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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12
GEARIN ON POPULAR VOTE.
Says 1t Should Decide Senatorship ane
Control All Lesislatora.

Says 1t Should Decide Senatorship and
Control All Legislators.
Portland, Or, May 9.-The Ore
gonian publishes the following state
ment made by Senator Gearin, of Ore
gon, to the Oregonian correspondent
at Washington:
IF Bourne receives a majority of
the votes cast in June for senator, he
will be entitled to and should receive
every Democratic vote in the legisla-
ture. If receive majority over
Bourne, the Republicans should vote
for me, and believe they will do so.
The people have as much right to
decide who shall be senator as they
have to decide who shall be governor,
and the people are fully as competent
as any legislature to select a senator.
II consider it of vital Importance
to the people of Oregon that the pri-
mary law be enforced, and that no
legislature be selected that will repeal
it, OF, by refusing to carry out its
plain intent, to that extent repeal it.
1.-THE issue is squarely presented to
the people whether or not they shall
reap the fruits of their constitutional
amendment, or whether the new law
shall be broken down and our state re-
turn to it's former administration by
machine politics.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12
ARRESTS FOR LAND FRAUDS.
Wisconsin Lumbermen and Bankers
Charged With Conspiracy.

Wisconsin Lumbermen and Banker,
Charged With Conspiracy.
Milwaukee, May IA special to the
Sentinel from Oshkosh, Wis, says:
Give lum bermen and bankers, rep
resenting in the aggregate wealth fan
in excess of a million dollars, have
been arrested here by the federal au.
thorities on a charge Of conspiracy to
defraud the general government by
means of alleged land frauds in the
state of Oregon.
''The men arrested are Leander
Choate, James Matt Bray, Benjamin
Doughty, James Doughty and Thomas
DAILY. Mr.. Bray is president of the
Bray & Choate Lumber Company, and
Choate is treasurer of that company.
The Doughtys are retired lumbermen.
DAILY is cashier of the Commercial Ma.
tional bank, and, all of the men are
large stock holders in that institution.
''The indictments charge conspir.
acy to defraud the government by
having furnished money to Oregon
parties to make entries and buy home.
steads in the state named.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12
SOL G. SIMPSON.
Pioneer Puget Sound Logger and Steam
ship Man Passes Away.

Pioneer Puget Sound Logger and Steam
ship Man Passes Away.
Seattle, May 1O.-Word has beer
received here of the death of Sol G.
Simpson at his home in Shelton, Ma
son County. Mr.. Simpson he's lived
on the Sound for twenty-five years
and during that time has been extern
sively interested in steamship, logging
mining and banking, both on the
Sound and in Alaska. He organized
the Simpson Logging Company and
has held the position of president
since its origin, operating extensively
in Mason county.
A few years ago he organized the
White Star Steamship Company and
operated the steamers Oregon and Lou
rada between this city and Nome. Eli
disposed of his steamship interests two
years ago on account of failing health
but still retained his logging interests
up to the time of his death.
He also operated at one time in min
ing property at Nome and was associ
ated with G. d. Lane for number Of
years.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12

Flowers for the Gardening Beginner
TO make his flower garden a contln-
ual delight, the amateur should STUDY
the characteristics Of the flowers ne
grows and see that each serves pur-
pose. If he loves fragrance. nocotlana
affinis, with it's abundant star-shaped
white flowers, is excellent, and a IRA
grant novelty which presents strik-
ing contrast to this Is nocOtiana San
deras, with deep pink, almost red How
ers. These, above all, are excellent Tor
borders, planted in front of taller grow
ing shrubs.
For a bed where a mass OF yellow IS
desired, golden California poppy IS
useful. 1t must be sown where 1t Is to
bloom, as 1t does not transplant well.
Its flowers are not adapted for cutting.
For side and back fences clumps OF
single and double hollyhocks In mass
are good. A flower which grows nearly
as high as the hollyAock is radbeckia
golden glow, which produces wealth
of golden flowers good for cutting. 1t
is a good plan to devote the space IN
front of one fence to dahlias and cos
mos, for these are sure to please the
most fastidious flower lovers. The
cactus and decorative forms OF the
dahlia are becoming more and more
popular every year. The tubers may
be stored in the cellar In winter ike
potatoes. If there happens to be q
sunny exposure in the garden, plant q
few pompon chrysanthemums, which
are hardy. They will give an effective
display of tiny flowers in the autumn.
The Drummondi phlox are exceedingly
pretty, slow growing ANNALS, exceed
ingly snowy In mass. In warm and ex-
posed situations they last but few
weeks In bloom.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12
SUPREME COURT DOCKET BIC
Dates Set for Hearing Cases From the
Counties in Washington.

Counties IN w A80ln8tOn.
Olympia, May THE supreme
court docket for the May term has
been arranged by Clerk Rinehart, and
includes 1874 cases. This is the largest
docket ever gotten out for any May
term. The term begins on the 14th
and will run to July 10. Cases are
docketed by counties as follows:
Thurston, eight cases. May IA and
Is; Lewis, four cases, May Is and IS;
Chehalis, seven cases, May Is and II
and July 10; Pierce, 10 cases, June II
to 2S; King, GA cases, May % to June
IA; Pacific, two cases, June "A; Cow
litz, one case, June IA; Snohomish,
seven cases, June IA to 10; Skagit,
one case, June 10; Whatcom. two
cases. June 10; San Juan, one case,
June 10; Kittitas, one case, June 20;
yakima, six cases. June 20 and 81;
Chelan, two cases, June 81; Okano-
ran. two cases, June 81; Columbia,
one case, June 81; Lincoln, three
cases, juno IS to ~; Walla Walla,
seven cases, June % and 80; Douglas.
two cases, June %; Adams, one case.
June 28; Spokane, 80 cases, June ~
to July 10.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12
Too Free Use Of Lime.

There Is certainly such a thing as
using lime too freely both in the matter
Of quantity and of frequency. As a
rule sour soils need lime, but II does
not follow that all acidity of the soil IL
due to lack Of lime, for, as is well
known, there are certain minerals In
the soil in some locations which will.
apparently, make it sour, and all the
lime in the world will not overcome the
effect. Then, too, certain plants contain
more or less lime, many Of them sufi-
cient for their own use-clover is one
of these, but oftentimes more lime Is
required in the soil not only to cor
rect any acidity which may exist, but
to set free some element in the soil that
would otherwise remain inactive. We
thus see that lime has some other
function besides correcting soil acidity.
BY far the best way to use lime Is to
experiment with the crop, knowing be-
fore seed is sown something about what
it requires in the way of lime for Its
best development, then testing different
quantities of lime on different plots of
ground, but always with the same crop.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12
NORTH YAKIMA FIRE
WAREHOUSES; FILLED WITH GOODS
ARE BURNED.
Loss May Amount to $4,000.
String Of Freight Cars Is Sacri.
ficed to Prevent the Destruc-
ton of the New Northern Pa
cific Depot.

North Yakima, May Fire which
broke out Saturday night in the yards
OF the Pioneer Lumber Company de-
stroyed the Northern Pacific freight
depot, full to overlooking with freight.
II also burned the warehouses of the
Yakima Hardware Company, Yakima
Produce Company, r. s. Morgan. J..
N. Perry and the Yakima Milling
Company. A string Of dozen freight
cars was burned. The Northern Pa
cific passenger station was badly
scorched, and the shop of w. w. Fe-
long, contractor, was damaged.
The loss has not been fully commit
ed, but it is thought will be in the
neighborhood Of $3.50, 900. The Pho
mere Lumber Company had stock of
about $l5, 900. The Morgan ware
house was practically empty, and the
loss on the building is about 81, 900.
The warehouses of the Yakima Hard
ware Company, Yakima Milling Com
,pany and j. M. Perry were crowded
with stuff. The loss on these three,
including contents, was about $50, 900.
Agent Meeks says it is impossible to
estimate the loss of freight in the de-
pot. This structure was about go feet
wide and 400 feet long. The agent
says it was crammed to its capacity
with freight. The wooden buildings
burned like finder. They were all
ablaze within Is miutes and were on
the ground in 80 minutes. For a time
it looked as if the passenger depot and
the Yakima Grocery Company's ware
house, the latter containing q large
wholesale stock, would go, and in
that event it was feared the fire would
spread across the tracks to the retail
section of town.
The Northern Pacific passenger sta
tioin was saved by the hardest kind OF
work. As last resort string of
freight cars was pulled up between it
and the burning freight depot across
the track. The cars burned, but the
handsome passenger station was little
the worse for the deal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12
MORE PROMINENT men
Held FOR Land FRAUDS

Portland, Or, May Late Satur-
day night United States District At
torney w. @. Bristonl made public the
names of twenty-one men included in
the final and most important govern
ment land fraud Indictment which has
been returend by the present federal
grand jury, which brought it's hearing
to a conclusion Saturday ngiht and
was discharged.
The Indictment, which charges a
far-reaching and intricate conspiracy
to secure 200, 900 acres of some of the
finest timber land in Oregon, located
in Crook, Lake and klamath counties,
names F. w. Gilchrist, Ralph Gill
christ, Patrick Culligan and James
Macpherson, of Alpena, Mich; 81. w.
Stone, of Benson. Mimi; Baron g. A.
M. @. Schlierholz, Of Little Rock,
Ark; Charles M. Elkins and Jack
Coombes, of Prineville, Or; Benjamin
F. Allen, of Portland, Or, doing bust
ness as Elkins & Co.; M. E. Burke, of
Prineville; s. D. F. Stoffa, editor of
the Crook County Journal, of Prime
Vile; A. O. and J. 81. Palmer, law
yers. of Portland; E. Dorgan, F. J.
Devine and J. V. Collins, members of
the firm of E. Dorgan q Co., of Alba
ny, Or; Malcolm McAlpin, merchant,
of Albany; j. w. Hopkins, attorney,
of Vancouver, WASH; w. w. Brown,
attorney, of Seattle; T. II. Watkins,
formerly of the firm Of Erickson &
Watkins, of Prineville, and Edgar NJ.
White, saloonkeeper, Portland.
According to the Indictment, Elkins
& Co., Dorgan & Co.. the Gilchrists,
Culligan and Stone were the moving
spirits in the alleged conspiracy.
If the allegations of the indictment
are true, the mode of operation was
similar to all the conspiracies which
have been found in this state, with
the exception that its ramifications
are alleged to be wonderfully extern
sive. Simplified, the plan was merely
to obtain land by the procuring of en-
trymen to file on desirable public
acreage. and when the patent was &C.
cured to sell to the leaders.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12

the back like a drawer. This coop Is
very easily summed and cleaned on ac-
count of the removable floor and roof.
The 8-inch board at the top In front
has holes bored In for ventilation. A
wooden button on top board and 2
inch strip at the bottom holds on the
frame of wire screen which Is used
stormy days when the chicks are too
young to run out, and on warm nights.
At other times Slated wooden front,
b, is used.
I make this coop in two sizes-a sin
gle coop 20 inches square, "a inches
high in front and 16 inches In the back,
and double coop is 80 inches long
and "a inches wide. A removable lath
Partition, C, divides It.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12
CAR PR0CLAIMS new
FUNDAMENTAL Law

81. Petersburg, May 8.-Another ka-
leidescopic change in the political sit
uation occurred late last night when
with utter unexpectedness the draft
Of the fundamental law, which was
supposed to have persisted with the
Witte regime, was officially .promul-
gated and made the permanent basis
of the Russian state, unalterable ex-
cept on the initiative of the Emperor
Nicholas or his successors.
Though the draft of the fundamen-
tai law has undergone some editing
and numerous changes have been made
In it, in essences it remains identical
with the project telegraphed to the As
soclated Press on April "a, which
evoked storm of anger and condem-
nation by the dominant liberal party.
Published at the present instant,
when the people had been led to be-
heVs that the popular draft had been
cropped and when the Dismissal of
tne old cabinet was accepted as an in
VI uOo4AC OA tAO R11U VI bAO
government to join hands with the ma
Conal parliament, the newswill arouse
stlll greater indignation and threatens
10 undo all the work of Prof. Malukoff
ana the constitutional Democratic
leaders in the crause of moderation.
Ihe only MODIFICATION in the ICON
S'itutlon" as published which meets
WIN favor is the elimination of the
provision empowering the emperor to
TX salaries and pensions of officials,
merely subjecting even the judiciary
10 the possibility of undue financial
Influence.
All the other changes are in the di-
rectlon of further buttressing the i'm
per,ai power, protecting the crown
,anos and properties from interference
" 'he parliament, and giving the en-
perof power to conclude loans indie
penoently should the parliament re-
'use TO pass the budget.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12
TENINo TO TACOMA.
Northern Pacific win Build F;ftv Mil.
Of New Line.

Tacoma, May 10.-Official confirma.
ton OF the statement made few weeks
ago that the Northern Pacific railwav
Is to build new line into Tacoma yia
oteiiacoom and the Narrows has been
received. It was in the form Of res-
oiutlon formally filed in the Office of
the secretary of state at Olympia nv
representatives of the Port Townsend
southern railroad. The Port Town.
send Southern is owned by the North
ern Pacific, and its line runs from
Tenino to Olympia.
The resolution bears date of .sTaco.
ma, February 10, 1906" as the time NJ
Its adoption by the directors Of the
Fort Townsend Southern, and reads ao
follows: >-' 90
Resolved, that this company estab.
lish, build and operate branch road
in the state Of Washington upon the
route following, to-wit:
commencing upon the main line
OF this company at some point at or
near Tenino, in Thurston comfy !.
thence in northerly direction to the
waters OF Puget sound; thence along
Puget sound to the city of Tacoma. in
Pierce county.
:. "All of which branch railway will
lie in the counties of Pierce and Thurs.
ton and will be of the estimated length
of fifty miles. -
The formal filing of this resolution.
making clear the Northern Pacific
plans. would indicate that the road
has completed the purchase of all or
the greater part of the waterfront
property it needs in the vicinity of
Stellacoom and along the Narrows.
1t is probable that much of the recent
buying OF property in these localities
by private parties, ostensibly for them.
selves. has been done for the Northern
Pacific. Some of the land it needs the
road will have to condemn.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12
ANTHRACITE MINERS
AGREE TO Old SCALE

Scranton, Pa. May 7.-On the ad-
vice of President Mitchell, represent
ing the subscale committee, the min
ers' convention Saturday unanimously
voted to adopt the first proposition OF
the operators, q continuation OF the
award of the Anthracite Coal commits
sion. with the modification that the
term for which it is to continue shall
be mutually agreed upon. The opera
tors suggestion was that it should be
at least three years.
Mr.. Mitchell is now In New York
for q conference with the operators
upon this point.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12
Government May Own Steamships.

victoria, B. c., May 1O.-Advices
s ere received here by the steamer Ma
t ueno from Wellington, New Zealand.
s sna'' following upon his proposals for
d S'a'e owned meat shops, Premier Sed-
aol' OF New~Zealand, has announced
PROJECT for state owned line #
sIeamers to carry New Zealand pro-
uuce to England. This announcement
p pas made at banquet at Wellington.
iemier Seldom said q combination of
~ efican ship owners were operating
tha -. to New Zealand trade and
I;0 proposed to establish state owned
nne OF steamers to counterfeit this
movement.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12
clo.inr Of Shinsle Mills.

Seattle, May The shingle Mills
hnreau. ct meeting here attended by
$50 manufacturers, representing more
than so per cent Of the total shingle
output Of the state, voted to close the
mills for ninety days, beginning De
oe1mber / next, with the exception Of
the combination mills. which are 70
cloee FOR six weeks, beginning Decem-
bar Is. II WAS further decided ia
leave the trustees in charge Of the
matter Of summer close down. with
authority to order one + the prizes
should 90 bslo1 the present dgures.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12
Coops for Small Chicks.

A farmers wife writes: The coop l
use shown in sketch, Is much better II
made of pine. 1t Is made in three
separate pieces, the roof and bottom be-
ing removable. The roof projects over
the coop on all sides, but much farther
In front and back. This Is to keep rain
from beating in. The roof boards are
nailed to two narrow pieces, which are
Just the length of the inside of the
coop, and are placed far enough from
the front and the back to fit inside the
coop. The cracks are battened.
The floor, d, is made to slip In at
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12
Durnovo Also Goes Out.

o. Petersburg, May THE Novoe
0"ya, which under the new regime
esunes Its old relations with the gov
80, nent, prints what it says Is an
a aIahorltative statement of the Gore
m ssin ministry, coupled with an init
o'ion that the official announcement
10y not be given out before the con-
n ooa.ion OF parliament. It Is known
pposi',Vely that Interior Minister Dur
nv so resignation has been rendered.
IN no ministry. however, which conta-
r. ' several unexpected names, il apt
.no Tar less favor with the liberal
nj, ority OF the popular branch Of the
'aament than the Witte cabineA
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12

Washington, May Sensational
counter charges against the men re.
soponsible for his removal from the
position Of consul general at Canton,
China, have been amde by Robert M.
McWade before the committee on for
eign affairs Of the house. At the hear.
ing McWade stated that he had been
crimlnally conspired against by men
whose practices he had stopped, par.
ticularly in the robbery of the Ameri.
can railway, and asked for q full in.
vestigation. His accusations were di.
rected particularly against Assistant
Secretary of State Pierce, upon whose
recommendation McWade was re.
moved.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12
Missing Warship Found.

New York, May "A Dispatch tc
q morning paper from Lisbon says,
The Portuguese warship Baptista An.
drado, which was carrying new gov
ernor to Mozambique, disappeared
some months ago. It has now been
found that she was driven ashore by q
cyclone on an uninhabited African isl.
and. When found all hands were liv.
ing Crusoe-like.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12
Don't Forget the Lettuce.

Don't Forget the Lettuce.
Lettuce plants that have been win
tered over in the cold frame should BIZ
planted at the earliest possible date II
spring, and sowing of the seed should
be made at about the same time. Many
kinds Of vegetables will yield good re
turns on land but moderately enriched
but lettuce eau only be grown to per
lection in very rich and heavily ma.
nured ground. Plant in rows twelve OF
fifteen inches apart plants should bt
set eight inches apart in the row, and
the seed sown in drill and when large
enough thinned out to about eight OF
ten inches. Give clean and thorough
cultivation. Varieties Of lettuce are
exceedingly numerous, and the selec
ton Of few good kinds is not with
out difficulty.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12
,Fertili.ing an Orchard.

Nothing is better for fertilizing an
orchard than raw bone meal and pot
ash, says an expert Orchardist. The
bone will have nitrogen enough for the
orchard in sod, and the phosphoric acid
will become soluble by degrees as the
trees need it. The principal need Of
your sandy soil in apples is potash, for
not only Is such a soil usually deficient
in potash, but apples take large
amount from the soil. We would ap-
ply 400 pounds per acre, mixed $50
pounds of the bone meal and fifty
pounds of muriate Of potash. Then
NOW the orchard and use the cut grass
as a mulch for the trees. In short
keep the orchard for apples alone, and
devote all that grows on the land to
the trees.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12
The New Flax Industry.


An industry new at least to Mime
sofa has been introduced during quite
recent years. It relates to the manu-
facture Of fax straw into binding
Irvine. Professor Shaw ahirms In
Orange Judd Farmer that one Of the
finest features Of the new industry
Is that 1t will tend very much TO lessen
waste on many farms Of the west No
where probably In all the United States
has the sin Of waste prevailed to such
an extent a. In the western and north
western states. FAX straw WIS n
most 4 complete waste The greater
the number Of acres devoted 70 the
growth q dax the greater was the
waste
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12
S0NE COMPROMISES
eFyAToRs AGREE TO VOTE FOR
COURT REVIEW.
r-;snds of Railroad Rate Bill
Cain Concessions from OPP
position and a Full Agreement
Seems in Sight---Rate Making
Section Remains Intact.

,;noton Nav S.-The situation
w. -ailroad rate bill took another
o. oa tr change yesterday, and at the
una time there was an additional step
>an sd the final agreement as to what
.o" in1icial review amendment shall
Tho Allison compromise proposition
-;tb such determined opposition
nv. NV, tbe senators who have fought
l "broad" court review, that,
desnite President Roosevelt's accept
oo'pi If if and his declaration that
an mor nrovisions he had advocated
~aro not vital, an agreement was
N nahod hv which sever al restrictions
Viii he placed on the review PROPOSE
Wv These were agreed upon after
u,anv informal conferences upon the
a"or Of the senate during the debate.
Tho result is that in return for the
amendment comforting jurisdiction on
a;-cpit courts to review orders OF the
oammission, friends of the bill de-
handed and by agreement OF the SEN
ato leaders will secure counter conces-
sions as follows:
Concessions Secured.
"That no order of the commission
shall be suspended or set aside by an
Interlocutory order or decree without
a hearing had on the petition therefor,
unless at least five days notice snail
ba given to the commission as to the
time and place fixed for said hearing.
''That such order shall not be made
unless two judges of the court to which
application is made shall concur In
such interlocutory order or decree.
"That an appeal from such interlo-
cutory or decree may be taken within
thirty days from the entry thereof,
but shall lie only with the supreme
court of the United States.
"That the rate-making section of
the bill shall not be amended
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-12
H.mpsnires and the Baeon TyDe.

Hampshires and the Bacon TyD0.
At the last international was much
amused at the discussion In various
oparters as to whether the Hampshire
swine are Of the bacon or lard type.
The individual who calls Hampshire
swine bacon animals has not yet
learned the A b G OF what the term
bacon means. remarks Professor T. W.
shaw In American Agricultural