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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-28
GUGGENHEIMS START
WORK ON BIG DITCH

Dawson, Dec. 24.-The Guggen-
helms have begun putting on men
hauling supplies for finishing the
Twelve-Mile ditch, which conveys
Twelve-Mile river over the hills sixty
miles to Bonanza and Eldorado creeks
for hydraulic mining. Two thousand
men, local Manager Chester ThOmb
announces, will be engaged next sum-
mer with six steam shovels. A heavy
force will be engaged in April finish
ing the pipe lines. Two dredges also
will be finished, making seven dredges
the company has in camp.
Several electrical lift conveyors in
lieu of hydraulic conveyors will be in
stalled on Bonanza creek Thomas
says the appropriations have been
made and hard times cannot affect
the plans.
The company's stock is not on the
market, except maybe few private
holdings issued when the individual
claims were sold are now jobbed on
the curb, but these are insignificant
compared with the whole.
The Guggenheims plan to work the
placers continually, getting back their
investment with the ever marketable
product.
Seattle will receive virtually all the
splendid output, estimated to aggre-
gate $20,000,000, coming out this sea-
son.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-28

is quick to appreciate the sublime
truth so aptly expressed In the decla-
ration of Mr.. Gladstone that the
question Of the Sunday observance is
for the masses OF the people pre-em-
inently the greatest OF all questions
Answering your inquiry as to the
progress of Sunday closing, can only
state the fact as to Kansas City. When
the grand jury was convened here in
September last over 600 retail grocer
les were open on Sunday. Now they
are closed. Every barber shop in the
city is closed. Retail merchants have
closed, except very few, who OBJ
serve some other day as Sunday, as
permitted by other statutes. The
1000 places where cigars and tobacco
were formerly sold are obeying the
law, excepting now and then on a
clandestine scale. Only three pool
halls and the theaters defy the law,
and two Of the latter have recently
closed. The credit for this result is
due largely to grand jury composed
of fearless, magnificent men,"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-28
Washington News

The attorney general has ruled that
the Seattle city party is the legal sue
cessor to the Municipal League party,
and shall go on the primary ballot.
In a holly contested election Kent
has voted to advance to city OF the
third class, by vote of LOT to 101.
The vote was large, almost as much
as at the last election.
The Welsh citizens of Seattle and
the country are planning to reproduce
at the Alaska Y ukon-Pacific exposition
one of the ancient castles so famous
in their country. The matter is now
in the hands of J. D. Jones, promi-
nent member of the local Welsh col
ony, and he is arranging to send to
Wales for the plans.
On January the Fourteenth infan-
try, that famous regiment of regulars
so closely identified with the history
of the state of Washington, will de-
part for it's third tour of duty in the
Philippine islands. 1t will proceed by
train to San Francisco, and will leave
there on the transport Sherman Jan
uary 6.
Colville has let a contract for a
sewer system.
Excavation for the federal building
at Bellingham has commenced.
Timber cruisers have found 100
ton meteorite in Whatcom county.
The livestock men in session at
Spokane have Endorsed the A.-Y.-P. ex.
position.
The state dairymen's association
met at Stanwood last week with the
largest attendance on record.
B. A. Bowen, mayor of Kent, has
become tired of his job and resigned
| w. H. Overlook has been appointed
his successor to fill out the unexpired
term.
| Four hundred trainmen of the Spo-
kane and Inland, trolley line, have
been notified that beginning Dec. 20
and until the financial condition has
improved, wages will be cut ten per
cent.
| Civil service examinations will be
held January Is in Seattle, Tacoma
and other Washington cities for vacan
cies in the position of physician in
the Indian service The salaries are
from $720 to $1,000.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-28
PRESIDENT DIRECTS
WITHDRAWAL OF To-.

Washington, Dec. 21-pr
Roosevelt today directed tho silent
drawal Of United States troo. with
toned at Goldfield. New, on Ms Sta.
December 80, next. Telegr.m oadag
which the decision to witbdran On
troops is based were given ont y. .ae
White House today. The first a. NE
date OF December II, directed f. u u
Sparks, of Nevada, and signed h. uo'.
president, reads. las
Il sent troops at your reouo..
cause from the tenor of your teloa.' W
and from the representation eida
me by the two senators from Nau aae
and the members of the lower IVY.
OF congress from Nevada, it ann use
that an insurrection was imm;na s
against which the state autboris, u'
would be powerless. The troons hs e'
now been in Goldfield ten DAYS .ns a'e
insurrection has occurred, and GU ~
ingly no circumstances exists 70 ~
tify your calling on me for actio, Jug -
the troops under the provision Of "
constitution" VIC
The following telegram was sent ).
Gov. Sparks today by the presidon.
Il have received no answer f,as
you to my telegram of December ~
in which I said that unless there u.'
forthwith further cause shown to ins
tify keeping the troops at Goldfield !
should direct their return to tbo.
former stations. I am Informed \.
the three representative of the d.
partment of commerce and labor vh.
are in Goldfield by my orders that
you have stated to them in writin.
that you will not convene the legiss
ture to consider a call for the troons
nor take the necessary steps to form
a safe military force. Their renort
further satisfies me that there is M
disturbance threatened which the gov.
ernor of Nevada ought not to be able
to control"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-28
PORTUGUESE FIGHT FOR
REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT

Lisbon, Dec. 24.-The result of the
present political crisis here may not
only determine whether a new and
better order of public administration
is to prevail in Portugal, but remote
as such change appears to the or
binary observers, whether the whole
monarchical regime shall not give way
to republican form of government.
The Republicans, small as is the in
huence they exercise at present under
the restricted suffrage which the PEG.
pie enjoy, believe that France, by ex.
posing the practices of the monarch.
list parties, has administered a blow
to the prestige of the king and the
monarchy from which it can never re
cover, and made republic near pos
sibility.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-28
UP TO FARMERS TO ASK.
Railroad Commission Will Help
They Want Bulk Shipments.

Railroad Commission Will Help If
They Want Bulk Shipments.
Olympia, Dec. 21.-If the grain
growers of Washington want to take
up the suggestion of shipping wheat
in bulk instead of sacked the state
railroad commission will lend advice
and encouragement, according to a
statement given out by the commits
sion.
This statement reviews the Tacoma
conference with exporters, millers and
traffic managers of last Saturday, and
says:
"At the conclusion of the meeting
an expression was obtained from those
present by vote and large majority
held that it was unwise and mad
visable to further agitate the change
at the present time. If change in
the system of handling is contem-
plated it is farmers question and
action should be left entirely in the
hands of the farmers
Under the circumstances the COM
mission feels that the expressed SEN
timent of so representative class of
millers and shippers should be given
great weight and respect and unless
requested to further deal with the
question the commission will be gov
erned by the expression of the meet
ing.
Since the adjournment of the meet
ing and after it's publicity as a news
item a number of communications
have have been received by the COM
mission from representative farmers
showing great interest in the move
ment and expressing in the strongest
terms the wish that the system might
be changed.
IF it is the wish of the farmers
that the matter receive further con-
sideration the commission will gladly
tender its good offices for the purpose
of perfecting the details for a series
of meetings with the farmers to fur
Their consider the matter from the
farmers standpoint, but unless this
desire is shown in substantial man.
neg by the farmers the commission
viii feel its duty to abide by the ac-
ton of Saturdays meeting"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-28
Alaska Rivers Closed to Fishing.

Washington, Dec. 81. Secretary
Strauss issued an order today prohib-
iting all commercial fishing in Nash
agak and Wood rivers, in Alaska, un-
til further notice. The gill-net fisher
men, who petitioned for the closing
Of these streams, thought at one point
during the hearings here that the law
and regulations made it impossible to
close the Nashagak. It was found,
however, that both streams could be
closed, and the order Of the secretary
followed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-28
MORE ENGLISH soNGsTERs.

Shipment Of Bullfinches, GoIdfinches
and Others Arrive at Tacoma.
Tacoma, Dec. 23.-Today shipment
of $50 English skylarks, thirty gold
finches and twenty-five bullfnches will
arrive here from England. The birds
are a consignment sent for by DR..
Charles McCutcheon, of this city, who
has undertaken to propagate English
and Irish sOngbirds in the Puget
Sound basin. The birds arrived at
Sumas several days ago, and there
the federal customs authorities
stopped them. DR.. McCutcheon was
notified that they had arrived and
that he would have to secure permits
sion from the collector of customs of
the Puget Sound district before they
would be allowed to enter. The con-
sent of the collector was at once pro-
cured, and DR.. McCutcheon received
assurances that his birds would be in
Tacoma today.
AS soon as they arrive they will be
taken to Steilacoom, where the doctor
has an aviary especially prepared for
them at his summer home. He will
keep them during the remainder OF
the winter and the first month, at
least, of spring, turning them loose
only when the nesting season of birds
is due. By following this course he
hopes to have them thoroughly re.
cuperated from the hardships of their
long voyage and injured to the diff
ferent climatic conditions they meet
with here before compelled to shift
for themselves.
The doctor is thinking of making an
attempt to enlist the help of the differ.
ent counties of the Sound and West
ern Washington region in his move
ment for the introduction of the birds,
He says considerable money is an
nually spent by the commissioners OF
the counties introducing Bob Whites
and other game birds for the benefit
of the sportsmen, and limited few
profit by the expenditure.
IF the counties will spend a small
amount of what they are now spending
in introducing game Birds" said he
recently, ''in introducing songsters
which have a worldwide reputation,
and which it has been proved will
thrive in this climate, the money SO
used will benefit the people of the
country generally. Everybody likes
to listen to bird sing, but only few
enjoy killing birds. I do not mean
to decry hunting, but the fact remains
that but very few find the time or
have the inclination to hunt"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-28
TONNES VIEW OF
ROOSEVELT STATEMENT

Los Angeles, Dec. Theodore
Roosevelt is candidate for president
of the United States despite his origi
nal statement and the reiteration
thereof" declares former Congress
man Charles A. Towne. The con
vention is to be stampeded for Roose
welt and the unanimous nomination
will compel him to accept. There
isn't any Taft candidacy and the presi
dent has known it for months. The
only candidacy that has disturbed him
is the Cortelyou one and Taft is mere
~ kept in the field to kill that and to
hold stampede votes for Roosevelt
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-28
RECLAMATION WORK,
Government in the Past Year DUO 1915
Miles of Canals.

Government in the Past Year DUO 1876
Miles Of Canals.
Oregonian News Bureau, Washing
ton, Dec. ga summation of the
work of the Reclamation Service for
1907 shows that it has dug 1916 miles
of canals, or nearly the distance from
Washington to Idaho. Some of these
canals carry whole rivers, like the
Truckee river in Nevada and the
North Platte in Wyoming. The tun.
nels excavated are Sc in number, and
have an aggregate length of ten and
three-fourths miles. The service has
erected 214 large structures, including
the great dams in Nevada and the
Minidoka dam in Idaho, 80 feet high
and $50 feet long. It has completed
$40 headworks, fumes, etc. 1t has
built Gil miles of wagon road in noun.
famous country and into heretofore
inaccessible regions. It has erected
and has in operation $50 miles of tee
phones. It's own cement mill has man
ufactured $4,000 barrels of cement
and the purchased amount is 100000
barrels. It's own sawmills have cut
3,036,000 feet B. M. of lumber, and
28, 685 900 feet have been purchased
The surveying parties of the service
have completed topographic surveys
covering 1870 square miles, an area
greater than the combined areas OF
Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Inc
transit lines had a length OF lS,sW
linear miles, while the level lines run
amount to 24,218 miles, or nearly SUI
ficient to go around the earth.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The diamond drillings for dam sites
and canals amount to 66,749 feet OF
more than IL miles. Today the service
owns and has at work 1900 horses anu
mules. It operates nine Locomotive;
Gil cars and % miles of railroad o.
gasoline engines and 70 steam engines
It has constructed and is operatlns
five electric light plants. There nave
been excavated 33,419,222 cubic yarus
of earth and 4,745,O00 cubic yards =,
rock. The equipment now opera'ss
by the service on force account ~uA
represents an investment of $1,OoO'VVV'
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-28
Minor Happenings
Of the Week

United States Senator Mallory of
Florida is dead.
According to a dispatch from London
Great Britain will soon rehabilitate
the naval station at Esquimalt and
will send a fleet to Pacific waters.
Valdez and Seward, Alaska, citizens
have sent protests to Washington
against the charges made by Gov
ernor Hoggatt about District Attorney
Harlan.
William R. Smith, a Scotchman by
birth. is about to complete his both
year as superintendent of the botan-
ical garden in Washington. He says
he has served the federal government
in the same position longer than any
other of it's employees.
If a movement started by women
voters of Colorado succeeds, two Wo-
men will be included in the Colorado
delegation to the next Democratic
convention, and one will be Mrs. Ruth
Bryan Leavitt, eldest daughter OF
William J. Bryan.
Lillias Grant Robertson, of New
York, blind girl, is studying for
grand opera.
California has made plans already
for exhibits at the Japan exposition
to be held in 1910.
The Civic Federation meeting in
New York has made strong demand
for elastic currency.
According to advices from Fair
banks, the Fairbanks Banking Com
pany, which closed temporarily from
lack of currency, has reopened.
Mrs. Theodore Wold-Birney, found
er and honorary president of the Ma
tional Congress of Mothers, died at
her home in Chevy Chase, near Wash
ington, Friday.
Ninety cents to dollar to the pan
has been obtained on the hillside
property adjoining 40 below on the
left limit of Hunker. James McAllis-
ter, the owner, has let lay, and
three or four men will be busy there.
A big celebration was held at Voll-
mer, Idaho, last week, the occasion
being the arrival of the new rail line
from Culdesac. Delegations of citi-
zens from Lewiston and other nearby
towns were present.
The committee of bankers appointed
by Gov. Hughes of New York has
made a report recommending a cash
reserve of all state banks of Is per
cent, and making it a misdemeanor
for concealment of loans.
A dispatch received at st. Peters
burg from Vladivostok declares that
the Jews have been ordered to depart
within four days. Jewish property
holders, however, have been given
eight days in which to liquidate.
France and Belgium have concluded
a convention which provides for the
maintenance of Frances preferential
rights in the Congo Independent state
after the annexation of that territory
to Belgium.
The annual convention of United
Mine Workers of America will be held
at Indianapolis beginning January 81.
]. Hamilton Lewis of Chicago has
announced that he would accept the
nomination for governor of Illinois if
it were rendered him.
February 1 has been fixed as the
date for the fight between Tommy
Burns, the champion heavyweight
pugilist Of the world, and Jack Pal
mer, of New Castle, England. The
battle will be fought at Wonderland,
White Chapel, and beside Burns title
1t will be for purse and a side bet
of $4,000.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-28
Declare Lumber Tariff Is Low

Declare Lumber Tariff Is LOW
Washington, Dec. 21.-The ln'ei
state commerce commission hs'en "
to statements and figures compilea !"
railroad officials in the hearing Oh Wv
Pacific Northwest lumber complaln' !.
The figures presented were az -. \
rates on all classes OF frelgn'' a ~
were presented to show that tne , T.
vanced rates on lumber were not 0''
proportionately high. -ov
In fact, they indicated that inc n .os
rates on lumber in many lns'an. II.
were lower than rates on otner az
cles of freight.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-28
Indian Hunt Successful,

Twisp, Dec. 23.-The large number
OF Indians who have been camped
here during the fall and early winter
hunting season. departed for the Loop
kop and their reservation homes re-
Gently. Their hunt this season was
successful, 1t taking number of pack
horses to carry the furs, skins and
Jerked meat they secured in the chase.
They will not return till next year.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-28
Tax on Coal Mines.

Washington, Dec. 21.-As ~. .sor,
to the widows and orphans OF Uni LIN
killed in explosions or perman 4
injured, Representative Lenanan' me
Pennsylvania, introduced Dill - ooot
house today calling for tax Oh s :.
q ton on all coal mined. A W. lad
of mines and mining also Is pfo"~
for in the bill.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-28
sue Federal Judge for L'De. .o

Honolulu, Dec. 23.-F M. med
an attorney Of Shanghai, mas ,rnltsd
Judge L. r. Whitley, Of tne .oc daur
states court Ii China. for $Su,uvs sut
ages Tor an alleged libel. I ,as al
had been brought IN this GU, "
Judge Whitley has retained a.
Robertson . Hi attorney.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-28
American Mail Over New Rou ';.

American Mail Over New hou loan
Dawson, Dec. 21.-The A o,er
mail is being carried this wln'ei val
the new trail between Eagle ana lions
dez, via Steele creek. In pie odiap
years the mail crossed into Uan nail
territory for q time. NO" ~ orica1
covers the full distance on ALL ~ Of
soil. Forty to fifty miles are GU
by the new route.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-28

Chicago, Dec. 2L-A warm verbal
encounter took place today at the an
nual meeting Of the Illinois Central
railroad between President Harahan
and Stuyvesant Fish. In the end the
latter secured his object and the
meeting was adjourned In the manner
in which Mr.. Fish desired. and IN 40
|cordance with the order Of Judge
Ball. to March 2. 1908.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-28
ON Rates cut.

Lincoln. Dec. 21.-The Nebraska
state railway commission today voted
70 cut Oil rates in the state 80 per
cent.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-28
Liquor Abuse Aids.

Answering your query as to the
cause Of the widespread movement
for Sunday closing, 1t seems to me,
as the abuse Of the liquor habit is
aiding the cause Of prohibition, the
open and defiant dissertation Of the
Sabbath is opening the eyes Of men
to the Importance Of Sunday observ-
ance. Then, too, the truth contained
In the statement OF Daniel Webster
that the Sabbath Is the bulwark Of
our liberties because It is the bulwark
Of our morality IL pressing itself
upon the attention Of patriotic Ameri-
cans. and the Anglo-Saxon everywhere
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-07
COMPENSATION TRAIN EN ROUTE
 FAST
Italian Who Left Tombstone for Native Land Shows Signs of Oenentia and Then Is Miss ed by Companion,

TOMBSTONE, April 6--on the 25th of March there left Tombstone, bound for their home in Italy. a couple of Italians, who expected to go there for a visit to their relatives, expecting to remain for several months, and then return here. The names of the Italians were Joe Fer dinand and Gioranni Trojilla. Every thing went we'll until they left El Paso. then Ferdinand noticed that Trojilla was acting queerly and mak- ing peculiar remarks. They took sep arate berths in a tourist sleeper out of Fl Paso, and the next morning Tro- jilla remarked to his companion that he was not going to sleep in there any more as men in there were talk ing last night and threatening to put him off the train and cut off his arms and legs. During the same day he continued to make these remarks, and that night changed his berth into another car The following day he again complained of phe men being after him and wanted to kill him and again changed his berth into another sleeper The next morning Ferdinand '" lS dudbiC AO tSdln dAlt lHluS dOOul his partner. The Pullman conductor had his ticket and the berth showed that he had gone to bed but some time during the night evidently got up from the berth and unnoticed left the train Whether he got off at some station while the train was stopped or jumped from the train while 1t was in motion is not known. but in either case had not been seen by any of the railroad crew or the Pullman porters.
 The first word received in regard to his disappearance was by Agent Westervelt of the E. P. & S. w. who received a letter from the office of the Santa Fe Railroad Company stating that they had the ticket of TrojiIla, and asking if there had been any claim made for it here by rela- tives of the men. Agent Westervelt took the matter up with Frank Payla and from him learned the facts as above stated, Ferdinand having writ ten back from New York of the ac- tions and disappearance of Trojiila, near Lawrence, Kas.
 The matter will be taken up and an effort made by friends of the man here to try and locate Trojilla. It is possible that he may have, been pick. ed up and found his way into some asylum in Kansas.