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

The state bureau of statistics re
ports that the apple output for 1904
aggregated 729,978 bushels. The
pear crop for the same year amount
ed to 1926 bushels.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, in
commenting upon the above figures,
takes a very hopeful view of the fruit
industry of the state and it is to be
hoped that its optimism is well war
ranted.
Many of the finest orchards have
come into bearing for the first time
this season. The total fruit area is
much larger and the shipments great
er. But there is almost no limit to
the demand for apples and pears
Local markets may be supplied quick
ly and the prices might temporarily
drop to a point where there is ap-
parently no money in growing the
fruit, but that should have no effect,
in the opinion of the P.-I., on the or
chadist." There are markets yet un-
touched that can be approached.
With transportation facilities for
reaching every market center OF the
world, the horticul turists need have
no fears of overstocking the fruit con-
suming cities. Residents of the Pa
ciic coast regions can recall the pre-
aictions of orange growers in South
ern California alfew years ago. Many
failed to plant citrus orchards be-
cause they thought there would be no
market. Where few carloads were
shipped ten years ago, now the grow
ers are sending out trainloads. And
the prices are, better than ever and
demand greater. The growers have
opened new markets and have no
surplus on hand at any time of the
year.
.sThere is field for development in
the fruit industry Of the state. Ac-
cording to the official report from the
bureau of statistics the different
fruits are well distributed. Last year
we produced 229,72 bushels OF
prunes; SO,9O8 bushels Of peaches;
81 ia bushels Of cherries; :, ,252 bush
els Of apricots; LIZA, 700 pounds OF
grapes; 253, ,72O pounds of dried fruits
and /, 1O2 barrels of cider. All had
good commercial values. The sale OF
different varieties simply made q be-
ginning on the general markets. The
Opportunities for future sales are pet
ter than in the past.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-11
OUTLOOK FOR
FRUIT INDUSTRY
ALMOST NO LIMIT TO DEMAND
FOR APPLES AND PEARS

New Markets Opened and Others Not
Yet Touched Fruit Crop Figures
Compiled by State Bureau of Sta
tiSticS.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-11
INDICTED FOR
SMUGGLING
ssTRUE BILLS, RENDERED IN CAS-
ES FROM THIS COUNTY

Alfred Burke Indicted For Wool
Smuggling and VIM. Stewart and
Hides, Which They stole.
The United States grand jury
which met in Seattls this week found
"true bill' against Alfred Burke,
the well known Shaw island pioneer,
charged by the customs authorities
with smuggling wool from Pender is
land, British Columbia, last May. Mr..
Burke was placed under arrest at his
home on Shaw island on the first day
of June by Deputy Collector Culver,
of this port, acting upon evidence
furnished him by Customs Inspectors
Dean, of Port Townsend, and Ballin-
ger, of Tacoma, who, under the in
structions of Collector Ide, had spent
several weeks among the islands on
both sides of the line, gathering the
information which led to the arrest.
At the preliminary bearing in Seattle
the first week in June they testified
that they had marked considerable
quantity of wool on the Canadian side
with wooden skewers in such a man.
ner as to render it's identified ton by
them certain if they should find any
of it on this side of the line. They
further testified that they saw Mr..
Burke and a Canadian ranchman
weighing wool at the latter's ranch
and saw them transport it to the wa
ter and load onto Mr.. Burke's boat,
and that they then came to this side
and found the same wool in w. r.
Sutherland's warehouse at Orcas.
Mr.. Sutherland, though subpHnaed
as witness, was not called before
the grand jury. Mr.. Culver was
called to testify that the wool was
not entered at the custom house nor
any duty paid upon it or secured.
The hearing was, of course, ex parte,
as all grand jury hearings are. The
case is yet to be tried in open court,
when Mr.. Burke will be represented
by counsel and have an opportunity
to make his defense and go on the
stand in his own behalf, if he wishes
to do so
The cases against VIM. Stewart
and "Wm Lumley' Gan assumed
name) came up before the grand jury
Wednesday and indictments were
promptly returned against both OF
them.
They we're charged with smuggling
a lot of hides stolen from the British
Columbia slaughter house, at Cadboro
bay, near Victoria, last May. The
hides we're landed on J. 7. Strouds
wharf at Deer Harbor, and were
shipped from there to 3. +. Norton
s. Co., Of Seattle. It happened they
were all, or nearly all, branded and
the foreman of the slaughter house
readily identified them. Lumley
represented to Mr.. Stroud that they
had s1picked them up among the
farmers" on this side. Later the
same two men shipped several hum
dred pounds Of wool to Seattle which
thew had undoubtedly smuggled. It
was nearly all packed IN sacks bear
ing Canadian brands. Stewart has
heen known to customs officers for
wears as smuggler. He was at one
time quite well of financially and was
the master Of the schooner Halcyon"
which lsbeld the record" for fast sail
inp from Puget Sound ports 70 Hon
olnlu and was engaged n opium
smuggling.
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O. T. Loos, farmer, Deer Harbor


-"In stating that I am strongly in
favor of new county building, to be
constructed of San Juan county stone,
at cost from $25, 600 to $50, 900, I
believe that voice the sentiments of
practically all the taxpayers in the
vicinity of Deer Harbor. We want a
building large enough to supply the
needs of the county for many years
to come, and of a style of architec-
ture that will reflect credit upon the
county. The old shack we now call
our court house is a disgrace to the
county and affords absolutely no pro
lection whatever to the county's val
liable records or comfort or conven-
ience for our county officials. We
are practically out of debt and the
time is ripe for the construction OF a
new and suitable building. am in
favor of issuing long term bonds
bearing low rate of interest TO raise
sufficient funds to pay for the con-
struction of it. By so doing the tax
payers would not feel any burden up
on Them
| H. T. CAYoU, farmer and fish trap
owner and one of the heaviest tax
payers in the county, Decatur I'VE
certainly need new county building
and | am in favor Of erecting good
one while we are about it. My per-
sonal preference is for brick on stone
foundation but if we have sandstone
that is well suited to building pur-
poses it might be advisable to use it.
It seems to me that the county needs
and can well afford to erect build
! ing that would cost at least $50, 900.
favor the bonding system of pay.
ment."
J. Fl. BoEDE, orchardist, Orcas:-
'sThe proposition to build new court
house is all right. We certainly
need one badly. It would in my opin-
| ion be foolish to build of wood. / fa-
vor substantial stone or brick build
ing, costing at least $50, 900, and I
think it should be built as soon as
possible and bonds issued to pay for
it. The taxpayers would never feel
it,"
T. BRIrTENDALL, farmer, Port
Stanley:-'sI II am in favor Of building
/ a new court house, as the one we now
have is entirely inadequate to supply
the urgent needs of the county /
would like to see it constructed Of
San Juan county sandstone for an
amount Of money not to exceed $685.
900, provided suitable building can
he erected for that amount.
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E. E. ALLEN, farmer, Waldron:-

b. E. ALLEN, farmer, Waldron:-
Il realize the Importance of having a
more commodious court house. The
old shack we now have affords no
protection whatever for the county's
valuable records and is disgrace to
the county. | am certainly in favor
OF new building, to be constructed
OF San Juan county sandstone, large
enough to supply the wants of the
county for many years to come. We
do not want any more frame build
llgs: If the proper preliminary steps
are taken and with a competent SUI
perintendent in charge of the con-
struction, feel that $25, 1000 should
be ample to pay for what the county
really requires in the way of a court
house. In payment for it I am in ia
vor of issuing long term bonds at a
low rate of interest. We have fine
sandstone in the county and believe
we should use it, the sooner the bet
ter"
JEROME ANDREWS, farmer, San Ju-
an Valley:-s'I I guess my opinion is
about the same as yours and Mr.
Newhall's and other good citizens .
The need Of a good building doesn't
admit of any question and | think we
should p oceed to erect a good one as
soon as possible. It seems to me it
would be very poor policy to build of
wood. I favor stone or brick and
think we should have building cost
ing at least 5000 The county has
been extremely fortunate not to have
lost the records slowed in the pres
ent old building. If it should catch
fire it would burn in twenty minutes
and then the taxpayers would have
to pay dearly for the neglect to make
proper provision for the safe keeping
of the records and the transaction OF
public bu mess. I favor issuing long
term bonds to raise the money needed
for a first-class building"
OLE VOID, farmer, San Juan:-'I
don't think the erection Of new
building ought to be delayed any
longer than is absolutely necessary.
Get at it as soon as possible. | favor
building Of brick or stone at cost OF
not less than $40, 900, and think that
long term bonds should be issued at
low rate of interest. .
ERNEST REHoRsr, farmer, Waldron
island: You can quote me as favor
ing the erection Of q substantial stone
or brick building costing at least
|$25, 900.
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ssWell, 1 see we are likely to have
! stone court house, = said Thos. Up
eton the well known Lopez farmer,
to the editor of tie ISLANDER few
[days ago. That is all right. | had
not thought much about the stone pro-
! ,s;t;on and Of course did not know o.
Mr.. sweeney's offer when gave my
opinion for publication in the ISLAND
ER last week.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-11

Attorney w. r. Garrett has bought
tie Simpson residence on Harrison
street, now occupied BY +. n. Culver
and family. Mr.. Garrett contem-
plates making several improvements
% the property, 1t is not bis inten-
tion to occupy it for several months
1t least, as be has 9 years lease on
the Murray property where ne nov
resides.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-11

ERNEST REHoRsr, farmer, Waldron
island You can quote me as favor
ing the erection Of q substantial stone
or brick building costing at least
$25, 900.
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it Ia not my fault If you have to CO."
That's all l want" IA d !, cNaught.
Just give me chance and Y I'm not up
to the mark that's my fault"
McNausht never left the Detective Bureau
called Bob, and lac is called Bob to-day
by every one who has ever met him.
As detective Mcknight is known in
almost every City in the country and in Q
good many CITIES in Europe He Ia said
to have mere friends spread over the coun-
Try than ar other man in the department
For more than six years he was detailed to
watch the jewelry district for crooks. It
was while he was there that John Rough, a
thief with long record. stole 81, 900 worth Of
diamonds from Victor l.. Herbert, Maiden
laHe Jeweler.
Mcknight learned that Bough was at
Arlington. n. j., and he went there to get
him. Bough skipped out OF the house
and tried to hide in a barn. Mcknight
chased him and Bough made a dive for a
pitchfork. Mcknight caught him.
ashsd you po pE E aG aoe
Bough grabbed the barrel OF the pistol
in his teeth.
Shoot. damn you" he muttered. 'l'm
Mcknight landed him in this city and
Bush S q. an old mann s sn ss to
able to keep out Of jail He Ia in the Tombs
awaiting trial on a forgery charge.
The Whyo gang was very active when
Mcknight started his detective work.
Ore afternoon Mcknight and his partner
John Dunn, saw two members Of the gang
O'Brien and Diver. steal a watch from
mans pocket in front Of the Post Office.
Mcknight and Dunn grabbed the pair and
started for Police Headquarters.
They were riding up Centre street on
horse car. when OBrien broke away from
Dunn and jumped of the car. Mcknight
knew he could get his man almost any
time. SO he gave him few jolts and jumped
OF the car to help Dunn.
Danny Drisooll. the leader Of the Whyos,
to help O'Brien. McNsusht snapped the
trigger Of his own pistol twice, but the
revolver didn't go Of. Then McNaught
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District Attorney Garvan to get j. Morgan
Smith and his wife in the Nan Patterson

District Attorney Caravan to get J. Morgan
Smith and his wife in the Nan Patterson
case.
" hen Mr.. Caravan returned he started
a story that he had boxed with McNaught
in Cincinnati and whipped him. Mr. Gar
van is Il aim young man, and was an athlete
once. He thought he would have fun
with MoNaught.
A newspaper man telephoned to
McNaught's home early one morning and
asked him very seriously about the story.
you've seen me. said McNaught, sand
you've seen Caravan. He weighs about
ninet y-six pounds. / weigh 2iO. Young
man, I'd have no more trouble in putting
him over my knee than one Of my own
sons"
Mcknight doesn't think that It is as easy
to capture thieves to-day as 1t was twenty
years ago. He says
ain the old days the crooks hung out in
certain places and you knew where to 60
to get them. They weren't 10 smart, either
Now they don't work In concert much nor
do they Rand together. 1t is a harder Job
They are better educated and shrewder
BY that | mean as general rule. Some
Of the old timers, ! suppose, will never
lie beaten in their own particular lines.
But the young crooks Of to-day are q
pretty shifty lot. You've got to watch
them all the time, and even then they will
get away from YOU"
II there is anything Mcknight L. proud
Of 1t Is his children. Himself q veteran
of the civil war, he has two sons veterans Of
the Spanish American War
Not 50 Ead,' says he.
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NEW IN WHEELBARROVS,
One with Folding Steel Frame That Can
he Knr ckcd D0Mn for SHIPMENT.

MISCELLANEOUS. of steel or wood, or n
combination Of these materials, are made
in Crt at variety Of form and construction,
end for many special uses but perhaps the
newest thing in wheelbarrows is one made
with folding steel frame. which can be
Knocked down for shipment
The body and handles of this wheeIbarrow
are of wood. but tho legs and bra COS, con-
stituting the supporting frame are Of steel
and are rivcted together and loltcd to the
body when the wheetarrow is set up.
The folo ing steel frame wheeltnrrow
may, by virtue Of its co!laps ibiity, present
another advantage. II is u garden barrow.
II would he quite possible for the suburban
dwel!er about TO start a rarden, and i'm
patient for a wheeibarow with which 70
begin work, TO buy one Of these folding steel
frame wheelbarrows knocked down. snd
have It Wrapped up and carry it home with
him.
Even in It's knocked down form, wha, with
it's width nnd the length q liz handles. n
folding steel frame Hheolbarrow YOU'D
make, for him, con.idern bic Of a bundle to
carry; but he could probably get II hcue
without knocking down more than fifteen
OF twenty people in getting on and on the
cars with II, where he couldn't have carried
an old style wheelharrow at oil.
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THIRD SECTION
5000 ARRESTS His RECORD.
I,nyEfTIiE M'NAtGHTS RISY
YEARS WITH CROOKS.

Eas Just Retired After Twcnty.n,ne Years
In the Police Depa rtmcnt--O One Of Ills
First Jobs Was I, Help TO Land Anar-
chist Schwnb Crooks Smarter Now.
after you've been policeman for
twenty nine years l think it Is about time
that you got out and gave some of the
young fellows a chance" said Detective
Sergeant Robert NJ. Mcknight when he
was retired at his own request by Police
Commissioner McAdoo last week.
Mcknight ought to know, for he has a
sen who is desk sergeant in one Of the
West Side precincts. Twenty-nine years
a policeman. and all but three years of that
time Headquarters detective is Nc
Naughts record. And in all those twenty
nine years not a single charge was ever
preferred against him by his superiors
or citizen.
You know it sort of makes the old man
feel little pleased when he looks back over
said McNaught.
He had just received the congratulations
and best wishes Of District Attorney Jerome,
the entire District Attorneys staff and
everybody In the Criminal Courts Building
from the elevator men up to the Judges.
He was congratulated because he had
stepped out Of the Police Department to
an easy and comfortable berth. With a
pension-$l,ooO year-and the income
from Job as private detectivefor down
town safety deposit company, Mcknight
Ia not worrying much about the future.
The best wishes went with the new job
1t Is said Of Mcknight that he knows
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out Drisool. A year or so later Driscol
was hanged in the Tombs prison yard for
numbering Beezy Gerrity. With him went
the prestige of the Whyos.,
ward, that my pistol didn't go OF! that day.
1t was better for Drlscoll to be hanged
than for me to have kill him."
! 1t was Mcknight and John Gun. who was
his I,, partner for eight years. that hat arrested
Moore, for badgering Martin Mahon in the
Grenobe Hotel in 1898. Cuff had gone to
Moore's room to arrest him when Moore
struck him on the head with revolver and
men were struggling in the room when
Mcknight, who had been waiting in parlor,
rushed In and subdued Moore.
Back in 1884 Inspector Byrnes got tele-
gram from Vlcksburg, Miss, that Sam Haw-
thorne, who had been convicted Of murder
and sentenced for life. had escaped and
might be on his way to this city. Haw-
thorne was a country storekeeper. and
had shot and killed a customer who had
been nconsiderate enough not to pay for
over to Mcknight and told him to look
out for Hawthorne.
The first thing MoNaught did was to make
n tour Of the steamship offices and give
Pretty soon Mcknight was informed by
one Of the agents that he thought he had
had visit from the Mississippian.
hurried to the steamship Office.
Said the agent:
Bob, this mans got a reputation as a
shooter. Please don't arrest him In here.
You know he might begin playing with that
gun Of his and some Of the boys In here
might get shot. We can't spare any Of the
office force just now
Hawthorne came back and Mcknight,
hidden behind counter, watched him.
When Hawthorne went out Mcknight fol-
Lowell. He let Hawthorne get little start
and then he yelled
Hawthorne ier>e his hea' and then went
strai h, on, only title faster. Mcknight
wasi.'. sire he hao the right nan. 80 he
quicken u his Face and ranged alongside
OF Hawthorne.
"Eello, sam" he said slapping him on
the shoulder.
Il don't know you said Sam.
Sure you do" said Mcknight, 'I've
been in your store often"
wall | can't remember you." said
Hawthorne.
Mcknight told him that tho city would
like TO show him one Of it's institutions
Police Headquarters. At the same time
McNaut-ht took the precaution to see IL
hawthorne had a gun. Sam looked at
him fer second.
II ain'c rot no bhcotin' pioc,. snid Sam.
IF had I'd ussd it lony ago"
Hawthorne vent back to serve his sem
lenoe. The Nichsburg authorities gave
ldcNaught $500 reward, He also gct $50
reward for catching Jacob Simons. q jew
elry siiesnan, who got away with lot Of
jewery from Maiden l1nc firm. Mcknight
caught hin In San Francisco.
Mcknight doesE't know the number
Of arrests he he's made bu. it is over 5000.
During the time, he was attached to the
District Attorneys Office he and his partners
made more than 5000 arrests. He made
many trips out OF town, and once went to
switzerland to got prisoner. His last
trip was to 60 to Cincinnati with Assistant !
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Cut Glass. Cottage Dinner
Sets and Toilet Wares.


"Sru Cut Glass richest
and most artistic word Worlds Fair And
costs no frequently much ssthan inferior utes
because produce cutting buy direct from the
cutting wheels-withou middlmans
ALMOND COMFORTS tall and graceful pillar
2s; cut prism stems 10 neh ses7 Footed COMFORTS for olives radshe
HIGH FRUIT OR SALAD BOWLS aove inch size 49,
pinch size each ~
CUP aANkARDs s sAAD on FRUIT BoWLs ins
SUGARS AND CREAmERs, per CUT GLASS CANDY BASKETS
FLOWER VASES neh s2s7; 10 inch 1897; II inch, s447
Others-From Bonbon Tray at o8c I'D to a
magnificent Punch Bowl at $l6o43.
Wares for the Summer Home
TOILET SETS. WATER PITCHERS
ru e. S.saos. ru. Co. quart
ns' decorated and labelled ice Water
''ySs essN SCI ""'sm . P'ese each Ice.
Same with jar s2.s7. Iwo-quart size. Csc .
Full Sized Toilet Sets rich gold Widemouh Pitchers with monk
sze each 2ec
ten pieces, s3ls Two.quart size, SOC.
M.nv ~ @ Gas 1, Ho'S T., TEA POTS
Guiding Mnton Roysl Bonn &C., namened
havebe reduced ~ | 29c, $50, 47c
SPECAL-ENGLISHP COTTAGE SERVICES
1870 including for breakfast dinner supper ho
with fancy border and gold edge valve $lO the se
s7THEoDoRE HAvILAND CHINA DINNER SETS 100 pieces
various decorations; value $500.
AT s24ss THEODORE HAvLAND CHINA DINNER SETS ~ Gics,
gold $4,000 the
atg Dinner Sets l02 pieces aslov as S. 81 the
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more crooks, little and big, than any other
detective in the city, Or maybe, in the
country. For ten years he was attached
to the District Attorneys Office and any
body who watches the courts in the Criminal
Courts Building can't help getting to know
the citizens Of the under world, for there
they all, sooner or later land.
An alert, quick moving man, with iron
gray hair and ustache, Mcknight is not
built Oil the lines Of the average city sleuth,
Within easy reach Of the threescore mark
there is nothing in his physical o. mental
makeup to bear out the Osler theory.
Mcknight had served through most Of
the civil war. first in a New York regiment
and then in a New Jersey regiment, when
he became a policeman. He had been
wounded three times. 1t was a good thing
that he was strong and sturdy, for when he
did his first police work the man who
pounded the walk" didn't have such
pleasant times as the cop Of to-day.
One of McNaught's first jobs with
Iatoon of police was to break up an an
archists' meeting in Tompkins Square.
Justus Schwab was one of the leaders.
When the police charged on the followers
Of the red flag LcNaught was in the front
rank.
Detective Tom Hickey had arrested
Gchwab, who showed willingness to fight,
lacked up by his supporters. Hickey
was having a lively time when McNaught
and another policeman. using their clubs
effectively, convinced Sohwab that where
lie belonged was in a CELL
Soon after that McNaught was sent to
90 patrol duty in the Delaney street sta
ton. That was in the time when gangs
not like the parasites who band together
now and cause some trouble for the police,
hut N 0ine tough men-rlled certain parts
Of the city. In the Delaney street pre-
onct and on its borders two gangs held
out-the Short Tails and the Border gang.
The two gangs made their headquarters
ct Corlears Hook. 1t wasn't safe for
|aisiinan to go providing around alone.
The poiiesusn were sent out in pairs-one
- protect the other.
Even then they frequently had good
deal more to do than they could handle
comfortably. When the police held posi-
session Of the street and things looked
'sngerous for the toughs they SHE'D bricks
from tho roofs. Mcknight had some.
thing to do with breaking up those gangs,
landing Lefty" Crowley, Army" Smith
and To,Lmy Holland in jail. Holland
later was killed on a canalboat while try
ing to commit q robbery.
1t wasn't long before Mcknight was
doing detective work in the precinct, and
then he was shifted to the Detective Bureau
He was there when, in 1880, Tom Byrnes
began to reorganize the bureau.
Byrnes made wholesale changes and
Mcknight was one OF those cleared out.
In year ByTnes sent for him.
I'm going to reinstate you just as pub
lcy as you were dismissed" said Byrnes.