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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-08
Forms for Torrens Law

Olympia, June 3-The attorney gen
erals office has issued a general opin-
lon to the effect that all county audit.
ors In the state will be required to
provide their Offices width books and
blanks necessary for carrying into effect
the new Torrens land law. The Law
goes into effect June IL.
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including railways. Every
honestly managed railway will gain
and not lose by the policy. The men
more anxious to manipulate stocks
than to make the management OF their
roads efficient and honest are the only
ones who have cause to oppose 1t.
eve who believe in steady and
healthy progress stand unalterably
for the new era Of the widest publ
city, and of fair dealing on the part
of the railroads with stockholders,
passengers and shippers. We ask
the consent of no man in carrying
out this policy, but we gladly welcome
the aid of every man in perfecting the
law in its details, and in securing the
enactment and the faithful observance
of it's wise provisions.
'We seek nothing revolutionary.
We ask for such laws as in their es-
sence now obtain n the staidold COM
mon wealth of Massachusetts; such
laws as now obtain in England. The
purpose of those of US who SO resolu-
tely believe in the new policy, in its
thorough carrying out and IN Its
progressive development, is IN no sense
punitive or vindictive. We would
be the first to protest against any
form of confscation of property, and
whether we protest or not, l may add
that the supreme court could be trust
ed in any event to see that there
should be nothing done under the
guise of regulating roads to destroy
property without just compensation
or without due process Of law.
No Scheme of Vengeance
GAS matter of course we shall
punish any criminal whom we can
convict under the law; but we have
no intention of confounding the inno-
cent many and the guilty few by any
ill-judged and sweeping scheme Of
vengeance. Our aim is primarily to
prevent these abuses in the future.
Wherever evildosrs can be they shall
be brought to justice, and no criminal
high or low, whom we can reach
shall receive immunity
"The man who builds a great rail-
road and those who invest in it render
great public service; for adequate
transportation facilities are a vital
necessity to the country. We favor
full and ample return to such men !;
but we do not favor a policy of ex-
plotting the many for the benefit of
the few.
"Ample provision should he made,
the president added, ''to enable the
interstate commerce commission, by
the employent of sufficient force Of
experts, to undertake the physical
valuation of each and every road in
the country"
The president declared that the
greatest need of the country today is
moro railroads. more terinals, rolling
stock and better transportation facili-
ties generally. He said that to bring
this about millions of dollars must be
obtained from investors and to secure
this money reasonable safeguards
must be thrown around the roads and
the securities. He said it was the
intention. Of the administration, with
out doing anything revolutionary, to
do everything possible to make such
investors safe and bring about honest
and efficient railway operation in this
country, divorced from speculative
and stock gambling Wall street meth
DDS of running railroads.
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No Strike Of Telegraphers

New York, June 4. Tho threatened
trike OF 10000 telegraphers against
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany will not take place. Officials Of
the company and Samuel J. Small,
national president of the Commercial
Photographers Union Of America, have
been IN conference over the situation
affecting the operators several days,
and Small now announces there will
be no strike at the present time.
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Tacoma Quota6ons.
bluesten,

Wheat-Club, $50 q bluestem,
SIG red, $40.
Oats = 3l.5O$@32; rolled oats
$31. 5O@3S.
Hay, Alfalfa, Etc.-Wheat hay, &1s
gal; timothy, $s7@$29; mixed, $15
gao; clover, $21@2S; alfalfa, SIC
Gle.
Feed-Corn, $29; wheat, $s1; bar
ley, whole grain, $40; rolled,
$26@27; shorts, $2l@2s; bran, $40
@2O.
Poultry-Turkeys, dressed, $50;
chickens, dressed, 100; docks, dressed
80; geese, dressed, Ice. Live-Hens
loo; ducks, 1870; geese, lilo.
Butter-Washington creamery. 2sc;
fresh Eastern, acc.
Eggs-Washington ranch, 21o
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Issue Call for Worlkmen

GRAND Forks, B. @. june Great
scarcity Of all kinds Of laborers pre-
walls in this district, the ranchers find
ing it almost imponssible to secure
white men at any cost, and are en-
ploying Hindus. The railroad con-
struction is badly hampered for want
Of proper vorkmen In sufficient num-
bers.
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HAYWOOD JURY FILLED

WE'VE wen sworn to Try Charge
Against Him.
Boise, June 4.-Twelve jurors to try
William D. Haywood on the charge
that he murdered former Gov. Steun-
enberg have been finally selected and
sworn. After the oath had been ad.
mlnlstered the indictment was read
and then the bailiffs we're given charge
OF the prisoner. Judge Woods in
strcutions prohibit any communica-
tion with others except by order of
the court. Their mail will be censored
Dy the court even to NEWSPAPERS and
magazines.
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Portland, Or, June 4.-Dr. Harry
Lane, Democrat, has been reelected
mayor of Portland over Thomas G.
Devlin, Republican. He will have
about 1000 plurality. The remainder
OF the Republican city ticket is elect.
ed. The council will be almost unani.
mously Republican.
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Kuroki Party Leave. CHICAGO

Chicago, June 4.-Gen. Kuroki and
party left Chicago in special train
for Rock Island. Ills, where they will
inspect the United States arsenal.
The Japanese visitors will then 90 to
Fort Leavenworth, Kan, and then to
St Paul and Seattle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-08

San Francisco, June 4.-Prosecu'v:, :,
Francis J. Heney has admitted tna' =
order to secure evidence Of br1Dely
otherwise understandable, he had given
promises Of immunity from proseOs
tion TO the sixteen confessed bride taA
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RUSSIAN ATTITUDE
WILL OPPOSE RESTRICTION IN
NATTER OF ARMAMENT.
Is for Peace Progress and Urges
Extension of Functions of
Hague Tribunal and System
izing of Rights of Neutrals.
Attitude on Drago Doctrine.


attitude and line of action before the
Hague conference are beginning to
take shape in a series of conferences
between M. Neidloff, first member Of
the Russian delegation, his assistants
and technical advisers and officials OF
the foreign Office. A series of propo-
sitions, mainly drafted by M. De Mar
tens, the celebrated Russian expert on
international law, and second member
of the delegation, furnishing a basis
of discussion for the various points OF
the Russian program have been con-
sidered and tentatively adopted.
Whether these will be presented to
the conference depends on the attitude
of other delegations, Russia having no
desire to shape the direction which
discussions will take and which SUBJ
ject shall take precedence to the pro-
posals Of other powers whenever these
are found satisfactory.
Her Course Fully Shaped
Nevertheless, Russia has now very
definitely shaped her course on the
various important questions to be pre-
sented.
In regard to the limitation of ar
maments Russia maintains the posi-
ton laid down in it's note of March 16,
1905, and, with Austria and Germany,
is frankly opposed to any discussion of
this subject, which it still feels can
lead to no useful result.
In it's plans for the conferenhce the
Russian government lays chief weight
on the developments of the scope and
machinery of The Hague tribunal and
the international commissions of in
vestigation tablished by the first The
increasing number of cases referred to
The Hague for settlement is ample
reason in Russian official eyes for a
wide enlargement of the fur ctions Of
the Hague peace processes.
Rights of Neutrals
Russia also regards it as highly de-
sirable that the questions of maritime
ar and the rights and obligations Of
neutrals should be systematized. Rus
STA anxious that the marine powers
par excellence should participate
heartily and with good will in this
labor and that England and Japan
should not persist in their attitude of
reserve toward the discussion.
Another question which Russia
hopes will also result in International
regulation concerns the obligations Of
neutrals in supplying belligerents with
coal and similar quasi munitions of
war.
This question was of acute interest
during the Russo-Japanese war. Def
mite rules concerning the right of asy-
lum in neutral ports are also desired.
Russia has as yet made no official
announcement regarding her attitude
in regard to the Drago doctrine, pro-
posed by the United States. But the
appointment of M. Prosor, the Rus
sian authority on this question, indi-
Gates Russia's Willingness to partici-
pate in the discussion Of this subject,
if other powers more vitality interested
are willing to admit its inclusion in
the program.
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ADVOCATES FEDERAL
CONTROL OF ROADS

Indianapolis, June 1.-President
Roosevelt insists that there must be
vested in the federal government a
full power of supervision and control
over the railways doing interstate bus
mess. This is the substance of his ad-
dress here at the unwilling of a statute
to Gen. Henry W. Lawton, who was
killed in the battle of San Mateo, Phil
ippine islands, September 10, 1899.
In many respects, the president said,
he would have power exercised over
the railroads as complete as that exer-
cised over national banks by the fed
eral government. Continuing, he said:
cit must possess the power to exer-
else supervision over the future issu-
ance Of stocks and bonds, either
through national incorporation
(Which should prefer, or in some
similar fashion, such supervision to
include the frank publicity to every
thing which would-be investors Eand
the public at large have a right to
know. The federal government will
then be able to prevent, all overcapi-
talization in the future; to prevent any
man hereafter from plundering others
by loading railway properties with
obligations and pocketing the money
instead of spending it in improve
ments and in legitimate corporate
purposes; and any man acting in such
fashion should be held to criminal
accountability. It should be declared
contrary to public policy henceforth to
allow railroads to devote their capital
to anything but the transportation
business, certainly not to the hazards
of speculation.
To Discourage Manipulation
For the very reason that we de-
sire to favor the honest railroad man
ager, we should seek to discourage the
activities of the man whose only con-
Germ with railroads is to manipulate
their stocks. The business of railroad
organization and management should
be kept entirely distinct from invest
ment or brokerage business, especially
of the speculative type, and the credit
and property of the co poration
should be devoted to the extension
and betterment Of it's railroads nd to
the development Of the country ma
turally tributary tot he lines. These
principles are fundamental.
Railroads should not be prohibit
ed from securing connecting lines, but
it is already we'll settled as contrary
to public policy to allow railroads to
acquire control over parallel and
competing lines Of transportation.
Subject to first giving to the govern
ment the power Of supervision and
control, which I have advocated
above, the law should be amended so
that railroads amy be permitted and
encouraged to make traffic agreements
when these are in the interest Of the
general pbulic. as we'll as of the rail-
road corporations making them. These
agreements should, Of course, be made
public in the minutest dean dtail,
should be subject to securing the
previous assent of the intererstate
commerce commission.
Movement Comes to Stay
The movement to regulate rail
ways by law has come to stay. The
people of country have made up their
minds-and wisely made up their
exercise Q closer control
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Movement Comes to STAY

s'The movement to regulate rail
ways by law has come to stay. The
people of country have made up their
minds-and wisely made up their
minds-t0 exercise Q closer control
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LIVE STOCK CONVENTION.
American National Live Stock Asso
citation in Denver.

Denver-The American National
Live Stock Association met at the
Broadway Theater Tuesday morning
President Murdo Mackenzie called
the convention 10 order and the dele
gates were welcomed by Governor
Buchtel.
Col. W. z. Hughes. prominent cat
tleman, responded. saying that all the
world looked to the West for future
development. President Roosevelt, h,
said, had been educated by the West
and the West had elevated him to the
high position which he now holds.
Clifford Pinchot, government for
ester, was then introduced and pre-
sented the following message from
President Roosevelt:
81 extend greetings to the American
National Live Stock Association and
beg the delegates to consider the fol
lowing: In my judgment the govern
ment control of public ranges is eyi
IDENTIFY coming, and quickly coming. II
Is right that IL should. I believe Il "a
to the best interests of all users of the
public domain, including the live stock
men, that 1t should come. AS govern.
ment control of the public ranges is
one OF the fixed policies of the admins
tration, will be glad to get the ad
vice of the association as to the form
1t should take for the best interests
of all concerned"
The message was delivered verbally
by Mr.. Pinchot.
President Mackenzie then read hi,
annual address. Following are some OF
President Mackenzie's recommenda
tions:
That shippers should watch out for
their own interests and II wrong IL
done to Immediately report It to the
Interstate commerce commission.
That the stockmen should see thai
a law is passed prohibiting railroad
companies from paying any dividend,
on stock, especially watered stock. nm.
I'll they first show that their roads arc
properly equipped. The railroads. said
the president. in numerous instances
nave failed to provide cars for stocl
shipments.
That Congress be asked to gran,
power to the interstate commercs
commission to control railroads with
respect to the car supply and how n
shall be distributed.
That the government should nav ths
cost OF meat inspection.
Thnt all alaws, both state ana =,
tional shall be enforced throush ~
concerted and united sGoEts b H. 81
- n & q. ( z s <, I. & !.
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Indiana Railroad Wreck.

Terre Haute, Ind.-Big -Four accom-.
mediation train No. 3, which left Terre
Haute at $3.50 o'clock was destroyed
by the explosion Of car OF powder at
the siding east Of Sanford, Indiana, at
$3.50 o'clock Saturday night. Fifteen
persons were killed outright and the
death list is twenty-scven, with thirty
i've injured. The engine, two coaches
and baggage car OF the train were de.
molished. From the most definite in
formation obtainable, the freight train
had just cleared the main track and
had come to a standstill when the
passenger. started to pass It. Il IL
thought that the concussfoa caused By
the passenger set on the powder In
the freight car. G.. M. .Armstrone.
agent q 6aud Ford, stated thaf hc
snoosns ne eer coutaansd about m
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Hotel Burns at AuIt.

Denver.-A Greeley dispatch Tues.
day says: At $3.50 this morning the
Ault hotel. Poc's barber shop and
Henderson's harness shop in Ault were
burned to the ground. The hotel and
contents are a total loss. The guests
of the hotel fed in their nightclothes
to avoid cremation. The greater part
Of the stock in the harness shop and
some of the furniture in the barber
shop were saved. Sixty people were
asleep in the building. including the
troupe which had played in the opera
house the evening previous. By the
time the guests were awakened the
hre had spread so rapidly that the
house was doomed. and there was no
time TO save valuables or even cloth.
ing. the guests beng glad to escape
with their lives.
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Texas Re.eIee,s Bailey

austin. Texas.-United States sena.
,or Joseph w. Bailey was reelected
uh.,ed states senator in joint session
vi ,ae Legislature Tuesday by n vote
oi OIL los 10 40. The Senate gave Bailey
Iine.een rh I votes and his opponents ten.
~ ne .n nouse cast SO votes for Bailey and
DO against him. The opposing vote
was vas cast for Cecil Lyon, the Republ,.
can nominee; Governor T. M. Camn.
geil, former Representative A w
re, ,erreli and others. A proposition that
me people be allowed to vote on tho
unarges against Bailey in primary
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NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS.
New Appointments Announced by Gov.
ernor Buehtel.

Denyer.-The following appoint.
mcnts In the National Guard OF Colo
rado were announced Monday by Gov
eruor Buchtcl. With the exception OF
the Office force. they complete the ap-
pOintments In :he military department
Carleton 4. Kelly. adIutant general,
with rank OF briEadler general, 10 sue
coed Bulkcley Wells.
John Il. Goodman, Jr.. assistant I'D
iutant general.
Samuel b. Sholz. Colorado Springs.
inspector general.
Matt r. Root Of Denver, surgeon
general.
John Q. Mcdonald. Florence, mill.
tary secretary.
Colonel Kelly. the new adjutant gen.
eral. was General Wells assistant.
That he would be made adjutant gen.
eral has been an open secret for some
time. as he had the Endorsement OF
General Wells. As assistant adjutant
general he has familiarizcd himself
with every detail OF the work Of the
guard, and It is his pet ambition 10
make II second to none In the country.
Besides his knowledge OF military
technique. Colonel Kelly Is college
bred. He holds the degree OF A. b.
from Amherst. 1895. and that OF LIB.
from tho Kent Law College. 1897.
In his appointment rs aijutant gen.
cral Captain Goodman is promoted
from the position Of chief clerk, which
he has held for several years. serving
in this capacity under the adminlstra.
tion Of both Bell and Wells.
Samuel p. Sholz. reappointed In.
spector general, holds n medical degree
from tho University OF Denver. 1905,
and Is n practical military man.
Matt Il. Root, reappoin.ed surgeon
general, also holds n medical degree
being n graduate Of the University of
Colorado, Class OF 1897.
The military secretary, John O. Nc
Donald Of Florence. will enter upon his
third term in this office. He was a
student at the Rensselaer, Polytechnic
institute OF New York.
General Wells was not n candidate
for reappointment. as he found III,
work interfered with his mining bust
ness. He was appointed by Governor
Mcdonald. His term will expire AprII
first. p''
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.w1 crook CONVENTION.
colorado Cattle and Horse c'0~
Association.

no,var-The Colorado Cattie ""u
,oroo Growers Association. the hfs'
=, ,so various organizations to hold a
oonye,t,op this week. met MondaS'
pras,dent Rooseyelts stand for tho
leasing OF grazing lands was eo"
demped and Colorado's doeNca
,orsop law as It now stands was de-
nonnced Its repeal will be sought
Jobp W. Springer was elected preS''
dort succeeding l.. NJ. Ammons. Mon
day night the members of the asso''A'
tlon had a banquet.
The newly.elected officers OF the COL
orado Cattle and Horse Growers AS
President. John W. Springer Den
Vice President, James d. Hustled
Cripple Greek. pt,.o,
Treasurer-T. S. Harper River
Bend. Colorado. ., D,,,.or
Secretary. Fred P. Johnson. Denver
Under the leadership OF John W.
spripger. the new president, the mem
bers look forward TO period oil u"p''
cedented activity. ~,
Before retiring from office. fI'sl'
dent Z, NJ. Ammons took occasion TO
denounce the proposed leasing OF graz
ing lands by the federal government
MIR. Springer, the new president, IN
his address. said:
There is no use in going against the
federal administration on the fencing
OF the public lands There is man In
the White House who believes IN a
square deal and is seeking the greatest
good OF the greatest number, and the
ranchor who depends on the public do
main for his living Is going to be out
Of business In ninety days"
The morning session was opened
with an address by Governor Buchtel'
who made himself solid with the gath
erlng at once by telling them that he
can milk COW in hy time and retain
his religion, which the members &C
knowledged was a hard thing 10 do. lie
then assured them that he would do
all In his power to aid tho Agricultural
college OF the state and assist In oN'
cry way possible TO boom the cattle In
dustry In Colorado.
There Were many witty speeches n
the banquet held at the Albany hotel.
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Grand Junction Fruit Growers

Grand Junction, Colo.-The animal
meeting OF the Grand Junction Fruiut
Growers association was largely a,.
tended. Manager John F. Moore's re.
port showed that 1,152 cars were
shipped OF all kinds Of fruit, for which
.ne growers were paid s555.s1s44
me average price Of peaches was
ior,y.hve cents a box, fancy pears 81 II
anu fancy apples s1.01. The Total
BUSINESS ona OF the year amounted to ss14
voo. Fruit was shipped to twenty.
,S ,Sur states, Mexico and Quebec. All
.ne OLD directors were elected excen,
Tae. ~ manager Moore will be retained
IN charse. A dividend Of seyenteen
pn, r,aros cent on the capital stock was de.
The Ordway new era., 1907-01-25
Tidal Wave Ensulfs An Island.

The Hague.-The tidal wave which
devastated some of the Dutch East In.
dian Islands south OF Atchin, as an.
hounced January 11th. practically en-.
suiied the island Of Simalu. According
10 the latest information received here
Srinalu has almost disappeared. II Is
said that probably 1900 persons lost
.heir lives. Violent earth shocks con.
uhue to be felt daily. According to
tne brief official dispatch which first
announced the destruction wrought by
the tidal wave In some of the Dutch
East Indian islands, 300 persons per-
ished upon the island Of Tana and
forty on Simalu.
simalu Is situated OF the northwest
coast OF the island OF Sumatra.
The Ordway new era., 1907-01-25
House Pension Bill,

Washington.-The House committee
on appropriations has reported the
pension bill, carrying an appropriation
OF sl3s, ,l3S,500 for 1908. The annro.
priation for 1907 was $40, ,245. 200, In
the Dill appropriation is made for only
nine OF the eighteen pension agencies
winch now exist The committee re.
port does not specifically recommend
winch OF the eighteen agencies sbaIi
ne abolished. but is accompanied by n
letter from Mr.. Warner. commiss;onar
oi pensions, recommending nine apen,
G,es, including Des Moines, Iowa. Tho
PRESIDENT must decide which ones ,o
discontinue IL the bill passes '"
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state Board Of Agriculture.

M,nver.-The State Board OF Avr,.
thh,'ure, thn re- having charge of the AFFAIRS n,
,aao @ Iolorado State Agricultural Co,.
so, the ,a,n muia short meeting Monday in
,ne.s,r ,ne sovernor's office at the capitol The
Jrng haira was particularly noticeabIe ne ne
p"ch., s .he nrst attended by Goyernor
rpie'' den, p others present were: prasi.
Cha,an,s Chat - =. sharp. A. A. Edwards. i I T.
nvo n,u. n eugene Grubb and n IT r.
a. r.. resident Barton o. Aylesvortuh, =,
IL ps me college faculty also attsrS1a
mat mat. ..,.s y; Brush. who Il to be 4 memhs. su.
~ 10y Win the others to listen ~ eIer s.ler
m.;. = ~ neg, neeos OF the in3tItutioS. IN IN
sxes,,o ss ouslnes. q the mestinS ~, -. sns s,,s
~ iaS I sss.9sS IS bus 70 -. prsssnfsd n r.