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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-13
HUMOROUS ENTRY Is FOUND.

Wanted Men Eighteen Feet Long to
Cross Fifteen-Foot Swamp.
The records in the war department
IN Washington are, as a rule, very dry,
but occasionally an entry is found that
Is humorous.
An officer Of engineers in charge of
the construction Of a road that was to
he built through a swamp, being ener-
getic himself and used to surrounding
mere obstacles, was surprised when one
of his young lieutenants whom he had
ordered to take twenty men and enter
the swamp said that he -could not do
1.-THE mud was too Deep" The colo
Eel ordered him to try. He did 50, and
returned with his men covered with
mud.
Colonel, the mud IL over my mems
heads l can't do It"
The colonel insisted and told him to
make requisition for anythina that
was necessary for the safe passage.
The lieutenant made this requisition in
writing and on the spot. It was as rol-
lows:
II want twenty men eighteen feet
long to cross a swamp fifteen feet
eep."-Harpers Weekly.
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work of the Civic Federation, and for
this purpose a national committee, OF
which Secretary Taft is chairman, has
just been created. John G. w. Beck
ham, Governor of Kentucky, is first vice
chairman; George w. Guthrie, Mayor
of Pittsburg, second vice chairman ;
William r. Wilcox, postmaster Of New
York, third vice chairman, and Miss
Beeks, secretary.
Miss Beeks, who is a southern girl,
having gone to New York from Ten
nessee, Is not at all dismayed by the
immensely of her commission, for 1t Is
in the line Of work in which she has
been engaged for a number Of years.
The entire planning of operations after
arriving on the isthmus is left with
her
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-13
WOMAN TO INVESTIGATE

Receives Government ADDointment
to Seek Truth About Panama.
Miss Gertrude Beeks, OF New YorK,
secretary Of the Welfare Department
of the Civic Federation, has gone to
Panama to investigate the housing. 1000
and amusements Of laborers In the
canal zone. This Is regarded az being
one of the most important commissions
ever awarded to a woman by the gov
eminent. Secretary Taft gave her the
appointment, and the errand has the
sanction and support Of President
Roosevelt. While this Is the first I'M
portant Federal commission which Miss
Beeks has had, she has Travelled from
one end Of the country to the other IN
the interest Of Welfare work.
"Welfare Work for Government EN-
ployes" is the latest departure In the
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-13
LEGAL INFORMATION
- - - - AVXNs

Actual possession of land und..
claim Of ownership for fifteen ~ !
gives title to It. '"
The owner Of property ad,oin,n.
lake, owns the hand to the waters a. :
AZ the lake recedes wv
A school board has the right r.
clude from schools children with -
whooping cough, or other infection. =,
ease. This seems necessary to tho NV
lie welfare. S''
Where mortsaged property has hs.,
lost or destroyed by the mortga.o.
the mortgage cannot substitute oths.
property Of the same kind or amour.
Only the specific property covered h.
the mortgage can be taken under ,sns
by virtue Of the mortgage.
Neither county nor town autborit,.
have a right to lay out or open a ro.s
across your land, unless they have srs.
taken proper proceedings to condemn
the same, and you have the same rich.
to exclude them from the land that w.,
have to exclude any individual tbera.
from.
A hotel keeper Is liable for loss NJ
or damage to the goods Of his eue,t,
but it IL sometimes held that be NAV
exonerate himself from liability h,
showing that the loss happened with.
out any fault on his part, and that h.
exercised the strictest care and dill.
gence for its safety.
The only wages or income that Il Al,
lowed as exempt to a person in Mime
sofa is $25 earned by a laboring man
within the thirty days preceding the At
tempt to reach the same by an attach
ment, garnishment or execution. This
sum Is allowed to an unmarried a.
well as a married man.
When A sells a brood mare to B. R
does not owe for the service of the sire
Of the colt, although he may have to
pay therefor, If proper steps were tax.
en- to effect lien for the service. II
B does have to pay for the sire Of the
colt he can recover the amount paid
from A because the sale is warranty
of title free from membranes.
A mortgage on personal property for
a valuable consideration and not taken
for the purpose of defrauding the cred
itors Of the mortgagor, If properly filed
with the town clerk will hold the prop
erty covered by the mortgage as against
any other creditor Of the mortgagor
Therefore a third party has no right
to sell such mortgaged goods to satisfy
his debt against mortgagor.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-13
GUESTS MAKE THE HOTEL.

s'Comfort'' of O1d-Time Inns Would
Not he Tolerated To-day.
Among the silly and absurd articles
appearing from time to time concern
ing hotel and tavern keeping one tells
US again and again how the modern
hotel Is shown to disadvantage when
compared with the inns Of colonial
days. In these articles the writer d.
lates and expiates on the hospitality
Of the old-time tavern and the cold, In
different and almost cruel treatment
received from the hands of the modern
hotel man. OF course, every one
knows, If he will drop sentiment for
moment and give the subject a little
sober reflection, that the modern traV'
eler, tourist or hotel guest would abso-
lutely refuse the accommodations al
forded by the inn of one hundred years
ago. The only advantage Of hotel
Of those times lay in the fact that the
lack Of material comforts drew from
the traveller q warmer fellow feeling
and greater sociabdlity-a condition ID
which one man was more his brothers
keeper than prevails to-day. Again.
the travel by coach and the small num-
Der thrown together, en- route or at inc
hotel, made closer acquaintanceshlp
not only possible but far more desra.
BILE than In our day of big hotels anu
big crowds.
The modern hotel is product OF tho
times. The wants, desires, whlms, 1aus
and, on top Of all these, the impera'
tive demands of those who travel nave
made the hotel Of to-day what 1t -
from the standpoint Of food, accomanc
datious, method Of service and man
agement, and from every point OF vle"'
The hotel keeper Of to-day RESPONDS
the bidding Of the guests. One mlsn'
almost say of the man and woman WI"
travel: Here is your hotel; you nav
planned 1t, furnished it; you have ous
lined it, methods Of management sn'
it is what you believe should be c'n
pretended In the modern hotel"
The colonial tavern, which would ~
be tolerated for moment In our oa'.
was adapted to its times; to SPEAK "
it 40 being superior to the modern D0'
tely Ii to claim that the old s'ae,
coach, which left You more weary ~. ~.
worn at the end Of one hundred mi.
than the palace coach does TO-DAY -
the end OF one thousand miles, Was
superior vehicle Of travel to 'O'"
used on the modern railroad.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-13
Orixin of the Union Jack.

The British union Jack, the kings
colors, combines three crosses-the
cross of st. George, the cross of st.
Andrew and the Cross Of st. Patrick
all on a blue field. The union of
these three crosses occurred in an in
teresting fashion. Primarily England's
flag displayed red cross on a white
ground. The white cross of st. An
drew made it's appearance side by side
with that of st. George during the
reign of James l., the Scottish king who
ascended the throne Of England. It
was not until later, however, in 1907,
that the two crosses were combined
on the one banner and the white en-
blem Of St Andrew ran from corner
to corner Of the blue field and crossed
the red emblem of st. George.
Nearly century later the red dag
onal cross Of St Patrick found a place
on the same nag. It was after the
Irish parliament was united to the
British that this change took place.
In England 1t IL stipulated that all
colors, as flags are termed, shall be
hand made. At first they were the
work Of women members Of regimen
tai families, but later the privilege was
given to contractors, who number less
than half dozen, it IL said. If, how
ever, the wives and daughters Of OH
GERS want to make colors for their
regiments they are permitted to do 30,
but as a rule these regimental colors
are submitted to the garter king at
arms for his approval before they are
presented to the regiments for which
they have been made.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-13
PHILIPPINE SCOUTS.
Native Troops Are Rapidly LeaFnin8
the Trade of War.

Native Troops Are Rapidly Learn1n8
the Trade of War.
I'm talking with officers of the army
at various times 1 have heard much
In praise of the native troops that
form part Of the United States army
on duty in the Philippines" said H.
B. Nelson Of Philadelphia to Detroit
Free Press man. Every little seems to
be known in the United States Of these
troops, few people even being aware
of the fact that Uncle Sam Is employ
ing the little brown man to do MS
fighting.
1.-THE Philippine scouts, the enlisted
men of which are all native Filipinos'
include fifty companies OF infantry.
The officers Of the grade of captain and
above are for the most part commits
stoned officers of the United States
army who are detailed with the scouts
for term of years, while some OF the
lieutenants have been appointed from
the army and others from civil life
There are also few junior commits
stoned officers who are native Fill
pinos.
"Since their organization in 1901 the
scouts have done great work. They
have been in dozens Of fights and have
invariably proved themselves brave
and efficient soldiers. In the last five
years they have had more officers and
men killed than all other organiza'
lions serving in the islands during that
period.
1.-THE Filipinos take pride In their
profession as soldiers and invariably
present a fine appearance on or of
duty. They drill exceptionally well
better, l am informed, than the ma.
Jority Of organizations Of the regular
establishment, and are we'll disciplined
"In the event Of a war between the
United States and some other power
the scouts would prove among Uncle
Sans best fighters, in the opinion OF
officers who have served with them.
1T has been suggested that the mum
Der Of scouts be increased, so that it
will not be necessary to keep SO large
proportion Of the regular army in
the islands. The native troops recei We
just half as much pay as Americans,
getting their money III silver, while
the other soldiers are paid in gold, so
their employment in the Philippines
means economy. There is also the con-
sideration that they are much less sub
ject to illness than white men unused
to the tropical climate. AS far as their
loyalty Is concerned, officers say that
while the scouts are under command
Of white men, there need be no con-
Germ on that score"
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LucknOw'0 Great Hall.
Connected with the Mohammedan
mosque at Lucknow, India, ID the larg-
est room in the world without col
umns, being 1872 feet long, 81 feet wide
and 81 feet high. It was built durins
the great famine In 1854 to supply
work for starving people. 1t Is 4
solid mass Of concrete of simple form
and still simpler construction. In its
erection mold or framework OF tim
Der and brick several feet in thickness
was first made, which was then filed
with concrete. The concrete was al
lowed about a year to set and dry.
when the mold was removed. Al
though the building has been standing
so long, 1t is said to show no signs Of
decay or deterioration. q
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-13
An M wind.

~,
7. p. O'Connor, the Irish leader,
gan a brilliant after-dinner speech !"
Philadelphia In this way: =.
II must confess that dread to ma
after-dinner speeches. At the NV :.
sumptuous dinners, II know tna' :.
the end I must make speech
nervous, have no appetite, l :,
little to admire In the best enorD V
the chef.
I'm truth, gentlemen, l readily 'lnsS S
Inc Daniel, il he was at all Of my mln..
heaying q sigh Of relief as the ilon.
drew nerarer to devour him-neas"e
sigh Of relief and murmuring: -,
Well, II there's any afte
speaking to Be done on this occ
6 least e won't = done N -
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-13
CHAPTER II.

There was q great crowd Of people at
the railway station at Namur, and the
Luxembourg train had no sooner steamed
into the station than it was besieged by
the mob, and all the carriages were taken
by storm. One tourist, who had furnish
ed himself with first class ticket, and
had shouldered himself through the crowd
to the buffet, was exceedingly wroth on
his return to find that the carriage he
had occupied was filed by third-class
excursionists. He spoke French with q
fuency, and an inaccuracy in combination
with 1t, which fairly took off his mental
feet the official to whom he appealed, and
in very passion and torrent of his ora
tory rippled audibly the accent of Dub
lin. He talked all over, arms and hands,
finger tips, head, shoulders, and body. He
talked with all his features and with all
his muscles and with all his might, and at
last the Official seized his meaning, and
proceeded with memorable politeness to
turn out all the third-class passengers.
The triumphant tourist stood by, sudden
~ smiling and unrufled. He had Z
round, smooth face, with touch Of apple
color on his cheeks. Z nose inclinins some
what upward, and IN expression Of self
satisfaetisa - eomplsts that 4 areuhsd
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-13
JOshine Her.

Mr.. A.-Going downtown to select
your spring hat, eh1 Well, you better
wait until night.
MrA A. Gin surprise)-N1ght, Georxe1
Why1
Mr.. A-Didn't you az It was eoans
- . q drsaml
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-13
ImA4inafi0u.

Bacon-The author Of that new novel
has wonderful Imagination.
Egbert-Why, have you read the
book1
mo, but he said that 10000 copies OF
the volume had been -Yonkers
Statesman.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-13
An old Adase.
Married three times, eh r.

Married three times, eh?"
Eyes; what about it?"
Nothing; was just thinking Of an
old saying to the effect that even q
wise man will make a mistake occa.
sionally; but the man who makes the
same mistake more than once Is a-er
-er-not wise man."-Houston Post
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-13

Lots Of men find folly 80 attractive
that they haven't any desire to acquire
wisdom.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-13

Find out the secret hope Of any man
past middle age and 1t Is that he nay
b allowed ct the last to 50 quickly.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-13

A dead lion Is better than q live do
fog rug-making purposeA
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09

al years ago-the sale of the
Rockefeller lands in Rawlins
county.
DIR. J. J. HELM.
Dentist, located here last fall
and by strict attention to bust
ness has built up a large practice.
He is a young man and is going
to stay here and help build up
this growing country He is
fine workman and guarantees all
his work to be first class.
c. ]. LoFSTEAD,
Contractor and builder
Charlie is one of the best car
penters in the west and he is a
hustler. When he begins a job
his aim is to finish it on short no.
tice. His work is his advertise
ment and he believes in giving
everybody square deal"
H. o. RICHARD,
the blacksmith, is the busiest
man in town. Last year was a
banner year in his business. He
is a good blacksmith and has
large trade, both in horse shoe
ing and custom work
THE STAR GROCERY.
Every town of any size has its
exclusive grocery store and Wa
Keeney has one that is up-to-
date in every respect. Their
aim is to sell the best goods at
reasonable prices. In this store
you will find all of the best
brands on the market. They
handle Chase & Sanborn's Gel
ebrated teas and coffees, Schill-
ings spices and extracts, Helms
famous pickles and Lees Pure
Food Products, Somners Rich
ardson's fine candies. The best
brands of California canned
goods, etc. They are agents for
Yost's Celebrated -four, every
sack is warranted or your mon
ey refunded. They buy poultry,
butter and eggs and pay the
highest market prices.
HENRY MEYER
is proprietor of the Central
House another land mark of the
town. He is doing a good bust
ness and gives his patrons good
wholesome food.
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CIc Ol Oilc n1eSb uTuS SbOTSS III
western Kansas. Read his ad
on another page.
wA-KEENEY. TELEPHONE CO.,
has one of the best systems in
western Kansas. It is connect
ed with cities, east, west, north
and south The manager w. W.
Gibson takes great delight in
trying to give his patrons ex-
cellent service.
H. F. KLINE.
III. f. Kline embarked in the
real estate business here about
five years ago. He is also an alb
stracter His list of land com
prises some of the choicest tracts
in the county.
TREGO HOUSE.
j. III. Acre, proprietor of the:
Trego House is an old hand at
the business and this house is
always full to overflowing with
boarders and transients. This
is what is known as the old Farm
er's Home, one of the land marks
of the city, and it is very popu-
lar place for farmers to stop.
w. F.. STRAHAN'S
Box Ball parlor is popular
place for old and young This is
good exercise for the men who
work indoors and good for the
school boy who is studying hard.
1t is scientific game and very
popular in the large cities.
w. c. OLSON.
Is the pioneer harness maker
in Trego county. Mr.. Olson is
one of the first settlers and has
been continuously in business
for over twenty years. His
shock is the largest in western
Kansas. His son Fred is con-
nected with him in the business
and is a No. 1 harnessmaker.
SAUM & PURCELL
Saum & Purcell are attorneys
and real estate brokers. They
are agents for Close Bros. &
Cos land in Trego and Graham
counties. They have also a
large list of lands in this and
Cove county They made enc of
the largest sales on record sever
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09

Among the many thousands
who visited the centennial exhi-
bition at Philadelphia, in 1876,
was Mr.. j. F. Keeney, of Chicago,
Illinois. Attracted and aston
ished by the wonderful display
made by Kansas, as there repre-
sented, and the various favorable
comments of others on the won
derful products and resources of
that young and growing state,
Mr.. Keeney. then and there re-
solved that it should be the basis
of his future plans of action, be-
heving that there would soon set
in great tide of immigration to
Kansas, and that it would be wise
for him to get in ahead of this
immigration and secure as much
land as possible before prices
would be advanced So, shortly
after his return to Chicago, in
August of 1877, he visited Kan
sas, having invited Mr.. Warren
to accompany him. After travel
ing nearly all over the state in
speeding lands along the lines of
the different railroads he Sc
lected T'rego county as the best
adapted to carry out the plans
which he had formed of building
up in the West good town and
a prosperous community. This
county seemed to him to be most
favorable for grand enterprise
on account of it's location, good
railroad facilities, rich, fertile soil,
abundant supply of water in the
nature of springs, creeks, and two
small rivers running through the
county, beautiful rolling prairies,
abundance of fine building stone,
ime-the whole country being a
limestone formation and known
as the Golden Belt,'' so famous
for wheat raising. He secured
for his firm, Warren, Keeney &
Co., of which he has ever been
the active energetic leader, about
one hundred thousand acres of
these lands, and then went back
to Chicago to put into operation
the plans for building up and de-
veloping this new country, which
was almost unknown to the civil
lied world and was only inhabit-
ed by few hunters, trappers and
herders, with the exception of two
or three squatters on government
lands. There was nothing to OBJ
struct the view as far as the eye
could see.
WA-KEENEY
was laid out on section nine,
township twelve, range, twenty
three, being one entire section
$40 acres-and being about the
center of the large tract of land
purchased by Warren, Keeney &
Co. of the Kansas Pacific rail
way company nearly in the CEN
ter of Trego county and just half
way between Kansas City and
Denver. It was named by Mr..
Keeney and is an abbreviation of
Warren & Keeney. o. G. Gibbs
says, in the Chicago Tribune, it
means the man who pushes things.
1t was surveyed and laid out by
Messrs. Warren, Keeney & Co. in
January, 1873. The streets all
cross each other at right angles,
each street being eighty feet
wide, with the exception of some
streets by which the court house
square is bounded, each of which
is one hundred feet in width.
This town was laid out after the
most approved fashion, as War
rem, Keeney & Co. have had large
experiences in building towns,
having laid out and built several
of the suburbs of Chicago. The
town site is one of the most beau
tiful on the Kansas Pacific rail-
Way. and can be seen from ten to
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ton The regularity and beauty
of the design of it's streets have
done much to show off the place,
and it is the general remark of
every one who visits the place:
What beautiful town site .
what fine, broad streets each
being just one mile in length; it
looks more like a New England
city than Western town
The county was organized in
July, 1879, with Wa-Keeney as
the county seat. This town has
been on boom ever since it was
laid out, and still continues to
boom. It contains the finest
depot in the state, being built of
stone, after the most approved
plans of one of Chicago's best
architects. 1t is 100 feet long,
30 feet wide, and very ornamen-
tai; in fact, few Eastern cities
can boast of so fine depot. The
business of the town is repre-
scented by about twenty stores
of merchandise of all kinds. 1t
is the busiest town in Kansas.
and it is constantly adding to its
size and business. Everybody
seems to be wide awake and bent
upon making this a large town,
which, from it's fine location upon
this great through line of rail
road, half way between the two
large cities, Kansas City and
Denver, surrounded by the rich
est and best wheat land in Kan
sas, in the great Golden Belt, !"
the future granary of Kansas, is
surely destined to be, and at no
distant day will be, the largest
place between these points, as
there must be another large city
between these cities.
wA-KEENEY TO-DAY.
To-day Wa-Keeney presents a
different appearance than she
did % years ago, although at
that time there were as many if
not more business houses than
today, but not quite so large.
In giving our readers, especially
those who live at distant an idea
of what our town is, will say that
no town in western Kansas has
as pretty streets and as many
trees as Wa-Keeney. Among
the many business houses we
find the following worthy of men
ton.
TREGO MERCANTILE co.
The Trego Mercantile company
has the largest stock in western
Kansas. Their goods are all up
to-date, and this store presents
an inviting appearance, you will
find their half page ad in an
other column.
MOORE'S CASH STORE.
Mrs. T. r. Moore is the pro-
prietress of this fine store, and
her goods are all new and her
prices are as low as the lowest.
You will find her ad on another
page Read it.
A. B. JONES
A. B. Jones' implement store
is one of the largest in western
Kansas and his stock is complete
several large warehouses are
full to Overlooking with every
thing kept in a well regulated
implement house. He has a
large ad in this issue that you
should read
J. J. KERAUS.
J. J. Keraus' stand is one of
the oldest in the city. This build
ing is one of the land marks of
the town and we can look back
to the early days when it was
the only hardware store in the
city. Joe has been in the bust
ness number of years and by
square dealing and liye-and- Jet