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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
HOMESTEADERS LOSE
IF THEY SELL TOO SOON

Spokane, July 6-The department.
of the interior has ''put BELLS on land
spectators by the recent decision that
the people filing on land, and commut-
ing within fourteen months and then
leaving the land to be sold If possible,
may lose the land and their rights.
Only true homesteaders need apply.
Even though proof offered shows
technical compliance with respect to
inhabitance of the land entered for the
period ordinarily required in commu-
tation cases, it must further be shown
that the entryman went to the land to
make it his permanent residence. Res
idence within the meaning of the
homestead law must be established and
mair tanned with the intent to make a
permanent home upon the land to the
exclusion of home elsewhere. 1t can
not be acquired by mere occupancy
with view solely to acquiring title
by a colorado compliance with the
law, but residence must be maintained
in good faith with the intent to make
it permanent Such intent must be
present with the initiation of every en-
try, whether the title is to be acquired
after the full period of residence pre-
scribed by law or at the expiration Of
the shorter period under the commute
ton provisions of the act
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
CANAL COMMISSION
BUYS MUCH LUMBER

Seattle, July 3.-Within the past
ten days contracts for about 5000, 900
feet of lumber have been placed with
Washington mills by the isthmian canal
commission. Approximately 5,000,-
900 feet of this lumber will be manu-
featured by Grays Harbor mills. Ia
coma Mills secured the balance of the
business.
The commission is still in the mar
ket for a large amount of lumber,
bids on which will be opened July
II and July. 10. The United States
engineers Office during the week
placed an order with Seattle mill for
465, 900 feet of lumber for delivery at
Manila at the earliest possible mo-
ment This was mixed order, consist
ing largely of planks, timbers and
boards. Delivery will be- made as
soon as space can be secured on the
boats.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
SENATE MAY DISPOSE OF
TARIFF BILL THIS WEEA

Washington. July 5.-1t is eAp1vS c.a
that the senate will reach the una .ne
on the tariff bill by the end Oh sn9 7
week The income tax was les". ~.
as the eliminating issue and with snat
disposed of to the satisfaction u :no
finance committee, the opposltion
seems to have lost heart. The PROPOSES
amendment is an administration inca
snre. There is no doubt the resoi u
for q constitutional amendment VIII oe
adopted bv the senate and it IS Delie'ou
it will be adopted by the house.
Other matters of Importance remain. .,
ing to be considered in connectlon WIN
the tariff bill are the drawback provi-
sions. the customs court sections the
tobacco tax, which it is generally un-
derstood will be increased, ana tne
authorization of the valuation OF d cel-
tain class of imports in accordance Will
American prices.
So far the bill has been considered IN
committee of the whole, but as soon as
it's decision in this connection is COM
pleted it will enter the senate proper
where any schedule may be amended.
Comparatively few Of the items, now
ever. will be reconsidered, but among
those that will receive some attention
are the corporation tax, petroleum,
sugar, and probably wood pulp ana
print paper. Senator Aldrich has prom,
ised that the finance committee Will
give especial attention to the corpora
ton tax with the view of modifying 1t
so as to exempt purely mutual benefit
concerans, such as building and loan
associations.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
HOUSE NAMES COMMITTEE
TO PROBE SUPREME COURT

Olympia, July 8. -Representatives
Halsey, Palmer, David, Thayer and
Bird form special committee to in.
vestigate the charges made by Herbert
N. DeWolfe, a Tacoma attorney, fo1
merly city attorney of West Seattle,
against the supreme court, filed in the
form of letter with the legislature
several days ago.
Dew olfe asserts in the letter that
the entire court, with the exception of
Judge Parker, is corrupt and false to
its trust, in that in defiance of the law
and the constitution it has decided
several cases against him. He pres.
ented his objection to the governor,
who advised him to present his e7i-
dence to the legislature He tells the
legislature that the evidence is con.
tanned in the record of the cases.
The letter went to the house judi
ciary comm ittee, which referred it
back with the recommendation that a
special committee be appointed.
Speaker Meigs appointed the members
named above.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
JULY CONVENTIONS
SCHEDULED FOR SEATTLE

1-7-Woman s SURFACE Association.
4-8-Good roads convention.
unconstitutional convention Of
Washington; Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge of Washington.
6-12-Epworth League.
1O-Sigma Chi.
12-16-National Lumber Manufac-
turers' Association.
13-Pacific Coast Association of
Nurserymen.
14-National Council of Women of
the United States.
Washington State Dental Society
Washington State Press Association.
17-United Amateur Press Associa-
ton.
19-21-National Logging Congress-
19-24-National Editorial Associa-
tion.
21-Ancient Order of United Work.
men, Grand Lodge of Washington
Degree of Honor, auxiliary to A. o.
U. w.; Idaho, Washington, Oregon
and British Columbia Medical Associa-
tion.
2-25-Watch Tower Bible and Tract
Society.
22-27-Fraternal Brotherhood Uni
form Rank.
24-Delta Sigma Delta
25-United Swedish Singers of the
Pacific Coast.
28-Washington State Elks' Reunion
Association; Young Women's Christian
Association and Woman's Christian
Temperance union.
29-Swedish-F Finnish Temperance
Association of America.
The Pacific Northwest Society of
Engineers is also scheduled to meet
during july, but date has not been
announced.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
FRENCH INCOME TAX
HOW the ImDOst Will Affect Amer.
leans Residing In France.

HOW the ImDOst Will Affect Amer.
leans Residing I'm France.
In furnishing the following informa-
tion concerning the French income tax
which has passed the chamber Of dep
titles, as It will affect Americans re-
siding In France, Consul General Frank
H. Mason Of Paris reports that the
Senate commission will occupy at least
year In Its final consideration. 80
that the tax will hardly take effect
before the beginning of 1911. saws
Daily Consular and Trade Reports.
For the purpose of the law, all per-
sons occupying leased dwelling room.
nat or house for period of one year
or more are subject to the supple
mentary tax based upon an income
which the law will assume to be seven
times the amount of the rental paid
for such habitation. The tax on this
assumed income is progressive accord
ing to the following scale, in which,
for convenience, 5000 francs will be
considered equal to $1,000, although
the actual value of the franc is 1919
cents:
A person with an income of 10000
francs ($10,000) will pay the supple
mentary tax as follows: First 5000
francs, exempt; second 5000 francs, 1
per cent, or so francs; third 5000
francs, per cent, or 100 francs;
fourth 5000 francs, per cent, or $50
francs; fifth 5000 francs, per cent,
or 200 francs; remaining q, 900 francs,
5 per cent, or 1880 francs; total tax,
1,75O francs, or $337.75.
Take as another example the very
frequent case of an American family
living In Paris for purposes of health,
education or enjoyment and paying for
a flat Of eight rooms an annual rent
Of 5000 francs. The income of such a
family would. be assumed by the law
to be $4,000 francs ($6,775). The real
income may be much less than that,
for as matter of fact Americans as
we'll as others pay one-fifth or even
one-fourth Of their incomes for rent,
thereby securing residence in a desir-
able quarter, and practice economy In
other items. All the same, however,
the income of family paying 5000
francs as annual rent would be, as
sumed to be not less than $4,000
francs, the tax on which would be
1000 francs ($193), provided this in
come tax law shall be finally enacted
with that portion of the statute I'M
changed from it's present form.
When an American living in France
practices his profession or is engaged
in other business as a means of earn
ing money he becomes of course sub.
5ect to the other taxes and contribu.
lions that pertain to French citizens.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
PRESIDENT TO START WEST
MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER

Washington, July 5.-As yet presi-
uent Taft has not been able to make
out his itinerary for his Western trip.
lie IS trying to make as many of his
numerous invitations fit into it as cir
Cumstances will permit. Aside from
the Seattle exposition. one of the most
Important and pressing invitations is
cilat to attend he Portola festival at
san francisco, and he may be able to
do so.
Al first it was supposed that he
would start on his Western trip near
august l. Now. however, he has de-
'Iued to stay at Beverly, whittier he
started Saturday, and get good rest
un'il the middle of September. At
'Iae time he will go West to the
Aiaska- 4ukon-Pacific exposition, spend
d short time in the Inter Mountain
states and the Coast states, probably
stopping at San Francisco about Octo-
oer ~, and after that turn to the South,
III winch section he promised to make
several speeches.
lhls change is due in part to the
aons tlme Congress has been in session
al ailu the necessity of the president get
Ing some sort of rest and opportunity
~ recuperate. He has been working
az terrific rate ever since his inaugu-
ta'lon and, as has often been remarked.
nc deserves something more than the
~ olne TO work. He wants to get a lot
VI exercise on the golf links.
MRS. Iaft's health is described by
ner friends as having improved with
~ rapidity 1t is thought
81 e,le rest at Beverly will put her into
~ nne health and strength for the rush
VI The social season next winter,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
INEFFICIENT DISCIPLINE
CAUSES CORRUPT MORALS

Denver, July 3.-Asserting that
American homes and American society
are responsible for the influences that
make the teachers life a burden and
in the end result in the influences that
corrupt the morals of children and
pave the way for criminal career, L.
@. McNeill, superintendent of schools
at Memphis, Tenn. created mild SEN
sation before the National Council of
Education today. The meeting of the
council is the only gathering prelim-
mary to the sessions of the National
Educational Association. which begins
Monday evening. The principal sub
ject before the council during the day
was the care of delinquents, tactfully
referred to as Exceptional children. :"
The Introductory statement in the
discussion of delinquents was made by
James H. Van Sickle, superintendent
OF. schools of Baltimore, Md, and he
was followed by Mr.. McNeill, who
gave what he believed to be the incipi-
ent cause of delinquency in children.
His address in part was as follows:
"Some teaching is so unscientifc and
consequently so spiritless that it would
make any child delinquent Parents
and teachers often make delinquents Of
children by failing to observe the fun
damental things and processes incident
to growth and development Perma-
nent aversion to school is the legiti-
mate result of putting children at work
on studies they are not mature enough
to comprehend -
The speaker condemned the attempt
to put high school branches into gram
mar grades or intermediate studies into
primary grades, and said that educative
agencies must look continuously to the
care of the physical and emotional, as
we'll as to the intellectual side of edu-
cation.
Society suffers from elements which
are unstable, cratic, shiftless and in
efficient. These elements corrupt
lead to irrational modes of
living and swell the hosts of the help
less and criminal who become the real
burdens of society. Unless delinquent
classes have the benefits of the kind
of education which is adapted to their
peculiar needs they grow up among US
and recruit the army of people who
never fit anywhere. They fill the
poorhouses, the prisons, the asylums
and the slums. TIL sy produce and re-
produce their kind and bring about a
feeling of social unrest, which is grow
ing in this complex age.
ga failure on the part of the home
to exercise even forceful discipline is
a moral sin which has put the curse of
Cain and the stamp of satan upon
many promising boy or girl.
'When we realize the baneful work
ing Of uneven discipline, growing ont
of weak willed, inefficient parental
government, we stand in the presence
Of a great problem. How can we i'm
press fathers and mothers and teachers
with the idea that weak and Yachting
government of children blasts their
lives and makes them cndidates for the
ranks of the ignoble?"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
Wax FROM A MEXICAN wzm.

The Once Despised Candelilla Now
Worth $500 or More an Acre.
The discovery by Oscar Pacius Of
Monterey Of process for extracting
wax from the candelilla weed is caus.
ing the establishment Of a new indus
try In Mexico and Texas. The can
delilla grows abundantly upon many
millions Of acres Of sehi-arid land in
Northern Mexico and parts Of Texas.
Arizona and New Mexico. Land owners
who have this formerly despised weed
growing upon their holdings are now
In fair way to reap fortune, Mon
terey (Mexico) correspondent Of the
New York Sun says
When it was discovered few years
ago that good grade Of crude rub
Der could be manufactured from the
guayule shrub experiments began to
be made by Mr.. Pacius and others with
various other kinds of wild vegetation
to learn II they possessed commercial
properties. Mr.. Pacius found that the
candelilla contained wax to the amount
OF 3a to AZ per cent. He gathered
supply of the plants and began ex-
per1ments with view of arriving at
process Of economical extraction OF
the wax. He perfected this process .
few months ago and it Is now in prac-
teal operation.
The manufacture of this vegetable
wax Is already on paying commercial
basis. The demand for the product
comes at this time chiefly from Ger.
many. The present price of the wax
In Mexico is 5000 gold a ton. It Is
said that it takes about thirty tons of
the weed to make one ton of the crude
wax. The cost of producing a ton of
wax Is SIS gold.
The land upon which the candelilla
weed grows profuselY is producing .
big revenue in the localities where
factories have been established. 1t Is
said that where land is we'll set in the
plant 1t can be made to yield a profit
of 5000 to $500 gold an acre year.
The candelilla wax is said to be
harder than any other wax This fact
AAesS NesuoOO ~ W UC Ill uCulduU LUZ Lu0
manufacture of monograph records.
pharmaceutical articles, varnishes,
shoe, leather and wood polishes, insula.
ton in electrical wiring, gums, candles
and many other things.
The fact that the guayule shrub and
the candelilla plant are now known to
contain valuable commercial properties
has aroused the interest of the federal
authorities of Mexico and it is said
that series of chemical experiments
and tests Of the various other desert
plants which cover great stretches of
land in Northern Mexico will be made
| under the direction of the government,
| with \ view of discovering any COM
| mercial properties that they may con.
tain. One plant which grows profuse-
ly along the Rio Grande is called
gubernador and Is being used extern
sively for the manufacture q - wv
] compound. There are also tN-- rurg8
kinds of shrubs and weeds which pos
sess cleansing properties almost iden-
teal in effect with washing SOAP The
roots of these shrubs are used by the
native Mexicans to the exclusion of
manufactured soap.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
THE JOY OF DISCOVERY.

In recent book entitled "Some
Eminent Victorians." the author OF
which Is ]. Comyns Carr, an English.
man OF letters, there is story which
rather contradicts the tradition that
English youth Is invariably sucked
on Shakespeare. In the course of his
career Sir Henry Irving found himself
in Dublin at a time when the Duke
of Marlborough, the father of Lord
Randolph Churchill, was Lord Lieu
tenant Of Ireland. Hamlet" was the
play of the evening, and Lord Ran
dolph, seated alone, occupied the vice
req Il box.
When the second act was ended he
went behind the scenes to Irvings
dressing room and introduced himself
to the actor.
With an apology that was evidently
sincere, he expressed his regret that,
owing to a reception at the castle. he
was unable to wait for the conclusion
of the performance. He declared him.
self, however, intensely interested In
what he had seen, and begged Irving
to tell him in few words, as his time
was limited, how the play ended.
Irving was at first so taken aback
that he thought his visitor was indulg-
ing in a humorous sally at the ex-
pense of the immortal dramatist, but
a quick glance at the young mans
earnest face sufficed to reassure him.
and he then told Lord Randolph the
outline of that concluding part OF the
story which his social engagement did
not permit him to see represented
upon the boards.
when do you play it again?" In
ouired the Young man of the actor.
.On Wednesday next" answered lrV'
ing.
81 shall be there" declared Lord
Randolph, earnestly; and there, as
suredly. he was, from the rise OF the
curtain to its fall, in rapt attention
to every succeeding scene OF the tras
edy.
At the confusion he again went
round to Irving's room, even more en-
thusiastic than on the occasion OF MS
nrevious visit: and, with a nalvete
that was, Mr.. Carr thinks, deeply cnar'
acteristic of that power he afterwards
displayed in public affairs-the power
Of swiftly appropriating the knowiedee
needful for every successive post ne
occunied-he made the frank avowal
that since their last meeting ne nau
read for himself. not only Hamlet
Int two or three other plays Dy tne
same author.
"And do you know. Mr.. Irving, ne
..,d .1 and them enormously Inter
esting."
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
Japanese Grafters Sentenced

Tokyo. July 5.-Twenty- three jap
anese politicians, members either of
the present diet or the preceding one,
have been given sentences of varying
lengths, following their conviction Of
completely in the graft revealed in the
recent expose of the sugar scandal.
Five OF the twenty three were senten-
ced to ten months imprisonment, four
to seven months, five to serve five
months and nine to serve three months.
Eight OF them were members of the
lower house OF the present diet. Only
one OF tt e men brought to trial was
acquitted.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
Many Celebrated at EXPOSITION

Seattle, July 6.-With the exception
OF the opening day, yesterday broke all
records for attendance at the Alaska
Yukon Pacific exposition. When the
last reading was made at midnight,
the register showed 81, 1886 people had
passed through the gates.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
SOME MARRIED fluctuations.
BY Clarence L. Cullen.
~~~~~~~~~~

It doesn't hurt any to express occa-
sional surprise over the (maybe) fact
that she still remains as a girl at
heart.
Don't overlook the fact that the Cir
thier and wheeler she gets the more
she likes to have you call her win
some" once in a while.
Why is it that the woman whose
ears resemble sun-dried clans is the
one who experiences the keenest ham
kering for those big pendant ear.
rings?
1t is difficult for man to under.
stand why he should be required to
wear toeless hose when his wife puts
in about nine hours q day needing
Irish crochet lace.
Why is 1t that dandruff1ness, linty-
featheriness and general unkempt
blowsiness are the unfailing exterior
characteristics of the woman who walls
about her shattered ideals?"
The woman whose husband goes out
before breakfast and fetches home an
armful of lilacs for the breakfast Ia
BILE doesn't have to worry about his
curves when he's out of her sight.
either.
In the first place, a. man couldn't be
induced to eat fudge and pickles in
alternate mouthfuls. But If he could
be, he wouldn't loll around little
later on, wondering what in the wide
world allied his stomach.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
Would Purchase Rhodesia

Cape Town, Cape Colony, July -
1t is reported from Buluwayo, Rhode
STA, that Gen. Louis Botha, premier of
the Iransvaal, at the request of the
South African National convention,
will offer the Chartered South African
company 800, 900, 600 for the purchase
OF Rhodesia by United South Africa.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
Elliott Heads Apple Show

Spokane, July 3.-Howard Elliott,
president of the Northern Pacific rail
road, has accepted the presidency OF
the National Apple Show, offered to
MIN by the board of trustees. The
show will be held in Spokane Deem.
Der 7.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
walking Under a Ladder.

A correspondent Of the Boston Globe
gives this explanation of the old su.
perstition against walking under q
ladder: I'm former days. when hang.
ing was done after more primitive
and simple fashion than 1t Is to-day,
the victim had generally to pass under
the ladder which stood against the gal.
lows for the convenience Of the execu.
ton, and he passed under that ladder
with the fair certainty Of being imme.
diately hanged. What the unhappy
criminal could not avoid the average
pedestrian avoids to-day, even at the
expense of his polished boots. by turn
ing into the roadway"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
when the Fight II won.

The Suffragette Well, day-day3
Yell how t. git the lunch an dinner
yersilf! It's watcher at the polls !
am, an afterward I'm goin' to tn
Dimmycratic club t hear tn retur-rnA
Puck.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
me- announcement Followed.

The Announcement :.
She-They say there are selns =.
r,sses Now, what do you suppose q
GIRL could catch that way!
husband! = Ladies Home
Journal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
Going Some.

Can she keep typewriter running
fast?"
"Fast? Gee, she can keep the bell
playine chimes!"-Kansas City Times.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09

Make woman mad, and she = no
more polite than q man
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-12-17

Now that the open season for the
trapping of muskrats is on, and a
large number of young men and boys
will be out after the pelts Of the cum
ming animals, itNmight be well to call
attention !. to an addition to the law
which may have been. overlooked, hav-
ing been passed at the last session Of
the legislature. says the Richmond
Standard. 1t pertains to the destruc-
ti0n of the muskrat houses.
Tho open season for trapping the
rats is from November 10Th to April
18th, but the law provides that no
person shall modest, injure or destroy
any muskrat house at any time. !,
This means that traps must not be set
in the houses of muskrats. nor can
they be- interferred with in any way.
There are heavy penalties for vioiat.
ing the law.
The intent of this provision is to
prevent the extinction of the muskrats
by destroying their houses in winter
and causing the rats to drown. There
is provision that, where muskrats
are destroying property by burroWing
through dams. the owner of the in
jured property may kill the rats at
any time.