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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
MILITARY POMP AT
JOHNSON FUNERAL

st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 25.-In keep.
ing with the dignity of the office he
filed as governor of Minnesota and to
the accompaniment of tolling bells, the
body of John A. Johnson was escorted
from the rotunda of the State capitol
Today with military pomp to the train
which was to carry it to st. Peter,
Mimi, and it's last resting place. A
volunteer band of 100 pieces sounded
the funeral march, to the solemn time
of which ten companies of State mill.
tia and three batteries of artillery
swung into line ahead of the hearse.
Thousands of citizens followed the
body.
The process ion proceeded through
the heart of the retail district to the
union station, where a special train
was standing. The casket was placed
in the baggage car. The train was
thrown open for the accommodation
of the public, and a large number went
along to st. Peter.
While the procession was passing
through the streets business was prac-
tically suspended. The sidewalks
were damned with silent throng.
The funeral train arrived at 12:4o
o'clock in St. Peter. Services were
held in the Presbyterian church, where
the deceased was once member OF
the choir. The interment was IN
Green Hill cemetery, beside the bodies
of Gov. Johnson's father and mother
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
IRRIGRATION WORKS WONDERS
IN EGYPTIAN AGRICULTURE

DR.. G. Coulthard of the British army,
who has been on duty for the last five
years in Egypt, and who arrived at
San Francisco recently on the liner
China, brings a story OF miracles
wrought by irrigation in land that
the San Francisco Call.
The construction of great dams by
the British and Egyptian governments
made the miracle possible, and the
muddy waters of the Nile did the rest.
Thousands of square miles of what
used to be desert is now yielding four
and five harvests a year. To quote
DR.. Coulthard:
when a crop ripens and is reaped
the land is covered with water from
the Nile. This water is heavy with
virgin mud, which maintains the rich
ness of the soil and does away with
the necessity for fertilizing.
"The people, slaves practically, a
few years ago, are now wealthy and
growing richer. This in spite of the
fact that they are using the same kind
of implements used in that land 1000
years ago. The plows of today, made
of wood, are exactly patterned after
the hireoglyphics which were carved
40 centuries ago. We got them an Am
erican pillow, but it plowed too deep
and the people would not use it.
"They grow cotton, corn, maize, to-
bacco, hemp, lucerne and a lot of
other stuff"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
Minor Happenings
of the Week

Fire that broke out in the hardware
denartment of Yegen Brothers big de
oartment store at Billings, Saturday
night, did damage to stock and build
ing of $275,000.
The Great Northern Railway an
nounces that the $1,000,000 contracts
for the cutoff on the line between
Great Falls, Mont, and Belt, have been
awarded.
The claim of the Orinoco Corpora
lion against the Venezuelan govern
ment has been settled. Venezuela will
nav the company $3S5,OOO in eight an
nual instruments.
A census bureau examination viii
he held Oct. % for those desiring posi-
lions as temporary extra clerks in the
cmplov of the bureau during the TAX
ing of the decennial census of 1910.
The Spanish forces under Gen. Mar
ina have suffered a severe defeat a,
the hands of the Riff tribesmen and
are now in full retreat toward Melllla
according to advices which reached
the French war office this afternoon
The grand lodge of the Sons of Her
man. at the Denver meeting last week
chose San Francisco as the place OF
meeting in 1918. The per capita tax
was increased from to II cents, and
the cons titutiou revised to admit la
dies lodges to the grand lodge.
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, superinten
dent of the Chicago public schools
who was invited as the only woman
guest to the banquet to President Taft
on Thursday by the Commercial Club
disappointed woman suffragists by de-
clining the invitation.
Senator LaFollette has taken a hand
in the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy by
calling the attention of the president
to the laxity in the enforcement of the
work of caring for the forest area
within the Wisconsin Indian reserva
ton.
Nome newspapers are agitating a
half-cut press rate, via the govern
nlent's wireless system throughout AL
aska. A big petition to Delegate Wick
ersham invokes the aid of the military
authorities to this end, supported by
Congressman Sulzer and Senator Mel
son
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
Washington State News

On June 80 last there were 1,017
persons in the State of Washington,
drawing aggregate annual pensions
amounting to $1,7S0,413.
An characterization fight has been
precipitated at Tacoma by the school
board indirectly making it imperative
that all children be vaccinated.
Gov. Hay has appointed A. S. Wood,
Of Spokane, delegate to the American
Mining Congress, which meets at Gold
field this month.
The Export mill and dry kilns, in
South Bellingham, owned by the Puget
Sound Mills & Timber Company, have
been sold to Thomas Earles and M. F.
Cleary, of Bellingham.
Fire last week completely destroyed
the two-story brick garage of w. H.
Heinzerlinger, on Broadway, between
Union and Pike streets, Seattle.
Twenty automobiles were burned.
Complaint has been made to the
State Railroad Commission for an or
der to compel the Puget Sound Elec-
trio Company to provide better station
facilities at Algona and for better
Yates to that point.
The biggest deal registered in recent
years has been closed, by which the
Stimson Mill Company, of Seattle, pur-
chased 1900 acres of timber land in
Snohomish county from the Port
Blakeley Mill Company for 100000.
An Olympia dispatch to the Seattle
Daily Times says: Frank M. Dallam
has rendered his resignation as conf
Dental secretary to Acting Governor
M. E. Hay, to take effect as soon as a
suitable man can be found to fill his
place.
WalIa Walla citizens to the number
of 2,100 celebrated that city's day at
the Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition,
with the unwilling of statue to DR..
Marcus Whitman, one of the earliest
pioneers of the Northwest. The
statue is a gift from the Commercial
Club of Walla Walla to the fair, and
it's dedication at II o'clock Friday
morning formed the main feature of
the day.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
cry OF WENATCHEE is
BUSY ON BIG RECRADES

Wenatchee, Sept. 25.-Further re-
GRADE work in Wenatchee to the
amount ofs $4,000 has been ordered
nv the city council, and it is the inten-
tion to ultimately bring about the I'M
movement of all the principal streets
in the city.
Mission street, an important busl-
ness street, will be improved for about
a mile by grading, surfaclng WIFI
rushed rock, and cement Sidewalks
laid on both sides of the street 1ne
entire distance, the whole improve
ment costing about $4,000.
POPLAR and Okanogan avenues Will
ho regarded and cement walks placed
IN both sides, costing in all nearly
$4,000.
With these streets improved and the
work on the streets now under way
completed, nearly one-half the street
area of the city will be in first-class
condition.
general plan for sewerage over
the city is being worked out Dy the
city engineer and next week resolu-
tions will be introduced calling for the
work on all of the principal residence
streets. This will involve an expendl-
tire of 100000, but when completed
will give greater part of the city a
complete sewer system.
It is expected that before the close
of this year several other residence
streets will be under way for improve
ment.
The regrade of Wenatchee avenue is
about half completed and cement side
walks are being laid on both sides OF
the street.
It is expected that the work will be
completed by Dec. 1. This will give
Wenatchee fine business street, and
already has encouraged outside CAPT
tai to loan money for business i'm
provements.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
EXPOSITION LIVE STOCK
SHOW GETS MORE ROOM

Seattle, Sept. 25.-The eighteen big
buildings now completed at the Alas
ka-Yukon-Pacific exposition for hous-
ing the great live stock and poultry
show, which opens next Monday morn
ing, if placed end to end, would make
one huge building so feet wide and
nearly a mile in length. Enormous
as is the space contained in these
buildings, it is insufficient for the
many entries made, and it has been
found necessary to rent the Twenty
third avenue garage, just at the south
flow exhibits
All day Saturday and Sunday there
will be busy times at these great barns,
for many cars and several special
trains have arrived from all over the
country with exhibits for the various
classes. Housing and arranging more
than 1000 head of horses, cattle, sheep
and swine is a stupendous task, to
say nothing of the work of installing
in cOOps and pens the thousands of
wild and domestic fowls in the. poultry
show.
A special corps of men has been en-.
gagged for receiving and installing the
exhibits, so that everything might be
ready in time for the show to open
Monday morning on time. The build.
ings were ready several days ago, and
the big infield of the Stadium has been
cleared and smoothed to provide what
is probably the largest arena ever
used in a live stock show
The pick of the exhibits at the big
Eastern and Canadian fairs will be
here for the show.
AS heretofore announced, there will
be no charge for admission to any part
of the stock or poultry show, and the
buildings will be open from 9 a. m
until late in the evening. The poultry
will all be judged on the second day
next Tuesday, and after that date Wis.
itors will be able to pick out the win
ners in the different classes. Judg.
ing in the live stock exhibition will be.
gin next Wednesday and continue for
about a week, and those interested in
this department of the show will have
plenty of chances to see how the
judges do their work.
Complete catalogues describing ey.
cry exhibit and listing the various en-.
tries will be available.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
PROMISE BETTER SERVICE
AFTER CLOSE OF FAIR

Olympia, Sept. 25.-It is stated here
that Northern Pacific officials have
promised the railroad commission that
as soon as the Alaska-Y ukon-P
Exposition closes additional trains will
be placed on the run between Seattle
and Grays Harbor points, which will
give Olympia the extra trains the COM
mission ordered. The railroad has
taken an appeal to the courts to block
execution of the order, but only for
delay, and will drop the case in Octo-
Der.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
Settlers Reject government Offer

North Yakima, Wash, Sept. 81
The water users under the Teton pro.
Ject almost unanimously refused to
consider the propositio made by the
government that they raise $500 600
by assessment of $40 an acre. this
money to be turned over to the govern.
ment by next May, to insure the COM
pletion of the project by 1911.
when the motion was made to con.
slder the assessment, motion to adj
Journ was made and carried.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
Peddling Law Attacked

Olympia, Sept. 25.-The validity of
the 1909 peddling law was attacked in
the State supreme court today when
Charles D. Fullen, of Seattle, attorney
for A. D. Mcknight, brought habeas
corpus proceedings, claiming Nc
Knight, who had been arrested for
violating the law, was unlawfully re-
strained of his liberty by Sheriff
Hodge. The court took decision under
advisement.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
FOUR MILLION CIGARS IN
ONE CARGO OUT OF MANILA

Manila, Sept. 25.-Four million CT
CARS formed part of the cargo of the
Pacific Mail liner Siberia, which sail
ed today for San Francisco. This is
the largest shipment that has ever
crossed the Pacific, and has complete
ly cleared the market. AS a result of
the heavy demand for Philippine CT
gars since the tariff was removed,
factories are beginning to advance
prices.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
Great Pipe Line Completed

Dawson, Sept. 25.-The Yukon Gold
Company's great ditch was completed
last week, reaching Gold Hill. The
water was conveyed from Twelve-Mile
river, seventy miles from the place of
its use. A volume of 5000 inches, vir-
tually river, is conveyed over hills
at a cost of $1O,OO0,OOO, making the
success sful consummation of the great
est engineering undertaking in the his
sory of the North.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
Moors Chastise Spanish

Dudah, Morocco, Sept, I'll con.
native reports say that 7,Ooo 0 pan.
iards were killed by the Moors w
TENDER 20. ,..oob.
According to these reports oe." Nv
ment of artillery was surrounueu uord
the tribesmen and was not aftef"'
heard from.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
Installing University Newspaper Plant

Seattle, Sept. 25.-Through an ar
rangement with w. A. Halteman, state
executive commissioner for the expo
sition, and H. B. Dewey, state super
intendent of public instruction, the
linotype and presses for the Univer-
sity OF Washington daily paper are
now being installed in the educational
building. The first issue of the paper
will be out Oct. 4.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
Light Plant Deal Fails

North Yakima, Wash, Sept. 81
The Northwest Light & Water Com
pany today refused to accept the offer
of the city. of 100000 for the plant of
the company. It is holding for $751;
900, but another meeting will be held.
Mayor Armbruste is anxious for
municipal plant, and suggests securing
the plant by condemnation or building
a new one
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
Bankers Life Company May Stay

Tacoma, Sept. Reinsurance 0om
missioner Schively has informed ~.
Bankers Life Association, OF De'
Moines, Ia, that the recent opln ~
of the State attorney general ous'I '
certain companies from this State W.,
in no manner affect that assocla'io ".
He says the company will have III ",
ficulty in meeting the provisions "
the new code.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
Thirteen Cases Decided

Olympia, Wash, Sept. 25-Thirteen
decisions were handed down Saturday
by the state supreme court, and it is
announced that between now and Oc-
tober II, when the next trial term be-
gins, decisions in about so other cases
will be handed down.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
A..Y..P. Cattle for Provincial Fair

New Westminster, B. c., Sept 49, ~
The stock exhibit will be 1eatuie .:tv
the provincial fair, held in TINS If
next month. Several consignment
cattle from the A.-Y.-P. are 10 oo 10
and nearly the whole of the vlc'o .hs.
display will be seen here, besloes
animals from the district farmers
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
WAR WITH MOORS SAID TO
BE NEARING THE END

Paris, Sept. 25.-A special dispatch
to the Matin from Melilla says tnal
four notables of the Beni-Sicar trlOe
went into the Spanish camp yeslei-
day and held a long conference "i.h
Gen. Salamo, asking for peace. SPAN
demanded the disarmament OF tne
tribesmen and the surrender OF per
sons guilty of numbering Spanlafu''
Hunger has attacked the Moors.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01

New York, Sept. 27.-For nearly
three hours Saturday the telegraph,
telephone and cable service of the
ives tern portion of the United States
was interrupted by severe electrical
storm, which generally accompanies
display of the aurora borealis.
The magnetic influence moved rap
idly westward and disappeared, so
that by $40 a. m. communication was
again established.
During the height of the electrical
disturbance the measuring instru-
ments in the telegraph offices in this
city registered the presence on the
wires of upward of 500 volts of cleo
tricity from an unknown disturbance
The disturbance continued intermit-
tently throughout the day. The princi-
pal trouble was with the cable lines.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
Interest for A.-Y.-P. Warrant Holders sso

Olympia, Sept. 25.-There IS ' the
interest waiting in the hands =.
State treasurer for holders OF wall Ear
prior to May i, 1909, which has - - The !
been unclaimed by the owners -
warrants.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01

Madrid, Sept. 25.-An official us.
patch received here tonight says tno
main body of the enemy is SUING ~.
peace and that hostilities have oeea
suspended during the negotlatlons'
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01

London, Sept. 27.-The whole tele-
graphic system of the United King.
dom and all cable services are ser.
iously affected by the magnetic storm
experienced here soon after noon Sat
urday. The underground wires suffer.
cred more than the overhead wires
the telephone systems being little af.
fected.
were similarly put out of working or
der here was six years ago. The trou.
BILE is attributed by cable experts to
the aurora borealis.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
IS
ACCUSED
ENTIRE COUNTRY Crippled
BY INVISIBLE ELEC-
TRIO STORM.
Telegraph Connection Suspended
Throughout Northern Section.
Also Felt in England Weather
Officials Attribute Disturbance
to Aurora BOrealis.

Chicago, Sept. 27.-The entire coun-
try, from the Atlantic Coast to the
Pacific, was gripped Saturday. by an
electric storm, silent and invisible, but
carrying earth currents so powerful
that every telegraph wire was Grip
pied and even the submarine cable SER
vice badly tangled.
For time telegraph communication
was Suspended, but late in the day the
companies succeeded in re-establish-
ing their service by sending messages
far to the south, beyond the storms
zone of influence.
Weather bureau officials and tele-
graph experts attribute the electrical
disturbance to the aurora bOrealis,
which in turn is traceable to the ex-
ceptionally high barometer in the
Northwest. Forecaster Cuthbertson,
of the local weather office, said Chi
cago might expect an unusual supply
of the aurora tonight.
The storm or disturbance was as
cago, New York, Buffalo, Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Omaha, Portland, San
Francisco and many other cities were
affected, and for hours practically
every telegraph instrument was
dead" and not mes sage was sent
or received. The strength of the storm
was as pronounced in one section as
another.
During the height of the disturbance
the measuring instruments in the tele-
graph offices registered the presence
on the wires of upward of 500 volts
of electricity from the unknown
source. This is greater voltage
than is supplied for the operation of
any of the land wires, and it lighted
several of the incandescent resistance
lamps attached to the wires in the
telegraph office in New York. Bril-
liant sparks flashed across the gaps
when the telegraph keys were opened.
In Chicago the electrical currents
were first felt about 5 o'clock in the
morning and increased in intensity
for two hours, reaching the heaviest
wave at 7:1O a. M, when all the tele-
graph activities were at standstill.
The force of the disturbing currents
was so great that fuses were blown
out and the resistance lamps lighted
up brilliantly.
Shortly after o'clock the currents
began to subside and intermittent SER
vice was resumed. The conditions at
9 o'clock were fast becoming normal.
Prof. David Cuthbertson, in charge
of the local weather bureau, declared
that the phenomenon was due to the
aurora borealis, which he said always
accompanied high pressure in at
mospheric conditions. The center of
the magnetic storm, the weather bu-
reau declares, is in Manitoba. No
weather reports ahve been received
from north of Nebraska.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-28
BOY VICTIM or RUNAWAY.
Robert Cronin Dragged by Frightened
Horse and Badly Hurt.

Robert Croniny 16 years OF age, rcsid-
ing Ii Roberts court in First South
street barely escaped death yesterday
in being thrown beneath an overturn-
ed buggy and dragged a considerable
distance by a runaway horse. When
the animal was stopped and the boy
picked up hc was in an unconscious
condition, and found to be suffering
from concnssion of the brain and a
number OF severe bruises.
Cronin was driving a spirited horse
attached to a light buggy along Fifth
South street and had passed the car
barns, when the animal took fright at
a passing car. After plunsing down
the street half block the horse sud-
denly swerVed, throwing the wheels
against an enlbanlSmcnt at the side of
the street, and overturning the buggy.
Cronin fell underneath. striking on
his head, After being dragged half a
block he was removed from his perilo,ls
position BY n passerby who succeeded
in stopping the horse in IT'S wild dash.
The boy was removed to his home.
where Dr.. Milliron was called in at
tendance
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-28

musical productions s.. In the latter. Of
which something Impressed the hear
er as being lacking.
Many of the teachers of the world
might be compared to imperfect music
God has revealed sin these days that
which is lacking in them, thus max
ing armoily. It liz Ills purpose to
bring togethers,vlat is lacking and uni
fN5humanity Men should have a de-
sire 10 teach in humility and thus up.
lift and bless humanity. NJ
Referring 70 Nornonisln the speak.
erg said Its object ~ one Of peace, and
the people are willing to let their lives
II refute the unjust things said about
them. In spite of the tiinuth$ told of
tho Savior in His day, his life was
a benefit to the world ana His death
VIII be made blessing To humanity.
He then stated the belief of tile
5 Lat ter- day Saints, III God ind Jesus
Christ. who came to earth to atone for
the sins Of mon They also believe
atnS the Holy Ghost and its powers. Az
so that they should forsalsc theil. sin
and be baptized for The remission Of
sins. so they might receive The gift
OF the Holy Ghost. Tie belief that
Christ is to come should lie spread
abroad in the world. The I.attcr-day
Saints believe themselves to be His
3einissarics. AS II result they ;fre send
Ing missionaries 10 every land ana
5cllrne IN the cfdcaEOt to find those who
want the truth With China and Japan
growing in power unless some power
or spirit Is manifested that.Swill unite
men, the future looks dark for man
kind. 1t Will be u great and depastat-
ing struggle between the occidcnt aud
orient. 4 great prophet Is needed to-
day to point out the way. Where is
the Great Shepherd whose voice men
may hear and know that obedience to
1T will lead men into Fellowship and
unto union. is II the pope OK Rome, or
the prlnate of The Epipscopal church,
or General Booth. me speaker asked
The effort 10 Christianlze China has
been much of a failure. The Latter
day Saints believe IN the divinity and
pcrpetuity OF the faith and that ii Will.
be found to&be the cure for manN of 4
the ills that affect humanitg. So they
sing Of the greatness Of joseph Smiths
grand life ana sympathize with his Y
pathetic DEATH.
The choir sang the anthem, so Glad
some Light.
: .enediction was offered BY Joseph Z.
Taylor.