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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
MIGHT END ILLUSIONS
II Every cns Might 20 Only the Mots
He Liked BesA

Il wonder, said the professor,
''how things would work out if 4
magic wand should be waved over
the world, permitting every Tom,
Dick and Harry of US to engage in
the occupation he especially likes.
Pretty nearly everybody would has
ten to make change, I fancy. It
would be interesting to note both
general and individual results.
q have friend who is a broker
a successful broker, I should mag
inc, because by his advice I have
been able to increase my modest
capital but, bless you, is he salts
fed with being broker? Far from
it. If he could do just what he
wanted he would follow the sea. I
am not sure in just what capacity,
but probably as the captain of a
transatlantic liner. Conversely. /
know seafaring man the height of
whose ambition is to establish him
self on shore, the master of little
farm. A woman acquaintance of
mine who is making quite name
for herself as a writer cherishes the
longing to 60 into settlement work.
And SO it goes. Speaking for my
seff,>I can say that, while / have
been happy as an instructor of
youth, | feel That what talents I
possess might have been more prof
itably employed in exploring. Yes,
you may smile, but in my earlier
days I had the swanderlust,' and
even now my tavorite reading is of
the'exploits OF men who have been
able to get beyond the confines of
civilization and report what9tthey
have found.
cit seems as if most of US had
what | may call second selves, whose
imaginary cal GERS are far different
from those that, as a matter of fact,
are the ones experienced Would
there be mo1e happiness if the i'm
aginary achievements were the real
ones? We are apt to think so. The
chances are that disillusionment
would come as it does frequently in
our actual callings. At any rate,
we can now think of the JOY Of the
might have bsens-and that is
something" New York Press.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
Not to Be Trihed With.

"Of course" he said in an Off
hand way, sit goes without saying
that beautiful girl like you must
have had many offers of marriage"
She blushed prettily, and her eyes
seemed to say, "0f course" but she
did not answer otherwise.
"And, of course" he went on, 81
would not think Of asking who any
of the men were OF anything about
them, but / am interested in know
ing how they do it,
Then she reused herself.
"See here" she said, care you
trying to get pointers for a pro-
posal to me or to some other girl 2"
Thus it was that she pinned him
down, as it we're, and brought him
to the point.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02

Governor Shafroth, of Colorado,
issued call from Denver last Fri
day for the first annual convention
of the American Apple Congress, to
be held in Denver December 1917.
Governors of all apple growing
states are invited to send delegates.
1t is also the purpose Of the congress
to discuss phases of apple growing,
including methods of fighting frost.
insects and other hidrances, fruit
packing, shipping, marketing, rail
road transportation and legislation.
Washington should be well repre-
sented and by men who are
thoroughly familiar with the apple
growing industry in this state.
Meeting of this nature cannot help
but be of benifit and all who possibly
can should attend.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02

In communication to the Island
err, printed elsewhere in this issue,
John H. Snowden, Of Olga, takes
exception to an editorial printed in
this paper last week relating to the
Grange cooperative store soon to
be established in Seattle. 1t has
been the islanders policy for years
past to do everything its power to
futher the interests of the farmer
and fruitgrower. Time and time a.
gain articles have been published
urging the Importance of the estab-
lishment of fruitgrowers, dairy
mems and other associations. We
always have believed in cooperation
amongtarmers; it is the only system
by which betterment of conditions
can be brought about. If the ed
ltor OF this paper could see wherein
any benefits were to accrue to the
farmers of tbs county through the
establishment of the concern in
question he would have encouraged
rather than discouraged the prop.
osition. The scheme was Matched
up in an attorneys offcie, in Seattle
by men evidently seeking to further
their own interests rather than the
interests Of the farmers. Seattle
men are looking after their own anc
Seattle's interests and not the inter.
ests of the farmers of the surround
ing territory. Considering the
! enormous cost Of doing business il
that city the Islanderfails to see how
goods can be sold at much if any les,
than they can be procured for a
home. Seattle merchants claim t
be and probably are selling goods OF
a very close margin and yet meats
produce and other necessaries Of lif,
are from fifteen to twenty-five De
cent higher there than they ar,
mere, There was no intention q,
tne part Of the Islander to CRITICS
tne actions Of any farmer who la
associated or may associate himsel
with this cooperative concern. tn
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
A Compromise.

Four-year-old Gordon was the de-
voted owner Of cloth doll called
Maudie, from which he could not
be parted even after it became n
dilapidated that the other members
of the family would have dispensed
with its company without a mrs-
muir. One morning he started on =
walk with his grandmother, and as
usual Maudie was Rugged close in
his arms.
ooh, Gordon" exclaimed his con-
panion, edo throw that dreadfd
looking doll away, and grandmother
will buy you new one!'
An agonized expression spread
over the little fellows countenance.
ooh, grandmother he replied sad
~, 81 couldn't throw Maudie away,
but I'll try to lose her. z Lippia-
colts.
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Proof of Property.

The teacher had found lead
pencil on the floor of the school
room.
@Children," she asked, holding it
up, "does this belong to any OF
you?"
"For several seconds there was
no answer; then a little girl timidly
raised her hand.
as it yours, Bessie ?" said the
teacher.
"Yes'm."
"You are sure of it, are you'll
How do you recognize IT,"
81 don't like to tell"
'But you will have to. tell or /
can't let you have it."
Ell reco'nize it, teacher, by the
way it's sharpened. If it wasn't
sure enough mine, I'd be mighty
clear-of ownin' up to such job as
Aat."
Bessie got her pencil Chicago
Tribune.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
SUMMIT OF MOUNT BAKER.
& freak Among Freaks u the 6sese
TabIeland.

NJ ore is no evidence Of recent ac-
tivity of this volcano, nor are mere ',
anv alarming indications that It VIII
ever be active again, says Forest
md Stream. True, there are live
yents on the sides Of the cone where
tbo vapors and sulphur are contln-
nal1v emitted, where the lava IS still
hot and steam jets issue with rum
5hling and violence, but the SHOWS
of recurring seasons have blanketed
= for centuries, as if to smother out
tbe internal fires, and it can hardly
ba considered now more than the
Iinoering Of heat which once warm
"a the surrounding regions to
a1orescence, the base of the noun
tain to bright red, and where it IS
now buried under a mantle OF per-
netual snow its summit once shone
with luminous glare whittier than
the electric arc. But the freak
among freaks in this interesting
reoion is the tableland already re-
ferred to. !,
It rose in its magnifcence and
grandeur from the bowels OF the
earth as did Mount Baker, of which
it is simply part and parcel. 1t
probably rose to its present emil
hence above it's surroundings and
especially out of its Immediate bed
Of porphyry somewhat later after it
had cooled enough to hold its shape
by renewed pressure directly under
it, showing it up like a cork out OF a
bottle.
The writer was strongly inclined
to take the plug clear out and look
inside to see exactly what was the
cause of it. There is much evidence
NAT the secondary uplift came at a
much later day than the volcanic
eruption or eruptions which pro-
duced the main features Of this dis
trict, the most important of these
evidences being the fact that the
disintegration about the vertical
walls of this lakeland is very much
less than ABOUT the sides of any 9th
er cliffs around, irrespective Of
height, position or material to be
eroded.
The walls of it are crumbling
away and accumulating about the
base in rock slides, somewhat faster
on the sunny sides. If it were pos
sible to count the annual layers Of
rock on these slides, which have
faxed off the walls above by the ac-
ton of the summer sun and frosts
of winter, like the age of trees by
the rings Of growth, it would be
easy to determine when Mazama
dome last made move to rival
Coleman peak or get in better view
of the parent cone.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
nchouse" Seymour.

There was an Irish actor named
Seymour who had the nickname
"Chouse," which came from his IN
lucky slip in the passage in 'Othel-
10" "When / love thee not chaos
is come again." It was in Cork
that he made the break, and Cork
did not forget. When he returned
a year later the city was placarded
BY an artist in chalk, "Chouse has
come again He played Othello.
and the gallery observed, "Deuced
good, Chouse!" The dying Moor
Sat up, shook his fist in the direction
Of the observer and invited him, il
he were man, to come down and
have his head punched.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02

In the Superior Court of the State of Washing
ton, for San Juan County.
IN PROBATE
In the matter of the estate of Edna A. Schrtnck,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
administrator of the estate OF Edna A. Schmuck,
deceased. to the creditors and all persons
having claims against said deceased, or her es-
tate, to exhibit them with the necessary vouch-
ers, within one year from the date of the first
publication of this notice, to the said admins
County, Washington, or to T. J. Irwin, attorney
tor said administrator, at his Office at Friday
Harbor, in said county, the same being the
estate, said first publication being November
25th, 1910.
WILLIAMSD. SCHMUCK,
administrator of the estate of Edna A.
Schmuck, deceased.
Residence, Dolphin, san Juan County
~ Washington gs,i ~ q
| f. J. IRWIN, Office Friday Harbor, washing
ton. attorney for said administrator.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
Get Together and POost

A spirit of sylnpathe tic co-opera-
tion is absolutely nece ssary to civic
nroqress. Census figures recently
Given out by Director Durand show
clearly in what cities that spirit has
been most manifest. The city OF
Los Angeles gained nearly thirty
thousand population in one year as
the result of a spirit of getting to-
qether and working together. San
francisco was rebuilt in two years
nv a spirit of mutual cooperation
and helpfulness. Cooperation has
been manifestly shown by the people
of Seattle in every instance where a
concentrated force was needed to
furtherthat city's interests, and as
result Seattle has in ten years
grown from a city of about $4,000
people to one of over $4,000, a
gain of 157, 900, or nearly $4,000 a
year. Does any person think for
one moment that such could have
been the result if it were knocking
in stead of boosting that its people
were doing? Portland also shows a
tremendous increase in pop ulation,
from approximately 10000 in 1900
to over 2O7, 000in 1910, but its COM
mercial bodies. clubs, societies and
individuals are constantly and ably
boosting every proposition Of merit
that can possible help the city.
There are and always will be dis
agreements among individuals and
between institutions which cannot
we'll be avoided, but in matters of
Importance to the entire county,
city or town, the business men and
the citizens of a community should
stand as a unit. The personal tenn
permanent of many Of the people of
Friday Harbor, Bellingham and
Everett is by no means beneficial at
this time. There are too many
knockers and too few boosters.
There are many leaders here but no
leadership. There are scores Of
warmhearted. earnest and generous
men, but little spirit of comrade-
ship. There is the beautiful here
for the pleasure seeker or home
seeker, but there is no unity of
action on the part of our people to
induce such to come here; on the
contrary too many are inclined to
knock and keep people away.
1t would be exceedingly difficult
to supply the materials out Of which
a spirit Of unity and co operation
could be created, if they really. did
not exist; but they do exist here,
and all that is necessary is that they
be utilized. Let the people of the
town and county get together for
their common good.
Bellingham and Everett have
hundreds of knockers and Friday
Harbor has few; keep this up and
watch your neighboring towns and
cities that are full of boosters, grow;
quit this knocking, start in and keep
on boosting and watch your own
town grow.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
She Cheated.

Said an indignant mother to he1
little son, "Why did you strike little
Elsie, you naughty boy 2" j
Dick Indignant in his turn)
What did she want to cheat for
then?
sHow did she cheat?' asked
mamma more mildly.
Why, explained Dick, awe were
playing at Adam and Eve, and sh,
had the apple to tempt me with
and she never tempted me, but ven;
and ate it up herself. =
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
Where He Fell.

Down the postoffice steps the Rev.
DR.. Fyfthly carefully picked his
way, and then his feet suddenly
shot out, and he went down right
in the midst Of q group Of stock
brokers.
@Ah, good morning, doctorr'
laughed the stockholders, recogniz-
ing the minister. You remind ~
Of the wicked man whose foot slip
peth."
may" retorted the good mimi
ter, "but rather do I seem like the
man who went down to jericho"
How Is that e chorused the
brokers.
because he fell among thieves, !.
murmured the doctor Is he got up
and moved decorously away. Il &
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
Notice Of Election

Notice is hereby given that on the 9Th day Of
December, 1910, at the usual voting place in FRI
day Harbor, San Juan county, Wash, an cleo
ton will be held for the election of four Coun-
cilmen and city Treasurer.
The polls for said election will be open at goo
O'Clock i'll the morning and will remain open
until 7 O'Clock in the afternoon of the same
day.
Dated this 18th day of November, 1910.
O. G. WALL,
City Clerk of the Town of
Friday Harbor Wash.
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intention of the article was merely
to- show what the editor believed to
be a true condition of affairs and to
urge the Importance Of cooperation
at home that betterment of condi-
lions might be brought about. Let
us do our own boosting; no one else
will do it for us.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
Official City Notice

Notice is hereby given to the electors residing
within the corporate limits of the Town of FRI
day Harbor, that the registration books are
closed and will Ie1nain closed until December
7th 1910. o. G. WALL,
City Clerk Of the Town of
FRIDAY Haroor Wash.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02

Statistics show that there were ten
million barrels less of apples grown
in 1910 than was the case ten years
ago. which, together with the in
creased demand caused by con-
stantly increasing population, should
be an incentive to the planting of
more apple orchards. And the prop
osition from financial standpoint
is also a good one
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70 the People Of West Sound

Since having persuaded Mr.. and
Mrs. a. r. Vaughn to remain with
YOU against my, wishes, it4ke notice
that I win not be responsible for
any bills contracted By them or Tor
them. 8. s.
South Belfngham, oct. 20, 1910.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02

Mayor Murray is to be congratu-
lated upon his action in destroying
the liquor found in his the possess
ion of Ed Daily last Friday. 1t is
not at all probable that he will be
afforded the opportunity of Destroy
ing all the booze that is likely to be
brought to Friday Harbor but it is
safe to assume that he will make
away with all that he gets his
clutches on. At any rate it will not
be safe for those who wish to keep
it for their own personal use to have
it in their pockets IN case they have
imbibed fully enough to be under
its influence.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Of first publication. october as, 1910.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-01-29
Americans in London.

If they were judged by the fiction
they are most fond of, Americans
would be held to be violently senti
mental nation, and there would be con.
siderable Importance in the discovery
by correspondent that window in
a big London street has the word
Gums" pasted on it. Our own word
"galosnes" does sound, we admit, rath-
er grim and unbending compared with
the homely and familiar gums; but
We believe that in the main Americans
are content to come and visit OUR cap.
ital without caring much one way or
the other. Our correspondent draws a
different picture. "How often," he
says, "has not one noticed with a
poignant pang Of pathos the hunger
ing faces of the sightseers from New
York. All is strange to them. They
gaze around them in vain endeavors to
catch but the slightest peg on which
to hang a memory of the dear home
land which they have left, and all the
while the char-a-banc rolls remorsely
onward, and the guide with the meg
aphone neatly strapped over his
mouth dilates on the objects at hand.
We now approach st. Paul's Cathedral,
a hallowed shrine, erected by Sir Wal
ter Raleigh No gums. On our left
the Mansion House, the residence Of
the Lord George Sanger: on our right
the Bank Of England, containing in
vault the Venus of Milo Still no
gums London Globe.
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Epidemic Of Itch in welsh Village.

Epidemic of Itch in Welsh Village.
I'm Dowlais. South Wales, about
fifteen years ago, families were strick-
en- wholesale by disease known as
the itch. Believe me, 1t Is the most
terrible disease of it's kind that
know Of, as 1t itches all through your
body and makes your life an inferno.
Sleep is out Of the question and you
feel as II a million mosquitoes were
attacking you at the same time. I
knew a dozen families that were SO
affected.
The doctors did their best. but
their remedies were of no avail what
ever. Then the families tried a drug
gist who was noted far and wide for
his remarkable cures. People came
to him from all parts Of the country
for treatment, but his medicine made
matters still worse; as a last resort
they were advised by friend to use
the Cuticura Remedies. am glad to
tell you that after a few days treat
ment with Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and Resolvent, the effect was wonder
ful and the result was a perfect cure
in all cases.
Il may add that my three brothers,
three sisters, myself and all our fam
lilies have been users Of the Cuticura
Remedies for fifteen years. Thomas
Hugh, 1850 West Huron St., Chicago,
H., June 20, 1909"
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Illinois Versus Missouri.

A Missourian informed a traveller
no had inquired about corn that leach
stalk had nine ears on it and was fit.
teen feet high"
That's nothing compared to our
corn" replied the other, quickly. Cup
in Illinois, where l came from, we
always had nine ears to each stalk.
and a peck Of shelled corn hanging to
each tassel; but we never could raise
any field beans with it"
Why" asked the Missourian.
Because" nodded the other, "the
corn grew so fast that it pulled the
beans up.'-Circle Magazine.
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Too Much Luxury.

A man who had been three times
married and as often left a widower
was reported to be thinking a fourth
time of entering into the blessed and
comfortable estate of holy matrimony,
A friend ventured to ask whether
there was any truth in the rumor and
received this sagacious reply:
ma, ma; what wi mairryin' them
and what VII buryin' them, It's over
expensive.
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THE WONDERBERRY
OR SUNBERRY.
Has Proved Great Suecess-Thou-
sands Say It's the Best Thing
They Ever Grew.

Has Proved a Great Suecess-Thou'
sands Say It's the Best Thing
They Ever Grew.
The Wonderberry or Sunberry, the
marvellous garden fruit originated by
Luther Burbank, and introduced by
John Lewis Childs, the well-known
Scotsman, of Floral Park, N. Y, has
proved a great success all over the
country. Thousands Of people say 1t
Is the best thing they ever grew.
Mr.. John Burroughs, the we'll
known author, Naturalist and bosom
friend Of Theodore Roosevelt, says 1t
Is the most delicious pie berry he ever
tasted, and marvellous cropper.
A Director of the New York Agri-
cultural Experiment Station says 1t
fruits abundantly even in pure sand.
In the short season of Northwestern
Canada 1t is godsend, and fruits long
after frost has killed most garden
truck.
D. s. Hall, Wichita, Kan, says
thirty people grew 1t there last season
with perfect satisfaction.
K. S. Enochs, Hammond, La, says
it yields $3.50 worth of fruit per acre
with him. Mrs. ]. H. Powers, 4732
Kenwood avenue, Chicago, raised
enough berries on space 4x10 feet
to supply herself and friends.
j. p. Swallow, Kenton, Ohio, says
its equal for all purposes does not ex-
list.
Rev. H. B. Sheldon, Pacific Grove,
Cal. says he likes the berries served
In any a. Every way.
w. T. Davis, Enon, Va, says it is
true to description in every way, and
fruits In three months from seed.
Judge Morrow, Of U. s. Circuit
Court, says the Wonderberry is SIM
ply delicious raw or cooked.
Mr.. Childs exhibited one plant five
months old bearing 10,375 berries
which measured about eight quarts.
Mrs. Hattie Vincent, Hayden, New
Mexico, says 1t stands long. hard
droughts of that climate and fruits
abundantly all summer.
1t is certainly the most satisfactory
garden fruit and the greatest Novelty
ever introduced.
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the bearing down. I recommended IL
to some friends and two Of them have
been greatly benefited by It" Mrs.
MAE McKNIaHT, Oronogo, Mo.
Another Grateful Woman. :
st: Louis, Mo. was bothered
terribly with a female weakness and
had backache, bearing down pains and
pains in lower parts. I began taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound regularly and used the Sanative
Wash and now I have no more troubles
that way Mrs. Al. HERzoa, 5722
Prescott Ave-, st. Louis, Mo.
Because your case is difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound a trial It surely has cured
many cases Of female ills, such as in
Illumination, liberation, displacements,
f1broid tumors, Irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
vous prostration. It costs but trife
to try it, and the result is worth mil
lions to many suffering women.
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OUT OF THE CONTROVERSY

OUT OF THE CONTROVERSY,
Don't you think the King of Den
mark was little hasty in awarding
credit for the discovery Of the north
pole?"
"No. He acted with foresight.
Today he is about the only man in
the world who can claim to have the
whole business Off his mind" wash.
lngton Star.
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PINK OR GREEN,

BLACK or green tea, Mrs. Raffn
ty?"
"Shure Olive been readin' that pink
tay is all the go. OF think OIL be
afther trying some of hat"-Judge.
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Much so-called religious efforts is
an attempt to make others feel as
bad as we do.