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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28
JULES .VERNA

Yes, but we must first revive Bell"
replied the doctor. Then go and find
the sledge, and get the American"
Bell lay on the ice almost inanimate.
johnson had to take vigorous measures
to rouse him, but at last by dint of
shaking and rubbing him with snow.
he succeeded.
Come, Bell" he cried, don't give
way like this. Exert yourself, my
man; we must have talk about our
situation, and we need place to put
our heads in. Come and help me, Bell.
You haven't forgotten how to take a
snow hut, have you? There is an ice
berg all ready to hand; we've only got
to hollow it out. Let's set to work:
we shall find that is the best remedy
for u.s.
Bell tried to shake off his torpor and
help his comrade, while DR.. Clawbonny
undertook to go and fetch the sledge
and the dogs.
Twill you go with him. captain ?"
asked Johnson.
mo, my friend" said Hatteras, in a
gentle tone, eff the doctor will kindly
undertake the task. Before the day
ends 1 must come to some resolution,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28
SWlTCHMEN AND ROADS
AGREE TO ARBITRATION

Washington. Jan Rehabilitation is
10 De the solution of the controversy
VVt"een the Chicago railways and their
S"itchment. This decision was reached
W The mediators who have been try
NY 10 settle the differences late last
week MeVh, and the first meeting of the ar
O'ua'ors Will be held in Chicago today.
Inc conclusion was reached after a
week OF conferences between Chairman
hnapp OF the interstate commerce COM
Iission, and DR.. Neill, commissioner
" iaoor' with representative of the
-'llroads and switchmen's union.
= :, was determined that the matters
dispute should be referred to arbi-
na'oiS' and an agreement was signed
ianI 5. E. Heberling, first vice pres,
N W., OF the Switchmen's Union of
su Ut'n america, as arbitrator for the
iisH ouC and G. B Gray, vice pres
.0ent OF the St. Louis & San Francisco
"t IN for the railroads.
Cp !lieSe TWO arbitrators are meeting in
on 'ag y today to endeavor to agree up
be "a u,ird arbitrator. If they should
bs uaoie to agree, the selection will
H. oierred to the mediators, Chairman
AIspp and DR.. Neill
bi. na.lin ten days after the third ar
,ioa "'of is named the board of arbitra-
tho A u mast meet, and by provision of
mo- in. truman law must return its find
Jugs within thirty days.
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CHAPTER 1.

, 1t was bold project of Capt. Hat
teras to try to push his way to the
north pole, and gain for England the
glory of it's discovery. But he had
struggled for nine months against cur
rents and tempests, shattering icebergs
and breaking through almost insur-
mountable barriers.
In an unprecedented winter he had
outdistanced all his predecessors and
accomplished half his task, when he
saw all his hopes blasted. The mu-
tiny of his wornout crew had left him
and his little band Of three men in a
terrible situation-helpless in an icy
desert, $500 miles from their native
land-their ship wreck. blown up by
the mutineers.
However, the courage Of Hatteras
was still undaunted. The three men
which were left him were the best on
board his brig, and while they remain
ed he might venture to hope.
OF the Forward, the brig they had
SO carefully built, not vestige re-
manned. Shapeless blackened frag-
ments, twisted bars of iron. cable ends
still smoldering, and here and there in
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28
PEACE IS AGAIN
DECLARED
HILL AND HARTMAN IN
TERESTS ONCE MORE
IN AGREEMENT.
Terms Arranged by Which Five
Months Contest in Deschutes
Valley Between Oregon Trunk
and Deschutes Valley Road
Closes Satisfactorily to Both.

Portland, JAM 24.-According to the
Sunday Oregonian, the Hill and Har-
| imam interests haze reached an agree
ment regarding the right of way from
the Columbia river into the rich Gen.
trail Oregon region. via the Deschutes
valley. Under this agreement the
Deschutes Company, a Hartman road,
will occupy the east side of the Des-
chutes river, and the Oregon Trunk,
Hill road, the west side for about
seventy miles south of the Columbia
river. The Deschutes Company will,
through the Oregon Railroad and Nav
igation Company, grant the Oregon
Trunk crossing over the Oregon
Railroad and Navigation line at Cello.
and will also make other concessions to
the Hill road. Each road will have
the right, under the agreement, to use
the right of way of the other over GER
tain portions of the route
The agreement is subject to but one
condition-the prompt approval by the
interior department of location maps
for the Hartman road for twelve
miles along the west side of the Des-
chutes river canyon. This is one of
the portions of the route where the
Deschutes Company will have the use
Of the Oregon Trunk.
With the conclusion of this agree
ment construction work by both roads
into the vast undeveloped CentralOre
gon region will be rushed to compile
ton
The occupation Of the Deschutes can
yon by the two roads led to several
more or less sanguinary conflicts and
resulted in several battles in court,
the Oregon Trunk Chilly people invari-
ably coming off victorious in the decis-
ions of the judges sitting in the cases.
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the distance spiral wreaths OF smoke
that was ALL Books, instruments ana
precious collections were in ashes
Clawbonny, the surgeon, and John-
son, the boatswain. surveyed the wreck.
Bell, the carpenter, lay insensible on
the ice. Capt Hatteras stood apart,
arms folded, his faithful dog beside
him.
Poor old brig!" exclaimed the doc
tor II had grown attached to her. l
loved her as one loves house where
he has spent lifetime"
"Ay! It's strange what hold those
planks and beams get on fellows
heart" said Johnson.
And the long-boat-is that burnt?'
asked the doctor.
THE mutineers carried 1t on.
And the pirogue?"
"Shivered into a thousand pieces!
Then we have nothing but the Hal
kett boat?"
Yes, we have that still, thanks to
your idea of taking 1t with YOU"
THAT isn't much" said the doctor.
And we have a dying one to look
after"
"A dying man
Yes, Capt Altamont, an American
navigator, whose ship, the Porpoise.
was stranded somewhere to the north.
We found him, half starved and frozen
on the ice." said the doctor.
Johnson muttered an exclamation OF
pity. But his mind went back at once
to his own desperate situation.
Then we have no fuel whatever!
he said.
NO"
And no provisions?"
NO"
"And no ship to make our way back
to England?'
It required courage to face these
gloomy realities. After moments 81
lence, johnson said again:
We'll, at any rate we know e-actly
how we stand. The first thing to be
done now is to make hut. for We cant
stay long exposed to this Temperature
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No Money to Burn.


"Ths meanest man we ever had in
our town was Jake Bond" said Mr..
Wilson, with an air of finality. Eyes,
sir, he was the meanest Ever hear
what he used to do with the fire his
last days, when he was so riddled with
rheumatics he couldn't get out!"
"No," said the new carpenter, II
haven't heard that yet"
Time you did," said Mr.. Wilson.
IAN I'll tell ye. He was so full O
rheumatics that the doctor allowed the
only way he could get rid of any Of his
pain was to sit right in front O the
fire. close to. and see II the heat
wouldn't try some O. the pain out o
his bones.
well, sir, he couldn't move round.
80 the woman that took care O. him
would put his chair close to the fire,
and there he'd sit. An by his side he
ker' q mop an pail O water. An
when he saw the fire getting mite
beyond the pint where he felt twas
needed, an saw a real lively flame
busting up. he'd out with that mop
from the pail, and souse it right on
to the stick O. wood that was too forth
putting.
"I've sat there side o. him and seen
him do 1t.
Eyes, sir, here in Cedarville we con-
sidered him the cap-sheaf for nigh
ness: We cort'nly did"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28
Bill Reported Out

Washington, Jan. 25.-As finally
reported by the senate committee on
irrigation, the administration bill pro-
vidjng for reclamation fund author
ICES the issuance Of $50, 200, 900 worth
of certificates of Indebtedness tc carry
on existing irrigation projects. The
certificates are to run for five years,
when half the proceeds received from
the sale of reclaimed lands are to be
set aside for their redemption
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28
CANNON IN LINE FOR
WORK OF RECLAMATION

Washington, Jan. 25.-Speaker Can
non has given Senator Jones assur-
ance of his support for the certificate
of Indebtedness plan of financing the
reclamation service for the $50, OOO,-
600 needed to hurry the work along.
The speakers only provisos are that
the bill provide for salable certificate
and that due provision be made for
taking them up. The senate commit
tee on irrigation introduced the bill.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28
Canada Has Official Trust Watcher

Ottawa Ont Jan. 22.-Canada soon
will be we'll launched in the trust
watching business with W. B. Macken-
zie King, the minister of labor, as chief
watcher. He is grandson Of William
Lyon Mack enzie, the Canadian pre-
mier. Also he is q Harvard man and
q warm personal friend OF Theodore
Roosevelt. The law under which he
will serve provides for the investiga-
ton of trusts, combines and monopo-
lies which Cypress the consumer.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28
UNIONISTS MAKE GAINS,
BUT LIBERALS HOPE

London. Jan. 25.-Unionists gained
another seat in the Southport division
of Lancashire yesterday and one III
Middlesex The newly elected mem
bers of parliament now stand:
Unionists, 221; Liberals, 2O2; La
borites, "a Nationalist, 50.
Liberal leaders are exhib iting a
more hopeful spirit. Winston Spencer
Churchill at Pool, last night claimed
that the liberals would return to power
with n ajority practically as great as
Salisbury ever enjoyed.
The unionists continue to derive
satisfaction from the enormous de-
creasing Liberal majorities.
The Lib erals are showing thankful
ness for small mercies and welcome
day without series Of Unionist gains
as an eminently hopeful sign.
Premier Asquith and Chancellor
Lloyd George, in their speeches last
night said they were convinced that
the government would have an ample
majority to carry through the Liberal
program. Realizing the difficulty OF
carrying out it's complete program
while dependent upon the support OF
the Nationalist vote, it is reported
that the government will suggest that
the reform of the house Of lords be
undertaken by a conference Of the two
parties, and will further promise
modification in the spirit duties and
the license duties in the budget OF
1901 if the rejected budget is &C
cepted as the financial scheme for the
nrAsont voar
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28
FOREST FIRES OF
PAST YEAR
rorAL OF 1872 BLAZES IN
~ WASHINGTON
TIMBER.
n..,,;c and Corporations Incur Elk
nense of s5O,O13 For Protec-
t;on-Conservation Association
pocommends that Owners Be
u,de TO Remove Slashings.

-. Fires in the state OF Washing
f0i ending the national forests,
ton counted to 1872 in number for the
anlou Io0o snnohomish county leading
veal w. With 213, King county being
the i''' With 1914. Not a single life
t'ii"I lost throughout the year from
this cause. .e,+;,o fro RI indir;d
Inv and lumber companies, including
uai' o a Of three months patrol by the
tIs him. Forest Fire Association,
was 60 O1S. 1t was impossible to
was so the time the association s
epa rars spent in actual fire fighting
, .n@ that spent in patrol, mad both are
inT The expenditure by the forest SER
:. IN addition. amounted to SILL
~ Tbo Washington State Conservation
Isolation. in report on the subject.
aors further legislation is needed to
rromote forestry on private lands, both
r. encouragement and regulation.
Tho fire risk and excessive taxation,
= savs are great hindanrces to fores-
wv onerations. and among the PROPOSE
IONS is one that the state may require
rr;ratp owners to dispose Of their
ilosbinps after numbering or in other
rays to put their forests in good con-
ditiou for protection.
"Tn the earlier days. the associa-
tiop saws there existed general be-
lief that the individual could do as he
neased with his own forests, even if
his neighbours property was thereby
endangered Recently there has been
q growing sense of the individuals re.
sponsbiility to the public, and especial
" the states responsibility to the indi-
ENTHUSIASTICALLY in the matter of
forest fires.
Forest fire being one of the great
est enemies of the state-and akin to
riot or an invasion by public enemy
the executive power of the state
should be employed to the utmost limit
in their prevention and suppression.
The scenery of Washington, from the
Cascades west is, when visible, of great
value to tie state. 1t is source of
pride and pleasure to all citizens. 1t
is also great source of revenue for
all who gain by the presence of the
tourist visitors attracted to the state
subscriptions of its wonderful scenery
1.-THE summer and early autumn days
belong to the tourist-those days being
usually clear-but in Washington, after
the first two or three early summer
weeks, the scenery is hidden by the
smoke of forest fires.
The proper attitude of the private
owner is that the state should assist in
the protection of his property, which it
taxes, and that the system of taxation
should be based on sound principles,
which latter is not the case at the pres
ent time anywhere in this state. The
payment of proper tax should entitle
the owner to adequate assistance from
the state in the protection of his forests
from fire. ~
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28

and I need to be alone to think. 90.
Do meantime whatever you think BEST
I will deal with the future
johnson went back to the DOCTOR anu
said:
.1t.s very strange, but the captain
49,. o,,,+e RI have got over his anger.
{ never heard him speak so gently be-
FORE"
$50 much the better" said Ciawbon-
nv. believe me. Johnson. that man
can save US yet"
And drawing his hood as closely
round his head as possible, the doctor
seized his iron-tipped stan' ana set
out without further delay.
Johnson and Bell commenced dig
hcla In the heart Of q great
block Of ice. It was not easy work.
owing to the extreme hardness Of the
materiaI. However. this very hardness
auaranteed the solidity Of the dwelling;
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28
Roosevelt Back in June

New York, Jan. 22-Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt will sail for Naples Feb
ruary Is, on the liner Hamburg, on
her way to Upeer Egypt. According
to news received from East Africa re-
Gently, ex-President Roosevelt will ar
rive at Khartoum March Is. After
remaining two or three days in Khar-
toum he will meet Mrs. Roosevelt.
He expects to be back in the United
States June l.
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dreaded it, too, for you could have
done nothing with the men. and they
would have massacred you rather
than remain on board.
Il tried my influence on each one
separately. demonstrating and reason
ing with them. and pointing out the
dangers they would encounter, and also
the cowardice of leaving you. but II
was q mere waste Of words. Not even
the best among them would listen to
me.
ITO be continued.)
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28
WALLA WALLA FARMERS
BUY TWO MILLION BAGS

Walla Walla, Jan. 25.-Two million
sacks to be used in harvesting this
years wheat crop of Walla Walla
county were purchased yesterday blythe
Walla Walla Farmers Union from q
Tacoma firm at a contract price of
So 4S per hundred. This is said to be
the largest single contract ever let for
the purchase of grain sacks in the In
land Empire.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28
EDUCATIONAL AND
COOPERATIVE UNION

Establishment of an adequate system
of agricultural credit, better roads aud
a protest against gambling in grain by
milling and elevator interests were
some Of the subjects considered by the
meeting of the tristate convention of
the Farmers Educational and Cooper
ative Union at Walla Walla last week.
Orris Dorman, of Spokane, was the
principal speaker at the opening ses-
sion. Pointing out the benefits to be
realized by organization among agri
cultural interests, he assreted that the
farmers of the country were practi-
cally unrepresented in matters of con-
gressional legislation, and because of
this, agricultural progress in the Uni
ted States was being retarded.
Resolutions Adopted.
Asserting that under existing con-
ditions revision of the tariff upward
necessarily involves a revision of the
standard of living downward, farmers
of Washington, Oregon and Idaho, at
tending the convention of the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union,
at the close of it's three days session
at Walla Walla, took action demand
ing that tariff duties on the necessities
of life be lowered.
The delegates to the tristate conven-
ton also went on record as favoring
amendments to the national constitu-
ton providing for graduated income
fay and the election of United States
senator's by popular vote. Establish
ment of the parcels post system, better
roads and conservation Of natural re-
sources are demanded. Ship subsidies
are opposed.
That the present local option liquor
law in Washington be amended, max
ing the county the unit, was made the
subject of a resolution which passed
unanimously. and it was further urged
that the question of state wide prohi-
bition be submitted to the people Of
Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28
Copper River Road Handling Freight

Cordova, Jan. 24.-The first big
shipment of interior freight to be han
died by the Copper River & North
western railroad has left for the front,
consigned to the Kennicott mines. The
shipment consists of supplies and stock.
Many smaller shippers follow the trail
of Kennicott mine freighters, which
means the abandonment of the expen-
sive and dangerous trail over Thomp-
SON. pass.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28
woodrow Wilson Mentioned

Wiln'on, N. j., Jan. %. Woodrow
be ~. OF Princeton university, will
DEM forward by New Jersey for the
in 1o1o atlc nomination for president
en- w., This announcement was CIV
NAM ~ mere by James Nugent, chair
iss VI the Democratic state commit
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28
Milwaukee Files Intention

Olympia, Jan. 25.-The Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul has filed notice
with the secretary of state that at a
meeting in Chicago the directors or
deed the construction of a branch from
Warden, on the present main line, in
Grant county, northely and easterly
to Griffith, Adams county, forty five
miles.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28
Lone Liberal in B. c. House

Victoria, Jan. 25.-The Liberal
nartv in the British Columbia legisla-
ture has been reduced to one, John jar
dine. elected Liberal for Esquimalt,
having joined the Socialists, leaving
ii. F. Brewster alone in the Liberal
ranks.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28

Edwin, aged 8. who unwisely fon-
died his small cat overmuch apr
peared before his mother one day. his
face guilty panied and . scratch
uDou his hand. What happenod1
slne asked. Il bent the kitty litt1t
Il saad briefly. Tho Delinsae0r.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28
Convicts for State Roads

Olympia, Jan. 25.-Orders have
been wired to Superintendent G. S.
Reed at the state penitentiary to equip
and ship under guard fifty convicts to
work on the state road near Blanchard,
Whatcom county, twenty for the state
road near Lyle and twenty more for
the rock quarry camp at Fidalgo.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28
Modistes Fined $4,000

nako m York, Jan. 22.-Eight dress
"sleensn indicted for completely in the
erv . trunk smuggling of milin-
pls.s .l.rough their counsel entered
the IT, VI guilty before Judge Hough in
jud,o aieed States circuit court. Tho
600 Imposed fines aggregating $10,-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28

he wrote it. As in the controve
DR.. Cook, there is a fight in
Verne's story between two rival
explorers for the glory Of finding
the pole. In the end, as in the
present case-well you'd better
read the story.
The novel enthusiastically,
as only Jules Verne can-the
hardships and dangers Of polar
exploration, and makes clear to
the readers with what bitterness
one explorer, who has overcome
all hardships of nature, will re-
gard rival explorer who threat
ems to snatch from him the
glory Of realizing his life desire.
There is a surgeon in this story,
the efficient aid to the chief of
the party, just as DR.. Cook was
Peary's brave and efficient aid
before their friendship was
broken.
In rapidity Of action and te
of the great French romancer
himself wrote, and by few s
others.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28

Jules Verne's thrilling and fasci-
mating romance, Finding the North
Pole" is one of the great literary
masterpieces, and should at this
time be of particular interest in
every home. Verne wrote it more
than a generation ago, as a story,
thing Of fiction. But it has come
true on him. Just as his 'sTwenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea-
came true in the submarine, and
his "Round the World in 40 DavsO
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-01-28

mas accomplishment
and gifted
much in DETAIL
he wrote it. As in the between
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Very often We are advised to
roast" certain people or public
nuisanceS about town by our
friends who seem to lose sight of
the fact that our columns are
wide open for any legitimate COM
plant couched in parliamentary
language. Ii some of the evils
complained about are "a mtoler-
abe as represented to us, certain
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Still another ncw county move
ment is on foot. we understand,
with Andrews a. the county seat.
While we hardly think the enter
prising twin city on the q 4 W
is in great or imminent danger
of becoming the capital of a
mythical county, still that does
not relieve the taxpayers of
williamsburg from having to foot
the bill for surveyors, COM
misSionerS, etc, incident to the
experiment. Maybe when the
burden of taxation amounts to
contiscation of property the voters
of Williamsburg will awake to
the tutility of all this ruinouS
experimentation.