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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-11-11
PLAN TO RELIEVE VALLEY
FROM DAMAGE BY FLOODS

Seattle, Nov. 5.-The passage Of a
law by the next Legislature granting
10 shore land owners on Lake Wash
lngton who release the state from
damages consequent upon construction
OF the canal all lands left dry by the
proposed lowering of the water level,
Will be advocated this winter at Olym-
pla by ranchers and farmers of the
Hooded districts south and north of
the lake.
There is one good way to settle the
whole trouble in this canal matter
declared 7. L. Quigley, secretary of
'ne organization of ranchers and land
owners, who, aroused to indignation
ny the closing of the canal gates, have
combined to fight for lowering of the
lake during the winter months and in
support of the harbor bond issue.
we mean business" continued
Qulgley, land our plan is now to ask
tHe Legislature to pass law giving
10 the shore owners on the lake who
release the state from all liability for
manages the land created by lowering
the lake.
The proposed measure, which will
" Solldly backed by residents of val
ley communities affected by the win
YER Hoods, also will contain provi
Sion that the land in front of the
Hoiulngs of the few people who will
uot release the state from damages
Suall be sold by the state land com
missioner to the highest bidder.
1t is the opinion of men in this
,oisanlzation that measure Of this
A,nu Will cure this whole trouble for
al Time, and 1 am convinced that all
OuC few residents along the lake will
sisn releases to the state rather than
nave the land sold in front Of their
holdings"
secretary Quigley declared that the
nsnt for the harbor bond issue has
Jeen accelerated by results following
Ouuge ]. R. Mitchell's injunction
asalnst opening the canal gates. In
spired by fear that heavy rains this
Iiohth may raise all streams entering
Lake Washington and flood the val
seys south of the city, farmers who
.ofmed the organization at the Cen
ual Building Wednesday have under
.aAen to cover every part of the coun
y outside of Seattle in favor Of the
bond issue.
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ch,.tocbin, stampede Predicted.

Seattle, Nov. 5.That the Chisto-
china River and Slate Creek districts,
located near the Taldez-F Fairbanks
trail, will be the scene OF stampede
NEXT spring, is the opinion of Melvin
Dempsey, mining man OF that dis
trict who is now in Seattle. Because
81 the peculiar formation Of the earth,
nick and shovel work, he says, can be
carried on at profit. and on this Mr..
Dempsey bases his prediction Of the
coming rush.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-11-11

en- IN the green depths below wher,
the sound Of running water broke tn,
stiffness OF the place. It had not beef
the beauty Of her fair, fresh girlish
ness that had won him, nor the charm
OF her blond hair and dark eyes. Il
was something more than these, some
heavenly gift Of grace that seemed t.
rest upon her. He had hardly talked
dozen times to her in as many
weeks. yet every night he had sat out
there In the twilight and listened
while she sang the tender, rare OLD
songs that all the melody Of the new
schools cannot quite still. And he
knew that she was aware of his pres
ence there. Even while the boys" as
the twins called them, flocked Loyalty
eagerly around her. something in hel
voice made him know that it carried q
message to him alone.
Mrs. Devereux made one sole com
ment.
You know you have a duty to full
fill to the twins, Bertrand. l am your
only sister, and think it would be
positively vicious in you, at forty-two
to marry, and take away the twins
chances
At that particular moment the
twins chances on the Carr millions
would have brought about fifteen be
low par. The long, low-ceiled room
was empty save for the two figures
at the piano, and suddenly one O.
these rose and crossed to the fire
Bertrand followed eagerly, his face sci
with a determination that had stood
him in good stead in other battles.
"Oh, it isn't you am thinking
about" Leonie exclaimed, her head
uplifted. as she leaned back against
the high rock fireplace. ITS Mrs
Devereux and the twins. The girls
have been splendid chums of mine
not just girls l was paid to talk to
and travel with. And they told me
all about you before you came up here
told me just what 1t meant to them
having such an uncle. and such pros.
poets. 1t gave them grip on society
that would carry them straight ahead
to sure success as debutantes l just
can't be disloyal to them, and spoil 1t
ALL"
Spoil 1t, God bless your darling
ehart!" laughed Carr, as he gripped
her hands fast in his, and held them
to his lips. you shall not spoil them.
You shall bring them out at the big.
gest cotillon of the year. You shall
present them on the other side, and dc
anything you want with them. You
shall be their fairy godmother-"
A noise behind startled them both
and they turned to find the twins
smiling at them, joyously. wickedly
from the arched doors.
MAY we come in, Uncle Bert?" ask
ed Marcella, innocently. 1--WE couldn't
help but hear what you said, and we
sympathize with you immensely, Far
and I, and we just want to say this:
We'd rather lose the millions thar
Leonie as an aunt"
II will give you both fifty thousand
each this minute II you will go away
said Carr, calmly. 1T Is go?"
"Done." the twins returned, az
quietly, and vanished.
1t was very still in the long, dark
ened room. and then Carr laughed hap
PLY, as he raised his head.
1T was worth It," he said.
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Portland Gets concIave.

/. vancouver, B. c., Nov. 5.The Arc
nc Brotherhood convention which
c4osed last night selected Portland,
IRE, as the place for the next conven-
,on which was set for the first Tues
Jay next November. A Vancouver
man, George NJ. Gibbs, of the Western
IRON Works. who is member Of the
lawson Camp, was elected grand Arc.
tic chief,
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Salt for Cows.

Cows require from one to eight
ounces Of salt per day. The more
concentrates they receive the more
salt they require. It should be where
they can have access to 1t every day.
According to an experiment made 1T
the Wisconsin station, about two
ounces per day Is the average amount
required for each COW.
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Selecting Your Agent.

Hale. the Connecticut fruit man.
who has made a great fortune In the
business, selects one commission
house in each large city and sticks to
1t as long as he gets q square deal.
He says 1t pays to go to the same
market year after year. and the great
mistake Of many fruit growers Il In
shifting about.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-11-11

When calves are put on skim milk
they should have . small allowance Of
boiled linseed q least once Z day
The seed should be strained away BE-
fore mixing the liquor with the milk.
- the seeds tend 70 irritats . verf
Young animals intsGtineG.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-11-11

Ration for Farm Horses.
The Iowa experiment station uses
q ration for its farm horses a. fol-
lows: 80 pounds of corn. 80 pounds Of
oats. Is pounds Of bran. thoroughly
mixed BY shoveling on the door. Feed
In about one pound Of the mixture to
about 100 pounds horse weight.
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Tribute to the Mother.
Wherever you md q family o. e.
centional Quality growing mp, you are
always sure there Is an unusually
good mother.
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4 N<zIzIC HSH/ on
III G9NGzEN

prcacned closer and closer After
maneuvering for almost an hour we
reached the edge OF the colony and
planted our blind by driving the extern
sion handle of the umbrella in the mud
Some OF the parents regarded the
green tent with suspicion, backing off
or rising to circle around where they
could get full view. But it was not
long before the green blind seemed to
pass as part of the scenery, and we
were surrounded on all sides by the
snow plumaged birds coming and go
ing and paying little or no attention to
as we peered out or pointed our
ameras through the Ioopholes we had
made in the canvas.
Although there were at least thou
sand pair Of gulls nesting so close to-
gether. yet house keeping was In no
sense q communal matter. The nests
other, but each pair of gulls had their
own home spot and the invasion of
that place by any other gull was the
challenge for a fight. Several times
we were the excited spectators of fights
that were going on Just outside our
tent. 1 watched one old hen that was
very angry because she couldn't find
her chicks As one of her neighbors
lit near she grabbed the tail of the in
truder and gave 1t sharp jerk. At that
both birds grasped each other by the
bill and lively setto followed. They
pulled and tugged till suddenly the old
hen let go and grabbed her opponent by
the neck and began shaking and hang
ing on with all the tenacity of a bull
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with our field glasses we could see the
gulls rising and circling over the low
lying islands. AS we rowed nearer the
birds came out to meet us, cackling ex-
citedly at the dubious looking craft ap-
preaching SO near their homes. They
swan on all sides. curiously following
in the wake of the boat. Cormorants
tapped along over the surface, pelicans
rose heavily from the water and gulls
and terms got thicker and thicker, un-
til. when the nose of the boat pushed
in at the edge of the island, the air
seemed completed filled with crying,
chaotic swarm. We stepped out among
the reeds, but had to tread cautiously
to keep from breaking eggs or killing
young birds. Many youngsters crouched
low in their tracks and others scudded
off in all directions. Our presence
caused such confusion among old and
young that we jumped in the boat again
and pulled away for 80 yards.
We wanted the opportunity of max
ing an intimate study of the home life
of the gull. but unless in some way we
could hide near at hand, this was SIM
ply impossible. for the whole colony
of birds went frantic whenever we ap-
preached their nests and young To
overcome this difficulty we had
brought blind especially built for the
purpose. We had secured an old
wagon umbrella of dark green color
Then, taking long piece of green
canvas. we had sewed hooks along the
edges about Is inches apart, and when
these were hooked in at the end of
each rib we had the sides hanging
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clearly one where a crystallizing process
was indicated.
May" I said. listen now to a
parable. When grandmother and I
were at CobOurg we met a dear old
lady who had been a girlhood friend OF
grams. In the days when they were
girls she was Hope Mcintyre, and that
is the name by which I always think OF
her. She lived In South Carolina. but
she Visited near grams old home in
Alabama There she met and fell in
love with her cousin, Will Heron. In
South Carolina, you know. people al
ways marry their cousins, but Wits
parents did not approve, and Hopes
pride was aroused. Gran says ii was
question OF Hopes not having land or
negroes enough. However that was,
she went home again and poor VIII
went to the war and was killed. Then
Hope married some one else.
When she saw gran after all those
years almost the first thing she said
was. You knew Cousin VIII Heron?'
Gran spoke tenderly Of him and the old
lady looked dreamy and happy She
told me the whole story and on her
lips 1t became a hymn of enduring love.
Though her husband was alive and
separated from her only by miles
Cousin Will. years back in time and
on the other side of death. was much
nearer and more really present. One
day she showed us quaint old da guer-
rotype of him. She said she had kept
1T with her always. While we were
looking at it some OF her children and
grandchildren came up and wanted to
see. too. Gran showed them a lace
handkerchief she had just bought. and
the old lady laid the daguerrotype in
the front Of her gown and blushed like
girl"
lis that aIl?" May asked What
does the parable mean?
''Oh. MAY. you know" I said. Don't
make a mistake now. You won't always
be a butterfly. Life reverses nature.
and the butterfly becomes a grub.
Marry the man you love. now. while
you can. She who will not while she
may I've just been telling you the
rest. She will regret it,"
The next time / saw May she was
radiant.
Your parable has been humming
through my mind she told me. "I
thought of old Hope with a husband
she did not love. and a daguerrotype
hidden away with memories. and.
Peggy, IL had to take the poet!'
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down all around. making a covered
tent in which we could hide with our
Cameras.
The next morning we pulled down be-
low the gull colony and landed under
cover of the high tules. Here we
erected the blind and got underneath
with our cameras. Then, holding up
the umbrella, we began slowly edging
toward the colony. 1t is hard to say
just what the gulls thought this queer
locking object was: they could see
no legs, no head. but still it moved
Whereas the day before they had gone
wild at our approach, now they paid
little attention sto the green thing
that blended fairly we'll with the green
tules, even though 1t gradually ap-
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70 Il~R/. GHo:
The Old Lady and the DaguerreOtype

WHEN May came into the shady,
NJ lily scented parIor 1 knew at once
that something had happened.
and. moreover. know what it was. That
air Of subdued delight and conscious
perfection could mean only one thing
that some one had been making love to
her. 1t was always happening to May.
but that did not keep me from wonder
ing a little anxiously who the love
maker might be. Hope pointed TO Karl,
and worldly wisdom suggested Dan,
while the thought of the impecunious
poet aroused amused evaporation. Pre-
vious experience had taught me the un-
wisdom of questioning. Left TO herself,
May would tell II of her own accord.
but II she once suspected me OF being
curious she would tease.
The telephone rang and May ran to
answer 1t, though the maid was there
almost as quickly.
only Miss Morris wanting TO know
If could tell her anything to put in
the Times society notes" May said
when she came back. II haven't any
thing to tell her-yet. 1 jump every
time hear the telephone. 1 have been
expecting a message all morning. The
isn't he here every afternoon" I
asked
We'll. almost" she admitted. Karl
was here last evening"
Isn't he here every evening""
Not quite" she said, and traced the
1attern of the damask on the chair arm
with her finger. Karl proposed again.
Peggy, don't know what to do.''
DO exactly what you want to do
advised.
How do know what I want to do?
Karl has been good friend to me al
ways and l respect and like him very
much, and father likes him best of all.
The poet is dear. and his verses are
lovely Then there is Dan. He could
give me everything a queen could want,
and that would make the family happy
What did you say 10 Karl?''
81 told him / could not, but all morn
ing I have been expecting him to call
me up. just to-er-well-you know"
I understood. 1t has been a tremuIous
wavering, hopeful no." Dan. with his
country place and his automobiles and
his yachts, and the poet with his gen.
tie. unworldly heart and honeyed
tongue, and strong, clean Karl. passed
in mental review. The situation was
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fish. They rose from the surface, swung
around till about 20 feet above. and two
or three Of them dropped into the water
at a time. A bevy Of 20 gulls We're flut-
tering around to pounce upon every
pelican that dove. The instant one dis
appeared and came up with fish he
was surrounded by bunch of gulls,
each screaming to get a nose in the
pencan's big fish bag.
While spending the winter at Santa
Monica. Cal. few years ago I often
watched the fOcks of gulls returning
every morning from far inland. where
they had been skirmishing during the
day ] had seen them about the gar
dens and following at the heels of the
plowman. as blackbirds do, to pick up
worms Later on / discovered an addi-
tional inland attraction. few miles
from the ocean is the soldiers home a
Sawtelle The garbage from the home
is hauled three times a day over to the
pig pens. When the dump wagon
reaches the pens the driver always finds
himself bcsieged, not only by lot of
hungry porkers, but a flock of gulls is
always at hand to welcome his arrival.
and they sit about on the fences impa-
tiently waiting. The gull is as much at
home here as the pig. The manner Of
the gull is not different from that of
the pig. flor when the slop is poured
in the troughs they all pitch in to-
gether What does the gull care if his
coat gets soiled? He washes it thor
oughly every evening before he goes to
sleep.
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" soon as the winter begins to
/ lash the rocks along our shores.
the innUmerable host of white
u-irres FAet sails intn nnr har-
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Chicks Look Alike

The parents seemed to recognize
their own chicks largely by location.
Several tunes I saw old birds pounce
upon youngsters that were running
about and beat them numerically. II
seemed TO be as much the duty OF a
gull mother to beat her neighbOr's
children if 4hey didn't stay at home as
TO whip her own il they moved out of
the nest, but often this would lead 70
a rough and tumble fight among the
old birds. Sometimes a young gull
would start to swim off in the water.
but he never went far before he was
pounced upon and driven back shore
ward.
He who would study the art of aerial
navigation, would do we'll TO watch the
gulrs flight I have often looked at
these birds as they hang in the air, or
move straight up in the teeth of the
wind in the rear OF one Of the ocean
steamers. They pOise, resting appar-
emily mOtfonless on OutstretChed wing.
It Is a difficult feat. A small bird can
not do it, A sparrow hawk can only
do il by the rapid beating of his wings.
The gull seems to hang perfectly still.
yet there is never an instant when the
wings and tail are not constantly ad-
justed 10 meet the different air cur
rents. just as In shooting the rapids in
a canoe. the paddle must be adjusted
every moment TO meet the different
eddies. currents and whirlpoOls which
are never the same at two different
instants. These gullS are complete
masters Of the air, A sailbOat can only
tack against the wind. I've seen a
gull retain perfect poise and at the
same time reach forward with his foot
and scratch an ear.
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Gull Loves Inland Lakes

Many people think the gull is strictly
a sea bird. and that he takes to the sea
when nesting time comes, but many of
these birds spend their lives on inland
lakes, living about the small islands
and never visit the sea. Colonies of
these birds live on the inland lakes of
Washington and Oregon. In Utah the
gull is a common bird and one of great
value He lives about the beet fields
and the alfalfa lands or he follows the
irrigating bitches. When the fields are
irrigated and the water rushes along
seeping into the holes and driving the
mice from their burrows. the gulls flock
about and gorge themselves on these
rodents. And thus their lives are of
great economic Importance to man.
While cruising the Lower klamath
lake during the summer of 1905. we had
the best chance of studying the home
life of some OF these gulls. We were
led to their nesting place by watching
the course of the small fiocks that
spread out over the lake in the morning
and returned homeward about dusk
each evening. For a full mile away
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Y N09NlNG s2~,

pup tilt stns intruder got enough and
departed, leaving the victor with a
mOuthfuliof feathers
Almostgau the sggS had Matched and
some of the young guIls Were about
grown BY watching the actions OF
the parents soon discovered that their
greatest anxiety seemed to be 70 keen
their children crouchfng low IN the
nest SO they would not run away and
getlOst IN the crowd. 7 saw one Young
gum start to run off through the reeds.
but lhe HADN'T gone a yard before the
mother dived at him with q blow mat
sent him rolling. He got up dazed
and started off in a new direction. but
she rapped him again on the head till
he was.glad to crouch down in the dry
reeds
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fuse apologies. We shall be escorted to
the frontier with honors. His high
ness loves Il lest too well TO let this
chance cscape. Besides, I see IN the
glass the fine Italian hand of Herbeck. :"
"Gretch?n, Gretchen" said the king.
Gretchen could stand II no longer.
She wrenched herself free from the
grasp OF the princess. who. with pity
linz heart. understood all now. Poor.
unhappy Gretchen.
"IIcre | am. I.copold." the goose girl
cried. pressing her body against the
bars and thrustIng her hands through
them.
"The devIlr' murmured the man I'm
the other cell.
"you bore Cretcbeng p, The king GOV.
cred her hands with possIopate kisses.
"yes vcs, Tl.,v hive made n dreod.
,,,, ,,Is,,lo Won .re M snv from In.
CcndhcIt"
"No. Gretchen" said the voice from
the next cell ale IN far worse than
that He ia the king. Gretchen, the
kim"
"IIncle" I'm anguish.
"Let us have IL over with" replied
Prince Ludwig sadly.
..,rbe ki,,,,,. Cre,cben ,aupbed sbrillv
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"ilow can save hlmT
"llc II not ~ spy"
"rhat must he proved. Gretchen. I
cannot go To- the StcinSrhloss aud or
der them To- ubrrutc him" She lifted
Gretchen to her feet.
Il have been there aud they will
MT let me see him I hove him so.''
IL eau arrange that for you. ! will
go with you myself To- the prison"
"Thnnks. highu"ss. thnks!'' Crotch
on was hysirricGl,
The king and his uncle had been
given adjoining cells uu the ground
floor. The princess aud her protegee
were admitted without objection The
sergeant IN charge " that iloor even
permitted them to go into the corridor
unattended.
Voices
flush" whispered her hishncss.
pressing GrptChcn's arm.
ZACH. Wall. dear nephew; beat your
hands upon the bars, curse. waste
! your breath on stone. Did not warn
you against this very thing when you
proposed this MAD Junkeif y hnc
I scandal"
Woe to tho duke for this nffront"
Gretchen started to speak. but the
princess quickly put her hand over
the goose girls mouth.
Uncle. | viii have revenge for this!"
Coed. Bang bang Slash and cut.
War Is great invention paper.
Come, my boy; you were sensible
enough when they brought us here.
Control yourself. BE king IN all the
word implies. For my part. begin to
, sec"
And what do you sccT'
~ see that the duke knows who we
J nre. even II his police do not, He will
keep us here day or two and then
magnnnlmously libcrate us with pro,
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CHAPTER NVI.

lNlN lON'hIlH'
"APM'CHAEL trampcd about
his room restless, uneasy.
Y 4 starting NJ sounds lie was
~ whiting for GrlImbach and
his c0nfrcrrS Anything hut this sus'
pcnse \ fun day. And deeper. tirm
or, became his belief and conviction
that Grumbarh's affair vitality con
ccrncd her hiEhnPss He welcomed
the knock on his door Grumbach
ramc In carrying under his arm a
small huaJt.
"Wh"rC ARE your companions"
They are waiting outside" /
The durc nlrccs." went on Car
mi' hacl lie will give W. an audi.
urr ~ Nm"
"bll Eou rcntlnn H.. name"
"\n went roundabout also oh.
'Hlu"d nlH rIom'S" ~ sNy unthing Ia
'lrrbr it.l lM interview war over"