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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-04

learn any particulars respecting her
family, friends or name. The country
people know her by the appellation Of
Jenny Barney, from the manner, I pre-
sumo, in which she used to mend her
clothes. Her present garb is entirely
OF her own manufacture. She collects
the small parcels Of wool which lie
about the fields in sheep farms. spins
1t on a rock and spindle Of her own
making; and as she cannot find any
other method Of making the yarn into
cloth, she knits 1t on wooden needles.
and by that mean procures a warm,
comfortable dress. In the lifetime Of
the late Charles Lutwidge, Esq, Of
Holm Rock, she took possession Of an
old cottage, or rather cowhouse, on his
estate, in which she has ever since
been suffered to continue. Her intel.
lects eem at certain times greatly de-
ranged, but her actions are harmless,
and her language ~inofensive. On that
score she Is caressed by all the vii
layers, who supply her with eatables.
etc., for money she utterly refuses. She
seems a person, In her lucid intervals,
Of much shrewdness, and her under
standing is above the common level.
This has also been improved by a toler-
able education. Her appearance has
been much the same for these twenty
years, SO that she must now be nearly
so years Of age; but Of this, as well as
her family and name, she is always ST.
lent. She seems to have chosen out
the spot where she. now lives to- pass
the remainder of her days unknown to
her friends, and in a great measure
from a distaste of a wicked world, to
prepare herself as she often in her
quiet hours says, for a BETTER"
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SAYS CHANCE is SMALL
FOR So DUTY ON LUMBER

Seattle, June 1-According to special
dispatches from Washington to the
Post Intelligencer, it is the conclusion
of a number Of Westren senators that
whatever hopes the lumbermen once
had of having the Dingley rate, on COM
mon lumber retained in the Payne bill
have now gone glimmering. 1t is al
most conceded that, instead of 81, the
bill, as it finally becomes a law, will
place the lumber rate at 81. SO.
Only a few weeks ago it was conf
IDENTIFY expected by those most interest
ed that the higher rate would be res
tored in the house bill by the senate,
and the sudden determination to ad-
vance the house rate only so per cent
is credited by a Pacific coast senator
to two causes. The first of these is
that the senate leaders realize that
revision downward has been more
or less a myth, SO far, and that they
must soon give it more attention.
The second, according to the senator,
is that the lumbermen have shown
o much willingness to accept the
81. 80 rate when, in his opinion, they
might have received the 81 rate by
holding out for it.
Little opposition has been made to
the proposed increase in the duty on
hops from IL to 20 cents. A few brew
ing concerns have protested, but an
Oregon senator is authority for the
statement that the 20 cent rate is a
certainty.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-04
SALOON MEN DON'T
LIKE NEW STATE LAW

Tacoma, June 1.-Saloon proprie-
tors here are making wry faces over
the new law taking effect June IL,
which compels them to remove screens
and shades from the doors and win
dows of their resorts. The section re-
ferred to reads:
every person being the wner or
manager Of, or an employe III. any
drinking saloon, who shall obstruct
the view of the inside thereof from
the outside by mean of any screen,
shade Dr. other devices, on any day,
shall be guilty of a misd EN- eanor."
Both County Prosecuting Attorney
j. L. McMurray and Chief of Police
Duley declare they will enforce the
law to the letter.
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ma HATS MEAN GOOD TEETH

sDscialist Advises slumAer smaleA
for . Pretty E~xDression.
OF all the apologies for the Merry
Widow hat the newest is the most
novel. 1t is advanced in its favor that
1t Is responsible for the ever greater
care women are bestowing on their
teeth OF course all women Of the last
W generations, even those careless in
other respects, have been particular In
regard to their dental charms, but It
Is asserted that since the advent of the
Merry Widow they have been more at
tent1ve to them than ever, the New
York Press says. A cosmetic dentist
explains this by pointing out that when
a woman wears a large hat her hair
Is almost covered except at the sides,
where 1t Is puffed out her forehead
Is hidden, and her temples are merely
suggested, so that nothing stands out
clearly save her nOse and mouth, and
as a result the teeth are noticed as
they never were before.
This state Of affairs is brought about
IN a great measure by the hats with
large round crowns and dropping brims.
Most girls, when they want to show
their teeth, think 1t necessary to smile
broadly, says the cosmetic dentist, and
thus proclaim their intention in a most
patent manner. They should learn to
them without making their inten.
ton obvious. It is not necessary to
smile broadly; in fact, a far more eff
fective result is obtained if the lips
are only slightly parted in the center
when the emotions Of amusement or
happiness are to be expressed.
To teach his patients to improve the
expressions Of their mouths this spe-
cialist tells them to think pleasant
things before going to sleep. They are
instructed to smile sweetly, with the
lips just touching, 50 that when they
wake they have a happy aspect of
countenance. He considers it Is a good
plan to make them assume the exQuis-
lite shape known as Cupid's bow. The
lips should be pressed in the center
also and should be kept rosy of the
signs Of thoroughly good health.
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MORE GEM
e the Duty he Raised That IL WAae
IL Expected ~ Importers.

q the Duty BE Raised That IL WHIST
IL Expected Dy Importers.
That diamonds and pearls will BE-
smuggled into this country to an enor-
nous extent II the duties should be in
creased IL the contention Of the Maiden
Lane gem importers, according to the
New York World. A committee has
Been organized In the Jewel district,
with Alfred Krower as the chairman.
which will send representatives to
Washington In an effort to keep down
The duties.
Even now, when the duty on cut
stones and pearls is only 10 per cent,
authorities in the trade estimate that
The quantity Of gems smuggled into the
country Is not less than Is per cent
of the amount that goes through the
custom house.
The argument for higher diamond
1uties Is that, while this country buys
more than go per cent Of the worlds
output, less than 500 men are employed
here in cutting and polishing, while
n Antwerp and Amsterdam the dia-
nond factories employ upward Of
$1,000 men. 1t is hoped by some the
supremacy of these great diamond CEN
.ers may be transferred to New York
and that an increase in the tariff may
aid in bringing this about.
The stones In the rough are ad-
nitted free and the present duty Of 10
per cent on the cut stones Is about
equal to the difference in the cost Of
his kind Of labor here and abroad, it
g said. The big manufacturers figure
that If the duty went above 10 per
cent they would then begin to COM
pete chiefly with smuggled stones, be-
cause the additional gain made pos
,ible by higher duties would tempt
many to engage in the clandestine
:rade. This was the case. they say,
rom 1894 to 1897, when the govern
nent's reports indicated a slump In dia-
nond imports.
The pearl importers are also calling
N the jewelry trade of the entire
country to oppose the pearl paragraph
If the Payne bill. Under the present
aw the government received more than
100000 In one year as duties ON
precious stones and pearls. The i'm
ports were at the rate Of $44.OOO,OOO a
year just prior to the recent depression
and are now almost up to the same
volume.
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RAILROADS
IN DEAL
ARRANGE
MENT GIVES u. P. ENTRY
TO THE SOUND.
Double Track on Northern Pacific
from Portland to TacOmaJ.D.
Farrell Makes Statement Re-
garding Transaction-Surprise
to Railroad Men.

Seattle, May 27-J. D.. Farrell, vice
president and general manager OF the
Oregon & Washington railway, last
night gave out the following signed
statement:
Arrangements have been made be-
tween the Northern Pacific, Union Pa
cifc and Great Northern roads, under
which the Northern Pacific line be-
tween South Tacoma and Vancouver,
Wash, and the bridge over the Column
bia river, will be used jointly by the
three companies named. The North
ern Pacific will at once be in work to
complete double tracking it's road so as
to care for the business of the three
companies. The property will be used
for any and all kinds of business by the
three roads and will be mainland as a
first-class modern double track road
for all the interests named between
Portland, Or, and Puget sound"
Mr. Farrell said the foregoing state
ment represented all he knew of the
matter and that the agreement was ne
gotiated in New York between the
highest officials Of the respective rail-
roads.
j. M. Gruber, Of St. Paul, general
manager of the Great Northern, was
shown Mr.. Farrell's statement and ex-
pressed surprise.
sit is news to me-" he said. "It is a
matter, however, that would hardly be
brought to my attention"
Several other officials in this city of
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific to whom the announcement was
shown expressed incredulity as we'll as
surprise.
Hill has a double track from Seattle
to Tacoma. Hartman is interested in
S securing an outlet to Puget Sound,
Tacoma and Seattle.
From Tacoma to Seattle, Hartman
will have no need of the Northern Pa
cific tracks, as he has independent ter
minals at Tacoma and will build a line
a point three miles north of Taco
ma, where he will encounter the track
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul, with which he has al agreement
that permits of joint use of the 26
miles of track from there to Black
river.
From Black river to Seattle Harri-
man comes in on the Union Pacific
right of way to the commodious freight
and passenger terminals he has secured
in this city.
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NBIbl Observation-Disclosures



The manager of defendant mill in the
case of Hine-HOdge Lumber Co., As
Southern Reporter, 6S5, posted notices
forbidding its employees under penalty
Of discharge to trade with other con-
Germs. Plaintiff brought an action for
damages to it's business caused by these
notices. The supreme court Of Lou.
isiana held that as defendant had not
combined with others, and as its OBJ.
ject was not to injure plaintiff, but to
protect and safeguard its own interest
it's methods we're not unlawful.
Deeds to certain lots contained thu
covenant that the title to the lane
should e vest in a person of African
descent or cOlOred person. The lots
were purchased by a corporation whose
stockholders were negroes who intended
making a pleasure park for their race
In Peoples Pleasure Park Co., Inc, Ell
al. v. Rohleder, 81 Southeastern Re
porter, 794, an action to cancel the deed
and enjoin the sale, the supreme court
of appeals Of Virginia held that the
transfer was not a breach of the coven-
ant as the corporation, though composed
of eolOred persons, was not itself a col.
ored person.
A widow, Sc years Of age, married a
man SO years old, thus losing her pen
sion. Becoming dissatisfied, she sought
annulment Of the marriage on the
ground Of her husbands, physical in
capacity, which the supreme court OF
New York In Hatch v. Hatch, 40 New
York Supplement, Is, declined, saying
that, because Of advanced years of the
parties at the time Of marriage, the
desire for support and companionship.
rather than the usual motives of mar
rage, must have actuated them, and
that the widow, having lost her pension
by gaining a husband, could not ex-
change again.
The Kentucky statute provides that
railroad companies shall furnish sep
arate compartments for white and
negro passengers On passenger trains.
It further provides that companies OPP
Grating roads more La five miles In
length shall run at least one passenger
train a day each way. In Southern
Ry. in Kentucky Y. Commonwealth, ITO
Southwestern Reporter, 372, it was con-
tended that appellant violated the COM
partment law in falling to suitably d.
vide a caboose attached to a freight
train where there was no other train
run. The court Of appeals of Kentucky
held. that a freight train to which a
caboose, carrying passengers, was at
tached was still a freight train, and al
though the company may have neglect
ed to furnish the requisite number OF
passenger trains it had not violated the
compartment law.
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rhe Americas College student.

Privy Councillor Zuntz, on his return
to Berlin. after q three months visit to
the United States, delivered a lecture
hefore the students of the Industrial
high school of that city, in which he
had much to say In praise OF Ameri-
can students and Of the college sys-
fem under which they were trained
"Our Students" he said, "can help
themselves financially only by teach
ing. The American student has the ad-
vautage In this respect, because, with
mt losing caste or dignity, he can
hreak stone, act as a waiter or porter,
nr do work at any trade. It is not an
.Infreouent. occurrence, that a young
man acts as a waiter at a gathering
81 people where he IS received as an
soual as soon as his mental duties have
beer performed"
e%EM EM & . MHEZ & &MRrFM
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Seattle Population

Seattle, June 1.-Seattle's popula-
ton is 309, 735, according to the esti-
mate of R. L. Polk & Co., which firm
has just issued the 1909 city directory.
Its correctness is attested by the re-
Gently announced estimate by Post
master Geroge F. Russell, based IN a
census taken by mail carriers, of a
population of 3O7, 200. Seattle has
gained IL per cent in population at a
time when the nation was experiencing
an era Of commercial depression. At
the rate of gain for the past year, Sc
attic would have a population of 500,
900 by the end of 1911.
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FIGURES
WALL STREET JOURNAL HAS
BEEN LOOKING INTO
CONDITIONS.
Fear Expressed that United States
May Become Importer of Bread
stuffs Held Not to Be Well
grandchildren Returns from
Soil Than Formerly.

There is some concern in the wheat
trade for fear hat with the growth OF
population wheat may not be kept uI
because of low yield. This fear is
based largely on the assumption that
the average yield per acre is decreas.
ing. and partly on the claim that pop
ulation is outrunning the crops, so that
sooner or later the United States may
become an importing rather than an
exporting country.
As for average yield per acre some
figures of the department of agriculture
serve to show that there has been a
gradual Improvement in this respect
during the past forty years or more,
saws the Wall Street Journal. If this
Deriod be divided into four decades the
average turns out to be as follows in
Yields of wheat per acre for the entire
country in bushels: For 1867-1876
inclusive, 70; for 1877-1S87 inclusive,
1875; for 1SS7-1896 inclusive, 1877;
for 1S97-19O6 inclusive, 1873; for the
crop year of 1907, IA; for the crop
year of 1908, 1879.
In many portions of the country
there has been a third of a century
of poor methods of cultivation as the
main cause for low Weld. Latterly
attention has been given to the i'm
provement of cultural factors. 1t has
been foud in many cases, in California
for instance, soils which previously
gave good yields no longer proved
profitable, and the average crop is
down to or below that of the country
in general.
The investigation which followed
the importing of about 100, 900 bushels
of wheat for milling purposes into Cal
ifornia has led to some practical con-
clusion as to remedies for quality and
quantity of wheat supply. They in
clude deeper blowing, the adoption of
a rotation system, the use of nitrogen
u crops to maintain the humus, SO
that the physical condition of the soil
may be bettered, the more careful Sc
lection of seed, drilling rather than
broadcasting, and the prevention of
diseases.
By these a gain of rom Is to % per
cent may be added to the yield. What
is true of California applies to other
places where the growing has reached
a doubtful stage of progress.
Comparing population and yield the
average of the five years 1862 was
$40, 157, 900 bushels and for 1898-1902
the average yield was GAL 600, 600.
There was thus an increase Of TIA per
cent. Meanwhile the population in
creased from 3S, 5SS, 900 to 76, 300, 600,
or somewhat less than 100 per cent.
The average yield of wheat per
capita at the earlier date of 1870 was
%. bushels, while the later date of
1900 gave 8.3 bushels per capita.
Even the comparatively small yield
of 664, 600, 900 bushels in 1908. if COM
pared with the estimated population of
81, 189, 900 gives an average yield of
10 bushels per capita, which is almost
equal to the average based on the GEN.
u of 1890. Under existing conditions
of the expansion of wheat areas and
improvement of yield there would seem
to be little basis for fear Of shortage
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Would Keen Sunset Out

Pasadena, Cal, June Presidents
of Pasadena are circulating q petition
asking the city to refuse to grant the
Sunset Telephone Company a franchise
to do business in the city under any
circumstances. The Sunset franchise
in Pasadena expired some time ago
and the company owed the city a con-
siderable amount of back franchise tax.
A few days ago, on orders from the
city council the company's poles and
wires were removed from the streets
by workmen under guard of police.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-04
LEGAL Information

In B1chel VS.. Oliver, IS Pacific Re-
porter, 1896, a husband and his wife.
who had no children, orally agreed
that in consideration of a girl becom-
Ing a member Of their family, and
giving to them love, obedience and
service, they would leave her all their
property at their death. The girl per-
formed her contract, but the husband,
shortly before his death, conveyed the
property to a third person. The SUI
preme Court of Kansas held that, as
there were no circumstances rendering
the agreement inequ1table, 1t would be
enforced in equity.
A statute Of New York prohibits
the use, for advertising purposes. of
the portrait or picture of any living
person without first obtaining his
written consent or, II the person be
q minor, the consent of his guardian.
In Wyatt vs.. Wanamaker, 10 New
York Supplement. 900. plaintiff alleged
minority and that defendant had been
using her name and portrait without
permission. Defendant alleged that the
picture had been taken in considers
ton of q reduction in price granted to
professional actors under an agree
ment that such pictures might be sold
by the photographer, and that plaintiff
was known as q professional. The
New York Supreme Court held these
d~efenses insufficient. saying that the
requiring written permission
could not be evaded thus.
Plaintiff had been adJudged insane
BY the Supreme Court in New York.
committed to an asylum, and
later the court appointed q commit
of his person and property. Sub
,euuently he escaped, and took up his
residence in Virginia, where he was
adtudxed sane. He instituted an ac-
lion setting up the decree OF the Vir-
zinia court and demanding damages
rom his committee in New York for
conversion of his property Defendant
Alleged In the main action that petit
ttoner was insane and that the Vir-
xinia Judgment was void. Petitioners
presence was necessary at the main
rial In New York, and, as he was
danger of being incarcerated there.
he asked for an order protecting him
while in attendance at trial. In Chan
Ter W.. Sherman, 1872 Federal Reporter.
l9. the United States Circuit Court
Appeals, referring to the peculiar
in which petitioner is
placed, and that unless relief Is grant
I'd he must either abandon his action
for a quarter OF a million dollars or
run the risk Of losing his liberty, In
structed the Circuit Court to issue a
writ Of protection prohibiting ap-
Of petitioner during the
time necessary for him to attend trial.
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Large Land Sales at Prince Rupert

Vancouver, B. c., June AT the
close of the sale of lots in the new
townsite of Prince Rupert. the total
approximate amount of sales made
reached 81. 100, 400. w. P. Hinton,
general passenger agent of the Grand
Trunk Pacific stated that the railway
will formulate schemes at once to
attract settlers into that section of the
northern interior of British Columbia
to be traversed by the roads new lines.
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Big Customs Scandal Expected

Washington, May 27.-Frauds in the
New York customs house threaten to
create a far bigger scandal than has
been heretofore limited at, it has been
learned at the treasury department.
Officials of the department believe that
the governments Investigations will re-
suit in some decidedly startling dis
closures. According to the report, the
investigation may involve several i'm
porters, transportation company in
spectors and high customs officials.
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Left on the Map.

Look here!' said the customsG at
tne news stand. philadelphia isn't
on any of these maps you are trying
to sell me"
Excuse me-" answered the attend
ant. "You have gotten hold OF an edi-
ton made up especially for the New
York city trade.n-Washington Star.
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Aberdeen School Census

Aberdeen, June According to the
school census, which has been practi-
cally finished, the population of the
city of Aberdeen is something over
18, 600, an increase of 1000 since last
year.
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There Is one place where rich ana
poor meet on ar equal footing-at q
gambling house They are all robbed
@uke
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Even the druggist who doesn't care
for society should be a good m1xer.
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Marvellous,
Quaint and Curious.
A Harmless Eccentric.

"A Eccentric
The annexed cut represents a singu-
FAR character who was well known
about the year 1870 in the southern
part Of the county Of Cumberland, Eng
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SOME EXTRAORDINARY
ID SESSIONS OF @
I CONGRESS- Y

HE third section Of the second article of the highest law Of the
land confers upon the chief executive the power to convene
both houses of Congress on extraordinary occasions. He NAV
even, if they disagree with respect to the time of adjourn
ment. adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper. Be
vond this he cannot 60. The occasions regarded as extraordi-
nary have varied somewhat War, present or potential, fnan-
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land. Her appearance is thus described
by a correspondent of the Gentleman's
magazine of that date Though / have
seen her at various times. and frequent
~ conversed with her for these twen-
V years. l have never been able to