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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
INTERCHANGEABLE
MILEAGE GRANTED

Helena, Mont, April 23.-The
Northern Pacific, Great Northern and
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific railway
companies, as result of conference
with the Montana state board Of rail-
road commissioners, granted an inter-
changeable 3d. mileage ticket at the
rate of ~ cents mile, good on all
their lines in all states west of Mime
sofa, and under certain conditions in
that state.
The parties to the agreement also
promised to use every en- 7eavor to in
duce the Oregon Short Line and Bur-
lington roads to submit to its accept
ance. The Montana commission in
calling the conference, asked for a
1000 mile book at this rate, but &C.
copied the 5000 mile proposition as a
compromise.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
MORE FRISCO GRAFT
CAPT. MOONEY SAYS POLICE ARE
LEAGUED WITH CRIMINALS.
Among Allegations Is One That
Chief Oman Is in the Pay of
Gamblers and Other Law
breakers-Worse than Bribery
Scandal Recently Aired.

San Francisco, April "a form of
corruption blacker than any yet re-
vealed in the municipal government,
a system for protecting instead of de-
tecting criminals, community Of in
terest between violators of law and
officers of the law, general plan of
cooperation from patrolmen to police
judge, these are some of the things to
which Captain of Police John Mooney
calls the attention of the grand jury.
Mooney spent almost an entire day
in conference with Special Agent
Burns and Assistant District Attorney
Heney. When he left them he said:
"Mr. Heney now has the whole story
Of police corruption as far as I know
it. will go before the grand jury
and repeat what have told Mr.. Heney.
I will be able to substantiate every
one Of my charges. I will shield no
one from the man on the beat to the
chief"
Mooney is regarded here as being
one of the men of highest integrity in
the police department. He is at log
gerheads with Chief Oman, and the
step he has taken means that one of
them must 60. Mooney says it will
not be he. While addressing his COM
pany recently Mooney sharply criti-
cised Chief Oman and the police COM
missioners.
Oman at once fled charges of in
subordination against Mooney, and
his trial has been SET In order to
block what appeared to be a scheme
to ''Dreyfus'' him out of the depart
ment. Mooney got in touch with the
graft prosecutors and has laid bare all
the corruption that has fourished in
the department.
That the chief is in the pay of gam
bling houses, disorderly resorts, dives
and disreputable places is claimed by
his subordinate. That police judges
turn loose certain women and gamblers
every time they are arrested and that
patrolmen have definite orders to close
their eyes at certain violations of law
are Included in the charges made by
Mooney.
Orders have been given by President
Roosevelt that the San Francisco graft
cases shall have the right of way in
the federal courts wherever possible in
order that there shall be little delay
in putting the boodlers in the peniten-
tiary.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
SEATTLE AGAIN One OF
GREAT COTTON PORTS

Washington, April 23.-Seattle is
again one of the greatest cotton ports
of the United States, although -situat-
ed many hundreds of miles from the
cotton belt. The Puget sound district
was actually fifth in the shipments of
raw cotton in the month of March,
and it ranked high up on the list for
the whole seven months Of the cotton
trade year. Last month the value .of
cotton exports through the Sound was
81, 4Os, 299, which placed the district
M next to New York and Savannah
in this trade, and in the lead of such
ports as Wilmington, Mobile and Sa-
bine. which are on the very edge of
the cotton fields. The increase in the
cotton trade through Puget sound is
due largely to the lower market price.
which has caused the japanese to buy
largely in American instead OF Indian
markets.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
"THE HEART OF BRUCE"

Many q mother has made the dis
covery that nothing will keep an active
child within bounds like an interest.
ing book. The mother of Gen. Lew
Wallace found that as soon as the boy
could read he was happy with a story,
and bethought herself of a long, good
one, "The Scottish Chiefs" In his au.
photography Gen. Wallace records the
fact that at first there was much halt
ing and. stumbling; the broad Scotch
names refused to be spelled; and not
until he realized that the story was
about man who was actually named
after his brother William" did the boy
become interested.
Then my brother read the won.
drous tale, and we debated it early
and late. We cried over it's sorrowful
passages, trembled while the battles
were in progress, and were genuine
Scots, whether the victory was for or
against us.
WAS such pleasure to be bottled up
for us alone? We called in our chums,
one Robert Evans, and two others,
Henderson Rawles and Wesley HARPER.
The five read the heroic chronicles to-
gether, whereupon we turned them into
play.
Each took a character. On account
Of his name, my brothers right to the
role of Sir William was admitted.
I'm deadliest earnest we went to war
with the naughty English. We made
helmets of pasteboard and swords of
seasoned clapboards. The young hazel
shoots we wove into shields.
"Sad to say, however, at last we lost
the heart Of Bruce'-a tin can loaded
with sand. My brother one day es-
sayed the part of Douglas. We found
the 'Moors' in the bend above the
town, under a grove of sturdy water
naples. Nothing daunted by their
numbers, our leader flung the sacred
relic and called on us to follow him.
We were winning a splendid victory.
The sunfowers strewed the ground.
Suddenly great growl arose before
U.S. We had not time to ask, What
now? Out of the thicket rushed the
mother of litter of half-grown pigs.
The bristles on her back were as long
as the pins on Georgia confer. and
they all stood erect.
Fright at US she dashed, and we for
got the silver case entrusted to us by
the redeemed people Of Scotland; we
ran. Presently Black Douglas and all
his peerless chivalry were high on the
limbs Of trees, and wondering when the
ferocious enemy would raise the siege.
We reached home by the directest
route, but never returned for the
heart of Bruce"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27

Washington, April PA far reach-
ing decision has just been rendered by
the interstate commerce commission,
respecting ''party rate tickets" Var
ious railroads Of the country have been
proceeding on the theory that such
tickets applied only to theatrical or
amusement companies. The commits
sion holds, however, that the transpor-
tation of such amusement companies
on party tickets would be similar to
transportation where the same num-
Der Of persons not belonging to such
companies offered to travea and that
therefore the tickets must be open
to the use Of the general public-
Messrs. Knapp and Harlan, OF the
commission, dissented from the ma
jority opinion.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
Offer. Land for Bulb Culture

Tacoma, April 4.-E. R. Roberts.
superintendent of parks, has offered
the nited States government five acres
of the Point Defiance park for use in
Bulb culture. The government has
been importing $1,000, 600 worth OF
bulbs q year from Holland, but Mr..
Roberts believes the expense may be
sa-ed and the bulbs be grown on the
Sound. He had good success with
On. 600 bulbs sent him last fall.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
Population of Everett

Everett. April 2O.-The people of
Everett are keenly disappointed with
the returns of the enumerators ap-
pointed to take the census of the
civty. The returns as canvassed show
a population of 20,456, where not less
than $4,000 were expected, as all
methods of forming an estimate have
brought from %, 900 to $4,000. How
ever, the returns entitle Everett to ad-
vancement to city of the first class,
and the second formal step to that end
ha been taken by the council in q
formal resolution.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27

Seattle, April 20.-The state board
of control met Gov. Mead in Seattle
yesterday and with him visited some
points which have been suggested as
possible locations for the proposed
state home for soldiers. Later the
board will go to Bellingham, Everett
and Blaine, inspecting the state edu-
cational institutions and looking up
proposed sites for the reformatory
which is to be located somewhere
in Snohomish county.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
His First Refusal.

A young gentlemen who had not IA
miliarized himself with the forms OF
polite correspondence, and lacked the
good sense to discover the form for him.
self. found it necessary to refuse an
invitation. The Chicago News gives
the note which he wrote:
''Mr. ]. Henry Newton declines with
pleasure Mrs. Raymond's invitation for
the twenty-first, and thanks her ex-
tremely for having given him the op-
portunity to do So"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
Rhode Island Short One Senator

Providence, R. l.. April 24.-Until
January next Rhode Island will have
but one United States senator, as re-
suit of the failure of the Republicans
in the legislature to agree on a candi-
date. The JOINT assembly adjourned
last night at The end of the eighty first
ballot, which showed that the dead
lock was as complete as before. The
contest was the most protracted and
stubbornly fought in the political his
tory of the state.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27

home In Madras,
India. Col. OlcOtt
was one of the few
white m IN who
ever wore the sa-
cred thread of the
Brahnin caste. He
won this by his
work for the re-
vival Of Hindoo
philosophy. In rec
ognition of his ser.
vices in this direc-
ton one of the
most learned pun
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27

Washington, April ga codifica-
tion Of the coal land laws, combined
with regulations for their administra-
tion. has been issued by Commissioner
Ballinger. of the United States land
Office. The lands are classified ac-
cording to value, and information as
To the price at which the government
will sell each tract is given. The
nrice varies fl ON SO to $40 an acre,
according to accessibility.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
More Russian. Will Emigrate

St. Petersburg, April 24.-Owing to
tie political and economical crisis
500, 600 Russl an subjects will emigrate
to America this year, according to the
directors of the emigration office.
Hitherto the yearly exodus has been
about 100000, of whom two-thirds
we're Jews. The percentage of ortho-
dox Russians who emigrate is increas-
ing. The director says most OF the
emigrants will 60 west to Illinois, Min
nesota. Nebraska and the Dakotas.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27

tervening sections. But to get from
one government section to another. II
Is necessary to pass over the railroad
land, and the railroad promptly ar
retss intruders. But If q sheep man
wants to rent certaina mount of IN
lon Pacific land for his fiocks. he ia
rent for the government laand between
the railroad sections-and the railroad
getst he money therefor
Within sight of the Union P,eific
main line are thousands of acres of
the best coal land in the West. There
Is chronic shortage of coal in the
Union Pacific territory. But the
Union Pacific will not give a coal op-
orator permission to cross the land be-
tween the coal and the railroad. al.
though in some cases its prospective
mines are within a hundred ieet of
the tracks. As result the coal is not
mined, the territory lacks fuel, the
railroad does not get the long haul on
thousands OF tons Of coal every day
but coal mined by the Union Pacific
itself is sold at enormous prices and
the road makes millions of dollars from
its coal property, reserving all other
coal property in Southern Wyoming
for the time when it's own mines will
become exhausted.
Offers to Give Back Part
1t has been recommended that this
coal land as we'll as other land be re.
turned to the government. In fact.
the Union Pacific has offered to return
thousands of acres of coal land if the
prosecutions for alleged fraud in OBJ
tanning the land are withdrawn.
If Mr.. Bonaparte succeeds in fore
ing the railroad to return the approx
mately 5000, 900 acres of the original
land grant which remains in the road 8
possession, it will mean the breaking
OF the Union Pacific monopoly and
the influx of thousands of homestead
ers-as we'll as the opening of enough
mines to reduce the price of coal all
over the West. 1t will be the hardest
blow ever struck at the greatest rail-
road monopoly in the world.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27

.At our church fair the other even
Ing" said Miss Woody, affecting Z
matter-of-fact tone, Il met Miss Roxie
Swellman and"
.Oh," interrupted Miss Knox. Il
never speak to her ]" ~
.Ah. you know her, then?"
enc: that's the reason never speak
- her.n-Philadelphia Press.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
Considerable.

Singleton-What have you In that
package, old man? Wedderly-An ash
receiver. It's present for my wife.
singleton-What! You don't mean to
tell me she smokes cigarettes? We'd
derly-Oh, no, but If she has an ash
receiver for me to put my cigar ashes
In it will save her the trouble Of
sweeping them up. Chicago
News
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
Tin Found Near Spokane

Spokane, April 20.-Four ledges
csrrvine tin ore have been discovered
six miles east Of the city Limits OF Spo-
kane on the line of the Spokane q In
land. one ledge has been found to
be tan feet wide and picked ore from
IL assays 10 per cent tin, while the
concentrates assay 70 to % per cent
r. M arsh, q Spokane assayer IS the
discOverer.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
Mot q Bad Gue...

''That quare-looking wagon the boss
son wuz drivin'." said Casey, els called
a 'dog-cart' wonder wat fur
81 dunno replied Cassidy, except
that mebbe 'sis bekase they've druv h
pups mostly."-Philadelphia PreaA
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
yx;.cor.;n IS Have A. Y. r. Exhibit

Madison, Wis, April s0.-ln the
senate the bill was recommended ior
passage by the committee on claims
for an appropriation for Wisconsin
exhibit at the Alaska Yukon Paclnc
axnosition to be held In Seattle. The
amount Of the appropriation Is Fixed
at t25, 600.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27

Lady Swettenham was one OF the
foremost helpers in the work of relief
among the homeless and suffering In
Jamaica. She is the wife Of Sir Alex
ander Swettenham, X. C. NJ. G., gov
ernor of the island, who brought cen
sure on himself because Of his treat
ment of Admiral Davis and the Amerl-
can marines.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27

The average girl tests her first en-
gagement ring by trying to write her
name on q pane Of glass
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27

One mans money looks . sUod q
mothers to the gold-brick peddleE.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
HoTED THEosoPHIsT DEAD.
Pass1ag Away In India Of Col. HenEy
Steel Olcott.

Col Henry Steel Olcott, who, with
Madame Blavatsky, founded the The
osophical Society, died recently at his
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27

te,n ne railroad actoually owns each al
tro 10 section on eanh side of its
As' The government owns the in
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-11-07

| This realistic
presentation OF life
on the ranch holds
| Intensely interest
| ing dramat-
ic situations and
| exciting moments,
| srousing and keep
| ing the read ers
complete attention
20 the end.
Grand Rapids
| Herald
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-11-07
Entered All the postotice at Baxter Springs
Kansas. as second-class matter.
THURSDAY, NOV. 7
CAN THIS BE TRUE!
Washington Dispatch Says
Prohibition Increases
Drunkenness.

The following Washington dis
patch says that prohibition in-
creases drunkenness, and gives a
lot of figures to prove it. If this
is true, the advocates OF temper
ance are on the wrong track. 1t
is hard to believe, but the Stats
tics say so, and it is mighty hard
to say that the figures lie. Fol-
lowing is a part of the dispatch;
we give only portion of it. for
the reason that we haven't room
for all of it:
Washington. d. c., Oct. ~
Statistics by the United States
Census Office, showing, in effect
the results of prohibition and Ii
cense on communities, in so far
as number of arrests for drunken
ness is concerned, give interest
ing food for thought to the con-
testing forces-the prohibition
lists and the advocates Of license.
One of the significant facts
shown in this official report seems
to be that the number of arrests
for drunkenness increases with
the decrease of the number of sa-
looms, and that there is the most
drunkenness, where, in proper
ton to population, the number OF
licensed saloons is smallest or
where there are no saloons at all.
Another fact shown IS that the
number of arrests for drunken.
uess in cities with no licerse Is
greater than in cities that regu
late the liquor traffic with the Ii
cense system. Rockland. Me-,
SHOWS 335 arrests for drunken
less; Danvers, Mass, has forty
light cases; Waretown, Mass.
las 1913; Tyler, Tex, has rs
asses of drunkenness. and there Is
no license in any of these p ces.
Chippewa Falls. Wis, with forty
i've saloons, shows but 132 al
'ests for drunkenness; Freniont.
Ohio, forty-three saloons and 226
>ases; Merrill. Wis, thirty seven
saloons, 167 cases; Danville. Pa.
twenty-seven saloons. l27 arrests;
Fort Madison, Iowa, twenty-six
license, 2OS arrests; Rochester, n.
H., twenty-five licenses, 100 ar
rests.
Rockland, Me-, with no licens-
ed saloons, it being in a prohibi-
ton state, heads the list with 1855
arrests for drunkenness, and Wa
tertown, Wis, with eighth-one
arrests and fifty-eight saloons,
concludes the list.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-11-07
First Published November 7, Ioc
Ordinance No. 90.

An ordinance establishing the grade OF
Sheridan street from a point at the in
tersection of Sheridan street and Grant
street east to point at the intersection
of Mann street and Sheridan street.
Be il ordained by the Mayor and Coun'
cilmen of the City of Baxter Springs,
Kansas:
Section I. That the grade OF Sheridan
,,reet in the city of Baxter. Springs. Kan
sas, from a point at the intersection OF
Sheridan street and Grant street east TO
point at the intersection of Sheridan street
and Mann street is hereby established as
follows: Said grade to be as described
entioned, set out. shown, measured and
surveyed by profile. drawn by the CITY en-
,iueer, now on file in the Office Of the city
clerk of said city, marked Exhibit a
grade on Sheridan street. hereby referred
10 and made part of this ordinance.
SEC a.. This ordinance shall take e.
ice. and be in force from and after its
publication in the Baxter Springs News.
the Official paper of said city.
Passed. approved and signed this aud
day of Eoven Der, 1907.
CHAS NJ. JONES, Mayor
Attest. GEO. c. Common.
IsRAL.l City Clerk
/, Geo. c. Conner. city clerk, hereby
certify that the above and foregoing Is a
true and correct copy Of Ordinance No.
es, as the same was passed by the Coun:
Gil at a meeting held on the and day Of
November. 1907, and as the original now
appears on file in my Office.
fsrALl GEO. c. Common.
City Clerk.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-11-07
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, that on
Friday, the 18th day of Novem'
Der, 1907, at 10 o'clock a. m,
will be at the big George Lane
farm, in the Quapaw country, in
the Indian Territory, and will
then, and there rent the farm and
hay land belonging to Mary Lane,
"a minor) for the term or period
of one year, 1908, to the highest
and best bidder. Terms of sale,
or rental made known at day OF
sale. And ! reserve the right to
reject any, or all bids.
WITNESS my hand this 5th day
of November. A. D., 1907.
A. w. ABRAMS, Guardian OF
Harry Lane, "a minor.)
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-11-07
To the Taxing Officers OF
Counties, Cities. Town.
ships, and School
Districts.

/
Nov. I, l907.-It is made the
duty of the Tax Commission, in
chapter 40S of the Laws of 1907,
to confer with, advise and d.
rect all officers who have duties
to perform under the laws re-
lating to assessment and taxa
ton.
The only practical way to
reach so large n number of Off
GERS, some ten thousand or more
is by correspondence; hence
this communication.
The Commission is, Of course,
warranted in presuming that ev-
cry assessing or taxing officer
will do his utmost to see that
the law is efficiently and strictly
enforced. With such an adj.
ministration of the law there
will be II large increase in
assessments.
1t is Il matter of commob
knowledge that, under til e
assessments heretofore made,
all kinds of property have been
more or less undervalued. In
very few taxing districts has the
assessment Of property been as
high as forty per cent. of its ac-
tual value in money. Usually
the rate has ranged from twen-
ty-fve per cent. down to ten
per cent. An assessment ut &C.
tual value in money, as the law
directs, will cause assessed val
lies to be increased val'iously
from 100 to 800 per cent.
As the legislature made no
provision for Il decrease in levies
proportional to increased assess
ments, it would seem that there
may be opportunity to increase
the amount of taxes in the sew
eral taxing districts. 1t must
be apparent to any one who
gives the subject even slight
consideration that the legisla-
ture, by providing for an in
lcreased assessment, did not in
tie d thereby to authorize in
creased taxes. On the other
hand, the intent evident
throughout the law is, that the
burdens of taxation shall be
lessrned by securing the assess
ment of property which has
heretofore escaped taxation,
and further, that the burdens
among taxpayers shall be equal
lied and made relatively more
just than they have in the past.
The Commission holds it to
be clearly the duty Of every Off
Ger who has to do with laying
taxes to see that the levy is re-
duced proportionately as assess
meuts are increased, and that
only such a percentage IN mills
upon the dollar is levied as will
raise a tax equal to, and not in
excess of, the amount t h t
could have been raised under
the assessment made last before
the taking effect of the new law.
Public sentiment will, I'M
doubtedly, sustain all officers in
such action, and will most
assuredly condemn any attempt
to increase the tax burdens.
Kindly have this letter read
by all officers who are associat.
ed with you upon any board OF
levy, and also please preserve
and read the same at the next
meeting of the board which is
convened for the purpose of
levying a tax.
By order of the Commission.
Very truly yours,
J. II. SMITH,
Secretary.