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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
CHOICE YOUNG LAMB DEMAND
Industry Has In Recent Years Dwell
opsd Feature In Meat Supply
That Has No Limit.

In speaking Of the demand fori
choice young lambs the Live Stock
Report says:
Tho mutton lamb industry has I'M
recent years developed q feature IN
meat supply that seems to have no
limit In price or demand. The con-
sumner wants lamb. and the smaller
and younger the better his sense OF
taste seems to be satisfied. This In
dustry now offers great opportunity
for the farmer sheep raiser who cam
keep q small eve flock and producsl
q few lambs for the market that WIN
at In any time from the early winter
to the early summer. The fat. light
weight lamb 10 in best demand, and.
this kind Of meat 10 now 10 fixed In
the taste OF the mutton-eater that
price IL no barrier. The large west
ern focks that supply the general
market with the young class Of mutt
ton cannot compete In the young lamb
supply because they are too remote
from the market, and because this
class Of lamb 10 quickly produced By
extra feed and care. There 10 q good
demand for the 40 or 80 pound lamb.
and this lamb can best be produced
where feed Is plenty and shed and
housing suitable to grow It without
any Of the checks or embarrassments
that too frequently accompany such
work where large hocks are handled.
1.-THE farm In the corn belt IL tho
place to carry on successfully tho
early mutton lamb industry. 1t IL the
place fitted by crop production to
make the mutton lamb industry high
ly profitable. These farms are now
usually fenced into pastures and i'm
closures to safely handle the breeding
flock. There IL no kind Of stock that
can be put onto the farm and be made
to produce larger profit for the money
and labor invested than small flock
# good mutton quality ewes"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
MEXICAN REBELS ROUTED
IN SIX HOURS BATTLE

Chihuahua, Mexico, Nov. 2S.-In an
engagement, near this city yesterday
which lasted from 3 O'Clock In the
morning until o'clock in the after
noon 600 federal troops routed force
of 400 Maderistas, driving them re
peatedly from strong positions and
compelling them to take to the noun
tains. The revolutionists lost fifteen
killed and many wounded. There were
no fatalities on the federal side, but
several, including three officers. were
wounded.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
SUGAR TRUST FACES
FIGHT FOR EXISTENCE

New York, Nov. 29.-The federal
government began yesterday one OF
its most important actions against the
great corporations which are said to
have violated the Sherman antitrust
law. Henry Wise, United States dis
trict attorney, filed in the United
States district court for the Southern
district of New York, a petition ask
ing for the dissolution of the Ameri
can Sugar Refining Company and
Twenty-Five otner corporations which
compose the so-called sugar trust.
The petition charges an illegal com
bination in restraint of trade and
asks for court relief in whatever form
may be necessary, including rece1v'
|ership, if deemed advisable.
Aggregate Capital $230,00o,000.
The thirty companies composing the
sugar combine have an aggregate cap
italization of s23O,OOO,OOO, and control
a large percentage of the output OF
sugar in this country. This combine
is also, the government alleges, able
to fix prices arbitrarily. The petition
charges that for years the companies
have violated the law and suppressed
competitors, grinding them out of ex.
istence. Railroad rebates and customs
frauds are mentioned as devices which
were employed to raise the combine
to the commanding position which it
occupies today.
Long Litigation Expected.
The present suit, which it is esti
mated will be in the courts for two
years before final adjudication is
reached, is the result of many weeks
of preparation. District Attorney Wise
made his investigation under the di
rection of Attorney General Wicker
sham and spent several hours in
Washington last week comforting with
the attorney general on the final
plans. The suit is expected to rank
in Importance with those of the gov
eminent against the Standard Oil
Company, which are now pending in
the supreme court.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
The Migration Of storks.

Reference has been made to the
departure Of the storks from Alsace.
The pathological bureau OF Buda-
pest has recently published the re-
sults Of an interesting experiment.
To the leg Of . number OF young
birds a light disk was attached, stat
ins the place Of origin and In the
event Of capture asking that the label
might be detached and forwarded to
Budapest. )
birds have reached Basutoland, me
Transvaal and Cape Colony. Unfor-
tunately only two OF the ton captured
birds escaped death. Eight OF those
rraceful creatures had fallen to the
implying and unerring aim OF the
sportsman, improperly % called.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02

Meyer. OF Madison. Wis, the otnei
four members of the securities com
mission. were present. They asked
whether the interstate commerce.
commission had made plans for gen
eral valuation of the property OF the
railroads.
MIR. Clements said 1t had not, Du'
that experts could be employed VINO
would be able to fix value that would
give shippers and government author
tiles basis for the defense or con
demnation of rates.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
PAYING by Check.


The peanut vender had white ole
plant on his hands in the shape Of q
check for $1.05.
"Disa ting no good" he said. II
wanta da mon."
Having ascertained Just where the
check came from, systematic GUS
toner passed over ida mon" in ex-
change for the check and then start.
ed an investigation Of somebody's rear
sons for buying five-cent bags Of PEG
nuts on time. Finally the woman who
had introduced q new wrinkle into the
credit system was cornered for an
interview.
IT pay for everything by the month. |"
she said, absolutely everything-gro-
ceries, dry goods. drugs. stationery.
hair dressing, and church dues. and !
see no reason why should make an
exception in peanuts"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
Light Attracts Customers.

Light Attracts Customers.
In tho downtown section OF city
the theater audiences come and GO
through two avenues leading to car
lines. A haberdasher has shop in
. side street between these two chan.
nels of travel, at a much more reason.
able rent than he would have to pay
on the avenues. Study OF the condi'
tons convinced him that the theater
goers took those avenues, not because
they were especially convenient, nor
as a matter of habit, but simply be
cause they were light. When he put
up an electric sign big enough to light
his section of the dark side street he
diverted enough travel past his win
dows every night to increase mate.
rally the daily Saturday Eve
ming Post.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
STORAGE Cellar.

The cellar or other similar room In
which vegetables and fruits. either
green or canned. are stored for winter
should have-the windows open on mild
days for ventilation and for lowerinc
che temperature OF the room for chill
ing the store. The cooler they are
held, without freezing. the better they
VIII keep. Bacteria which cause fer
mentation and decay cannot grow and
multiply In low temperature. Dry cold
VIII always hold them IN check.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
PAYING FOR ANCIENT CRIME
Blood Tax Still Exacted From eearn
Shepherds for Murder Of 700
Years Ago.

Seven hundred years ago some
shepherds of the valley Of Roncal, in
Navarro, were murdered by shepherds
Of the valley Of Bareton, in Bearn,
the crime taking place on the high
pasture lands Of Arlas, In the Ply
renees. 1t would have been difficult
to bring the murderers individually
to justice, and the Spaniards were pre-
pairing to make war upon the valley
from which the French murderers
had come. when the French villages
proposed that peace be maintained at
the price Of yearly tax or tribute,
to endure for all time. and this propo-
sition was accepted.
The payment Of this blood tax
originally three white mares, but later
three COWS of q particular breed and
color-has been made ever since, the
custom ut IL nothing more) having
survived even the great wars In which
both France and Spain have engaged.
and the storm Of the French revolu-
ton.
Yearly the representative men OF
the two valleys meet on tho frontier,
at a certain stone remote from any
town. and 90 through the ceremony Of
presenting and receiving the cattle
The order Of procedure, which II elab-
crate and impressive, II fixed by q
document bearing tho date 1875,
though tho tax was paid = hundred
years prior to that time. The records
Of each yearly meeting and payment
are duly attested and deposited In the
archives Of Roncalais.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
HANDLING OF FARM MANURE

my n y. MxMRl

Dy u. y. MIILDR.)
Ino lArmor should appreciate mogQ
fully the value Of manure and q prop
Or methods Of handling II. He shonl0
figure It - worth at least two dollars
Per ton and should get that amount
or In many cases much more than
that out Of It By proper handling. Just
how It shall hs handled win depend
npon conditions.
The best methods whore cattle are
fed In barns. sheds or lots, II to haul
the manure to the fields day By day.
There II the least loss In handling It In
this way. The next best plan 70 to
feed under an open shed where the
manure may accumulate and where IL
Will be kept tramped down compactly
BY the animals. Under such plan Il
win be kept sufficiently compact and
moist to prevent rapid fermentation,
and next to hauling 1t to the fields ~
made. this 10 the plan which gives the
least loss Of fertilizing constituents.
One Of the cheapest plans ID to feed
directly back Of the fields but too Of
ten in this case the feeding il done on
some hillside, where washing and
teaching carries away the larger part
of the fertilizing constituents contain
cd. or the cattle are fed in some
sheltered wood lot where the manure
Is lost to the fields.
In this connection II should be said
that a manure spreader will pay ON
the average farm of 100 acres or over.
and where much stock il kept 1t will
pay handsome returns on farms Of
much smaller size.
Most men think that the value Of q
manure spreader lies in the saving OF
labor, and, while this Is one import
tant reason for it, use. 1t Is not the
only one.
A reason that is important Is the
fact that manure put on evenly or
rather lightly over large area will
give larger returns per ton Of manure
applied than. the same manure put on
heavily and irregularly over smaller
area. The difference in returns will
frequently pay for the spreader In .
single season.
Another good reason why a man
should own q spreader IL that when
he has money invested In such an Inn
plement he will almost invariably take,
better care Of the manure his farm
produces.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
compers Succeeds Himself.

st. Louis, Nov. 2S.-Samuel Com
pers has been reelected president of
the American Federation of Labor.
James Duncan, John Mitchell and
James O'Connell were reelected as
first, second and third vice presidents
by unanimous vote.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
fawney Favors Neutral Canal.

Panama, Nov. 26.-In an interview
published here, Representative Taw-
ney, chairman Of the appropriations
committee of the house of represen-
tatives, is quoted as having said he
was in favor of making the Panama
canal zone neutral territory and with
dispensing with the Notifications.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
Estimate on Cotton.

New York, Nov. pa total of H.
$4,000 bales is the final estimate of
the Times-Democrat for the cotton
crop of 1910, as based on reports from
correspondents throughout the cotton
belt.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-08
R0binHOOdAmmunitiOn
Gaining in Popularity

The growing appreciation of the
Robin Hood ammunition is convinc-
ingly indicated by many letters that
the Robin Hood company have been re-
ceiving at their plant in Swanton,
Vermont.
A man in Overlook, Kas., says,
although I do considerable hunting
| never shot shell which pleased me
as much as the Clipper shell loaded
with Peerless powder"
Still another man is Bismark, N D.,
says: For more than six years have
used nothing but Robin Hood shells,
having always found them absolutely
reliable for all kinds of game" Per
haps another reason for the growing
popularity of the Robin Hood ammuni-
ton is indicated by the letter that was
received from man in Terre Haute,
Ind. who says. They shoot harder
and do not string the shot. do not
know of anything better than Robin
Hood of equal load
Many more letters similar in their
general tone to those quoted above are
being received from day to day by the
Robin Hood Ammunition company
and every one of them bears out the
claim that this firm makes when they
state that Robin Hood ammunition
kills further, gets there quicker. hits
harder and kicks less than any other
ammunition
These shells are for sale in tOt-
tumwa by the Spilman Hardware Co.,
ia East Main street. 49,, 49,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-08
SWITCHMAN is
FOUND GUILTY
c. /. ROBINSON OF BURLINGTON
FINED IS AND TAKES AN
APPEAL.

Found guilty Of violating the city
ordinance by switching over the Mar
ket street crossing, G. I. Robinson,
foreman OF the Burlington switching
crew was yesterday afternoon fined So
by Police Judge Laurence B. Morris
sey. Robinson, through his attorney.
filed a bond and appealed the case to
the Wapello county district court Pa
trolman Frank H. Harris who arrested
Robinson was the chief witness for the
city. The case occupied little time and
after summing up the evidence, the
magistrate rendered his opinion In
favor of the city.
This is the second switching case
that has been appealed to the district
court. william rutherford. Milwau-
kee switching foreman having been
fined the same amount by Judge Nor
rissey a few weeks ago appealed his
case. The city has an ordinance on it's
books making 1t a misdemeanor to
switch over the Market street crossing,
which Is the busiest thoroughfare IN
the city, being the main travelled
Ottumwa. The railroads contend that
they must switch over the crossing to
reach their sidetracks, behind the large
wholesale houses. The city ordinance
provides a penalty from 81 to 800 or
thirty days in jail. The railroads in
tend to test the case IN the dlstrlct
court and If the decision Of the district
court is against them, they will prob
ably take an appeal to the supreme
court as the question is one of much
Importance to the railroads. If they
are defeated in the higher tribunal the
only solution of the problem Is the
building of a viaduct as the railroad
officials declare that they have to
switch over the crossing to reach their
important sidetracks. The ruling on
the ordinance in the district court is
eagerly awaited by city and railroad
officials.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-08
HIGHLAND.

Friday night at the regular meeting
of the Woodman order election OF Of
ficers occurred for the coming year.
Saturday Kossuth lodge elected the
following officers for the ensuing term,
for N. Grand Jesse Cowguill; Y. G. AL
Morgan; Rec Sec. John Carmichael;
Fin. Sec, B. H. Farmer; Treasurer
Ed Swank.
Miss Nora Stephenson of Hedrick,
was in the city last week employed In
the fair store.
Miss Cora Johnston who is teaching
near Tallyrand came over Friday and
visited over Sunday with her mother.
Miss Helen Witacre Of Pleasant
Plain was visitor in town Friday.
Mrs. Dollie Thompson of Omaha,
Neb., arrived last week for an extend
ed visit with relatives here and near
Pleasant Plain.
DR.. Gertrude Harlin went to Fair
field last week to spend a few days
with relatives.
Joe Dagle who visited a brother in
Des Moines has returned home.
Mrs. S. r. Tracy came home Satur'
da.- from a two months visit in Ala.
bama and Louisiana with her children.
Mr. and Mrs. Strickland of Rubiq
spent Friday evening in this city.
Miss Mary Lewis is visiting near OF
tumwa.
Mrs. Blanche Cook and Mr.. and Mrs
w w. Stevens were in Sigourney last
week attending court
Mrs. A. c. Brady has returned from
pleasant visit in Lincoln. Neb., witt
a daughter and son and other relatives
on her return home she visited in Sig
Quincy where her husband Joined her
Mrs. Jas. Hutchins went to Kansas
last week to take treatment for. :
cancer on her face by specialist.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-08
wHoop,Nc COUGH MOST FATAL.
InfantiIe Disease Has Caused several
Deaths In and Near own
OF Ute,

ute, Dec. 7-Reports show that
whooping cough, which has been SO
prevalent among children in this sec
ton the past month, has caused more
deaths in that length of time than dld
fnfantile paralysis. The malady seems
to be more severe this year than usual
and necessary precautions are being
taken to prevent its spread. Though II
is very contagious disease there is no
provision made by the state board or
health for quarantining those afflicted
with it, and it is very common to see
children with affected cases running
about town and mingling with other
children.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-08
TO BUILD LIGHT PLANT.

Atlantic, Dec IA bond issue Of
$4,000 for the purpose. of erecting a
new light plant and consolidating it
with the municipal water plant carried
here by vote of III to 1856.
Two hundred sixty-four women voted
and all but thirteen for the proposition.
The bonds would have carried if wom-
en- had not voted. The vote was light.
being about one-third Of the city's
male and female population of voting
age. .1, f..
The result insured the building OF a
modern light and water plant to be
owned and operated by the city. The
decision comes after. the city has been
trying municipal ownership for twenty
years. The large majority was due to
the united efforts of the Booster club,
tho business men, city council and the
newspapers in boosting. for the propo-
sitiOn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-08

The funeral Of Samuel Randall, the
we'll known and prosperous Wapello
county farmer who passed away Mon
day morning. was held from the resi-
dence five miles west of this city, this
morning at 10 o'clock and from the
Pleasant. Ridge chapel at II o'clock.
Rev. S. Isaac Elder, pastor Of the
Davis Street Christian church, con-
Quoted the services. A large funeral
cortege accompanied the remains to
the grave in Pleasant Ridge cemetery.
Mrs. G.. c. Evans, 1924 East Main
street, left this morning for Van Vert
for few days visit with friends
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-08
RED OAK. CAT CAPTURES RIBBON
Mrs. F. w. Mcintyre Of Red Oak, Elk
hibitor at Kansas City Show,

Red Oak, Dec. Mrs. F. W. McIn.
tyre exhibited some of her chickens at
the Kansas City poultry show last
week. She won first prize Oh the Rhode
Island Red. The counts were for spec.
ial shape of the bird. The prize was q
silver trophy and SIS cash.
She also won a first prize on an An.
CORA cat which she exhibited.
Mrs. Charles Yoder of Bloomington,
ILL.,. is visiting at the home of Mrs.
Charles Heller, who resides south Of
the city.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-08
FUN rails.

The last sad rites over the remains
of Christian E. Cotton, the South OF
.tumwa war veteran and commander OF
]. NJ. futile post, G. A. r.. who, died
Sunday, were held from the Willard
Street Methodist Episcopal church this
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. p. J. Shook
pastor Of the. church, conducted the
services. The funeral was largely at
tended by his comrades, from the J. M.
futile and Cloutman posts and friends.
The floral tributes were beautiful
Members of the J. M. futile post Off
ciated as spallbearers. Interment was
made in the Ottumwa cemetery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-08

ed and approved.
Chas. Deeds. City Clerk.
Published in the Ottumwa Daily
Courier and the Ottumwa Daily Re-
view Dec 9Th and 7th, 1910.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-29
FORMER PRESIDENT EXCHANGED
CORDIAL GREETINGS WITH
BELGIAN KING.
MADE COMMUTE TALK
Before Audience That Packed Sale
des Fates to OVERLOOKING
Even King Joined
In Applause.

Brussels, April 28.- Roosevelt met
King Albert Of Belgium today and
they exchange cordial greetings, later
driving together.
The Belgian people gave Colonel
and Mrs Roosevelt and their children
a warm welcome on their arrival from
Paris at noon, After luncheon at
the American embassy and a recep-
ton for the American colony Roose-
welt visited the Brussels exposition.
His appearance was marked by d
double demonstration for himself and
the king. The passage down the
broad streets was accompanied BY
continual cheers.
The Sale des Fates, where the ex.
president spoke was packed to the
doors. Roosevelt waited in the re-
ception room for the young king and
no introductions were necessary. as
they met in America. The crowd ap.
plauded Justify as the king entered
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-29

| the hall but the outburst was mild
compared with the roar which greeted
| Roosevelt.
Wharf, president of the exposition,
attempted to introduce the Colonel,
but ii was hard to hear above the din.
He paid hattering tribute to Roose
welt, and the king Joined in the ap-
plause,
Roosevelt in reply spoke twenty
minutes beginning with few words
of thanks.
He then discussed problems Of citi.
zenship, covering much the same
ground as his Sorbonne lecture. He
said woe TO the country which puts
its trust In genius, military or any
other type, rather than in the high
average chdracter of the ordinary
citizen"
He concluded amidst intense en-,
thusiasm with tribute to the mon
arch seated before him.
Roosevelt did not mention the Con
90 either directly or indirectly. On
leaving the exposition he drove with
the king to Laaken Palace. They
were cheered all along the route, a
distance OF seven miles.
A dinner was given this evening by
the king
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-29
TO TELL HIS VERSION OF CON.
TRovERSY WITH CLIFFORD
PiNCHOT.
WAS READY YESTERDAY
But Decided to Wait Till Today
Cross Examination Of Director
Smith Brings Out
Nothing.

Washington, April 2S.- BallingeI
will go On stand tomorrow to tell his
version CT the conservation contro
versy between inchot aud himself.
Ballinger was ready to take the
stand today. and appeared for the
first time in the committees room
He decided to wait until tomorrow.
At the beginning of the sessions,
Chairman Nelson announced that the
committee had voted to refuse the
request sof Attorney Brands, counsel
for l.. r. CLAWS, for full information
bearing on the preparation of the at
torney general summary CT Claws
charges which he prepared for the
president
Brandels aimed to prove that Wick.
ersham prepared the summary in De
cember last, brit dated 1t September
II so as to make it appear that the
president has based his letter of Sept.
80 exonerating Ballinger of the