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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-12-09
The Fruit Industry In California


TINE 2ostIntellgenc the utiza-
ton logged development industry
has
expressed
Resenng apparently
which the papers criticised for taking view of
the industry Pontegncer gave
profits very
ably located with the markets.
ing the development the fruit industry of California under
the stimulus organization cooperation leaving
it did expressly assert industry
tabshed firm foundation insurng profit
practical orchad In the endest spirit the ISLANDER wishes
invite its big the following editorial
the Pacfc Tree and Vn of San the oldest and ables
journals devoted the fruit industry the Pacific
The fruit California face with proposition
supply the grower compe
ton for his labor But owing
influence outside this
with hand and reaching the
without loss the giving him
1.-THE same
labor today
s ns m the ps s s n
are n are not only get nothing for their labor but
Grange the same conditions existing They have worked
Now
face face with conditions prune
practically gone pieces Prices have declined
Very
orange lands has deprecated during the
nes failures before US whereby to
always large class middle men class
growers and continual ndesv m 1esas opp me
citation that among thee
Senator Piles has made
OF Horace Mcclure Seattle to be his
Cue not politician" i'll the the
Poson ne mas accepted not rendered him
services but because Senator Piles and
recognize exceptional fitness for the place.
sense gentleman and his long connection with
OF tne has him wide
ance and knowledge of the make his
most valuable Senator Piles and the whose
ne serves In the nations highest law making body
Statistics show that average consumption to each
W was 81 sheep 1S hogs and %
~ out % Sheep 40 hogs and 20 beeves Cheese
oihe Wnle we include and poultry with butter
10 the dairy class the
what 1t was forty In 1850
roy ousnes wheat and in 1890 the
general vegetable so per cont
e 0ll leads II however apparent that viii long
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-12-09

Ladies' and Mems Shoe Rubbers !
Fowle'a.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-12-09


The publication of The ISLANDER has been
DELAYED by the bunder delivering to the
wrong shipment paper which should have reached us b
Lydia Thompson Friday.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-12-09

In the Superior Court of the State of Washing
ton, for San Juan County.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-12
Los Angeles, Queen Of
the Golden Southwest

/ Sierra Madre to the Pacific ocean,
d distance, IN a straight line, of about
forty miles. To be sure. the city
limits do not embrace this amount
of ground Though the area of the
| city proper is forty-four square
miles, nor Is any of the population
outside Of the official limits included
IN the population figures given above;
! but so marvellous has been the spread
of residences IN the region centering
on Los Angeles that the population
has utterly OverfOwed the bounds of
/ the city. So continuous are the
residences and gardens all the way
from Pasadena, at the foot of the
mountains, down to the various
beach resorts, that the visitor riding
from the heights to the sands in an
electric car can scarcely tell where
the city ends and the suburban con-
munities begin.
I'VE build by the mile" has be-
/ come a common expression among
Angeleuos. Twenty-One miles of
new buildings were erected in Los
Angeles during the past year.
The unique beauty of residential
Los Angeles and the fashionable
residential suburbs cannot be des-
cribed adequately either by pen or
camera. The diversity, not only of
flowers and foliage, but of architec-
ture, IS enhancing; in originality.
individuality, it Is not approached
I by any other city in the United
{ States. There Is every incentive here
for the display of art in home build
I ing the glorious blue sky. the
bright. warm winters, the wealth of
vegetation that may be beckoned
from the earth as if By magic, the
practice of spreading out on large,
ToOmy lots, the ability to live all
/ the year round under practically the
Same conditions, and the variation of
hin and plain on which Los Angeles
Is located, combine to make every
style Of architecture possible, and
no combination of styles impossible.
] he hUmblest cottage Is beautiful
because of the garden and the sweet
embrace Of vines that harmonic it.
And the milliouaire's place is not
cold and bold to the eye. has not the
usual stony stare Of the city mansion,
for the same reason-the depth of
green grounds and the softeninc of
flowers Nature has brought about
a sort Of democracy of beauty in this
favored city-exalted lowly archi-
lecture and smoothed the pretentious
by the leveling influence of her own
spontaneous art.
Multitude of Beautiful Homes.
Thus the sightseer who goes
abroad through the city admires the
thousands of comfortable cottage
homes no less than the numerous
$4,000 and 100000 mansions of the
wealthy, who have come to Los An
geles for the very pleasure of living
here, and nothing else.
Every style Of architecture is to be
seem but the homes generally most
Continues on Pace 81
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-12

the Mexican town, where the ancient
adobe church still raises its cam
lpanile and invites to prayer; and I'M
Imediately adjacent to this limited
section stood what few business
buildings the sleepy community pos
sessed. What was the near country
then Is the throbbing city proper
now; and what was, until almost yes
terday, the wilderness. modified only
by grazing cattle and sheep, Is today
the famously beautiful and wide
! spreading residential portion of the
new Los Angeles-the superb, richly
appointed doTmitory Of the business
hcrdes that have swept Of a sudden
into this favored spot and set a great
new city to stamping out, with heels
of brick and steel and stone, the
quaint, dreaming Mother Town.
There was not a paved street in
Los Angeles ffteen. years ago. To-
day there are twenty-five miles of
paved streets and $50 miles Of beauti-
fully graded and Craveled streets,
many of the latter treated with crude
petroleum. which gives a surface al
most like asphalt.
Every Home in a Park.
For practically the entire $50
miles, this class of thoroughfares
arc followed on both sides by con
create walks and lined with homes
and IN Los Angeles a home means
something more than IL does any
where else In the United States. For
one thing, 1t means a beautiful gar
+ den aS well as a mere house: for an
adequate garden Is an adjunct CON
sldered As indispensable as a parlor
nus the appearance of this -enorm-
ous residential region Is somewhat
that of q mighty park. evenly blocked
out in broad paths and bypaths, care
fully planted In the most exquisite
flowers and tropical foliage. and
cared for Immediately IN a sort of
community spirit.
Above all else, Los Angeles IS a
city of homes. While homes do not
make the prosperity of city
Though they make prosperity's most
helpful ally. happincss) they newt
ably represent prosperity. 4 bad
place to live in Is not a prosperous
place In the full meaning of the
word. for its population cannot be of
the first class, nor permanent, nor
happy, so where beautiful and
thOughtfullv planned homes are, and
where they increase IN number and
elegance every day. there prosperity
Is, and happiness, and a cause for
both. There Is at least one good
reason for everything in the world.
it IS said; but there are so many
cool reasons why Los Angeles Is the
most beautiful city In America. and
the most progressive for its size
the biggest for Its SIZE one might
aim Bst say-that they can merely be
hin'ed at in a plain, brief statement
Of FACTS and figures.
FOrty Miles of City.
los Angeles practically reaches
rroha sba foo4h5fT- of Ak ,-,.s--+- =.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-12
Continued from Page -

from the best classes the world over.
For when a Freuchman returns from
any spot to La Belle France with
regret, then that spot must needs be
a place surprising any other on the
globe.
City's Picturesque History.
In a logical discussion of Los
Angeles, the picturesque cannot en-
tirely be avoided, big, modern, money
making city though It be, and mat
ter-of-fact as the busy makers of
newspapers are wont to frame des-
criptIve statements nowadays. One
must, of necessity, at least refer TO
that flavor" which has not yet en-
JIrely exuded from this old-new city.
The very beginning of Los Angeles
was picturesque, charmingly differ
cnt from the birth of the average
American community; and each sue
ce-sive stride I'm It's history has adj
ded some Individual interest to its
personality. Here Is an American
city over which the flags of four diff
terent governments have waved dur
ing Its diversified career. Way back
In the days of King Carlos III of
Spain 1t was founded a. a Spanish
pueblo by forty-four humble colonists
and soldiers sent up from Mexico for
the purpose. They built their first
pole and tule-thatch huts-later re
placed by adobes-on the bank of
what they called the Rio Porciuncula.
now the Los Angeles river. In 1871
twheu stirring events connected with
the birth of the American republic
were transporting ON the other side of
the contiuent) and gave their strange
village the long. soft name of Nues-
ira Sonora Ia Reina dc los Angeles.
Then the pueblo passed from the
Spanish crown to the Mexican en-
pire IN 1872 and shortly from the en-
pre- 10 the Mexican republic: and
finally from Mexico 10 the United
States, the while revolutions and
battles waged internationally over
and around Its clustered adobes. For
q long time los Angeles was the
Mexican capital of California.
Towns Marvellous Growth.
When Fremont and Stockton took
possession of Los Angeles for the
United States in 1916. It contained
q population Of about l,2O0 persons.
The census of 1850 showed a popu-
lation Of 11,183. In 1890 the inhabit-
ants numbered $4,000; in 1900, 102.-
600, and today the city Is the home
of over 100000 people! Here Is an
Misunderstanding from 1890 to 1900.
and again from 1900 to 1905-where
mathematical figures are eloquent!
And these figures are not taken from
a fairy tale-there's a good. solid
reason, many reasons for this pheno-
menal growth.
Only a few years ago, as time is
counted in this hurrying America.
the homes Of the city-or rather, Of
the puebIo-used to cluster down
around the old plaza, IN the center of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-12

canals
business 0 Ne con
tinuusy cosum n al m hwd fn from
the wda and n o rrapdJ advnc and
for insm b hour numerous
Los Angeles which o o ebkd t keep
patrons
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-12
The LARGEST REAL ESTATE FIRN1in CALIFORNIA


n 10 abur in ocaion
whether little
mvesmn ncaho on time ar i
other and prices
conet he gt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-12
Forty MIC 81 City.

los Angeles practically reaches
from the foothills of the majestic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-06
A Bright Messenger.
BY H. 8. MAUR.


A few mornings ago l was on an eIevat-
me- as 1 sat down, was uniformed mes
senger boy. He had just finished reading
a newspaper and was going to tuck II Away
under the seat. Not having a paper l held
out my hand. The little fellow looked up,
smiled, rose. put the paper In my extended
hand, bowed, touched his cap and reseated
himself.
Messenger boys here have the reputation
of being bumptious and impudent. You
may imagine, then. how this nice civility
astonished and pleased me. l smiled and
said:
You nice little laddie I'm very much
obliged to YOU The boy flushed, smiled
and fidgeted awkwardly.
We began to talk and I gently drew out
of him his story. His mother was widow,
refined, though poor. Knowing no business.
she took any work she could find. This
brought little money. so the laddie had TO
help out. And he was succeeding
at is all mother, sir. She told me al
ways to get up when she comes into a
room, get her chair and wait on her. l
always put mothers shoes on for her and
take them off when I'm home. l keep them
cleaned and in order, anyway. Mother says
you may have to wear old clothes, but
there is no excuse for having them dirty
and he looked down, as If to make sure at
his own fixings-clean as new pin.
Before I began here touching the but
tons of his uniformly mother told me every
thing to do. 1 shut doors quietly, keep my
hat off in room, clean my feet well be-
fore go in, move around softly, and, when
l am told to do something, if, at first. I do
not understand clearly, excuse myself and
ask what to do, all over again; but / never
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-06
When Helen Was Five.
Ty MINERVA SPENCER HANDY.

The good people of Millvale were very
proud of their new public school, and well
they might be. It had cost nearly 100000
and had every improvement in the way of
lighting heating and the various other re-
qUjrements necessary nowadays for the
proper teaching of the young idea. Every
boy and girl in the town, to say nothing
of the country children who lived miles dis
tant. were enrolled as pupils
When the new superintendent of the lin
en- mill came to town everybody knew be-
fore his arrival that he had three children,
all of the school age. These children were
named Dorothy. Helen and Robert, and
their ages ran from five to ten. Nobody
for a minute doubted that these children
would come to school accompanied by
their mother the Monday after their arrival
When one Monday. and several Mondays,
passed ana they had not appeared Millvale
wondered When the reason was learned
Niilvale more than woudered-it was hurt
Mrs Scott. the superintendent wife and
mother OF the three little SCOTS, confided
TO the minister's wife twho no longer could
control her curiosity and had made a spe-
cial call for the expressed purpose of find
ing out why the MiIlvale Public School had
received such an unkind cut. Mrs. Scott
gave as her reason that she was too afraid
of conta sious diseases o trust her little
ones To any public school. Miss Gertrude
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-06
Theory Against Practice.

There was once a man famed for his
great learning. He became very naughty
in consequence and looked down upon those
who knew less than he. On one occasion he
wanted to cross a river and asked a boat
man If he knew mathematics.
The boatman replied: No, but I can row
a boat without them"
Very condescendingly the wise man re-
piled. That may be, but you have lost
half your life"
Shortly after this conversation when the
beat was about midstream. the boat cap
sized. Can you SWIM" shouted the boat
man to the clever mathematician. ALAS,
l cannot" walled he. The boatman seized
him by the hair and, safely laying him on
the shore, said:
We'll, you would have lost the whole Of
your life had not given my time to learn
ing swimming instead of mathematics"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-06

starved. He ain dast ter move. neener,
fer fear de- aigs roll rum un'need- Hit
pear ter him he KANT stan nit ter keep
stiil MUIR mtrn!t. Mis- Molly Cotton-tail
naggin' an naggin' at him 'twa he say.
Drat de oonar. wish 1 ain't nuver think
bout gtttin me faInbIy.'
Las, one day. he kain't stan hit. no
longer an he Nz I'D am turnt hisse'f roun,
but he wuZ SO weak dat he jeS fell back
onter de pun 'kins. an soma. NV EN- roll
out fun un'need an de res wuE oil saushed
up. kase dey'd 'menced Ter git sOf by dat
cry an he roll on de groun' an dig bofe
fistes in his eyes. Bout den Mis- Molly
come long an year de gwtnes-on. an she
stop an hang over de fence tendin lax
'LawsY. Mistah Bar wat does / see. sub:
an wat is de 'caison NV all dis mis'ry?'
20 lawde o lawdf sezee, my po' fam
bly,: my po' famhyr an wild dat he bus
out ter cryin' ag'in Wen he git so's't he
kin talk, he say: Mis- Molly Cotton tall
/ ak you. ma'am. fer ter look at dem aigs
wEar bin setHn' on all dis time, an whar
lowed gwne hatch out inter a nice III
family. You sees fer yo.se'f how mos NV
EN- all sqush' up. an DE res done roll
way FUN me an git stone col. An yer
me all hongry an thu'sty an wo' ter de
bone. all fer nuttin.
AT dat he cry mo- louder dan befo'.
Den Mis- Molly ain try ter keep in no
longer She lean up ag'in de fence an she
yell an she boiler. Hey, iaWd! SEE she,
he call dem aigsl dem big oil rotten pun
kins is aigs! Well, live an rarn. SEE 1!
Yer me bin 'lowin all desc ears dat dem
things wuz punkin an now I fine dey is
aigs. Eff I'd a-knowed wat you wuz up
ter all dis time, sub, I'd a-bringed you
some err dat honey whar I bin tellin' you
bout. 'kase you mus be mighty hongry by
dis time Dish yer settin bizness Is mighty
tryin'. l. year tell, so tryin dat de mems
mos in gin'ly leaves hit ter de ladiz
Lcmme know mex time you gwine hatch
out family, an 1 try ter hep you out
in de marter vittles. You'Se a plumb
skillintin; you sho' isl
.'Or Bar gittin' kind er rifle up by dat
tine. an do lax he gwin teck after her.
She lit out fun dat, but she see he wuz
too weak ter foller her, so she run back
fer a minnit an stuck her haid thu de
fence. an seq she. kind err rollin' one eye
on de pun kins an one on him: 'Um-umph.
Mstah Bar dis sut'n'y Is a pity. 'kase eff
dem ags had ony hatch out, yo' family
moughter bin some pun kins. sho' nuff.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-06

and soon mother told the good news
that it Helen's birthday tas # mother
lad not already discovered the fact all by
herself. Mother kissed the little girl and
with two bright tears shining in her eyes
said: ITO it is the happiest birthday
you have ever had, for we have driven the
old diphtheria away. But We're not going
to be cheated out of q birthday party. Wei
have as much of party as the doctor and
nurse will let US.
When the doctor came to make his morn
ing visit, he said his three little patients
could have their clothes on and sit up for
halt hour. This was a great step for
ward, and at noon time the three lnvalids
We're told they could have their luncheon at
a table instead of on a tray. Then came
the first surprise! Mother and the nurse
carried in a cunning new extension table
with real leaves which she said papa had
sent for his birthday gift to Helen A snowy
white table cloth and set of napkins with
HIS" embroidered upon them was next
brought in. Six knives. forks, spoons, tum-
bers and a whole new set of china next
arrived, as grandmother's birthday offer
for the center and five pink rosebuds smiled
al Helen, wishing her the sweetest kind of
birthday greetings.
Its the incest birthday 1 ever had
said the little sick girl, who in spite of her
weak voice showed her pleasure at these
we going to eat on all these lovely things?'
Mother wished she could spread a feast
for the children, but knew she could not.
Instead she said. they would pretend they
had the cakes and nuts and candies and ice
cream that all children love and expect to
have at a party. Mutton broth with barley
in it a poor substitute. but when the
children called it ice cream it tasted ever
50 much better. They grew quite merry as
they shivered and pretended it made their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-06

start on my errand till sure L know all
about it,
He said he had quite a number of GUS
toners who required almost all of his time.
that he rarely took home less than SIS for
a weeks work. and that his banner week
was S23.5O. The lad was not fourteen years
old. He gave his mother all the credit
His employers liked his manners; his man
ners were his mothers.
You know that when grown people part
in the street, If they just know each other,
they bow or nod If. however. you are say
ing goodbye" to real friend, you warm
ly shake hands
When the time came for US to part, 1
held out my hand and said:
Goodbye. little man. I'm very glad to
have met YOU.
l wish You could have seen him. He
flushed. breathed hard, looked up timidly
into my face, then, gently and nervousiy
put his hand in mine. I shook it warmly
and walked away, turning after a few
PAGES to nod another goodbye. There he
stood. his eyes full of tears the little mes
senger gentleman. No. 1 didn't go back
to him. He was not sad, bless him, only
ever happy. and. besides. I had to go on
quickly: 1 felt a kind of full feeling in my
own throat.
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ter tell me how 1 kin git me family lax
her'n."' Mis- Goose she turnt her haid
roun' on de side an cut one eye I'D at i'm
de way gooses does-kase dey nuver seem
ter look at you outen bofe eyes at onct-an'
she see he mean wat he say; so she mex
arnser. she do. Well. sub. done hatch out
desc chillen FUN de aigs.'
lis dasso?' seZee. 'Wellum, I be might'ly
'bleeged eff you tell me whar l kin git me
some aigs
Right dar Mis- Goose wuz tucken wild
notion dat mex her laugh an laugh on de
eenside, sos she scacely cud stan on
one foot lax she bin dom; she halter
putt bofe on de groun' so's't she kin
stan Study. But she ain dyare laugh
out loud. an she nuver even smile
vile she tell him: Lawdy! lawdy. Mistah
Bar. 1 swan ter man! 1 knows de ve'y
contraps hun whar gwine suit. Over yon'
in de fier is hull nes full err aigs jes wait
in fer some un ter set on 'em. l wish I'd
bin able ter have unnertooken dat job my
SET, but you see my hams right full a'raidy
wild desc yer twelve Ill chillen er mine an
Use feeIin' right poly, too, FUN setttn' 80
long on de aigs. Done los my fiaish subj
done los my fiaish. an my appentite ain
wat 'twuz. Use bleeged ter be homes wild
you. sub. an let you know dat dish yer
settin's hard wuk. sub. dat hit is
Par he say. Bless yo soul. Mis- Goose.
ain look ter git me nuttin' in dish yer
sum rim. dyin' worP widout l wu'k fer hit,
an eff a delikin lady lax you kin stan hit,
reckon kin. big an strong wat I is
MIS- 1OoSe SIe say, w ell, come on den,
eff you sesso, an she tuck an led de way
ter fier whar dar wuz pile er pun ins
in fence cornder. an she say, she do:
Yer de aigs. Mistah Bar. Now sub.
femme see you set on EN- You gotter
kiver 'em ev'y one wild yo' body an keep
EN- nice an WON. else dey ain gwine
hatch out, an you have all yo' trouble fer
nuttin.'
cor man Bar he squat down on de pun
kins an he guile hisse'f fus' dis-a-way an
den dat-a-way, an dror his laigs up an
den putt em down. an den git up an turn
clean roun' an squat ag'in. Jes' wen he
thing he'z all fix, yer come pun kin
rollin' out fus' one side an den tu'rr. Mis-
dast ter, an las she whul in an hep git
him fix. Den she go off down de PAT wild
her family. laughin' soft she KANT speak,
wen she met up wild Mis- Molly CottontaiI.
Mis- Molly wait a ILL., an den she say:
You Is sho'-'nuff goose, sho' NUM-