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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-20
Practical Return to
Old Road System

After the first Monday in January
next county commissioners may di-
vide their respective counties INTO
road districts not exceeding twenty
four in number, and appoint super
visors therefor, Provided, That the
size and form of each road district
shall be such as to permit personal
oversight and management by one
road supervisor" Under this act .
practical return to the old system of
road construction and repair in this
county viii be possible. Under the
old law there were twenty-one dis
tricts in the county. The new law
provides that when any district has
good roads association, the road
overseer shall be appointed from a
list furnished by such association. "
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-20
Road Duties of
County Engineer


An act passed by the last legisla-
ture provides that 'The county sur
veyor shall: hereafter be designated as
county engineer. He shall be . quail
ified elector Of his county, and CON-
petent civil engineer and surveyor. "
He is required to prepare profles
Of all roads hereafter established and
OF all roads which are ordered to be
improved, and shall recommend to
the board of county commissioners
what improvements shall be made to
the roads and bridges Of the county,
together with an estimated cost Of
such Improvement. " He is required
to annually inspect all bridges and
make q written report Of such in
spection.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-20
Contract Let For
New Bank Building

The contract for the erection of the
new San Juan County Bank building
has been let to E. J. Rounds 4 Co.,
Of Seattle. The building is to be two
stories in height, 6reproof, construct
ed Of brick and concrete, with light col
ored pressed brick exterior. It is to
have a large, burglar proof vault, for
the construction of which the Norris
Safe 4 Lock Co., OF Seattle, has the
contract. The vault is to be lined
with chrome steel, half an inch thick,
and the door is to be made of five-py
welded steel, three inches thick.
The banking room viii be elegantly
fitted up and will be one of the finest
in the state, outside Of the large
cities. There will be q large base
ment q portion Of which win be utilis-
ed for the heating plant and the re-
mainder for storage purposes. The
second story win be divided INTO Office
rooms. The contractor is to be here
the first of the week to inspect the
site and make arrangements for get
ting the material on the ground.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-20
N. P. R'y. Co. Files on
Orcas Island Land

A prominent citizen of Orcas island
secured land Office blue print Of the
eastern part Of that island few
days ago, showing all the locations Of
government lands in that locality.
A festure of it that occasions some
surprise and curiosity is the showing
til / the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company has lately made lieu land,
filings upon 24O acres along the Mt.
Constitution road and extending near
" to the summit. -O course it is pos
sible that the company in te nds
making some use Of the land, but it
seems mere probable that when the
title is perfected the land VIII be dis
posed Of to Moran Bros, who now
own between two and three thousand
acres in that strikingly picturesque
section, extending from tidewater st
Cascade bay nearly to the mountains
summit and bordering Cascade and
Mountain lakes, and upon which they
are making extensive and costly inn
provements. It is reported this week
that they have purchased . large
part Of Doe Bay mountain.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-20
The Federation
of Fruit Growers

The Northwest H o tic ulturist
makes the following comments upon
the recent organization of the Fed
eration of Washing ton Fruit Growers.
Apparently the movement doesn't
have that papers unqualified sup
port.
East Sound and other fruit growers
have organized recently, at Seattle, what
ia known as Federation Of Fruit Growers.
The object is to look after the selling bus
mess Of fruit and produce, aiming at uni
form methods. Some of the managers of
the fruit growers association, interstate,
represented at the Northwest Fruit Grow
ers Association in January, are figuring
on having some person represent taem,
jointly, one in each of several cities which
have some degree Of market capacity.
This is practical co operation on the broad
commercial scale required for the season
of 1907. 1t is likely that all associations
joining in this movement will be required
to have the growing and packing up to
the best modern approved style, so that
each separate package when stamped by
the association bears significance Of guar
antee throughout, exactly as represented.
TO attempt too much at federation OIL
the start looks well in theory. but has
proved to be sau and expensive failures
to fruit growers and producers in the Pa
cific coast states during the past few years.
"Co-operation on broad scale requires
the adoption of true business principles,
very firm adherence to them, with at
tempts to cover only SO much ground as
to admit of thoroughness in every detail.
One of the great errors, seemingly, has
been to undertake too much at the begin
ming. If only two or three Of the leading
shipping associations can harmonic on
some plan which will prove to be of prac-
tical value this year, then others can join
by another season. Better work slowly
and substantially than to build too large
machine at first, which subsequently
proves to be tailure.''
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-20
Bellingham's Seattle
Publicity Bureau

The Bellingham Chamber of Com
merce has established a Publicity
Bureau" at ia First Avenue, Seat
tie, in charge of J. Wayland Clark,
who had charge of Whatcom county's
exhibit at the Portland exposition.
Mr.. Clark was engaged in newspaper
work IN New York before he came
to this state and he has written much
for the press during his residence OF
seventeen years on Bellingham bay.
The editor of the ISLANDER has known
him for many years and can vouch
for his friendly feeling for this county
and its people and for his fairness in
representing its industries and ad-
vantages. One of the Seattle papers
of last Sunday contains a large ad-
vertisement of Bellingham in which
its local and contributory resources
and advantages are set forth in an
attractive and telling way. The
enumeration includes the following,
for which the people Of this county
are under obligation to Mr.. Clark
and his co-workers in the rapidly
growing city whose interests it is to
our interest to aid in advancing:
Paradise. San Juan islands - Ito. .553
acres; 1900 acres under cultivation.
Sunshine, tempered climate and no
debts.
The richest farmers in tho West-as
class.
The home Of the Lime industry.
A place where people live in comfort
until they '.just have to die.''
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-20
he Pug ct Sound
Clam is the Peoples

The Tacoma Ledger is overjoyed
by Governor Mead's veto Of the BIN
intended to prevent the digging a
clans on second-class tide lands held
under lease. That the editor must
have an abnormal or aboriginal ap-
pitite for these more or less luscious
bivalves of our waters must be ap-
parent to every reader Of his rhap-
sody. He says:
Let the gentle summer days approach.
Lot JOY be unconfined. The ancient and
honorable Puget Ssund clam bake sur
wives! That outrageous bill to restrict
the free ana unlimited digging Of CLANS
in second-clase tidelands is no more. Il
wound its way through the lower branch
OF the recent legislature, then through the
upper branch, and, strange to say, in all
this course. never was the inalienabIe
right OF tho people to enjoy the free use q
CLAIMS presented by any member of the
legislature as an argument against the bill
1t remained for newspaper correspond
ent to warn the people Of the threatsned
invasion of their privileges.
'The clam bill is deid: long live the
clambake! Governor Mead attached his
veto last week, and when the tide is out
next summer the table will be set, as il
has been in this Puget Sound country
from the time the m emory of the red man
runneth not back to the contrary As NJ
yore, paterfamilias will row his wife and
children down along the beach of Sum
day to an inviting curve in the shore line,
beach the boat and unload the lunch bas-
ket and clam shovel. Again the fr
boughs will send up sweet incense as the
fire heats the rocks and the sea-bed gives
up the bountiful bivalve. Let the gentle
summer days approach, for the Puget
Sound clam is the peoples"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-20
Fatal Accident At Roche Harbor

Conrad Propp empoye the Lime
Company killed at Roche Habor Thursday while
In with number other getting
lime rock from the face of the when large rock which had
presumably been loosened by blast fell from point considerably
above him. striking him the head with terrible crush
ing his skull He lived only few hours He and had
been resident this county only about
of and leaves wife children
of the saddest that has the first
fatal accident in the quarry mistaken
Wilkinson killed by giant
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-20
High Prices for
Spring Salmon

It is reported that one Of the
largest fish dealing firms in Seattle
has offered to contract for spring sal
mon at six cents pound, and Belling-
ham dealers are paying seven cents,
the highest price ever offered on the
Sound. At these rates fishermen will
get from twenty TO fifty cts. more per
fish, for spring salmon, than they did
last year. It isnot expected that tie
high prices win materially diminish
what is called the mild cure pack. !"
This product IS shipped in cold stor-
age to New York and to Europe
where it is smoked and sold at fancy
prices, running as high as twenty-five
cents q pound in some countries.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-20
Road Tax and Incorporation
Only Fifteen Per Cent Amount of County
Levied Property Within the Limits Incorpora-
Expended Upon the Roads
or O.

NUMBER Friday the incor-
poration of the have entire good faith
gument that if the incorporated the money
rived from upon property located within
and would all be expended improvements This
and the the
quote the law the subject.
attorney general
opinion the county attorney Caam county advising
raised road bridge could
ed within the limits of Incorporated towns although
taxes are levied all property The city of Port Angeles
quite large percentage the county
under this
upon the money that it's
people paid county With enabling
get payments bill
providing that of all funds derived from the
road property situated within the limits of Incorporated
cities and might be expended within such cities
roads bridges connecting with roads leading into the country
and known county roads, similar bill introduced
lower house Representative Ramsay King county,
bills referred the committees bridges
city all favored the bills but the country influence
the committees strong permit the people get
fourth back in the provided The percentage
cut fifteen and then favorable could not have been
secured from the committees but for limitation the
pendure contained in the following provso Provided any
incorporated city fifteen cent of all money collected for
the general road and bridge fund expend
ed inside of said city roads and bridges connecting with
roads leading into the country known designated county
roads under the supervision the county commissioner
The total present assessed valuation of taxable property within
the proposed corporate limits Friday Habor
600 and it probably several thousand dollars than this amount
The road four mills the paid by
the towns people would therefore, $40 which only $50
could be expended roads within the limits which small
would man be rcaousy inadequate keep
the decent repair there considerable
complaint locally about the small work which
have had done from the of the
although the allowance ordinarily considerably exceeded
which would be secured from the county such
the Incorporated We would pay mills just
the do only expend
would have be obtained from the proceeds of municipal
taxes or licenses.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-20

Ben E. Harrison was 9 passenger
ON the steamer Islander Wednesday,
enroute from his Orcas island home
to attend meeting cf the directors
of the State Federation Of Fruit
Growers, cf which he IS secretary
He said that . manager would doubt
less be appointed and arrangements
made for beginning business II
ear-est. 4
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-20

The revenue launch Scout IS here
from Seattle to be repainted and rem
ovated inside and outside. The Guard
takes her place at Seattle during her
absence.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-20

The ladies guild win meet with
Mrs. Baker next Wednesday.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-07-30
IC. S. CRIDER Is
BACK FROM ALASKA
Tells Some Interesting Facts in Ref.
erence to the kuskokTn COuE-
try in Alaska.

c. S. Crider, formerly secretary
and treasurer of the Wenatchee Pro-
duce company, and now manager
of the koskokwim Transportation &
Trading company of Alaska, arrived
in town this morning after an alb
sence of Is months in the mort.
land. Mr. Crider is DOWN from Alas
ka for thep urpose of outfitting for
the coming season.
The Kuskokwim Transportation &
Trading company is owned principal
ly by local parties. Concerning the
opening of the boundless region in
which he has been for over a year
past, Mr.. Crider is most sanguine.
In an interview with a representa-
tive of the World he gave very in
teresting accoun. of the work they
are doing in this region which is just
being opened. He said: We ar
rived at the mouth of the kuskok-
vim river in June one year ago and
set up our boat-Hattia Bat the
place which We named Courtway's
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-07-30

SUIT FILED
Ten Thousand Dollars Asked TO Al
legged Attenuation of Wife's
Affections

A highly sensational case was filed
in the Superior court yesterday
wherein Dee Fisher brings suit
against v. T. Eighme for $4,000
for the alleged alienation of his af-
fections.
The plaintiff, in his complaint, al
leges that between March 10, 1907.
and June Is, 1907, the defendent
represented to the wife of the de-
fendant that her lot was hard one
and that it would be advisable for
her to secure divorce, and that he
offered here money for the securing
of a divorce with the understanding
that when that was secured that said
defendant would marry her. 1t is
further alleged that defendant fur
nished money to the wife of the
plaintiff to the amount of 500 and
that the said wife of the plaintiff de-
parted for Seattle where she is now
living
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-07-30
BRYAN Endorses Verdict.

CHICAGO, July 29.-In special
to the Tribune from Peoria, H., w.
]. Bryan is quoted on the verdict at
Boise, Idaho, as follows:
q am glad to learn of the verdict,
and that it was mot guilty l watch
ed the trial and did not see how any
one could be found guilty on Or
chard's testimony. Every crime he
charged was one he himself suggest
ed, and it was shown he was in cor
munication with the mine own-as
and attempted to induce the defend
ants to engage in crime.
1.-The manner in which the prison
ers were taken from Colorado was
hardly in keeping with fair prose
cution."
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-07-30
DO LOCAL FOLK
APPRECIATE ART
Or Did They Miss the Opportunity
of Hearing Steckelburg on Ac-
count of the Heat.

Do Wenatchee people appreciate
the highest in art? If they do why
didn't they patroniZe art in it's high
est form when it comes to their very
door, and can be had for trifie?
To come nearer to the point. We
natchee is a city blessed with many
pianos: people are prosperous here
and can afford to buy them, and
believe that they buy them for the
sake of the music that is in them
and not for show Now last Satur-
day evening there was a noted pian-
ist among us, a man who can be
excelled by none and equallad by
very few, man who has starred as
piano-soloist with some of the most
famous Orchestras in America, who
is recognized by all the greatest
pianists as brilliant exponent Of
American born and American made
genius and out of the 5000 inhapiI-
ants of this prosperous little vale
about so persons paid the small ad-
mittance fee to hear the great man.
About one per cent of the entire pop
ulation. Yet if Paderewski, Joseph
Hoffman or Rosenthal had been here
instead of Robert Stevens, every seat
in the theater would have been taken
at four times the price they were
for the Steckelburg-S Stevens concert
1t is evident most people don't go
to hear any of the above famous trio
because they love music, but just to
be able to talk about it. In these
days of snobbishness and braggado-
clio too much is done and spent for
show and talk instead of mental or
moral Improvement
1t may be years before fVenatchee
will again haze the opportunity of
hearing such great pianist. The
manner in which Mr.. Robert Stevens
brought out stupendous passages OF
music on little, worn parlor piano
was nothing short of marvellous.
1t seems surprising that Wenatchee
with her hundreds of piano-owning
inhabitants did not turn out las.
Saturday and listen to what can be
done by one of the greatest pianists
in the world. Let us not fail to give
an appropriate welcome to grea. ar
fists: it looks bad for the town ami
is discoyraging for the artist.
SYDNEY S. BARKER.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-07-30
HARDSCRAbBLE
A PARADISE
MIR. Gellatly Takes a Drive and Dis
covers Wonderful CrOps-Ad-
vises. Others to Go.

Jno. A. Gellatly drove up to Hard
Scrabble" yesterday and when he re-
turned last evening he had many
good things to say about the country
up there. The wheat, potatoes, al
falfa and all kinds of garden truck
is looking fine. He says that this
section, that has anything but a
beautiful name, ought to be called
Paradise"
In speaking of his trip up to the
bench lands yesterday Mr.. Gellatly
said this morning: Few people in
Wenatchee realize the wonderful un-
developed resources of the country
around Wenatchee. If the pople liv-
ing in Wenatchee would take trips
out into the surrounding country
they would know of more resources
who are looking for locations. One
that has never been up ON to the
bench lands about here can hardly
ICctllZc WudC StOpo al ldioCO' liz
wheat and alfalfa are simply i'm
mense.
I'VE were up so We could look
down upon the property of l.. v.
Wells on Wenatchee Heights. Mr..
Wells certainly has a good PROPOSE
tiOn up there. 1t means much to the
Wenatchee. 1t will not be long be-
fore there will be hundred or more
families up there and all the time
this property is being developed
there will be money spent in Wenat-
chez. The orchard up there looks
fine. There has been a lot of water
going to waste during the spring
flood season, but since Mr.. Wells has
put in a system of reservoirs the
water will be stored and turned onto
lands that have only needed water
and cultivation to make them very
valuable"
Mr. Gellatly says that he is firmly
convinced of the truthfulness of the
assertion, made by the Daily World
that a dollar dropped anywhc~e in
Central Washington will roll into
Wenatchee.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-07-30
New Bank Furniture.

The Farmers and Merchants Bank
has its fine new furniture about all
in place. The furniture is all made
of mahogany and it's style and ar
rangement shows unusual taste.
The bank has spent $4,000 in en-
larging and refurnishing. The front
of the building is of oak and is neat
ly finished. With the exception OF
the shortage in the shipment and the
loss of some of the parts that must
come from the factory in Indianopo-
lis, Indiana, the bank will have its
interior completely arranged and fin
shed the last of the week.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-07-30
CHANCELLOR
VISITS KNIGHTS
He Makes a Good Talk to the Pyth-
ians Present-Says He Likes
Wenatchee.

Orno Strong, grand chancellor %
the knights of Pythias, made an Of
fetal visit to Valley Lodge No. 116
last evening. The knights of the To-
cal lodge gave him royal reception
considering the notice they had OF
his being here. Many members did
not know of the visit of the Office.
until late in the evening.
Despite the heat and the short no
tice there was large number o.
members present. Chancellor Strong
gave the lodge an interesting talk.
A luncheon was served and the boys
report very pleasant evening spent.
Mr.. Strong left on this morning S
boat for Chelan, Twisp, Winthrop
and Waterville. He says that the Or
der is in a flourishing condition and
that they now have aoout 5000 mem
bers in this state.
Like all newspaper men Mr..
Strong has his eyes always open fts
nsw developments. He says that
there has been wonderful develop
ment in Wenatchee since his last
visit here and that he thinks taat
the prospects are good for large
city at this point. He says that the
resources of Wenatchee are hard to
realize until one makes close obser-
yation. The dawn then comes.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-07-30

Landing. Our steamer was the first
to go on the regular run Of this river
We ascended a distance of 1900
miles. We went up tributaries to
the Kuskokwim a distance of 100
and $50 miles.
Few people have little conception
Of the magnitude of the Alaska
country. We found rivers which we
navigated $50 miles which are not
even on the map.
Establish Camps.
1.-TWO camps have been establish
ed in this section. 1900 men have
recently come in from Fairbanks,
which nearly left that camp dry. One
of our camps is within 20 miles of
Mt. Mckinley which Is one of the
most magnificent peaks l have E Ter
SEEN"
How long period of navigation
do you have?" was asked Mr.. Crider.
1--WE have about six months that
the river is clear" said he. During
the winter We were camped at Nc
Kinley Fort. There were s in our
party and we spent most enjoyable
winter. The longest trip taken dur
ing the winter was a 19-day trip
made by some of GAR men to Fair
banks, distance of 700 miles. This
was made with snow shoes and dog
team.
Mr.. Crider will leave again in a
couple of days. Other members OF
the party from this part of the
country are John Duncan, brother of
B. T. Duncan of Wenatchee, and two
Chelan boys, Messrs. Jung a,>d
Lakely
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-07-30

WILL MEET

August 9th These Having Objections
to the Amount of Their Assess
ment May Kick.
The board of county commission
ers will organize Monday, August 5,
as board of equalization and will
equalize the taxes on all Chelan
county property. This is the off year.
however, in which only personal
property vas assessed. The board
according 20 the law passed by the
1907 Legislature will consist of the
members of the board of county
commissioners, the county assessor,
the county treasurer and the county
auditor, as clerk. The board will be
in session for three days but may ad-
journ from time to time as the busi-
ness will allow or they may continue
over the time if necessary. The
board will meet as county commits
sioners August 8.
he assessor will have completed
the rolls in ample time.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-07-30
Almost q Fire in Laundry.

There was a narrow escape from
a big fire at the Wenatchee Steam
Laundry last Saturday evening. One
of the electric irons got hot and set
fire to the ironing board. Marshal
Ferguson saw the fire before 1t got
much of a start He kicked open the
door and with the assistance OF by
ISLANDERS the flames were soon ex-
tinguished. 1t is certain that the fire
came from the hot electric iron, but
the laundry management are also
quite certain that the current was
turned off before they left :. for the
night. How the current got turn
ed on later is mystery.