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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
FISH COMMISSIONERS FAIL
TO REACH AGREEMENT

Vancouver, B. c., Dec. % The
failure of Prof. Prince and DIR. David
Starr Jordan, Canadian and American
commissioner, respectively, serving
under the British American treaty Of
April 8, 1908, to agree in the most i'm
portant details of their reports on joint
fish regulations in the waters contigu-
Gus to both countries, has resulted IL a
decision to postpone the filing Of their
reports for six months. In the mean
time the commissioners will attempt
to get together and formulate reports
which shall in the main coincide. The
result Of this determination is that
there will be no attempt at joint fish
regulation by the Canadian parliament
and by the American congress for next
season-the year of the big salmon run
and the present regulations will
remain in force in both American and
Canadian contiguous waters during the
fishing season of 1909.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
Washington State News

Anacortes will receive SO, 900 for a
Carnegie library.
Seattle Christian Scientists are break
ing ground for new 500, 600 church
edifice.
The seventeenth national irrigation
congress will meet in Spokane August
to IA, 1909.
A six story modern building is to be
erected at Vancouver by the American
Life and Accident Insurance Company,
at cost of from $75, 900 to 500, 900.
The necessity for purchasing agent
for the departments of the state gov
eminent is pointed out by T. D. Rock
well in the Forthcoming report of the
state tax commission.
The Wenatchee school board has been
authorized to purchase sites for one
new ward and one high school build
ing. An election to vote bonds for the
new buildings will be held soon.
The Great Northern Railway COM
pany is making surveys with the inten-
ton of eliminating the heavy grade
between Bellingham and Ferndale,
according to information given out at
Bellingham.
The Northern Pacific railroad, asses
sed $18, 900 for it's share of the new
street paving at North Yakima, will
pay without demur A representative
Of the company has investigated and
finds it a fair assessment.
TIL Whatcom Falls Mill Company
has purchased SO, 600, 900 feet of tim
Der on Stillaguamish river, Snohomish
county, for 500, 900 from the Airing
ton shingle company. A logging camp
is to be established Immediately.
The bureau of education Of the inte-
rior department, within the week, ex-
poets to have concluded plans whereby
it will establish in Seattle branch
of the bureau, which will have direct
charge Of operations in Alaska among
the natives, as we'll as part of the adj
ministrative affairs of the reindeer
herds in the North which they super
wise
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
Russians Take Siberian Land

New York, Dec. 28.-The Times
says the falling off in immigration has
been one of the most remarkable fea-
lures of the present reaction. The de-
crease in Russian immigration was
especially marked, and obviously might
be due to Improvement of conditions
in Russia-bad as they areas well as
our own hard times. Confirmation Of
this view is given by the figures of the
movement of population within Russia
itself. No less than "491, 900 emf
grants and So, site seekers passed
into Siberia the first seven months of
1908 and 700 emigrants and "a, 600
site seekers returned to Russia in the
same period. The site seekers were
sent by the communes to locate avail
able lands.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
A. Y. P. EXPOSITION To
CERTIFY MINE EXHIBITS

Seattle, Dec. % In the exhibit Of
the mineral resources of the state OF
Washington at the Alaska Yukon "a
cific exposition something entirely new
will be undertaken. In the Washing.
ton display at the 1909 fair there Will
be no picked samples and no mining
company will be allowed to exhibit It's
ore unless the property has first estaO-
lished it's right to the claim OF a lesl''
innate mining proposition
With each exhibit will be a state
ment giving the name of the owner Oh
the property, location by dlstrlc1
amount Of development work done anu
the extent of the ledge as shown os
the development work and average a.
says secured from the rock prepared W
the state commissioner.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02

mind, but, sir, I may be permitted te
say this: That freedom of speech and
freedom Of the press have not been
granted to the people to say the things
which please, but the right to say the
things that displease, even though they
do wrong.
''This is a struggle Of the working
people of our country, and it is a
struggle of the working people fol
right. The labor movement does not
undertake to presume too be higher
tribunal than either the courts or other
branches of the government of ou1
country. It is struggle of the men
of labor to throw off some of the bur
dens which have been heaped upon
them; to abolish some of the wrongs
annd to secure some of the rights toe
long denied.
Must Take Consequence.
eff men must suffer because they
dare speak for the masses of the me1
our country; if a man must suffer
because they have raised him to meet
the sordid greed-even to grind the
children in the dust to get dollars
then must bear the consequences.
''But," continued Mr.. Gompers
II would not have you believe me a
man of defiant character in DISPOSE
tion or conduct. But in the pursuit OF
honest conviction and in the further
ance of the common interest of my
fellow men shall not only have to,
but be willing to, submit to whatever
your honor may impose
Mr.. Mitchell followed in a strong,
resonant voice:
81 thoroughly and unreservedly in.
dorse what Mr.. Gompers has said.
l would like his expression to be accep.
ted as my own.'
Mr. Morrison spoke last. II in.
dorse,' he said, what Mr.. Gompers
has said. I am conscious of doing nc
wrong or having in any way violated
the law, and it's my belief that in
every act have committed have but
exercised my rights under the consti
tuition and the laws of this land
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
Minor Happenings
Of the Week

Six and half million pairs of shoes
were exported from this country dur
ing 1908.
Wesley M. Owen, of Leroy, Ills, is
to be justice of the supreme court on
the Isthmus of Panama.
William Sherman, director of the
civil service in the Philippines, has
resigned and will return to the United
tates.
The Brazilian chamber of deputies,
at secret session recently, adopted a
bill authorizing the expenditure Of
S75, 900, 900 for the navy.
Otto Jespersen, professor of English
in the University Of Copenhagen, will
lecture in Columbia university next
year from September to February.
It is rumored that interests repres-
enting Charles M. Schwab are about to
close deal with the receivers of the
Diamond State Steel Company for the
purchase of the plant
Cubans, alarmed for the safety of the
sugar and tobacco interests, have urged
President-elect Gomez to take prompt
action looking toward reciprocity with
the United States.
Beginning in March Of next year the
trip from Valparaiso to Panama by
sea will be reduced very materially.
The line inaugurating this quicker
service will be subsidized by the Chill
can government.
That not only cheaper, but very
much cheaper rates for cablegrams
across the Atlantic are are near at
hand is the assertion of the Canadian
Postmaster General On his return from
Europe few days ago.
The United tates navy stands second
among those of the great world powers
according to the navy year book, pre-
pared by P. L. Pulsifer, clerk of the
senate navy committee. Germany
follows third, while France has drop
ped to fourth place, and Japan is fifth.
The Chicago & Milwaukee electric
railway will hereafter refuse to carry
intoxicated persons on its cars. The
reason assigned for the order is that
some of the cars have no smoking
rooms, and it is not desired to carry
''drunks'' in the same compartment
with women and children.
DR.. F. W. Hatch, superintendent of
the California state hospitals, in his
biennial report, says too much drink
is the chief cause of insanity in Cali
fornia. the proper remedy for this,
he says, ought TO be found in the pro-
per education of youth as to the lack
of necessity for alcoholic drinks.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
he courts have intimated is to !.

the courts have intimated is to be :.
sidered. W Con.
The commission has not onlv
tanned the amount of money Mas ascef-
to duplicate or reproduce the rs;,
properties; it has ascertained ~
unit quantity, such as the numho' efy
cubic yards of earth, solid rock 81 o.
pan, loose rock, cemented gravel Aaro,
other grading quantities necesso.. aud
be moved, together with the neca.. 70
overhaul; the number of tons Of y
in rails; the track fastenings tics i -;
and timber in bridges, the floor 49, uOa
all buildings and every unit ona us "
entering into the construction
these units current prices can at ~
time be applied and the cost Of roo guy
duction under the conditions then p ~
listing ascertained without any mate. "a ,
expense, provided the commission fro "a
time to time will have further bo ou
ing to ascertain the nature of the ia
provements placed upon the proner.
subsequent to the date of the meSas,
findings and supplementary proceedina
of fact concerning the same
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
SEATTLE MARKET REPORT
Purchasing Prices

The following prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers fol-
delivery in round lots +. o. b. Seattle,
and are subject to change without no.
tice.:
Grain-Oats, $500 "a. 90 per ton ;bar.
ley, $25. 5O@26; wheat, chicken feed,
$4,000; corn, $50.
Hay-Eastern Washington timothy,
$16@$17 per ton; Puget sound hay,
$1,000 oil. wheat hay, $12 alfalfa,
50. 5O@10.50;
Eggs-Select ranch, 45@47c doz.
Poultry-Live hens, 12@14c pei
lb; springs, 14@15c. Turkeys 21c.
Live Stock-Steers, 4I@412c pei
lb; COWS, 31@3Ac; wethers, 41sc
lambs, AZ; hogs, 61ac; veal, ~
Gee.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
NATIONAL LABOR EXCHANGE
NAY SOLVE SOME PROR1 Enc

Washington, Dec. pa great laho,
exchange, free to employer and en-
ploye, that shall have branches in al
the large cities of the continent is ona
Of the results to be sought by the conn
Gil Of labor that will meet in Wasbinc
ton next month at the suggestion Of
Secretary Stratus.
The secretary is now in corresnon.
dence with President Gary of the Unit.
ed States Steel Corporation and otbe,
big employers Of labor and plans 70,
the convention are now rapidly beinc
formed. ''The most important of the
subjects to be taken up" said Secre.
tary Straus, is perhaps that of the IN.
employed. How to give work to men
out of work when there is no work in
sight is a serious problem but BY no
means an unsolvable one. Suppose We
take the case of a timer in New York
who has just lost his job because work
in his particular line has given out
He tramps the streets for several DAYS
and finds other timers in the same
predicament. After he has convinced
himself that there is nothing for him
to do in the big city he applies to the
bureau of information of the depart
ment of commerce and labor and
makes his wants known there. The
man in charge takes down his big
books and looks over the pages. He
finds that 1000 timers are wanted in
Seattle to work on the buildings of the
Alaska kon-Pacific exposition; that
400 or 500 sheet metal workers are
needed in Chicago, St. Louis and Den
yer; that 5000 men can find work in
the great fruit orchards and vineyards
of California, all at first class wages.
"'I'd like to take job out in Seat.
tie, the timer says, but how am to
get out there?'
-" We can send you out there for
$12. so and the fare will be taken out
of your first weeks, pay, the man at
the bureau tells him. So the thing is
done. We hope to be able to make
such arrangements with the railroads
that reduced rates may be obtained for
men who are going after work, and by
the establishment of offices in various
big cities of the country the scope Of
the work may be extended practically
to the whole country"
Messrs. Powderly and Fife Of the
immigration service and Donnelly Of
the government printing office are in
with the principal labor
leaders of the country and all interest
ed will be give opportunity for epxres'
sion at the conference.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
WORK OF CENSUS TAKING
AWAITS ACTION OF CONGRESS

Washington, Dec. 26.-Director
North of the census bureau will begin
organizing his staff for the taking Of
the census of 1910 just as soon as con-
gross shall have provided the money
Some 5000 men and women will be
added to the working force of the bu-
reau, and if the nOn-competitive fea-
ture of the examinations for positions
obtains each senator and representative
will probably have the privilege of ap-
pointing five clerks.
After their nomination by their re-
spective members of congress, these
candidates will be examined on lines
suggested by the director of the census
by examiners sent into their districts
by the civil service commission. If a
nominee for position fails to display
the necessary qualifications, the sena-
tor or representative appointing him
will have the privilege of nominating
another to fill the place.
1t is improbable that the senate will
strike the non-competitive clause from
the appropriation bill, but even if it
oiIOuAO, OIlO IiOuoC WOuAu IT,
fuse to concur.
The 5000 clerks, however, only con-
stitute the advance guard of the census
army. They will serve about two
years each, and next year, when the
preparations for the field work are
about completed, the director of the
census, ON the recommendation of
members of congress, will appoint a
supervisor from each congressional dis
trict. Then will follow the appoint
ment of an army of 10000 enumer-
atOrs.
The supervisor will be responsible
for the accuracy of the work done in
his congressional district, and will
serve several months.
The enumerators will serve but a
brief period of this time, but they will
undergo course of training previous
to undertaking their duties, to fit them
for the work
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
CALIFORNIANS ORGANIZE
DIRECT LEGISLATION LEAGUE

San Francisco, Dec. 29-Heading it's
appeal with the phrase "The rights of
the people are safe with the people, -
the Direct Legislation League of Cali
fornia has been organized ''for the pur-
pose of ending the corrupt political
rule in city, county and state by plac-
ing in the hands of the people those in
struments of direct legislation that
make representative government truly
representative. The president of the
organization is DR.. John r. Haynes,
of Los Angeles, and the movement in
cludes such men as Ex-Governor Par
dee, Rudolph Spreckels, James D. Phe-
Ian and Francis J. Heney. The league
declares for:
The initiative, in order that the peo-
pie may propose bills for laws and
amendments to the constitution.
The referendum, in order that the
people may veto unwise or vicious leg
islation.
Direct Primaries Advocated
A direct primary law-identical with
the Wisconsin primary, but including
amendments suggested by United
States Senator LaFollette, of Wiscon-
sin.
The preamble to the resolutions de-
clares that legislative bodies, local and
state, are dominated too frequently by
men who defy public opinion, refusing
to. support good measures and brazenly
advocating bad ones; and that expert
ence has proved that it is futile under
present laws to attempt to correct this
condition of affairs and keep out of
Legislative bodies men who seek to use
public office for their own private ends
or for the use of corporate interests.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
Start Work on Seattle Depot

Seattle, Dec. 26.-Althougn NV
plans for the Oregon & Washlns'o III
depot have not been completed, we W" ~
start wok on the foundation shofu!
after the first of the year ana wv
structure will be well advanced "
March, said ]. d. Farrell, presliea'
of the road. Mr.. Farrell has just u
turned from New York, where 1or o,u
a month he went over the plans ~
extending the Union Pacific, tlrousa
it's lines, the Oregon & Washington 'i y
the Grays Harbor & Puget Souiu'
Western Washington.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
TACOMA QUOTATIONS

Wheat-Bluestem, 94c; club, So
red, 86c.
Poultry-Turkeys, dressed, 24@25c
spring chickens, dressed, 16@18c
hens, dressed, 14c. ducks, live, 1Oc
spring chickens, live, 11c; geese
fresh, dressed, 18c; squads, live, 81. II
@3 doz; dressed, IS. 80 doz.
Observation-Disclosures, S5@S7o; Ore
gon, 10000.
Washington ranch, candled
As; Oregon, 500.
Oats-$33@34; rolled oats, 9S4@S5
Hay, Alfalfa, Etc.-Wheat hay, 81
@15; timothy, $19@22; mixed, e1e@
10; wild, $1s@15, clover, 915@1e
alfalfa, $12@1S.
Feed-C Corn, $s9@40; wheat, esl@
So; barley, whole grain, e27@82
rolled, $4,000; shorts, eS0@81; bran,
e27. 5O@t28. 80.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
Found a Few More Turner'S

London, Dec. 28-About SO hitherto
unknown water color and oil paintings
by Turner were displayed for the first
time few days ago in the National
Gallery. The water colors were found
in portfolio behind book case which
had not been moved for years. They
needed only slight cleaning. The oil
paintings we're found in paper parcel
in store room. This is the second
recent discovery of Turner's works.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
Monument to Barbara Heck

Ogdensburg, N. Y, Dec. 2S.-o s;sl
facts for the erection OF melo. ID.
monument to Barbaa Heck, the lo Ian
er of Methodism in America, have p. .ss
awarded here. The monumen'' IN.
cost of which is to be defrayed Dy !. Fl i,
ular subscription of Methodlsts Do ~ he
the United States and Canada, IS " .b h
erected on the Canadian bank u snot
st. Lawrence river, close to the t s
where the body of the founder u
creed in this country is buried.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02

Chicago, Dec. 28.-President A. J..
Earling of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railroad, has announced that
by the purchase of from 5000 to 5000
acres OF coal fields in Yellowstone
county, Montana, that railroad may
save more than 81, 900. 900 annually in
the operation of the Pacific coast ex-
TENSION. The coal, which was long
thought to be worthless, has been dis
covered to be as good as that obtained
in Illinois.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
Supreme Court on Strike

Halifax, N. S., Dec. 26.-The
judges and stenographers of the SUI
preme court of Nova Scotia are on a
strike. The court reporters have, as a
protest against the smallness of their
pay, refused to take notes, and Judge
Russell declared that he was not going
to be both judge and stenographer and
Joined the ranks of the strikers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
Federal Exposition Building Bids

Washington, Dec 26.-The bids for
construction of the government build
ings at the Seattle exposition have been
opened at the treasury department.
There were six bids ranging from
1928, 900 to $3.50, 90.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
Chief Justice for Canal Zone

Washington, Dec. 26.-H. d. ooa1
of North Carolina, will be app aLie
BY President Roosevelt to Do n
Justice of the Panama canal 1oI III r
term Of six years, to succeed Ian
M Duran, whose term expires - $50
nary /. Mr. Gudger is now an sem,
ciate justice Of the canal zone su
court.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
Freedom of Press.

In reference to the freedom of the
press, the court declared that the. con-
stitution nowhere conferred the right
to speak, to print or to publish. eft
guarantees, he said, ''only that inso-
far as the federal government is con-
cerned, it's congress shall not abridge
it and leaves the subject to the regula-
ton of the several states, where it be-
longs. Who can be persuaded, asked
the court, continuing, 'that the penal
iaztion of false and malicious libels
upon the integrity of honorable men
and ISLANDERS upon the virtue of chaste
women is an outrage upon the 'consti-
tutional rights of the vilifier 30
'sNo right" the court added, ito
publish either the libel or SANDER can
be sustained, except upon the theory
of right to do wrong"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
Threatened Disobedience.

In conclusion the court said:
Before the injunction was granted
these men announced that neither they
nor the American Federation of Labor
would obey it; they have refused to
obey it; and through the American
Federation of Labor disobedience has
been successfully achieved and the law
has been made to fail; not only has
the law failed to arrest a widespread
wrong, but the injury has grown more
destructive since the injunction than ii
was before. There is studied, deter
mined, defiant conflict precipitated in
the light of open day between the de-
crees of tribunal ordained by the
government of the Federal Union and
the tribunals of another federation, a
frown upon the land. One or the
other must succumb, for those who
would unlaw the law are public enc.
miles,
At the conclusion of the readiang,
Judge Wright, looking directly at
Messers. Gompers, Mitchell and
Morrison, said:
Have either of you anything to
say why Judgment should not be pro-
nounced ?''
President Gompers stood up and,
addressing the court. said:
II am not conscious at any time
during my life of having violated any
law of the country or of the state in
which lived. would not conscious
~ violate law at any time during my
life. It is not possible under the cir
cumstances under which / am before
your honor this morning, and after
listening to the opinion you have rem
dered, to say that which I have in
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
Details Minute

The state will soon be informed rs
to the original cost of all the railroad
property, the costs of its reproduction,
the stock market valuations, the densi-
ty Of traffic and as to every element