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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-05
teachers of State
Receive Good Paw

An Olympia dispatch under date of
October %. says: "During the past
year the average salary of the teach
ers OF the state has increased for both
men and women. as figures compiled
by f. +. Nader, assistant state sup
erlntendent Of public instruction.
show .Aat men are now receiving an
average of SIS 80 month, while the
female teachers average S6O.58 a
month. This is AN increase for men
of s2.67 month. For last year the
average salary was S75 65 a month,
and an increase of 81 SO for women,
AS they averaged S5S. 80 u month q
year ago.
The final figures on the school cen
sus have also been made up aud they
show that there are In the state of
Washington 256,3O children of
school age, between the ages of five
and twenty one years. Last year
there were 247.997 children of school
age, which shows an increase of 9,21O
children during the past year. Boys
are still more numerous than girls.
the records showing that there are now
129. 785 as against l25, 7O4 year ago.
compared with 1875. 522 girls this
year, as against 1872. 293 in 19O7-O8.
Strange as it may seem. the records
show that there are more boys than
girls going to school and also that
they attend more regularly. The
average daily attendance shows for
last year 76. 835 boys and 74.O9O
girls. as against II, 9B2 boys a year
ago, and 20. 293 girls. This makes
total for 19O8-O9 of l5O. .925 as
compared with 142. 275 for 19O7-O8
The total daily attendance for the
state reached the stupendous figures
of 25. .843. 39l. The total of year
ago was "a. 149, 2O1.
The total days. attendance at the
high schools figures up 1883, 237.
The records show that the sophomores
are not only more numerous but at
tasnd school better. The average
daily high scnool attendance was as
follows:F First year. l, 3 9 second year.
3.96l: third year. 2, SAT: fourth year,
1872.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-05
Guilty-Yet Innocent

Editor lslander:-The local papers
will probably report this week that /
have been tried and found guilty of
bunting without license. have.
and when arraiened in the Justice
court, pleaded guilty to the charge.
That my trends may not jndae me
too harshly. l wish to explain through
the islander how it all happened.
"He that is not guilty, let him cast
the first stone, ''is divine command.
| Judge fromthis that the complainant
is perfectly pure. Again scripture
tells us. "No ore is perfect. no. not
one.'
About one year ago next Christmas
had occasion to call the prosecuting
witness down for vilifyinR my wife and
family. and at that time be made the
boast that he would get even with me
When committed the great crime If
killing a Chinese pheasant, on my
own premises, his opportunity came.
and to wreak the revenge that was
ranking in his heart. be entered INTO
partnership with the state to get even
and to get one half of the fine i'm
posed. he swore that killed two
Chinese pheasants, an oath that whs a.
false as though he bad sworn that black
was white. / pleaded guilty to kill
lug one bird and the judge kindly i'm
posed tbe minimum fine. S 0 and costs.
The second supposed bird was dunn
my which l prepared to trap the gen
tleman and my scheme worked like q
charm. To my friends | wish to say,
that | am not hunter. and at the
time | killed the bird IN my yard,
never gave the matter second
thought. 1 had no intention OF viola
ting the law. Ny pla"e is open TO
my friends who wish to hunt, but l
wish to say to them beware Ut the
man who has spite against you, else
under cover of the law he will take
the opportunity to satisfy that spite
and at the same time get paid for his
trouble. Respectfully yours.
H, A. Armstrong.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-05
March Butler

Bert L. March, known to many peo
ple in this cOunGv rs one OF Lne wv"
ers of the passenger launch Yankee
Doodle, was u married in Belilngham
Yesterday to Miss Diza Butler. who
tauebt the Doe Bay school for short
time about a , ear ago. MI. aho
Mrs March have the very best wishes
of many friends in this county.
They will reside this winter at. Ur-
han. on Cottonwood island, where
Mr.. March is engaged in logging.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-05

I. n. Moore. of East Sound. who
purchased the Pike place about q year
AMI a half ago. was Friday Har-
hor visitor Tuesday. Mr.. Moore Is
operating fruit cannery on DIS
place and is putting mp an average
Of fifty cases Of pie apples a day. The
cannery here is averaging about sew
entv cases q day Both Mr.. Moore
and Mr.. Bugge, of the Island Packing
90 report q good market for the fruit
and will put up all the apples they
can oet. Mr.. Bugge expects to can
annles until the first Of the year.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-05
The Rising Cry of "HellO!"

More than fifteen million miles OF
single wire are used by the people of
the United States in communicating
with one another over the various teIe-
phone and telegraph systems. To
appreciate this fully one might say
that this length of wire would encir-
Gle the earth at the equator more
than six hundred times. Oas.i1e total
amount II, 999. 500 miles are operat-
ed by the telephone systems and g.
O72. 85l miles by the telegraph com
panies. The first telegraph line in
the United States was opened for bus
mess in 1874. but not until thirty
Iwo years later was the telephone in
troduced. In spite of the telegraph q
priority of installation, the telephone
gained rapidly upon its older rival.
In 1880 the commercial Telephone
companies reported "a. 3C5 miles OF
wire, about one:ninth of the nileHge
then operated by the telegraph com
panies. By 1902 however, the tele
phone mileage was almost four times
that used for telegraphy and FIVE years
later it bad increased to eight times
its length.
The use of the telephone by raii-
roads in connection with their opera
tion has become general since 1902.
Although the electric interurban roads
early recognized the advantages of
the telephone for despatching. the
larger steaal railroads have been dis
inclined to substitute it for the long
distance telegraph, the general objec-
tion being the possibility of mistakes.
Dr.. Capron,. county health. off,
Ger. again calls attention to the law
which requires that prompt notice be
given of all births ann deaths. The
Physicians of the Uounty are comply
ing with the law but il has not been
complied with ia some cases whore no
physician sas called.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-05

The people of Odessa are sure that
patience is valuable virtue. When
the railway commission Investigated
local conditions. they did not kick
for new depot, but decided to leave
it to the Great No: therp Railway, on
the grounds that it would know best
when conditions justified new sta
tion. President L. W. Hill heard of
this conservatism and Immediately
ordered the erection of $40. 600
building, as reward for their pa
thence.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-05

The Girls Club gave Poverty Ball
on Friday evening which for pure
fun and xayety exceeded anything Of
the kind ever before given in the
county. As it was understood that
only those in costume would be ad-
mitted to the hall, every one came
intending to have good time. Some
of the dresses we're unique in material
and make up and some we're poverty
stricken to the final degree. Kitchen
aprons and overalls we're the fashion
able styles. though several tattered
silk dresses and sadly frayed frock
coats were also in evidence. The
grand march was led by Mr.. and Mrs.
George Cary and at its conclusion.
prizes we're awarded Miss ViniDg and
Mr.. Cary for the best costumes. The
judges were Mrs. briggs, Mrs. Blaine.
Mrs. Baker. Mrs. Williams ana Mrs.
Frank Baker. The decorations we're
unusual, the Hallow Zen idea boinR
carried out in the ropes stretched
across the hail from which were sus-
pended dozens of doughnnts and ap-
pies. Each window was covered with
an immense black cat painted on yell
low cardboard, and strip OF black
cloth across the stage showed grln-
ming moon fanked by black face
masks.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-05
Canadas Exhibit to go to Belgium

Canada's exhibit at the exposition
will be freighted to Brussels, Bel
GUM, where it will be installed in
the Canadian building at the Univer
sal International Exhibition of Brus-
sells. which opens next April. The
exhibit weighs about $50 tons.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-05

Geo. Stoney is looking after the
wants of patrons at the Friday Har-
Dor meat market this week. during the
absence of the Nichols Bros. who are
enjoying . short vacation.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-05
Resolution of sympathy

Resolutions passed by the Interme-
diate Room. Friday Harbor Public
School.
Sorrow and gloom have Cast a shad-
ow over our otherwise happy and low.
ing school and our hearts 90 out in
feelings of th1 most earnest and ten
der sympathy to our beloved s-hool-
mates, Orva and Norma in this their
most trying affection while their
hearts are wrunR with grief by the
death of their dear mother, Mrs. e. s.
Pease.
In sadness we desire to assure them
that we. their teacher and class mates,
remember them in their sorrow and
extend to them ou1 most heartfelt
and love.
Bertha Batts-Teacher, Harry Stol-
iker, Arnold Hicks, Paul Gilman.
Neva Cahail, Helen Townsend, Angus
ia Harpst, Fred Hackett. Hattie
Fowle. Agnes Kirby. Luella Douglas.
karmen BuRge. Josephine Churchill.
Raymond Todd. Vass Shelburne. Fran.
ces Jensen, Maude Fowle, Antiie Pal
mateer, Valentine Harris, Eta Light
heart. Alfred Hansen. Hamlin
Nash, Martha Francis. Nettie Jensen.
George Howard Carter. Gladys Sutton.
Maude McCrary. Harlem Harris.
Thomas Hall. Arthur Ligh.heart.
Warren Scrlbner. Leland Hatch.
Percival Broder, Earl Harris
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-05

Zeno Doty. the we'll known Alaska
trader and expert marksman, cleared
from here the first Of the week for
Ketchikan in the Harvey e.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-05
Two Charming
Halloween Parties

Miss Hattie Francis and Miss Eve.
Ign Culver entertained about thirty
of their young friends at Hallow
Zen phantom party. on Saturday even
ing in the rooms over the islander
office The rooms were decorated in
excellent taste, black cats and weird
moons and Jack lanterns being great
ly in evidence. Fortune telling.
duckinR for apples and ot' or Hallow
Zen games were played until eleven
when the guests unmarked and refresh
ments we're served from table which
was unique in it's decoration scheme.
The place cards we're yellow. with
painted black cats and the favors were
witches with their brooms and point
ed caps.
Misses Dora and Laura Shull were
hostesses on Saturday evening at a
charming Halloween party.
The guests we're received at the door
by large up to-date ghost who ush,
cred them into a room diu,ly lighted
with Jack lanterns and decorated with
witches. bats, black cats and various
uncanny creatures who leave their
haunts on Hallow Fen. The evening
was spent in playing games and at
eleven O'Clock delicious supper was
served.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-21
Noted Celestial Chieftains.

The two tongs in New York, also in
Boston and most cities of the United
States, are known as the Ong Leong
and the Hip Sing. In Gotham the head
Of the Ong Leong is Tom Lee, mayor
Of Chinatown, man who has enter
tanned Ii Hung Chang, not unlike
whom he looks, and is counted per-
sonage Of parts. The most active man
in the Hip Sings is the redoubtabje
Mock Duck, who has been on trial for
murder once or twice in New York and
at whose dread name a section Of
Chinatown turns shade more yellow.
These two Celestial chieftains are as
different in appearance as. two Chinks
can well be. Both are mild looking, Of
course, and both are possessed of slant
eyes and other regulation oriental fea-
lures. But with these marks resem-
blance, also friendship, ceases. Tom
Lee is old, with sparse white beard,
white tie and patriarchal demeanor,
which he can well afford since he is the
husband of German wife and has
two strapping sons. Mock Duck is
smooth Of face and looks like boy.
Yet they whisper-they scarcely talk
these things out loud in Chinatown
that mere nod from this boyish head
Is enough to set a highlander to slit
some ones throat or to start tong
war that may result in shooting up all
of Pell and Mott streets and even
section of the ROwery
The Chinese minister at Washing
ton and consul general at New York
were greatly exercised in the fear that
the Sigel murder would cause tong
war, and they publicly warned the
state department, the police and China
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-21

how to find out If you have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mention this paper
when writing to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Blnghamton, N. Y. Don't make any mis-
take, but remember the name, Swamp
Root, and don't let dealer sell you
something in place of Swamp-Root-if
you do you will be disappointed.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-21

your kidneys are weak or out Of order,
you can understand how quickly your en-
seems to fail to do its duty.
If you are sick or feel badly begin
taking the great kidney remedy, DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root. A trial will con-
vince you of its great merit.
The mild and immediate effect of
Swamp-Root, the great kidney and
bladder remedy, is soon realized. It
stands the highest because its remarkable
health restoring properties have been
proven in thousands of the most distress
ing cases. If you need a medicine you
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-21

town itself in consequence. AS re-
suit, a large detachment of bluecoats
and plain clothes men invaded the old
battle-ground and the threatened hos
tilities did not materialize With all
these precautions, however, two men
who were thought to be important
witnesses were found murdered.
The population Of Chinatown proper
in New York Is about $4,000 to $4,000,
while there are twice as many China
men in the greater city and it's en-
virons. The killings have been going
one for ten years at least, there hav-
ing been perhaps dozen open riots,
one Of them occurring in a theater and
another near an 81" station in the
Bowery.
Hot Fight In Boston.
The Boston fight was even more SEN
sational and fatal than any single New
York battle. One day in narrow
street somebody started bunch Of
irecrackers, and during the confusion
a number of Hip Sings drew their re-
volvers and began firing. At the end
Of the fusillade four Of the Ong Leongs
were dead or mortally wounded and
several others severely hurt. Nine Of
the assailants We're captured, and five
Of them have just been sentenced to
the electric chair. OF these the most
prominent is Wary Charles, the lead
er of the Hip Sing tong, who main
tains his innocence. Charles is the
most prominent Hip Sing leader in the
east. Like Tom Lee, New York head
of the rival Ong Leong tong, Wary
Charles married a white woman, who
is now fighting for his liberty. 1t was
In Nebraska that Charles married his
American wife, and there his two sons
were born Both of these now live in
New York, one jeweler and the other
a policeman. What a strange conglom-
crate is this our American life.
Most Of the Chinese in America come
from the Canton district and. like the
Italians with their Malta, Camorra and
Black Hand, bring their feuds with
them. In San Francisco's ante-earth-
quake days the graft system and other
matters relating to these people on
the Pacific coast were In the hands of
the famous Six Companies The
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-21
Life 100, 900 Years AGO.

Scientists have found in a cave in
Switzerland bones of men, who lived
100000 years ago, when life was in con-
slant danger from wild beasts. Today
the danger, as shown by A. W. Brown
of Alexander, Me-, is largely from
deadly disease. "If-it had not been
for DR.. Kings New Discovery, which
cured me. I could not have lived" he
writes, suffering as did from a Sc
we're lung trouble and stubborn
cough" To cure Sore Lungs, Colds,
obstinat Coughs and prevent Pneu-
monia, its the best medicine on earth.
SOC and Sl.00. Guaranteed by O. M.
Olsen. Trial bottle free.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-21
Promiscuous Shooters.

Now, as fancy artist with a wash
tub a Chinaman may be a peaceful
enough citizen, but mention to him
the name Of rival tong and he bris:
ties with artillery like an armory. He
is promiscuous shooter and will turn
loose in crowded theater, an open
street or almost anywhere that he
gets sight Of his hated enemies. The
usual preliminary Of a Celestial shoot
fest Is the setting off Of a bunch Of
firecrackers, the report Of the guns be-
ing not so noticeable amid the popping
Of the fireworks. In one New York
war the members Of the rival tongs
bowed their legs, squatted as low as
possible and hoped about like toads,
all the time emitting bullets like a
suffering, asthmatic Calling gun.
They are not remarkably accurate
marksmen, as in this particular fusil-
lade, in which something like 100 shots
were fired only two brown men bit
the dust. The only reason that more
execution was not done by stray bull
let's was that Pell and Mott streets
were as empty as the tomb, the first
reports starting an array Of streaming
pigtails from brown men, who fed in
mad stampede
The tong members are also quite
handy with knives, and during these
hostilities many yellow faces with fix
ed eyes have been discovered by the
police in back alleys or Railways, the
owners of the faces having long and
deep Sits in their backs. To make the
shadow still darker over the reputa-
ton for peace Of our friends Of the
cue and the f1atiron the most pro-
life source of trouble between their
tongs is plain graft. 1t is the case of
the imam higher up" Gambling is an
offense against the laws, and in order
that it may be carried on somebody
has to be paid for immunity.
In New York it is generally believed
and stated in print and otherwise that
the police and Tammany are regularly
"sweetened" by the keepers Of gam
bling joints in Chinatown just as they
are, according to the wiseacres, in the
Tenderloin. But it is not this that Gre
ates the feuds. The head men of one
Of the tongs likewise get a rakeoff.
The head men Of the other tong object
to this shameless iniquity unless they
can share equally in the fruits thereof;
hence the shootings, informings and
trouble generally.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-21

Should nave the DeSC.
Sold by druggists in
ffty-cent and o1le-do1-
lar sizes. You may
have a sample bottle
by mail free, also a
pamphlet telling you
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-21
This will Please The Grocers.

Washington, D. c., Jan. :, 19O7.-There
has been filed with the Department of
Agriculture here. one of the strongest
documents fan1 ap we r., Fave eyer seen, It guar
Powder are strictly pure and 9mply with
the requirements of the National Pure
Food Law, The guarantee is filed under
ny all wholesale and re:lil grocers who
handle the products named. Jell-O and
JellO Ice Cream Powder are we'll thought
of in Official circles and their purity and
wholesomeness has never been question
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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-21
Weak
Kidneys

gs1ee pore trouble than any other organ a
- ~. The function Of Che Kidneys is t6
~ 81 eiSQulation, and to remove them and
M ee4ondant poisons from tho body through
~ Rle43&f. Therefore when tho kidneys
4o4qp6 4l1eased and weak thsy ere naturally
pSSef9E Ses,s WSFk spa
~ uENAty disorders are the result. III In
A94laNve that lapIompt relief be afforded,
Esss 80 a. 80 - 11 =, - s-'
DsWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills
Ps9pp9lX eliminate poisons from the system
IA 8 the same time make the kidneys well
Fer wSak Kidneys, Baokache, in
ELIMINATION Of the bladder and all
tAs4ssaRy troubles Do Wits Kidney
and Dladdsr Pills are unsurpassed.
A Weeks Treatment for Csc.
Money back II they fail.
e. A. PFEFFERLE
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-21
Tortured on a Horse.

.'For ten years | couldn't ride
horse without being in torture from
piles, 2 writes L. S. Napier, of Rug
less, KY, when all doctors and other
remedies failed, Bucklen's Arnica
aalye cured me- Infallible for Piles
Burns, Scalds, Cuts, BoiIs, Fever
B0rss, Eczema, Salt Rheum, Corns.
Bic. Guaranteed by o. M. Olsen.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-21

therefore, If kidney
trouble is permitted to
continue, serious re-
suits are most likely
to follow. Your other
organs may need at
tention, but your kid
neys most, because
they do most and
should have attention
first. Therefore. when
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-21
Tong Feuds Of the Chinese In America
BY JAMES A. EDGERToN.
HN OIUIHdIy Au9TICduC UuSluefS
the typical Chinaman as a

the typical Chinaman as a
peaceful, inoffensive laundry
man, whose motto Of life is,
"No checkee, no washee." In this the
ordinary American is as far afield as
Bret Harte and Bill Nye were con
corning the "heathen Chinee" of the
bland and childlike smile whom they
inyeigled into little game. The China
man is born gambler and born feud-
list or, if not born that way, learns
these two accomplishments at such an
early age that it amounts to the same
thing. He can show the average white
card sharp more tricks with the paste
boards, to say nothing Of fantan and
other native Chink games of chance,
than the paleface crook ever dreamed
were in existence. And, as for feuds,
the tong wars furnish a case ip point.
Only the other day five slant eyed
citizens of Boston were sentenced to
die in the electric chair for shooting
four members of rival tong back in
1907. In Philadelphia only few years
ago the Rev. Frederick Poole was
wounded and one Chinaman killed in
tong battle which was but a renewal Of
other battles previously fought. And
New York is all torn up at this mo-
ment over the supposed murder of FL
sic Sigel, Chinese missionary, whose
body was found in a trunk that had
been shipped back and forth over two
or three states and whose death, it
was brought out, occurred in the room
of Leon Ling, denizen of Chinatown,
for whose apprehension two hemi-
spheres are now being secured, and the
only reason that the securing process
has not gone farther is that there are
no more hemispheres.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-21
Device 10 Kill Needs.

A patent has been granted on a
syringe-like machine for injecting poi
sons around the roots of weeds with.
out injuring surrounding vegetation.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-21
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by oYer-Work.
unhealthy Kidneys Make Imnure Rln0d.

Weak and unhealthy kidneys are re-
sponsible for much sickness and suffering,
The Democratic advocate., 1909-10-29
TIE ELECTION DAYS orr.

The election this year comes on the
earliest day possible, the FIRST Tues
day after the frat Monday, which Is
November I'd only days away. From
all quarters the reports nrs all tha,
could be desired SO that the prob
ability Is that We will nt least have
a normal majority but all calculn-
iiona are based on full yote. n
Democrats should stay At home in
large numbers Of course the result
would be uncertain. You can depend
upon u that every Republican voter
viii go 20 the polls and vote, and II
YOU desire success for your ticket you
must make It a point to go and sec
that your friends aud nelghbors go.
Your County Commissioner has been
giving you good article Of govern
mont and you should see to II that
he is returned with a greater ma.
iority than before. Let US all get
together and make this Il banner year
for Democracy. See that every one
OF your neighbors has an opportunity
to go TO the polls. Take them with
VOli