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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13
CLEAN TOWN IN MASON
Prohibition Colony to Be Established by
Wealthy Architect.

Prohibition Colony to Be Established by
Wealthy Architect.
Tacoma, Oct. 8.-A city without q
saloon, brothel, theater or Sunday ci-
gar store is in process Of incubation
for the state of Washington. William
Arthur, an architect, of Omaha, Neb.,
intends to establish city in which
the rrohibitionists will control and he
has selected this state for his colony.
In letter to Rev. Mr.. Ketchum, of
this city, Arthur says he is negotiating
for land in Mason county, which he
expects to secure, and he will then
proceed to organize his colony and
city. He is looking for 5000 people
to colonize there and build q city.
Every deed for land will contain a
clause forever prohibiting its use for
any saloon, brewery or distillery.
Municipal ownership of all public util-
tiles, including street railways, will
be the order and other advanced ideas
OF government will be incorporated in
the new community.
Arthur is a man of considerable
means and he is enlisting citizens in
he project all over the United States.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13
YAKIMA HAS VAST OUTPUT
Fruit Shipments for Season Reach High
Total.


Total.
North Yakima, Oct. IA. During Sep
TENDER 22,734 crates Of fruit were
shipped by express from North Yaki-
ma, totaling 249, 5O7 pounds. OF these
shipments IL, lO4 crates consisted of
peaches, 6,396 of grapes, while other
fruits averaged about 900 crates each.
The straight carload shipments for
the month amounted approximately
to 900 carload lots of ten tons each,
so that the total fruit shipments for
the month from North Yakima alone
aggregated 4, 500, 600 pounds.
During August the straight carload
shipments were 100, totaling 2, 788, $40
pounds, while the weight Of fruit sent
out by express was 405,0l7 pounds.
During July express shipments were
287, $40 pounds and the carload ship
ments approximately 500, 600 pounds.
For the past three months the weight
Of fruit sent ont from North Yakima
alone is approximately $500, 900
pounds.
Topenish and Wapato each about
equal North Yakima in this respect,
while large quantities are also sent
out from Mabton, SO that the ship
ments from these three stations alone
were $4,000, 900 pounds for three
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13
LEASE OF ORE LANDS
Great Northern Deal With Steel Tr,..,.
Completed.

New York, Oct. Sc. H. Gnv
chairman of the board of director. ~
the United States Steel CORPORATION
has announced that the compania,
controlled by the corporation have AZ.
qui-ed the Hill ore lands in the North
west. Judge Cary's announcement
was as follows:
after long negotiations a contract
has been signed for the acquisition on
royalty basis, of the Hill ore proper.
ties, so called, by the companies con.
trolled by the United States Steel Cor.
poration. The quantity of ore has not
been accurately determined, but it is
a large body.
''The price to be paid is $1.65 Der
ton delivered at the upper lake DOCKS
with an increase of a Ola cent per
ton each succeeding year The mini
mum agreed to be mined is 100000
tons per year until it reaches 8, 25O, 900
tons, and thereafter continue on that
basis.
''It is believed that the completion
of this agreement will result in great
benefit to both parties. The lease Of
the ore properties is practically per-
petual, since it holds until the ore has
been exhausted.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13
CONTRACT FOR CANA,
Isthmian cemmission win soo. ~,
Specification. a'a

Warrington, ct cit has A.,
been decided that the Panama Aually
will Be completed by contract csnal
few days the isthmian canal ~. ina
sion will make public a statemsnan is-
ting forth its reasons for favor; ns sst'
contract system, and at that t;es me
form OF contract will also nroL e
be published, showing exactlv tbs saoly
OF document believed by the co" NO sort
sion to be necessary for safeeuard Ia.
the work. las
President Roosevelt is known -
port the commission in its no ~ sup
that the work can be done ba..
BY contract than by the governms sssf
He had long conference with cso:
man Shonts yesterday on the snh; :f,
andsthe various arguments in faro NV!
the contract system were discuase NJ VI
This change in building the c.,.,
will in no way affect the emplovm aasl
Of Chinese labor. Proposals for 1 you
nish1ng Chinese labor were made nnSa ,
such conditions that they can be- tr. usr
ferred to contractors, and the tarm s
can be fulfilled in such manner thas
the government can give the cool Ia'
just as much pay. as if the governms0s
were the direct employer.
President Roosevelt still intends "a
visit the isthmus this fall, and un1ess
there be some change for the woraa IL
the Cuban situation will pnhahlu
leave for Colon short time after ths
election. WV
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13
MACON Will HAVE
MILITARY POWERS

Washington, Oct. 8.-Gov. Charles
e. Magoon, who left Washington Sat-
urday for Havana, will exercise in Gu
ba all the power which was vested III
Gen. Wood when he ruled Cuba under
the title of military governor.
Gov. Magoon will be known as the
provisional governor, but his author
ity will be plenary and he will be sue,
ject only to the orders of the president
and secretary of war.
Cuba will have the semblance OF an
autonomous government and the Unit
ed States will continue to be represent
ed in Havana by an American minister
and the consuls will be at their poses'
Cuba will be represented in WASH
ington by minister, and the Cuoan
consuls are expected to remain at tnelr
stations.
It is officially stated that there mas
been and will be no subversion OF tns
Cuban constitution. By incorpora''
ing the Plat amendment into the con-
stitution, Cuba provided for just sucn
an emergency as has arisen and 1or 'n0
United States to intervene and res'olo
order, consequently, it is said, CuO1
is still to be governed by constituslon:,
means and by machinery such Is u
provided in any community when mai'
tial law is necessary. e. :.
During the occupancy Of CUBA II :.
not expected that the Cuban congress
will exercise any power.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13
Defalcation Causes Big Failure

New York, Oct. 1.-The assign
ment Of ]. M. Ceballos & Co, bankers
and merchants, with liabilities be-
tween s., 600, 900 and 81, 900, 00Ois an
nounced in statement which declares
that the failure was due 20 the defal-
cation and absconding of Manuel Sill
veira, Of Silveira & Co., Havana.
Silveira's defalcation is said to amount
to about 81, 900, 600. He left Havana
ostensibly for New York, to consult
with members of Ceballos & Co., but
has not reached this city. Counsel
for the assignee said that Silveira
left Havana on his own steamer, the
Carmelina, for parts unknown, ac-
companied by his wife and children,
and that every effort was being made
to locate him.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Appeal Is Argued Before Federal Su
preme Court.

preme Court.
Washington, Oct. 1.-THE supreme
court heard arguments in the cases
Of Charles B. Meyer, W. B. Haywood
and George Pettibone, officers and
members of the Western Federation
of Miners, who are in prison in Can
yon county, Idaho, under a charge of
numbering Gov. Steunenberg, of that
state. The case comes to this court
on appeal from the decision of the
Idaho federal court in refusing to
grant writs of habeas corpus.
The principal point in controversy
was the method by which the Idaho
authorities secured jurisdiction over
the men. All of them are residents
of Colorado, and it was alleged that
they we're kidnapped in pursuance of
a conspiracy to which the governor of
Colorado and the Idaho authorities
were parties, and hence that jurisdic-
tion was acquired by fraud. The act
was denounced as "a fragrant NAL
feasance of executive duty from the
contemplation of which right think
ing people turn with loathing."
The attorney for the state commended
that the ext. addition proceedings had
been entirely regular, and referring to
the reflections upon the Idaho and
Colorado authorities, s.said the courts
could not afford to countenance such
abuse of high officials by counsel.
He took the position that even if it
were true that the governor of Colo
RADIO had connived at the removal of
the federation officials in an irregular
way, their remedy was in an action
for damages and that the status of the
prisoners could not be affected by such
q course on the part Of the Colorado
executive.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13
EOULLlzED VALUATION
WASHINGTON PROPERIl

Olympia, Oct. 8.-The total va'us
ton Of all property in the state =.
Washington, as equalised by the s'a ~
board, is $3.50, 209, S82, an increase !.
more than IS. 600, 900 from the ngu; :.
turned in by the counties and an u =.
crease Of $2Ol, 667. 1867 from the s'a.'
boards equalized values for last yo ;n
Railroad tracks are shown to nave o -
creased from $40, OO0, 900 to $Sl'v0v,
OO0. Real estate was Increased ii ~
$244, 600, 600 to 416, 0OO, 900, ana a. .a ~
PERSONAL property from $64, ooO'oov "
$82, 900, 600.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13
SEATTLE MARKET REPORT
Purchasing Prices.

Purchasing Prices.
The following prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers for
delivery in round lots I. o. b. Seattle,
and are subject to change withous
notice:
Grain-Oats, ss4.oo@s4. 80 per ton ;
barley, $2O@21.O0; wheat, chicken
feed, $s2@24; bran, SIC; shorts,
SIS; corn, $27.
Hay-Eastern Washington, e1e@
II per ton; Puget sound, $1O@11;
alfalfa, $10@11.
Eggs-Strictly fresh ranch, s6@ssc
Poultry-Live hens, 15@16c per
Id; old ROSTERS, 9K@1Oc; ducks.
old, 1876, young, 100; geese, 12c;
turkeys, TIC; spring chickens, 16@
ITO lb.
Wool-Eastern Washington, 16@
1876 per ID; Western Washington. 2O@
ssc; dirty or timber-stained, 10000.
Live Stock-Sheep, wethers, &c per
10; ewes 5@5Hc; hogs, eK@7o;
steers, 4Hc; COWS, $40; calves SO
70; lambs. 1896 per head.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13
Atkinson to Retire

Wenatchee, Oct. 11.-Attorney Cen
eral John D. Atkinson, who has been
in this city for several days, has re-
turned to Olympia. When questioned
as to his future. activity in politics he
said: 81 have no intention whatever
Of running for Office again. but shall
confine my time henceforth to my own
interests. As soon as my term Of
Office expires shall return to take M
my permanent residence here; posi-
lily before that time
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13
CHICACO'S NEW THEATRE
First Subscription House in the United
States Dedicated.

First Subscription House in the United
States Dedicated.
Chicago, Oct. 9.-The new theater
dedicated to artistic drama and claim
ing to be the first subscription house
in the United States, opened its doors
for the public for the first time last
night.
The audience filled the theater to its
capacity and was one of exceptional
brilliancy.
A triple bill was offered, that every
member Of the company might be In
troduced. The plays were "Unsai-
nara" one-act poetic comedy, trans
lated from the French; Engaged, !"
by w. 8. Gilbert, and "Marse Covipg-
ton" character sketch by George
Ade.
A new bill will be offered every two
weeks.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13
sALroN SEA COMPLICATIONS
Diversion of Colorado River Cause OF
Serious Questions.

Diversion of Colorado River Cause OF
Serious Questions.
Washington, Oct. 1O.-Who is re-
sponsible for the creation Of the Sal
ton sea in Southern California, which
already covers ana rea Of 400 square
miles and threatens to spread over
1000 square miles, is question, that
is perplexing Mexican and American
diplomats.
Interesting complications of an In
ternational character are threatened
when the two governments attempt to
settle their differences and make good
the damage.
The California Development Com
pany originally tapped the river below
Yuma, Arizona, and carried water
from Arizona through canal into
Northern Mexico and back into great
valley in Southern California. In 1904
it was found that this canal was mad
equate and a Mexican corporation,
controlled by the California Develop
ment Company was authorized by
Mexico to take water fl 3m the Colo
RADIO in Mexico, short distance south
of Yuma.
No gates were provided, and when
the Colorado river was diverted from
it's channel it cut away its bank and
went raging into the lowlands of Cali
fornia far below sea level.
Again and again the Southern Pa
cific railroad has been compelled to
move it's tracks, which ran through
the Salton sink, and have been forced
onto the foothills surrounding the
great basin. In the lowest part the
water is now seventy feet deep.
A part of this basin is in Mexico,
and failure to control the river would
give this country and Mexico a lake
comparable to the Great Lakes sepa-
rating the United States and Canada.
At present it is greater than any body
of water wholly within the United
States, except Salt Lake and Lake
Michigan.
International complications have fol-
lowed, growing out of the fact that ex-
listing treaties provide that the Colo
RADIO shall be maintained as a naviga-
BILE river, which is not now the case,
because it has teen diverted from the
Gulf of California into the great sink.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13
La Toilette Will Testify

st. Paul, Oct. 6.-Senator Robert
M. La Toilette, of Wisconsin, it is an
nounoed, has agreed to appear as a
witnesses before the Minnesota state
railroad and warehouse commission,
which is now holding hearing re-
garding the reasonableness of COM
modify rates in this state, and give
testimony concerning the existence of
yellow dog" funds said to have been
contributed to by the railroads to
bring about his political downfall.
Senator La Toilette has not only
agreed to appear himself, but to bring
other witnesses to substantiate his
testimony.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13

London, Got. Cabling from sgd
ney, N. s. W., the correspondent Of
the Daily Mail says: 'Seismographs
here and at Perth recorded an earth
quake Tuesday noon lasting for two
hours. The government astronomers
believe there was disturbance some
whore eclipsing the disaster at San
Francisco" The Daily Mail says
there was q similar record made il
John Mines observatory on the Isle
OF Wight.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13
CONSPIRACY Charge
STANDARD OIL TRIAL BEGINS 1T
FINDLAY, OHIO.
Present Suit Is Brought in State
Courts Under Valentine Law
of 1698--Validity Of the Stat
ute VIII Be Tested Rockefeller
Case Afterwards.

conspiracy against trade IN VlO1a-
tion Of the antitrust laws Of the state.
the Standard Oil Company of Ohio
and it's alleged constituent companies,
the Buckeye Pipe Line Company and
the Manhattan Oil Company, will be
placed on trial here today before
Judge Gideon G. Banker and jury in
the probate court of Hancock county.
In the original information filed last
June by County Prosecutor William
L. David, John D. Rockefeller was
made a party to the proceedings, but
through the granting of request for
separate trial Mr.. Rockefeller will
not be called as q defendant until the
case against the company has been
disposed of. Mr.. Rockefeller will not
be summoned as witness and will
not attend the trial.
If the manner of instituting the pro-
ceedings-by information instead of
by grand jury indictment-and the
jurisdiction assumed by the probate
court are upheld in the higher courts,
the case will assume added Importance
as indicating an easier and more di-
rect method for action against alleged
trade conspiracies.
Defeuse Questions Jurisdiction.
Both the manner of instituting the
proceedings and the jurisdiction Of
the probate court have been question
ed by the attorneys for the defense,
but Judge Banker has decided against
them on all points, and no appeal
can be taken on these preliminary
questions until the case has been
tried.
Judge Banker ruled that violation
of the Valentine law constitutes mis-
demeanor and that the last session of
the legislature gave probate courts
concurrent jurisdiction with common
pleas courts over all misdemeanors.
To this ruling. as we'll as to that on
other technical points, the defense
took exceptions.
The Valentine law, under which the
proceedings were brought, was passed
July 1. 1898. 1t defines trust elab-
orately as com bination of capital,
skill or acts by two or more persons,
firms, etc., to create or carry out re-
strictions in trade.
Penalties Prescribed by Statute.
The violations of the act are defined
as conspiracy against trade" and
are punishable by fine of from $50 to
IS, 600 or imprisonment from six to
twelve months.
As to the evidence required to con-
vict, the statute says:
cit shall be sufficient to rrove that
a trust or com bination as defined here
in exists and that the defendant be-
longed to it or acted for or in connec-
ton with it, without proving all the
members belonging to it, or proving
or producing any article Of agreement
or any written instrument on which
it may have been based, or that it was
evidenced by any written instrument
at all. The character of the trust or
combination alleged may be establish
ed by proof of its general reputation
as such.''
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13

Denver, Colo, Oct. 8.-The Lind
sey' state ticket has been fled. With
the exception Of Charles F. Carwelll
for the supreme court and Charles r.
Dudley for regent of the state univer-
sity, each Of whom received nominal
tions in the Republican convention,
the ticket headed by Ben. b. Lindsey
for governor contains the names of
the Democratic nominees.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13
For Relief of Storm Sufferer.

Washington, Oct. 6.-The American
National Red Cross Society has decid-
ed TO receive contributions for the re-.
lief OF the storm sufferers in the Gulf
states and has sent instructions to the
state branches of the organization ask
ing them to make announcement that
they will receive money for the pur-
pose indicated. Persons living in
states which have no Red Cross branch
may send their contributions to the
national treasurer, Charles Hallam
Keep, assistant secretary Of the United
States treasury.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13
Tacoma Quotations.

Wheat-Olub, $50: bluestem, eco;
red, 68c.
Oats sac. oo@s7. 90; rolled oats, ss7
@a8.OO.
Hay, Alfalfa, etc.-Wheat hay,
$1s@14.60; timothy, $4,000; mixed,
$ls@17; clover, $15@16; alfalfa,
$12. 5O@1s.5O
Feed-Corn, $s7; wheat, $24; bar
ley, whole grain, $21.50; rolled,
$23. 80; bran, $16. 60@16. 30; shorts
$l8.O0@i9.O 90.
Poultry-Turkeys, dressed, s6c;
chickens, dressed 10. ducks, dressed,
l5c; geese, dressed 100. Live-Hens,
lao; spring chickens, 14@16c; ducks
lilo; geese, lilo.
Butter-Washington creamery, 81.
Nggs-Washington ranch, Sc.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13
Schively to Return to Cauitol

Olympia, Oct. Ill. 81. Schively,
who relinquished his office as assist
ant state insurance commissioner about
e month ago to accept q position in
Spokane, will resume his former du-
ties In the insurance Office. Mr..
Schlvely did not find his new position
to his liking and 30 resigned and &C.
cepted his former position. which had
not been filed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13
indictments IN Rebate Case

New York, Oct. 11.-Eight indict
ments in so-called sugar rebate cases
have been handed down by the Octo-
Der federal grand jury. The indict-
ments were found earlier in the year,
but were never officially returned.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-13
Minor Happenings
Of the Week

The armored cruiser North Carolina
was successfully launched Saturday
at Newport News. Va
A report is current in Washington
that Senator Plat, Of New York. in
tends to resign his seat in the senate.
Not much credence, however, is placed
in the report.
The bureau of statistics of the de-
partment of commerce and labor has
issued bulletin concerning the COM
MERGE of Cuba, showing that it aggre-
gates over 5000, 600, 900 per year.
At New York last week, Martin
Sheridan, of the Irish-American Ath-
letic Club, broke the worlds record ia
throwing the discuss, the new mark
being 1873 feet, inches. His best
previous throw was 1876 feet, inches.
Two of Ireland's most influential
and eloquent representatives in parlia-
mont, Messrs. Kettle and Hazleton,
are to visit America at the invitation
of the Irish League of the United
States. They will sail shortly for New
York.
A Washington dispatch says it is un-
derstood that Lloyd Griscom, now
ambassador to Brazil, is to be trans
ferred to st. Petersburg in place OF
Ambassador Meyer when the latter
becomes a member of the presidents
cabinet.
An emphatic official denial of the
reported betrothal of Grand Duke
Michael, brother of the GEAR, and
Princess Patricia, niece Of King Ed
ward, has been issued at London. The
report is also denied from st. Peters
burg.
The loss by fire in the United States
and Canada during the month of Sep
TENDER, as compiled by the Journal of
Commerce Bulletin, aggregated $1O,-
S52, $50, or about $4,000, 900 below
the recorI of the same month in 1905.
The nine months losses by fire now
reach the sum of $500, OO7, $50, a figure
never before equalled in the history
of the country.
The United States battleship Wis
consin arrived at Honolulu from Yo-
kohama October 3.
According to Hongkong dispatch
the steamer Charterhouse foundered
and 81 persons, including Capt. Lif-
ton, were drowned.
The Nav York World editorially
suggests Grover Cleveland to the Dem
ocrats of New Jersey, who are seeking
a candidate for United States senator.
Fire last week practically destroyed
Armstrong, the chief town of the Spal-
lumchene district of British Colum-
bia, for the second time within dec
ade. Spallumchene is known as the
land of the big APPLE" and does all
its shipping business through Arm
strong.
According to the Revue de Com
MERGE Exterieur, a line of steamers
has been put on the Pacific between
Chile and Japan, says the Daily Con-
sular and Trade Reports. The purpose
of those interested is the establish
ment of close commercial relations be-
tween the two countries.
The Octopus, the new submarine
addition to the United States navy,
was successfully launched last week
at the yards of the Fore River Ship
building Company at Quincy, Mass.
The Octopus is designed to stand q
submergnnce of 100 feet without crush
ing her plates, and her required speed
on the surface is twelve knots.
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New Westminster, b. G., Oct. g.
Canadian mill men are now purchas-
ing their logs on the American side Of
the line and towing them across at =
towage cost Of about 80 to Is cents
thousand.