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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-08
BOSTON HIT ROCK
UNITED STATES CRUISER had
BAD ACCIDENT.
Struck in = Fog on Peapod Rock,
Twenty Milesfrom Bellingham.
Seven Compartments Were
Flooded, But Extent of Dam.
age Not Yet Known.

Bellingham, Sept. 4.-The United
States cruiser Boston foundered at low
tide in fog on the rocks of Peapod
islands, in the straits of Rosario, twen-
ty two-miles from here at noon yester-
day. The torpedo boat Paul Jones,
on passing at $3.50, was signaled by the
distressed warship, and an effort Of
an hour was made to pull the Boston
free. Finally the rising tide, which
throws strong eddy from the Gulf Of
Georgia into the strait, forced the
Jones to leave the Boston and proceed
to Bellingham without her.
The cruiser Boston reached Belling-
ham under her own steam at 6 O'Clock,
and at midnight was sinking two miles
off shore. The plan of Commander
Coffman is to beach the vessel if the
water cannot be.kept down.
A line of bluejackets. with string
of buckets, is working in conjunction
with the pumps to prevent the Boston
from going to the bottom. At a late
hour an effort to secure fire tugs with
strong pumping capacity was being
made.
Seven Compartments Flooded
Seven compartments are flooded and
the extent of the damage cannot yet
be determined.
The cruisers Boston and Princeton
and the destroyer Paul Jones we're di-
rected to leave Bremerton for Blaine
for target practice. The Princeton has
reached her destination. The Boston
and Jones planned to anchor here last
night and proceed early in the morn
ing for the northern town. The order
has been countermanded and the fu-
ture movement of the craft depend
upon the outcome of the Boston acct
dent.
The officers and crew of the Jones
are at the service of their fellows on
the cruiser. The men worked all
night keeping down the water.
The Boston is the flagship of the
Pacific squadron. She has 4, ZOO tons
displacement and carries 800 men.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-08
SPOKANE APPEALS TO
INTERSTATE Commission

Washington, Sept. 3.-That the in
terstate commerce commission is to
be busy body for the next few months
is evidenced by the number of COM
plants fled against various railroad
companies. Shippers held back many
OF these until the new rate law went
into effect, so as to take advantage of
the terms. of that measure.
Following are abstracts of two typ
ical cases filed last week: The City
of Spokane, the Spokane Chamber of
Commerce and the Spokane Jobbers'
Association against the Northern Pa
cific Railway Company, Great North.
ern Railway Company, Union Pacific
Railroad Company, Oregon Railroad
& Navigation Company and Spokane
Falls & Northern Railway Company.
Complainants aver that Spokane is
from 339 to 563 miles closer to points
of origin or destination in the Eastern
states than Tacoma. Seattle and Port
land, but that on almost all Interstate
traffic carried on by coInplainants from
states east of Washington to Spokane
the rates charged are equal to those
charged to Seattle, Tacoma and Port
land, plus the local rate charged from
those cities back to Spokane.
Declare Charges Excessive
It is declared that the Spokane
freight rates largely exceed those
charged shippers of any other city sim
ilarly situated, and that goods can be
shipped to cities competing with Spo-
kanee. such as Butte, Helena, Great
Falls, Mont, for less than they can be
delivered at Spokane.
The difference against Spokane is 25
cents to 81 per 100 pounds, and then
the jobbers there have to purchase
carload lots to get carload rates. which
are given to other cities on smaller
lots. The contention that the favora-
BILE rates to Seattle, Tacoma and Port
land are made because Of water COM
petition is characterized as mere sub
terfuge.
The petitioners ask that the rates to
and from Spokane be equalized, and
that the shippers may recover excess
payments exacted from them.
The Sioux City and Rock Springs
Coal Mining Company complains
against the Union Pacific Railroad
Company, charging refusal of the rail
road company to extend its tracks and
switches to the compliments mine at
Rock Springs, Wyo., although the lat
ter is willing to meet the initial cost.
The complainant says that the defend
ant has afforded other coal companies
such facilities, and adds that it be-
lieves the defendant is financially in
terested in other companies competing
with the complainant.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-08
Tablet for Treaty Of Portsmouth

Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 6.-The
treaty of Portsmouth, which ended
the war between Japan and Russia,
was signed here q year ago yesterday
at 8 AZ O'Clock in the afternoon, and
at the same hour yesterday q tablet
was unveiled to perpetuate the mem
ory of that event. The inscription
reads: "In this building, at the in
vitation Of Theodore Roosevelt, p-esi-
dent Of the United States, was held
the peace conference between ENJOYS
of Russia and Japan, and on Septem
Der 5, 1905, at BAT p. M, was signed
the treatyof Portsmouth, which ended
thew ar between the two countries. !"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-08
A Dakota Cyclone.

A southeastern wind hurled tumble
weeds and Russian thistle through the
air at a twenty gait, and the
gait went, too. Many stoves were
drawn out of the chimneys; the strong
wind blew in at the neck Of bottle
and blew the bottom out. Nebraska
wagon tracks passed over the town by
the thousands.
The strain on the wire fences was
so great that staples were drawn out
Of the north sides Of the posts. A kerr
osene barrel standing in front Of gro
Gerry store was sucked out Of the bung-
hole and turned inside out, like lady's
slipper. The dirt blew from a post
hole in the hillside and left the hole
sticking out Of the ground about two
feet high with no dirt around it.-Es1
feline (S. d. Bell.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-08

Spokane, Sept. 5.-Trunk & Clarke,
of Spokane, have brought suit for
SIC, 900 against the Spokane wholesale
procers, alleging that the wholesale
dealers have refused to sell goods to
them because they are trading direct
with the farmers Of the Big Bend
country. II is test of the peddlers'
rights.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-08
Warm Gales of switzerland.

Most people have heard of the Fohn
wind Of Switzerland-that warm, dry
gale which comes over the mountains
and In spring will melt two feet Of
snow In day. It's cause is most pc
culiar.
The Fohn comes from the south. As
it strikes the Alps 1t is wet, like most
gales which have crossed the sea, but
the south face Of the mountains re-
ceives its rains, and as it crosses the
SUBMITS 1t Is dry.
The moving air current Is also COM
pressed and therefore dynamically
heated. AS 1t falls into the northern
valleys In cataract Of air, it gains
heat at the rate Of half a degree for
every one hundred feet of descent It
usually blows for two or three days.
causing great suffering by its dry heat
and oppression.
While it lasts, the temperature Is
about thirty degrees above the average.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-08

Annapolis, Md, Sept. 6.-The sec.
ond son Of the late Rear Admiral
sampson, U. s. n. to enter the pres
emit fourth class Of the naval academy,
has been sworn in. He is Harry B.
sampson, and was appointed BY Soma
tor Depew. His brother, Ralph Samp.
SON. entered the same class several
weeks ago.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-08

Those who have necessity to work or study In an
evening are apt to be the most miserable of ALL Most
people seem to imagine recreation requires no man.
agement 1t Is mistake. 1t wants plan. II you
resolve to your evenings, why not first give one
evening to drawing up scheme of reading to give
the greatest pleasure and advantage? you want nov
els why not find out the best?
Why will not people play games IN reasonable fash
ion? The games should be thought over. There is no
doubt that they can be made excellent bad for
There no cheaper mental recreation than Is to be got
by means of chess or checkers. You can make
of games upnelectua and wearlsome by playing
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-08
MOTHER Remembered.

Dad (severely)-And look here.
nthel You mustn't encourage that young
man to stay 20 late every night It's
disxraceful. What does your mother
say about lit
EtheHShe says men haven't altered
. hit dad.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-08
BATTLING NELSON,
PRIzEfIGHTER, dead

New York, Sept. 6.-Henry Clews,
the banker, this morning received con-
firmation of the rumor that Battling
Nelson is dead.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-08

NAV find the easiest of approach for adult work ana
thought and to supersede play which too markedly
exhibits primitive action, primitive beliefs, primitive
ethics.
Tho upward movement of men in the whole, which was
to diminish the sphere of government and make democ
racv safe does not to be taking place Nature
nurture has again the dominant partner but Ma
ture no longer as a benefcent mother working wholly
for good but AZ stern askmaster whom we must obey
that may live; but from whom II we STUDY MIN care
flv we NAV snatch here and there little victory for
our own ideals.
And this view as take It, has an exact application to
the school work to-day. Let by all means study the
spontaneities of play instructive work IN THIS Depart
ment can be but to erect our inspiring con-
illusions into pedagogical imperatives is fatal
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-08
HOW TO KEEP BOYS AT HOME EVENINGS.
By John "A. H0WIaI

The idea that the evening Is time for amuse-
ment alone is by no means conducive to sue
cess in life The fact that enormous numbers
of young men and women seize on their even
ings to qualify themselves by study and hard
work for better positions in life may convince
Others who pin their faith to the notion that
they will certainly die If they exert themselves
too much that it really Is not fatal preceding
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-08

Adam and Eve should have gotten
along better than they did considering
that there was never any dispute about
one leaving no room In the cioset toe
tl,e other to hang his clothes
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-08

them badly and never trying to play them better On the
other hand by taking them up deemng them worthy
OF putting some brain work into them they be made
too.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-08

The Hottest Day on Record.
The highest temperature recorded IL
one hundred and twenty -four degrees
and 1 fraction. taken In Algeria, July
II 1879.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-08

Go to the gas meter, thou slus =
condder it, ways and become bury.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-08
PLAY IS A FACTOR IN EDUCATION.
BY w. II. Winch.

We cannot long maintain ourselves In the
heights we descend for rest to the lower slopes,
keeping, IL we can, out of the valleys beneath.
The problem for us Is to use play as relief
from work without descending Into DarDarism
in the process; to use play as means OF main
tanning the physical strength to which modern
life conditions are SO inimical; to use play a
suggestive Of mental DEVELOPMENT, 30 that we
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-08

freely give what they freely get believe that ambition
pride and inordinate independence and sereiance are
our most dangerous foes Humility s becoming name
for pious weakness and ambition longer sin and
the desire to be unknown Is considered fooshness
The profound of unworthiness and the deem
seated genuine desire to remain and serve God
In silence the world Of day little understands Now
If the future be truly Christian It must be truv
humble and dependent upon God Motives inspired by the
religious element within will be the strongest as reg
ion the deepest and sacrifice producing power Of
nature. consciousness Of limitations IN the
result Of religious thought and sentiment and produces
sobrety of judgment and dependence the Most High
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-08
AMBITION AND PRIDE NATIONAL FOES
BY the Most Rev Patrick r. pvan

Marvellous as has been our progress In q sim
gle century, there Is the greater need to pre-
serve what we have gained and to correct where
wenave been deficient. Some have stated that our
leading radical fault ID, love Of money, amount
ing 70 national avarice. But cannot believe that
love OF money 10 the predominant fault Of the
American people. They are too noble and gen.
erous a people to BE- a nation of misers They
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Smyrna times., 1906-05-02
Sheep Jumping Hedges.

There was an old rogue of a farmer
who went by the name of Tup Harry.
This is how he got his nickname: Har-
ry was a small farmer. and he had
neighbOr with better means and a bet
ter farm than his own. One very dry
season Harry had come to the end of
his grass for IL flock of sheep he pos
sessed. His neighbor had. however,
got Il fine field OF mangel wurZels. .Har-
ry looked over the hedge-a hedge fur
niShed with outstanding slates-and
greatly lOnged for those mangels for
his sheep, but he did not relish the
risk of being caught taking them. So
he went in the evening into his field,
that was bare of grass, put his head
against the hedge, bent his back and
called, "Tup, Tup, Tup" whereupon
up ran his old ram, jumped on his
back, went on to the hedge and over
into the mangel field, and all the flock
in Indian file scampered after him over
the back of Harry.
Very early in the morning the rogue
went into the devastated mangel field,
put his head against the hedge, bent
his back and called, ''Tup, Tup, Tup"
and up came the ram, ran over his
back on to the hedge and returned to
the barren quarter again, followed in
Indian file by all the flock. That was
done several times, and no signs ap-
peared anywhere of the hedge being
broken through or of a padlocked gate
having been opened. At last the farm
er who was robbed hid himself one
night and saw the whole proceeding.
Tup Harry did not try that trick again.
Chambers Journal
Smyrna times., 1906-05-02
Word Oddities.

No man who is seeking political hon
Ors in these days is Il candidate" ac-
cOrding to the true chronological sig
niicance of the word. Those who
stood for Office in ancient Rome were
known as "candidati'' because it was
customary for them to wear Il white
tOga C'candidus," white) as soon as
their canvass had begun. The Latin
for ''canvassing," too. was either ''am-
bitus' or 'ambitio." according to it's
association with or freedom from brib-
cry and corrupt practices. Both meant
''going round" "AmbitiO" was the
good kind as opposed to "ambitus," )"
which always implied dishonesty and
unfairness.
shopping" was certainly 4 slang
word until past the first quarter of the
nineteenth century. Bees Dictionary
of Sports and Slang, published in 1928,
defines the word as follows: "Shop-
ping-AmOng women going about from
shop to shop. buying little articles per
haps, perhaps not. but always pulling
about great quantities of goods"
Smyrna times., 1906-05-02
sHRopsu1RE OF MODERN TYPE.

quarter pounds. An excellent charac-
teristic is that it improves the com
mon sheep when bred to it by reason
of its sOlidity Of form and it's strong
natural vitality. This latter quality
tends to the acquisition by the progeny
of a pure bred ram of the special points
of the breed. so that half bred is very
little inferior and often not at all to
the ram itself.
1t is most commonly used by the
range shepherds for the production of
lambs and market sheep.
This breed used to have dark face.
but of late this popularity has been
lost to a considerable degree The H.
lustration shows a model Shropshire
Of the modern type. in which only the
dark face has been lost. but the dark
legs remain to some extent
Smyrna times., 1906-05-02

The apparent failure of the Republi-
can factions to come together upon
some fair and equitable basis of har-
mony is deeply deplored by all good
Republicans. The plan to call the
Delaware Legislature together to elect
a senator does not seem to be feasible
one with the five vacancies and the un-
certainty of the Legislaturemen as to
whether they would go into caucus and
abide by majority rule. Republicans
in the lower counties have all along
advocated majority rule and there is
no doubt but what they would abide
by the caucus nominee whether he be
from New Castle county or not. Ma
Jority rule must be supreme and it is
to be hoped that the factions can vet
come together and settle their differ
ences before it is too late.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-02

A former we'll known tiller of the
soil of Thoroughfare Neck has written
for Wilmington paper, an article on
Life on the Farm" We cannot agEAe
with him in some respects for we are
of the opinion that farming is one of
the most independent vocations man
can lead and we regret that the gen.
eral trend of farmers boys is toward
the larger cities where they oftimes
seek to exc out an existence, rather
than accept the broader possibilities
of the farm. The Thoroughfare Necker
expatiates as follows:
''The weather of March was of the
kind the old farmer likes to sit in the
house, look oyer the past and contem-
plate the future. Looking back to the
time he cut his grass with a scythe,
cultivated his corn and potatoes with a
hoe, had big crop of children grow
ing up around him, how he enjoyed
his meals and refreshing sleep, and the
sale of his products, keeping his cash
account on the right side, he was con-
tented and happy.
"Now he has a machine that cuts,
threshes and bags grain at one opera
ton; machines for cultivating the
crops, commercial fertilizers to make
them grow, and the money they bring
goes to pay fer them and the labor,
Stind very often not enough, which
:. a tfF him worry and sleepless nights.
1t astonishes him when he thinks OF
the improvement that has been made
IN farming, and how the present gen.
Grafton is taught at agricultural col
eyes, and Uncle Sam gives them Job
In his Department of Agriculture, and
they travel over the country in special
cars to tell old farmers how to do things
and the names of bugs with their mum
ber of legs, and the medicine to put
them out of business. 1t is stated
that there are now 100000 agriculture
professors in that department on bis
pay to keep the farmers worried abou
the bugs that eat some of his crops
then telling him how prosperous thu
country is growing; but they don't sa,
anything about the gambling in crops
and mines and who gets the lion
share in disposing Of them.
Then, there are our lawmaker
trying to stop boys from smoking Gig
arettes, which can't be done. The
might as well try 20 keep them out O
an orchard of ripe fruit-a habit the
inherit from Mother Eve. The oil
farmers used to be supported by tn
farm; now he has 10 support the farm
The city gentleman who can't see any
thing on the farm but money had be
ter stay where he is.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-02
Future Value Of Young Timber.

An item of news of importance to
timber land owners is the announce
ment that California lumber COM
pany, which applied a plan of fire pro-
lection to a single township during the
summer of 1905, is now preparing to
extend the same protection to the rest
OF its large holdings of cut over land,
patrol system to guard the young
growth. A significant point in cOnnec-
tion with this use of fire protection
system by private owner is the fact
that it means the recognition of the
future value of young timber.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-02
GARDEN KEYBOARD

For exercise Of body and diversion of
miud try the garden fad Open the
doors and live in the garden.
Very many old gardens will be bene-
fited by a sprinkling of slaked lime. a
lump the size of an ordinary loaf of
bread will answer for ten square feet
of surface. Rake it in lightly.
When the first rough leaves appear
on tomato seedlings the plants should
be transplanted to other boxes about
two inches apart BY the middle Of
April they can he exposed to sunlight
and air out of doors for few hours
every day to harden them off.
If you wish TO have new potatoes
on the Fourth of July prepare trenches
five inches deep in the warmest and
sunniest part of the garden about April
! or little later. when the ground is
warm. Plant potatoes ten inches apart
in these and cover them with two
inches of soil. making the ground firm
above them.
Spinach. lettuce and radishes may
OE oONh tfNhg NSA hoJ AOi q ouNSNfo7
sion till July.
For a continuous supply Of young
celery plants for the late summer. fall
and winter crops sow seed the first
week in April and every two weeks up
to June 10
When the hotbed is empty of its cab.
bage, lettuce and other plants for ear
| ly setting plant seed of cucumber in it,
keeping it covered while the weather is
still cold. With warmer atmosphere
gradually remove the sash and let the
cucumber vines spread over the bed
In this way you can have an early and
bountiful crop of fresh cucumbers from
your own raising.
As cabbages will grow at quite a
low temperature. they are naturally
one of the first plants to put out ir
the early spring. and while for SONS
time the appearances may not seem t.
show any leaf growth, nevertheless:
they are forming roots, and as soor
as the sunshine begins to warm up tn,
air they will soon respond In a vigor
Gus and healthy growth.
Smyrna times., 1906-05-02
THE FARMERS SHEEP.
Popularity and Excellent Qualities of
the ShrOpshfre.

the Shropshire.
The Shropshire sheep is unQuestiona-
bly, the most popular of all the breeds
if we may judge by the comparative
numbers shown at the various exhibit
tions and equally by the fiOcks seen ON
lhe farms as one passes along the roads
in such localities as sheep are usually
kept. Practically it is the farmers
sheep. says Henry Stewart in Country
Gentleman, and the following are some
of the reasons for his opinions:
The Shropshire has an excellent repu-
tatiOn as Il prime mutton sheep, espe-
cially for it's most desirable lambs for
the Easter and Christmas market. Its
home is in the best part of England,
where agriculture is most highly de-
velOped. and it stands at the head of
that class of sheep commonly called
the Downs breeds.
IFS qualifications as a farm sheep
are various. 1t is hardy and prolific.
One flock in England has been trained
to produce two sets of lambs every
year. so that the flock as to its original
number really doubles annually, and
as this sheep is very precociOus, and if
we'll cared for may be bred as lambs
the second year and increase in this
same proportion, the flock is proportion
ately more profitable than one in which
the lambs are only singles. The sheep
of this breed are easily disciplined
and are rarely troublesome on any or
binary farm and thus may be cOnsid-
cred rs especially the farmers sheep.
1t is easily fed and when three years
cid may easily be made to dress TWEEN
ty pounds to the quarter. II is a pro
life wool bearer. A prize ram had a
i've woight of over 300 pounds, and
his 6e""" of that year, not quite a
ycs''' Growth. made seventeen and a