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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-25
The Great Exposition From ChiIds Standpoint

The following letter was sent to the
Islander Office and is published ex-
actIy as the nine-year- old boy wrote
lit.
Dear Grandma,
L. t..etarday and to-day 1 went to the
Fair. | went in the Alaska, Artic
Brotherhood, Government. King Coun-
ty. Washington. Manufactures and
Machinery Buildings. In the Alas
ka building was ore. gold, jewelry.
and there's pretty scene which shows
mountains river and people digging
and sluicing ore and gold. In the
Artic Brotherhood building there's
nice chairs. a cafe, tusk and souvenir
counter. In the Government build
ing there's cannons. battleshps, shells,
sailboats. scenery. statues, dolls tend
ing sheep. COWS, washing and shearing
sheep. In the Washington building
there's ships fruit. scenery and nice
pictures. In the King County build
ing there's scenery, birds with the cage
like an arch, farm with team run
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-25

ming, a windmill going and it grows
dark and the house lights up, and a
phonograph plays a piece. In the
Manufactures building there's stoves
and ranges. In the Machinery build
ing there's all kinds of machinery
from a tor mn to a nkeHanpine. Il
saw the air ship go up. It was fine.
There is ponys to ride on over there
too. 1 went on the ticker. / got into
a sort of tub and I went into the
fairy gorge and then all at once l was
going bumpety bump and round and
round. On the Pay Streak there's
scenic Alaska mountain railway. a
number OF shows and restaurants and
an Iggorote village and a haunted
swing and life saving station. They
have fire works at night. They shot
mp one hundred sky rockets and
twenty five bombs.
Yours truly
George F. Winder
P. S.-The house upside down, Fool
ish house aud Japanese village are on
the Pay Streak.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-25
Saws Merchants
Prices Are High

Editor islander,
We notice in the islander of June
IL, an article in reference to the rate
war existing between the different
boats plying between island points
and Bellingham. The article main
tains that the present low rates are
detrimental to the merchants of Fri
day Harbor and other places in our
county. We would like to enquire
why our merchants figure that they
are being injured? It certainly is not
because they are selling goods to the
consumer more cheaply than they can
be purchased elsewhere. as they claim.
If it were 80, we would certainly trade
at home.
Let US look for brief moment at
what the merchants the poor dear
fellows-have done to enlist our
sympathies in their behalf. First
They brought about legislation that
killed the Parcels Post Second They
organized themselves into secret So
cieties, thus knocking out the con
sumner; Third They have done away
with the poor, tired pedler who not
only sold more cheaply. but who does
more real hard labor in q day. than
the merchant does in q week Fourth
Why do they not try to pass law to
prevent us dealing with mail order
houses? It certainly would help I'LL
their Golfers IL they could compel us
to deal entirely with them. The mer-
chants abuse Us very often in articles
written by them and their agents for
not patronizing home markets, but SO
far as the majority are concerned the
cheap fares hir just the right spot, II
1t does hurt the merchant.
Yours for . square deal,
/ II. A. ARMSTRONG.
Friday Harbor, June 81.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-25
New Boat For
The Island Run

ORGANIZATION of the Bellingham
Transportation Company has been
effected and Robert Frederick Jr. !,
manager, announces that begin ming
July l the steamer Hunter. a first
class passenger and freight Eoat will
be placed on the Bellingham San Juan
islands run in consummation OF q
plan begun through the agency of the
cham Der of commerce of Bell:ngham
several months ago.
The Hunter is described as a mag
nificent type of combination passen-
ger and freight craft. 1t is 100 feet
long. twenty-five feet beam, draws
eleven feet of water and travels at the
rate of ten miles an hour. 1t is an
oil burning steamer and is equipped
with 800 horse power engines. 1t Is
also equipped with an electric light
plant and carries powerful electric
searchllght. and the entire vessel Is
heated by steam. It's equipment for
handling freight consists Of steam
winch and cargo beam. thus facliiat-
Ing the easy and rapid moving OF
freight to and from the vessel.
There is ample room for l5O pass
enRers and 100 tons of freight. The
vessel carries an excursion permit TO
carry 200 passengers.
It is announced that daily scneo
ule will be operated by the vessei'
leaving the Whatcom Greek waterway
each morning, returning in the even
ing. It is proposed to have the trip
made via Birch Bay and all polnta
on the north side of the San Juan lsl-
ands on one day and alternate via tne
south side points the next thus max.
ing daily circuit of all commercial
points on the San Juan Islands. Ine
Hunter will run in connection Win
the launch Elmo. which has been pur'
chased by the company.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-25

more beautiful establishment of the
work OF the Creator through the
genius of men than the completed ex.
position affords. The floral display
especially is marvelously beautiful.
The government exhibit. including
that of Alaska. HAWAII and the Phil.
lpplnes. is wonderful exposition in
itself. unexcelled. even if equalled.
at Chicago or st. Louis. Its educa
tional value is incalcuiable 1t is q
vast store house OF knowledge in which
the student of history. the arts or the
sciences could profitably spend
months or years. No visitor can OBJ
tain anything like an adequate idea of
what the stupendous exhibit contains
in less than day or two spent in it's
study.
There are many exhibit buildings
which l have not yet entered and
have not visited any of the attrac-
tions of the "Pay Streak where the
amusement features are centered. OF
these l will write you or tell you
later.
Visitors need not be afraid of
being "held up" il they exercise reas-
enable caution. Of course hotel and
restaurant rates have been advanced
somewhat but not the least difficulty
need be experienced in obtaining ac-
commodations at moderate prices, al
most everywhere in the city.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-25
YEARS
AGO AND NOW
James Cooper Wheeler, First Editor OF
Islander, Briefly States Ills Views
Regarding Friday Harbor

I have been asked to tell my I'M
pressions of Friday Harbor and San
Juan county as it looks to me after a
lapse of eighteen years. The task is
more formidable than it looked when
i promised, but here goes:
| do not find Friday HarEor I'M
proved, but that need not surprise or
aggrieve any one. From my point OF
view the town was about as near per-
feet as we find things on this sphere.
and consequently not susceptible TO
betterment. It has undoubtedly grown
IN the line of material progress. and
I am told there is more whiskey SOLD
than ever Earnest inquiry developed
the fact that individual capacity in
that line was no greater than during
my incumbenty but that the number
of buyers was considerably increased.
The same old conditions that exist
ed when 1 pulled the first copy of the
Islander off the old Washington
hand press still hold so far as can
see. and the only change is that there
are more young pepoie, and fewer Of
us old fellows about than there used
to be. Come to think. this might be
cited as an Improvement but | am
not going to be the one to acknow-
ledge it, The cannery, the fish traps,
the bank and the creamery were not
here when l lett. and l suppose they
add substantially to the Importance
of the community. In rebuttal we
had four lawyers in my time-if
you'll agree to count Frank Baum as
one. The others were Nordy ke-he' S
where the dogs won't bite him, 1 hear
-Hackett and Thacker. That was
epoegh to make most -ear Iissler etgrs-
lively. but on the whole, possibly the
creamery etc. are in the line of pro-
gress.
l observe with pleasure that outside
the town there is much more land
under cultivation. and that the houses
are larger. and more commonlypaint
ed than they used to be when travel
ed around to weddings and wakes.
YoHr treasurer, who used to keep store
with Coffin in Argyle-they were
both easy marks in those days-says
that about all the mortgages the
ranchers nursed fondly in the good
old times are paid off, and that now
the farmers put their money in the
b ank when they sell their produce.
instead of hunting up the owner of
the mortgage and handing it over.
This latter appears to me the better
method. a brick bank like that one
of Gould''s ought to be pretty solid.
and anyway. it and Carter's new
cement building will be tine only ones
left in town when you have the con-
flargation you are bound to have in
Friday Harbor if you don't install
some scheme of fire protection in the
near future
In all earnestness I am glad to find
that dear old San Juan county, so
far as is evidenced by the portion of
1T l saw last week, is not so intensely
up to date that it has lost all the
simple and admirable qualities she
possessed when l was a citizen of il.
The people seem just as hearty and
honest and hospitable as when | used
to bone everyone that showed up in
town for subscription to The Isl
ander. James Cooper Wheeler
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-25
.ExP0SITION'S WONDROUS BEAUTY
rot o. Beauty kcs Anything Ever Before Attempted and Point Of e.
Dc Great ShowA Vast Store House Of knowledge for
Students OF History, the Arts or the Sciences

Mr. and Mrs O. H. Culver and
Misses Evelyn and Leda Culver have
been spending the week in Seattle en-
Joying the exposition. In a letter ia
his brother here written early in the
week, Mr.. Culver says:
The exposition is all that its most
enthusiastic boosters have claimed
for 1T. and more too. The most vivid
imaRination could hardly conceive of
scene OF more wondrous beauty. It
may we'll be questioned if it has ever
been equalled anywhere in the his
tory OF the world. or if it ever will
be in the centuries that are vet to
come. There have been expositions
OF greater magnitude in point of ex-
hbits. notably the Worlds Colum-
bian Exposition at Chicago and the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition at st.
Louis. They were Worlds fairs in the
broadest sense. while the A. Y. P.
Exposition, apart from the vast gov
ernment exhibit. is chiefly, though
not solely. an exposition of the re-
sources and products of the states and
countries whose shores are washed by
the Pacific ocean. No exposition ever
had so grand site. One can easily
Imagine it to have been especially
designed by the Great Architect of the
Universe for the purposes for which
man has so nobIy utilized it. And
it would be hard to conceive of a
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-25
A Call From Court

Editor Islander:
Please notify the people through
your paper that San Juan County Dav
is to be big thing. The Chippewa
Is going to make thu run, and the
fare. which has not yet been decided
upon. will be very low. We want
flowers, fruits, sea shells, star fish
and curios of any kind, and we are
extremely anxious for more literature.
Every body come on San Juan Day
and everyone wear a green badge with.
something printed on lt-a fish-for
instance.
Yours truly.
W. j. Court.
Seattle. Wn.. June 81. 1908.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-25

The death Of Mrs. James Burr oc-
CURED on Friday at her home near
Roche Harbor. Mrs Burr has lived ia
this county all her life. She was the
sister OF Henry Cayou and married
James Burr five years ago. She
mas many friends and relatives here.
Mrs. Burr's funeral took place Sat
urday. interment at the Catholic
cemetery in the Valley.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-25

A nex baseball team to be known
as the aMerry Widows'' with Dick
WorthinRton as pilot. has been orr
ganized. They intend to give the reg
.ular team gobd run for their money
in the game which they expect to have
with them on their frst open date.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-13
RACE BECOMES HOT
ron senIcHronsHIr oF SEVENTH
 CIRCUIT. x
Centest Almest Exclusively Confined ID Candidates Prom TarIaaeka Cesnty--Appofnsment By Governor Expected Any

As the time grows near for the ap- pointment of the successor to Solicitor Borden H. Burr, of the Seventh Cir cult. whose resignation was recently forwarded to Governor Conner. the race becomes hotter. s
 The presence of Mir. Burr in the city yesterday on business revived talk of his successor. The Governor Is known to have had several calls of late in behalf of aspirants for this plum. Even yesterday His Exceilency granted interviews to friends of .yari- ons candidates.
 The race Is almost exclusively con. fined to candidates from Tailadega county. The friends of E. L. whatley. of Clay county, are urging him to present his name to ,the Governor, but 1t is not believed that he will do SO Mir. Whatley was in the, city yesterday in attendance on the. Supreme Court but he would not allow his name to be used as an applicant for the office. Mir. Whatley, 1t may be put down, will however, be counted in the raca when 1t comes to the people selecting an in- eumbent of the job. This, will be in the primary of next year.
 Running neck and necls are M., N Manning. ]. J. Pierce. J. C. Burt, J. R. Sanford. They are all from Talladega County
 It Is said by the Knowing ones that whoever succeeds Solicitor Burr must be up and doing to equal his excellent record. He has resigned to join une of the leading law firms of .RtrmIng ham.
 The Governor. If he does not. fiiL the appointment this week. will most ike fly do so next, week. zfts =
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-13
ARRESTS DIAMOND QUEEN.
Baltimore Police Believe They Hs
 Mamie Deerfa sn Custody.

Baltimore Police Believe They Havs
 Mamie Deeffs fn Custody.
 Baltimore, Jan. fa.-rhe Baltimore police authorities believe they have in ,cuhtody Mamie Dccris. known in the South, and particularly In Georgia. as the Diamond Queen" who heavily swindfed the jeweIry firm of Theus Brothers and T. L.. Des Bouiifons in Savannah in 1909.
 The woman was arrested Dec. 20. last. at the Hotel Belvidere, where she was employed as housekeeper under the name of Mamie De Gracla, for the theft of . diamond horse. shoe pin valued at sss0. belonging to Mrs. Charles Gibbs Carter of PittsburG, a guest at the hotel.
 For the Savannah crime. Mamie De- cris served a term at the Georgia penal farm at MiiiedseyilIe, where she was whipped by . guard for 6 breach of discipline. The hogging aroused the. whole State. and the matter was widely commented uupon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-13
A DOMESTIC TANGLE.
EJSck (sIadAem Married Again ThInkI@g l.. WsfM Wma nAmd

Sack GIadAen Married Again ThIBki@G Is Wife Was Dead.
 Birmingham. Jan. (SpecIaE--Be- lIeying his first wife dead. according toea petition filed Tn the Circuit court. Jack Glajden says he contracted a second marriage with Mary Sumner.
 After the second marriage. the peti- ttoner ayers he learned his first wife was not dead. but living at Bessemer. Gladden. says he left his second wife. when he learned that the first was hy- ing and he asks the court to annul the second marriage.
 The petition recites that the plain tiff married Ada Bullard at Bessemer in January, 1894. and that they lived together until December. 1900. After they had been separated twelve rionths. the plaintiff says he heard that his. wife had departed this life. He says the second marriage took place on July 16, 1908
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-13
: FIRE REPORT EacnLLnNT.
shows Small I.Sss Om Eiarge Amount ef Property Rtnked,

Shows SnaSl Less On uarge Amount of Property RtsExed.
 The. following is the annual report ae the fire department for the year ending September SC, 1908 ,on which date the report was required to be sub Initted ih the past. In future, how ever, tho report must be handed in al the beginning of each year.
 The. report is an excellent one. and shows fully the splendid work done by the firemen during the past year. In alf there were 329 alarms sent in. Of this number twenty-five were by box alarm, and 304 by telephone.
 The different classes of buildings to which runs were made were as fol- lows: brick buildlngs b4: frame buildings. 23s: false alarms. l2: other than SbuildIngs. 1S. And there were also twelve alarms sent in from beyond the city limits.
 The value of the buildings at risk amounted to s1,567,5S0, and the con tents valued at S3s1.2 200. The insur- ance carried on buildings was S1.317.- 435 and the insurance on contents amounted to s306,30O. The total loss in excess of insurance paid was tf,Ss4.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-13
HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED.
Haealn re Be Site of Cleburne Count High School.

FpaIn TO Dc Site Of Cleburne County
 High School.
 Tie election of J. N. Burnett. and Miss .Jl,lia Byron was yesterday formally ratified by the State High School Com- mission. as principal and assistant re- spectively of the Cieburne County High School, which is to be located at Hefiin
 The school is to begin it's sessions im- mediately in temporary quarters. the permanent quarters. a brick building. tc cost not less than Ss.000. to be cotn- pleted under a bond of $5,000, by Sep tember 1. 1909.
 That the people of Hefiin were ex- trelneIy anxious to secure the 1oca tion of the school was shown by the number of signatures attached to that instrA. ment There were no less than seven ty-three names attached to the paper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-13
ifsnss of fntsrsst
 te Msaeyomesy s z 4sd fo tjIs Stafs .
WOMEN an0 SOCIETY

811 11lIH building today (wsdnesday) at 2 o'clock. Ali persons interested, re- xarilsss of denomlnation. are invited 'a Mrs. ,. B. Clements, SftF1s kS'FE Chairman. tfs ~GS +E+ & SH
 Mrs Ben Well. Mrs. Marcus Well and Mrs. Sam Rich. wilI arrive Thursday morning from Birmingham to be the guests 6f Mrs. Leo strassburger on Clayton Street. '. Miss Marie Boykin has. gone sto Columbus. Ga. to visit her cousin, 'hrs. Frank L. Eugene.
 Miss N. V. walker Is spending the winter with her daSghter. Mrs, F. G. Holman.
 Miss corrie c. smith is the guest of Miss Bessie Rogers at Letohatchie.
 Mrs. !. A. Apperson, Jr. of Atlanta. will within | few days be the charm ing guest or her cousin. Miss. Agnes Dusens sts1.
 Mrs, Myrtle Brown |. visiting in Atlanta.
 Mir and Mrs. Moses McLemore, are receiving congratulations upon the ar Price Chrenieigh McLemore.
 Mrs John e. Finley has returned home after q viist of two months to Mrs J. D. Chichester of Birmingham land Mrs. s. L. Hayes of Thomasvilie.
 Mrs. A. 8. Johnson is visiting her parents. Mir. and Mrs. L. W. Thornton in. Union Springs. Mr. and Mrs, ". N Cox and Miss Arminta Cox have gone to St, Louis, Cincinnati and other points. a
 Mrs. Hervey scheuer and little son. Herbert have returned to their home in Eufaula. after a visit of, several weeks to her parents. MT. and Mrs. B. Wolff on Perry Street. N
 Rev. and Mrs. Frank seay have re. turned to their home in Uniontown after visit to Judge and Mrs. w. H. Thomas. Y l
 Miss Georgia Pierce has returned to coosada after visit to Miss Kate AL ley.
 
 
 Mrs F. H. Elmore. sr.. has return ed, from visit. to Mountain Creek.
 Mir. John Alley Parker has returne, to his home fin New York after a visit to friends here. ..
 s-..st 4 =-H
 Miss Carrie Mae Ambrose. of Hat tiesbury, Miss. Is the guest of Miss Marie Dove on Washington Street.
 = s-
 Misses Florrie and Neilie Haden have returned from visit to Mrs. W. e, starke in Troy. -
 Mir J. D. MeNeII and MT. Jennings J; Pierce of Taiiadega are In the city vfisting friends
 Mfr. W. ". Williams of Birm,nrham Is the guest of friends in thIs city.
 -afiss Virginia Abercsombie has re. turned to Wards Seminary at Nash vile. Tenn.
 Mr. and Mrs, William Heere. spent several days with Mrs j. Nj. Sadlev on their return from an extended bridal tour through the west. Mrs IHeere, was Miss Minnie Nixon Of Unfnntown. They age en route ia Tpskfgse, where they will reside. | VI E.-..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-13
sooIAI CALENDAR.
w~x.<ssasy, yan. is.

weAaesany, yas. 1ss ! Misses Lucia and Georgia Rich- ! afdson will entertain the Queen { of Clubs. at 3 o'clock. ! Mrs. Ira Virgin win entertain , . the Wednesday Card Club. ' | Mir. and Mrs. ]. N. de Cottes { . will give german for their , . niece. Miss Margaret Browne. at , . Arjacee Hall. . The Board of Directors of the . City Federation will meet at the ' Carnegie Libraryiat 1 o'clock. . The Peter Forney Chapter, !, . D. A. R.. will meet with Mrs. , ' Henry Newson, TOT Monroe Street. { . at 3:30 o'clock. Y . The Francis Marion Chapter, { . D. A. R.. will meet with Mrs. { . Walter Black, at II o'clock a. m.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-13
BANKS OF RIRMINGHAsr.
Chappell Cory Gees To Building An
 Lean Association.

LOam ANNOcIntIOn.
 Birmingham, Jan. 12-(Special)- Birmingham banks held elections of officers today and very few changes took place.
 J. D. Collins was elected a director in the Jefferson County Savings Bank. ChappeIl Cory goes with F. Nj. Jack son In the Jefferson County Building and Loan Association and his position as secretary in the Birmingham Trust and SavinGs, Company was filled by the eleetian of J. NJ. Caldwell.
 Henry B. Gray. Lieutenant Governor of the state. was re-Alected president of the Peoples Savings Bank and Trust Company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-13
SHCKIY CHILDREN

@8&&A&& &~888&&AD8%8~&N cannot digest orainaryCodxavee oil or Emuasfon of Cod Liver 0fI on account oa their greasy na- lure and nasty sasse. xt upssts their delicate Iitsae ss0maehs. vancl contains an the medicinal value they dc and tastes aoed besides. --.
 sMY TWO CHILDREN, who were puny and aizlna, rap. fazy gained flesh and strength when hegan so give themvxnol. ! Ipreved that yinea is . spzendzd tonic for delicate clzfsarem.s' MARS. C. ALLEN. New Bsdfera. Mass.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-13

Miss F3essie Barker Moore, dsashter of Alderman and Mrs. Walter Moore. was married tonight to Mir. John Armistead at the First Methodist Church. Rev. L. c. Branscomb. officiat-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-13

The Birmingham Base Ball Association today Increased it's capital stock from gs. 75o. to $16.0O R. H. Bsugh. J. W. Mcqueen. Lee Bradley. pr. J. E. Gill lespie and ". D Smith were elected directors. The meeting was harmonI- OnA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-13
THE PASSING 7HRonc
L,eease Revsnae AecumulasIaw.

Lieen Revenue Accommodating.
 Montgomery County's license revenue Is accommodating slowly, ine spite of the fact that Friday. January 1B, will mark the limit of time granted by the county. in which to pay the assess merts, without penalty After Friday -alil who have not apaid. become sdelin- quent, and can only regain favor with the lordly County of Montgomery by the payment, lin addition to the. regular license, of a fine of ten per cent of It's amount. and other fees. tr..
 At the Probate ofSice the licenses for County and State are paads and 1t Is to that stronghold that the lieense5 pay erh, or those who should be license pay CTS, seem to feel reticence as to at- tending.
 There is a large amount of the license sum yet to be collected, according to Chief Clerk Bernard Gaston; dn the Probate .ofice. and only three days of grace left in which to collect it without penalty. e'.r SC / -ct .'-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-13
Alnhnma Pnntmnatern

Washington. D. C., Jan. 1z.--tSpe- appointed: Cleve- land. BIount county. Dora L. DaVid- son: MeLendon. Russell county, James |. McLsndon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-13
DELICATE GIRLS

snGy . year olh dnnGhssr svas weak, pale. and had ne appe- site. gave her vfnol. and she began Co thrive at once. She gained rapiaay in weighs. coaer and ssremgtla.'s - MRS. ". N. GILMORE. Durand, Aaieh.