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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
MOVEMENT TO RESTRICT
POWER OF LORDS BEGUN

London, April 1.-The official oppo-
Siuoh amendment to Premier Asquith's
resolutions on the veto power of the
DouSe OF lards, was moved in the house
W VI. commons by Sir Robert Bannatyne
.Hniay' Winston Spencer Churchill,
.ne mouse secretary, declared that the
-. ..le LOT action had arrived. "Since
cue lords have used their veto to af-
an on' the prerogative of the crown
~ u nave invaded the rights of the
oOlllions, he said, ut has become nee
nsSafy that the crown and the COM
tbo S' acting together, should restore
W. odlance of the constitution, and
bo S.iicI forever the veto power of the
mouse of lords"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
BICYCLE MOTOR CAR.


A most extraordinary two-wheeled
automobile. designed on the principle
of a bicycle" bicycle which drew at
tention in England twenty or more
years ago, has been built in London
and sent to this country for exhibit
ton.
1t consists Of couple Of large solid
tired wheels, connected by an axle from
which hangs platform suficing for
the engine, which is at the rear, Is Of
the single-cylinder type and develops
four and half horse power. The
countershaft lies parallel with the axle
OF the vehicle, and on the ends are q
pair OF roller chains driving sprockets
that engage with the wheel hubs. The
steering is accomplished by an ordi-
nary auto steering wheel, which act
yates wires that move friction discs
between the sprockets and the wheel
hubs, the drive being released from
one wheel or the other to effect a turn.
The chief feature of this remarkable
type Of machine is the cheapness with
which it can be built and the lack Of
vibration that results from the use Of
large wheels. The seat for the driver
and passengers rests just over the
axle.-Popular Mechanics.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
REVOLUTION WILL CONTINUE /.
SAYS U. S. SENATOR CLAPP

Washington, April ASKED to char
acterize the present. situation within
the Republican party, Senator Clapp of
Minnesota said:
ct is revolution having for it's ulti-
mate aim the restoration of power to
the people, and to that extent taking it
away from privilege. The movement
is not new. 1t has been under way
for number of years, and it will con.
tinue until it's purpose has been accom-
plished. What has recently taken
place IN the House IS but single man
Hesitation of it. 1ne entire country is
aroused, and the agitation will con-
tinue until the right prevails"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
BURNED PAPER MONEY.
Source of Great Profit to the Govern.
ment and Banks.

Source of Great Profit to the Govern.
ment and Banks.
At the redemption windows of the
treasury and of the subtreasuries of
the country any silver coin that has
not been mutilated willfully and which
still is recognizable as from the minis
of the United States will be redeemed
at face value, this in spite of the fact
that the silver in the worn coin may
not be worth half its face value. AS
to gold coin, the government stands
only small portion of the loss from
abrasion; but, according to weight,
these worn gold coins always are re-
deemable.
In the case of the paper currency
two-fifths of note must be presented
if it shall be redeemed or new note
issued, and no matter what the evil
dence may be as to total destruction
of this paper currency, the govern
ment regards it as the holders indi-
vidual loss with which it is no further
concerned. Fire may melt $1,000 worth
of silver coins and it is worth it's
metal value. It may melt $1,000 in
gold coins and the mint will pay
s., 900 in new twenty-dollar gold pieces
for the mass But the ashes of $1,000
in paper currency Is without value.
In the thousands of fires over the
country every year involving Office
buildings, factories, business houses
and family residences an untold total
Of legal tender notes Of all kinds are
destroyed. Every piece Of such paper
lost is loss to the holder and gain to
the government or to a-pational bank.
It is a promissory note hopelessly lost
to the holder. 1t Is even more, for In
many cases an individual man might
redeem his debt obligation If he were
assured by the holder of it that the
piece of paper to which he had signed
his name had been destroyed by acct
dent and by no chance could turn up
again against him.-Chicago Tribune.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
NORTHWESTERN FARMERS
HOLDING MUCH WHEAT

Spokane, April 2.-Reports compiled
by the statistical bureau of the Spo-
kane Chamber of Commerce show that
approximately 12,450,OO0 bushels of
wheat was held by farmers in Wash
ington, Oregon and Idaho at the end
of March, as against 8,849,O00 bushels
on March 1, 1909. OF this amount
there is 100000 bushels in Washing
ton, 100000 in Idaho and 2,200,000
in Oregon. Eighteen per cent of the
1909 crop in Washington is still on
the farms against 16 per cent in farm.
ers' hands in 1908.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
New way to Swear on Taxes.


The best way Of not paying taxes
on your personal property is to swear
them of. BY swearing orr Is meant
going to the tax assessor and making
a deposition that you really don't live
where you seem to live, that you real
~ don't own what you seem to own.
and that, while you appaer to be very
rich man, you are really overburdened
by debts which you have hitherto sue
cessfully concealed. Since personal
taxes began, so many ways Of swear
ing of have been invented that the
tax authorities had come to believe
that there was no new tax dodge I'M
der the sun.
But the tax authorities we're mis-
taken. A few days ago man came
to the New York tax commissioners
and asked to be relieved of his per-
sonal taxes. II have only $780," he
said, "and that money Is in city bonds
and is being held in trust"
"For whom?' asked the tax COM
missioner.
The question was unexpected and at
first there was no answer, but the tax
commissioner insisted. Finally, In a
stage whisper, the swearer-onf explain
ed:
"The money is held in trust during
his lifetime-for my dog.'-Success
Magazine.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
RoosEvELT's POPULARITY.


Il Draws Out q Good Many Funny
Propositions.
A government official just returned
rom Nairobi, where he met Colonel
Roosevelt, is A. B. Baker, assistant
director Of the National GEOLOGICAL
park, who assembled fine collection
u animals. In an interview Mr..
Baker said: "The day l got to Mai
robi ! saw Colonel Roosevelt drive by
n . carriage wearing a well-worn
Khaki suit and a wide-brimmed felt
aat. He had come in from the wilds
Tor a rest. Kermit Roosevelt told me
ais father wanted me to take tea with
aim. / found that the colonel carried
sess weight than when he left Wash
lngton and looked as hard as nails.
His skin was about the color of saddle
leather.
Colonel Roosevelt said he thought
he had discovered, while president,
every type of folly the American peo-
pie were capable of, but he had dis.
covered a new one since he had been
IN Africa. The proprietor of every
small zoo in America had written,
asking him to send a specimen. Any
thing would do, from field mouse to
l tiger. The richest letter he had, the
Colonel added, came from a society
of hunters in New York The mem
oers wanted to give him a dinner upon
ais return, the secretary had written,
and would he please pickle, preserve
'r otherwise keep in condition a piece
If meat from every sort of animal he
had killed, so they could have them
all for dinner? 1T looks as if they
want me to give them a dinner, in
stead of letting them give me one,
was Colonel Roosevelt's concluding re-
mark. while in Nairobi saw three
wagonloads of skins and skeletons col
lected by the Roosevelt party going to
the warehouse. l heard that in one
IT the crocodiles they killed an arm
and leg Of a native had been found"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
SMUGGLING UNDEs1RAB1Es.

Clever Schemers Circumventing the
immigration Laws.
The Belgian authorities have been
advised of systematic frauds which are
being practiced against the American
immigration laws at Antwerp, Rotter-
dam, Marseilles and other ports. 1t is
alleged that certain Armenians and
other undesirables who have been de-
ported from Ellis Island have re-
shipped as sailors and firemen, by
bribery of the ships officers, arriving
at American ports as seamen. They
then desert the ships, and thus evade
the immigration authorities. These
frauds, it is stated, are being conduct
ed by band whose headquarters is at
COnstantinople, with ramifications to
all of the great European ports. They
speculate in labor, paying high prices
to secure the entrance into the United
States of aliens, whose wages they col
lect, pocketing the difference between
the actual wages paid and their con
tract with the aliens. Washington au
thorities state that although they have
been aware of the fact that aliens in
the guise of sailors are coming into
the United States fraudulently, the i'm
migration officials are unable to pre-
vent such practice. Petty officers OF
transatlantic vessels permit the enlist
ment of foreigners, and when they
reach American shores they are given
shore leave. Desertion follows and the
aliens remain. The subject will soon
be brought to the attention of Con-
gress with q view to remedial legisla
ton.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08

A university president tells of re
cent graduate of university in New
York State who engaged in fruit rails.
ing. Four years ago he devoted nine
acres to Baldwin apple trees, which
last year produced 900 barrels of ap.
pies. The expense of spraying. etc.,
was 1894, the income was $1,000 and
the net income was $1,766, or $196 an
acre. His land was valued at 5000 an
acre. and SO he got 100 per cent on his
Investment.
Another student tried his hand at
hay. He tried the growing OF timothy
and found it was ten times better than
other kinds, and is making big re-
turns on its cultivation.
Another by scientific crossing OF
strains in cattle was enabled to make
poor cattle the equal of the best.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
To Control Corporation Publicity.

Washington, April 2.-That the cor
poration tax law will be amended to
restrict the operations of its publicity
feature was virtually assured yester.
day, when the house slightly amended
a provision previously adopted by the
senate for that purpose. AS passed by
the house today, the law provides "all
corporation tax returns shall be open
to inspection only upon the order of
the president, under rules and regula-
lions to be prescribed by the secretary
of the treasury and approved by the
president"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
Heavy Customs Receipts.

oes sedltle, April 2.-The local customs
ron noe OF the United States government
ma pOItS the total receipts for last
ann n'n at $1OS,21O, the heaviest for
rooo. March in it's history. The total
OOO 'p.s OF March last year were $751;
nor. MOST of the income was on i'm
" BUSINESS from the Orient. Usual
Voc. suhe Is the biggest month of the
are III THIS business, and the officials
ume. ieooiu-oi et1Ane
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
REFERENDUM Is
PRAISED
univ TO QUERY FROM WASH
n" ,ueToN DIRECT LEGIs-
LATION LEAGUE.
..or URen, of Oregon, Gives Rea-
for Believing Plan Has Been
Successful in That state-p0''''ea'
,.: Said to Have Been Smash

cuoring the question: what
20 the people of Oregon accomplish
with the initiative and referen-
,roqo propounded by the Direct Leg
;.,otion League of Washington, State
n iSi~, William S. U'Ren, of Oregon
'..- has written the following:
Ut They have made direct primary
n,inating elections law that is much
a,oro satisfactory in its results than
- the old convention plan.
They have adopted practical meth
!, Of selecting their United States
OuS otors securing election by the leg
!SIa+rrp of the candidates selected by
-ho neople. thereby abolishing the
uroatest single source of corruption,
1oCto and confusion in the legisla-
ture.
aTbov have destroyed the political
u,ocbine and the job of the party
bosses. :,
"Thev have abolished railroad
masses within the state for public Of
fcors as well as for private individ-
ualS.
"Thev have stopped the grafters'
colo of franchises in Portland and 9TH
er cities.
"Thev have deprived the legislature
% nower TO call a constitutional con-
vpntion without the peoples approval
on referendum vote.
"Thev have given cities home rule
in charter making.
They have taught the legislature
70 respect the constitutional provision
against putting special appropriations
in the general appropriation bill.
They have added the recall to the
constitution. giving the people power
TO discharge state and local officers
who prove to be incompetent or un-
trustworthy.
They have removed the constitu-
tOnal restriction preventing proper
tonal representation and the election
bv a majority instead of plurality
vote.
They have passed laws rejected by
the legislature for taxing certain cor
porations.
They have rejected some unpopu-
lar appropriations made by the legis-
lature.
Helps Poor Man Run for Office.
They have made a stringent law
against the excessive use of money in
election; a law which is designed, so
far as money is concerned, to put a
poor man on an equal footing with a
rich man in seeking public office. 1t
limits candidates to an expense hardly
exceeding one-fourth of years sal
airy in the office sought, and the state
bears large part of the outlay in the
distribution of literature for parties
and candidates.
They have made start toward pro-
tecting and preserving salmon and
sturgeon in the Columbia river and it's
tributaries.
They are developing sense of in
dlVldual responsibility for the success
OF self-government in Oregon, such as
most men never felt when the legisla-
lure had the exclusive right to make
laws and propose constitutional
amendments.
IN addition to the above list of re-
SUITS, other measures have been Sc
cured and the people have rejected
eleVen measures, some proposed by in
i,iatlVe petition, and some proposed by
the legislature"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
A Permanent Position.

sMr. Smith," spoke up the youns
LAWYER. 81 come here as representa-
tive of your neighbor, Tom Jones. with
the commission to collect q debt due
him."
IT congratulate you." answered Mr..
Smith. ION obtaining so permanent q
iob at such an early stage in your ca
eer."-Success.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
cotton snindIes Idle.

Boston, April FIFTY per cent. OF
the spindles in Southern cotton mills
are idle, according to statistics as
sembled by the American Wool and
Cotton Reporter. Mill after mill Is
closing down entirely until new cotton
arrives or market conditions improve.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
Government Sues for Coal Lands.

Government Sues for Coal Lands.
Cheyenne, Wyo., April 1.-THE gov
eminent has filed suits in the United
States court to recover title to thou
sands of acres of valuable coal lands
in the Elk Mountain district, In Car
bon county. The suits are signed by
Attorney General Wickersham. The
land involved is said to be valued at
$1,000, 900.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08

Vancouver Barracks, Wash. April
Capt. Oliver H. Dockery, Jr., Twen-
ty-fifth Infantry, has been detailed to
make the annual inspection of the
Washington State militia, beginning
April 4. Capt. Lacey was to have
made the inspection, but he has been
detailed as adjutant to Gen. Maus.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
H.In Clean up Spokane.

Spokane, April &c. Herbert Moore
manager Of the 10000 Club, says that
more than $4,000 men, women and
children participated in the work OF
the city beautiful committee the nrst
four days of cleaning week. begin
ming March %.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
Million for Postage Stamps.

Seattle, April 1.-THE million dollar
mark in the sale of stamps was reach.
ed. Friday at the Seattle postoffice.
Postmaster George F. Russell's rec.
ords show that on the fiscal year end
ing March 81 over a million dollars
worth have been passed out at the win
dows. It is the first time that sales
have reached this figure.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
Ezra Meeker Driving Mules

Walla Walla, April Ezra Meeker
arrived yesterday on his way across
the continent marking the way OF the
old Oregon trail. Meeker has made
the trip before, but he won't be recos
nized this time, as he has replaced his
oxen with a span of mules.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
preadnauohts for France.

Paris, April 1.-The chamber OF
deputies yesterday voted to lay down
two battleships in the present year de-
signed to equal the latest type added
to the navies of Great Britain and Ger
many.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
'oo'ooo Grain Bags on Hand.

M, o" 0d9o OF uauo'
a min. Walla, April about half
t rihn.n grain bags remain to be dis
tent TO first corners at the peni-
an ANN the time for distribution by
Tbnrsaoning expiring at midnight
takon "a night. About million were
through the county distribution.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
p..etr.tinx Voice.

patience-Don't you think she has
an unusual voice?
PARTICLES.
did you hear her at the concerts
EYES,"
"What did she sing?
ooh. she didn't sing; she was IN
ora ~ the boxes" -Yonkers States
man.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
Just ~ Good.

.Haye you any postage stamps !!
..red the man entering the drug store.
~ have not" replied the druggist.
..but i've got plasters that stick just
- good .-Yonkers Statesman.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
u~- point Of View

Mother-Alice, It is bedtime. All
~ ,,ttle chickens have gone to bed.
80 alice-Yes, mamma, and SO has the
hem
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08

"That old millionaire philanthropist
Is reported to be living In the odor OF
sanctity."
mo such thing. see him riding
in a gasoline car."-Baltimore Ameri-
can
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08

We wish we were . young girl who
has lust returned from school. We
saw one yesterday, and four girls had
their arms around her.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08

f,nnortunity Is apt to dodge the man
- snends Ill his time waiting for i
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08
r..h,onable Way

az wonder how the De Swelles man
age to keep up such style. he Is sucn
a failure at business
eyes; but she is such success a.
hr,doa n-Baltimor American.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08

When q boy expresses willingness
to climb q tree to pick cherries they
ara not for his mother to put mp.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08

whether drunk or sober. some 10
arr natural born uuisance1I
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-08

for him. The family was about to DC
part, when the young daughter became
i'll and the same physician was called
in. After a weeks treatment he told
the parents that the child's ailment
was nervousness and nostalgia. Take
her home and she will be all right. :
"If she has nostalgia" said the moth
er. give me the name OF some Euro
pean expert and we will have her
cured. l have no faith in our home
physicians"
Norway is q country of vast mineral
wealth. The richest iron mines are
situated in the northern part OF the
country. as we'll as in the Trondhjem-
ske. It has been calculated that the
mines at Sydvarager contain lOO,Ooo'.
900 tons, and that the yearly produc-
ton will be 100000 tons. Operations
on these mines will probably com
mence next summer. The work at the
Observation-Disclosures mines has been
stopped for some time. but 1t Will DC
resumed in the near future, when the
Swedish method Of treating the ore
will be employed, with the hope that
the works will produce 100000 tons
a year. 1t Is estimated that the mines
in the Tromso district contain about
80 ,O0O, 900 TONS of ore. Machinery mas
lately been erected in these mines.
The yield will be about 2OO,O0O TONS
per annum. Several other mines IN
the north indicate abu ndance Of Iron
ore.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-15
Gold, Silver and Lead said to Have
Been Discovered in Paying Guam.
titles Near MerryYIIIe,

Rev. Chas. P. Tate, Christian
minister, but formerly an old miner.
has discovered cold, silver and lead
in paying quantities, in the Merry
vile locality, according to the Beau.
mont Enterprise.
Mr. Tate was in Lake Charles on
the 18th, inst, with apparent proofs
that he had located valuable deposits
of these minerals.
The gold and silver bearing ore AS
sayed 4.8 per cent geld and II per
cent silver, while the lead deposits
contained as high as 50 per cent cad,
and said to be valued at S57 per ton.
The gold and silver deposits are
known to underlay about 800 acres and
the vein is about Is feet in thickness
MIR. Tate has lease on 10000 acres
and is working for lease on another
1000 acres, after which, he saws he
will begin developing the property.
A company headed by N+w Orleans
and Galveston capitalists will provide
the necessary capital for promoting
the work.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-15

One day of last week, there we're
sever people, to our certain know.
ledge, who brought butter to Welsh to
sell or exchange for things that they
needed at the STORE, who were unable
to find sale for their produce, and
were compelled to carry it back home
or make some other arrangement for
tbe disposition of it. This is reHec-
tiOn upon our local merchants, and a
condition that is bound to work t.
their disadvantage, if it continues
The person who has to go to Jennings
or Lake Charles 10 order to market u
staple production like butter, may BE-
depended upon to do the most OF their
trading at these points. For years
the Journal has advocated the doc.
trine of patronizing home industry,
but if the merchants expect the exclus-
i've patronage of the surrounding
farming community, they will certain
~ devise methods of caring for the
poultry and dairy products OF the
farm,