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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31

,,;ngbam: II intend to get Red
than trees one year old, cut back
fftaen inches, and topWork the right
u :atioc on the limbs the second year
..ird wear after cutting back, unless
u could be worked onto the slip
.hon if is cut back. | expect to spray
ccab and oyster shell bark louise,
'U ~. under the sod which is in the
hord now and SOW muriate of pot.
- ond superphosphate at the rate of
roo nonnds each per acre, besides put
w. in few loads of stable manure.
w.. w. coil is red silt loan with hard soil
ubite color underneath. The loan
.9rooos twenty-one inches in depth
;tb small amount of gravel all
,hrouoh it. The white soil is under
I'D with gravel so that the orchard
- extremely we'll drained. What kind
- culture would you recommend for
.b;s orchard? That trees are about Is
years old. ~ .. -
Cor topworking upon, but would rather
don't the Northern Spy, as it is more
roorIv free from insect pests. You
will do we'll to thoroughly spray your
orchard for oyster shell and San Jose
.ooIo We believe that you are using
too much fertilizer to start with. l
would not use more than 200 pounds
oocb instead of 600, the first year, in
addition to the manure that you apply.
A little lime will greatly improve the
coil Good, thorough tillage will con-
sprvp moisture enough for big crops
without irrigation in your section. We
would blow in the fall and work early
in the spring to maintain perfect till
age throughout the year.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31
BIG HEADLIGHT FLASHES
FROM AlRSHIP IN SKY

Flying at a speed of from 80 to 40
miles an hour, mysterious airship
one night last week appeared over
Worcester, Mass, lowered over the
city a few minutes, disappeared for
about two hours and then returned to
cut four circles above the city, using a
searchlight of tremendous power.
Thousands of persons thronged the
streets to watch the mysterious Wis
itor
The airship remained over the city
for fifteen minutes, all the time at a
height that most observers set at
about 1000 feet, too great to enable
even it's precise shape to be seen. The
glazing rays of it's great searchlight,
however, were sharply defined. The
dark mass of the ship could be dimly
seen.
At the time of the airship's visit,
Wallace E. Tillinghast, Worcester
man, who recently claimed to have in
vented marvellous aeroplane, in
which he said he had journeyed to New
York and return by way of Boston,
was absent from his home and could
not be found.
The visitor from the clouds was first
sighted over Marlborough at 500
o'clock. The sixteen miles between
this city and Marlborough were COW
cred in 80 minutes
Coming up from the southeast, the
sky voyager veered to the west, re-
NAMED in sight few seconds and
then disappeared to the northwest. In
five minutes the searchlight was again
seen, glowing in the darkness like a
monster star, and the ship came up,
lowered over the city short time and
disappeared to the southeast.
Two hours later an eager shout from
the waiting crowds announced its re-
turn. Slowly, it's light sweeping the
heavens, it circles four times above
the city and then disappeared, finally
heading first to the south and then to
the east.
The airship was also seen at MARI
boro, Mass.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31
An Intelligent Cow.

e. L. Evans gives us story this
week that Is rich in the extreme. A
few nights ago he went home and
found a cow in his yard. He drove
her out. He then went into the house
and later heard the animal In the
yard again. He drove her out the
second and third time. Ted Evans.
his son, came home later and found
the animal in the yard and drove her
out. Mr.. Evans then made an inves-
tisation and found the COW got In BY
wading around the fence on the river
side. He hung up lantern to deceive
the COW as she came in. and the next
so he says. he found the COW
In the yard with the lantern hung ON
her horns, using the same to hunt out
the best grapefruit in his grove. Say
what you please. but that was an in
telligent cow. And the story is true
-of course it is.-Fort Myer Press.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31
MUCH CASH POR CROPS OF
WASHINGTON FARMERS

Seattle, Dec. 28.-From eight of the
staple agricultural crops farmers Of the
state of Washington, during the year
received a total of $57, 513, 900, accord
ing to the Washington correspondent OF
the Post Intelligencer. This does not
take account of horticultural products
at all.
To produce this amounnt 2. 364, OOO
acres were farmed. Each acre. there
fore, yielded an average Of $24. The
eight staple crops were corn, winter
wheat, spring wheat, oats, barley, rye,
potatoes and hay.
Wheat and hay, naturally, are the
great crops of the lot, the wheat crop
being for the year 35, 100000 bushels,
with an average price of 50 cents at
the farm, yielding $50, 275.000. and
the hay crop 780, 900 tons, at an aver
age farm price Of $14, yielding SILL
$4,000
That corn is good sized crop in the
state of Washington will be surprise
to many, yet Is, 600 acres were sown
to corn and the result broght nearly
$500, 600 to the farmers.
Two hundred and two thousand
acres of oats broght 81. 751. 900 for g.
299, 600 bushels; 1872, 600 acres Of bar
ley yielded 1888. 900 bushels, valued
at 81, COL, 900; 1000 acres of rye yield
ed "a, 600 bushels, valued at $79, 900,
while Al 200 acres Of potatoes yielded
$50, 900 bushels, valued at IS, 49,
mn
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31
ScHLEY SAYS PEARY
SHOULD ALSO MAKE PROOr

Washington, Dec. 25.-Reafflrmlng
his complete confidence in DR.. COOK,
Rear Admiral w. S. Schley (retlred'
called upon Commander Peary to SUD-
nit his proofs, that he had reacneo
the north pole, to some scientific Dooy
other than the National Geographic
Society.
This, the admiral declared, should
be done at once in the interests OF JUS
tice and to establish beyond question
the claims of Peary.
The admiral believes that the same
body which threw out and repudlated
Cooks data should be permitted 10
pass upon the data submitted by feary
to the Geographic Society.
The Danes are the best posted Dooy
of men in the world on Arctic mat
ters," he said. The consistory OF the
University of Copenhagen should De
given the opportunity to examine the
Peary proofs, for in that way tney
would be submitted to the same test
that was applied to those OF Cook.
1.-THE consistory which was regard
ed by the civilized world as more than
friendly to DR.. Cook, showed by us &C
ton in turning down the explorer that
it holds the scales of Justice as 1t sees
them, evenly and honestly
Moreover, Admiral Schley believes
that the submission of the proofs 10
Copenhagen should be insisted upon
by Peary, whatever the attitude OF the
National Geographic Society may be-.
1t was suggested to the officer that the
society some time ago officially mad
declared it's intention to let scientific
bodies of reputable standing examine
and test the Peary proofs when they
had been passed upon by the society.
But the organization has not done
it." he retorted quickly. $50 far there
has been shown no disposition to car
ry out it's avowed intentions, has
there?"
Admiral Schley declined to say on
what grounds he took exceptions to
the findings of the scientists OF the
University of Copenhagen in regard to
Cooks claims. He merely reaffirmed
his belief in the explorer, adding that
he believed also that Peary, too, had
gained the top of the earth.
The Importance of the admirals de-
mand is increased by the fact that he
has had wide experience in the Far
North In 1884 he was in command of
the Thetis expedition, which resulted
in the rescue of Lieut.. Greedy and his
six men, who had been cast away at
Cape Sabine, and whom the civilized
world had practically given up for
lost. For this rescue, Admiral Schley,
then a captain in the service, was
awarded a gold watch and vote OF
thanks by the Maryland legislature
and a medal of honor by the Massa-
chusetts Humane Society.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31
About Cabbaqes.

North Yakima: 1T has been sug-
gested to me that in this region cab
page is profitable crop to plant after
early potatoes. From some people
Who live here l have learned that cab
page fails to head for them, though a
German near me last fall had the fin
est cabbage | have ever seen.
am in doubt as to the merits of
'he winter banana apple. By some au-
lnortles | am told that it is hardy,
thriving well in any climate, and by
oIherS that it is not hardy enough for
'nlS climate. What are the facts in
the case?
Which is the better market apple,
"lneSap or the Stamen Winesap?
nave some timothy sod and could
plo" 1t IN December, when the ground
10 Aot 1rozen or in the spring. Which
would be better? E. C. c."
Inc difficulty with cabbage which
'ou cite is one of the common things
we md in horticultural work. I be-
"e'e personally it is due to thorough
'ulllVation on one part and to lack of
,0lu'ation on the other part. 1t may
Ut mat the German used some barn
'"iU manure, or similar fertilizer,
"nlch would help quite materially. We
"ie HOW by experimentation endeavor-
-ns 10 learn why certain soils will not
sio" vegetables the first year after
0elng reclaimed.
we have always found the Winter
:. nalana a very hardy apple and one
s-i't pears very satisfactorily wherever
We nave seen it growing. We do not
sOnsiuer it very satisfactory for alti
,uues less than one thousand or fifteen
hundred feet
:. ns all means, the common WinesaI
- much better commercial apple
snan the Stamen Winesap. The Sta
nen runs large, colors poorly and has
~ better quality.
:, our only reason for preferring ear
:. spring blowing of timothy sod is
:. a'' you would get more green growth
~ work into the soil than in fall OF
s. n'er blowing. In case green growth
~ not necessary, then I would prefer
Tue fall blowing"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31
Mccormick BUYS Coal Mines.

Tacoma, Dec. 25.-A syndicate con-
sisting of Robert l.. Mccormick, the
timber millionaire; John L. McMurray
and Newton H. Peer have purchased
a controlling interest in the Com
monwealth coal mine, located at Wiki
eson, paying price said to be $780,
900. The mine, which is one of the
best coal properties in the county, be-
longed to I. B. Winsor, and after
shutdown of two weeks opened We'd
nesday. 1t has an output of $50 tons
daily, which the new management will
double within two months. McCor-
mick is president, McMurray vice-pres-
ident and Peer secretary-treasurer OF
the reorganized company.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31

Since November Is the results have
been as follows:
Wet-Burlington, Auburn, Kelso,
Castle Rock, Woodland, Kalama, Col
fax, Palouse, Tekoa, Cotton, Quincy,
Starbuck, Walla Walla.
Dry-Pe Ell, Wilbur, Whitman coun-
ty, Garfield, Elberton, Endicott, St.
John Oakesdale, Pennington, Rosalia,
Pullman, Lynden, Prescott, Mabton,
Goldendale, Cheney, Davenport.
The remainder of the elections in
this state this year will be held as fol-
lows: North, December 80; Skagit,
Mt. Vernon, Sedro Woolley, La Conner
and Thurston counties December 81.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31
Why Are the Old Poors

rs It not the old mans fault That NJ
is poor?" you ask. Often it is. The
aged man and women who drag out
their weary lives in hopeless effort
to hold on are often the victims OF
their own sins, says Walter Weyl, in
Success Magazine. A man may drink
to excess for forty years, and wonder
that at go he is not an established and
respected citizen. The old man who
waits at midnight in the bread line for
crust and coffee, may be a wretched
record of an ill-spent life.
And yet he may not be. He may be
more sinned against than SHINING; he
may be turned out into the storm, as
was King Lear, by his ungrateful
children, or by the ungrateful chill
dren of his neighbors. The tottering,
decrepit, dissolute old man may be the
senile child of the boy who worked at
8. of the young fellow who was cast
into Jail for a trivial offense.
It is not true to-day that the right
eous in their old age never beg bread.
The chances of life are many, and a
man may work and save, and yet IN
the last hour be penniless and friend
less. The honored bank may break,
the trusted friend defraud; even the
insurance company may fail to insure.
And there are men, honest and intel
lieent men, and great men and geni-
-. l. IL
uses. too, who cannot keep their neaos
above water, and who are driven by
their very humanity into a penn1less
old age.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31
To Purchase Embassies.

Washington, Dec. 25.-Provision for
the purchase of the buildings occupied
by the Berlin and Paris embassies OF
the United States at a cost not exceed
ing $500 each will be proposed IN
a bill which Chairman Perkins, OF the
house committee on foreign AFFAIRS.
will introduce shortly after congress
reconvenes In January.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31

caraldine-A rose, by any other
,.ma would smell as sweet. Gerald
: h.va never been able to make you
believe it when l brought you MOWERS
New York Press.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31
Executive Can Reject Teen

Should the conventions draft consti-
tutions which do not adequately pro-
tect public interests in the matter of
safeguarding public lands and resour-
ces, and should those constitutions be
adopted by votes of the people of the
territories, the president could reject
them if he desired, and congress again
could open the way for the adoption Of
satisfactory constitutions.
This course was we'll nigh impossible
in the case of Oklahoma. as the people
had expressed their choice. and elect
ed their state officers, and injustice
would have been done them.
Indications are that a bill will be
passed at this session providing for the
meanss of holding constitutional con
ventions and for elections to pass upon
the question of adopting or rejecting
constitutions. It is believed that the
effect will be to secure good state con-
situations and make it certain that no
new stars will be added to the flag
within year of the adjournment OF
the present congress-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31
power with Safety.

81 think" said the ambitious mah,
"that I would like to be king OF
finance"
"Don't think of it." said the great
r,,ronean money lender. think OF
the dangers that beset a throne. What
Won ahould say is that you would like
- be a f,nancier of kingdoms. "-Wash'
inaton Star.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31
BUSY AT ovERAMmERoAu.

0USx Al OVEHAMME6GAO.
Already Preparing for the Presents
ton Of the Passion Play.
Oberammergau Is already busy with
preparations for the performance OF
the passion play, which will take place
next year, London letter to the New
York Sun says. Thirty dates have
been fixed between May 16 and Sept.
20. of which nineteen are Sundays.
Extra performances are sometimes Civ.
en- on Mondays, when there are more
people in the village on the preceding
Sundays than can find places in the
theater.
The great problem of the passion
play committee is to prevent the per-
formances from degenerating into
commercialism. The play commemor-
ates the departure of the plague from
the village in 1888 and the devoutness
OF the actors Is no less now 4Han it.
has ever been; but already this au-
tumn agents nave cAnva.,s.d ..c ~
tire village to buy up sleeping accom-
nodations for next summer and prices
have been offered for single rooms
which have almost turned the heads
of the peasants.
No one can witness the passion play
who has not spent the previous night
in the village itself. Every house is
registered as possessing a certain
amount of sleeping accommodations,
and the total number of beds in the
village is approximately the number
Of seats in the theater-4,2 200. One
third of the beds in each house must
be placed at the disposal of the local
official lodging bureau. The house.
holders may make their own terms for
The other beds, with a maximum barge
rigidly fixed by the committee.
Three great tourist offices of Lon
don, Berlin and Munich have secured
certain number of beds for the hight
before each performance Many of
the villagers are reserving accommo-
dations for visitors of 1900 to whom
they are pledged and whom they re-
gard as friends
The burgomaster, Herr Bauer, has
promised all his available beds to an
English woman, who has taken a villa
at Garmisch, twelve miles away, and
will convey her guests to the village
in motor car. She has already re-
ce!ved 200 applications for the accom-
notation
The large firms of tourist agents
have already about 5000 applications
and the local bureau is receiving scores
daily. Offers of Sc and 81 a night for
convertible sitting rooms, which the
villagers would gladly let in ordinary
made by agents, but such speculative
offers have no chance of acceptance.
Anton Lang, who will be the Chris
tus, as in 1900, is now IS. Since the
pretty young woman and they have
three children. He is still working
potter, and his little shop is con
stantly invaded by visitors. HI
played Christus in 1905 in specia
play on the history of David, and his
wife complains that he often spent five
hours day signing photographs.
All profits from the sale of seats will
be administered by the committee fol-
the benefit of the village as usual. The
actors are only nominally compensat'
ed. For them it Is labor Of love and
devotion.
1t is expected that about 100000 per-
sons will go to the play next year, in
GLIDING fully 100000 English and Amer
teams.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31
HOW CITIES OF STATE
HAVE VOTED ON LIQUOR

The Washington Anti-Saloon League
gives out a statement to the effect that
"a local option elections held in the
state between August Is and NOvem-
Der Is have been as follows:
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31

After q woman makes up ner mino
q doesn't take her long to make up
her face.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31

It's 80 much easier to gossip about
people than to pray for them.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31

The stories In kin quarrel are a.
tar apart as the stories Of DR.. Cook
md Commander Peary.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31
When to Prune Trees,

:, lewiston, Idaho: do you think 1t
n;S sale 10 prune apple trees during the
'i'er season, at times when the
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31

Work on the proposed new Union
Pacific depot at Aberdeen has begun.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31
MUST WAIT FOR
STATEHOOD
ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO
MAY HOLD STATEHOOD
CONVENTIONS.
Unlikely However, that Enabling
Acts Will Pass Present Session
of Congress Presidents Rec.
ommeedations, 1t Is Said, Will
Furnish Excuse for Delay.

Washington, Dec. 27.-Statehood
legislation at the present session of
congress will not go beyond giving au-
thority to the people of New Mexico
and Arizona to hold constitutional con-
ventions and provide means for such
conventions, if the wishes of leading
members of congress dictate the policy.
This program is in harmony with the
messages of President Taft
In the last session of the Sixtieth
congress the house passed bill to ad-
NIT New Mexico and Arizona as sepa.
rate states. It was predicted the mea-
sure would go through the senate quick
~. Such was not the case. Some
members of the senate committee did
not like the looks Of certain land grants
to individuals, which had not been re-
ceived under territorial administration.
Some claims for large holdings under
Spanish grants were also viewed with
suspicion. Furthermore, estimates COM
ing from the territories as to popula-
ton, both as to numbers and class,
were not accepted, and it was thought
best to delay action until after the 1910
census could be completed
Place Responsibility on President
Mr.. Taft's recommendations, it is
said, will furnish the excuse for delay.
Tie president urges that care be exer-
cised Gin the preparation of legislation
affecting each territory, to secure de-
liberation in the selection of persons as
members of the convention to draft a
constitution for the incoming state,
and that "such legislation, afetr adop-
ton by the convention, shall be SUBJ
mitted to the people for their approval
at an election in which the sole issue
shall be the merits of the constitution. :"
In the case of the adoption of the
constitution for Oklahoma, the elec-
ton was complicated with the selection
Of state officers, and Mr.. Taft is deter
mined that this situation shall not re-
cur in New Mexico and Arizona In
the event of there being no issue before
the people of each of the territories,
except the adoption or rejection of the
constitution, it is believed the best
Judgment of the people will prevail.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01
BITGOOD & COLE

and as the were walking along
the street they compared their pur-
chases. "Why Jim your hunk is
heavier than mine" They went in
store and weighed them. jim 5
weighed 10 pounds ? ounces, and
Jacks hunk that he got over town,
weighed sIz pounds. You ought
to have heard Jack cuss. Then he
opened the packages. Jim's was
sweet and bright and fresh, while
Jacks was dark, wrinkled and had
rank smell. Jack could not hold
himself. He let out a yell and
kicked the meat out on the side
walk and jumped on in. My, how
he cussed. Some men who were
not on thought he was crazy and
tried to hold him, this led Others to
think it was a fight and they gave
the alarm which brought the blue
coats a jumping. Jack is out ten
cents carfare, IL cents short weight
and 10 cents for beer and was OBJ
liged to throw the meat away be-
cause it was spoiled. Moral-Pat'
ronize your home butchers.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01

Mart Rand another OF our good old
Hood River friends was pleasant
caller Monday morning. lie mas
nothing but praise OF Hood idycr
like all cranks OF that country he
cannot see any,hing quite 80 good
as his own stamping ground. Just
wait a year or two and Hood River
will look like n little country village
beside st. Johns. Mr.. Rand informed
Us OF the sad death OF Mrs. Jonnson'
daughter OF Mr.. j. l.. carter, epre'
sentative elect from Hood river
county. Mrs. Johnson. II seems went
to Hood River TO spend Christmas
with her parents arriving the night
before and was met at the depot by
her father. Returning home as they
were crossing the bridge east OF
town the team became frightened
and started TO run. a short -.stancc
up the hill they became detlchcd
from the sleigh. The fright ooca'
stoned by the runaway threw tho un'
fortunate lady into commissions from
which she died shortly after taking
her back TO the city. MIR. carter
and his family are OF the most highly
respected people In the valley ana
the entire county mourns with them
In this sad bereavement.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01
For neat work. good material and reasonable prices The
Review Job printing department cannot be beaten.
How Is Your Title?

Have your abstracts made, con-
tinued or examined by Peninsula
Title, Abstract and Realty Co., IL.
Henderson, manager. Accurate
work. Reasonable fees. Cement
Block building, Jersey street.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-01-01
STUNG AGAIN.

What does II mean-the whole
police force out this way and all ex-
cited like a bunch Of boys at
clam baker Looks like there might
have been a riot call turned in.
OH its all right now. One OF
the employees at the mill thought
he would save a little on his meat
bill aud went over town for 1t, He
got 10 pounds at 8 cents that he
said would cost 9 cents a pound
here, besides. he said. he got two
glasses OF real beer, not the thin
stuff you get in ST. Johns. A fel-
low workman had just got &c
pounds of meat for 90 cents from