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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-30

Nearer and nearer came the great.
white ships. bristling with cannon
and swarminR with men. Not rip-
pie did they leave behind them on the
waters and not q sound came from
them to the ears of the eager. almost
spellbound watchers on the decks Of
the Perdita. the only vessel which
crossed the strait with the first and
most powerful squadron Of the Amer
loan navy. After passing Smiths isl
and and it's tall. white lighthouse,
which nightly flashes its light to mar
iners far down the great strait. the
floating fortresses crossed the course
of the Perdita and steamed away in q
semi-circle toward Point Francis and
Port Townsend. the snow capped
Olymplcs bordering the south side of
the strait making grand background
for one of the finest marine scenes
imaginable.
At Port Townsend five other vessels
of the feet we're assembled and from
there all steamed southwark together
in one tong, majestic line. led by the
flagship Connecticut. piloted by Capt.
Herbert Beecher. Below West Point,
some miles north of Seattle, great
number of power vessels of all descrip-
tions-ocean liners, palatial passenger
steamers plying regularly on the
Sound, launches. yachts and tugs.
carrying in the aggregate manv thous-
ands of people. met the feet and fol-
lowed it, rather than escorted it. into
the harbor of Seattle. Not a gun was
fred from the forts guarding Admir-
atty inlet and not q whistle was blown
BY any steamer as salute. for such
demonstrations had been forbidden
under strict penalty. It was silent
but none the less impressive and in
spring welcome Of tens of thousands
OF patriotic people. whose privilege it
had been not only to witness but to
participate in one of the grandest
marine spectacles which have ever
taken place on any of the waters Of
the world at any time in the worlds
history.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-30
Our Enormous
Timber Consumption

Official estimates place the stand
ing timber supply Ut the United States
ut from 400 to 2.0G0 billion feet.
Taking first the figures based upon tha
minimum estimate Of 1,4OO billion
feet, with an annual use of 100 billion
feet Of timber and an annual growth
of 40 billion feet. all the timber will
be cut within twenty three years, says
the March Appleton's. With 2. 900
billion feet estimated as the maximum
OF the standing timber supply, an an
nual use of 100 billion feet and an
annual growth Of 40 billion feet there
Ia just enough timber to last thirty
three years Without timber the
building of homes would be curtailed.
The heavy timber frames for houses
could not be had and sheathing,
shingles. lathing and the hardwood
for finishing would also be impossibIs
of procurement. Where, in view Of
this scarcity would the 100. 600, 600
cross ties used by the railroads each
year be obtained? At the present
time books, magazines. and newspa-
pers which are vitality necessary to
the happiness and intellectual life Of
human beings, require about 2,90O,-
0v0 cords of wood made into pulp
every year. Already we are beginning
to import wood pulp at an increased
cost and the substitution of another
paper material would raise the price
Of literature. The wood used in max
ing barrels runs to enormous figures
and in mines of the country about
165. 600. 600 cubic feet OF timber.
most OF it hard wood. -is used. More
than l. 1876. 130 cords Of wood are used
each year for distillation and, for the
Insignificant item of veneer,
no less than 326. 900. 900 feet. log
scale. of timber are used. The tele-
graph, telephone. and electric light
use about $500. 600 poles
each year and about 100, 900, 900
cords of wood are burned. A single
match factory. of which there are
more than $50 in this country, con-
sumes 200, 900 board feet of sugar
pine or yellow pine logs day. These
are by no means all Of the uses to
which wood is put. but. Immense as
is the tax upon the forests. and as
great as it may become in 1860. 1t is
no more than the supply Of timber
will meet if the forests are properly
paro6 for
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-30
Game Between Friday
Harbor and BelIingham

Great preparations are being made
for the ball game which is scheduled
here for next Sunday. The ball team
has been putting in lot of conscien
tious practice to meet the formidable
team from Bellingham which plays
here at 2 80 on May 31st. Manager
Trimble has been busy getting the
field into shape so that the diamond
is in fast condition and a close and
sharply contested game is looked for.
The Bellingham team claim to have
lost only one game SO far this season,
and as the locals have won every
thing. the fans are looking forward
with great interest to the next game
Manager Trimble is also busily en-
gagged in having erected q convenient
row of seats and benches SO that the
ladies attending the game can watch
the contest in safety and comfort.
The local team has been under q
great deal of expense in fixing up the
grounds and in procuring team of
such good standing to play here, and
the management hopes that lovers of
the sport here will help to make this
game financial success, SO that
bleachers can be erected for the great
game which is to be played on th.
4th Of July.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-30
Thanks to MIR. Newhan

Editor Islander:
We wish to take this opportunity
Of expressing our gratitude to Mr..
Newhall for his kindness in taking
the school to see the "Fleet." last
Saturday. We realize that opportun-
tiles to see such magnificent sights
come but rarely. even to the most
favored.
Teachers and pupils of the
Friday Harbor School.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-30
Committees Named
For Fourth of July

The permanent committee on Fourth
of July celebration. consisting of VIM.
Trimble. s. NJ. BugRe and Gene O..
Could. which was appointed at the
public meeting held some evenings
ago. met May 28th and appointed the
following committees to have charge
of the celebration
Finance-Fred E. Kirby. Harvey
Baker. j. O. Bergman. Jr.
Program. L. Murray, F. P. Chris.
tensen. @. M. Tucker. Ed. Tenn
plin. o. B. Culver.
Sports Trimb BILE. Joe Turner. p.
A. Jensen.
Dance-Loyal Larson, Alvia Carter,
John Douglas. Jr.
Advertising-N. E. Churchill. Chas.
Baker. Martin Nichols.
Decorations-Jo John Douglas. Jos.
Groll. DR.. Wright.
Fireworks-Dr. McKinnis. e. e..
Nash, Glen Tuiloch.
Reception-G. B. briggs, Ed. Allen,
Virgil Frits. L. B. Carter.
It is sincerely hoped by the perma-
nent committee that the above named
appolntees will prove public spirited
and self sacrificing enough to accept
their appointments and devote their
best efforts toward making this cele-
bration the best one eyer held in San
Juan county. The committee earnest
ly recommends that the several COM
mittees meet and organize for work
as early as possible. that nothing may
be over looked or left undone.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-30

Some one has discovered that our
quarter is s'hoodoo" coin. It has
thirteen stars, thirteen bars. thirteen
arrowheads, and SO on. Yet no one
seems to object to boarding thirteen
OF them when they come in punches
nor adding the thirteenth to the pile.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-30

The state il credited with selling
/. 600 gill-n licenses this year Ii ex-
cess Of those Issued ii Oregon.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-30

For many years some of the finest
potatoes raised on San Juan island
have been produced on the fine Roster
farm but the family has not often en-
joyed them any earlier than they have
this year, although this has not been
an early season. Will Roster and
Anton Thrones have given careful at
tention to their potato field this
spring and they have been rewarded
with fairly good sized new potatoes
from il this week. The yield promises
to be large and the, quality flne.
They have the editors thanks for .
nice ssmess. -
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-30

ivan Greed. Of Olympia. Is visiting
his grandmother. Mrs. Walker. and
other relatives here.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-30

Thomas 81. Kolderup. vice-consul
Tor Norway in Seattle, estimates the
present Seattle Scandinavian popula-
tion at 25. 900. OF this number 5000
are credited to the Norwegians. from
2. 900 to 8. 600 to the Danes. and ap-
proximately 10, OOO to the Swedes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-30

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Among the San Juan island people
who went to Seattle to- see the battle-
ship feet were Mr.. and Mrs. @. M.
Tucker, Mr.. and Mrs. John Douglas.
DR.. and Mrs. McKinnis. Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac Sandwith. Mr.. and Mrs. L. B.
Carter and little son 'sMac," Mr..
and Mrs. o. a. Culver. Mr.. and Mrs.
John s. McMillin. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
H. McMillin. Mrs. s. D. Martin. Mrs.
Henry Hannah. Mrs. A. Hansen.
Misses Nella Jensen. Emma Nichols.
Evelyn Culver. Leda Culver. DQro-
thy McMilliu. Mr.. Gene @.
Gould ana little son Joel. Van E.
Sargent, Cecil Carter. VIII. McOrary.
Ed Delaney. Ed Allen. P. E. Peter
son, e. Erickson. A. r. Ackley. 10.
Bergman. Jr; VIM. Beigin.s Leslie
Douglas. Steven McNamee, Cyrus
Nichols. Lloyd and Stanley Joubert.
JOS. Gore, e. II. Nash. VIM. Sweeney.
G. E. Hackett. John Bugge, B. Q.
Cahail, Arthur Mckay and A. D.
Conway, e. F. Harpst and son Eddie.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-30

Miss Lettie Carter has returned
from Denver, where she spent The
winter.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-30

a. @. Brown is packing up his
household goods and sawmill machin-
cry preparatory to moving to What
com county. near Blaine. where he
viii opersts the mill IL company With
!. man who owns considerable' guam
tity; of timber.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-30

The Friday Harbor school virtually
closed Thursday. the pupils only be-
ing required to report at the school
house an hour in the morning and an
hour in the afternoon Friday to en-
able the district to obtain days ap-
portionment.of state funds on the basis
of attendance The district il not
Justly entitled to funds obtained In
that manner. It is little better than
obtaining money under false pres
lenses. The school funds are tor
school work and not for school play
or picnics. The law says what days
shall be school holidays and il direct
ors authorize the dismissal OF school
on other days the district Of course
can have no just claim upon the
state for money TOR those days when
there is no attendance Of real school
work.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-30

George E. Candy arrived from Se-
attic Thursday in the fine yacht
Gimp" which he has purchased.
She is forty feet in length. ten feet
beam and draws seven feet of water.
She has sleeping accommodations for
seven persons and is one Of the finest
cruising yachts on the Sound as we'll
as one of the fastest. Mr.. Candy
went to Victoria yesterday to play in
q cricket game there today.
The only 81 fare street railway, be-
sides that in Cleveland. in the United
States is the Loyal Railway, running
in the northwestern part Of Seattle.
from Market street and Twenty fourth
avenue northwest. Ballard, to the
northwestern limits of the city at
Golden Gardens park. The road se-
cured its franchise from the old City
Council Of Ballard three years aao
and has been steadily operating ever
since.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-20
UNION SPRINGS NEWS.

Union Springs. Nov, 19-(Special)- After a shutdown of about eight months, the Union Springs cotton mill has started up again
 The ladies of the Library Associa- tion are making preparations for hold ing fall carnival for one week be- ginning December 1. The principal feature of the carnival will be the merchants booths which contain a dis play of their goods and will Vie with each other in the matter of decora- tions. The most attractive feature, however, will be the young ladies who will have charge of the booths.
 At the recent election, it was voted that Bullock county should or could issue bonds to the amount of $10o, 1000 for public roads, and Probate Judge A. E. Singleton and the county com missioners are getting busy investi- gating the methods and cost of con- struction of the good roads in Mont gomery and Pike counties, preparatory to making contracts for work in Bull lock. Already they are receiving un- solicited bids for the bonds No county needs good roads more than Bullock and when the work gets start ed we hope to see 1t expand until it covers the entire county.
 The Right Reverend C. M. Beckwith of the Diocese of Alabama will preach in the Episcopal Church here Sunday night and will administer the rites of confirmation.
 Centennial services will be held in the Baptist Church Sunday morning.
 number of cur young people en- joyed a barbecue and candy pulling last Friday evening out at Hon. S P. Rainers cana mill about a mile and a half from town.
 A few evenings ago little Miss Sarah Hines Frazer entertained a number of her little friends with birthday par ty in celebration of her seventh an- niversary. The home of her parents. MT and Mrs. T. M. Frazer was beauti- fully decorated for the occasion. with ferns and chrysanthemums. The charming little hostess was the re- cipient of many pretty presents
 A very unique entertainment and one of the most enjoyable events of the season was the handkerchief shower at the residence of Mrs Hugh Caldwell Tuesday afternoon. for the benefit of the Library Association The home was beautifully decorated The color scheme in the hall was vel low. In the parlor white and in the dining room pink As each' guest tilACANbf SllN 4i CE~P'h O AAthiluh'I T GlitFA into a basket These will be sold during the fair and carnival given bE the Library Association the first week in December
 Tuesday evening Mir. and Mrs. | 5. Feagin gave an elegant six course dinner in honor of pr. and Mrs. C. NJ. Franklin. who have recently returned from their wedding trip.
 Mrs. J. C. Lawrence and Mrs. R. w. West are attending the W. C. T. U. convention in Mobile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-20

tomObile press a few weeks ago. It showed an automobile fitted out for the transportation of race horses, the idea having originated in France.
 It Is the hope of American automo-
 bile enthusiasts that the glorious per- formance at the Vanderbilt Cup race
 may be repeated at Savannah. At their
 last great event and American built car. made of American material
 throughout. owned by an American,
 driven by an American--completely
 Amerlcan-won the first honors Of the
 world. 1t Is believed that for utility
 and speed the American car is the peer
 less machine of either hemisphere. and that 1t only remains for American dri-
 vers to reach that point of efficiency at
 tatned by thefr rivals to insure Ameri- can supremacy both at home and
 abroad. great jocky often commands
 bigger salary than the President of
 the United States, but even the hest of the jockeys are not paid as much
 as some of the automobile drivers who
 will compete at Savannah.
 The decline of automo obile racing has
 been predicted for several years. hut
 as a matter of fact, 1t seems to have
 tighter hold on the people today than
 ever While nearly every state in the Union has a law against race track gambling. without which it seems horse racing cannot flourish, no such side issue is essential to automobile racing, and what has been a blow to the former seems to have been a boon to the latter. Furthermore, the growth
 of the autom obile business has been above every expectation. The manu-
 facturer has found that it Is more pro- 1 fitable to sell three cars at $1,000 each than to sell one car at $2.000. So the
 era of popular prices is being reached. and authorities in the trade make tho confident prediction that the United States will manufacture 75.00O automo- | piles next year.
 With the popularization of the auto mobile will come a corresponding growth of interest in automobile races and it is probable that the next few years will see a great thirty mile track
 in every principal section of the coun- l try, where all the leading automobile | events may be held. While the Long | Island Motor Parkway is to cost $2,- l 100000 1t is expected to be a paying | investment from the start. It will be
 a toll road, and thousands of automo- bilists will go there week after week
 to enjoy few hours In their paradise the place where speed laws are un- I known. Its success will lead to the
 establishment of similar courses else l where.
 | Copyright, 1908. by Fredric J. Haskins) TOmOrrOw--PrOgFess of IndustrIaI | Education.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-20
MIDWAY SOCIAL NEWS.

Midway Nov, 19-(SpeciaD-wed- nesday morning at her home in James, Miss Leila Willis gave a domino par ty in honor of Mlss-WiHe Mae Thomaston.
 AS the guests entered they were re- ceived by Miss Willis who was charm ing in a toilette of blue silk. After several games of whist dominos. a de- lightful salad course was enjoyed, then the guests were ushered into the dining room where coffee was served by Miss Carrie Lizzie Conner As the guests entered this room-which was made entrapcing by the soft glow of many candles-they were given each a dainty wedding bell with Adams Thomaston, December 2, 1908, engrav- ed thereon.
 The cutting of the wedding cake proclaimed Miss Willis the next bride as she was fortunate in procuring the ring.
 Mrs. Fuller, Misses Norton, Conner and Willis by their sweet music caus- ed the time to pass only too swiftly. one very appropriate selection being. T Love You Truly
 Those present were: Mrs. Fuller of Macon, Misses King. Norton. Johns. Conner Aston and King.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-20

All roads in the automobile world are leading to Savannah. Ga. where the culminating event of the lsOS American automobile racing season will take place. It is the American Grand Prize Race. and will be to this country what the Grand PriX Is to Francs- Georgia has loyalty done her part by the automobilists, and saVan- nah has been particularly enterpris- Ing, Practically the entire system of roads constituting the race course has been rebuilt While a map. of the course shows that there are some rather sharp curves, the engineers have used the railroad method of ele- vating the outer side of each curve so that 1t will not be necessary to slack en speed.
 This race will be the longest or LIS kind ever undertaken. the entire dis tance to be covered being a little more than four hundred miles. The course is 26.73 miles long, and the racers will 20 around it fifteen times. It will be policed by the State militia, and there will be no such overcrowding or the track as marred the finish at the van derbilt race. Machines have been en- tered from America. Germany, France and Italy, with drivers from as many countries, There will be about twen- ty starters.
 A large proportion of the Northern contingent will go to Savannah by rail. There are hundreds. however. who will study their route books and take the trip through the country. Most of these will take the Shenan- doah Valley route, passing through Hagerstown, Staunton, Charlottesville. Richmond. Greenville. South Carolina and Atlanta. No estimate has been
 nR ryh n will attend, but 1t Is figured that at least 50, 900 will come from outside tho State of Georgia.
 Baseball can muster it's crowds of 35.000. football can go 1t 10000 bet ter. and horse racing has sometimes drawn a bigger crowd than the two together, but automobile racing can show a record which the combined at- tendance of the biggest baseball game the biggest football game, and the most largely attended horse race can not equal. The recent Vanderbilt Cup race brought together more lovers of sport than any other event in Amer ican history. It is difficult to estt- mate the size of a large gathering but many who are accustomed to big crowds placed the attendance at 250,- 900. When last years Yale-Harvard football game was played 1t was es- timated that 10000 people went to the game in automobiles. At the recent Vanderbilt Cup race there were 15.O00 automobiles and perhaps four times as many passengers, in attendance. If the Yale-Harvard football game caused a million dollars to change hands. the Vanderbilt Cup race called forth at least five times as much from the pockets of the people.
 It is probable that the Savannah race will be the last grand prize to be contested for on Southern soil. This is not because of any lack of support in the South. but because of the. prom Ised completion of the Long Island Motor Parkway. which was the scene of the Vanderbilt Cup race. This au- tomobile high way will be the finest and fastest course in the Western Hemisphere. if not In the whole world It will be completed at an ultimate cost of $2.400.0 and will give a circuit of thirtyfive miles. n will be
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-20
NEWS OF EUFAULA.
City Council Donates Monthly Sub
 acrlptiOn to Brass Band.

acrtptt0n to Brass Band. Eufaula. Nov. 19-(SpeciaD-At the regular meeting of the City Council yesterday, E. J. Searcey representing the 2nd Regiment Band of the city, appeared and asked an appropriation from the body for the maintenance of the organization.
 The council kindly agreed to donate the sum of ten dollars per month in that direction. The band will appoint committee at it's next regular meet ing whose duty 1t will be to interview the business men to ask subscriptions to be similarly applied. It is believed they will have but little trouble in securing a sum requisite to defray the current expenses of the institution.
 The funeral of Miss Mary Brunson whose death in Montgomery came as such a surprise to the citizens was held from the Methodist Church of which she has been life long member yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. H. T. Johnson the pastor delivered a touching euIogy defining her life AS being a most exemplary one after which her remains followed by a large concourse of friends were taken to Fair View where the interment was made.
 The County Board of Revenue did not close their labors until this morn ing having an unusual amount of routine work In the way of auditing accounts selecting iurymen. hearing complaints and looking after other im- portant matters of interest
 It has been learned that the Dis pensary Commission In Clayton had consignment of $1.2OO worth of whis- key in the depot at the time the doors were closed but succeeded yesterday in negotiating a deal whereby 1t was disposed of to the dispensary in this city.
 Captain J. R. Barr who recently lost his country home seven miles south of the city by fire has purchased the residence of the late pr. H. M. Weedon on Barbour Street, and will move with his family here to reside therein.
 The ladies of the First Methodist Church are arranging to hold their annual bazaar early in December in a vacant store house on one of the principal streets
 The effects of the Civic Improve ment League recently organized in the city is already beginning to be felt Eufaula Street is being extensively heautified in the way of proper drain age and a covering of clay and gravel Resident citizens are also catching the inspiration and are clearing and inn proving their premises planting grasses and beautifying their yards in other ways.