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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-16
SPOKANE WELL PLEASED
OVER CENSUS FIGURES

Spokane, Dec. 10.-Spokane people
are elated over the announcement by
the census bureau that the city's pop
ulation is 1O4,4O2, and that Spokane
has passed fifty-seven cities in the ten
years.
Plans are on foot to hold a monster
luncheon Tuesday noon, in celebration
Of the growth of Spokane.
Addresses are to be made by men
prominent in city affairs regarding
Spokane's phenomenal growth and her
future.
1t has been proposed to change the
famous 10000 Club" to Quarter
OF Million Club"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-16
Raspberries Now Ripe.

Ridge1eld, Dec. lot is not un-
common for Strawberries to yield g
second crop in washington, but II Is
q novelty to see ripe raspberries hang
ing on the bushes in December. ROD
ert Wilson has picked branch from
his patch, which was loaded with beau.
tiful ripe berries. Mrs. n. 8. McCon-
nell, also, has picked luscious berries
from her patch and the bushes ere
white with blossoms.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-16

in 1900 when the increase over 1880
was 375,712, or 22.2 per cent.
Population Of the counties contain
ing the principal cities are:
In Montana Cascade, 28,838; Deer
Lodge, 12,9SS: Lewis and Clark, H.
853: Massoula, 1886; Silver Bow, S.
848: Yellowstone, 1924.
Tn washington - King, 284 ,638;
Pierce, 12o,S12; Spokane. 13s.404;
Walla Walla, 1881.
No city or town statistics were is
sued for these states.
In q statement explaining the In
crease of population OF the continental
United States to 91,972,266, Director
Durand attributed the growth largely
to greater net additions through immi-
grafton.
He finds q wider disparity in the
growth of the different states iT the
past decade than for any other. The
range is from decrease of Sc per
cent down to an increase of 100 per
cent in Washington.
1.-THE states showing the lowest in
crease, falling below 10 per cent" he
said, 'are Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky,
Indiana and Tennessee, the three
northern New England states and
Maryland and Delaware.
1.-THE states showing the next high
est increase, between 10 and 20 pei
cent, include Ohio, Michigan, Wiscon.
sin, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska
Kansas. Virginia.. North Carolina
South Carolina, Georgia. Alabama and
Mississippi.
Estates which show an increase from
20 to 80 per cent are for Tue most part
the great manufacturing states, includ
ing Massachusetts,, Rhode Island, Con
necticut, New York, Pennsylvania and
West Virginia. The only other states
increasing between 20 and 80 per cent
are Arkansas and Texas.
Greatest Increase in West.
1.-The states which show an increase
exceeding 80 per cent are, with the ex
ception of New Jersey and Florida, al
in the West and make up belt com
prising one-third of the area of the
United States. South Dakota, Colo
RADIO and Utah have increased between
80 and so per cent, while North Da
kota, Wyoming, Oregon, Nevada, Cali
fornia, New Mexico and Arizona in
creased between so and 100 per cent
and Oklahoma, Idaho and Washington
more than 100 per cent.
| THE increase in the ten years, 1906
to 1910, was greater than in the pre-
vious decade in 26 of the states, Is Of
these being west of the Mississippi
river.
1.-The increase in the last decade was
I Efss than in the previous one in 1;
states, most of which are east of the
Mississippi river.
"The greatest change in growth Is
found in the three Pacific Coast states
and Nevada and New Mexico, all Of
which grew far faster in the last ter
years than in the decade preceding.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-16
Northwestern Is Fioated.

Seattle, Dec. 1.-THE Alaska Steam.
snip Company's steamship Northwest,
eln, which went on the rocks at False
BAY San Juan Island, December q
vas noated at high tide Saturday, and
p.oceeded TO Seattle under her own
steam. Extensive repairs to the dam.
aged steamer win be necessary.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-16
BUILDING Falls OFF.

Chicago, Dec. 1O-Ofnclai United
from forty-seven cities OF the o orican
states Ie 4 according to the A i. suj1d.
Contractor, show decrease asate Of
ing operations in the aesres seattle
three Der cent for November. !. o cent
showed -, q decrease Of IS per and and
while operations in San fIau sd 60 per
Tacoma fell on 4s per cent A
cent respectively.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1910-12-24
Arizona's Denouncement of Bailey

About ia" fuuuics, Joke of the year
has been the announcement of .Iuc Bail.
"y hy certain wild aud woody citizens Of
Arizona. Some gay over there asked
Bailey what kind of - constitution hr
thought should hc adopted Bailey told
him and did not >tuttcr about what hc
said. II was simply constitution such
rs a real sur" enough democrat would
frame. II LETT out thu popuistir. Sociul.
lstic and annrcListic features that are
modcrnly confused with democracy aud
then the fun began. The fellow who
asked the opinion uf the senator from
Texas felt miilcd hrcnusr hc had got
ten it and started u song whose chorus
was joined in Icy all the dynamitcrs on
that side of the tow string. II j. not
recorded that Bailey is taking it very
hard. He has sort of gotten used 10
the, anvil chorus IN his own state. In
this part icuar il stance there j. no uucS.
tiOn but that hc talked SENSE and a
brand of n that could hc understood
10y the most limtcd intelligence or the
brain of IN" genius. II was what the
democracy needed. II generally makes
us mad for somebody 10 tell uS what
ought to hc told Us, aud this j. shin.
ing proof at il, At the same timc 10
behold "A chain Of little mesquite squirts
over in Arizona attempt ing 10 chew up
Bailey for the truth he told them AT
their own request il amusing. and for
once am tempted "a forgive Joseph
for n lot of his cussednesS because of
his telling these catclaw artists what
they ought Ia have in their constitution.
II You want 10 know what the things
are he recommended look in the said Ar.
iZona constitution rs completed and n
II will be turned down by everybody
who has chance; the Bailey safe things
are not in it.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1910-12-24

removals that were not for any of the
above reasons. That the order has been
published is proof in itself that the
Mother Church is recognizing the ten.
dcncy of the times, aud, really. that the
parish priest is more nearly in touch
with the times and the needs of his 81.
pcriors. The modern priest j. an intense
student of sociology and gets closer by
of the officials higher up. who, in the
nature of things. are far removed from
the firing line. II il a blessed thing that
II j. 50. aud good step that they have
at last removed from the arbitrary con.
troll of one man.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1910-12-24

OF the common people, whether effec.
tive or not, is great So far there have
been all sorts of ideas To the end, None
have been effective. The Car of Rus.
sia, the most brutal potentate in the
world, fathercd the plan for uni ersal
peace, aud the Hague Tribunal has been
the result. II has settled many little dis.
putcs that didn I amount 10 much. An
the while the nations of earth continue
to pour money into battlcships aud mill
tafy establishments. aud the toilinp mil
lions gronn under the burden. While
they do this international peace is more
or less of a joke.
Carnegie gives his money this way be
cause Rockefeller gives il to the Bap.
tIst church, occasionally purchasing n
university just for luck. Neither has
ever showed the slightest inclination to
adapt the Golden Rule TO his business
aud accordingly humanity takes their
philanthropy as an attempt first TO pro.
pitiatc higher power and second to
place them in better light before
mankind. We have no means of know.
ing whether the first will have any eff.
feet, the second we know as little. How.
ever that may he, it is better that the
money should go that way than by the
ordinary channels of hercdty in when
II would simply bc lost to the world or
dIsSipatcd n many of the heirs of rich
men do, into far from useful channels.
The whole thing is recurring lesson
that while the uuciean dollar and the
un"lcan million is worshippcd by many
II is correctly rated by the great uni.
Ncrsal heart. Carnegie and Rockefeller
are both turning their treasure into
lines that need help, aud il is n wise man
that knows fully whether TO receive or
turn down. If there money were clean.
they would be the creates philanthrop
lists OF history. As it is they are pitiful
specimens of old manhood. trembling
before what they think is the final show
down, aud hoping aud believing that
they can seal up the doors of hell with
their gold.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1910-12-24

Illustrative of the change in present scnt.
mcnt and method. There is absolutely
no difference in the Biblical promise
now and then. People are getting 10
have more sense in it's application, and
TO realize that it has no right of undue
emphasis at the funeral of one who did
not believe in it. The modern funeral
is as brief ~ possible, song or two
and those not of the old hair.lifting sore
and a few words of the gospel. and the
clay is consigned to the clay. The
preachers no longer usurp the position Of
God Almighty as the final Judge. They
make no effort 10 turn the funeral par.
Tor into chamber Of horrors. aud 10
tear out hearts by the roots. To frivhtcn
people by series of hogics that have
no authority IN the scriptures and no
foundation in common sense People
love just ~ much now rs ever in the
history of the world. Some ties are ~
holy. They suffer when the dark wing
hides loved one in the shadows Of the
change we call death The sorrow of
the heart is kept inviolatc from the
ghoulish enjoyment of the murhidlv eur.
ious. some human grief is shown. with
out shame but there are no catnip fts.
no squalls directed towards ears that
hear not, or IT, God that must Lee
natural first of all. There are q few
flowers, but little of the elaborate set
pieces of other times. Really refined
people make their funerals ~ simple
as they possibly can They are getting
more sense aud the dcllcacy aud imp"os
sivcncss of the time are not marrcd hv
the last view the rolling clod aud
the other rlaptrap OF the "d.timr fun
cral. That II il 80 is the best possible
proof that the people are coming real.
lv to understand the infinite love that
gave nature aud life. aud under the
plan Of which when the time comes the
body returns 10 its original elements
simply aud naturally that there is moth
ing wicrd aud unspcakahlv awful in
death, that generally il brings blessed
peace and rest that most of all it should
he accepted - the brncdictiou rather
than as the corrective act Of a grm
and frowung God. After all. death i,
Just a. natural thing ~ birth. aud il
there i any grief coming ai all il should
he 'rlt n birth because we know the
game that j. called life.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1910-12-24
Still the Hand of Change

Even the ancient Mother Church has
It's changes these modern days, and one
of the most startling Of them is that of
the Pope which removes from the hands
of the Archbishop the right 10 remove
a priest from his job. lie can only be
separated from it by jury consisting
Of the archbishop aud six priests, aud
for any of the following causes: Perpct.
ual insanity; such unftncss or ignorance
as renders him incapable of performing
his duties; permanent physica! or men.
tai infrm!:ics; the animosity of the pco
pie when il renders his worn useless aud
is likely 10 continue; loss of reputation;
n hidden crime; bad admnist ration;
gross negligence continued after warn.
ings and dsohedicncc to the bishop IL
continued after one or two warnings
Many of us can remember when the arch.
bishop was n czar sure enough in the
Catholic field, and have known several
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1910-12-24
We are Going Some

Inclc sam has Just finished counting
his people. aud hc finds that in all his
possessions he has over hundred mil.
lion souls. This number j. So great that
the mind cannot conceive nor grasp the
greatness thereof. aud one can only view
the figures with wonder aud astonish.
mcnt. It's n lot of people and l'nclr
sam can now boast of having one of the
largest families in all the world. Dur.
ing IA" last ten years our populo.io
has increased more than million and
n half every year. That going some
aud III view of this astonishing increase
ihcr" seems To have been no foundation
for the alarming statements of Mr..
Roosevelt that our country was hccom.
ing drpolulatcd 10y race suicide. These
figures also rcfutc the statement of n
prominent bachelor editor Of the valley
who has shed tears because of the scar.
rity of children in 50 many of our homes.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1910-12-24

These figures will also materially lessen
thc responsibility of myriad of con.
science stricken old maids aud bachc.
lors who have pcrsistcntlv recommend.
ed the rearing of large families. The
country seems To bc safe. aud the old
maids and old bachelors may continue
tu warm their feet with hot bricks aud
mix their own mustard plnstcrs aud
shnglc their own corns, aud without
single disturbing thought of the status
of our population. our population has
increased very nicely without their aid.
aud all signs point to u coniin inucd in.
crease in spite of them.
This wonderful increase Of population
may or u may not prove n blessing 10
the nation. The stability and the pros.
p"rity of the nation depends upon the
condition, the intelligence aud the vir.
tue of the people, aud not upon the mum.
b"r Small nat ions may be- great in all
that is good IN life. aud mighty nation-
may bc victims uf tyranny aud opprcs.
sion That nation is great whose people
are happy and prosperous aud patriotic.
aud IN such nation an increase in pop
ulation adds Ia the general welfare uf
kind. Tn" increase in the popula.
tion of the United States would seem tn
indicate healthy growth aud large
degree of rontcntmeut among the pco.
pie but the indications may hc mslcad
ing. The increase in population may not
hc premcditatcd nor desired. There has
been a very large immigration To this
country during the past ten years, aud
many foreigners who come ~ our shores
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1910-12-24

compels every farmer when he buys tools
made of iron or steel 10 contribute some.
thing to the Carnegie foundation. As
a matter of fact 1t is not the money Of
Carnegie that he is giving with such
lavishness, but the money of the com.
mon people to which he has never had
the slightest moral right
Remembering these facts, aud the
man 5 industrial history. the average
American is confirmed in the belief that
the old man has become obsessed with
the idea that there is real sure enough
hell waiting for those who fail to do
their duty 10y their brothers. and thinks
that he can lodge what is coming to
him by using mis- fortune for mankind
while the light still shines for him. 1t
will not bring back the hundreds of
lives that went out in various steps ia
the stecly path, it will not make up for
the squalor aud misery and sin that
have hung forever on the homes of the
toilcrs whom he and his Kind have
ground down 10 the last possible cent
of wages, twill not Justify the millions
he and they have spent in corrupting
legislatures, some Of the press, and a
portion of the church which
teaches that whether we will or not We
are our brothers keeper.
Withal it is n curious situation. that
of Carnegie. His libraries are all over
the country, in fact the sun never goes
down on them. They are stately struc.
lures, splendidly equipped The world
over only small part of the people ever
cross their doors while they throng to
Libraries \ great majority
of the commonalty know little of the
history of Carnegie. hut that little is
sufficient TO make them instinctivclv
turn away. The buildings are munici.
pal ornaments nice places for pink teas
and women 5 club meetings. but taking
the call into consideration they fail NJ
terly of the real purpose of the library.
!, - =. because the great common heart will
iro, none of Carnegie.
Fnegie institute. which has re-.
he s32.o0o,a0G, and having for
""Aeurct the encouragement of mvcsti.
'''e"n, research and discovery showing
'nv application of knowledge 10 the i'm.
,rovcmcnt of mankind and the proyis
ion of such buiIdings Inhurutnrtns
books aud apparatus as may bc needed.
stands today practically studcntlcss.
while the ordinary colleges have dini
'ultv in accommodating the thousands
who ask for admission The deep field
IF science stands outside. The STAFF Of
real genius puts in its time On indie.
pendent Investigations so as 10 meet
he approval of the man who signs the
'hecks. As for the real good the inst.
ute does. II is nil.
Whether thi, latest effort of Carns
,ie "a reach the heart - the W. IT,. e,
ioIng something to stop the awful crime
# war will hc at any effect remains 10
'e seen. Money can do mucn. Carucg
g thinks II can DO ANYTHING. I'll, pet
dca in this connection L. for the uuitcd
states and England to throw in together
rnd police the world compelling peace.
II Is a great scheme. Any plan that
aim, 20 abolish the ccutury.old burden
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1910-12-24
No Mourning at the Funeral

One of the most notable things about
the funeral of Mother Mary Baker
Eddy was the fact that thc usual cvi.
dcncc of human aiiGf were ~ .ssing. II
was not hecausc the great conan who
sleeps Is not mourncd for she il as few
| IN the history oI the country. but be.
cause II was her desire that the change
should hc accepted in the proper spirit
which l. certainly that death is lust ~
natural u thing as birth. II anything
IL should Ice the occasion for quiet ioy
for II means the passing 10 a better
world than this, the laying aside Of
th" body of flesh that is bcsct with
pain from the beginning This is the
real philosophy of the ages. aud true.
though il i not always possible for us
to apply 1t, even under the spur of in.
tclligcncc. Customs change. II j.
changing in the right direction.
The ud.time funeral was certainly
as grcwsomc rite as the human mind
can conceive OIL Most of you older ones
remember. 4 number OF the mourncrs
among the women, were depended on
10 throw several fits during the cere.
mony and were never recreant To the
trust. Occasionally they tainted. Al.
ways they made things interesting. The
preachers helped out all they could. In
the funeral Grafton they faithfully
bored for water, when they were not
telling of the certainty of hcllirc aud
birthstone aud the exceeding doubtful.
ness of the proposition aS 10 whether
81 not the good deeds of the dear de.
parted had been sufficient to lift him
out OF the frying vat. II was an aveng.
ny God that they pictured father
that had difficulty IA forgiving the
tranSgressious Of his wayward children.
and whose chief reliance was a course
Of sprouts for everybody that made "A
slip from the straight and narrow path.
Their pictures Of hell with few saul.
lions Of innocent babies in the back.
ground, and exceeding discomfort for a.
concerned, usually scared the children
into Mortified silence aud made every.
body concerned as unhappy as they pos
slbly could hc. The mourncrs spent all
the money they could possibly spare on
the funeral, aud for several months
there were great Eohs of gloom about
all parties TO the ease. There was abso
lutrly no hope for sam II hr had real
~ escaped going TO he'll it was by n
mighty narrow margin, so narrow that
II was a lesson 10 all unrcdceme2. An
of the time from the wake to the grave.
side things were dragged out into a per.
iod of torment for those who really had
loved and whose feelings were that
death wa sacred while natural
thing and that while their minds re-
coilcd at the enormity of the system
they could not do otherwise than follow
the custom and accept the well.meant
minstrntions uf their friends and some.
times strangers.
OF course, the Eddy funeral was very
much Christian Science That doesn y
spell anything to me, but its simplicity
anj its sane naturalness does. IL is II.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1910-12-24
UNCLE SAM HAS
FINISHED COUNT.
ING HIS PEOPLE
carnogie and enc world,s Peace

Deep interest attaches To the step TO.
ward the abolition of war which was TAX.
en last week in the gift by Anurcw
Carnegie to the Peace Institute of the
sum of $l0,OO0,OO0 "To hasten the stop
page of international war and TO es
tablish a world peace. - 1t is u fact
that money can accomplish much in
this world and no reasonable person will
fail Ia see in this colossal bribe for the
good of humanity full.fledged bow Of
promise. To be sure the way is not
pointed how this vast treasure is 10 be
used, or rather the income of il. which
amounts 10 n half million dollars a year
All of this is left to the president and
board of Trustees, which includes some
pretty hefty men. President Taft is
honorary president and among the trus
tees are many figures of great promi
nence. Elihu Root is the active presi.
dent and he is supported by Nicholas
Murray, Joseph y. Choate, great author.
tiles ON international law; Charles W
Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard
University; John W. Foster. former see.
rotary Of state; James h. Slayden. con.
gressman. San Antonio. Tex: Andrew
ID. White. former ambassador TO Ger.
many; j. q. Schmidclapp, railroad mag.
nate, Cincinnati; Charlemagne Tower.
former ambassador To Germany and Rus.
IN o 4 ~.
key; Senator John sharp Williams of
Mississippi; George W. Perkins. the
great New York fnancier and Others of
lesser strain.
OF course the most interesting thin
on the surface of this matter is the q
i9g Of Andrew Carnegie. This :" {
S32. .OO0.o0O IN all that he has Civ
the institute. aud rounds out his
distributions 10 more than SlsC
600, counting libraries and every
else II il a matter of common Know
ledge that he has not yet given away
half of his fortune, according to the
plan hc announced twelve Years ago.
The average man has utterly no faith
in the purity Of the motives of Andrew
Carnegie. In the nature of things he
cannot have any belief in him. know.
ing as they do that he acquired his vast
wealth from that. interest which he said
should be stripped Of its tariff after he
had got his. and that every year for de.
cades he has committed perjury when
the tax assessor came around, paving
comparatively nothing toward the main.
tenance Of the government which has
protected him. To be sure he has paid
more in taxes than most other million.
aires, but the fact remains that he has
never made an honest rendition ia his
life and that the accumulation of such
u vast treasure would have been impos.
sible without a system of revenues that
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1910-12-24
CARNEGIE GIVES 9Q,0OQ,00O
FOR UNIVERSAL PEACE

DESTINATIONS Grief Absent
At the Tomb of Mother
Mary Baker Eddy-Be-
lieve It Should Be Occa-
sion of Quiet Joy.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1910-12-24

Continued on third pagr)
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-05-02
ooERMANY speNcs seco ooo coo
FOR NEW WARsHiPs
Fatherland Aims to Wrest Supremacy
Of the esa From England.

LONDON, March 26.-Germany's
navy act of 1900 fixed the battleship
strength Of the feet, at thirty-eight
vessels. which were to be completed by
1916. |. also provided that fourteen
large armored cruisers should be in
commission by the same date. In 1906
a fresh navy act was passed by the
Reichstag its most important feature
being an addition Of six large cruisers
to the standard fixed in 1900. In 1907
the navy act of 1906 was altered, the
size and cost OF the twenty large
armored cruisers to be built being In.
creased.
Baslng his statements upon the
foregoing facts. Colonel Gaedke. the
naval critic has written an article in
the "Berliner Tageblatt' in which he
points out that Germany is creSing
fleet ont Of thirty-eIght battleships,
as provided by the navy act of 1900,
but of hfty-eight battleshlps, the
twenty large cruisers being equivalent
In size and strength to first-class bat
tleships He also asserts that the
German armament policy has APP
parently abandoned the principle that