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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-29

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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-29
The Seasons Crop Outlook.

BY Agriculture
EEDING little backward account of the colo
weather plenty of time between and the las
~ of September grow crop of ALL KINDS of grain
Minnesota Dakota where most of our sprint
wheat, seeding delayed about two weeks
While unseasonaby cold in grain
rion still enough retard powng and
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-29

THE FARMER HAS USUALLY LEFT HIS FLOWING
FOR THE SPRING, AND HIMSELF IN A
BAD PREDIcAMENT.
However condition in the Canadian northwest will not
make great of difference when this years crop
The Canadian grows but small portion the total crop
wheat the opinion that the deficiency if there should be
part of the country this year, WILL HARDLY BE
NOTICED the harvesting throughout the world has been
pleted.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-29

advces that the ground in those states was nearly
all made ready to receive the seed in good time
We will have warm weather, and I don't what is
to prevent NORMAL CROP of spring wheat in
the United States.
AS regards the Canadian northwest, the reports
that this years harvest may be SERIOUSLY d.
MINISHED may have some foundation. Accord
ing to what regard authentic advices from that
region, the weather has been so cold that blowing
has been almost impossible.
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letters may be ignorant in future of the
theories and interpretations of NJ. Jusser
and. He has made an epochal contribution
to literary history and criticism. For the
treatment OF the subject matter Of the pres
ent volume the ambassador is peculiarly
well equipped. The time of the Renaissance
and of the Reformation is the theme of the
opening exposition, followed by an analysis
of the age of Elizabeth and the development
of the novel. These topics bring the author
to the time of the opening Of the civil
war. An earlier work of NJ. Jusserand,
The English Novel in the Time OF
Shakespeare" is a specific essay on the two
main themes of the present volume. That
the author has been able to throw new light
upon both, to show the relationship of the
novel to the other dominant literary in
terests in the age of Spenser, to give per-
spective to the various claims of prose and
poetry. is a signal proof of his scholarship
and his catholcity.
Possibly the most conspicuous character
istc of the present volume is the skill with
which in a period teeminS with contrasts,
with works of every conceivable variety, the
author has maintained a clear sense OF
unity The general picture of the age and
its influence in producing literature is sin
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
NEW FICTION AND NATURE
BOOKS.

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The following is a list of new books
recently added IN the PubIic Library.
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Animal Life.
Ditmars, r. L. The Reptile Book. 1907 PD.
DG35r. =
McCook, ii. G. Natures Craftsmen. 1897. OF
Ml36n. -
Morley, NJ. W. Grasshopper Land. 1877. or
Ms24g.
Roberts, c. G. d. Haunters OF the Sllences.
1907. P-Ro4Ih.
Rirds
Chapman. F. nj. Warblers OF North America.
1907. PE-C3Gw.
Dewar, g. A. b. Birds in Our Wood. 1902. PE-
DEL.
Porter Mrs. G.. $. What Have Done With
Birds 1907. PE-PS33w
o., VIZ
Outooor LlIe.
Aren Grant Science I'm Arcady. Ne,y 3D. 1897.
7 AInacs '' ~ " ' " Ne '
Ia Aiooos w r,o mn a, tho Gun. c,,.or,clo .,
Satn.e's Yea, 1909 TY Daa6I - -
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riting Plays.

From the Reader.
The average business man surveys the
ground before he invests his money. Yet
the ubiquitous playwright is often abso-
lutely ignorant of theatrical conditions.
What, then, are these conditions? And
what should the unproduced playwright
do to avoid unnecessary friction? In the
first place the manager is a business man:
he is looking for the play that will make
money. Whether this is art or not is from
the point Facts, not criticisms, illuminate
conditions. The manager generally takes
all the risk of producing a play; he pays
for the scenery the advertising, the travel
ing expenses, the theater and the salaries.
The playwright does not invest money; he
only contributes the play. So II is natural
the manager should seek On. adequate finan-
cial return. Should the author succeed in
placing a play with the manager he, too,
viii generally share in the profits. Conse-
quently, the BEGINNER must bear this COM
mercial aspect in mind, for If he wants to
interest manager his play must offer
possibilities of financial success. A play
from an unknown pen, requiring a lavish
outlay, will seldom be considered, since
manager canot afford the risk of so great
failure. simple play with simple settings,
without costumes. will appeal more strong
ly; for it must be emphasized that a man
ager invests his money In q pay before he
knows anything about it's prospects. No
one can tell what they are till an audience
sees 1t acted. And 1t is this final test,
rather than the mere outlay of money, that
is most to be considered, for the audience
is the real autocrat that makes or breaks.
AS result the manager strives to discover
what the average theatergoer wants, and
from experience the producer has made
several deductions. which. though subject
to countless exceptions, have become set
tied convictions. 1t Is these convictions
= I, hoUip CT 6ar w
audience might ultimately sustain him II he
violates them. he will not get to audi
ence unless the manager first believes in
his play.
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Flower Shows in England.
London Bystander


This is the season when village flower
shows begin. There are still many country
districts where the show is the great an
nual event, and the prizes offered for the
best allotments and gayest garden fronts
make these spots bright and pleasant to
look upon, while The workingmen benefit
greatly by the encouragement of such a
hobby. To philanthropists and students of
sociology, one very simple suggestion may
be made: Encourage horticulture in coun-
try places. teach botany in the schools,
make flower gardening an art, and vegeta-
BILE growing an industry. This will keep
more men out of the public houses and
give more people a healthy interest in life
than town dwellers would believe.
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AMBASSADOR J. J. JUssERAND.

main made more for effect than in earnest.
The monumental work of the French am
bassador to the United States can never
pancy.
1t is pre-eminently calm, scholarly and
sincere. While there is lost in this new his
tory of English literature Of which the
present volume is a part no element Of
the interest which comes from the detach-
ment of the mind of an alien in estimating
literary values, there is in this case so
strong a contrast between the personalities
of the former and the present historian that
extremes of French opinion are now acces-
sible, the latter making an impression Of
greater business. No student of English
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time roted for producing some of the finest
shad in the world. Now the catch hardly
makes it pay the fishermen for putting out
the nets. The Delaware river. the most
was in almost bad shape, but the United
States ship the Fishhawk has stocked the
river literally with the spawn. so that this
year quite an improvement was noted
The two plans must go hand in hand.
What fish there are surviving must be pro-
tected, and where the stock has almost
passed. artificial propagation must do its
work of help.
The lack of uniform laws has really made
Canada worse sufferer than the United
States. In some of our lake states the re-
strictive laws passed by state legislatures
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to exert the limit of his power to keep his
stock of fish from depletion.
Representative Shiras of Pittsburg has
been selected to present the question to
Congress. and he will find little trouble in
pressing his views. for all his colleagu
who have studied the question share them.
Action Is Timely.
1t is admitted on all sides that time has
arrived when the problem must be dealt
with. The question Is not so pressing in
the south. but in the north. especially that
section east of the Mississippi and north
Of Mason and Dixon's line, the greed of
the fish dealers has had the effect of COM
pletely destroying many noted fishing
grounds.
Thus the Connecticut river was at one
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luential body made up Of the fish COM
missioners of the United States govern
ment and of the thirty states that have
been attempting to deal with one of the
most important problems bearing on the
increasingly difficult question of food
For two years the matter of federal con-
troll has been recognized as the only Solu-
ton of the great lakes fisheries question.
but the present movement will carry this
idea a good deal further. and will give
Washinton authority over every consider
able body of water in the country that is a
supply point for fish. Minnesota and Mich
igan, recognizing the Importance of the is
sue. have already ceded their rights to the
United States.
The Canadian minister of marine has eX-
pressed himself as eager to meet the United
States government more than half way on
any proposition that can be advanced for
the good of the cause.
Some Provisions.
In exercising authority over the fish wa
ters the supply will be protected by the en-
forcement of laws as to the open and closed
season. the size of fish to be caught, the
size of the mesh of seines. SO as to let the
smaller fish escape. the methods of fishing
protection of the waters from pollution and
all the other advanced systems of saving
the finny residents of the deep from eXtinc-
ton.
National control will also have the good
handling of the question and of minimizing
the demands of the commercial fishermen
for II Is notorious fact that II Is much
easier to get concessions from corrupt state
officials than from Washington.
The movement is not planned In the in
terest of sportsmen. nor for those who sell
fish. though both will benefit largely. The
sportsmen of the country will be unit for
al such regulations as are planned. for
their one great idea is to see the game fish
OF Uncle Sans domain protected from
extinction.
But primarily the effort Is being directe
to save to the common people what should
be one Of the cheapest possible kinds Of
food.
1t costs nothing to raise fish. They do not
have to be fed. The waters In which they
live provide them all the nourishment they
need. The only cost Is to catch them and
get them to market This ought to make
them sell far cheaper than meat, and does
save in the case of trout and the game
aristocrats. At a time when the cost Of liv-
ing Is ever mounting, the poor need protec-
ton, and that 10 why Uncle Sam Is going
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r 1NCLE SAM is about to inaugurate
a battle to save the nations food
fish Already he has given the
~ subject much attention and a de-
partment of fish hatcheries has
planted in waters all over the country mill
lions of spawn and fingerlngs
But the new movement Is to be much
more systematic. 1t Will make the entire
problem of fish supply one for Washington
TO deal with AS a preliminary every state
IN the Union will be asked to concede its
rights over the principal rivers and lakes
which pass through the territory of other
states.
Thus empowered the United States gov
ernment will be able to enact uniform laws
and have authority to compel observance of
regulations that will prevent the wholesale
destruction of one of the most important
staples of our food.
The prellmtnaries to the movement were
arranged a short time ago at the meeting
of the American Fisheries Society, which
met in Erie. Pa, after having made an ex-
tensive investigation of the fish problem on
the great lakes and their tributaries.
The society found that the once teeming
supply of fish In the great inland sea is
being steadily depleted until today 1t is
not so per cent of what il was.
William E. Meehan. chief of the Pennsyl-
vania department OF fisheries. an expert
who has made life study of the subject,
announced that at the root of the trouble
lay the lack Of uniform legislation.
Nearly every state has some laws to pro-
tect the fish, he said, and there are also
Canadian restrictions. but they are not
alike, and 1t is not possible, for example,
to secure in Michigan obedience to an Ohio
statute.
To Hold Conference.
What is needed, the commissioner ex-
planned, is a conference between state. fed
eral and Canadian authorities to map out
a program that will give the fish a chance.
Commissioner Meehan was authorized to
present the case to President Roosevelt
and to the Canadian authorities. and also
to prepare for each state draft of the bills
that must be introduced into each legisla-
ture to cede control of the fish waters to
Washington. 1t Is hoped that by the time
the United States and Canada have their
conference on the subject Uncle Sam will
have obtained from all the interested states
the rights necessary to act for all.
The American Fisheries Society is an in
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their trade in American waters, so they
cross over into Canadian waters, catch
their fish and bring them iIto the United
States to be sold. But if the regulations
governing the lakes were made uniform,
this practice would he impossible.
Artificial propagation could be made to
do wonderful work I'll o""r The country,
IN fact 1t is ebsolu,4ly I.,cessaiy, if rur
waters are to be made 10 produce aS they
once did.
Some Fish Figures.
Only 1 to per cent o. The fish hatched
naturally reach maturity. and about 80 er
cent of the eggs deposited Il naturally are de-
stroyed. BY artificial hitcal1s 80 to ~ per
cent of the eggs are ha .'.h"G
Yellow perch and pick eggs yield a3
per cent, while only 10 FER c-nt CT shad
eggs are Matched. The loss of wall-eyed
pike eggs is the greatest. The hatch is
only about 60 per cent. Yet the advertdee
of artificial Matching is the enormous d'f-
ference OF co to 90 per cent, as against only
s per cent hatched in the natural way.
Out of 1000 fish naturally depos.:e l, only
SO will hatch. ard only l out of So will
each maturity. BY artificial hatchihg go
eggs out of 1000 will hatch, and wncn tie
FISH are planted % will reach maturity. o.
1sO in 1900. against one by the natural
process. Contemplation of those figures will
convince the average mind of the god
which can be done by fish culture.
1t is also hoped that by the change of
laws the United States can gain more con-
troll over deep fishing within the three-
mile limit.
The operations of the menhaden fisher
men on the Atlantic coast have long been
a source of concern TO lovers of game hsh.
for the nets set for menhaden are known to
take in quantities of mackerel, butterhsh,
aIeswives, shad and bluefish.
AS long as legislatures had the say. II
was hard for Washington to act. but now
that protection of fish is to be national
matter. the future of great source OF
food supply will be looked after in the
efficient way that Uncle Sam does things.
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BOOKS RECEIVED.
DONALD MACDONALD.

DONALD MACDONALD. BY Josephine
Holt Throckmorton. Washington
Murdock McPhee & Co.
THE DOUBLE LOVE. A Tragedy in Five
Acts. BY Arthur Dougherty Rees.
Philadelphia: The John c. Winston
Company.
THE KINGDOM OF LOVE BY Henry
Frank, author Of The Doom OF Dogma
and the Dawn of Truth" New York.
s. r.. F. Fenno & Co. Washington:
Woodward & Lothrop.
SINLESS. By Maud H. Yardley. New
York: r. F.. Fenno & Co. Washing
ton: Woodward & Lothrop.
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tions and upon the problem of crime and
pauperism can hardly be over estimated In
conclusion, the book shows what efforts are
being made to further the assimilation of
these alien elements.
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THE PRADO. A Description Of the Prin-
cipal Pictures in the Madrid Gallery.
By Albert F. Calvert and c. Gasquoine
Hartley. With 220 Illustrations New
York: John Lane Company.
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effectively and set new standards and de-
manded new measurements. But English
solidity after time settled with the ac-
Customed English molds with conviction
that the criticisms of Taine We're in the
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The Gallery Of the Prado at Madrid has
been called a congress of masterpieces
rather than a treasure house for the arts Of
the world. 1t lie. In fact. the gallery of a
or. to be more exact of a group
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gularly vivid and definite. The style of
M Jusserand-picturesque. concrete and
alluring-is no small aid in producing this
vivid impression.
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Later than almost any others Mr.. Moser
and Mr.. Max Weyl kept their studios open,
but both now have left town. Mr.. Moser
has gone to West Cornwall. Conn, and
Mr.. Weyl to Gaithersburg, Md.
LEILA MECHLIN.
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A LITERARY HISTORY OF THE eng
LISH PEOPLE Volume ii. From
the Renaissance to the Civil War.
Part l. BY J. J. Jusserand author of
English Wayfaring Life in the Mid
die Ages" etc. New York: G p. Put
mans Sons. Washington: Woodward
Lothrop.
Since the days of the History OF English
Literature by Taine. there has been keen
interest in the views OF the French upon
all topics OF Anglo-Saxon letters. The Gallo
mind Is essentially different from the
Saxon that its comment upon the familiar
present event or history. has the power of
representing the old in entirely new sig
nihcance. The brilliancy of Taine did much
by way OF making the English see them
selves, their literature and their history
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-13
INDoRSE THE TELEGRAPnERS
CENTRAL LABOR UNION AP-
PROVES THE STRIKE.
Demand for Half Holiday for Ma
chinists in District Service.
Other Business Matters.

The strike of the telegraphers held the
center of the stage at the Central Labor
Union last night, when Vice President
Beattie of the national organization was
given the floor. amid the cheering of the
delegates present. He declared that the
telegraphers had gone on strike in Wash
ington against the open shop and that 30. 900
men are out and had tied up the cables of
the world.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Beatties speech
the Central Labor Union unanimously in
dorsed the action of the operators.
Delegate McKenna of the plate printers
introduced a resolution stating that Mr..
William f. Downey had written letter to
the employers association in relation to
the building trades strike and alleged that
the latter had been so changed as to place
him in false light before the public asking
that a committee of three be appointed to
wait on Mr.. Downey and ascertain just
what he did write This motion was Wig
orously opposed by many delegates and by
a heavy vote laid on the table.
At the request of Columbia Lodge of Ma
chinists a committee of two appointed
consisting of P. ]. Ryan of the plate print
ers and James f. McHugh of the Journey
man stonecutters. to act with f l.. Adj
ans. business agent of the machinists. to
call upon the District Commissioners to en-
deavor to secure for machlnlsts in the en-
urday half holiday This matter had al
ready been laid before the Commissioners
by Mr.. Adams and adverse action taken by
them on the ground that the law does not
apply to mechanics.
letter received from Mr.. ]. M Harr
of 9th and II streets northeast asking con-
sderation at the hands of the building
trades stating that he was having a build
Ing erected at the above number and had
specified union labor only should be used
on the building. but that it now in the
hands of a member of the employers as
ISOLATION and he was helpless to enforce the
provisions of the contract. The matter
was referred to the building trades
The demand of the Central Labor Union
that the District Commissioners apply the
half holiday law to the union workmen
employed at the Districts Bryant street
pumping station has been considered by the
Commissioners, and they have reached the
granted at present. The force at the pump
ing station is small and practically made
quate to do the. work, it is explained. and
to shorten the present hours would seri-
ously affect the operation of the plant.
In the event the Commissioners obtain
increased appropriation with which to en-
poy additional workmen at the pumping
station, they say. the half holiday Satur-
day can be granted 1t is not matter Of
sentiment with the Commissioners
Capt. Kelly assistant engineer commits
siOner. acting as Engineer Commissioner
in the absence of Capt Morrow, SAID to-
day that the Commissioners received
letter from the Central Labor Uunion upon
the subject several weeks ago and since
that time the Commissioners have had the
question under Amusement.
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STABBED WIFE WHO LEFT HIM.
Begged Her to Return and Cut Her
With Penknife

NEW YORK. August l3-Ernest Wufert
and his wife agreed two years ago to live
apart. he to keep their home at 80 LAFAYETTE
street. Paterson. N. j.. and she to be free
to go her way. Mrs. Wulfert came to New
York and went to live at 265 West 18th
street with her sister, Mrs. Marie Lemothe.
who came here from st. Pierre MIquelon.
Newfoundland. Wulfert kept at his trade
IF mach.nist. Within a fortnight he began
to beg his wife to return.
Never while live. 1t was hell while we
were together. The only peace l have
known since were married ten years
ago l now enjoy" she wrote to him only
last week after he had begged and written
scores of times.
last night when the bell rang. One of til I'm
pressed the button which opened the door
downstairs few n.3mcnts later Wu'fert
entered the room.
Sophia" he said. come home: please
come home with me- silr,s'; ng his wife
aid. Wufert. the wife said. pulled cut
mis- pOcketknife and shou in; that she
could have her alternative of dealt, at
tackled her. He stabbed her In tho threat
twice Mrs. Lemothe wei to her sisters
rescue and was herself stao De in the neck
Netghbors heard the women crying cut
and as they ran in Wuifert lied. Policeman
Levin caught him In Sth ivenue after l,ur-
suing him for two blocks
The women were taken II she New Y0rl,
Hospital They will recovH: The surgeon
said that Mrs. Wulfert csc lpeI 10. t. margin
miraculously small. the alaGc passing her
jugular vein by less than quarter of an
inch Wulfert was locked up in tie West
10Th street police staff n charged with
felOnious assault.