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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21
TAFT SYMPATHIZES WITH
UNEMPLOYED MOVEMENT

Washington, May 17-President Taft
has addressed the following Letter to G
Jefferson Davis, president of the Un-
employed Protective Association, whose
headquarters are at Cincinnati:
"My Dear Sir: 1 have your letter
and suggestion here with reference to
methods which shall increase the
amount of work and render employed
the unemployed. I understand you
are about to attend the good roads o n
vention at Baltimore. and I have
no doubt that the proposition for
the construction of good roads and
further attention to them means a
great deal more work for the unem-
ployed. I write this to you to express
my sympathy with the work you are
trying to do and my willingness to as
sist you wherever it is consistent with
my views of the national jurisdiction. "
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21
cH1HEsn RUnHmo SYNDICATE

united States Detectives In Jamaica
Trying to Dis 1t Out.
Two American detectives are now In
MS island trying to locate the Jamai-
can headquarters Of the syndicate
whose business it is to smuggle Chi
nese from Hongkong via Canada and
Jama1ca into the United States, says
q Kingston (Jamaica) dispatch to the
New York Sun. That the Jamaican
headquarters is located in Kingston is
a well-established fact, but it looks a.
1t 1t will take a lot Of trouble to fer
ret out the organization.
II ID calculated here that the SNUG.
Cling of the Celestlals into the United
States via Jamaica has been carried
u successfully Oh a fairly large scale
Tor two years at least. The Halifax
boats, month after month, dump from
twenty to thirty Chinese here. When
the figures had into the hundreds
tue natives began to take notice and
q cry was raised to exclude the China
men, On this leading Cinnamon came
out with the statement that not 2 per
cent Of the late arrivals remain In the
island.
The secret of the mysterious disap-
r%earsnce of the rest has to some extent
been explained during the last three
months, when sometimes as often az
twice Il week the local papers are out
with stories of frustrated attempts to
smuggle Chinese to America on either
mail or fruit boats or to Cuba. Small
sailing boats are used in the Cuban
business and it is highly remunera-
tive, the average price for transport
ing a Chinaman being 5000. Lately
one Of the local shippers got a month
in prison for trying the same game
once too often, while a steward on a
passenger steamer got into trouble
when four coolies were found locked
away Iii a cabin just as the steamer
was about to clear for New York. Here
again the Chinese had paid f4O each
for passage to America, suggesting
that all the work of smuggling them
into prohibited places is the work Of
one organization.
For the last couple Of weeks the
Jamaicans engaged in the Cuban
racket have been double crossing"
their employers. They have taken the
money, cleared for Cuban destinations
and then landed the Cinnamon at some
point on the Jamaica coast. Such a
case happened IS recently as yesterday.
The local police are working In con-
junction with the American authorf-
ties in trying to break up the Organiza-
ton here.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21
OUT THE
TALK
HILL URGES QUICK ACTION
ON TARIFF LEGIS-
LATION.
Sees Beginning of Prosperous Era
as Soon as Country Can Be AS
sured of Definite and Settled
Basis Upon Which to Transact
Business.

Washington, May 15.-James J. Hill
called on President Taft and express
ed the belief that if the tariff agitation
was cut off short and the ora+orical
steam in congress shut off, the coun-
try would begin a great era of pros
perity at an early date.
Call eyes are turned on Washing
ton," said MI. Hill. "Some people
seem to think legislation will cur the
toothache, set a broken limb or make
crops. Talk and legislation here in
Washington keep people in suspense
and make them forget their business
and hope for some legislative cure-all.
What we want is to have the tariff agi-
tation over with and let people get
back to work and aid the great wheels
of progress to turn. Then things will
begin to hum. The outlook is good
in all directions"
MI. Hill was asked what he thought
of the outlook as to stocks and bonds
in New York.
"The millions of people of the coun-
try" he replied, "are not bothered
about stocks or bonds. What we must
look to now are the crops. The wheat
outlook is good. I do not think there
will be a heavy crop, however, as the
acreage was cut down by late SHOWS
during the plo wing season. The
quality of wheat, I believe, is good"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21
A CAMPAIGN.

In one Of the Southern States, where
there is a law which requires all can
didates for state, county and city
offices to file q bill Of their expendi-
lures during the campaign, immediate
ly after election. one Of the defeated
candidates, says a writer in the New
York Times, filed the following &C
count. Whether it Is true OF not, it
will strike a responsive chord In the
heart of many a defeated candidate.
Lost four months and thirty-three
days canvassing; n thousand n
three hundred and forty-nine hours
thinking about the election; FIVE acres
Of cotton; twenty-three acres Of corn,
a whole sweet potato crop; four sheep;
five shoats; and one beef given to q
barbecue.
Gave away seven Sunday school
books, two pairs Of ~suspenders, foul
calico dresses, seven dolls and thirteen
baby rattles.
Shook hands twenty-three thousand
four hundred and seventy-fve times;
talked enough to have made In print
one thousand large volumes size of
"Patent Office Reports; kissed one
hundred and twenty-six babies;
kindled fourteen kitchen fires;
three cords of wood; picked seven
hundred and seventy-four pounds OF
cotton helped pull seven loads OF corn;
dug fourteen bushels Of potatoes; toted
twenty-seven buckets Of water; put up
seven stoves; was dog-bit four times;
watch broken by a baby cost three dol
lars to have repaired.
Loaned out three barrels OF Hour,
fifty bushels Of meal, n hundred and
fifty pounds of bacon, th1rty.seyen
pounds butter, twelve dozen eggs, three
umbrellas, thirteen lead pencils. one
Bible dictionary, n NOW blade, two
hoes. one overcoat, five boxes paper
collars, none of which have been re-
turned.
Spent one thousand seven hundred
and sixty eight dollars In cash be-
sides.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21
Unique Cooperative vacations.

Wealthy women in Berlin have per-
fected q scheme OF vacations which
promises to spread over the length and
breadth of the German empire, and
which might be adopted with advant-
& in this country. One woman was
taken with the idea and interested sew
eral of her friends. All subscribed and
worked together for its successful pro-
motion. The idea simply IL the inter-
change of vacation by the middle
classes, and even the poor, In cities and
in the country. A bureau has been es-
tablished. It finds a family which is
DESTROYS OF a vacation in the city. The
plan then is to find q family which
wishes to. go to the country. By that
cooperation, the only cost Is that OF
travel. The scheme. has succeeded be-
yond expectations, and the enthusiasts
tic originators predict it will not take
it long to spread over Europe.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21
MAJORITY RULE m CONGRESS-

Aethods Adopted to Save Tine ana
to Protect Dominant Party.
This II q big country with big In
terests and it il madifestly impossible
to consider all matters In which all
the members are interested in open ses-
sion Of the house, says ]. sloat Fassett
in Leslie's Weekly. Rules have been
devised for appointing committees and
apportioning the work. Only the
more important bills a be reported
and only the most urgent Of these can
be considered in the whole house. No
rules can be or ought to be devised
which would enable every member to
take up the time Of the house when
ever 1t . pleased him with any bill
he might choose. So in the house, as
In the world generally, the rule of the
majority prevails. The country, by a
majority vote In the several congress
sional districts, selects the political
party which 1t desires to have in con-
troll. That majority party, by majority
vote, proceeds to organize the house
into a working mechanism. The
speaker is elected by a majority and il
always answerable to that majority.
The rules are adopted by a majority
and are always responsive to that ma
jority. The rules are made with full
provision to protect the rights of each
individual and Of the minority, but
rightly they are framed to enable the
responsible majority to exercise the
power intrusted to it by the people and
for the exercise Of which or the failure
to exercise which that majority, and
that majority alone, is held RESPONSE
BILE. II a Democratic minority, by the
aid Of a small body Of insurgent or
rebellious Republicans, could obtain
possession Of the machinery Of legisla-
ton and prevent the majority from
carrying out Its pledges the country
would not accept the plea of non pos.
sumus. The entire majority would be
held responsible for such a breach Of
trust.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21
STATE FARM EXPERTS TRY
TO DEVELOP NEW CROP

State College, Pullman, May 49,
Experiment station experts are endea-
voring to develop a crop that can be
grown on summer fallowed land, and
which will realize a money profit the
year it is grown. Such a crop will
enable the farmers of the wheat raising
sections to use their summer fallowed
land in place of permitting it to lie
idle a year, as is the present practice.
Corn is adocated by the station, but
objections are being raised to it, due
to the fact that it cannot be harvested
as a "money crop" from summer fall
low, as is true in the corn states of the
East. Many varieties of soy beans will
be tried out by the station this yea. in
order to ascertain their qualities for a
summer fallow crop.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21
ECONOMY IN
BUYING
TAFT INACCURACIES NEW
EXPENSE REDUCING
SYSTEM.
Purchases of Supplies for Depart
ments to be Combined at Lower
and Uniform Prices--Committee
to Prepare Schedule at End of
Each Year.

Washington, May 15.-President
Taft's plan of economy in the purchase
81 snnplies took practical form Friday,
mbpn an executive order was issued,
.be nurpose of which is to systematic
,rrchases needed in common by two
or more departments. and to secure
Sncb supplies at lower and uniform
prices.
The order creates a general supply
committee, the chairman of which will
he the secretary Of the board OF
awards.
BEFORE the end of each fiscal year
tbp committee is to prepare N gen.
oral schedule of all supplies needed in
common by any two or more depart
monts and Establishment.
The committee may include article
Of a ~special nature required by only
one DEPARTMENT and may omit from
the schedule any class of supplies
deemed advisable. The articles omit
ted shall be purchased upon advertise
ment and bids as heretofore done.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21
PRESIDENT ELIOT HONORED
BY EMPEROR OF JAPAN

Boston. May 15.-With an impress
sive ceremony, President Charles w.
Eliot. of Harvard university, was in
vested with the insignia of the Order
of the Rising Sun, bestowed upon him
nv order of the emperor of Japan.
The red and white ribbon and jew
els of the order were placed about Pres
ident Eliot's shoulders by Ambassador
Takahira, who said:
1.-THE emperor, my august sovereign,
fully appreciative of the great services
YOU have rendered for the welfare of
human life, as one of the foremost ed
ucators of the age, and for the making
of many useful men of japan, who
have come here to study at Harvard
university during the forty years of
your presidency over that institution,
thus largely contributing to the ad-
vancement of our country, has been
graciously pleased to confer upon you
the grand Gordon of the Imperial Order
of the Rising Sun, as a mark of his
majesty's good will toward you"
President Eliot responded briefly.
General congratulations followed, after
which the health of the emperor, the
ambassador. the president of the Unit
ed States and DR.. Eliot were drunk.
Previous to this ceremony, Ambas-
sador Takahira discussed the relations
between Japan and the United States
in an address to the East Asiatic Socie-
tv, which rendered him a dinner. He
said in part:
Il was rather surprised only a few
weeks ago, when I was told in Conecti-
cut that some people believed the At
lantic fleet visited Japan last year for
the purpose of a demonstration, and
thought the welcome extended to the
officers and men of that magnificent
fleet by the japanese governmet and
people was a result of intimidation.
Nothing can be further from the truth.
1t was | who handed to the secretary of
state a most courteous invitation of
the Japanese government, who sincere
~ desired to take the opportunity of
their visit to strengthen the traditional
friendly relations between the United
States and Japan.
Believe me, when I say that peace
Is now the watchword throughout jap
an, especially among the commercial
corporations, industrial circles and ed
ucatlonal societies, which are the three
great factors constituting the national
strength"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21
SCHOOL OF RAILROADINC
NOW IN OPERATION

Omaha, May 17.-With a view of
hitting young men for minor official
positions on the lines of the Hartman
system, there has been established by
The railroads of this group what is
termed a students course. The plan
IS TO admit promising young men who
are IN the employ of the company into
a school of railroading, which, if they
prove efficient, will give them a ground
WORK of education in the operating
ranch of the sericve, and which will
almost certainly lead to an official APP
polntment at the conclusion of the
course.
Ihe appointment to studentship does
not carry with it any guarantee by the
company mol does it place upon it
any obligation to give a student an Off
Gal position at the conclusion of the
course. 1t is, however, a first choice
avenue of promotion on the Southern
Pacific road.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21
A Worthy Desire.

An ambitious young Chicagoan calico
upon a publisher of novels in that city.
to whom he impaired con1dentiaily
the information that he had decided
to write a book" and that he would
be pleased to afford the publisher the
chance to bring 1t out.
MAY / venture to inquire as to the
nature Of the book you propose to
writer" asked the publisher very po-
litely.
"Oh," came in an ofhand way from
the a~spirant for fame, Il think OF do
ing something on the line Of Les
Miserables,' only livelier, you know -
Lippincott's.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21
A LIFE OF MOSES.

Among the recently published MEM
,ries," by Robert COllyer, M recalls
the Sunday school In Chicago which
he established among the foreign res
idents of that city. His work consist
ed largely in teaching both old and
young the English language, to enable
them to qualify as American citizens.
Along with this practical work went
az much religious training as the good
parson could find place for. One In
stance which he gives will show the
work and how it was done:
A memory comes to me which may
cast a CLEAN Of light on our success In
the Sunday school, and on the way the
pupils learned their lessons.
One Of the classes had been work.
ing its way through the life Of Moses.
from his infancy to his call to be the
deliverer Of the tribes from their bond
age.
l had noticed how n bright boy
would wrestle, head down. with the
story. So l picked him out n Sum
day to zee how much he had learned,
and here are the questions and an
swers:
what have you learned about
Moses, my boy"
The kings daughter, she found him
when he was a baby, in a box in tho
rushes down by the river, ard took
him home to nuss him"
did she nurse him herself?
.No. she hired a oma to nusS
bin. and it was his own mother; but
she didn't know that"
"And what did Moses do them"
"He grew to be a man."
"And what did he do when he was
a MANI"
HE killed another man."
'aThen what did he doT
"Buried him In the sand"
~What did he do after he had buried
him In the sand?"
HE run away and went to keeping
sheep on the prairie"
did he stay there all his lffe?"
NO. he quit because he saw a bush
alre."
did that scare him so that he ran
away and left his sheep?'
mo, something talked to him In the
bush, and told him to 60 back home;
and it was the Lord what talked to.
him."
And what did the Lord say?"
.He told him to AXE his boots OF"
And here ended our lesson IN the
early life Of Moses, at which I smiled.
and said: "You have done very WE'LL
my boy-very well indeed"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21
Anti-Treatin9 Saloon Opened

Des Moines, Ia, May 15.-The first
anti treating saloon in the United
States will be opened here May %.
Permit to open has been granted to
A. S. Kirkhart, of Des Moines, who
controls fifteen local saloons. Kirk
hart declares treating will not be toll
Grated The bartenders will endeavor
induce drinkers to accept a substi-
tute for liquor in the form of butter
milk, sweet milk, tea, coffee and other
soft drinks. The liquor habit will be
discouraged as far as possible.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21
Pumping Plant for Irrigation

,helan Falls, May 1.-THE Chelan
rails Milling Company is installing a
humping plant at it's mill here for the
purpose of irrigating about 600 acres
VI The choicest fruit land adjacent to
oown. Men are nov at work on the
PROJECT, and it will be pushed to CON-
pie'lon. A ditch system has been un-
uer construction for a number of years,
uut the work has been held up from
1he to time for various reasons.
ahese lands, when irrigated, will sup
port a number of families and what is
den spot.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21

wy WV W
Lack Of faith Is the only thing that
can hinder God.
Better be 4 lamp at home than q
meteor In the sky.
When you 60 away from home don't
forget that God Is everywhere.
God has ordained that no one shall
do wrong and find happiness in it.
The tadpole is ashamed. Of its size
the moment 1t sees a full grown frog.
Don't count on getting to heaven just
because you sometimes give away an
old coat.
Life In this world could never be SO
sweet or SO sad II we had not been
children in 1t.
You can never tell by where a man
sits in church just what he will do in
horse trade.
The Bible was not given to be a CEN
ter table ornament, but that is all it is
In many homes.
There will be disappointment with
the music Of heaven unless mothers
songs are sung there.
The man who Is able to say "The
Lord is my strength" will never break
down under his load.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21
More for sl<in.

aWhat do dose men get for walking
over dat field and hitting de little
ball?"
DAY don't get nothing. Did y0uDo
rink dat dey got pay for datT'
"Of course dey do. De kid what
goes along carrying de sticks don't H.
! bit Of the work and GETS half i
lar
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21
Strahom Outbids Northern Pacific

r. E. Strahorn has outbid the North
ern Pacific railroad for the right of
way of the Yakima I~ntervalley Trac-
ton Company through Union gap,
south of North Yakima This means
that he will be able to bring his line
into the Yakima valley On the east side
of Yakima river and that the efforts of
the Northern Pacific to bottle him up
have failed
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21

.My wife kisses me whenever q
wants money"
..reei IL she was like my wife sbe'dI
your face kissed on ~ TINS -
Post
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21
hDMpy[LAlD g
&g@gE Nc[H

DR.. A. Bulleid, who discovered the
ancient British lake village at Glaston-
burg in 1892, has now found another
group Of lake dwellings at the neigh
boring village of Meare. The site Of
the lake village consists Of two fields
covering about twelve acres, and IL
marked by a number Of grassy mounds
formed by floors Of dwellings. DR..
Bulleid has found large quantities OF
relics, including objects in bronze,
bone, horn and pottery. The village is
supposed to be Of the late Celtic date.
1t was probably built between 300 or
400 B. G. and the Roman Conquest.
Cheese must have been q rather dear
or scarce article Of food in 1902, for.
says the Law Times, 1t Is recorded In
the "Black Books" Of the Honorable
Society Of Lincoln's Inn that at Eas-
ter term, 1902, it was agreed by the
governors and benchers this term that
If any one of the society shall here
after cut cheese immoderately at the
time Of dinner or supper, or shall give
cheese to any servant o. to any other,
he shall carry 1t away from the table
at any time, he shall pay 4 pence for
each ofense. The buffers Of the 30
cisty shall present such defaulters
weekly, under pain Of expulsion from
Office"
Recent Investigations show that the
umbrella Is undoubtedly Of high an
tiquity. 1t appeared in various forms
on the sculptured monuments OF Egypt,
Assyria. Greece and Rome. In hot
countries 1t has been used since the
dawn Of history a. a .sunshade-a use
sienifed by it's name, derived from the
Latin "umbra,' a shade. In the East
the umbrella has yer been a symbol
of power and royalty, and In many
countries 1t has become a part OF re-
ligious as well as royal symbolism.
The Chinese date the umbrella back to
1000 or 5000 years anterior to the
Mosaic date Of creation. which would
make 1t about 10000 or 11,QOO years
old.
When 10 per cent Of cerium Is al
with 80 per cent Of iron. the
metal thus produced possesses the re-
markable property Of giving on a
shower of sparks when struck by a
steel wheel. This substance b been
for making a~uto-igniters Q
gas burners, miners acetylene lamps
and cigar lighters. Recently 1t mas
been proposed to utilize 1t for ignltlng
MOTOR headlights, and even as a substi'
tute for electric ignition IL the GYM
ders. Doctor Brill has tried it, for the
last named purpose, but be finds tina
the efficacy of the alloy falls on with
u.o The cause Of this loss OF efficacy
!. .usnected to be the presence OF OIL
and dust.
4 writer in Nature. calls attention to
the peculiar weather which accom-
nanied and followed the great Siciiian
"a earthquake. The sudden fog which
settled mon the Strait of Messina
WAS paralleled by a heavy mist accom-
-norvino the Mexican earthquake OF
January, 1899. and the writer aods
that rainfall is so frequently reported
.. Tho immediate successor OF an
earthquake that I'VE can no longer re
,ect the hypothesis Of a real connection
h.+u.or the two" Professor Wine
has suggested that the disturbance OF
tha ground when transmitted to the
everything air may determine precipita.
t,on Inns explaining the apparent a.
ISOLATION Of severe earthquakes With
-a< .rI rain l
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21
Imuroyement.

"You say local option has improved
real estate values in your community
eyes," answered Col. Stilwell. 'Since
the customary remedy has been no
longer available malaria has almost
entirely disappeared - Washington
Star.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21

The man who
looks through cob
webs can see spid-
ers everywhere.
It Is as hard to
hide real merit an
1t Is to hide SUM
shine.
When a bad man
gets into trouble
nobody can help
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-05-21
Some Age in this Family

Reno, New, May 15.-When Stir
ling Arnold, farmer, near here, reached
the age of 1O3 wears, last week, he
ceased from hea,y work, and his eldest
SON, a mere lad Of 80, is taking his
fathers place in the fields. With the
elder brother are four other sons, the
youngest of whom is SO. It is with
difficulty that Arnold could persuade
his wife to cease heavy work. She will
be 100 a old next month.