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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
OKANOCAN IRRIGATED LAND
TO BE OPENED IN SPRlNI

Seattle, Nov. 16.-The reclamaelou
service has given notice that the nls'
unit of the Okanogan irrigation plo,
ject is to be opened in the spring anu
that the area to be brought ullu''
water at that time is 3, 472 acres. :.
The secretary of the interior mas !;
sued public notice describing conoi
tions upon which the lands are To w
occupied and used. The annual cll :on
ges covering construction, operalioau
and maintenance is also explalneu o.
The part for building and works La, ="
been fixed at sos per acre, this 10 ~ ~
paid at the rate Of $50 per annun' ~. y,
some multiple thereof. The part III III
operation and maintenance ls' un',.
further notice, $1O5 per acre per a., a.
mum. The reclamation service ue %
cribes the resources and prospects ~
the Okanogan country in glo"iD0
terms.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
LARGE AREA OF STATE
SCHOOL LANDS CONTRACTED

Olympia, Nov. 17.-In two counties
alone, Spokane and Douglas, there is a
greater area of school lands under con-
tract Of sale today than there were un-
der contract in the whole state less
than four years ago.
October 1, which is the date of the
biennial report now being prepared by
Commissioner Ross, there were 214,-
355 acres Of state lands held under con-
tract of sale. These lands were sold
during past years at public auction for
gross considerations of 81, 776, 1O8.
Most of the land was sold under the
ten payment plan. So that now there
is due So, 1873, 217 on purchase price,
on which deferred payments the state
is drvatwing per cent per annum in
terest.
On October 1, 1905, the aggregate of
state lands under contract of sale was
80, 446 acres.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
INJUNCTION TO PREVENT
PAYING OF EXPERTS FEES

Everett, Nov. 14.-Injunction pro-
ceedings have commenced to prevent
the county commissioners and auditor
from issuing and the treasurer from
paying two warrants of 5000 each in
favor of DR.. J. B. Loughary, of Sc
attic, and DR.. w. T. Williamson, of
Portland, two Of the insanity experts
called by the state to testify in the
jain murder case. This action fol-
lowed refusal of the prosecuting at
torney to accept proposition Of
jain 'sa ttorneys to add to the county s
bill of expenses in thee aset he fees
claimed by experts who testified in
behalf of the defense. DR.. F. R.
Hedges, one Of the local physicians,
who was an expert witness for jain,
is the plaintiff in the case. He alleges
in his complaint that the agreement
between the states experts and the
county commissioners as to fee of
$50 day is without authority in law,
and that they should receive no sum
greater than that paid other witnesses,
viz, 81 day and mileage at the rate
of 10 cents mile.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
SAN FRANCISCO CITIZENS
GIVE WARNING TO CRAFTERS

San Francisco, Nov. 15.-At meet
ting Of citizens last night, presided
over by Mayor E. R. Taylor, resolu-
tions were passed declaring unwaver-
ing allegiance to the law and deter
mination to support the District At
torney's Office in securing the detection
and conviction of criminals, high or
low and the full protection of the
officers in the discharge Of their duty.
The resolutions also declared that if
the criminal law was found to be SO
framed as to permit the escape of
civic malefactors, the law must be
amended, and, if the lax administra-
ton of the law was due to misinter-
probation by judges, men should be
placed upon the bench capable Of con-
STRUNG the law.
The meeting last night was the most
significant that has been held since the
days of the vigilantes, and demonstrated
that public sentiment is fully aroused
and determined to bring an end to the
demoraliizg conditions of the last two
years. Fully 5000 representative citi-
zens gathered in Dreamland rink,
while almost equal number gathered
in the street in front of the building
and in the adjoining square.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
NEW TRIAL REFUSED IN
BIG STANDARD OIL CASE

Chicago. Nov. 12-The United States
court Of appeals here yesterday denied
a rehearing in the case Of the govern
ment against the Standard Oil Com
pany, in which the fine of 500, 24O, OOO
was assessed by Judge Landis.
The denial is another defeat forthe
government in the famous case, and
according to the counsel for the gov.
eminent is hard blow for the inter.
state commerce act.
The decision was rendered by Judges
Grosscup, Baker and Seaman, and sus.
tains the former ruling remanding the
case to the United States district court
for retrial.
It is believed that Attorney General
Bonaparte will take the case before
the supreme court of he United States
on a writ of certiorari. This was the
second time the United States court
of appeals had acted in this case The
case was originally taken to the appel
late court by the Standard Oil Com.
pany, after Judge Lands, in the dis
trict court, had fined the company$29,
24O, 600, following trial replete with
sensations.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
SPOKANE COUNTY TO BE DRY
OUTSIDE ORGANIZED TOWNS

Spokane, Nov. 16.-Absolute local
option in every part of Spokane
county, except in incorporated cities
and towns, will be in effect within the
next four months as result of the
township organization plan adopted
at the recent election.
Not only will each township have
the right to say for itself whether or
not it will have saloons, but under
the provisions of the law every saloon
license which has already been granted
in the county will expire ten days
after the first Tuesday in March, re-
CARELESS Of whether the time for which
it was granted has expired or not.
The law governing township organi-
zation provides that the electors of each
township shall have the power to de-
termine whether licenses shall be
granted for the sale of spirituous,
malt or intoxicating liquors in said
town; and unless majority of the
electors present and voting shall vote
by ballot in favor of granting license
in their town no such license shall be
granted to sell liquor in said town for
said year,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
HENEY SHOT
IN COURT
NORRIS HAAS, EX-CONV1CT
ATTEMPTS MURDER OF
GRAFT PROSECUTOR.
Wound Not Believed to Be Fatal.
Would-Be Assassin Later Sui
cides in Jail-Mass Meeting at
San Francisco Gives Warning
to Grafters.

San Francisco, Nov. 14.-The San
Francisco bribery graft cases had a
dramatic climax when Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Francis j. Heney, who
has been in charge of the prosecution
during it's course Of two years, was shot
and seriously wounded in the court
room by Morris Haas, all ex-convict.
The shooting occurred during brief
recess in the third trial of Abraham
Ruef on the charge of bribery, which
is now in its eleventh week.
Mr.. Heney is now in the Lane hos
pital, and the physicians say that the
wound is not fatal Haas is in the
city prison The would-be assassin is
saloonkeeper who was drawn upon
the jury panel in the second trial Of
Ruef, and, after having been Temporal
rily passed by both sides, was exposed
in a dramatic manner by Mr.. Heney as
an ex-convict and discharged from the
jury. Haas declared after the shooting
that Heney had ruined his life by this
exposure, and that he had determined
to kill him for that reason.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
FARMERS OF WALLA WALLA
TO BUILD ROAD TO COIJrMp,,

Walla Walla, Wash, Nov. 14-Fsr
mers ofW ALA Wallal county have do
cided to take over all the stock and
right of way of the Columbia & WALL
Walla Traction Company and go ahead
with the road, completingi in time
to haul wheat to the Colubmia river
next fall. The traction officers agreed
to turn the franchise, name, stock and
right Of way over to the farmers
providing they would sell stock ONLY
in this section, and not letc ontrol Of
the road go to Eastern capitalists.
Members of the old company will
take stock in the corporation of the
value Of the concern. The right Of
way is valued at $4,000. All but
eleven miles of the seventy-one miles
Of right of way have been secured.
Farmers will do the work of grading
the road, taking in payment stock in
the corporation. The farmers decided
to appoint DR.. G. N. Blalock as vice
president and general manager, and
DR.. Blalock agreed to drop all his
other business interests and devote his
time exclusively to the railroad
AS planned, the road will start at
Datyon and touch at Waitsburg, Pres
colt, Walla Walla, and then to the
Colubmia river, where it is to connect
with the open river line Of steamers.
Either steam or gasoline will be used
next fall to haul the grain, but the
company will Immediately proceed
toward the electrifying of the road
after the wheat hauling season.
The company owns power rights on
the Tukannon river, where plenty Of
power is available. Business men
have also pledged their support be-
cause Of the lower freight rates to be
secured by water competition.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
BONA FIDE LOCATION
PRECEDES RAILROAD GRANT

San Francisco, Nov 12.-It has
been decided by the United States
court of appeals at San Francisco that
the title of settler to implanted lands
on which he had located and lived with
bona fide intention did not pass to a
railroad company when that particular
section became part of subsequent
grant; that even if the settler neglect
ed to file his application at the land
office within the required thirty days
after the filing of the survey it would
be secured by a showing Of good faith.
The decision was rendered in the
appeal of John Trodick against the
Northern Pacific from the decision of
the circuit court of Montana. The
decision of the Montana court in favor
of the railroad company was reversed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
TWO CENT RATE CASES ON
TRIAL IN MISSOURI Com.

Kansas City, Nov. 12.-Renro.
tives of eighteen leading ryailrass
Grating in Missouri appeared Ia ~. op
Federal Judge Smith Mcpherson elore
and began the presentation Of ani, here
in an endeavor to prove their oo msnce
ton that the railroads are unab UI'ea'
operate at profit under the . to
passenger rate and the MAJ; cent
freight laws passed by the last l aa:,
ture The state of Missouri i ss y
defendant, and it was representa- TO 'ls
Herbert S. Hadley, the attornaS Og
eral and newly elected governor - gen. y
state. Tile
Each railroad will show its ear,;.
from the date the laws were mt li'lss
effect, and in all cases it will ho n,'o
clared, it is stated, that none If ~ We
roads have been able to operate wilt %le
profit. The state will nroa Hl'l
figures to disprove this allegation ND'e
These statistics have been gatbo,,,
after months Of careful work and tI
presentation of the evidence acco a'
ing to Attorney General Hadlev u;n
consume two months. WI
The first evidence produced in afo,.
showed that seven Of the railroads "
volved had lost money through ths
operation of the new laws, while th o
earnings of the other companies b ms
been materially reduced. '0
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
POSTAL DEFICIT FOR PAST
YEAR LARGEST IN HISTORY

Washington, Nov. 17.-Postmaster
General Meyer announces that the pos
tai decfit for the last fiscal year was
500, 278.99 the greatest in the his
tory of the country. He suggests that
as means of preventing a deficit, a
special local parcels post be inaugu-
rated over rural free delivery routes.
Postmaster General Meyer declared
that the establishment Of this parcels
post would wipe out the deficit .ulti-
mately by making the rural delivery
self supporting. The postal receipts
for the last fiscal year WE'RE $751;
47S, 66341., and the expenditures were
$2O8, 1851, $50. The receipts for the
fiscal year 1908 exceeded those of the
fiscal year 1907 by 81, 1898, 657. "a.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
TACOMA QUOTATIONS

Wheat-Bluestem, 93c; club, 88c
red, SEC.
Poultry-Turkeys, dressed, 24@25c
spring chickens, dressed, 16@18c
hens, dressed, 16c. ducks, live, 1Oc;
spring chickens, live, 1876; geese,
fresh, dressed, 1sc; squads, live, 81. so
@3 doz; dressed, $3.50 doz.
Observation-Disclosures, S4@S5c; Ore
gon, $4,000.
Eggs-Washington ranch, eandled,
As; Oregon, SOC.
Oats-$33@34; rolled oats, $34@85.
Hay, Alfalfa, Etc.-Wheat hay, GA
@15; timothy, $19@22; mixed, $16@
IT; wild, $1101s, clover, s15@1e;
alfalfa, $1201S.
Feed-Corn, 5000; wheat, 3s1@
81; barley, whole grain, 427@28;
rolled, $280S0; shorts, $s0@s1; bran,
$27. 600$28. 80.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
SEATTLE MARKET REPORT
Purchasing Prices

The following prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers for
delivery in round lots f. o. b. Seattle,
and are subject to change without no.
tice.:
Grain-Oats,$ $500 s1.oo per ton bar
ley, $25. 50@26; wheat, chicken feed,
$4,000; corn, $500.
Hay-Eastern Washington timothy,
$16@$17 per ton; Puget sound hay,
$1,000 @11.00 wheat hay, $12 alfalfa,
50. 5O@1O.5
Eggs-Select ranch, 39@41c doz.
Poultry-Live hens, 12@13c per
Id; springs, 13@14c.
Live Stock-Steers, 4I@4Hc per
lb; COWS, 3A@3Hc; wethers, 3Hc;
lambs, &c; hogs, 1880; veal, SO
7c.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
Washington State News

Bellingham has been chosen by the
commercial travellers of the Northwest
as social headquarters and monthly
dances are to be given in the future.
The new Union station at Seattle
will probably be enlarged during the
coming spring. 1t is already we'll
crowded and is not considered adequate
for the handling of the exposition
crowds next summer.
G. H. Pride, a Wisconsin capitalist,
who owns 81 900, 600 paper mill in
that state, announces that he will at
once begin work on the erection of a
81, 900, 600 paper mill in the city of
Spokane, a plant that will give en-
ployment to 1, 500 men.
Pierce county's building on the
grounds of the Alaska Y uk on Pacific
exposition next year will probably be
a reproduction of old Fort Nisqually
stockade or one of the big block houses
Of the Nisqually valley, together with
ia regulation exposition building to
be used for purposes of entertainment.
At special election to be called by
the city council some time next month
the people of Tacoma will vote upon a
bond issue for the construction of a
municipal power plant. The plant as
planned is to be constructed on the
upper Nisqually, thirty-two miles
southeast of Tacoma, will cost So, 600, :
600 and will develop 10000 horse
power.
The Spokane, Columbia & Western,
the Finland Empire SYSTEM" has OBJ
tanned so per cent Of it's right of way
between Davenport and Peach.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
has issued it's first timecard in Wash
ington, giving service from Rosalia to
Beverly, a distance of more than 100
miles.
Apple packing has been nearly fin
ished in the Waitsburg section, and
the heaviest shipments have been
made. Losses were caused by early
frost and heavy winds.
That there has been great improve
ment in the condition of the roadbed
of the Great Northern in Washington,
is stated in the annual report of the
state railroad commission.
Wenatchee valley apple shippers are
sending out about 200 cars weekly.
The market is satisfactory, though
many growers intend to hold back
part Of their crop until spring.
By order Of the health board TIT
pupils were on Monday barred from
the Seattle public schools for non-vac-
cination. The characterization society
threatens to take the matter into the
courts
For the present there will be no
change in the operation of the Great
Northern Oriental liners. The report
that the Minnesota is to be transferred
from Seattle to Vancouver, B. c., or
any other port, is denied by James j.
Hill.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
Minor Happenings
Of the Week

Capt Roald Amundsen, the explorer,
lectured ON his projected polar expedi-
ton to the king and many noted scien-
fists at meeting of the Geographical
Society at Christiania.
The cruiser Charleston, of the Pacific
fleet, sailed for San Francisco last
week, leaving behind at Honolulu thir-
ty members Of the crew who failed to
return from shore liberty in time to
sail with their vessel.
1t is the plan of the ST. Louis, Mo-
labor unions to build a magnificent
temple of labor, in which all the labor
organizations Of that city will have
headquarters and which will contain a
hall large enough to accommodate con-
ventions.
Steps are being taken by members of
he Minneapolis Horseshoers' union for
he establishment of class to study the
makeup of horses foot and it's best
treatment in shoeing, The class to run
through the winter. A competent
veterinarian will be employed for the
lectures.
The council chamber Of the Dublin
city hall was Quilted by fire last week
and the city hall itself had narrow
escape from destruction, All the
paintings in the rooms of the council
chamber. including the well known
picture of Daniel O'Connell, were
destroyed.
There were 3, TAG persons killed and
6s, 9S9 injured in railroad casualties
in the United States during the year
ended June 80 last, according to the
announcement Of the interstate COM
merce commission This is decrease
of 1886 killed and 1927 injured, as
compared with the previous year.
A general holiday was kept through
out Canada Monday in celebration of
the kings birthday
John w. Kern is out with the an
nouncement that he will be candidate
to succeed James A. Hemenway as
United States senator from Indiana. E
Traffic over the Salt Lake division
VI uIlS NoStcIu Z dClllC Id1lIOdu Was
formally opened Monday. This is a
Gould road and will be extended to the
Pacific coast.
The appointment of Count Johann
Heinrich Won Bernstorff, minister
plenipotentiary to Cairo, as Geramn
ambassador to the United States to
succeed the late Baron Spec Won Stern
berg, has been officially announced at
Berlin.
After December the money derived
by the government from timber sales,
permits for stock grazing and for
special uses of various resources in the
national forest reserves, will be de-
posted with national banks instead of
being forwarded to Washington. The
object is to keep the money available
for circulation.
The contention of the government
that the American Tobacco Company
is a trust operating in restraint of
trade and competition, in violation of
the Sherman antitrust law, was sus-
tanned in decisions handed down at
New York by Judges Lacombe, Cox
and Noyes, in the circuit court. To-
bacco common fell 80 points on the
following day.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
Standard Must Face Additional Suits

Chicago, Nov. 12.-It was annom-
ced in the Office of District Attorney
Sims, following the decision of the ap-
pellate court, that additional suits
against the Standard Oil Company of
Indiana, were fully prepared, and that
trials may be demanded within two
weeks. Two of the suits charge re-
batting in connection with shipments
on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
and two in which the Evansville and
Terre Haute railroad was the line of
shipment.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
Manila Has New Water System

Manila, Nov. 14.-Manila's new
water system, constructed during a
period of three years at an outlay of
50, 900, 900, is completed The water
was let loose Thursday afternoon at
the source of supply in the Maraquina
valley and sent coursing on it's twenty
mile journey to the city. At the in
yitation of the municipal authorities
Governor General Smith turned the
wheels which operate the dam gates,
and for the first time the mains of the
city's streets were filled from the new
supply.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21

San Francisco, Nov. 15.-The condi-
ton of Francis J. Heney is still most
satisfactory, and the attending sur
geons report that he is making excel
lent progress toward recovery. He
passed a comfortable night, sleeping
most of the time and rested easily to-
day. Although the bullet has been
located in the left jaw the surgeons
have decided not to extract it until Mr..
Heney gains more strength, as it has
as yet given no trouble. When told
of the mass meeting last night in
Dreamland rink he showed great inter-
est, and on being informed that his as
sailant had taken his own life at the
county Jail, he said:
cit is too bad he did it before giving
his reason for shooting me. -
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
Southern Water Power and Market

Columbus, Ga. Nov. 12-The plo 0r
lem Of how to harness the waterpo.a w.
of the South Atlantic and Gulf sta.os
to run the business, mills and factoi ior
Of this section, and also the brosu pts
question Of bringing Northern marc 40,
into closer touch with Southern pu
dcution by means Of inland Canals, c of
being dealt with in an important u -,
Coast Inland Waterways conven''0'
now in session here.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
Wants Half Million for Airships

Washington, Nov. 17.-Secretary of
War Wright has forwarded to the Sec
rotary of the treasury the detailed esti-
mates for the war department or the
next fiscal year. The total amount was
withheld For the purchase of aerial
machines $500, 600 is asked.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
Government to Push Case

Washington, Nov. 12.-It was stated
at the department Of justice that in
view of the large amount Of money
involved, the important questions of
law and the popular interest in the
case, the government would not rest
on the decision of the circuit court of
appeals in the Standard Oil case, but
that the case would be token to the
supreme court of the United States at
the earliest possible date. This will
be done by an application to the court
for writ of certiorari. The applica-
ton to the court for writ will be sub
mitted November 80.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
To Electrify More Steam Roads

Philadelphia, Nov. 12.-Close on
the heels of the announced electrifica-
ton Of the Pennsylvania railroad from
Harrison, a Newark suburb, to Long
Island City, comes the official state
ment that the system from Manhattan
and Jersey City to Philadelphia will
also be electrified and that the running
time between New York and Philadel-
phia will be reduced one hour.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
Assistant Attorney RESIGNS

Valdez, Nov. 12.-Harrison B. Mar
TIN, assistant district attorney at VAL
dez, who came here from Seattle this
1aii, has wired his resignation to the
attorney general. Friction between
Martin and District Attorney Crossley
Is believed to be the cause of his leav-
ing Office.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
Russell Named as Seattle Postmaster

Washington, Nov. 17.-President
Roosevelt has signed the commission
of George F. Russell to be postmaster
at Seattle, succeeding George Stewart
recently removed Russell was rec
commended by Senator Piles
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
Change in Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Nov. 14.-It is reported
here that President A. j. Earring, of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad, will succeed Roswell M iller,
chairman Of the board Of directors,
and that ii. r. Williams, of Seattle
will be Mr.. Earling's successor.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
HENEY'S ASSAILANT SUICIDES
IN SAN FRANCISCO JAIL

San Francisco, Nov. 14.-Morris
Haas, who attempted to assassinate F.
J. Heney, has committed suicide by
shooting himself with pistol he had
concealed when he came into prison or
which was afterward supplied him.
It is reported that Haas made con-
fession and named the persons who had
induced him to shoot Mr.. Heney, but
District Attorney Langdon declines to
say who was implicated.