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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-03-28

alterably the proposals for an agree
ment under which some Of the DEMENT'S
would accrue to organized labor, the
subject went over until such time as
the president shall be ready to pre-
sent his bill in concrete form. Messrs.
Aldrich, Dalzell and Payne said that
they might be of different opinion
upon seeing the bill.
Mr.. Hepburn talked over with the
president the terms of the bill amend
ing the antitrust law as it has been
modified since labor's attitude became
hostile to the general scheme urged
by the Civic Federation. Mr.. Hepburn
will introduce the bill in the house.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-03-28
GET DATA ON GRAIN RATES.
State Commission to Hear Complaints
at RitzviIle May II.

State Commission to Hear Complaints
at Ritzviile May II.
Olympia, March 24.-May II has
been set by the railroad commission
as the date at which the hearing Of
the reasonableness of the grain rates
will be taken up at Ritzville. This
hearing will be made on what is known
as the Cunningham complaint made
from this town. The commission will
have completed it's findings on the cost
data by this time. The hearing at
Ritzville is one of a series to be made
by the commission on complaints from
all parts of the state. Each complaint
will be given a hearing at the town or
place from which it originated. Most
of these are on station facilities.
The commission will hear the COM
plants, but will make no findings as to
the reasonableness of the grain rates
until after the constitutionality of the
commission laws have been passed
upon by the state supreme court.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-03-28
BIG FRUIT EXHIBITION
PLANNED BY SPOKANE

Spokane, March 21.-At meeting
of prominent citizens here it was de-
cided to make the big apple show
that will be held in Spokane next De-
cember national affair and sucn
large prizes will be offered that fruit
from all parts Of the United States VIII
be entered In competition. It is ea-
pected that the awards that will Dc
given will attract some Of the greatest
fruit experts Of foreign countries.
To carry out the plan corporation
to be known as the National Apple
Show will be formed, with stock
amounting to 100000. and governed
by board Of trustees Of seven or nine
men. It is anticipated that one OF the
directors will be Louis w. Hill.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-03-28
Washington State News

The postoffice department has es-
tablished q postoffice at Bedrock,
Douglas county. and appointed Emma
L. Frost postmaster.
A preliminary survey will begin at
once by the Prosser Traction Com
pany of line from that place south
to the Columbia river and Bickleton.
The first annual report of State
Bank Examiner A. W. Engle is ready
for distribution. The report contains
a statement of the financial condition
of all the state banks in Washington.
The house has passed the Cushman
bill granting a right of way to the
Grays Harbor & Columbia River rail-
road through Three Tree point mill
tary reservation. A similar bill was
passed in the senate.
The Wenatchee Electric Company
has completed the installation of a
gas plant, which will be used to fur
nish fuel and Illuminating gas
throughout the city. The work of lay
ing mains is now progressing.
Patents have been issued to the fol-
lowing Washington inventors: H. G.
Barrett, assignor to w. H. COwles,
Spokane, printing press; F. R. and C.
E. S. Burch, Seattle, power transmit
ting mechanism; F. H. Cook, Buckeye,
means for transferring passengers and
the like to and from moving trains; P.
d. Hibner, Seattle, railway switch; w.
]. Knutzen, Burlington, swinging gate.
The military code revision commits
sim met at Olympia Saturday.
Seattle changed mayors Monday, Mil
Ter taking the place of Moore.
Governor Mead has been presented
with an eagle by Bellingham people.
Members of the Walla Walla Y. M.
C. A. are rounding up that town for
new recruits.
Mrs. Bertha B. Johnson of Seattle
will build a new six-story hotel in
North Yakima.
The life of the English sparrow in
Walla Walla is doomed. The CONNER
cial Club has recommended to the city
council that the pests be exterminated,
and a request will be made for the
council to appoint an official bird kill
er, the mode of death to be determined
later.
Mayor Herbert Moore of Spokane
will issue proclamation setting aside
Saturday, April Is, as special arbor
and cleaning day. The plan of beau
tifying the city will be carried out un-
der the direction of DR.. George T.
Penn, chairman of the City Beautiful
committee of the $50, 900 Club.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-03-28
HOUSE COMMITTEE
VOTES FOR ACTION ON
HARTMAN GRANT

Washington, March 23.-Two million
acres of land in California and Oregon
vested in the Oregon & California
Railroad Company, owned by the Gen.
trail Pacific and controlled by 3. H.
Hartman, will be subjected to suits OF
recovery of title by the United States,
if action taken by the committee on
public lands is sustained by the house.
The committee agreed to report favora-
bly, without amendments a resolution
which has already passed the senate,
empowering and directing the attor-
ney general to bring suits for the re-
covery by the United States of the
title to public lands granted to certain
Western railroad companies In cases
where the conditions stipulated in the
grants have not been complied with
such conditions, for example, as gov
erned the grant of land to the Oregon
& California Railroad Company in the
sixties.
Reply to Harriman's Def.
Under the grant the land was to be
thrown open by the company for sale
States at not more than $3.50 an acre
and in parcels not exceeding 100 acres
each. It is charged that some of this
land was sold by the Oregon & Cali
fornia railroad in violation of the con-
ditions named. The refusal of e. H.
Hartman, announced by him at the ir-
rigation congress at Sacramento last
year, to sell any portion of the remain
ing 1000, 900 acres, led to the introduc-
ton by Senator Fulton of the resolu-
ton which the public lands committee
acted on favorably. Chairman Mondell
was authorized to draw the report of
the committee, which he will do this
week. In discussing the resolution
Mr.. Mondell said
Protect Innocent Purchasers.
1t is the intention of the committee
to draft resolution separate from
this one and present it to the house,
should the present one be adopted,
which will clearly indicate that no
right to attach any claim to any of
these lands shall be acquired by any
person until at least a year after the
final judgment of a court shall have
been rendered.
This would not tie up these lands
for year, however. The expectation
would be that within that period con-
gress would take action touching the
rights of purchasers from the railroad
companies and with regard to the fu-
ture disposition of the lands now held
by the company should a forfeiture be
declared. The second resolution will
be due notice to everybody that there
shall be no authority to enter and
that no rights shall attach.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-03-28
Aiverstone to Visit Seattle

victoria, B. c., March 24.-Lawyers
mere nave been informed that Lord
Aiverstone, the lord chief Justice OF
england, and a number of other nota.
pies OF the English bench and bar, as
Wen as a number of distinguished
aseern canadian and American jur.
ls.s' WILL In all probability, visit Sc.
a..ie 10 attend the annual meeting OF
lne american Bar Association, which
meets TINS year at Seattle, the session
opening August 25. Lord Alverstone
was the commissioner whose cast;ns
yo.e decided the Alaska boundary
question.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-03-28
FEDERATION CALLS STRIKE.
Union Miners Given Notice to Sta,
Away From Alaska.

U"ay kNb0oS~Ns
Seattle, March ga cable to the
Post-Intelligencer says that at spe-
cial meeting of Douglas Island local
No. 100, Western Federation of Miners,
a general strike was called and notices
were sent out ordering union men and
union sympathizers to stay away. The
matter has been under consideration
for some time and came to culmina-
ton Thursday afternoon, when a spe
cial meeting was called by Yanco Ter
zich, retiring president of the union.
kilograms went to headquarters at
Denver asking authorization for the
strike. Up to today the Federation
leaders refused to affirm or deny re-
ports in circulation concerning the
probable calling Of the strike, and, pre-
sumably, are awaiting an answer from
the Denver board.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-03-28
SEATTLE MARKET REPORT


Purchasing Prices.
The following prices are offered to
the producers by Seattle dealers for
delivery in round lots, I. o. b. Seat
tie. and are subject to change without
notice:
Grain-Oats, Puget sound, 324@25
per ton; barley, $3.50 per ton; wheat,
chicken feed. $3702S per ton; East.
ern Washington oats, $25@26 Der ton;
corn, $3.50 per ton.
Hay-Eastern Washington timothy,
$16@17 per ton; Puget sound hay,
$11@12 per ton; wheat hay, $1201s
per ton; alfalfa, $10@11 per ton.
Eggs-Selected ranch. 1701sc.
pork, 606Ac; lamb, 7c ID; bulls and
oxen. &c ID.
Meats, Live Weight-Cows and
steers, all weights, &c ID: mutton.
wethers, &c lb; mutton, ewes. 4xc ID;
pork. 6@6Ac ID; lamb. s0sAc ID;
bulls and oxen, &c ID.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-03-28

0COUU0 AOOS0&s0UUs
Wheat-Club, SIC; bluestem, SAC;
red, sec.
Poultry-Turkeys. dressed. 2o023c;
spring chickens. dressed. 26c; hens
dressed, 1sc: ducks, dressed, 1Sc;
geese. dressed. 1Se. Live turkeys. II
01Sc: hens. 13014c; springs, zoo
21c; ducks, old. lie; young. lie;
geese. 11013c: squads, live, $3.50,
dosen; dressed. $3.50 dozen.
Butter-Washington. 35037c; Ore
gon. 33034c; Eastern. 2s027c; Cali
fornia, fresh, 31c.
Eggs-Washington ranch. strictly
fresh. 1701Sc; Eastern storage, TIC
Oats $30031; rolled oats. &37033
Hay. Alfalfa, etc.-Wheat hay, 81
OBS: timothy. $14@z5: mixed. SEQ
a.: Wild. $1,000: clover. $1s@1s;
timothy and clover, $27013; alfalfa,
$14016: straw. $12013.
Feed Corn. &33; wheat. @3s03s;
barley. whole eFain. $2703s: rolled,
$S1033: sherts. mon: bran, 3se.5e
037.So: nidllings. @s1o3s; eli meal,
$44o45.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-24

Lauron l. Myers, who for the past
eighteen months has been doing such ex-
cellent work in this city in the way Of
artistic window dressing, card writing, etc.
has accepted position in Thomas A.
Cartons big department store in Ionia.
Mr.. Myers window dressing and card
writing in this city has shown ability and
skill which would seem to place him in
the front rank among the leading deco
rators of the country He has also done
several other jobs Of interior decorating,
among them being the M E. and Congre-
gational churches which were Of natur 6
calculated to please the most exacting
While we regret to lose such an artist
from our midst. we can assure the people
Of lonia that they will find Mr. Myers
thoroughly competent and gentleman Of
pleasing manner and address.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-24

Seats will be on sale at Hotel Beldine
Monday for the Widow McCarty, bright,
breezy, musical comedy that will be
presented by Ben F. Craner and his New
York company of comedians at the opera
house Oct. l. This attraction comes
highly recommended and the press IN the
various cities where they have appeared
speak highly Of the company and the play
Manager Hetherington is in receipt OF a
letter from n, H. Widger, manager OF the
Hilsdale opera house. who certifies thai
"The Widow MoCarty Co is clean cut,
full OF action and will please any audience
Of ordinary intelligence. find Manager
Craner gentleman and a Prince TO do
business with ! will be greatly pleased
to give him a date IN any of my several
houses at any time that he brings
corrpa into my territory.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-24
What Hit Harry

When Harry MINER, who has been on q
beat as special policeman for several
weeks, came to himself Tuesday morning
he was in Seth Woods barn and didn't
know how he came to be there. Wheu
he left his beat he says he started for
home and while climbing over the fence
which leads TO his house. something like d
sandbag gave him wipe over the back
of his head and neck and at the same
time the thug kicked him in the region Of
the small of his back He settled into
Inconsistencies and must have lam there
on the ground for some time in the rain,
for he says he was very wet when he re-
gained consciousness. The thug or thugs
must have dragged him to the barn. The
motive must have been for revenge of
some fancied wrong, as they took nothing
from him.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-24
DENIES THAT BRYAN
COULD DO NO HARM"
Congressman Burke Says Office of
President Is Infinitely More Pow
erful Than Congress.

Congressman Burke Says Office Of
President Is Infinitely More Pow
erful Than Congress.
Congressman James Francis Burke
Of Pittsburg, In an address on THE
Powers Of the President" says:
The American people can make no
greater mistake than to elect Mr..
Bryan on the assumption that he can
do no harm in the face Of an adverse
Senate. AS between the executive and
legislative departments Of the govern
ment, the former has infinitely greater
power to rule and ruin than the lat
ter.
'Mr. Taft and Mr.. Bryan are wholly
different types Of men. Each pos
sesSes strong individual character,
which would certainly assert itself in
these men would do during four
years term in the White House Is
causing as much anxiety among
thoughtful Americans as the mere
matter Of election alone.
AS a dlsturber Of moneys the Pres
ident Va without a rival In the world.
Through the agencies under his con-
trol he will this year disburse a billion
dollars. showing the great things we
are doing In adding to the unparalleled
list OF the worlds achievements.
I'm view of the fact that during
the fifteen years Of Bryan leadership
the States controlled by his party have
decreased from 18 to II, the number
OF Senator's from as to 81, the number
of Representatives In Congress from
22o to 164, and In that time the Demo
cratic party was In control of the
ground, whereas IL is now, as a consc-
quence OF his teachings, hopelessly
heterogeneous mass Of Populistic ele-
ments, tho American people can see
little prospects Of a constructive policy
II Mr.. Bryan should succeed."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-24
DEM0cRATIc hope sIpGT,RAcKEn
Taft and Foraker Shoulder to Shout
der for Republiean Principles.

Tart and Foraker bhoulder 70 Shout
der for Republican Principles.
Another Democratic hope has been
sidetracked That was that United
States Senator Foraker would not sup
port the Taft candidacy. and would
thus Impair his chances Of carrying the
State of Ohio.
The two big Ohioans Httingly met
Mt the O. A. II. reunion in Toledo, and
publicly and good-naturedly cast what
differences may have existed between
them 10 the air
Mr.. Taft's contribution to the treaty
Of peace was as follows
at rs a pleasure for me 10 be bore
with Senator Foraker, because when
governor Of Ohio he gave me my first
chance and took good deal of risk In
putting man OF ~ on the bench Of
the Superior Court OF Cincinnati We
are about TO enter-or rather have en-
tered--a great oratorical campaign. II
Is pleasure TO think In this presence
that we are going to stand In the
campaign shoulder TO shoulder, with
the full strength of the Republican
party"
In response Senator Foraker denied
that 0enmity had existed between Mr..
Taft and himself. and said:
Under the circumstances hope !
may be pardoned If say here in this
presence first time / have had
opportunity to say it-that there is not
row and so far as ! know there never
has been the slightest i'll feeling Of any
kind between Mr. Taft and myself
"lc there is anything | have right
10 claim beyond another it is that ]
am Republican three hundred and sixty.
five days in the yedr have my pref
erences sometimes as TO who should
receive the houors Of the party and
everybody generally finds out what they
are But | am one of those old-fash
toned Republicans who settle every such
question at the convention. When the
Chicago convention nominated Mr.. Taft
10 he the Republican candidate for the
Presidency this year TINT instant he
became my leader He has been my
leader ever since. and he will be my
leader untl the polls close on the night
Of the election"
Mr. Foraker followed with an esti-
mate of Judge Tafts fitness for the
office he seeks by repeating what Bishop
Fallows had said before him.
Il want to repeat It," he said that
his experience on the bench, in the
Philippines. as Secretary Of War, in
the construction Of the Panama Canal,
In oil the positions he has filed has
been such as to qualify Mr. Taft al
most beyond every other man for the
Presidency. We are going to elect him.
and If be does not make a success of
it, 1t will be his own fault"
Senator Foraker followed this state
ment with review Of his early &C.
quaintance with Judge Taft. and the
favorable impression he then gained Of
him
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-24
WHERE SHERMAN STANDS.
Approves Legislation to Improve the
Conditions of Labor.
(Froul Shermau's Speech of Accept
ance

(From Sherman's Speech of Accept
ance.)
The Republican party believes in the
equality of all men before the law ;
believes in granting labor's every re-
quest that does not seek to accord
rights to one man denied to another.
Fair-minded labor asks no more, 40
less, and approves the record of the
Republican party because Of that par
tvs acts.
I have helped to make my party's
record in the enactment OF the Eight.
Hour law, the Employers Liability
act, the statutes to minimize the haz.
ard Of railroad employees, the Child
Labor law for the District Of Columbia
and other enactments designed especial.
ly to improve the conditions of labor.
cannot hope TO better state my posi-
ton on injunctions than by specific
endorsement of Mr.. Taft's Cincinnati
declaration on that subject. That en-.
dorsement | make
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-24

For President
WILLIAM III. TAFT, of Ohio
For Vice President
JAMES S. SHERMAN, DIN. Y
THE BOMB A BOOMERANG

Mr.. Bryan in his attempt to throw a
bomb at Pres. Roosevelt regarding the
Hearst Foraker Haskell imbroglio finds
that the explosion proved boomerang
and Il has recoiled with unrelenting force
upon him. Unlike Bryan the President
usvsr says anything unless he can back
up his statements. No sooner had he re-
ssivsd Bryan's letter than he got busy
and with -lightning dispatch
psnnsd IN answer which completely ex-
plodsd every statement advanced. In
closing he said.
Let me repeat that no law-defying
>-poration has anything to fear from you
whet it will suffer in the general
ralysis Of business which any attempt
your part to reduce to practice wha
,ou have advocated would bring This
paralysis would affect the wage worker,
tAs farmer. the small business man more
han it would affect the great business
man. But it would affect the latter. too.
'rrhsrsfors | hope and believe that all far
siahtsd citizens who wish to see this coun-
try prosper in material things will support
Mr. Taft. But above all ask for support
for him because he stands for the moral
uplift of the nation, because his deeds
have made good his words, and because
the policies to which he is committed are
Of immsasurable consequence alike to the
honor and the interest Of the whole Ameri-
can people"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-24
Church Improvements

The Congregatonalists are making
marked improvements in the interior of
their church The walls Of the church
parlors are being decorated, the old paper
having first been taken off. In the audi
forum the seats have been newly dressed
with hard varnish that won't come off
or cause inconvenience to the person sit
ting in the pew. Other improvements
are also bsing made in the room. The
walls Of the dining room are also recev-
ing coats Of alabastine and paint The
work will be finished this week
The work has been done by Rev. N. J.
Myers, H. A. Smith and Lauron Myers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-24
The supreme Justice

The Banner cheerfully endorses the
candidacy Of Judge Willis B. Perkins Of
Grand Rapids for associate justice Of the
supreme court to succeed Justice Carpen-
Ter. resigned. Judge Perkins is splendid
type Of American Manhood, having worked
his way to the position which he now holds
on the circuit bench Of Kent county. Kent
county 10 proud oi.him and he is big
enough. broad enough and learned enough
to b credit to the state If advanced to
the supreme judiciary. The Michigan
supreme court is noted for being one of
the best In the United States and it should
% kept so by slecting men for that depart
msnt Of the type Of Mr.. Perkins.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-24
HAD TO POSTPONE 1T
Amusement COMMITTEES Obliged to
Cancel Doings for Saturday.

Amusement COMMITTEES Obliged to
Cancel Doings for Saturday.
Owing to the failure of the booking
agent to furnish a list of attractions for
the next Saturdays gala day entertain
ment the amusement committee has been
obliged to postpone the entertainment for
one week. The committee will leave no
stone unturned to furnish one Of the best
entertainments for Saturday, Oct. 8, that
they have yet furnished.
Our business men and the committee
regret the failure Of the booking agent to
supply US this week, and will assure the
people Of the surrounding country fine
afternoon Of amusement for week from
Saturday, if they can be found in the
country. Come to Bedding anyhow and
have good time.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-24
But He Runs on Forever.
(From the New York Sum-

What will Mr.. Bryan say
After next election dayf
Mr. Bryan Will insist
That he is nm optimist.
Beaten three times What of that7
He's the one great Democrat
Wiling FOR his fellow men
70 be beaten once again.
Read the Commonor and learn!
Mr. Bryan, Mr.. Kern.
Sail together on this trip
In the old, oft stranded ship.
(They have quarters in the sternl.
In this antiquated craft,
While they gaze ut Mr.. Taft
Miles ahead-the race near done
And by Taft and Sherman won
Mr.. Bryan. ever wise,
Doubtless will philosophize
And 10 Mr. Kern recite
That remark. already trite,
All prepared and often sprung;
"Bsate Yes, but I'm still young.
l can wait another four
Years, then try the race once more.
I have got this thing down pat,
I'm the one great Democrat"
Julian Durand.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-24
A BIG PICKEREL
r. ID. Lincoln Lands One Weighing
over Twenty Pounds

r. ID. Lincoln Lands One Weighing
over Twenty Pounds
1t has been left for 2 D Lincoln tc
make the record catch OF big fish this
season and he is the proudest sportsman
in the city.
A few days ago he, in company with
Albert Cusser, Joe Presley and Ben Tow
or, went to Wabasis lake on fishing trip.
They hadn't been out but few hours
when the big fish struck Lincoln's hook
and after an exciting tussle it was landed
A pair Of scales used at the club house
was borne down TO the 20 pound notch
all that 1t would register.
The party arrived today and the fish
was admired by lot of sportsmen who
envied Mr. Lncolns catch.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-24

IT IS amusing to hear Mr.. Bryan accuse
the Republican party Of fostering central
hation. He has such an adherence Of
Capitalization that he wants to compel
all the banks to unite in trust to guaran-
tee one another's deposits and is about
the only conspicuous public man in
America 70 advocate government owner
ship and operation Of all the instrumental
tiles OF interstate commerce. As a
osntralizsr. Mr.. Bryan is leagues ahead
Of the father Of Capitalization Alexander
Hamilton.