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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-06-07
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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-06-07
For CONGRESS

I hereby announce that am a eandi-
date for Representative in Congress Tor
Second Congressional District OF Okla
homs, subject to the approval Of the Demo
erat voters of said district at the primary
election 10 be held August 2, 1910.
JOHN J. GERLACH,
Woodward, Oklahoma.
We are authorized 10 announce Z.
FULTON as candidate for nomination for
Congressman of the Second District, sub
fec, to the action Of the democratic pIi-
mary election.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-06-07
COUNTY TREASURER

We are authorized to announce ED NJ.
WEsT for County Treasurer Of Caddo
county, subject to the action Of the Demo-
cratic primary.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-06-07

hereby announce myself as a candidate
for the office Of County Treasurer, subject
10 the Democratic primary, August 2, l9l0i
y N Penny, Of Hydro.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-06-07
A. N. COUCH, Prop.
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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-06-07

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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-06-07
Southern Hotel

Under new management.
Thoroughly renovated, new bed
ding thoroughout. Rates 81 and
S1.25 per day. sei:--s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-05
BOWsER's TELEPHONE.
1t Rings Him Up to Bring Him Home
in a Hurry.

It was mid-afternoon and Mr.. Bow
ser sat in his office. when ring az
the telephone took him out OF ms
chair. There was buzzlng ana
tumble, and then he recognized the
voice of the family cook:
you'd better come home at once.
''That you. Mary? What Is II!
YOU'D better come home!
''For why?" -.
'Mrs. Bowsar's been hurt!
"What? What?"
"Mrs. Bowser's been hurt. Come
Mr. Bowser started. He had one
flight of stairs to descend. In descend
ing them he took three men who were
ascending along with him. IN max
ing his way to the street car he upset
two newsboys. an apple woman and
one-eyed man. and as soon as ne
reached the platform he said to the
conductor:
"Drive this car along for all you're
worth-my wife's been hurt"
'You are the president of the United
States, are you?" asked the man, with
out much interest.
mo, Sir, 1 am not. My name is
Bowser-SamueI Dowser. and my wife
has received fatal injuries"
"Glad to know you. Mr. Bowesr. This
car will get you home on schedule
time"
'But it's a case of life and death"
at see. Please don't get in the way
of other passengers"
Mr.. Bowser jumped off to get a taxi,
but the vehicle almost run him down,
and the chauffeur called him seven diff
ferent names and said he ought to
have his head punched. Then he
boarded the same car again, and the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-05

Mr.. Bowser went in. The car would
take him home in Is minutes, and he
couldn't beat that. but he couldn't sit
down. He was pacing up and down
when a mean looking man addressed
him with:
do you believe yourself to be fol-
lowed by the police? If you don't,
then sit down and behave like other
folks
''Sir, my wife has been injured" re-
well, she's not the only wife in
town. My wife was injured once, but
I didn't go p'owling through a street
car and stepping on peoples feet"
How bad is your wife hurt?" asked
a woman, without sympathy in her
tones.
I'll can't tell"
''Then she nay have cut her finger
or broken her leg. I shouldn't get
excited If I were you
"I'd like to see myself get excited
over my wife," said man at the front
end of the car. 'If 1 should get news
that she had broken"
Mr.. Bowser went out on the plat
form, and the conductor nodded to
him and said:
"Bowser? Bowser? I was trying
to think where I had heard the name. .
but can't the car go faster?"
Sorry to say. it can't That is we
can't very well run over the car ahead.
Married man. are you?"
Didn't I say my wife had been in
jured?"
Eyes, I think you did. Very ser
ious case ?"
ct don't know. I got a telephone
message and am just going home
Can't you appreciate my state OF
mind? ?"
st wish I could, but I can't, you
know. My wages won't permit.
shouldn't worry, though. if I was you
She may not be laid up for more thar
three months. Struck by a trolley
probably Hone it was one on this
line When one of our cars hits 6
person he is never laid up over three
months, and the company is Away!
willing to settle the case for $49.49.'
When the ear was within two block.
of Mr.. Bowser's corner he leaped of
and ran. Pedestrians and boxes anC
barrels got ont of his way. He expected
to see a crowd of a thousand in from
of his house but there was only
vegetable pedier, and he was calm.
The front door had been left un
locked and was slammed open. Their,
was a smell of camphor, a call o
~TIere I am" and Mr.. Bowser was II
the sitting room. Mrs. Bowser sat witt
her foot on another chair. She wa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-05
Thursday

A. o. q. W-Irwin Lodge No. $50,
at 11s West 9Th ave.
A. o. U. W.-Lindale Lodge No. 2ss.
at (Shorey.)
b. o. of Beavers-Dam No. 1. at
41S Kansas ave.
Nj. W. of A.-Shawnee Camp No.
$500 at 1913 West 9Th ave.
NJ. w. of A.-North Topeka Camp
No. 1913 at 1902 North Kansas ave.
I. o. Red Men-wampanoa Tribe
No. SO, at S31 North Kansas ave.
Sons of Herman-Eintracht Lodge
No. s, at 322 Kansas ave.
Triple Tie B. A.-Topeka Council
No. 9, at 11a East 9Th ave.
I. j. B. q M.-Local No. 8, at 40
Kansas ave. Secy. q. NJ. Williams, 91S
North Tyler.
I. A. of Stone Cutters-Local No.
at SIS Kansas ave. Secy. s. G. Harris.
s2e. East 18th ave.
No. 90, at 900 North Kansas ave.
I. o. o. F.-Shawnee encampment
No. 8. at III West 9Th ave.
W. o. W.-Topeka Camp No. rs, at
122 East 9Th ave.
G. M. b. A.-St. Joseph's Branch
No. 6, at 213 West 3rd.
X. OF C.-Topeka Camp No. 634 at
201 East 9Th ave.
National UniOn-Kansas Council
No. 265, at 629 Kansas ave.
S. & ID. of Justice-Oakland Coun-
Gil No. SO, at 11S East eth ave.
Oakland Council No. SO Sons and
Daughters of Justice meets every End
and 4th Thursday evening at Lincoln
Post Hall.
Cigarmakers Local-No. IS. at 61S
Kansas ave. Sec. John Curry. s04 y
Kansas ave.
Switchmen's Union-Loca1 No. II
at 1872 East 9Th ave.
Colored o. e. S.-Bethany Chapter
No. z. at 404 Kansas ave.
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not dead. She was neither grooming
nor signing.
ST Just gave the ankle a twist" she
explained.
and yet you had Mary tell me over the
wire that you had been crushed to
pulp"
injured. 1 told her to say that it was
only a twist, but she was too nervous"
land you didn't break a Lego"
ooh, no.
and your arms are all right?"
Eyes, all right"
"And-and-"
Just a little twist that won't both
err me more han day or two. II
was silly in Mary to telephone at all"
"And how sid the accident happen"
"Why, 1 was on my way to the
butchers and / stepped on something
that turned my ankle. Don't look SO
serious about it; twisted ankle is
nothing"
Mr.. Bowser paced the length of the
room four times and back and then
came to a halt to say:
Mrs. Bowser, this is far more
serious matter than you seem to think
Of it. You were going to the eo butcher s;t S
Why didn't you send the COOK?
"She was ironing"
THAT is no excuse. You knew
that you would be liable to step or
something and twist your ankle and
be laid up 70. six months and yet you
persisted in going-persisted, Mrs
Bowser."
"Why, yes. I started out"
''The accident takes place. I am ir
NV office immersed in business. Ny
time is worth thousands of dollars
per hour, but yet you let the cook
telephone me to come home and see
YOUR crushed remainsi'
"Oh, not as bad as that"
'I start for home. I get into Ii
fights and kill and ihjure 1 don't know
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-05

1. o. o. F.-Shawnee Lodge No. CD
at 1T West 9Th ave.
X. q l.. of Security-Shawnee
Council No. at S31 North Kansas
ave.
Triple Tie b. A.-ropeka Council
No. 8, at Lincoln Post Hall.
X. & L. Of Security-Capital Coun-
Gil No. 1 at Security hall
NJ. w. of A.--Sunflower Camp No. sac,
at 1913 West 9Th ave.
Knights Protected Ark-Capital Ark
No. so. at 122 East 9Th ave.
OwIs-Topeka Nest No. 10. at 10
East 9Th ave.
Fraternal Aid Ass't.-Topeka Coun-
ell No q. at Security hall
Topeka OratOriO SOc.-At lot East
Sth ave.
Moulders Union-Local No. 424, at
SIS Kansas ave. Secretary. G. I.
Whitlock 701 Clay.
Triple Tie Benefit Association, To-
day night in Lincoln Post Hall.
u. b. of Carpenters-Local No. 144s
at 61S Kansas ave. Secretary s. j.
Crume, 1402 e Sth st.
I. o. o. F.-Harmony Rebekah
Lodge No. 81, at S19 North Kansas
ave.
East Side Imp. Ass'n.-at sth ave
and Lake st.
Photo Engravers-Loca1 No. Al at
homes of members. Sec. James Swan
at aCpper Engraving Co.
United Spanish War Veterans
Frank C. Armstrong Camp No. 8. at
11s West 9Th ave.
Colored o. E. S.-Rebecca Chapter
No. 8, at 404 Kansas ave.
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NE AEAPEo orr AAo ROM

how many men, and am now liable to
be arrested any moment for murder.
You say it is only twist of the ankle.
say it may result in Gripping you
for life. Our house is upset-you are
crippled for life-I am arrested for
murder! A nice state of affairs,
truly! And all because you persisted
in going to the butch ers-persisted,
say. Can you think this matter is to
be lightly passed over? When the
persistency of a wife in going to the
butchers has driven her husband to
the deadline-"
Mr.. Bowser paused there.
There was a rustic on the front
stairs, and for the first time he caught
sight of a travelling bag on the lounge.
A woman came along the hall and
stood before him. 1t was no imitation
| it was not something just as good"
but a real woman.
She advanced and took him by the
| ear and said:
Samuel, it's your dear -mother-in-
law who happens to be present on this
suspicious occasioni Take long walk
| outdoors and cool off,
And the humbled Mr.. Bowser went.
Copyrighted 1910 by Associated
Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-05
Friday

I. o. o. F.-Eugene Lodge No. 70.
at SO North Kansas ave.
I. o. 0. F.-Excelsior Lodge No.
$40. at lit West 9Th ave-.
A. o. q. W.-Topelza Lodge No. IL.
at 1913 West 6th ave.
A. o. y. W.-Upchurch Lodge No.
244. at 1872 East 9Th ave.
X. o. T. M.-National Tent No. 10,
at s31 North Kansas ave.
X. g. L. OF Security-Colurnbia
Council No. so. at Security hall
b. o. of Beavers-Riverside Dam
No 8. at Railroad end Curtis SITS.
Royal NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Camp
No 14S. at 119 West 9Th ave.
Royal Neutrality-suspicious. Camp
No SIS, at 1902 North Kansas ave.
Triple Tie b. Atone Council No.
a., at 118 East 9Th ave.
Fraternal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Lodge, No. 4o2 at cor. Wabash and
Thomas
Mystic CircIe-Cheops Ruling No.
1866. at Security hall.
Topeka Industrial Council-at 61s
Kansas ave. Sec. w. H. Keel. SIS
Kansas ave.
G. A. R.-Blue Post No. $50, at ss1
North Kansas ave.
w. r. C-No. for Blue Post, at
s31 North Kansas ave.
A, A. S. R.-Oriental Lodge of Per-
lection No. 8. at Masonic hall.
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Wednesday

l.. o. o. F.-Topeka Lodge No. 40.
at III West 9Th ave.
A o. o. W.-Capital Lodge No. 8.
at 1872 East 9Th ave.
B. p. o. E.-Topeka Lodge at 2o4.
corner 7th and Jackson.
A. o. U. W.-Star Lodge No. 20.
at S31 North Kansas ave.
Degree of Honor-Excelsior Lodge
No. 81, at K. P. Hall.
X. o. T. M.-Capital City Tent No.
"a, at 119 West 9Th ave-
X, and l.. OF Security-Topeka
Council No. 2. at Security hall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-05
Monday

K. OF P.-valient Lodge No. 1856. At
122 East 9Th ave.
Il. of PANTY Lodge No. 231 at
S37 North Kansas ave.
f. o. E.-Topeka Aerie No. So at
els Van Buren,
X. and L. of Security-victor Coun-
Gil No. 4. at 1902 North Kansas ave.
I. o. Red Men-Shawnee Tribe No.
II. at lis East 9Th ave.
S. & ID. OF Justice-Topeka Council
No. s. at Security hall
Fraternal brotherhood - Topeka
Lodge No. 81. at 11s West 9Th ave.
Fraternal Union of A-Topeka
lodge No. 522, at 522 Kansas ave.
Hold Carriers and Building Laborers
Local No. 2S7. at 618 Kansas ave. Geo.
Hagen. secy.. sos East 18th.
Painters LOcal-No. SO at 420 Kan
sas ave-, secretay Frank p. woodruff.
GIT Hancock st.
1st Battery at 404-406 Kansas ave.
The Swedish American National
League and NOrden Benefit Associa-
ton meets second and fourt-. Monday
Of each month. Fred Isaacson. 157
Grafton street. recorder.
r. A. M.-Topeka Chapter No. s. at
Masonic hall
90. o. F.-Capitola Rebekah Lodge
No. 21S. at Security hall.
A. o. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Co.
Division No. 1. at III West 9Th ave.
A. o. H.-Ladies' Branch No. 1, at
lit West 9Th ave.
w. c. T. U.-At First M. E. church.
Journeymen TaiIors-Local No.
100, at sos Kansas ave-. Stuart Nc
Donald, Sec., 100 Kansas ave.
Printing Pressmen-Local No. ~.
at 618 Kansas ave. Secy. c. G. Grosch,
210 West Goth.
Co1ored A. r. & A.. M-Euclid
Lodge No. 2, at 404 Kansas ave.
CoIored X. 6 L. of Protection-Cap-
itol City, Council No. 1 at 429 Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-05

conductor observed:
"Bowser, eh-Samuel Bowser. Never
heard the name before. You say your
WIFE
There was a hanson coming up be-
hind and Mr.. Bowser waved his hat
and arm for to stop 1t passed on,
and as it did so, the driver called to
the car conductor:
Better seat the old gent inside. He
seems to be excited
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-05
LODGE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK IN TOPEKA

Fl. w. Bomgardner
FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND LICENSED EMBALMER
Masonic Temple Oh Jackson Street
ATTEND TO ALL THE DETAILS
First Class Ambulance Service Both Phones I46
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-05

Fraternal Aid-Shawnee Council
No. 1. at 1902 North Kansas ave.
Court of Honor-Shawnee District
Court No. SIS. at 1913 West 9Th ave.
National Protective Legion-To-
peka Lodge No. 2167. at K. of P. hall.
Operative PIasterers-Local No.
at 10-11 Office Blk, e. L. Newberry.
Secy., 201 Burr st.
Royal Arcanuni-Topeka Council
No. 1867, at Security hall.
Degree of Honor Capital Lodge No.
at 119 West 9Th ave.
I. B. of Electrical Workers-Local
238 at 61S Kansas ave. Sec. c. H.
Adams, 1913 West st.
G. q. o. of o. F.-Household of
Ruth, No. 166, at 418 Kansas ave.
Colored o. E. S.-Myra Chapter
No. 5, at 404 Kansas ave.
Fraternal Union OF America-To-
peka lodge No. 522. End and 4th
Wednesday. r. ]. Kearney. Sec.
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Sunday

z. NJ. C. A. and every day at corner
9Th and Quincy.
Y. w. @. A. and every day. End Floor
Masonic Bldg. 623 jackson.
Socialist Meeting-at 119 West
Sixth, upstairs, at 1880 p. m. Every
Sunday.
Typographical Union-No. 121, at
Labor temple, e. J. Gribbin, secretary.
Ind. Phone 1850 Ring J.
B. of l.. F. & E.-Local No. 205, at
122 East 9Th ave. at 1880 p. m.
Retail Clerks-Local No. 2151, at
61S Kansas ave-, 1880 p. m. Secy. c.
c. Coulson, 709 Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-05

Superintendent of Indian Schools.
One of Uncle Sans most interesting
and conscientious employees is a woman,
Miss Estelle Reel. Her work is super
intendent of Indian schools.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-06-03
The Man on a Small Farm

There is much virtue in making a
man work for himself, for his fami-
ly, for home, for competence.
No one understands this sort of work
better than the man on small farm.
He must study as well as work. He
must get as many bushels or pounds
out of the land as it can possibly
yield, says writer in Farm Pro-
gress. The same writer continues.
The spirit it puts into a man. when
he sees the returns from his labor
greater than those of any one else
who does the same amount of work
but on much larger area, is the very
fundamental principle that underlies
the best farming. / am sorry there
are so few who possess this spirit ),
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-06-03

A report was circulated here the
first of the week to the effect that
the city of Wenatchee had again
voted upon the local option ques-
ton and that the place had gone
wet by vote of three to enc. So
far as the Islander has been able to
learn there has been no election
there recently and had there been
we are not at all fearful that such
would be the result. Wenatchee is
one Of the strongholds of the drys
and report says that conditions are
far better in every respect now than
they were under the license system.
An election was held in Adams and
Spokane counties, the result of this
being given in dispatch from Spo-
kane printed elsewhere in this issue.
Spokane county outside of the city
of Spokane voted dry by three to
one, and in Adams county only two
towns voted wet and these by small
majorities.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-06-03
Pointed Paragraphs

Success means hard work, and so
does the lack of it.
It's difficult to convince girls that
marriage is failure.
Better marry a girl who whistles
than one who whines.
In the hands of woman can
opener is mightier than sword.
A boys idea Of a hero is one who
| ticks another boy a size larger.
He's a poor man who wastes his
time and neglects his opportunities.
Lend a man money once and he
will not refuse to let you do it
again.
A girl doesn't need reason for
getting married. All she asks is the
chance.
It is easier to raise a son to sup
port than it is to raise one who will
support you.
A bachelor may have more money
than he knows what to do with, but
a married man never has.
1t may be better to have loved
and lost than ney er to have loved
at all yet both have their advan-
tages.
It's up to the man to be on his
guard when woman begins to low
er her voice. She is preparing to
ask a favor.
The average man may feel like
rejoicing when his wife has such
a cold that she is unable to speak
above whisper.-Chicago News.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-06-03
AS Others See Us

A recent issue of the Seattle Post
Intelligencer contained the follow
ing nice little tribute to San Juan
county:
Real estate men of Bellingham
are preparing to exploit the posi-
bilities of beautiful island homes in
San Juan county and elsewhere on
Puget Sound. In painting the ad-
vantages and possibilities of island
homes in Western Washington they
will not be required to draw on
their imaginations. The plain truth
will be sufficiently eloquent, for
where in this country, or in any
other country, can more beautiful
or more alluring homesites be
found?"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-06-03
YOemen Institute
New Lodge Here

F. A. Case, state manager for the
Brotherhood ofiAmerican Yoemen,
arrived here Wednesday and in the
evening instituted a Yoemen's lodge
in Grange hall. Fifteen were adj
mitted to membership in the order,
thirteen being beneficiary members
and two social members. The fol-
lowing is list of the officers chosen
and the positions they will hold:
Loyal Larson, Foreman; Mrs. L. J.
Irwin, Correspondent; L. J. Irwin,
Master of Accounts; E. S. Pease,
Overseer; Mrs. S. A.. McCrary,
Chaplain; Mrs. Minnie Zeigler,
Guard; c. A. Fleming, Waterman;
Mrs. Mile Nichols, Lady RIDDEN;
Miss Irene Scribner, Rebekah. The
lodge will meet again next Wednes-
day evening. The charter will be
held open until the first meeting in
July and all who may wish to be-
come charter members should give
their names in at once.
The postofice department has
called for bids for tri-weekly mail
service between Anacortes and Fri
day Harbor, "a miles, via Decatur,
Thatcher, Port Stanley and Lopez,
in safe and suitable steam or other
power boats and by a schedule salts
factory to the Department." con-
tract to be for four years from July
l and bids to be in by June 81.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-06-03
For Sheriff

nounce my candidacy for the Office OF
Sheriff of San Juan County. subject to the
approval of the Republican electors of the
county at the Primary Election to be held
on the 18th DAY of Septen Der, 1910.
G.. I'll. BAKER
Friday Harbor, Washington, May "a, 1910
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-06-03
Paid Advertisements
FOR REPRESENTATIVE

hereby make formal announcement
of my candidacy for the Office of Repre-
sentative in the Legislature from San
Juan county subject to the approval of
the Repu blican electors of the county at
the Primary election to be held OF the
18th day of >eptember, 1910.
L. J. Irwin,
Friday Harbor, Washington.
( May 10th. 1910.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-06-03
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE


DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
q. s. LAND OFFICE AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
May "a, 1910
Notice is hereby given that as directed bv tl,e
Commissioners of the General Land Office. uneie,
the provisions of the act of Congress approved
June ~, 1906 (34 Stats, 5I7,) will offer at pub
nc sale to the highest bidder, at the hour of ter
O'Clock a. M, July II, $780, at this Office, the
following tract of land:
The Lot Number 8, Section a. Township a
I2.25 acres. . 81 -7 a
Serial No. oI533.
Any persons claiming adversely the above-de-
scrided lands are advised to file their claims OF
objections on or before the time desipnated for
sale. -
]. HENRY SMITH Register.
F. A. TwIcHELL, Receiver.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-06-03

County Treasurer Nash reports
that although he has not yet finish
ed making up his balance sheet for
the quarter it is his opinion that
this years payment of taxes has
been considerably above the average
up to this time. This speaks well
for the prosperity of the farmers,
fruitgrowers and business men of
the county. We wonder if the
counties in the middle west that
have suffered so this spring from
cold and the consequent destruction
of crops and fruit can boast Of as
good a record as ours.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-06-03

According to the farmers the re
cent rains did vast amount Of good
throughout the county. They say
that the grain is making rapid
growth and that the prospects are
good for an immense crop. Such a
thing as failure in crops in this
county is never thought Of but a
little rain occasionally has a tenden-
cy to bolster up the growers and
make them feel good. The pas
lures for the dairy herds probably
benefited more than anything else
and already the effects Of this are
shown, the increase in cream receipts
at the creamery here being very
noticeable.