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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-14
TAFT PLANS
OUTLINED
WHAT THE NATION MAY
EXPECT FROM THE NEW
ADMINISTRATION.
rresldent-Elect Looks on Repub-
hcan Victory as Approval of Ad-
mnnlstration--Need Is Now for
Legislation for Prompt Discov-
cry and Punishment of Evils.

New York, Nov. 9.-The World
prints a dispatch from it's staff cores.
pondent travelling with President Elect
Ia1t' dated from Cincinnati, to whom
MI. Taft gave statement forecastinp
what tie ration might expect from
him as its representative. It saws in
part:
Ihe Republican victory means pri-
MARTY that the Roosevelt administra-
ton is approved by the American peo-
PIE. In the enormous business deyel
opment OF the last twelve years there
crept in corporation abuses. lawless-
ness OF the great corporations among
the railroads, and infidelity to financial
trusts. There came among the people
a moral awakening, quickening of
pupllc conscience, and the exponent Of
that feeling-the man who led public
opinion and who guided it's oppression
was Theodore Roosevelt He asked
congress to help him with needed leg
lslatlon, and it did, and in a few short
years steps have been taken to stamp
out these abuses. A change has come
over our great business corporations
and railroads that is hard to oyeresti-
mate.
There is more to be done along this
line, not SO much in the way of orig
mating correctional legislation, for
the path has been blazed, but in the
development of machinery for the eff
clent enforcement Of the measures now
on the statute books, and some legisla-
tlon making certain, exact and prompt
the discovery of corporate evils and
their prompt and just correction and
punishment.
Great cOrpOrations-callt them trusts
if that is the proper term-when con-
Quoted within the law are considera-
BILE part of the force that makes for the
prosperity of the country. am in IA
vor of combinations Of capital, just as
l am in favor of combinations of labor,
when these combinations are rightly
conducted.
my record on labor, my attitude
toward labor, were misrepresented
from the beginning of the campaign.
believe that I convinced intelligent
labor men Of the country that I had
been misrepresented. proved to them
that, far from being an enemy of the
workingman, I was not only his friend,
so long as he conducted himself within
the law, but that further, while on the
bench, in an opinion, laid the foun-
dation for a prosperous and effective
labor union as it is conducted today"
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Staying OF THE "MUGGER."


A crocodile is~an unpleasant object,
whether he Is regarded as harmless
habitant Of the marshes or as man.
eating terror Of the ''plashy" banks Of
some Indian river. The animal does
not improve on closer acquaintance,
such as is gained through the account
given by James Inglis in sport and
Work in the Nepaul Frontier" Mr..
Inglis's experience deals with the "mug-
GER" or square-nosed crocodile. Once
RECALLED with the flavor of human flesh,
the mugger takes up his stand near a
ferry or bathing-place, and many a
woman or child falls victim to his ap.
petite. Says the writer: j.
1 remember shooting one CHASTITY,
scaly old villain. He made tank his
home, and several women were carried
off by him. The villagers asked me 20
rid them Of their foe. 1 rode to the
tank, and found great excitement on
the banks. The mugger had captured
a woman some hours before.
I cut away some bushes, and found
that the alligator was not in the hole
which he had excavated on one side of
the tank. We drove down stakes to
prevent his hiding in this hole, and
then 1 sat down under a gOOlar-tree to
wait.
Suddenly, close by the massive post
which marks the center of the tank,
huge, scaly snout slowly and almost
imperceptibly rose to the surface, and
a broad, forbidding forehead, topped
by two fishy eyes, with warty looking
callosities for eyebrows, came into
view.
Just then an eager urchin pointed
out the brute. It was enough. Down
sank the loathsome creature, and I had
to wait for another hour.
1t was the middle of the afternoon
and very hot. I was getting drowsy
when, right in the same spot, the re-
pulsive head rose once more to the sur
face.
had my trusty rifle to my shoulder
on the instant, but just then only the
eyes Of the brute were visible. A mo-
ment of intense excitement; then, en-
boldened by the stiffness, he showed
his head above the surface.
1 pulled the trigger, and ball crash
ed through the monsters skull, scat
tering the brains in the water, and ac-
tually sending splinters of bone to the
opposite side Of the tank, where my
little Hindu boy picked them up.
There was mighty agitation in the
water. The water-lilies rocked to and
fro, and the broad leaves glistened
with the water-drops cast on them.
Then all was still. Hearing the report
of my gun, the natives came f1ocking.
1 departed, giving instructions that /
was to be informed when the body rose
To the surface This it did in three
DAYS. The carcass measured nineteen
foot
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~~~~~

A Common Experience.
TOO much rain we have had" said we,
Days and weeks of it, mornings and
nights,
Little of summer indeed has come,
The sun withheld its grandest lights;
Then we had few most exquisite days,
And saw the work of the diligent rain,
The hedges were covered with flowers, but
the road
Grew dry and dusty and hot again.
The world drank much, is it thirsty still?
We asked in wonder, as every day
The foliage lost its beauty of green,
And was dry and dusty and brown and
grey;
Until one morning it rained again
And refreshed the things that were
growing faint,
While the wild flowers laughed and lifted
their heads,
And the trees at the roadside ceased
complaint.
And this is like my life! I said,
How have I longed for the kiss of the
sun!
But 1 cannot bear it without the rain.
If the sun shone only, my life would
end;
But the gentle rains are like hands that
are cool.
They touch me, and I am strong again.
o God, whom 1 thank for the sunny
warmth,
thank Thee, too, for the clouds and
the rain.
Marianne birmingham.
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Staying the Mind on Christ.

Our minds are bound to be possessed
by something. They are dominated, all
the time, by one interest or another;
with some, it is material of different
sorts with others it is intellectual in
terests, social interests, or physical ac-
tivities. But possessed and controlled
the mud is bound to be, by something
and it is for us to choose that some
thing, if we will. Happy is he who
chooses and persistently cultivates in
terests that are inexhaustible in their
richness, and that grow better and
more interesting as he is the more
completely possessed by them. Wretch
ed is the one who let's his mind be at
the beck and call of any vagrant inter-
est that may wish to come in and take
possession! If we will let the Creator
Of our minds choose our interests for
us, we need fear no unfriendly possess
sion, for his is the power of casting,
down imaginations, and bringing ev-
cry thought into captivity to the ODE
dience of Christ" LET this mind be
in you which was also in Christ Jesus
our Lord"
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CATERERS VAIL OF WOE.
Why the Chase Of Epicurean Novel
ties Is OF Little Avail.

Why the Chase of Epicurean Novel;
ties Ia OF Little Avail.
An uptown caterer, his name a
household word among the jeunesse
doree and the beau esprits, the bizarre
and passe, the blase and everybody but
the ''caviare," whispered to me at the
Mug House Clubs latest convivium {:
You may think catering is an easy
job, and you might be nearly right If
We who are in the business to make
a clean living were not continually
forced to keep on the still hunt for
novelties to please the satiated palates
and bursting pocket books of some of
our customers. l pay three men good
salaries to invent new dishes for peo-
pie who don't know what they are
when set before them. Nearly every
thing is waste. The average swell din
ner is begun on wine and finished on
wine, and there is wine all between
the beginning and the end. To be very
frank, everybody is too drunk to know
what is on the table. 1 might as well
give them corned beef and cabbage. or
beef-and"
Newport knows our friend even bet
ter than New York, for he owns cot
tages there which he lets to the BRAN
dy-and-soda element Of the old aris-
tocracy and the gin-fz quick-richers
Of the proletariat, says New York
Press writer. Several years ago." he
said, "a young millionaire, trying to
cut a caper with his inherited wealth.
gave barbecue at his farm, a few
miles from society's capital. The big
noise was whole roasted wild boar.
shipped from the Black forest. We
stuffed it with squirrel, rabbit, roast
ing ears, chicken, quail, snipe, orto-
lans, woodcock, potatoes and some deli
cate soft CLAIMS. never prepared any,
thing finer or more novel. We named
it the Trojan herse, in alIusion to the
horse filed with soldiers
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everyday" four times in "every week, !"
yet only once in year? The letter
E.
make his will? Because he will then
have his leg-at-ease. Qegatees).
Why is a mirror like an ungrateful
friend? Because, although you may
fleet on you.
What is the difference between a Cos
sip and her looking glass? The former
talks without reflection; the other re-
fleets without talking.
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RfddIe-Ma-Ree3

Which is the hardest of all soaps
Cast steel (Castile).
When does man always have brown
hands? When he's tand 'em driving.
why should butchers be avoided?
Because they steel knives and cut away
with them.
WHY is a false friend like the letter
p? Because he is always first in pity
and last in help.
When could you use handkerchiefs
In building house? When they be-
came brick (cambric).
What is that which occurs twice In a
moment and not once in q hundred
yearsl The letter NJ.
What = that which 9Icurs tUica in
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GOVERNMENT LOOKING INTO
CONSERVATION OF SOIL

Washington, Nov. 10.-A report on
the present condition and use OF agri-
cultural land throughout the country
is being made by one section of the ma
tional conservation commission. Two
very interesting questions upon which
the section is gathering data are whe-
ther the tendency is toward larger or
smaller farms, and whether soil pro-
ductiveness per acre is increasing or
decreasing The answer to these ques-
tions are regarded not only as vitality
important at present, since they Will
indicate whether there is a noticeable
trend toward monopoliaztion OF the
soil, and whether the diminutlon OF
fertility which is known to have taken
place in some districts is general, but
they are peculiarly significant IN con-
nection with the prophecy that within
half a century the population OF the
United States will reach 200, OOO,O 900.
James J. Hill, of the Great North
ern railroad, who presented some start
ling figures on soil waste at the WHITE
House conference of governors last
MAY, said recently that all the natural
resources of the country put together
will not be able to furnish profitable
employment for such population
without conservation Of the soil. /.
With the maximum possible acreage
of wheat in fifty years, he predlcteo
that. with a continuation of present
methods of cultivation, the nation
would be about 1854, 900, 600 short OF
the amount necessary to pay the an
nual bread bill.
Farmers Awake
The farmers themselves are awake
to the importance of preventing further
losses of the most fundamental OF all
natural resources, and OF increasing
the efficiency of that which remains
Hardly a meeting of farmers organlza-
t;ons This summer and fall has failed
RI mass resolutions indorsing the work
of tho conservation commission along
tb;s line. At the close of the Farmers
national Congress in Madison. WIS.
at which representatives from all psr's
81 tbe country were present, the nrsc
rosolntion adopted was the following
which is typical of many others;
seThat we hereby favor the move
ment for the better conservation Oh Ino
natnral resources of the country, espe-
c;ally the conserving of the soil. Inc
nov. to stop wanton waste mas
not commenced q moment TOO SOIL
NJ, W. commend the far-sighted states
.nshin of President Roosevelc u
calling the conference OF governors governor and ID
o oansnit on this important subject, ana
.sas.se the aims and purposes OF the
ns+;nnal conservation commission
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Escortfnx the Devil to Church.

ESCOrt1n8 the DcV11 10 CAuECAs
We read in the Bible of one occa-
sion at least when the people Of the
Lord came up to worship and the devil
came also. Perhaps he was not visi-
BILE, but the invisible powers Of the
world are it's real forces. The devil
still enjoys going to a church service.
Most frequently he is escorted to the
house of God. If man goes to the
service, letting swear words and all
other mean things have free course in
his heart, he is taking the devil along.
If one goes bent on murder, as did
Giuseppe ALA in Denver, the case Is
even more pronounced.
There are variations in the extent to
which people are possessed Of the devil.
At home, in the open air, in the
church service, that they are not en-
tirely given over to doing the will Of
Satan is not his fault That Satan is
crowded out of their mind and hearts
in any measure is greatly to their
credit. To be filled with the Spirit
and keep filled continually requires
constant devotion to the Lord and a
heart which lives in the spirit Of
prayer. This is the kind Of communion
God desires both for His glory and for
mans growth. A conscious yielding in
any degree to the devil Is backward
step. Man should set his face like a
flint, and should declare, with the
psalmist, ''Thy word have hid In my
heart, that I might not sin against
Tnee."-Religious Telescope.
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Sent Fruit Abroad

II could not realize that. am not
much Of boomer, and don't want
to be charged with being an advertiser
but I have had partiality for some of
your fruit, and sent it to my friends,
sent it to friends on both sides of the
Atlantic. [ remember I sent half a
dozen boxes to her late majesty Queen
Victoria, and the receipt was acknow-
lodged with thanks.
But [ commenced sending some
boxes Of apples to friends in New
York, and they wondered where they
came from. 1t is two years ago this
coming winter, at Hicks "a fruit dealer
there, saw some apples in his win
dow and thought 1 recognized them
and Went in to inquire, and l found
they We're from the state of Washing
ton. | asked him the price and he
said s. a box. He had California
oranges for which he asked 81. 30 a
box. Now, think of it! A box of ap-
pies selling in New York for the price
OF two boxes of California oranges, and
You know you can raise more apples
on an acres than California will pro-
dnce in oranges, and you get more
money for them. You have the most
productive land in America right
here. [ mean in dollars and cents
Don't be afraid your town won t
grow fast enough. 1t cannot grow
faster than the country grows, because
tne country supports it. 1t would not
e well for you that it should grow or
mat You should crowd it beyond the
growth of the country.
l am glad you have an agricultural
Vollege out here, andI want to urge
YOU to encourage it. I want you to
realize that there can be no such
training, no training that will give to
oil the people Of the state the same
goa results that a good agricultural
framing school will give. Encourage
beyond everything, for it is the
iOundation of your prosperity. Agrl-
culture has been the foundation OF civ
IHzatlon throughout the world in all
time.
Give us an opportunity and be fair
" Us, as you have always been, ano
We w. VIII help you in every way to make
eie country grow I have been busy
III thlrty years, hope not in talking,
Sut IN trying to do something, trying
fl ~! 'hlrty years to accomplish some
ullns [ have not many more years to
t ToIh' In fact, I would like to be
Ign private in the rear rank, with the
p-l'!iege of criticism of the officers fo1
tl [ think I could do some OF
'nem justice.
T. Bear in mind, the railroads can ON.
i prosper with your prosperity, ano
i you are not prosperous, depend upon
~ your railroads will be poor. 1t Il
o., our own selfish interest to help YOU
fb oN and we always expect to hold
at position towards you.
Inc way to get away Win anyrnln
u .nls world, my boy, is to stick 10 =
~. DUCK to it." yep, that's the way tne
~ got away with the fly paper Jus'
n. ~
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at last into Thy heavenly presence
there to find fullness Of JOY and pleas.
ures for ever more.

The Blessedness Of Service.
Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, az
to the Lord.-Col. %.
TO be faithful In the perishable
things OF this world is great thing
In the eyes Of our Lord. It does not
matter IN what material we work,
whether 1t be mean or costly. do all
THINGS" saith the apostle to servants,
and to US all, heartily, as unto the
Lord" The most common and trivial
WORK Is to be connected with the deep.
est. Take an interest in it, do it with
all your ability, from the deepest mo-
i've, and with the highest aim; do it
to please the Lord; He will bless you
IN the labor, and He will reward you
for the work.
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Roxana Mary looks immense

Roxana Mary looks immense
Considering her youth;
But quickly go behind the fence,
You'll find out that, in truth,
She's merely trying to decide
Which loaded fruit tree bears,
In Uncle Henry's orchard wide,
The best and ripest pears!
st. Nicholas.
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MIX and Sugar.

The miIkman and the grocer
We're walking on the strand
.T dearly love the water J!
The former chuckled. And
The grocer with wink averred
He just adored the sand!
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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Our EailurAR.

In many things we all err. We try
the bypaths, and the cleaning ways
which seem to lead upward to the
heights seem to scale heaven by a short
and hazardous climb. 1t is something
II the thunder breaks and drives us
down, or some tale Of the barren sum-
NIT makes us wise in time; 50 that
before death falls we find Ourselves
within the wicket gate, orgthetright
road, though far away. It's Efail-
ures more than by successes that God
produces that result. And therefore
the true success, in His eyes, is often
what passes here as failure.
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After a man gets through with a
lawsuit, no matter whether he wins
or loses. he is apt to wish he had COM
promised the case.
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A Giant PODxun.

There is tree in the tropics, famil-
iarly known as the -blowpipe,
that would make great popguns-or
popcannons- the boys, if they could
get it. The stem is only about an inch
and a half in diameter, but it grows to
a height of so to 60 feet, with joints
fifteen feet apart.
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The Abiding Love.

Love never dies. Gifts such as
prophecies and tongues, possessions
such as principalities and powers pass
away, but love abides. It stills the
cry of pain, soothes the brow Of care,
brushes away the stain of sin, paints
the world with colors Of hope, and
leads the way to the mansions OF the
blessed. Absence of death but in
creases love. With loving hearts we
yearn for those who have entered upon
higher and eternal service. Gone! Yes,
gone! but we love them more intensely.
In our hearts there is a deep-seated
longing to see something Of them all
through eternity. And Of Christ we
love Him more and more, and we shall
never be satisfied until we see Him face
to face. Shall not loves longing then
be satisfied; yea, even with the salts
faction Of peace.
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RAISE MORE
APPLES
pETTER CROP FOR PROFIT
THAN WHEAT, SAYS
JAS. J. HILL
Washington Apples Sell in New
York City for Twice as Much as
California Oranges Thinks the
Land in This State Is the Most
Productive.

Spokane, Nov. flames J. Hill, the
railway magnate, and other disting-
uished railroad men accompanying
him in his trip to the West were the
gnests of honor at a luncheon given by
tbe hamber of Commerce, at which
Mr.. Hill was the principal speaker.
He devoted most Of his address to a
discussion of the wonderful fertility
Of the sol of Washington
Mr.. Hill was in good humor over
tbe election, saying:
Il have no fault to find. Mr.. Taft
is a personal friend of mine, and his
election is eminently satisfactory.
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Some married men are diplomatic
enough to hide the fact that they are
lenpecked IL 49,
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Agriculture Will Lead

In his address Mr.. Hill said in part
Il want to impress on your minds
here the value of your fertile land.
because if it were not for the fertility
of YOUR soil, there would be no &C.
casion for Spokane. 1t is your chief
cornerstone today; it will be tomor-
row and forever. We won't make
light of the minerals or of the forests.
but the other is much richer than all
the rest put together. The agricultur-
al crop Of 1907 amounted to nearly
s.. 800. 900, 900, more than the foreign
commerce Of all the world put to-
gether
You want to thank your stars out
here that you have got as much land
as the state Of Washington contains.
Much Of it is too good, worth too
much. to devote to the raising of
wheat. When you can raise apples like
these; when you can raise the fruit
You do; when you can get the results
from dairying that can be secured here,
the intelligent farmer will not raise
wheat. [ have nothing against the
man who does prodcue wheat, but he
can make more money at something
else, or if he does not want to, let him
give another man chance.
IAN old man bought little farm of
ten acres over in the Columbia valley
and paid 81, 700 an acre for it. I
knew him years ago in Minnesota, and
| wondered why he should be willing
to pay ST., 900 for ten acres. He told
NE that he sold his crop on the tree
for $500 an acre, or So, 900 for his ten
acres
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There are some people that nothing
improves except Z slap IN the mouth
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A Prayer.

o Lord, we thank Thee that Thou
are not a God afar off, but art even
near to Thy children Of earth. Take
from our hearts all that would stif1e
and hinder the inner growth Of love
and the outward fruits of service to
Thee. Inspire us with the spirit OF
true humility and reveal to our souls
our utter need Of Thee. Forgive us II
we have faltered by the way ana
cleanse us from all unrighteousness
Strengthen our faith and hope, and
perfect us in the knowledge of Thy
self as we walk with Thee by the way.
Thus taught, and filed with Thy Spirit,
may we be like unto Thee, and enter
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Z, Inc way to get away Win anyrnin
u .iis world, my boy, is to stick 10 =
~. s'icx to it." yep, that's the way tne
~ ~. got away with the fly paper just
o@-Houston Post.