.
Seattle, june IA.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17
BREAD And BRAINS

The Seattle Star observes that
"the public school is not to be re-
garded as a private snap
at is-or ought to be-a public
concern operated for the benefit of
the public.
"The latter is the conception Of
an Iowa educator and publicist-
Capt. E. Miller, superintendent of
schools of Keokuk county, who is
making the schools of his county
really public. He does this by en-
listing the schools in the work of
the community. For instance:
"He got a jeweler at the county
seat to offer a prize to the school
girl in the county who would make
the best loaf of bread and bring it
to county exhibition of out of
school work. Immediately bread
making advanced to a fine art in
Keokuk county. Mothers were
consulted. Hundreds Of girls got
busy. Each school district had an
exhibition and the best loaves were
selected from the county exhibit
ton. The result? The homes of
the county never had such bread
on their tables generally. Scien-
tific bread baking worked wonders.
The contest did for the villages
and farms what the cooking school
does for the city = only more.
Girls who had never before given
a thought to bread making saw in
it a worthy accomplishment. Some
of them have subscribed for cook
ing magazines and have bought
cook books. They are preparing
to make themselves good house
keepers. And, not least of all
the public schools of the county
have become linked fast to the
homes of the county.
"Mr. Miller has done a like
thing in offering prizes to the boys
for the best corn, ETC., and has
them studying along the lines of
scientific agriculture. And withal
the schools themselves have been
greatly improved--not by the study
of fads, but facts. This educator
has pulled himself out of the worn
rut of pedagogics. He has vital
lied the schools. He has made
them what they should be ideally
- live centers of communal life
and progress"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17
Rooms 1t the Lewis and Clarke Fair

s. IA. Madge, j. OBJ. Scobey and F. w.
Stocking, of Olympia, have secured the
Hotel Palmer, at Portland, and put it un-
der competent management for the Fair
trade. It is IS room hotel situated on
Alder street, between Seventh and Eighth,
lust one block west of the Oregonian
building, only one block from car line
running directly to the fair grounds. For
one dollar a day the very best accom-
mediation can be secured. The above gen.
tlemen are wei, known all over the state
and their names give assurance that the
guests of the hotel will be properly cared
for. Write at once for pal ticulars and for
reservation of room. Address Hotel
Palmer, $500 Alder street, Portland, Ore.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17
NOTICE OF SALE OF SCHOOL BOND.

Sealed bids will be received at the Office ofthe
Treasurer of San Juan County, Washington at
Friday Harbo., up to II O'Clock Saturday, July
school district No. Is of said county, each bond
to be tor the sum Of One Hundred ($loo) Dollars,
to be dated July I5 1905, and to run for Twenty
years. with the option Of said district to redeem
one or more Of said bonds at any time after two
years. Interest not to exceed Six (6) pei. cent
and to be payable annually, both principal and
interest to be paid at the County Treasurer's
Office at Friday Harbor, Washington, or else
where at the. option of the successful bidder.
Bids must name price and interest offered As
sessed valuation of district, $3I,5o5 No out
standing Indebtedness. The directors reserve
the right to reject any or all bids.
Dated at Friday Harbor, Washington. June
9. 1906
]. P. PAINE,
Treasurer of San Juan County, Washington.
First publication June 10, 1905. st
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17
BE PROUD OF YOUR WORK

The editor of the Earth wants
farmers to hold up their heads in
pride of their calling. He saws:
"Don't regret that you are a far
mer, and be proud of the land that
you own, no matter what size it
may be. Make up your mind to
raise that mortgage from the farm.
to pay all the debts, and if Won
don't own farm make up your
mind to get to some region where
you can have a piece of ground.
There is nothing like farming, with
the chance of your living like a
gentleman and your wife like q
lady. You do not know the hard
ships and sufferings Of people that
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17
Awkwardly Worded.

The Perkins and the Podgrass
families are unfriendly. Adherents
of the Perkinses say it is Mr.. Pod
grass fault, but he warmly protests
that he meant no harm.
The trouble began at the concert
given in aid of the Volunteer Hose
company. Mr.. Podgrass was stage
manager. Miss Anna Belle Perkins
was down for a solo, but when the
eventful evening came she found
herself FRUSTRATED with cold and
at the last moment sent messenger
to ask that she be excused to the au-
dience. When her place on the pro-
gramme was reached Mr.. Podorass
advanced to the front of the plat
form.
Ladies and gentlemen" he said
n have to announce that Miss Per-
kins will be unable to sing, as an
nounced, and therefore Mr.. Brown
will give US a Song Of Thanksoy-
ing.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17

Omen the door, let in the air;
The winds are sweet and the flowers FAIR
JOY is abroad in the world today
If our door is wide open he may COME III
this way.
Open the door.
Open the door of the mind, let in
Strong, pure thoughts which shall banlsn
ali sin;
They will grow and bloom with grace
divine,
And their fruit shall be sweeter than tha'
of the vine.
Open the door.
Omen the door of the heart, let in
sympathy sweet for stranger and kin;
It will make the halls of the heart SO
fair
That angels may enter unaware.
Open the door.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17
Pats Xalor.

Seeing no other way Of earning a
livelihood, Pat took to highway rob-
berry. He bought pistol'and, meet
ing traveller, stopped him with the
correct formula, eyer money or yer
lifep' Seeing Pat was "green," the
traveller said: "I'll tell you what I'll
do. I'll give you all my money for
that pistol" Agreed replied Pat,
who forthwith handed over the pis-
tol and received the money in ex-
change. ssNow," said the traveller,
3shand back that money or I'll blow
your brains out!' "Blaze away, my
hearty" responded the Irishman.
''Niyer taste O powder there's in
it p-Minneapolis Journal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17

live in the city. Clerks are losing
their health porting over books,
and are not getting anywhere near
as much salary as you can make
on the farm, even if you do some
times want to go out and work by
the day for the want of ready mon
ely. Do not be too much welded
to old ideas and localities, nor val
ne against your own interests the
ties of kindred and what you have
always thought of generally as
"home." A farmers real home is
never rented one"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17
THE PARIS BALLET.
Severe Training That Begins When
the Dancers Are Children.

Severe Training That Begins When
the Dancers Are Children.
Members of the ballet in the Paris
Opera House are given most thor
ough training. The sixty-four
"eleyes,' better known as the traits, "
are selected at the age of eight
years. They are chosen, in the first
place, for their prettiness and in
telligence. This thins down the
number Of candidates by over SO
per cent. The second test is the
medical examination, only children
sound in wind and limb being ac-
cepted. Every day for an hour they
must go through the drill, stretching
out their legs while they hold on to
the rail fixed to the wall. They
must be able to go through all the
movements without any sign Of out
ward fatigue. The professors are
entirely dependent on moral suasion
by word and gesture. No child IS
ever touched with the hands. If it
has not the gift of carrying out the
instructions by the aid of its eyes
and ears it is no good for the Paris
ballet. \ dancer who must be placed
in the proper position by means of
the teachers hands may as well
abandon the profession. She will
never be a success. At the end Of
the second or sometimes the third
year the girls come into higher de-
partment.
Here the most severe exercises are
gone through till every muscle is de-
veloped to its highest perfection.
When the pupil has gone through
this curriculum with success she is
promoted to the rank of ''coryphee. ;"
In order to satisfy the requirements
they must know the GIVE positions. :"
These five positions are the alpha
and omega of the dance, and in
them are carried out all the figures
used. When perfection has been
reached then the dancer has reached
the rank of s'sujet," the highest in
the terpsichorean hierarchy. To be-
come a 'sujet'. is the ambition of
every member Of the school, for the
''sujet" has the right to aspire to
everything. She can become "a great
star in the operate armament.
Salaries of those who reach the
rank of premiere danseuse" at the
Paris Opera run from $4,000 to $1O,-.
900 year. But even if the 'sujet"
does not reach this giddy height she
enjoys a number of valuable priv
ileges. She is no longer condemned
to share in the common dressing
room. She, with a comrade, has the
right to private room, which she
has the privilege of decorating as
the pleases. A premiere sujet"
receives a salary of from $4,000 to
$4,000 year, SO that as career
the ballet in the Paris Opera is fair
ly remunerative. The work is hard,
and only girls exceptionally gifted
with intelligence, artistic sense, per-
severance and a capacity for accept
ing an iron discipline can succeed.
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NOTICE

I hereby give notice that will not pay
any debts contracted by any other person
in my name. I am willing to support
my father, who has been represented to
the county commissioners as being in
want, if he will come to my own home
where I make my living, but I am not
able to maintain separate homes for him
and myself.
WILLIS MAXFIELD.
Provost, WASH, June 5, 1905. st
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17
SUMMONS BY PUB11c,mo-.

In the Superior Court of the st..o
ton, Tor the county of San Juan VI Washing.
Vallrea A. Irwin, Defendant.
Action IN Divorce. Mo-
The State of Washington IT,
Vallrea A. Irwin, defendant. v w 10 the said
summoned to appear within sixty W. dart are hereby
ss,s o. Within a s.Py sSs Of a%no.
May, A. D: 1905, and defend the I ah a1th day Of
action IN the Court aforesaid and i0se entitled
e aPe snd
plaintiff, and in case of your failur attorney for
ths %, be rendered against you .T Do
been filed with the clerk of the Conr, Which has
The object OF this action is to securs
81 ags asaona Court the efss
and defendant. Tue plaintiff
L. J. IRWIN
2. Q. address: Friday Harbor 'a M
First publication May ~, zoos. wash.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SELL
COUNTY REAL PROPERTY

Notice IS hereby given by the Board Of County
Comniissper of San Juan County, Washing.
ton, that aid Board will meet ON Thursday
July 6. 1905, at 10 O'Clock a. m. at the Court
House IN Friday Harbor, Washington, for the
purpose Of hearing and Determining the advis.
ability of selling The following described real
property belonging to said San Juan County,
to.wit:
The Northeast quarter of the Northeast quar-
ter of Section Fourteen, Township Thirty seven
North, Range Three West W. M, ia San Iuan
County, Washington.
ISAAC SANDwIrH,
M. S. DONAHUE.
VIM. GRAHAM,
County Commissioners of San Juan County,
Washington.
Attest: FRED +. KIRBY,
Clerk of County Commissioners.
First publication June 5, 1905.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17

You can get great values for cash OF the
Morse Hardware Company in locks,
hinges, doors, windows, storefront hard
ware paints and oils.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17

A recent census of China shows
that that country, crowded with
''teeming Millions" has a popula-
ton 1O3 to the square mile. Bel
GUM has 22O to the square mile,
Great Britain 100 and Germany
1O5.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17

Ruskin says three things are
necessary to happiness in work:
A fitness for it; must not do too
much of it, and must have some
consciousness of success,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17

For paper napkins for picnics and par
ties 60 to the Friday Harbor Drug Co.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17

Ice Cream, tL~best in Friday Harbor.
Made from pure cream. Always delight
full. Your order, please. Served at the
enterprise Bakery. # you do not like it
bring it back. Money refunded.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17

The last car cf Majestics received by the
Morse Hardware Co. are beauties. The
old stove is taken in exchange.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17

To encourage working people to
establish a home of their own, Nor
way has founded bank for work
ingmen. It lends money at 81 and
4 per cent and gives the borrower
forty-two years in which to pay
the loan. The total cost of this
house must not exceed $500 and
the area of land must not be more
than five acres.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17

Try Our Sodas-the best in town.-En-
terprise Bakery.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17

In spite of the fact which recent
ly has been widely published by
Eva Emery Dye, the historian,
and author of "The Conquest"
that Meriwether Lewis, the explor-
er, died a bachelor, a host of peo-
pie are claiming to be among his
defendants. The circumstance of
the Lewis and Clarke Exposition
being held to commemorate the
centennial of the exploring expe-
dition to the Pacific ocean of which
Meriwether Lewis, with Captain
William Clarke, was commander,
is considered to be the cause of
this wonderful growth of spurious
descendants of the man who helped
save Oregon to the Union and who
never had any children.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17

Fruits, Nuts and Home Made Candies
fresh every day at the Entcrprise Bak cry.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-06-17

Call on the Friday Harbor Drug Co. for
toilet soaps and tooth preparations.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-06-16

But father was just going to look
you up and take you with him? Have
you packed your things?' responded
the princess in light. reckless spirit.
Al this sally all laughee:a. ana one o..
the sons-in-law, turning 10 Lot, who
stood looking in mute horror and an
guish upon the scene, asked. in a spirit
of mock solemnity:
I'VE shall miss you, Father Lot,
when you are gone. May | have your
place at the gate?"
If Lot before had failed TO speak of
God, and to denounce the wickedness
of the place, not so now, for fear Of
God and love for his children gave him
a boldness in the face Of all the scorn
and ridicule He told OF how the Lords
messengers had come, OF their warn
| ing, and OF how they awaited his re-
turn to lead them forth from the city
before it should be swept away.
Up get you ont of this place!" he
finally cried. for the Lord will destroy
this city,"
And by way of response, the music
burst forth and the dancing and merry
making went on and as Lot withdrew
they shouted after him.
Wen keep things going until You
get bach. Sorry You can't stay and en-
joy yourself.
AS Lot reuaced his steps to his own
home what couiie' ragged within him
Romorse. and bitter anguish. guilty
conscience. and Che grief over the loss
of bis daughters tore at his heart, and
as ho passed along the streets and saw
ina the dawnine light of the morning.
the signs on every hand of awakening
90 the activities ot another day be
realized how idle and vain had been an
of his ambitions. lie had conferred all
his desires and ambitions here and
now all was 10 be swept away. and he
was 10 have-what? Only his life Like
brand snatched from the burning. he
was to be saved. but
He had reached his own door and
passing within he finished the thought.
as his pent-up feelings burst forth.
and he groaned:
But they would not heed my warn
ings, They will not leave the city.
How can | go without them? How can
| go? How can | go? | who am re-
sponsible for their being here. | who
have been pleased TO find them nus
bands from among the Sodomites. |
must leave them TO the doom of the
city,"
All, how bitter is the remorse of
guilty conscience. But Lot was only
beginning 10 drink of the bitter cup
which he had filled at the well of his
own wrong doing
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-06-16
IN SPITE OF THE RAIN
About Eighty-ive Attended the Pattengill
Reunion In ~. Louis saturday.

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell in
81 Louis was the scene of another of
those enjoyable Pattengill reunions
which occur annually at the home of
some one of the old scholars of his class.
Although it rained and was dark and
gloomy, about eighty-five of the children
were present; some who had not met
before in fifteen years. and the hand
shake was hearty and the old songs
sounded sweeter than ever Some were
present whom Mr. Pattengill had not
seen before in thirty years, and the
meeting was happy one
An excellent supper was served by the
hostess, after which the old songs were
sung and the company gathered 10 hear
the reading of letters, and for the trans
acting of business.
Letters were received from Charles
Willoughby, of New York City; Avis
Beam NanEpps, of Traverse City; Frank
Phillips, of Cedar Lake Mrs. H. l..
Rasor, of Litchfeld, Ohio Mary Bits
Warren, of Belding. and Louisa Smith.
of Iowa
The following officer, were elected for
the ensuing year: Fred Fox. Saginaw
president; lothian Allen. of Emerson.
vice president; Lewis J. Marvin, of
Newark. secretary and treasurer.
The executive committee a. appointed
by the new president consists of nine
members and are: G. NJ Brown. Frank
Brooke. Nettie Comstock, Mary John
son, Minnie Smith Griswold, lola Smith
Lowell, Binnie Coffin, Ellen Lake Reed
and Nora Allen Fraker. The date and
place of the next meeting will be decided
10y tins committee.
Lewis Marvin. who has been secretary
and treasurer ever since the organization
of Mr.. Pattengill's pupils. was presented
with a gold watch a. token of apprc-
citation for faithful service all these
years.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-06-16
Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications. as they canno,
reach the diseased portion Of the ear
mere Is only one way TO cure Deafness
ana that IS by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an inflamed condf.
ton OF the mucous lining Of the Eusta-
chan Tube When this tube gets In
named you have a rumbling sound or im-
perfect hearing, and when IL is entirely
closed Deafness is the result. and unles 5
The Inflammation can be taken out ana
inns tube restored 10 its normal cOndi
ton hearing VIII be destroyed forever
nine cases out OF ten are caused by Ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an infamed
condition OF the mucous surfaces We
viii give one Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness Caused by catarrhJ
mat cannot Doe cured by Halls Catarrh
cure send for circulars free. Z. J.
CHENEY a. CO. Toledo. O. Sold Iv
DRUGGISTS 15c. Halls Family Pills are
the best
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-06-16

could be seen terror and despair. Not
since years before when their daughter
had been brought home a corpse, vic
tim of the wicked pleasures and vices
of Sodom, had ne seen similar expires.
sion on her face.
But Lot needed no urging. An over
powering dread Of impending disaster
filled his heart, and his uneasy con-
science acted as a spur to his terrified
feelings
BY way of reply. he pushed the street
door open and without a word he sped
forth into the darkness. and down the
street over which he had SO proudly
walked with his two guests but few
hours before Their last words were
still ringing in his ears, and over and
over again he could hear the solemn au-
thoritative tones as they declared:
Hast thou here any besides? Son
in-law. and thy sons and thy daughters
and whatsoever thou hast in the city
bring them out of this place; for We will
destroy this place, because the cry OF
them is waXen great before the face OF
the Lord, and the Lord hath sent US
10 destroy il"
Fear lent swiftness TO Lots feet and
despite the darkness and repeated
stumbling over the uneven. rough road
the troubled father made good time.
His errands took him TO the far side OF
the city. where his daughters dwelt.
Gould it be" he pondered. as he went,
Q hot
| talked with King Bera regarding the
extension OF the boundaries of the city,
Never was the city SO prosperous, never
were there so many people within our
gates, never were the markets OF So
dom so frequented by the people from
the surrounding country? And now all
is TO be swept away" and Lot groaned
Gould it be?' he exclaimed, fercely, and
stopped short in his flight. as the mean
ing Of it all swept over him.
Lots administration of the affairs
OF the city had proved more than sue
cessful, and with the material prosper
ity had come increased population, so
that no longer did the walls of the city
compass all the people who sought
habitation therein. Many at the pres
ent time were dwelling outside the
walls. and the conference with the king
the previous afternoon had resulted in
definite plans being laid for the partial
rebuilding and extension of the wall.
And the memory of an this made Lot
pause suddenly and ask himself over
and over again
"Can it De that an this is ITO Dc lost?'
lie remembered the pride and salts
faction With which he returned t0 his
post at the citys gate he recalled the