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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-03-15
MORE ABOUT ORCAS ISLAND FRUI I

and extend the time of delivery to Jan.
Is, 1908.
Now, the foregoing is fact, but l
conjecture some of the following. The
thirty days asked for was the pre-
Jude to the story. In the course of
Mr.. Jewett's remarks to Mr.. Randall,
he let drop the remark that he might
have the whole bunch condemned. Mr..
Randall asked him if he had not al
ready accepted them, and he said no
more. But straws tell plainly how
the wind blows. 1t is the sad state of
affairs, which we know exists. That
the inspector is in the habit of get
ting tips" from big corporations,
even here at home, and "Old Sodom"
can not reasonably be expected to be
very much ahead of us. AS our bar
gain was accepted at home, we feel
pretty sore over this affair. 1 call it
an outrage. l would like someone to
explain why, on it's return, was our
shipment dumped in Seattle? Some
one yet will be apt to pay the fiddler
after all the music stops.
Now, l want to congratulate "The
Ranch for appearing, and undoubted-
ly is, unbiased in this matter. I want
my name on the subscription list of
your paper. l beg to advise every
rancher to help support a paper which
will be in spirit and in truth ranch
er's forum. No paper can face two
ways, be supported by ads, of the
trade and give the producer square
DEAL
Even a newspaper can't serve two
masters. I would like to see some
one paper supported entirely by the
rancher. l think that the organized
fruit growers all over the state should
combine in the support of some Horti-
cultural Magazine which would publish
all available reports on crop and mar
ket conditions in each issue, and send
out an extra sheet if fluctuations are
violent. All such news is left to the
trade, and the producer is in most
cases entirely ignorant of conditions.
Something is radically wrong when
producers get SOC to Use per box for
fruit which retails in nearby markets
for from $3.50 to $3.50 per box.
Yes, we have a beautiful group of
islands, with long summer of bright
days and cool nights. Dame Nature"
is not to blame if we do not market
good fruit, and if THAT San Francisco
Shipment" will cause our growers to
sit up and take notice it will be the
best sold fruit that ever left our coun-
ty. Our possibilities are enormous.
do not believe any spot in the whole
world is more favorable for fruit-grow-
ing, all points considered, than San
Juan County, Wash.
BEN. E. HARRISON,
Secretary San Juan Co. Fruit Grow
ers, Association.
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please mail one as sample copy to Mr..
W.. M. Fuchs, Marble Falls, Tex. He
wrote to me about truthful information
regarding the Sound country, and do
not know of anything better than that
number of your valuable paper. Am
trying hard to get more subscribers for
The Ranch. ERNST BURCHARD.
Harmony, Wash.
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Editor The Ranch:

Editor The Ranch:
In a recent issue of your valuable
paper you expressed a wish that some
one on Orcas Island would write the
facts concerning that Inflated ship
ment of San Juan County apples to
San Francisco. AS | am one of the
interested ones, and for fear the chance
to make known the bare facts to the
public might pass by, I take it upon
myself to write this article, all of
which 1 can verify on the witness
stand if necessary.
Early in October, Hunt, Hatch & Co.
sent an agent into our county, in the
person of a Mr.. Crabb, who started
buying for them from Independent
shippers Mr.. Crabb met Mr.. Randall,
manager of our Association, and en-
tered into negotiations for purchase of
the remainder of the stock our Asso-
citation had on hand. Mr.. Randall in
vited Mr.. Crabb to meet with the
Board of Directors called together in
special session. This meeting resulted
in the sale of six thousand boxes of
special varieties to be delivered by
the first of December, 1907. Mean
while Mr.. Crabb kept on buying from
the independent shipper and collected
for his first shipment to San Fran
cisco about three thousand boxes of
apples in that way.
At about this time, early in Novem-
Der, the banks suspended specie pay
ment, and the consequent stagnation
of business followed.
At this juncture Mr.. Crabb was re-
called and Mr.. Jewett, of Hunt, Hatch
& Co., came up from San Francisco
to take charge Of their interests here.
This first shipment consisted of three
lots: about three thousand boxes of
independent shippers stock, about two
thousand boxes Association stock, on
consignment, and about one thousand
boxes Association stock on contract.
All these lots were inspected and re-
ceived by Mr.. Jewett, who, on his
return to San Francisco instructed Mr..
Randall to draw time drafts on the
Bellingham Bank for each lot as they
were delivered on the home wharf. Mr..
Jewett asked for thirty days time
for Hunt Hatch & Co., to make the ex-
change from the Anglo-CalifOrnia Bank
of San Francisco from whom we hold
a letter of recommendation for Hunt,
Hatch & Co.; also a quotation from
Bradstreet's Commercial Exchange rat
ing them as CAL" All this stock was
shipped from Hunt, Hatch & Co. (local
wharf,, to Hunt, Hatch & Co., San
Francisco, and paid for before they
left the local wharf. This thirty day
draft was accepted conditionally-that
Hunt Hatch & Co. take the entire re-
naming stock (of named varieties),
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Editor The Ranch:

Editor The Ranch:
I am very much interested in the
improvement and success OF The
Ranch, and am every ready to help it
along by word or deed. The Pacific
Coast Condensary Co. could well af-
ford to give every patron of their sew.
eral condensaries an Easter offering OF
years subscription to The Ranch.
L. X. COGSWELL.
Chehalis, Wash.
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Editor The Ranch: Please find en-
closed subscription price for one year,
for your paper. I accidentally re-
ceived the Feb. list issue. | am inter-
ested in logged-off land. l would like
to have back numbers since Feb. 1.
J. r. WELLS,
1O1 Van Buren, St., Chicago, Ill.
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Editor The Ranch: l would like to
know in your next issue of The Ranch
if sweet potatoes can be grown sue
cessfully in the Puget Sound country.
G. r. WILCOX.
Box 8, Clear Lake, Wash.
Will some of our readers give their
experience? Ed. The Ranch.
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Editor The Ranch: If you have any
copies of the November Is issue left,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-08
NeedIeMork Notes.

A thin silk, or one that trays easily
can be cut cut better if laid between
sheets Of thin paper and the pattern
cut through paper and material TO-
gether.
To strengthen shirt buttonholes,
stitch them round with cotton after
they are finished. They viii then last
much longer and not tear away from
the material
To make scallops on embroidery
wear we'll first stitch the edge Of the
scanops and also above same in the ma
chine, using coarse thread and long
stitch. then embroider Before washing
cut OFT the scallops, and after washing
cut Oft al loose threads. If these di-
rections are followed the edge will not
fray.
In sewing buttons on the every day
clothes of children it will save the
mothers trouble to stay each button in
the first place with small piece of the
material or with stout piece of mus
lin IL the garment is not an outer one.
Cut little squares just about the size Of
the button. put il On the inside of the
spot where the button is to go: take
the stitches through 1t and then hem
down the edges all around so they viii
not fray. 1t is always better TO make
a stem in sewing on button. as If it
is sewed tightly it viii more easily tear
our the material. Take loose stitches
and then wind them On the right side
with the thread four or i've times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-08
Doe. "A vacation PayY

What a difference there is in what
two people bring home from a vaca-
toni One comes back tired, disguised,
bored. He has spent his money and
doesn't feel that he has much Of any
thing In return. Another comes back
all radiant with the riches which he
has drunk in and absorbed during ev,
cry moment Of his vacation. He comes
back rejuvenated, refreshed, inspired
new creature, with a new grip upon
life The cobwebs, the brain ashes
have been swept away from his jaded
brain. He has been made over anew.
Life means more than ever before
His dimmed ideals have been brighten
ed and sharpened, his ambition renew.
ed. Ask him II a vacation pays, and
he will ask you, In turn. II II pays the
grub to throw off its ugly shape and
blossom out into a butterfly; IL 1t pays
a rosebud to open up its petals and
fling out its fragrance and beauty to
the world.
When you go into the country, make
up your mind that you are going into
Gods great gallery of charm and beau
ty to enjoy yourself and to see what
you can get out Of 1t. Resolve that you
win come home laden with riches that
no money can buy; that you are going
tc extract from the landscape
the mountains, the valleys, the fields
and the meadows-a wealth which does
not inhere in the dollar.
Learn to drink in beauty and health
at every pore Try to realize that the
flowers, the grass. the trees, the brooks,
the hills-the charm and beauty every
where-are Gods smiles, that they are
for him only who can appreciate them
who can respond to them, who can ap-
propriate their message They cannot
be bought; they belong only to him who
can enjoy them.-Suecess Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-08
Health and Beauty Hints.

Never begin a journey until good
breakfast has been eaten.
Don't fidget. One hour Of fdgety
movements will set your nerves flying,
Half teaspoonful of table salt dis
solved in a half-glassful of cold water
will give instant relief iii case of
heartburn.
Malic acid is peculiarly helpful to
the body and apples pears, plums,
peaches, cherries all contain it. To
matoes also contain it,
Potatoes (the old Standby contain
all the inorganic elements of the body
except fiuorine They contain a guam
tity of potassium salts-good for nerve
and muscle.
Salt water is good for the scalp, the
eyes, the face, the nostrils, the whole
body. Use salt properly and plenti-
fully and-paradoxica as it may
seem-you will remain ever fresh.
Take dozen deep, slow breaths a
dozen times a day through the nose
and exhale through the mouth. and &c
do this properly You viii have no IN
due tightness of the dress anywhere
Moist hands may be made more com
Portable BY washing and brushing them
In TEND water In which few grains
of alum or a few drops of aromatic
sulphuric acid have been dissolved
Dry them with rough towel and dust
the palms with talcum powder.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-08

But it rapidly increases, asd very sooa
the crying and fretting of the baby.
if pin scratches or the clothing
presses unduly in any part, afford ami
pie proof that this sense is we'll sAs-
veloped.
Taste and smell are present early.
but do not become at all acute or On
eliminating until after infancy is pas&
Infants are not born with thets
eyes shut, but they might as well be-
for they are blind as kittens. They
appear to distinguish between dayfgm
and darkness, and a child few weeks
old is evidently interested when &
bright object is moved before NM eyer
but it is two or three months before
the child evidently recognizes face
even its mothers. This is through no
fault of the eyes, but is due to the
fact that the brain is not sufficiently
developed to record and interpret what
the eyes see.
The newborn child is deaf as well
as blind, but usually notices loud
noises by the middle or end of the Sec
ond week The direction from which
a sound comes seems to be recognized
about the end of the third month. 1t
is some time after that-anywhere
from two weeks to two months later
before the baby can distinguish diff
ferent sounds or recognize it's mothers
voice. Babies like noises, if they are
not too loud or too sudden, and they
are particularly pleased with rafting
or jingling sounds, especially if they
are more or less rhythmic.
By the end of the first half-year an
infant Will show pleasure On hearing
music, especially singing, although
humming ON a few notes will usually
give it as much pleasure as actual sing
ing.
A child's movements at first are
without significance or reason, and its
kicking, clinching of fists and making
faces seem to be merely instructive ex-
ercise of its new muscles, just as its
crying serves to expand its lungs. 9th
er motions are reflex or instructive, and
purposefu muscular movements are of
course not made until the brain is suf-
ficiently developed to order them
Youths Companion.
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SOME STATISTICS OF CRIME.
Figures OF Prison Population that
Furnish Food for Thought.

Figures OF Prison Population that
Furnish Food for Thought.
A bulletin issued by the Census Bu-
prison population of the country that
are startlingly suggestive, says the In
dianapolis News. The statistics are OF
June 20, 1904, when the total popu-
lation of the country was estimated to
be S1,301, S4S. At that time the coun-
try had 1887 penal institutions, includ-
ing four United States civil prisons,
sixty-seven State prisons and State and
county penitentiaries, fourteen reform
atories for adults, seventy-one munich
pal prisons and warehouses and 1,lS1
county jails. At the date named these
various prisons contained S1,T12 In
mates, an average of 1905 per 100000
of population. The average seems APP
pallingly large, but 1t shows an I'M
provement over 1890, when it was 1915
per 100000 of population.
There is some consolation in the fact
that, appalling as the aggregate of
crime appears, the percentage of GRIM
inals to population is not increasing.
This might be due to remissness In the
enforcement of law, but we are at least
permitted to hope that 1t is not the
case the moral trend of the times being
toward stricter instead Of laxer enforce
ment of law.
1t appears that Of the total number
of prison inmates on June so, 1904, H.
269, or 941a per cent, were males, and
4503, or 51a per cent, were females AS
there is no great difference In the num-
Der of males and females in the coun-
try, the figures indicate clearly that
crime is much more prevalent among
men than among women.
On June "a, 1904, there were in the
United States ninety-three institutions
for juvenile deiinquents between the
ages of Z and 81 years These institu-
lions, included reformatories, reform
schools truant schools-in fact, all
kinds of prisons, places Of detention
and religious agencies for juvenile de-
linquents At the date named they con-
tanned 23,034 inmates, Of whom 1855
were In the Catholic protectory at
Westchester, n. Y.
The number of inmates in all kinds
of institutions for juvenile delinquents
increased from 14,S46 on June 1, 1890
TO 23,O34 on June 80, 1904. This was
a gain of SIS, or $50 per cent On
its face, this is not encouraging, though
1t may be due to the fact that there
were more institutions for juvenile de-
linquents in 1904 than there were in
1900, and more activity in arresting and
confirming them
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-08
DOOM OF THE WANDLE.
The Stream Where Izaak Walton
Fished Is in Danger.

The Stream Where Izaak Walton
Fished Is in Danger.
That great River Wandle-"the blue
transparent Vandalis" of Pope-the
stream where old Isaaz fished for trout
marked with marble spots like tor
toise"-the river which even now is the
most perfect epitome in beauty and in
filth of big brother Thames-may be
doomed, says the London News It's
fate hangs upon a mere hundred or
two Of votes. Ii can be killed or kept
alive just as parliament chooses when
the River Wandle protection bill comes
before our legislature in the course Of
the present year.
But while gentle fishermen and quiet
gardeners have always poetized about
the river, men of the world have fought
about it, we'll nigh from time immemo-
rial. III 1909 a deplorable scheme was
set on foot for taking one-tenth part
of the water between Croydon and
Waddon Mill and conveying it by ca
nails and underground pipes to the city
of London for the benefit of Chelsea
College, but so loud was the cutlery,
seeing that at that date the river turn
ed twenty-four corn mills, that the
scheme had to be abandoned and by
an act Of James l. the necessary water
was taken from Hackney marsh. Even
at the beginning of the seventeenth CEN
fury there seems to have been none
too much water iii the river.
Again in 1899 a determined attempt
was made by certain financiers and en-
gineers to destroy the river at blow
by diverting its waters into a canal be-
tween WaLdsworth and Croydon. Once
more, however, the Wandle escaped by
reason of it's great commercial utility
and the quaint Surrey Iron Railway"
with grooved rails and tiny trucks
drawn by horses, took the place Of the
proposed canal.
But the Wandle is still a force and
treasure. 1t may be neither quite so
beautiful nor quite so useful as a hun
dred years ago, yet the man who has
stood on the bridge at Carshalton and
watched the crystal waters slip past
the arches to spread below into calm
pools or soak silently through broad
beds of cress, or who from the bridge
In Wandsworth High street has watch
ed the stained and sullen current glide
slothfully toward the Thames must be-
lieve that the River Wandle has still
place in the world.
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DANlE5 ~
"a. AT1IQA
sE5Af 9<BQB
6~ktYmSr ~SoNQu

In dresses stripes are used in any
way that ones taste may dictate.
All styles of coat suits are being
fashioned of linen, crash and the pop
ular pongee.
Silk muslin gowns with cloth hens
continue the rage for heavy finishes
for the bottoms of skirts.
1t appears this summer as IL every
other woman had entered into the game
Of Button, button, who has the but
tou?''
Collars, ties and belts are of The ut
most Importance with the shirt waist
suit, whose simplicity demands the
greatest nicely in all Of its accessories.
The ribbon chain, with slides of
either rhinestones or diamonds, is now
the climax Of stylish accessories. The
ribbon is a half-inch black moire and
from it may depend vanity box, watch
or other ornament.
Though the extreme Sheath" dress
will not admit of any petticoat, petit
coats are now in the market for the
more moderate style. 1t is made on
the circular style so that there will
be no fullness at the hips or the knees.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-08
CHAPTER XNI.

She had flung herself over the cliff
That rusting noise was the sound of
her gown as it brushed against the rushes
and Seeding frs that clothed the precpice
with verdure. He looked over the cliff
and saw her lying among the rocks, a
white motiouless figure. manglcd and
crushed. dumb and dead. his victim and
his accuser.
His first impulse was to fii2g himself
over the edge where she had cast away
her life minute ago; but common sense
ovcrcame that movement of despair. 4
few yards further toward the point the
side of the cliff was less precipitous.
There were jutting lodges a rock and
struggling bushes by which a good climber
might let himself down TO the beach. not
without hazard. but with fair chance of
safety. As he scrambled downward he
saw a fisherman's boat shooting across the
bay. and he thought that his wife's fall
had been seen from the narrow strip of
sandy shore yonder toward Beaulieu.
She was lying down on her side among
low wet slabs of rock, the blue water
tapping round her. There was blood upon
her face. and on one msngled arm from
which the muslin sleeve was ripped. Her
gown had caught In the bushes, and was
torn to shreds and the water flowing so
gently in and out among her loosened
hair was tinged with blood.
Her eyes were wide open. staring Wild
IL. and they had CLASSY look already.
He knew that she was dead.
did You see her tall?" he asked the
men in the boat. as they came near.
"No," said one. 81 heard the gulls
scream and I knew there was something.
And then I looked about and saw some
thing white lying there. under the cliff"
They lifted her gently into the boat
and laid her on folded sail at the bot
tom. as gently and SIS tenderly as if she
were still capable of feeling, as if she
were not past cure. George Ransome
asked no question, invited no opinion.
He sat in the stern OF the boat, dumb and
Quiet. The horror of this sudden doom
had paralyzed him. What had he done
that this thing should happen. this wild
revenge of a woman's passionate heart
which made him a murderer: What had
he done? Had he not been patient and
forbearing, indulgent beyond the common
indulgence of husbands 10 fretful wives
Had he not blunted the edge of wrath
with soft answers? Had he not been af-
fectionate and considerable even when love
was dead? And yet because OF one hard
speech. wrung from his irritated nerves.
this wild creature had slain herself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-08
Hints for Preserving.

Ir selectisg fruit the greatest care
should be taken to see that it is not
oyerrripe.
A cheesecloth bag will be found use
full in straining the fruit through the
colander.
The best jelly bag is long one made
Of flannel, which is made in a point at
the bottom. ....
Plenty of sugar makes rich and lusci-
Gus preserves and makes the fruit keep
much longer.
Jelly glasses without fitted tin Or
glass tops can be covered by pieces of
writing paper.
These pieces should be dipped in the
unbeaten whites of an egg and pasted
at once over the glass.
Berries that have been picked more
than twenty-feur hours are too old to
make good jellies and preserves.
The first consideration is a rreserv-
ing kettle of brass polished until lust
rous and with no stain Of fruit.
This should never be squeezed in
order to hasten the dropping or dis
coloration of the fruit will result
Porcelain kettles should be discarded
as soon as they commence to crack and
tin, iron or pewter should never be
used
This is the sort Of vessel used by the
old-fashioned housewife and the jellies
OF our grandmothers have never been
equaled.
To prevent jars from cracking when
the hot preserves are poured in them,
set ON cloths dipped in cold water and
partly wrung out.
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German science announces that ev-
erything needed to make man weigh
and yolks Of 1900 hens eggs. Reduced
to fluid, the average man would yield
ninety EIGHT cubic meters of illuminat-
ing gas and hydrogen, enough to fill a
balloon capable of lifting 155 pounds.
The normal hnman body has in it the
iron needed to make seven large nails,
the fat for fourteen pounds of candles,
the carbon for sixty-five gross of cray
ons, and PHOSPHORUS enough for 800
COO matches. Out of it can be obtained
besides twenty coffee spoons of salt,
fifty Jumps of sugar and forty-two
Htres Of water
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A0ono0o0~

A baby In a family, especially the
first baby, is a source of amending en-
tertainment. Nothing is more delight
full than to watch the gradually in
creasing signs OF intelligence as the spe-
cial senses develop one after the other.
and to see the mind unfold as the body
enlarges and grows apace.
The first of the senses to be devel.
oped is that of touch. This is present
at birth, although it is not very acute.
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Never were children's dresses NOR

Never were children's dresses more
captivating in quaintness or originality
than they are to-day. From the SIM
plest little bishop dress to the min
iature editions of Japanese armholes.
trim princess panels and absurd but
thoroughly delightful coats and frocks
that boast the one-piece body. and
sleeve, they have an air Of distinction
and grace quite ASSOCIATED from elabu
rate trimming and handsome materials.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-08
Revival of Jet.

Jet is having great revival and all
he old time bracelets, brooches, combs,
chains and necklaces are being used
again. Women who have not brought
such trophies forth from long hiding
would better do so before their vogue
wanes again.