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TICKET OFFICE. 1921 PENNA. AVE.
NOTICE.FOHowing schedule not guaranteed
SOS AN. DAILY-Seaboard Mail. Through
coaches and Pullman sleeDers to Savanna h and
Jacksonville. Through sleeper Washington to
Hamlet and Hamlet to Atlanta Dining cars.
$50 PM. DAILY-Seaboard Express. Coaches
and Pullman TO Savannah. Jacksonville. Tampa.
Atlanta birmingham. Memphis. Dining cars.
X. H. STANSELI. District Passenger Agent.
SOUTHERN RAIL WAY.
y. B.-Following schedule figures published
only as information and are not guaranteed.
For Atlanta. Birmingham. Mobile. New Or
leans. Asheville. Chattanooga. Memphis. Sis
an and 11:0o pm daily. . ~
phis. New Orleans. 10:45 pm. daily.
For Columbia. Charleston. Augusta. Aiken.
Savannah Jacksonville and Florida points. 4:1J
pm. daily.
Tourist cars for California tri-week1y. 4:10 pm.
Local for Harrisonburc. 1850 am. daily. 4:l6
pm week days: for Danville. s:15 am daily.
and for Charlottesville. s:1b am and ASS p m.
daily. Frequent trains to and from Rluemont.
L. 8. BROWN. General Aeert
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SPRING RESORTS.
OCEAN CITY. MD.

THE PfIMHIMMON HyrEN,-OPEN JUNE 10.
Choice location. drcctiy on the beach: bath
houses connected To hotel: orchestra: moderate
rates. Booklet. Address n. r. SHREvE.
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MILES OF CANALS
Irrigation of the Belle FourChe
Valley.
WILL WATER MANY ACRES
Small Farms Will Replace the Large
Ranches.
DOLLY MADISON'S INFLUENCE
Pay Proposed for Students-Self
Support in Colleges-Demand
Of English Socialists.
DOLLY MAD1sON's INFLUENCE
BY WILLIAM f. CURTIS.

By WILLIAM F.. CURTIS.
Written for The Star and the Chicago Record
Herald.
The engineers of the government recla-
nation service are about to turn the
water into the irrigating bitches in the
Belle Fourche valley. lust north of the
Black Hills district in South Dakota, not
far from Deadwood and the famous min
ing town of Lead. 1t is the greatest irr-
CATION project the government has ever
undertaken near large center Of popu-
lation. for 1t Is only thirty miles from
the gold-mining district of the Black Hills
country and is within an easy drive OF
large communities in every direction. The
canals. when completed. will supply I0o-
GOO acres of land that has hitherto been
unit for cultivation because 1t could not
be Watered. OF this area 10000 acres are
public land. 1900 acres belonging to pri-
vate individuals and 1900 acres to the
state of South Dakota A large part of
the land has already been taken up. There
are at least 800 families already settled
on the tract reached by the irrigation
bitches and but "a thousand more farms
can be opened when the distributing sys-
tenn is completed and ready for operation
in 1909 and 1910. The first section of the
south canal is completed and water will
be furnished to about 5000 acres OF land
from 1t. 1t is forty-five miles long
eighteen feet wide a the bottom. carries
water to depth of five and half feet
and has a capacity of 80 cubic feet per
second.
The first section of the north canal has
also been completed and will furnish
water for the irrigation of a similar area
within a few weeks.
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fore. On the subject Of the Govr. Of n. 4.
| can say nothing. as he has given no in
tlination Of his intention to resign. I
nope you will believe that my husband
feels for you the highest regard & that
Il shall always cherish those sentiments
of affection and interest which are 50
entirely due 10 you and your amiablo
daughter. u. F. MADISON.
the Revd. Saml. Smith, Prince Town.
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MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN.

wANTED-s14.ooo AT AZ PER CENT FOR
ally. on new washington city properties under
steady rental worth $24 200: will pay Il OF
per cent commission furnish title papers and
cost OF conveyancing. Address NJ. s. Re- star
ONCE. my213t
SEND Us YOUR NAME AND WE WILL GEL
yonr tax bills for Won without cost.
Money to loan at 40 per cent up.
Some per cent money.
No money for building or unimprnved property.
TIE HARRISON REALTY COMPANY.
my11-tf O07 G st. n.w.
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Farms Replace Ranches.

DIR. Newell, director of the reclamation
service says: among the interesting
features in connection with this project
of farming. For many years the Belle
Fourche valley has been entirely given
over to stock raising and agriculture was
only incidental. But the construction of
the dam and the digging OF the bitches
have terminated the ranch business and
have inaugurated n new ora of small farms
intensely cultivated with compact settle
mentS, improved schools. churches. libra
rles and All the iuxuries and cnjoyments
Of town life. II means. also. better grades
Of stock with plenty of winter feed and
fruit. garden truck. poultry. eggs. milk
and butter. for which there is constant
and increasing demand at Deadwood
Lead and other mining towns in the i'm
mediate vicinity. Belle Fourche itself IS
a town of 800 people and has been one
of the largest cattle-shipping points in
the world. There are several other good
towns in the valley. and a direct train
service over the Northwestern railroad TO
Chicago and all the intervening points.
The State University and the State
School of Mines are only a short distance
10 the southwark and any point within
the Black Hills country can be easily
reached in Il short days journey.
THE Department of Agriculture in con-
nection with the reclamation service is
conducting an experimental farm within
the irrigated area. continued Supt.
Newell the reclamation service having
furnished the land and water. This farm
will be operated on thoroughly practical
lines for the purpose of educating the set
tiers many of whom are naturally UNI
familiar with the science of irrigation,
which is not as simple as people generally
suppose. In order to derive the greatest
benefit farmer must understand the
chemical composition of his soil and take
into calculation the nature of the climate.
as we'll as the varied requirements of
plant life A farm crop may be ruined
by too much water or by turning il on
at the wrong time. The laws of nature
apply as strictly to an irrigated farm as
to any other. and a man who has been
accustomed to the cultivation of an ordi-
nary farm must educate himself to new
conditions before he can be successful on
irrigated land
A portion of the experimental farm Is
to he devoted to experiments in dry farm
ing as ii is believed that large areas ad-
iacent to the irrigated lands can be sue
cessfully cultivated without irrigation. y
settler in the Belle Fourclle valley will re-
uuire about 81 ,0cO in cash. team. COW.
a hog or two. farm implements and the
usual machinery and other equipments
that pertain to hundred-acre farm any
where else. Grain. hay, alfalfa, potatoes
and other vegeta bles. apples. plums. pears
and small fruit. will be the most success
full crops and it is expected that beet
sugar factory will be built in the neigh
borhood sooner or later"
Dolly Madison's influence.
Mr. John 7. Loomis of W. H. Lowder-
milk g. Co, Washington. has very in
teresting collection of letters written by
Dolly" Madison wife of our fourth Pres
ident while she was in the White House.
and after her husbands death. He OBJ
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Great Dam and Reservoir.


This water comes from the Belle Fourche
river. where one of the highest earth
en- dams in the world has been built
twelve miles northeast of the town of
Belle Fourche to create a reservoir with
water area of about 5000 acres. The
cubic contents of the dam are about one
half the size Of the Pyramid of Cheops
and the reservoir is the largest body of
water in South Dakota. The dam is 115
feet nigh and 800 feet long at the top
and supplies the two conduits which |
have already mentioned as the north and
the south canals. These main canals will
feed system of about 12J miles of lateral
canals and about a thousand miles of
bitches. which will reach the Belle
FOurche valley on both sides of the river
for about thirteen miles. extending east
War0 from the town about forty miles.
The project was authorized in 1854; the
surveys were made the same year and
contracts for construction We're signed
In April, 1905. Work has been carried
on very rapidly and without interruption
and the record is one of the most crafty
ing in the reclamation service. Settlers
began to take up land as soon the
plans of the government became known
and in 1904, even before the surveys
were made the private land owners in
the valley organized the Belle Fourche
Water users Association and subscribed
s. 100000 for the stock
The government found itself happily
situated as to water supply 1t is en-
tirely what engineers call a gravity
proposition. There is an abundance of
water for even more land than is avail
able. and the cost to settlers is only $40
an acre for perpetual water rights and
a clear title. The land itself costs only
the filing fee. and the payments are ar
ranged in annual nstallments of So each.
without interest. Private landowners
ar. selling their farms for from $40 to
SO per acre above the government price.
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MONEY TO LOAN
On real estate In District Of Columbia.
a. L. RUST.
my7-tf4 COS 18th st. NV.
MONEY TO LOAN IN SUNS TO SUIT AT CUR
rent rates Of interest on real estate In the
District Of Columbia.
FITCH, FOX 4 BROWN,
my1-tf 1908 G st. NV.
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY
POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.

THE STEAMERS OF THE MARYLAND. della
ware and Virginia Railway Company. com.
mencing March ~. will make three trips week.
ly between Washington. river landings and
Baltimore, weather permitting. The passen-
ger sccommoda lions are unsurpassed by any on
the Chesapeake bay tributaries. Steamers
leave Washington every Sunday. Tuesday and
Thursday at pm. and Baltimore every Tues
day. Thursday and Saturday at pm. Time
Of trip. about 80 hours.
STEPHENSON & BRO. Agents.
Telephone Main 745. eth street wharf.
WASHINGTON AND POTOMAC STEAMBOAT
COMPANY.
STH STREET WHARF.
Steamer HARRY RANDALI1-Monday and
Wednesday at pm, for lower Potomac land
ings. Oils to Lower Macbodoc creek. Saturday
at am. for landings between GlymOnt and
Eomini.
Steamer WAKEFIELD Sunday Tuesday and
THURSDAY am. for upper river landings to
Colonial Bench and Mattox creek.
Steamer ESTELIE RANDALI1-Daily at 30
an. for Glymont and intermediate points. sun
day. Tuesday and Thursday to Grinders In addi-
ton. Return trip same day.
Schedules subject to tide and weather. and TO
change without notice.
W. F. CARNE. Jr.. Gen'l Passenger Agt.
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Chesapeake OhiOR ailwa,

NE1eSApeHKeeWMIORE
NOTE.-Published only as information. and not
100 P.M.-c. & O. LIMITED. daily-ra.t vesti
bule train. Pullman sleepers to Louisville,
Cincinnati. Indianapolis. Chicago and st.
Louis. Parlor car for Virginia Hot Springs
week daye. Pullman cars Louisville to Nash
Vile. Memphis and New Orleans. Dining
cars. a Ia carte service.
l1:1o PM.-F. +. v. LIMITED daily-Puiiman
sleepers to Cincinnati. Lexington and Innis-
vile. Compartment sleeping car TO Virginia
Hot Springs week days. Dining car a In
carte service. Pullman sleepere Cincinnati to
Chicago and st. Louis and Louisville to Mem
phis. Nashville and New Orleans.
Reservations and tickets at 513 Pennsylvania
avenue. GOO 14th street ard new Union station
Telephone Main 1880 for Washington Terminal
Cab Service. and Main 1865 32O6 for c. o.
Ticket Once.
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l7[E]IE EM(GlIE@OIDIE.

Opens June Is. The best combina tion Of seashore
features on the coast. Matchless hay for sailing
and fishing: perfect beach and bathing. TIE
Engleside has all the modern convenienceg, pri-
vate baths With sen and fresh water Booklet
r. F. ENGLE. Manager. myl- loot 10
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22
Gard of Thanks

We wish to express most heartfelt
thanks for the aid and sympathy ex-
tended to Us by many kind friends
since the death Of the loved one Of
our household who was laid to rest
last Wednesday. We are deeply CRATE
fol for all the assistance given az. for
the lovely floral offerings. for the ser
vices Of singers and minister and for
the large attendance Of neighbors and
friends at the funeral.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. III. Sutton
and family.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

Editor Islander:
There appears to be disposition in
certain quarters to arouse feeling OF
antagonism toward the pleasure resort
which I conduct and in which the
game of pool is the principal amuse-
ment. The place has been fitted up
at an expense of some hundreds OF
dollars. 1 am operating it under
lease and am the sole proprietor.
It is not saloon annex. No liquor
is sold there. No gambling is per-
mitted nor are any minors allowed in
the room. if know that they are min
ors. No boys are permitted TO play
cards there. On Sundays the doorway
to the Bay View bar room adjoining
is locked and barred. The place is
conducted in q law abiding and order
" manner. No rowdism is tolerated.
The checks complained OF represent
money and are used as matter OF
convenience only. II they are objec-
tionable am perfectly willing to dis
continue their use. and if any wife
or ssmother'' will notify me that she
wishes to have her son excluded from
the room ! will cheerfully comply
with her request. / want 10 obey the
law and believe that | am doing so as
we'll ~ other business men are doing
in any place In the county. II tine
prosecuting attorney proposes to en-
force the strict letter Of the law 90 20
my place, on Sundays or other days.
he should do so against all places OF
business. There should be no favor
iteism. II the people Of the county.
or of Friday Harbor. want the only
public place in the county. outside q
a saloon. where men can play
harmless games and enjoy them
selves in an orderly way closed am
ready to close It.
FRANK BAKER.
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RICHARDSON

Wedding bells will soon ring in
this locality.
The steamer Rustler was in mort
Wednesday night for water.
Samuel Wilson went to BeIlineham
Monday for some dental work.
Ira Wood was visiting old friends
on the south end Tor the past week.
Dr. Acheson had q runaway last
Sunday. Nc damage except a few
bruises.
81. B. Butts is making some quite
extensive improvements in the way OF
clearing land.
N. P. Hodgson returned from Bel.
bingham last Saturday, much improy-
ed in health.
Eddie Buchanan returned Tuesday
from Tacoma. He brous bit home fine
horse and buggy.
Commissioner Buchanan has returned
from Tacoma where be attended the
state commissioners meeting.
l. P. Schruder has fenced IN an
acre with eft pickets. Must be
Louie is going into the chicken bust
| ness
Mrs. Kittie Andrews. of San Juan,
came over Saturday and returned We'd
nesday. Her sister. Mrs. E. G.
Eaton returned with her.
E. g. Eaton had quite serious
runaway last week. While logging up
some ground the team became fright
ened and ran into fence, running a
pole into the breast of one of theu
and inflIcting very bad wound.
One of the greatest shocks that Lo.
PEI island ever had occurred last Sat
urday when the news was flashed over
the telephone that Ole Holm. of the
L opez Lumber Co. had met death in
their logging camp at the north end.
The remains we're taken to Sedro
Wooley for burial. Besides wife and
two infant sons he leaves large circle
of friends to mourn his untimelY de
parture.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

All the signatures required to peti-
ton for dispensation for Q Masonic
lodge here have been obtained and the
petition will soon be forwarded to the
grand master. II there are any other
Masons IN the county belonging to
the Jurisdiction of this state or hold
ing demits from other jurisdictions
who would like to sign the charter list
and participate in the honor OF 90.
tablishlng Masonry in this county,
they are invited to call at the islander
Office Immediately and do SO, or com
municate with O. 81. Culver. or any
other Mason here. IL It IL not conven
lent for them to come to town.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22
Miss Ella q. Mullis wisbes

Miss Ella e. Mullis wishes to
state that the ladies OF EllensburR.
after constant use of the hair tonic
which she sells. are delighted to Hnd
that they no longer have dandruff and
that their hair has ceased falling. and
she wishes every lady in San Juan
county who is troubled with dandruff
and falling hair might call at Mrs.
Ada Mullis-Larson's millinery store
and purchase bottle Of this tonic.
She is sure they will be pleased, and
in SO doing they will help her in her
school work.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

--WANTED-A citizen Of good
local standing to represent in Friday
Harbor and vicinity. ]. F. lorna &
Company, Inc. of Seattle. References
given and required. Preference given
to responsible professional men with
established Offices. as lawyers. real Cd
tate. insurance. bankers. etc. Our
main desire. however. is to secure
the right sort Of man independent Of
calling or circumstances. Full par
ticulars will be furnished 70 any one
who II good faith writes a. regarding
same. J. F. lorna 4 COMPANY,
Inc, Peoples Savings Bank Seattle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22
Death of w. Andrew

Mr.. w. Andrew, the we'll known
market gardener of Lopez. died at his
home Thursday morning. Pneumon-
ia. resulting from an attack of grippe.
is said to have been the cause of his
death. He was quite an elderly man
past seventy, and hid
not been strong for some time. The
islander regrets that it is unable, in
this issue. to give q sketch of his life.
He was an upright and honorable
man. great worker and the most sue
cessful gardener in the county.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

n Prof. Joubert received a long dis.
lance phone message Tuesday. fol-
lowed by a letter Wednesday. asking
him il he would accept the principal
ship of schools at Enumclaw, King
county, at salary of 500 q month.
Thursday another message came tell
ing him that he had been elected and
that the board desired to have him
come Immediately. The directors of
school district No. II, where he has
been teaching for the past five and a
half months, have generously released
him and he left for his new field of
labor to ye; terday. Eight teachers
are employed there.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

The steamship Dirigo arrived in
port Thursday night to take on board
another shipment OF railroad ties and
lumber from the mill of the Western
Mills Company. going to Skagway.
Alaska.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

E. H. Nash returned Wednesday
from at trip to Seattle. Tacoma. Port
Townsend and Port Angeles. He says
he is more strongly convinced than
ever before that Friday Harbor is
one of the best towns on the Sound.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

@. e. Flint. of Blaine, Whatcom
county. talked on the subject Of
Grange work at the court house Thurs
day evening. He plans to return to
the county in two weeks and hold an
other series of meetings. He is to be
at East Sound, Monday. March 2; at
West Sound. Tuesday the 3rd; at
Lopez on the 4th and here on the 5th.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

The local lodge of Foresters, which
has the largest membership of any
fraternal order in the county. will
give it's second annual ball at Odd
Fellows hall, March II.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

The Washington Social. given by
the Ladies' Aid Society. of the M. E.
church. at the home of Mrs. L. B.
Carter Wednesday evening. was at
tended by about sixty persons and was
much enjoyed. The receipts were
SIC. 80.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

N. L. Weiberg was over from Orcas
Monday. returning Tuesday. He Is
an old Mason and past master of Lyn-
den Lodge. No. Sc. and while here
signed the petition for dispensation
for lodge here.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

''Trust in the Living Father" will
be the subject of Rev. W. j. Mitchell's
sermon at the Presbyterian church
Sunday morning In the evening.
at the usual hour. his topic will be
"Needless Anxiety
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

The steamer Lydia Thompson was
crowded Wednesday with men from
Seattle going to Roche Harbor to work
for the lime company.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

Mrs. Fidler and little daughter. re-
Gently from Portland, are occupying
the rooms over the drug store. Mr.
Fidler is stone cutter employed al
the Waldron quarries.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

you suffer with indigestion, constipa-
ton, feel mean and cross, no strength or
appetite, your system is unhealthy. HOl-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea makes the
system stro g and healthy. Soc, Tea or
Tablets. Friday Harbor Drug Co.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

-FOUND-Near Doe Bay. Orcas
island, row boat, IL It. long, painted
green. Owner can have same by prov
ing property and paying costs. Au-
gust Aberg, Doe Bay. Wash.
Feb. 8, 1908.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

Miss Thatcher. of Seattle. arrived
Wednesday to assist Mrs. Ada M. Lar
son in trimming her spring stock of
ladies' and misses hats.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Nichols and
Miss Cora Scribner spent part of
the week in Bellingham.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

The steamer Venture has been char
tered for seven months by the White
Crest Canning Company. of Anacortes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Wood arrived from
Renton the first of the week to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Woods sister.
Miss Laura Sutton.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22
BROWN HERB TABLETS

Have made for themselves many lasting
friends throughout the county, and as
thpv are becoming better known, they are
sure to make many more. Box (s-ven
months treatment) 81 90. postpaid, Sample
nackaqe mailed free. w. P. Caldwell,
Special Agent, Box "a. Lopez, Wash.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

W. E. Kincaid, representing the
monument department. of the Hall &
Laid Paving Company. Of Seattle.
has been spending the past week in
the county.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

Builds up waste tissues, promotes ap-
putite, improves digestion, induces re-
treshing sleep, giving renewed strength
and health. That's what HOLSTERS Roc
ky Mountain Tea will do. 35c. Tea OF
Tablets. Friday Harbor Drug Co.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

WANTED, Man with family to
take charge of Obstruction island ana
cut cord wood. Address G. BEHRE,
Olga, Washington.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

The Ladies' Aid society was most
delightfully."- entertained by Mrs Geo.
Walrod last week. A delicious lunch
was served.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

Mrs. G. N. Culver. of Doe Bay.
is visiting her SONS andptheir families
here. She came via BellinRham
where she had been for two weeks.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22

Thirty five ricks of wood were cut
out of single tree on j. F. King e
place last week. The stump is seven
and a half feet IN diameter.