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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-11
Shaw Island

Geo. Fowler and family are at O..
Fowler's.
The steamer Buckeye took 400
boxes of apples from the Griswold
place Thursday.
The Ryan & Newton Company have
bought the apples from the Stillman,
Bruins and Fowler places.
HAIRS Lee was in Friday Harbor a
few days ago to have an operation
performed for relief of catarrh
]. E. Bruins is about to open store
at his place. He was at West Sound
the first of the week for lumber.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. Fowler returned
home yesterday from an extended
visit with friends at Bellingham and
Northwood
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-11
WEATHER SIGNS.
Things That Are Said to Foretell Sum
shine or Storm.

SHINE OF 0IoIUIs
If it clears off in the night, look
for rain the next day. Ii smoke
from the chimney settles instead OF
rising, there is storm at hand.
When sound travels long distance
there is also storm near. Never
expect much storm in the old OF the
moon. The absence of dew and up-
usually heavy dew are alike forerun-
ners of rain. Not much frost need
be expected in the light of the moon.
An owl hooting in the hollow IS
sign Of cold storm; on the hill it
foretells a. thaw. If the hornets
build low, the winter will be hard.
When leaves fall early the winter
will be long. When snow falls On a
hard road It will not last long. The
last spring snowstorm never comes
until after the "sugar snow" which
may be recognized by coming IN I'M
usually large fakes and lasting only
! few minutes. If the hogs milt is
found big at the front the first part
of winter will be most severe. II
the reverse is true we may look toI
hard weather in February ano
March. Bright northern lights
bring severe cold. Sun dogs indicate
q bad storm.
Distant sound heard distinctly
forebodes no good weather. If the
sun ssdraws up water" it will rain
The pitcher sweating and the tee
kettle boiling dry also Indicate rain
Cobwebs thickly spread upon tht
grass are an indication Of IAN
weather. Animal life sesms. &c
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-11
WILLING to Economic.

Little Willie, the attractive child
of the washerwoman who. has seen
better days, was taken to dinner by
a kindly disposed patron of his
mother. He had the feast Of his
life, ordering almost everything on
the bill of fare and was finishing
dessert when he announced that he
wanted more. Reason did not APP
peal to Willie, and after several per-
emptory why's" from him his
hostess gave an excuse which she
thought he could understand
ut costs too much,' she said.
ooh. well, them said Willie u 2
loud and cheerful voice which pen
etrated the room, Tets have some
more ice water. That doesn't cost
anything, does IT New 1ors
Press.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-11
In London's Subway.

We all know the tiresome traveller
who loves to ask the name Of each
station at which train stops during
a Journey. A passenger in a third
class carriage on the underground
railway had put this question to ev-
ervbody in turn as station after sta
ton on the Inner Circle was passed
At last an old woman, who had not
oxen before, answered the inevita-
bic inquiry by putting up her nose
and shifting critically. SsWestmin-
ster bridge" she then said gravely
They all smells different" Lon
don Chronicle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-11

We, the teacher and pupils of the
West Sound school wish to publicly
acknowledge our obligations to those
who so kindly assisted us to make the
school benefit ball success, fnan-
cially ard socially.
We desire especially to thank the
two members of the West Sound or
chestra, Joseph Vetter, ST., and Geo.
Vetter, who contributed to the mu-
sic, and we also thank Jas. Bagby,
Mack Court, Stanley Kepler, James
LaPlante, Geo. HI. Adkins, William
King, Miss Powell, Will Jones, of
Roche Harbor, and others who as
sisted with music, prompting and
floor management.
To VIM. Jacobs, who donated the
use of the old store building for din
ing hall, and who supplied dishes to
set the tables, furnished lights, ETC.,
and to w. E. Sutherland, of Orcas,
who lent knives and forks our thanks
are due, and also to those ladies from
outside our own district who contrib
uted so generously to the supper.
MRS. C. w. HAMMOND, teacher,
BERTHA BoEDE, Sec.
CECIL S. SANDERS, Com on ar
SUSIE G.. ATKINS, naoman+
B. REX HAMMOND nen'
West Sound, Nov. 4.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-11
Presence of Mind.

sDo you know, Edith, I some
times fancy baby will be like me, :
said Aunt Penelope, who has tesla
mentary powers.
Like you, Aunt Penelope! Dear
me! | hope not" said Edith, as
tonished into candor.
on hope not! And pray why,
Edith 90
Edith, suddenly recollecting her
self in view Of Aunt Penelope's
powers, replied:
ssOh, good looks are frequently
such snare, you know, aunty =
London Chronicle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-11
A POLITE SALESMAN.
How He Struck It Rich With ! shabbv
Looking Customer.

Looking Customer.
A friend of the late Charles Lock
hart, Standard Oil magnate, relating
some of the deceased millionaire :
eccentricities, told the !, following
story: ?
Something happened to him in
New York which would make a plot
for a Sunday school book if the
lame plot hadn't happened too
often in Sunday school books that it
is getting trite.
There was a new silverware and
jewelry establishment struggling
along in New York. Not a small
shop, you understand, but a big
concern which was not yet recsg-
nized as a leader in fashionable
trade. One very hot summer after
noon a tall, sad and rather i'll dress
ed old man entered the shop and
said he wanted to buy a wedding
present.
Now, it was a hot day, the clerks
were tired and irritated, and the
stranger looked like "a visitor from
the remote farming district with
about $1.49 to spend. He passed
from counter to counter pricing
things.
The clerks were not at all cordial.
At last, down at the end of the sill
verware department, he bumped
into a young fellow, a new man in
the shop. This clerk was trying to
make good; also, to do the situation
justice, he hadn't been there long
enough to know the difference be-
tween promising customer and an
unpromising one.
The old man went higher and
higher in his examination of silver
ware. He got to pricing full sets
of silver plate. After the young
clerk had run through the list he
said:
els that the best you've got?"
The young clerk remembered then
that the firm had begun the manu-.
facture of a specially designed, ex-
ira heavy set of plate for a rich
New York family. The order had
been cancelled, but some of the
pieces had been finished for show
He trotted out that set.
The old man figured out on the
back of an envelope every fril
which could be added to a set of sill
yer plate, showed his list at the
clerk and asked how much it woul6
cost. The clerk consulted the man
ager and answered that it would b.
fifty thousand and some odd dollars
and cents.
CAL right, have it made for me,
said the old man.
GLOW much do you want to de
post ?" asked the clerk.
"Oh," said the customer, ssI'll pa,
the whole thing and get it off m.
mind" So he drew a check for thu
amount.
The clerk didn't recognize the sig
nature he'd never heard of Charle
Lockhart-s he took it to the man
ager and asked if the latter though
it was good.
"Good for a thousand times SO,
000," said the manager.
Lockhart came back to that stor
in the Christmas season that year
The clerks knew him that time, to
the $4,000 purchase had become
tradition of the store. He wen
past them all, though, and asked TO
the clerk who had sold him the sil
yer plate. When he found his man
Lockhart bought $4,000 worth o
Christmas presents.
This story ends the way it ough
to end for the Sunday school library
The clerk with an $4,000 yea
customer on his string attracted tn
attention Of the firm, and now he
a big man in the silverware business
Sounds like chapter iron
ssThrift," by Samuel Smiles, ,doesn'
1 it?- Keystone.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-11
THE u. S. MAIL
Steamer Islander

Leaves BELLINGHAM at 6 q. m. Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays, touc-
ing at Urban, Doe Bay, Newhall, East
Sound, Orcas, West Sound, Deer Har-
Dor, FRIDAY RBOR, Port
Stanley, Thatc h er, Decatur
and ANACORTFS, in the order
mentioned. Returning, leaves Ana
cortes at a. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays. Connects with Seattle
steamers at both terminal points.
ANDREW NEWHALL, Owner
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-11

ttThere is law against expecto-
rating in.the cars in New York, is
there not"
ooh, yes.
"And is there not q law against
standing on the platforms z"
Certainly there isl
Il suppose, of course, there's .
rule against getting of . car while
It Is III motion 2"
aOh, yes; there are laws and rules
against doing every hing IN the cars
except standing upl Yonkers
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-11
4 DO SHOPPING

Know where to buy the best
Of everything at lowest prices. !
charge no commissions and
guarantee satisfaction. Write
for free circular.
MRS. ]. N. SKINNER $40 Globe Bldg. Seattle. Wn.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-11
additional Local News

1t is estimated that the cost to the
county of the Wold-Zeigler COW case
will be over $500.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-11

7 =
who had fractured his hip.
The application of Mrs. J. T. Bell
view for temporary alimony and
suit money, pending the trial of her
suit for divorce, was denied by Judge
Joiner this week, Mr.. Bellview show
ing by local merchants that he is pay
ing $45 mouth for his family's sup
port.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ. Capron have
returned to Mt. Young stock farm
from Turin, New York. They were
accompanied by Mrs. Barney and
children. Mr.. Barney, who will be
interested with Mr.. Capron in the
lease of the Mt. Young ranch, arrived
at Tacoma day or two ago with a
carload of implements, household
goods and live stock.
j. M. Shelburn, of Milt, Virginia,
and his family, and friend of his,
with his family, arrived here Wednes-
day to locate on the island. There
are fourteen in the party, including
five children in one family and four in
the other. They are occupying Joseph
Sweeney's house temporarily, on what
is known as the "old Delaney place. "
Mr.. Shelburn was here about two
years ago and was so well pleased
with the island after staying here
some time that he returned to Vir-
ginia to sell his property and move
here with his family.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-11
cEn nm GIVEN AWAY, in copies of
~oo1ooo The Peoples Common Sense

Medical Adviser, a book that
tent of 100000 copies a few
years ago. at $3.50 per copy.
Last year we gave away
$4,000 worth of these invalua-
bic books. This year we shall
give away $4,000 worth OF
them. Will you share in this
benefit? If SO, send only q
one-cent stamps to cover cost
of mailing only for book In
stiff paper covers, or 81 stamps
for cloth-bOund. Address DR.
r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
Constipation although a
gets big ones if neglected.
Pellets cures constipation.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-11
BAD STOMACH
MAKES BAD BLOOD.

You can't make sweet butter in a foul
churn. Every farmers wife knows this,
Your stomach churns and digests the
food you eat, and if foul, torpid or out of
order. your whole system suffers from
blood poisoning. You will have foul
breath. coated tongue, bad taste, poor
2ppptlte and whole train of disagree
yhfa symptoms. DIR. Pierce'S Golden
.IcIical Discovery, which is not Z Dcver-
entirely free from intOxicantS, is great
regulator and invigorator of the Stom-
ach, Liver and Bowels.
soning." writes Miss Eveline Louis. of SO
Walter Street. Buffalo, N. Y. 81 had what
seemed to be small cold sore on my lip 1t
became very angry in appearance and began
was frightful sight and could not go OUT
side the house because of my appearance.
used blood medicine which did not give
me any relief Then / began to take your
benefited with the first bottle and after TAX
ing the second bottle was completely cured.
The erysipelatouS eruption disappeared and
my blood was cleansed. My complexion is
clear and fresh and | have felt better this
year than | did for some time before. DIR.
Pierces Golden Medical Discovery is GER
tainly most remarkable medicine"
Don't accept substitute for medicine
which performs such cures and which has
a uniformly successful record of nearly
forty years to its credit. It's an insult to
your Intelligence for dealer to try by
over persuasion to palm off upon you in
its stead some inferior article with no
record to back it up. You know what
you want; it is his business to meet that
want.
S5n nn0 GIVEN AWAY. in copies OF
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-11

DR.. Wright was called to Deer
Harbor Thursday night to attend a
little son of Mr.. and Mrs. d. Murray.
who had fractured his hip.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-11

North Coast Limited, ST.
Paul and East. ..... II
atlantic Express, St. Paul
and East ...i
q: Louis, Kansas City and
southeastern points via
Billings-C h a i r G a ri
tourist and Standard
Sleepers to ST. Louis.
PORTLAND and South ......
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Dor points. ...........I
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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-24
Saves Farmers Five Millions a Year.

Statistics just compiled by agricultur-
al experts show that as result of the
Investigations by the College of Agricul-
ture of the University of Wisconsin, of
the means of preventing oat smut, the
farmers of Wisconsin are being saved
nearly 100000 annually
The method of treating the seed grain
is very simple, so simple in fact that
there is no reason why it should not be
universally employed. A pint of for
maldehyde, which costs about 80 cents,
is poured into barrel containing some
40 gallons of water. The oat Seeds
which are placed in gunny sacks, are let
down into this barrel and allowed to
soak in the dilute chemical solution for
some minutes They are then taken out
and dried, after which they are ready for
sowing without any further treatment.
Thus the cost to the farmer is scarcely
more than a cent bushel, which is GER
tainly very little when compared with
the destructiveness Of the blight and the
great loss which it entails.
AS a result of the brodcast distribu
ton of literature on the subject IN the
form Of experiment station bulletins and
as a result Of the papers read by unlver
sity professors at agricultural meetings,
enterprisng farmers everywhere in the
state are now protecting their oat crops
from the fungus. The results are that
at present over two thirds of the Is per
cent loss of the entire crop has been
prevented. Not satisfied, however, until
the blight is practically exterminated,
the College of Agriculture is still carry
ing on the work steadily, and irforma-
ton is being disseminated as widely as
possible among those who do not as yet
realize the Importance of the formalde-
hyde prevention In few years more,
it is the hope Of Dean Henry and his
staff, that practically all the farmers of
Wisconsin will be growing seed treated
with formaldehyde, or using seed from
crop which has been so treated, and that
thereby the oat fields of the state will
practically be freed from the destructive
smut
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-24
Wants Better Dairy Inspection.

The Wisconsin Butter Makers associa-
tion is in session at Fond du Lac this
week. In his annual address President
Moore said that the association should
demand thorough revision and rigid
enforcement Of such laws as will protect
the manufacture and sale of pure dairy
products. Among the needs Of the bus
5ness he said, are adequate inspection OF
dactories and instruction of operatives,
better buildings, better sanitation, bet
ter equipment and better and cleaner
supply of raw material He spoke for
more thorough organization and advised
the formation of county societies, which
should take the lead ia instructing the
dairy farmers how to care for their milk
and cream so rs to reach the best results.
Among his suggestions was that the pa
irons of butter factories should hold fire.
quent meetings in the summer season,
suggesting picnics at which they could
assemble and combine business with
pleasure.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-24

THERE are indications that the rail
way commission measure introduced in
che legislature by Senator Hatten on be.
half of Gov. La Follette's administra-
t1on will undergo many changes before
1T becomes law. The more the bill is
studied, the more glazing its defects be-
come. Creating commission and cloth
aHg it with unlimited powers, the bill
does not make the abating of abuses
mandatory. 1t leaves it within the dis
erection of the commission to Elk differ
ont rates for different railroads and for
different lines under the same manage
ment, or for different parts of the same
Zines, if found necessary to do Justice"
Gov. La Toilette has condemned dis
criminatory rates. He has urged that
justice requires that rates shall be uni
torn. He has cited discriminatory rates
as evidence of the need for state regrla-
GiOn. Yet, when called upon to act, the
measure that he has presented to the
legislature through the medium of Sen
alto Hatten authorizes the making Of dis
criminatory and differential rates of
every conceivable description, depending
entirely in the discretion of the commits
sion which the bill proposes to create
Ut is not the kind of regulation that the
public was led to expect In fact, it is
not designed to lead to regulation but to
management. In effect, it purposes to
put three reform" politicians in control
of the traffic departments of the rail-
ways doing business ia Wisconsin and
9eave it to their discretion to abolish or
perpetuate abuses. What the people ex-
pect and what they have right to de-
mand is that the LAW shall prohibit
discriminating rates and abuses and the
commission, upon complaint, be author
azed to execute it. If the commission
should fall under the control of corpor-
ate influence. the LAW, not the commits
sion's discretian, should govern, that the
public, though appeal to the courts,
may compel the abatement Of abuses
Milwaukee News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-24

THE firecracker bill, to be passed by
the assembly, is one which should be
adopted by fhe senate also and become
q law 1t forbids the use of dynamite
or so-called giant firecrackers ia Wiscon-
sin, and further provides that DO powder
crackers shall be used exceeding two
inches in length and three fourths of an
inch in thickness. Explosives of that
size will he large enough to allow Young
America to make all the noise necessary
and do omparatively little damage.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-24

THE Interpretation of the little word
''may" is the turning point in an import
ant decision handed down by the SUI
preme court this week. In an action
brought by the Equita ole Life Insurance
company against Insurance Commission
or Host, the court held that may is not
must and therefore the state law is not
mandatory upon the company to distrib-
ute it's surplus to policy holders. The
court was unanimous in reversing the
decision of Judge Dunwiddie in the
lower court
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-24

THE Delavan Enterprise last week
gives succient account of the process
of making milk powder bv the new
Erostcreamery. The moisture is ex-
tracted from the milk by vacuum pro-
cess which leaves absolutely all the SOL
ids of the original milk in dry powder
form. The product readily dissolves in
cold water and when so dissolved is for
all purposes the same as the milk. The
Frostcreamery is now handling about
$4,000 pounds of milk and will greatly
increase the amount when the plant is
fully completed.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-24

Whoa, Farmer! Stop paying rent,
and buy an improved farm of your own,
finest kind of land for tobacco, at about
half the usual price, terms easy. For
description and prices, write to Joseph
Joas, Chippewa Falls, Wis. l2w4
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-24

THE statue of Miss Frances E Willard
which was unveiled at Washington Fri
day was the handiWork of Miss Helen
Mears of Oshkosh who at one time was
employed in the decorative department
of the Pauline Pottery in Edgerton. Miss
Mears, says VIM. E. Curtis in Chicago
Record Herald, is a genius. She began
to model when she was child. Before
she was years old her work was eXhib-
tied and admired. She won the prize of
$500 offered by the Woman's Club of
Milwaukee for the best work of art eX
hibited at the Worlds Columbian Expo
Sition by Wisconsin woman. 1t was a
symboical figure of that state, which
mas since been put in marble, and now
stands in the rotunda of the capitol at
Madison. Up to that time she was SIM
ply following her instincts. All her
technical instruction was limited to six
weeks at the Art Institute in Chicago,
but her work attracted so much atten-
tion that Mr. st. Gaudens admitted her
to his studio in New York, where she re-
manned a year and half and then went
to Paris. There she won instant sue
cess, and in 1897 her work was admitted
TO the salon. She then went to Rome
and Florence, and at the completion of
her third year in Europe joined Mr. st.
Gaudens and assisted him in his studio
for two years Her design for the Will
ard statue was the unanimous choice of
the commission. The inscription upon
the pedestal is an extract from one of
Miss Wizards speeches, as follows: "Ah!
it is women who have given the costliest
hostages to fortune. Out into the battle
of life they have sent their best beloved,
with fearful odds against them. Oh, by
dangers they have dared; by the hours
of patient watching over beds where
helpless children lay; By the incense Of
10000 prayers waited from their gentle
lips to heaven, charge you give them
power to protect along LIES treacherous
highway those whom they have so loved"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-24

THE number of plates which the legis-
lature is preparing to set around the pie
counter plainly indicates there will be
more taxes needed in the interests of
raform
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-03-10

Twp. 18, Range Is; from thence
south across the right of way of the
Mo. Pa. Ry. Co., from thence to run
westerly along the south side of the
said right of way to the intersection
of the section line to the N. w. corner
of Section 5, Twp. Is, Range 10.
1t is also ordered that the trustees
of the respective townships are di-
rected to cause the same TO be opened
for public travel, to a width of fifty
feet. Damages on aceout of land
taken from the N. w. !, Sec. 3.
Twp. ID, Range Is; Chas. Maneth,
$4,000.
The petition signed by w. F.
Eienning and 81 others praying tor a
bridge to be built on Dry Greek be.
tween Sec. %, and Sec. %, Twp. l9,
Range 1s. Petition granted on 3
cement bridge, ordered to be con-
structed under the SUPERVISED of the
commissioner of the second district
The resignation of Alois Wardra.
constable of Cheyenne Twp. ac-
cepsed
The appointment of c. O. Randall
as truant officer for Dist. 1, and Stan.
ley Prindle for Dist. No. 2, was CON
firmed.
Official bonds of the following