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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06
HAS AMBITIOUS PLANS
British Steel Trust Which Plan. Z
Dominate Worida Trade

British Steel Trust Which Plan. to
Dominate Worlds Trade.
London. July "a great oombina.
ton Of steel and iron manufacturers II
In course OF formation in Great Brit
ain with the avowed object Of combat.
ting American and German oompeti.
SION. Nine big companies, headed by
vickers Sons & Maxim, and incIudino
John Brown 8 Co., which recently
was amalgamated with the Harland &
Wolff Co have assembled thirtv-six
previously independent concerns
which will give them control, it il es.
timated, Of about 80 per cent of the
steel produced in Great Britain. II i
probable that the combination will
involve the regulation of prices. ont.
put and so forth. It is aimed to dom.
mate the steel trade of the world. The
capital OF the proposed continuation il
$3.50, 600, 600.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06
FOREST FUND FOR EACH e..
Clifford Pinchot Says Dspar,m.,.
poses m Improved Serv;c. ~

Clifford Pinehot Says Department. D
posis N Improved Ssrvic. ~
Psndleton Or, July Twin,
the city Saturday for a few NJ In
Clifford Pinchot, chief forester ~ uVu,s
United States, announced that Il ~, !,
present plans were materializaa =. us
next appropriation for forest resa,N No
by congress would be divided I'i ivy
specific appropriations for the CO.. .aso
His object in this change Of no,;
is to secure better appropriation '' ~
the individual states. making il n.. .of
BILE to pay better salaries for ISL tp
who are placed in charge Of tho ta" o'e
reserves and thereby to secure mss
competent men. ofe
The forester says his particular m.
pose In coming to the West At t .S;
time is to study local needs, hear co a.S
plants, explain the purposes Of ~
forest reserve, adjust differences aug 'us
in short to adapt the administrat;.auu
Of the reserve affairs to the local c0n
ditions. He says he is finding tb a
complaints concerning the reserves a,s
not due to the theory OF policy Of ths
administration, but to mistakes th..
have been made in the conduct of ~
serve affairs, and these he is attamnt
ing to adjust as rapidly as possible
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06
BELL SAYS SOMETHING
IS WRONG WITH ARMY

Fort Leavenworth, Kan, July a.
"There is q feeling" said Major Gen.
eral Franklin Bell, In discussing army
officers here, ''thst there is something
wrong in the army. It is known in
Washington, and an effort will be
made to correct it."
Gen. Bells statement caused much
comment among the army men who
heard him. He gave no hint Of his
meaning, leaving his hearers to form
their own conclusions. The speech of
Gen Bell was made at the gradual
ing exercises of the infantry and cav.
airy school, the signal school and staff
college.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06
COURT LAYS down
AUTOMOBILE RULE

Olympia, July Ia decision of i'm.
portance to every owner and driver Of
an automobile has been handed down
by the state supreme court in q case
from King county, in which A. g.
Lampe sued Anthony Jacobson for
damages for being run down by Jacob
sons car and recovered judgment for
81, 900. Lampe was on the sidewalk
at the corner Of First avenue and Ma
rion street, Seattle, and started to
CROSS the street when he was run down
by the car.
The decision was written by Justice
Root and sets out the following rules
for the operation Of automobiles:
"The operation of an automobile
upon the crowded streets Of a city ne
cessitates exceeding carefulness on the
part Of the driver. Moving quietly as
1t does without the noise which 40
companies the movements of q street
car or other ordinary heavy vehicles,
it Is necessary that caution should be
continually exercised to avoid COLI
sions with pedestrians unaware Of its
approach. The speed should be limit
ed, warnings Of approach given and
skill and care Of ito management 60 ex-
ereised as to anticipate such collisions
as the nature Of the machine and the
locality might suggest a. liable to CO.
cur In the absence OF such precantion.
The pedestrian, also, must use such
caro- as an ordinary man would use
under like circumstances.
1.-THE Judgment ID affirmed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06
Minor Happenings
0f the Week

Officers of the Gold Leaf Consolida-
ted Mines Company, have been in
dicted at Denver on fraud charges.
A bi-oceanic exposition has been
planned for 1915 at New Orleans to
commemorate the completion of the
Panama canal.
Douglas J. Valentine, Of Pocatello,
Idaho, last week sold to G. B. Rey-
nolis, of Kearney, Nebraska, 16, 500
head of sheep for $66, 400.
Francis Murphy, the noted apostle
of temperance, died Sunday at the
residence of his daughter at Los An
geles, where for three weeks he had
been ill.
Public Printer Stillings has an
nounced the appointment OF Capt.
Henry T. Bryan, at present chief clerk
of the government printing Office, as
deputy public printer.
So far as working purposes are con-
cerned, the fiscal year of the govern
ment closed Saturday, with surplus
of substantially $S7, 900, 600, one of
the largest net balances ever shown.
In the fiscal year 1902 there was q
surplus of $91, 2s7,275, but that was
the largest since 1890.
Instead of shrouding railroad acci-
dents in as much mystery as possible,
as has been the policy Of all Ameri-
can railroads, the Hartman lines will
hereafter acquaint the public fully
with details of all accidents OCCUR
ring on the allied lines. Orders to
this effect have been issued.
Butte letter carriers have quit be-
cause, they allege, they cannot live
in Butte on the salaries paid.
The Illiaonis cigarette law has been
held invalid by Chicago judge be-
cause its title does not express the
scope of the act.
A great gold rush has started to the
mountains back of the town of Chilli
wack, B. c., where several claims
have been located, showing high re-
turns.
Officials of the Hamburg American
Steamship Company confirm the re-
port that they are about to order a
steamer which will exceed in size the
Cunard g new turbines. The liner
will be completed in 1910.
Press dispatches state that another
reorganization of the canal commits.
sion is being considered by Secretary
Taft and President Roosevelt. Chief
Engineer Goethals, the report says,
has found the job too big for him.
From Nanoose Bay, word has been
received at Nanaimo of another coal
strike on the property prospected by
William Jack. Last Saturday an up
per seam of eighteen inches was
struck. The quality Of the coal is
said to be excellent.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06
Washington News

Seattle's school census shows "a, 9S2
children of school age.
West Seattle, almost the last of the
nearby suburbs Of Seattle, has voted
in favor Of annexation.
The school census just completed at
Walla Walla shows 4,708 children
under 81 years Of age in that city.
The new hotel at Moclips. North
Pacific Beach, was opened Saturday
last. The hotel replaces the one de-
stroyed by fire two years ago.
Sunday closing is to be strictly en-
forced at Vancouver, WASH. accord
ing to reports. Candy stores and CT
gar stands will be closed along with
saloons.
The United States National Bank
of Centralia was opened for business
on Monday morning of last week. The
bank succeeds the state bank and ia
capitalized at 500, 900.
An immense whale has been washed
q shore near Granville, in the GUM
ault Indian reservation. The Indians
are having a merrymaking over the
cutting up of the monster.
The vashon Island Fruit Growers
Association is planning for the opera
ton of line of scows from the island
to Seattle, carrying refrigerator cars
loaded with fruits across the sound,
ready for quick dispatch to Eastern
markets.
The racing at the Meadows, Seattle,
opened Saturday.
Seattle is to have 600 additional
arc lights for street lighting.
The special mail service between
Auburn and Pacific will be superseded
June 80 by rural delivery from Au-
burn.
So far $50, 1875 has been collected
by the state treasurer from the $25
state saloon license, which became
effective June IL.
Steamboat service between Seattle
and Portland has been inaugurated
by Schubach & Hamilton, Seattle
steamboat men.
The attorney general, answering a
question raised by the Kittitas county
supervisors, declares that the board
is not authorized to collect poll taxes
from persons who have come to the
state since March 1.
It was announced from the execu-
tive offices last week that A. N. Brown
has resigned as private secretary to
Gov. Mead, the resignation to take
effect June Is. Mr.. Brown will re-
enter newspaper work in Seattle.
After an exhaustive examination Of
the Snohomish river waterways, Major
Chttenden states he has good grounds
for recommending harbor improve
ments at Everett and is of opinion that
the next congress will make the nee
essary appropriations for the work.
The Island Empire Telephone and
Telegraph Company has been incor-
porated by Tacoma men. 1t will
construct telephone lines to Gig Har-
Dor, across the Narrows to McNeill's,
Anderson, Fox, and probably Vashon
and Maury islands. Cable for the
lines has already been purchased.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06
DIPLOMATIC ETHICS
POSSIBLE VIOLATION IBY THE
BRITISH AMBASSADOR.
If He Said What They Say He
Said Mr.. Bryce Has Been
Guilty of An objectionable
Violation of international Ell
quette.
quette.

Washington, July 1.-Assistant Sec
rotary of State AIDE said last night
that the report that the state depart
ment had made inquiries in regard to
q speech. or interview in which British
Ambassador Bryce commented upon
the constitution of Oklahoma, is un-
true. He said anonymous letters had
been received by the department OF
state ir closing newspaper clippings OF
what Mr.. Bryce is supposed to have
said, but of further foundation the re-
port has none.
Notwithstanding the denial, practi-
cally everybody who knows how hard
President Roosevelt worked to get rid
of Sir Mortimer Durand and how hard
he tried to control the selection Of Du-
rand's successor, is inclined to believe
the author of ''The American Com.
monwealth" may have been uninten-
tionally guilty.
In the etiquette Of diplomacy it is
the most rigid rule that diplomat
must not discuss the internal aaffirs Of
the country to which he lie accredited.
Especially must he avoid putting the
administration in an embarrassing po-
sition.
II the reputed views Of Bryce really
have been expressed by him he has
committed the greatest possible Of
Tense. He has embarrassed the presi-
dent by approving something which
the president is morally certain to dis
approve.
Inasmuch as Bryce is recognized as
an authority on forms of government,
his word that the constitution Of the
new state of Oklahoma is one of the
best he has ever known, would render
the embarrassment of the administra-
ton acute, if the president should
veto the constitution, as he is expected
to do. The Democrats Of Oklahoma,
it is understood, already are quoting
Bryce to show that the Republicans
charge that the constitution they have
made is frightful thing, is inspired
by politics and nothing else.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06

Cleveland, O., July 2.-United
States Marshal Chandler called yester-
day at Forest Hill, the suburban home
Of John D. Rockefeller, but did not
get beyond the lodge at the entrance
to the estate. The lodge keeper de-
clared positively that Mr.. Rockefeller
was not Forest Hill. Members Of
the household said that when Mr..
Rockefeller arrives 1t will not be nec-
essary for any process server to search
for him, as Mr.. Rockefeller will I'M
tdoubtedly make his presence known to
officials desiring to serve him with
subpoenas.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06
DELINQUENT TAX
POINTS DECIDED

Olympia, July 1.-The attorney gen.
eral has rendered an important op1n-
ion in reply to these questions raised
by James Zylstra, prosecuting attor
ney at Coupeville:
81. When the holder Of certifi-
cate of delinquency allows a SUISSE
quent tax to become Delinquent, can
q subsequent certificate of delinquency
be legally issued before the said tax
has been delinquent twelve months?
''2. Has the holder Of a certicfiate
of delinquency right to pay the taxes
on the land over which he holds GER
tificate of delinquency, before said
taxes become delinquent and draw in.
terest from the time paid?"
The attorney generals reply is as
follows:
"You. state that you have advised
your county treasurer that any certifl-
cate of delinquency, whether original
or 50 bsequent, cannot legally be issued
until the tax for which it IL issued has
been delinquent twelve months. In
this opinion the attorney general con-
ours. As stated by you the law, (chap-
ter 2O6, laws of 1909 prescribes what
time shall elapse, to-wit, twelve
months, before certificate of delin-
quency can be issued, and I can see
no difference between an original and
q subsequent certificate.
"You have advised the county
treasurer with reference to the second
question: asked, that holder of a
certificate of delinquency has the right
to pay the taxes and upon redemption
to draw interest from the time paid.
The attorney general also concurs in
this opinion.
IF purchaser of delinquent certi-
ficates should suffer = SUBSEQUENT tax
to become delinquent and second
certificate Of delinuency to issue on
the same property included in his
certificate he forfeits all his rights to
the holder Of the second certificate of
delinuency. It would, therefore,
appear that it is not only the privil-
ege but the duty of the holder of a
certificate of delinuency to see that
all taxes subsequently accr1ling are
paid, and If there to redemption he
is entitled to be reimbursed therefor
with Is per cent interest,""
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06
Ordered ''clubs" 10 Close

Spokane. June 29.-Eight gambling
resorts where many varieties Of games
Of chance have been conducted under
the guise Of social clubs, have been
ordered by Chief Of Police Rice to
close Immediately. In tour the chief
and several detectives found plenty
Of evidence to show that the anti
gambling law is being violated. The
proprietors we're informed that fre-
quenters Of the place will be arrested.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06
MILLIONS FOR WATER
New York Begins Work That Il Greater
than Suez Canal.

New York Begins Work That Il Greater
than Suez Canal.
New York, July 3.-Mayor MoClel-
Ian, by the simple expedient of stick
ing spade into the ground at Peeks-
kill and turning over sod, formally
inaugurated work on the new water
supply system for New York which
will be the most tremendous ever un-
dertaken. It will exceed the Suez
canal in cost, with total of $161, 900,
600, and is ultimately to furnish the
city with water to the amount Of 800,
000,O0O gallons daily, in addition to
it's present supply. So great is the
consumption Of water here that one
after another all the available streams
and watersheds in the immediate vi
cinity have been exhausted, and the
problem Of getting the necessary sup
ply has assumed more serious proper
tions. As result the greatest under
taking ever attempted for such pur-
pose is now under way. It involves
nothing less than the Transformation
Of q whole countryside, together with
tunnel, acqueduct and reservoir con-
struction on y titanic scale. The
water will flow 100 miles from the
farthest limits Of the supply to the
fountain in City Hall park. and the
watersheds to be drained have an
area Of more than 900 square miles.
A filter plant, sixty acres In extent,
and two reservoirs, one of them hav-
ing capacity of 100, 600, 600. 900 gall
Ions and the other Of 40, 200, 600, 600,
will be features of the work The
larger reservoir, which will collect the
water supply from half a dozen small
Ter ones, will be twelve miles long by
two miles wide, while the smaller one
will necessitate the removal Of the
entire village Of Kensico, including
many old homesteads where families
have lived for generations. The great
acqueduct conveying the water to the
city will have bore larger than the
subway, and will pass under the Hud-
son river at depth Of 600 feet.
New York does not expect to drink
all the water. Some of it will be used
for bathing purposes, and Street Clean
ing Commissioner Craven is of opin-
ion also that the streets should be
washed every day, an operation de-
handing the contents Of small lake.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06
Found Large Nuggets

Victoria, B. G., July ga special
from Atlin says large nugget, weigh
ing fifty-seven ounces, was found on
Sunday last on Spruce creek. near Dis.
covery, while q miner was looking
over tailings on some government land.
He staked q claim there. Similar luck
is reported from Otter creek. AMONG
large nuggets found was one Of forty.
three ounces.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06
SEATTLE nARkcT REPORT


The followiong prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers for
delivery in round lots I. o. b. Seattle,
and are subject to change without no.
tice.:
Oats, ss5@ss per ton; bar.
ley, $4,000. 80; wheat, chicken feed,
$1,000; bran, $17@18; shorts, SIS
Gal; corn, $2b@26.
Hay-Eastern Washington, $21 @24
Puget Sound $4,000; Alfalfa, $1,000
Eggs-Strictly fresh ranch, 24@25c.
Poultry-Live hens, 1870 per ID; old
roosters, 1876; ducks, 40; spring
chickens, Ito; turkeys, live, 20@21c.
Wool-Eastern Washington l5@
18c per ID; Western Washington,
21@22c; dirty or timber stained, II
@12Hc.
Live Sheep, wethers, ga
70 per lb; ewes, 5000; lambs,
6@6Hc; Hogs, 4@4Ho; Cattle, steers,
$40 COWS, 20; calves, 5@ec.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06
Nicholson to Command Nebr..k.

Washington, June 2s.-Capt. Reei-
Maid Fairfax Nicholson has been So
iected to command the battleship Me-
oraska, recently constructed by the
Moran Shipbuilding Company at Sc
attic, and now at the Puget Sound
navy yard being fitted for sea duty.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06
Earthquake in New Hampshire

Portsmouth. N. H., July Earth
tremblings that shook houses percep-
tibly at intervals were felt here Sat-
urday. Windows shook and ratified
and bric-a-brac clattered from the
shelves. Sometimes half an hour
would elapse between vibrations, but
by shutdown 100 shocks had been felt.
The heaviest came between 5:25 and
5:45 D. m.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06

Olympia, July S.-In an opinion to
the state bank examiner the attorney
general holds that the Aberdeen State
Bank cannot engage in savings bank
business unless it contemporaries under
the banking act Of 1907.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06
CLARK MUST account
FOR Mine dealings

New York, July BY a decision
Of Judge Amend in special sessions Of
the supreme court, which has Just
been made public, former Senator
William A. CLARK must account for
all the dealings Of the United VERDE
Copper Company, involving the sum
Of more than $500, 600, 900. The d.
cision comes after eight years OF hl.
CATION as the result Of suit brouens
by George A. Treadwell for the MIN
ority stockholders.
Judge Amend in his ruling says tna.
the sale Of the property Of the onl!eu
Verde company to q reorganlazslon
company for the sum of $500, OOO, a.
though tho property is valued at wv
600, 600, was illegal and that the PROV
erty shall revert to the original STOCK
holders.
Claim Sale Was Freeze Out
This sale, according to TreadWel,
was made for the purpose OF free1 aos
him out, for the reason that nls . eo0
shares, instead Of being rated az sOvJ
a share, which he says is their TO-
value, would be valued at only %
share. 49,.
Judge Amend further holds lns,
Senator CLARK shall permit TreaoN'St
to make q thorough investlgatlo. . =
the United Verde property. ,i n
which he alleges he has hitherto IT. ';t.
barred by CLARK, and shall be peru ~.
ted to 60 through the books OF tnevm m.
poration a. we'll a. to make an eA'
nation Of the mines -
According to Charles W. Dem .;s..
counsel for Treadwell, the invees -
tion which the court orders Will 'Ds J"
that Clark now derives an inocm OIL.
$25, COO, 600 from the United se.
much Of which, Mr.. Desmond FL
should have been turned over 70 liz
we'll
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06

New York, July 1.-Oliver w. D.
Bennett, the broker who pleaded gull
ty to having received stolen bonds,
has been sentenced to Eve years at
Sing Sing. William o. Douglas, who
stole the bonds. received three-year
sentence.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06
TO CRUISE TIMBER
Pierce County commissionefs
T.x cnr.un;ssion Suggestion.

Tax Commission Suggestion -.
Tacoma, June 20.-In order sns ..rch
county assessor may know now .,ua.
it is worth and place a correct .:.sbls
ton upon 1t as basis OF equ n;.rcs
taxation, all timber lands IN p;src.
county win BE- cryised. the 's.. sad /.
county commissioners have sscord.
resolution to this effect, in . 49, rs
ance with suggestion OF the 10 es,iest
commisison. Some Of the l !. thb
timber lands d the state are re.- = por
county, the eastern and southern anprol
lions q tho county being ono w.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-06
Tacoma Quoeaiione.

Wheat-Club. $40 q bluestem,
80 red, 500.
Oats - sl.5o$@s2; rolled oats
$31. 5O@8S.
hay, Alfalfa, Etc.-Wheat hay, SIS
GAL; timothy. $25@$2S; mixed, $16
gao; clover, $21@2S; alfalfa, Sic
@15.
Feed-Corn, $40; wheat, $s1; bar
ley, whole grain, $25; rolled,
$26@27; shorts, $sl@32; bran, $40
@2l.
Poultry Turkeys. dressed, $50;
chickens, dressed, s4c; ducks, dressed
1876; geese. dressed, leo. Live-Hena
15c; ducks, lao; geese, 1870.
Butter-Washington creamery, 26c;
fresh Eastern, SOC.
Eggs-Washington ranch, 26c.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-05

.Lnngel on the street dressed ia @Om-
ans clothes. The bog Was rl1Aeute1.
but gfoufiy chung 70 his story ne
said be could not ~ mistaken De-
cause Of q slight scar on Angels face.
The boy said ne had made an effort
20 address LaBgei but the iatie'
avoided him
partner william J. KILLER. we're walk
Ing along Broadway = year later when
both exclaimed almost simultaneously
There q Langei. dressed N WON
Tber we're - startled BY the dis
reVorV that = hurried consultation
was held. and they agreed - confirm
their Identification. Crossing me
street. they got Ia front - the wpfn-
and ~ che approached ~confr0ntea
I'VE could not have been mistaken
kfr Hance sald YESTERDAY W both
looked for and saw the L&Ugel
looked dagger a. ue. her confusion
efrengfheninR our belief until y
20 certainty IanEeI fairly
ran ~ escape our inspection.
M Hamce said he had studied The
reaenffF published photos ~ De Ray.
ard Mas Immediately fmpreesed
with the almost complete Identity win
the features u Langei Ar Hanee re-
yards a. eo~BnrngatOfE ~ = egne4u-
that LAnRei and De Raglan were
one ard the same. that DE Raglan
died of tuberculosis a disease with
LanRei was u~nmigfakaply az
aieted. Since this discovery - Ian
gels MASKING ass made b. M
fIsnce and Mr. Miller he" was never
anerward reported ~ having been
10 this city.