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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-14
WARDEN KINCAID HANDS
BOARD HIS RESIGNATION

Olympia, Sept. 1.-THE resignation
of M. F. Kincaid as superintendent OF
the state penitentiary at Walla Walla
was received at the office of the state
board of control yesterday. 1t came as
a complete surprise to H. T. Jones,
the only member of the board in town,
the others being absent visiting state
institutions.
Mr. Kincaid asks that he be relieved
as speedily as possible, as he desires
to enter private employment which, he
says in his brief letter of resignation,
offers better financial returns. The
salary of the superintendent is $1,000
a year. In addition, the officer re-
ceives the use of large furnished
house, with maintenance of himself
and family.
The legislature of 1907 increased
the salaries of the superintendent of
the hospitals for the insane materially,
but made no increase in the compensa-
ton of the superintendent of the pen
itentiary. Kincaid is known to feel
that the position, with the large re-
sponsibility that goes with it, should
offer more in the way of salary. He
has not indicated to the board in any
manner the character of the employ
ment which he proposes to enter.
J. B. Smith, of Columbia county, the
present assistant superintendent of the
institution, probably will be placed in
temporary charge of the penitentiary
as soon as the board of control can
be got together to take action on the
resignation. Choice of superintend-
ent, it is expected, will be deferred
until the return of Governor Mead
from California, probably next week.
Mr.. Kincaid's home is Seattle. He
was appointed to the position in Sep
TENDER, 1906, at the instance of Gov
ernor Mead, Immediately after the
resignation of A. F. KEGS had been
called for and accepted. At that time
Mr.. Kincaid was chairman of the board
of control, to which position he was
appointed by Governor Mead when
the latter took office in January, 1905.
Prior to appointment on the board of
control Mr.. Kncaid had been employed
as locomotive engineer at Seattle.
He is the son of DR.. Kincaid. of Olym-
pia, and brother of Prof. Trevor Kin
caid, of the faculty of the University
of Washington
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-14
Reformatory Deal Closed

Monroe, Sept. 12.-Vouchers have
been received here by the land holders
who are selling to the state for the
reformatory site, for the amount of the
purchase. On signing these vouchers
and returning them to Olympia the
sellers will receive warrants for the
money due them, thus concluding the
zeal The board of managers of the
reformatory and the board of control
VIII hold a joint meeting here October
to locate the temporary buildings.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-14
Active Alaska Volcano

Nome, Sept. 1.-THE steamer Olym-
pia arrived here Thursday afternoon,
her decks covered with ashes from
the volcano on Perry island. As the
Olympia did not pass within 200 miles
of Perry island it is believed that coast
sections Of Alaska near the island are
being showered with lava and that
the volc.no is in a state of great &C.
tivity.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-14
BREWERS give UP Their
LONG fight IN KANSAS

Topeka, Kan. Sept. 7.-Seven brew
ing companies have given up the fight
in Kansas, agreeing to pay all the
costs of the case against them in the
supreme court and move out Of the
state. 1t is understood that the seven
companies must pay costs amounting
to $4,000, to be divided equally
among the three receivers of the court.
When Attorney General Jackson
started his fight there were sixteen big
companies doing business in Kansas.
All have now given up but four.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-14
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
TO Have COMPE1I10l

Chicago, Sept. 9.-The American
Union Telegraph Company. which
promises to become a strong comnet
itor of the Western Union and Postal
Telegraph companies in the telerpsub
business of the country, will open Off.
ces in Chicago in two weeks, according
to L. K. Davis, president Of the Rock
Island Construction Company. The
capital stock of the new company will
be S., 600, 600. It will be incorporated
under the laws of Maine or New Jer
sey, but the headquarters of the CON-
pany will be in Chicago. Esd
"The president and secretary treas
urer will be Chicagoans, and both are
prominent and reliable men," said
Davis.
1--WE have secured options on the
wires Of four telephone companies and
100, 600 miles of telephone wires are
available for use now in the East
West and a large portion Of the South
eve propose to construct, equip
and operate standard telegraph lines
throughout the United States, also to
lease and otherwise acquire local and
through telephone wires and use them
for the transmission of our telegraph
business, and when necessary we will
construct new lines along the public
highways and over the rights Of way
of local and through electric railways.
"By the use of our proposed new in
struments we will be able to transmit
telegraphic messages over local and
through telephone wires without inter
rupting or in any way interfering with
the telephone service, thereby greatly
increasing the earning capacity Of the
local and general telegraph companies
and reducing the cost of operation
and maintenance.
1--WE expect to put in rate OF one
cent a word. With this rate in effect
we could make splendid showing for
our company. Every business man
knows that he would send fifteen Or Or
twenty words instead of ten If it could
be done at one cent per word, and tho
cost to the telegraph company IN SEND
ing five or ten extra words in the same
message would be exceedingly sllgn4
while the benefit to the general puOll'
would be q great consideration.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-14
Equalization Board Blocked

Olympia, Sept. 12.-All work of the
state board of equalization is at a
standstill, and efforts toward Assem-.
bling data necessary in fixing the
state tax levy is blocked because OF
the failure of the authorities of Ste
vens and Klickitat counties to send in
their reports on assessments. Until
these reports are received none of the
tables can be completed, nor totals
secured upon which the work of
equalizing and of making the levy is
based.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-14
Telesraphers to Keep Contract.

Chicago, Sept. telegraph oper-
ators working under contracts with
brokerage firms and newspapers will
continue at work. This decision was
reached at a meeting of operators to
discuss a petition which had been cir
culated asking that the local execu-
tive board call out all union operators,
regardless Of contracts or agreements
signed at the beginning OF the strike.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-14
Valdez Is Flourishins

Valdez, Sept. 12.-E'ely here
from either direction arrisn inch
crowded. Valdez never nau nres
boom before. The cause Oh ". H. Of
excitement is the consllu. .osdhy,
Alaska Home railway. Weonv;ns
eighteenth anas day since opera ssf be
gan, eight miles OF roauDa and tbirte
made ready for the rails an
miles graded. .,torested
People inside are 20 stodk 81
tensely, sending in arr
scriptions.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-14
To Organize Grange.

Eilensburg, Sept 11.-There is a
strong grange movement on here now
among the farmers and it is practi-
cally assured that before the end of
the month no less than four or five
subordinate oranges will have been or
ganized in Kittitas valley.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-14
LANG Tun Yuen New Chinese Mini.te,

Picking, Sept. 1.-THE aggressive
influence of Yuan Shi Kai has been
further demonstrated. LANG Tun
Yuen, one of the Yuan Shi Kai's men
has been appointed minister to Wash.
ington and made an acting member OF
the Wal WI Pu, or board of foreign
affairs. Numerous officials have been
cashiered because of their denuncia.
ton by Yuan Shi Kai, who is fortify-
ing his position before the arrival here
of Chang Chin Tung.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-14
.ISHII Sees RI0TNG'
SERIES Of ANn.JAPANESE OUT.
BURSTS At VANCOUVER.
Visiting Oriental Immediately
Sends Account of Affair to
Representative of His Govern
ment at London-Indemnity
Demanded.

Vancouver, B. c., Sept. 9.-Follow-
ing q riot early in the evening in Van
couver, in which Chinatown and the
Japanese quarter we're raided and dam
age done approximating SIS, 900, a
further demonstration occurred in the
early morning hours. Kikujiro Ishii,
chief of the bureau Of foreign COM
MERGE and head Of the japanese con-
sular service, and Consul Saburo His
amidzu, of Seattle, we're central tg-
ures, and in the riot, which was wit
messed by the Japanese dignitaries,
numberless people we're bruised and
injured by broken bottles and flying
brick bats in the hands of the frenzied
mob.
Baron Ishii and Consul Hisamidzu
finally made their escape in a carriage
through the mob, and the affair was
Immediately cabled to Tokyo by Ishii.
Coincident with the riot was the ar
rival Of steamship having on board
at least 500 Japanese.
With common impulse the mob
snrged to the water front, and as the
Japanese came down the gang plank
they were met by the rioters. Seven
or eight of the Japanese we're uncere-
moniously picked up and thrown into
Burrard inlet, and with difficulty we're
rescued.
Still further rioting occurred Sun
day evening about ten o'clock, when a
crowd of about 5000 laborers again
started on the warpath, but we're final
ly quelled by the police after about
twenty successful arrests had been
made.
Oriental Quarter Roped Off
Chinatown is now roped off and the
quarters of the Orientals are being
guarded by the police. Baron Ishii
last night gave out an interview, in
which he stated that he had cabled to
Am bassad Kaneko at London, ap-
prising him of the string events of the
last two days. Indemnity from the
city to the amount of $25, 900 will be
claimed. Mayor Bethune declares the
indemnity will not be paid, and the
affair will be taken up with the Do
minion government. Sunday nights
rioting was the worst in the history of
Western Canada
A conference was called at midnight
between Consul Morikawa, Mayor Be-
thune and the chief of police, and it
vas determined to suppress further Ia
bor meetings. A meeting has been
called for next Thursday of the labor
element, but will not be permitted to
assemble.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-14
Famous Camp ReawakeninS

Helena, Sept. 12.-Cooke City, in
Southeastern Montana, is the Mecca
of a party of surveyors for the North
ern Pacific, and with the discovery of
rich copper ore in one of it's many
mines, the famous early-day camp bids
fair to achieve fame again.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-14
Colville Closed Tisht

Colville, Sept. 12.-Colville was
closed tight Sunday for the first time
since its establishment twenty-four
years ago. Not business house, ex-
cepting the hotels and livery stables.
was open for business.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-14
NOT TO BE ABANDoNrn
Government Dsniss Reported l,,..,
In Land Fraud C.... ~

- AAsso GIoO0 (oSea
Washington. Sept. - "rh.
absolutely no truth in the statsas y
that the government will not t .aa
prosecute the Oregon land ..'ast
cases," said Acting ATTORNEY G. .taod
Russell, when shown dispatch '. !.
Portland quoting a story rao. aoa
printed in that city. 'n'l!
LAND fraud trials will be ro.n
at an early date, / cannot sss 1ued
when, but before very long. and y as
will be pushed to definite coDa lucy
ion.
''The delay thus far has bean ),
to several causes. Mr.. Henev uas
conducted the past trials va. VINO
familiar with the pending cases -
any other official and at the tius susa
went to San Francisco he exnacte e 10
return to Portland and persou a %
handle most Of the remaining 40.
cases. His work at San Frano;" ua
has been SO extensive as to maxi 'G 70
impossible tor him personally To t.I
up the land trials in Oregon. Ns, 1.e
ally some delay was occasioned in W. -
quainting other officials with ~
facts. Then, too, towards the o, .a'
Of the fiscal year there was sborts.'
Of funds. The new appropriation =
came available July l, and, so fa, w. y.
I am aware, there is no psrticnls -
reason why the Oregon trials sbonIa
not proceed.
"There is absolutely no truth i,
the statement that there is friction ~
tween Mr.. Honey and 1.-THE departmsn,
Of JUSTICE concluded Mr.. Russell
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-14
SEATTLE MARKET REPORT
Purchasing Prices

The following prices are offered to
the producer by local dealers for de-
livery in round lots, t. o. b. Seattle,
and are subject to change without no.
tice:
Grain-Oats, $24 per ton; barley
$20@21; wheat, chicken feed, $28
T29; bran, SIS; shorts, $40; corn,
$25@26.
Hay-Eastern Washington timothy,
$40; Puget Sound hay, SIS; wheat
hay, $12@1S; alfalfa, $11.60.
Eggs-Select ranch, sac; local
ranch, 35@36c.
Poultry-Live hens, 15c per Id;
spring chickens, Ice.
Wool-EasterD Washington, 15@
10; dirty, 12@12Hc; Puget Sound,
clean, 2O@21c; timber stained, 1S
@2Oc.
Live Stock-Sheep-Wethers, 81
@6c; ewes, &c; lambs, 6@6H. Hogs,
4A@419c; Cattle-steers, $40; COWS
AVG; calves, 5000.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-14
Tacoma Quotations

Wheat-Club, 8OHc; bluestem,
821ac; red, 78c.
Poultry-Dressed-T 23c;
spring chickens, 14c; hens, 1876;
ducks, loo; $eese, 18c. Live-hens
13@14c; springs, 12c; ducks, 100
121ac; geese, 121ac.
Butter-Standard, 800, Washington
creamery, 36@37c; Oregon, SEC;
Eastern creamery, SOC
Eggs-Washington ranch, strictly
fresh, $50.
Oats,-$2S@28. so.
Hay, Alfalfa, etc.-Wheat hay, SIT
OBS; timothy, $22@24; clover, 5000
%; mixed, $4,000; alfalfa. $16@16;
straw, $1O@12.
Feed-Corn, $s0@s1; wheat, $si
@52; barley, whole grain. &24@25;
rolled. $2502e; shorts. $1,000; bran,
$17@I8.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-14
Would Fill 1888 Cars

Washington for shipment this year is
a matter of 5000, 600 boxes, each con-
tanning fifty pounds Of apples. The
fruit was grown in 81 counties, Yaki-
ma leading with 1,248, 900 trees, Che
Ian being second with 100000. The
crop would fill 1888 cars of 10000
pounds each, or make $50 trains of SO
cars each.
Packers do not pack barrels in this
country. They are too unwieldy.
Pine boxes are used and they reach
the growers and packers knocked
down"the price being 121a cents each,
to which must be added one cent fer
mailing. As rule pickers and pack
ers are paid by the day, the wage
scale ranging from 1926 to So a day,
though in some instances the pickers
are paid by the box or the entire Or.
chard, which contain from 80 to 1Os
trees to the acre. The average cost OF
picking, package and packing to the
grower is % cents, but it is not un.
usual for shippers or commission men
to buy the products of the orchard on
the trees, paying from 81 to $1.25 a
box and doing all the work.
As Washington apples are now
handled in the highest priced markets
of the world, every care is taken with
the packs, the fruit being select and
of uniform size, color and flavor.
They are hand packed after grading
and every precaution is taken against
bruising and they are free from stains
and pests. Every apple is wrapped in
paper to prevent contact.
Only the highest quality of fruit is
selected for export, and for this the
growers receive at least 81 box more
in the foreign markets than they do
the local markets, where competition
is not so keen. Bostonians will read.
lily pay the top price for big red apples,
the New York market is the best for
winesaps and Spitzenburgs, and Chi
cago wants flavor more than color and
size.
That there is ''big money in ap.
pie orcharding, an industry yet in it's
infancy in the state of Washington,
and, in fact, throughout the North
west, becomes apparent when it is
known that trees average five boxes
each per season and that in many of
the older orchards, containing from
so to 70 trees, it is not uncommon to
harvest from Is to 20 boxes.
It is not in apples alone that Wash
ingten has come to the front as q
fruit producing state. Reports COM
piled by State Fruit Commissioner
Huntley and submitted to Gov. Mead
show that IN addition to almost four
full townships of apple trees, the state
had at the beginning of last year
949, 299 plum and prune trees, 764, 956
peach trees, 500, 6sS pear trees, 243,-
$50 cherry trees, 80, OS9 apricot trees,
rs. 1852 English walnut trees, 10, 1856
almond trees and 6,98S ounce trees,
and that thousands of trees have been
planted since the statistics were gath
cred for the foregoing statement.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-14
WASHINGTON APPLES
TREES THIS YEAR ARE VERY
HEAVILY LADEN.
Five Million Boxes of Fifty
Pounds. Each Will Be Packed
and Find their Way to All
Parts of the World---Fruit In
Demand.

Spokane, Sept. 1O.-Apple pickers
in Washington orchards are having
the time of their lives. The total acre.
age is near the 1905 mark and the
trees are heavily laden and wages
higher than ever before in the history
of the industry. The crop is estimat'
ed by growers and inspectors to De
worth from So, 900, 600 to $40. 900, OOO
this season, and of this more than
SIS, 600, 600 will be paid for fruit pack ed
for export. The bulk Of the crop il
made up of Spitzenberg, Newton pip.
pins, Winesap, Jonathan and other
winter varieties, which can be shipped
anywhere, the chief districts being the
Yakima, Wenatchee, Spokane and
Prosser valleys in the order nmaed.
Much of this fruit will be sent to
the Atlnatic coast markets. and Eng.
land, Germany, Australia and the
Orient. New York, Boston and Chi
cago are the chief distributing points
east of the Rocky mountains and from
these jobbers and dealers in various
parts of the West, East and South are
supplied. The big red apple is the
favorite of Americans and Australians,
while the Englishmen are fond of the
various varieties of pippins, which also
have regulations in Denmark and Swe.
den and other parts of Europe.
The Ordway new era., 1907-12-27
Agricultural College,

Fort ColIins.-The Coiofaa'
poord of Agriculture held US y.
meeting at the college "s 60,
with ali members except ' o"a !,
BuchteI present. The building :
mittee was authorized to pioc,w ~
the erection OF the building " :, Z y
and irrigation engineering
not to exceed $4,000. .,. :, I
some special approp,in'iSS,II,, S,I,,,s y
college are tied up in the s,a, ,.,, ,
beritance tax case and The Ons ~
iborized its attorneys TO brlns a',,,l II
conjunction with other eaueas ,ss N,
stitutions of the state 10. rs. ' ,olbvs
button of this money DC
was unanimously passed. ,-,s,,tl
"RecognizIng the eonp'ittI I,,ttI
character of the farmer, .,,,,,ls ,
work, which embraces I'D ,ns,s .oIIs,e i
all the departments Of The p,o,S..st sC,.ssi Q
is 30 ably conducted by riV,.I ao,nIos
trell. this work IN ,,ior T., aui
ouires special recosnlllon, ~ - .oI.
couragement. as 1t taxes Is N. ~. o,c,l
in it's field work directly to ne nf 'ss ss
" Carrying out the pnrpose pS,, Va, y, .,
o,n,ion Professor Co'irell ", vi iu,iu
snperin,endent of farmers iso,r,s
and extension WORK 10 Ne vas ID
vision OF college work. .,a az s,rrIert1
erIy connected with the as
department. Il
The Ordway new era., 1907-12-27
Up in the Air.

With the Increase in ballooninc
there looms up n danger that will
have to be guarded against as fully as
any other that comes up with a new
method OF transportation. The owner
of n building has right to the air
above and the earth beneath his pos
session. and II an aerial ship fingers
over his habitation or his business
block 1t is apparently guilty Of tres
pass. and this may bring It's navigator
into the courts to pay the penalty for
his invasion. II he throws out ballast
and Injuries property there is Just as
much reason why he should be sued
for damages as II he had committed
the act on terra firma, He might top
pie over a chimney and cause loss OF
life, and he might do many other
things that would cause serious dam.
age during his flight through the air
Unfortunately. says Boston Budget, it
would not always be easy to identify
the reckless navigator of the windy
way. He would be a good deal like
the unprincipled automobilist who.
after causing fatal or other acci.
dent. seeks safety from prosecution in
flight. Fresh inventions are seldom
an unmixed blessing. and We cannot
even rise heavenward without being
reminded that there are people below
us that need to be protected.
The Ordway new era., 1907-12-27

A learned Daniel come to judgment
In Newark has given two decisions in
highly important cases of domestic
peace which should be historic. In a
case before him where n wife com.
planned OF her husband the New Jer.
sey Solomon decided that. while It
may be the duty of the husband to
wash the family dishes under certain
circumstances. he is relieved from that
duty when, with sinister design, the
dishes are piled up from meal to meal
upon him. He also decided that when
a husband kept only one dollar a week
out Of his wages for spending money
his wife is not justified, either NOR.
ally or financially. in suspecting him
OF leading double life. Even our
dignified judiciary thus contrives to
get a little fun out of daily life.
The Ordway new era., 1907-12-27
DENVER WINS
C0NvENIl
'e"ooRAT'c NATIONAL co.,.
TEE MAKES sslscr,o. /
UNANIMOUS.
LEADS ON FIRs1Blu,
NATIONAL CONVENTION Il
MEET IN oENveR1s n
JULY 7rH. II

Wa hington.-Denyer x,,
next Democratic national ,o.,.' NV
ana It's convention committee /,
liant over its success.
After the presentation ,,...,
iore the national committee - .s'.
ished, Dcnyer's offer Of ;I0S sss ss's !!
the most effective feature tbs
lot resulted in a vote Of 1, n, n n.
u for Louisville, 8 for Chiea,a ~, =,
for st Paul. ~
When the second roll e,r :.
menced, Alabama. at the he,1 !,
list. changed It's vote from Ior,,.
to Denver thus making IA -
should there be no other eh,p,.
Tor Denver against 2? for u. ~
candidates.
When Illinois was reported co.,
teeman Sullivan wltbdrev a..
from the race and voted for NJ,
ana other changes resulted in n,
lot summing up % for Denver vi
for Louisville.
Committeeman Woolson q, 4
tucky then withdrew LouisnT. I
moved to make the selection o. a,,|
unanimous, which was carritd
But the troubles of Denver y.r
ended. for HOke Smith. xho ~
proxy for Porto Rico, and Rep,,ys1
tive Williams and Clayton inns,sx
questioned the policy Of aceeyiy
money consideration for lccaiis 1
convention They said tia, he ID
cratic party had recently prul.is
bu Mortified at large eontrltg1m
the Republican campaign tuni;
demanded that large eontnbgta
political purposes sholld c,s
that there should be the greliss
gree OF publicity surrounding pss
contributions A cash ord II
convention looked 10 them lksiM
and II would be all the more r,'ss
siblc for the Democratic paiu .
cept anything more tom D,a'1 u
the legitimate expenses Of the dsr7
ton, because the Republican 'sszl
tee had turned down q sinilH e
of.e.. \
Tom l. Johnson sad Thons J
gart supported the proposl''oa y
cept the cash offered by Den'd' u
said II was a Legitimate business 4
osition and reminded the eos;u ~
that II there had not been a az,
left over from convention eipa', :.
ter the convention al $, Loai i. ~ Y
Il would have been euureii ~ !.
funds to commence The ~o'i v.
campaign A motion tn aseepIo., I.
actual and necessary expenses v : :
ing the convention vas LAID "a =
by vote OF 3j to II.