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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
FARMERS HOLD OUT
FOR DOLLAR FOR WHEAT

Pendleton, Or, June 28.-Deciding
to build an electric line from Thorne
Hollow down across the wheat belt of
Umatilla county to the Columbia river,
and adopting a resolution to hold this
years wheat crop for at least a dollar
a hushel, the County Farmers Union
held one Of its most enthusiastic meet
ings here Saturday afternoon.
There were large number of grain
growers present and all seemed to be
of one mind on both propositions
The proposed road will have it's Col
ubmia river termination either at Cold
Springs or Umatilla, making the line
from 20 to 40 miles in length and tap
Iing the very best portion of the wheat
belt.
In connection with requiring the
members of the organization to hold
for one dollar, it was decided that
arrangements be made for advancing
money to those farmers who otherwise
would be compelled to sell at whatever
price they could get.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02

Olympia, June 23-. The report Of
the legislative investigating committee
was transmitted to the joint assembly
this afternoon in message from Gov.
Hay.
In the report of the investigators the
findings against Schively are more d.
rect and severe than some thought the
committee would formulate. There is
no mincing of words in the document.
1t declares that Schively's practices
Gin wrongfully collecting excessive
fees and retaining them brands him as
a corrupt and unworthy public official. !"
The greater portion of the report is
given up to the insurance department..
The conduct of the office of state treas
urer is approved, except for the fact
that the Office fails to keep ledger &C
count Of the securities belonging to the
several land grant permanent funds
and in the possession Of the treasurer.
The conduct of the office of the su-
perintendent of public instruction is
commended
The committee finds that the new
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
LIMIT SET ON EXTRA
SESSION LEGISLATURE

Olympia, June 25.-After a rather
windy and involved debate the senate
passed concurrent resolution that
the special session of the legislature
will not consider any legislation ex-
cept such is relative or appertains to
the investigation of state officers and
institutions, except appropriation or
relief bills and the repeal or modifica-
ton Of appropriation laws"
The vote on this important resolu-
ton, considered as q special order of
business, was 81 for and only against.
This is an ominous vote for there
is caucus determination to repeal the
following special appropriation bills
enacted at the regular session, in re.
spronse to the protests of the tax paw
ers which the senators had to face
when they returned to their several
constituencies in March:
Stuck river Improvement. $50. 900:
Colubmia river improvement. $50. j..
600; Lake Washington canal, $3.50. 600
Wenatchee bridge, $3.50, 900: South
western Washington fair. $40. OOo !:
State Historical Society building. s25
600; Spokane irrigation congress. $50.
900. Total, $61O, 900.
At the afternoon session of the sen.
ate the consideration Of the governor s
vetoes on senate bills was made a
special order for O'Clock today.
Senator Hutchinson concurrent
resolution providing for the creation
OF three investigating committees, was
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
WILL INCREASE POWER
AT WIRELESS STATIONS

Seattle, June 26.-Increased power
for United States army wirelessy sta
tions now working in Alaska and the
inspection Of sites for the erection of
additional stations has been ordered
by the war department. Increased
power at the stations at Nome and
Fort Gibbon will provide uninter1 upt-
cd service day and night. Power will
be increased ut the stations Of Fort
Egbert, Circle City and Fairbanks,
giving communication between these
three stations without delay. A wire
less station will be constructed at the
mouth Of the Yukon. With this station
working, Yukon river captains may be
informed OF the conditions of water
before starting on the trip from the
mouth OF the river to st. Michael.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
MANY FAIL TO SECURE
CERTIFICATES TO TEACH

Olympia, June 2S.-The work Of tho
May examinations has been completed
in the Office of the state superintendent
of public instruction. A total of OK
successfully passed the examination
and received certificates. Of this NM
Der $40 were issued as the result of ex.
animation, and % of these were fret
grades, 81 were seconds, and 302 were
third grade certificates, 155 were is.
sued upon accredited papers, AZ were
renewals and As were permanent first
grades.
OF the whole number of applicants
60 per cent received certificates wh;lo
put o. per cent of the entire number
who wrote were successful
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
STARTS OUT
TO REFORM INDIAN SERVICE

Chicago, June % Secretary II. A.
Ballinger, the ''big chief" OF the de-.
partment of the interior, sharpeneo
his long knife and tomahawk, while ne
was in Chicago, to go after the scalps
of large number of Indian agents on
reservations in the West.
He spent the greater portion OF the
day with Frank Sorenson, superlntend-
ent in the Indian warehouse, and then
announced that he was getting ready
to rid the Indian agencies OF numerous
incompetent hands.
He made no secret of the fact that
he is cheap brave and is gong on
the warpath to burn the red tape OF
the department. He laid the founda-
ton for his campaign in long confer
ence with Mr.. Sorensen, making de-
tailed inquiries into the manner OF con-
Quoting business with agents, and in
spected the stock of goods on hand
which are being shipped daily by car
loads to the reservations.
Secretary Ballinger said that he was
going to make radical changes in the
manner of conducting Indian affairs
in the West.
81 am not afraid to cut away the red
tape when 1 see it is hindering the
work of the department. said Mr..
Ballinger. 81 think the principal
difficulty is with the incompetent
agents.
They are not INSCRIPTIONS, but. it
takes good business men and men who
understand the manners Of the Indians
to deal with them.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
FIFTEEN THOUSAND
DELINQUENT CORPORATlo'

Olympia, June 28.-About lo :vs
Washington corporations will De WI. .pts
off the records of the secretary Oh '' sdr
and such of them as are not aii9 n
dead will no longer be permlt'su. !.
do business in this state. Unu0 ",rt
law of 1905 all corporations dellnqu'oi
two years or more in the paymeue. .o,
the annul license must be taken D ~.
the list. The attorney genera ,not
just ruled that this delinquency c~ ,.ou.
be cured by paying up now. aaln.
sands Of old corporations are u' Gill
quent and many hundreds more W" Nd
fall into the class unless they P"'
this month.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
House DECLARES INTENTION
To IMPEACH J. II. SCHIVELY

regarding the various articles.
Of the. seven members of the i'm
peaching committee, all but two rank
among the administration supporters.
The two o4o~r+ions- are Edge. a Demo-
GRAFT, who opposed the Palmer bill, and
Lambert, who also opposed the Pal
mer bill and who opposed the investi-
cation resolution at the regular session.
Favors New Board of Managers
In announcing the impeachment
committee, Speaker Meigs said that he
was of the opinion that new commit
tee should be appointed as impeach-
ment managers before the bar of the
senate when the articles " ere ready to
send over.
The greater part of the house session
was taken up in going over procedure
and practice in impeachment cases.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Palmer the
clerk read the lengthy chapter on i'm
parchment contained in the new Amer
lean and English Encyclopedia of Law
and an equally long discussion on the
subject from Gushing.
The judiciary committee of the SEN
ate presented to that body it's rules to
govern the impeachment of Schively
in the event that the house presents
the articles. Mr.. Graves moved their
adoption, saying that they were as
simple as could be had and fair to all.
They were, he said, founded on the
rules used in the impeachment proceed
ings against President Johnson They
were adopted unanimously and 200
copies were ordered printed.
A copy of the rules wandered over
the house, where, on motion of Mr..
Todd, they we're ordered read in full.
The rules comprise about $500 words
of typewriter matter.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
LEGISLATURE C0EyENES
OLD OFFICERS ELECTED
Investigating Committee Report
Very Severe on Insurance
Department.

buildings at the Eastern Washington
bospital for the insane are safe for &C.
cupancy, but censures the board of con-
troll for accepting from the contractors
work that is imperfaect in some par
ticulars.
The school for defective youth at
Medical Lake is commended, but it is
pointed out that the school is over
crowded and needs more accommOda-
tions.
A commendatory report is made on
the state penitentiary, but the COM
mittee urges that the institution secure
more farm land and that arrangements
should be made for state agent to
buy jute directly from the handlers in
India for the peni'entiary jute mill.
Regarding the state college, the COM
mittee reports merely that further
exhaustive examination should be
made.
It finds that the management of the
state fair at North Yakima is too ex-
pensiye and that it's system of account
ing is imperfect. A schedule accom-
panying the report on the fair shows
that the state received a revenue OF
So, 900 from the betting ring and sa-
loon privilege during the biennial
period of 19O7-8.
On the state auditors Office, the COM
mittee reports that ''the time and
means at our disposal are entirely
inadequate to make a complete and
intelligent report but recommends
that full investigation be made.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
Covers Wide Field

THAT every corporation, joint stock
company or association, organized for
profit and having capital stock repre-.
sented by shares, and every insurance
company now or hereafter organized
under the laws of the United States Or
Of any state or territory Of the United
States, or under the acts Of congress
applicable 70 Alaska or the District Of
Columbia, or organized under the laws
of any foreign country and engaged IN
business in any state or territory OF the
United States or in Alaska or in the
District of Columbia, shall be subject
ed to pay annually special excise tax
with respect to the carrying on or 90.
ing business by such corporation, JOHN
stock company, association or lnsu'
ance, equivalent to 2 per centum upon
the entire net income, over and above
$5, 600, received by it from all sources
during such year, exclusive OF amouns
received by it as dividends upon STOCK
of other corporations, joint STOCK CON.
panies or insurance companies sup10'
to the tax hereby imposed or is organ
lied under the laws of any foreign
country upon the amount OF net mcOu'
over and above IS, 600 received pyn
from business transacted and csp'l
invested within the, United States Snu
it's territories, Alaska and the DlsuN'
of Columbia during such year, eAciu
sive Of amounts SO received BY IL %
dividends upon stock of other corpOis
tions, joint stock companies, aSso.n
tions or insu1 aimee companies, suO'''
to the tax hereby imposed. "
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
Federal Jury Probing Sugar Trade

Investigation of the conduct of the
American Sugar Refining Company in
it's dealings with the Pennsylvania
Sugar Refining Company is now pro-
crossing before federal grand jury.
It was the closing of the Pennsylvania
Company's refinery after the American
Sugar Refining Company had gained
control of it by loan that resulted in
a recent suit of $50, 1000, 600, which
was settled by the American Company
after much evidence had been taken.
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also made special order for to-day.
House concurrent resolution NO. )
relating to the conservation congress
at Seattle, passed.
TREASURER TO HANDLE
STATE COLLEGE FUNDS

Olympia, June 26.-At the afternoon
session of the senate yesterday the
Beach bill, providing that the state
treasurer shall become the CUSTODIAN
of the state college fund, was passed
by a unanimous vote By vote OF
81 to 2, with twelve absentees, the Dill
PASSED the house. The two votes III
the negative were those OF Palmer
who said it was extraneous legislation
under the. limiting resolution Whlcn
has been passed, and Mr.. Speaker.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
G. A. r. ELECTS OFFICERS
FOR ENSUING YE"

The Grand Army encampmen' S The
met at Tacoma last week nan0u .,ont
following officers for the depat com.
Of Washington and Alaska for 'n0 .der.
ing year: Department CONNIE aanior
Gen. Lyman Banks, Of Seattle I Cash.
vice commander, A. S. Burbank couo-
mere, Chelan county; junior Woo chap
mander, w. E. Linsey, Spokano'
lain. Rev. 9. D. Spencer. JEW Wins.
council Of administration, ". n T.
combe, Spokane; George v.
Orting; r. J Chase, Seattle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
SEATTLE MARKET REPORT
Purchasing Prices.

The following prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers for
delivery in round lots +. o. b. Seattle,
and are subject to change without no.
tice:
Eggs-Select ranch, 24@25c. per doz.
Poultry-live hens, loo ID; springs,
100; roasting, 16c; old roosters, 100 /;
ducks, lac; geese. 1Sc; live turkeys,
&c; dressed, 24c.
Potatoes-$si @s2 per ton for local /;
$31@32 for Yakima
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
SIS, 900 Earnings EXEMPT

Every latitude is given concerns fl,
exemption of expenses, cost of main
tenance, depreciation of property debts
and interest thereon or other forms ~
taxation and all expenditures USUALLY
taken from earning accounts. Eyerv
corporation is also given an exemption
of s., 600 of earnings before the h1
shall apply.
ALI machinery relating to the collec.
ton, remission, and refund of internal
revenue taxes is made applicable to tn.
corporation tax and the responsibility
for the enforcement of the proposed
law rests with the commissioner Of in.
ternal revenue in the same manner as
other internal taxes.
While the corporations are required
to supply intimate information relat.
ing to their business, provision is made
to safeguard them against wrongful
use of data obtained for the purpose Of
assessing the tax. Penalties are pro.
vided in cases of false o, fraudulent
returns.
Practically every character of incor
porated institution, organized for pro.
fit, is brought within the provision Of
the tax. The paragraph defining the
concerns from which the tax will be
collected follows:
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02

Olympia, June 26.-Without a dis
senting vote the house yesterday
passed resolution declaring its inten-
ton to impeach J. H. Schively, state
;nspra-.o- commissioner. The Ay..r-
whelming vote was the result of the
general belief in the house that the
senate, having sent the Palmer bill
abolishing Schively's Office to comm t.
tee, had designs on the life OF the
measure. A contributing cause was
the aversion to going on record as vot-
ing against impeachment when the
issue had been sluarely showed up by
that element in the house never identi-
fed with the administration interests
and which has been prone to look
with favor upon the arguments of the
wet lobby during he regular session.
The resolution of impeachment was
offered at the morning session, bear.
ing the name of Slayden. He said
Lambert's name. belonged to it also. Its
text follows:
Text of Resolution
Whereas, The joint committee ap-
pointed to investigate certain offices
have made findings which warrant the
impeachment of the insurance COM
missioner of the state of Washington,
j. H. Schively, and,
Whereas, It is the duty of the
house of representatives to find and
present impeachment, Now, therefore,
be it
Resolved by the house of representa-
tives of the state of Washington, That
John H. Schively, insurance commits
sioner of the state of Washington, be
impeached before the senate of said
state for high crimes and misdemeanors
or malfeasance in Office. And, be it
further
Resolved, That committee of seven
members of the house be appointed to
prepare articles of impeachment and
report the same to the house for consid-
eration'
On the reading of the document,
Scott moved that it be made a special
order for 2 p. m. and it was so or
dered At that hour Scott moved the
addition of the words "And that the
said committee be empowered to act
as managers of the impeachment be-
fore the bar of the senate" a motion
which subsequently, passed.
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Washington State News

Hoouiam lumber mills are running
night and day.
The Okanogan water supply has been
doubled by recent Improvements.
Wenatchee has decided to spend an
other Is, 900 on street Improvement.
The North Yakima Commercial Club
las started campaign to beautify the
city.
The Montesano school census shows
584 children of school age in that city.
a gain in year of $50.
The state tax commission has re-
ceived 90, O65. OF, being the state inner
itance tax on the estate of the late Vic
tor Lesser, of Spokane.
The Country Club building at Amer
lean lake, fourteen miles from Tacoma,
burned last week with loss Of $25, 600
and $40, 900 insurance.
The state board of finance has COM
pleted the purchase of $4,000 bonds
of Pasco school district as an invest
ment for the permanent school fund.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound railway has commenced work on
it's car shops at Otbello. The depot
and Office building will be started with
in short time This building will be
of concrete.
Work has commenced on a new wag-
on road through the Bonaparte noun
tains, south of Chesaw, to the Waucon-
da country. The new road, which will
be about twelve miles long, will short
en- the distance about half.
Two hundred delegates from Chris
tian churches in the Northwest were
present at the Western Washington
Christian Missionary Society, which
was held at the First Christian Church,
Seattle, Thursday to Sunday last.
Now that Seattle's second Cedar riv-
er pipe line has been completed, the
Seattle Star calls upon the city council
to forthwith authorize the building of
third pipe line, declaring the city
will need it by the time it can be COM
pleted.
The weather Office at Seattle, and
presumably thouse throughout the
country, has been ordered to abandon
the simplifed spelling directed by
President Roosevelt some three years
ago The order is by the department,
but its source is undoubtedly higher.
A large rowboat carrying five Amer
lean and four English tourists and four
Irish boatmen, was swamped in gale
while crossing lower Killarney lake
last week. All the tourists and two of
the boatment were drowned. Among
the victims we're Mrs. A. A. Hilton
and son, Of Tacoma
Last week, by virtue of a Park day
proclamation by the mayor. many cit
liens of La Conner shouldered axes and
a big showing was made toward Gle
ing the site of the new city park on
Galliher's hill. It is planned to put
the park in readiness for the Skagit
COUNTY pioneers reunion, which meets
the first Saturday in August.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
Fairbanks Has Water to Wash Gold

Fairbanks, June 28.-Heavy rains
last week broke the spring drouth,
releasing 81, ZOO, 900 in gold from the
winter dumps in the Fairbanks dis
trict A shipment Of $500. 600 Of dust
has just arrived from Koyokuk, whose
winter output was $500, 900.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
Work for South Tacoma Shops

Tacoma, June 28.-The South Taco
ma car shops have received orders to
once begin the construction of 700
freight cars for the handling of in
creased business on the Northern Pa
cifc system. The shops have just
completed an order for 400 cars.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
Minor Happenings
of the Week

Contracts for Oregon hops have been
made at % cents, the high price for
the season so far.
The comptroller of the currency has
issued a call on all national banks for
report of their condition at the close OF
business June %.
Three thousand men, representing
95 perc ent of the working force Of the
Pittsburg street railway company,
went on strike Sunday.
The new town of Cordova, Alaska,
celebrated her first birthday June ~
by voting to become an incorporated
city and also elected her first council
men.
In semi official statement issued at
Berlin it is stated that Prince Won
Buelow will remain chancellor and
that the reichstag will not be dissolved.
Financial reform is promised.
Resolutions have been adopted by
the Democratic League of Southern
California, declaring former Gov. Folk,
of Missouri, the logical candidate for
president in 1912.
A number of leading prune men in
the vicinity of Salem, Or. have organ
lied an independent pool. About e.
900, 900 pounds. or 20 per cent of the
Salem crop was represented. A COM
mittee of three was appointed to mar
ket this years crop.
William Jennings Bryan, Jr., and
Miss Helen Berger of Milwaukee, were
married at the summer home of the
brides parents at Grand Lake, Colo.
on Thursday last. Miss Berger is the
daughter of millionaire Milwaukee
grain and flour dealer.
The Turkish government has ascer-
tanned that the cash deposits of Abdul
Hamid, the deposed sultan of Turkey,
in the Imperial Bank of Germany
amounted to 5000, 900 Turkish pounds,
approximately $21, 5000 The au-
thorities are wondering how they are
going to get the money.
The army transport Sherman, which
has been out of commission at San
Francisco for year, because there
were no funds to repair her, is to be
thoroughly overhauled. A contract has
been made with the Union Iron Works
of San Francisco for the complete re-
pair Of the vessel at it's bid of 1914, 900.
The United States, answering Great
Britaiu's request not to press her pro-
test to China in the matter of the Han
kow-Sze-Chun railroad loan Of $27,
500, 900, has replied that she is willing
to accede if American financiers get a
share of the loan and Americas rights
under the convention of 1904 are rec
ognized.
Mining through the ice off the Nome
beach, which has yielded millions in
gold dust, wias tried with success last
winter, according to reports of return
ing passengers. After Bering sea was
frozen hole was cut in the ice and a
stream of water and compressed air
was driven against the bottom sands,
which were pumped to the surface of
the ice. and the gold extracted.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02

Olympia, June 23.-After a bitter
fight INDUCED in by the house. L. o.
Meigs was chosen speaker in a dra-
matte session. He resigned, but his
resignation was refused by vote of
43 to 48. A. S. Ruth, on a resolution
passed by the senate, was chosen presi-
dent, it being the sense of the senate
that no reorganization was necessary.