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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-11
COUNTY PLANS TO END
OFFICIAL TIMBER CRUISES.

Olympia, March 5.-A plan designed
to find the exact value of timber lands
without the county having to meet the
large expense of expert cruisers has
been evolved by Deputy Assessor
Frank V. Donnelly, OF Thu ;ston com.
ty, and approved by the assessor and
members of the State tax commission
With rare exceptions nowadays 10
timber lands are bought without a
cruise having first been had, it is said,
and in consequence somewhere are
records of the cruise of every acre of
ton or private ownership.
Contending that there is no more ne
cessity for the counties to go to the
expense Of hiring cruisers, when ex-
act cruises exist, than there would be
to hire specialists 10 make up list of
owners of bank stocks instead of TAX
ing the bank report, Mr.. Donnelly sug'
gested that the proper officials call
upon all owners of timber lands in this
county to report in detail what their
cruises show the lands to contain.
Mr.. Donnelly said: "In the event
any of the owners, corporate or other
wise, fail or refuse to make the re-
port we ask, have assurances that
the members of the State tax COM
mission will aid us in summoning the
persons to be present, bringing the
cruise books, that they may be exam
ined under oath as to their holdings"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-11
STATE LEASES FRUIT
FARM NEAR FERNDAlE.

Bellingham, March Z. = The State
has leased the farm of DR.. w. A.
Thornton, near Ferndale, for three
years, and Mr.. Sparks, chief demon
strator of the State College at Pull
man, will be placed in charge for the
purpose of giving practical demon
stration of the value of scientific meth
DDS in fruit growing.
DR.. Thornton has been student OF
horticulture for many years, and his
farm has on it seven or eight hundred
fruit trees. The State will begin with
these, and the first work will be dem
onstrations of scientific methods OF
pruning and spraying, cultivation by
modern methods, and later in the sea-
son, proper methods of picking and
packing fruit for the market will be
taught. The work will be done under
the direct supervision of Prof. Thorn
ton, who is expected here next week.
Any one who is interested is invited
to profit by observation OF the work
done by the States experts.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-11
Answers to Farmers
From Experimental Station Pullman, Washington

Cashmere: "How should l treat
trees that have been winter-injured?'
whenever we find that winter-in-
jury has resulted from freezes during
the past winter months, it is essential
that the trees should have proper at
tention if their usefulness is TO be pre-
served. Assume, for instance, that
trees are injured on February 20. We
would not cut them off entirely. After
growth starts in the spring, usually
during May, you can tell about how
far down the injury is going to be ef-
fective. Then cut back to good, live
wood where buds are beginning to
grow, and shape the framework up.
"This is point in orchard manage
ment concerning which we are very
careful. Five or six years ago the
peach trees in Charleston, Wash, were
winter injured. A man who had been
enormously informed in the matter,
and did not understand trees or plant
life, told the people to cut the injured
trees off at the ground Immediately
after the injury. AS result, most of
the roots died. The trees which
were only headed back and treated as
indicated came along in good shape"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-11
FARM DEMONSTRATION
TOUR BY STEAMER

A steamboat farm demonstration
tour through the island and Sound re.
gion of Western Washington is
planned by the Pullman State College
authorities for the spring months, If
terms can be made between the col
lege and the steamboat companies.
The demonstration trip as planned
includes the coast towns of San Juan
island counties, and on Puget Sound
above Tacoma to Shelton; also Wash
on Island points, and points on the
mainland located on navigable streams.
Three weeks will be required to make
the trip. An electrict light plant will
be installed on the boat as a model
Thanksgiving plant, as well as spray
ing outfits, model poultry houses, a
dairy herd, trees for demonstrations in
pruning, and a great variety of other
farm and orchard paraphernalia.
Several steamship owners have ex-
pressed their hearty approval OF the
plan," said Prof. r. w. Thatcher, VINO
is now at work on the proposed DEM
onstration rip. "The general purpose
is the same as that of the demonstra-
ton trains which we have heretofore
conducted with the cooperation of the
railways"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-11
Statement SHOWS TAXES
FROM VARIOUS COUNTIES

Olympia, March 5.-AH counties IN
the State paid an aggregate OF $a.6Ol''
445 taxes in the State treasury In
cash in 1909, according to statement
prepared for the tax commission by
|Bookkeeper Melgard of the State au'
|ditor's Office. The statement was 70
meet a recent assertion by q King
county official that that county PAID
Al per cent. of State taxes.
The Melgard statement shows tnat
OF this amount paid last year, 1884,.
COZ. or not quite rs per cent, came
from King county; $365,445 from
pierce county, or fraction more than
10 per cent, and $359,592 was paid
by Spokane county, tribe under IL
per cent.
During the same year under the
barefoot boy school law these coun'
ties received back from the common
school funds alone, not counting dis.
bursements from other State funds:
King county, $5O5,oOo; Pierce county
s247 1913: Spokane county. $274,S6S.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-11
TO TEST ALFALFA AS
FEED FOR WORK HoRaEa

State College, Pullman, March g.
With the coming of spring and the be-
ginning of operations on the college
farm, an experiment will be undertak.
en- by the station staff to determine
the feeding value of alfalfa hay in
different combinations for work horses
According to the statement of Prof
w. T. Mcdonald, animal husbandman
for the college, the experiment is en-.
|tlrely new, not only at the college. but
In experiment station work in the Unit.
ed States.
I'VE want to find out whether alfal.
ia can be combined with grain feeds
to make a satisfactory ration for work
horses from which we wish to obtain
satisfactory results" explained Prof.
Mcdonald. Alfalfa is very high in
protein. Where it is fed to work
horses, and the nitrogen in the exces.
slve protein has to be thrown off by
way of the kidneys, kidney trouble is
caused, which is very annoying.
I'm the Southwest they use alfalfa
hay for horses, but work in corn with
it, which is low in protein, and makes
balanced ration. Our farmers of the
Pacific Northwest, however, do not take
so readily to corn. Timothy would
balance alfalfa nicely, but it is coming
TO be very expensive, often selling at
$40 per ton, where alfalfa is only a
fourth as high. Timothy and oats
make good combination, but oats are
nigh in protein, and will therefore not
go with alfalfa if kidney trouble is to
be avoided. Barley, which is rather
low in protein and high in carbohy.
drates, can probably be worked in with
alfalfa in some way. The problem is
one of very great importance, for al
falfa is the natural hay for a large part
Ct the State, if it can be used with good
results"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-11

them. He told the committee he had
not the slightest doubt that Peary dis
covered the pole and never had any
even before he saw the proofs. He
submitted to lengthy questioning and
answered many interrogations about
the Peary dash for the pole.
He told of the tidal observations
that Commander Peary had sent back
to the department from time to time
which, he said, we're of great value.
He claimed Peary went two miles past
the pole to make sure that he was at
the extreme top of the earth"
It was stated by Prof. Gannett that
any scientist VINO knew his business
could remain in Washington and Tx up
astronomical observations and instru-
ment records such as q man might
make at the pole. These could not De
told from the genuine, it was acknowl-
edged.
Representative Alexander of New
York was present as the personal rep
resentative of Mr.. Peary and told the
comm 'ttee that the latter would be
glad to have the committee examine
the records. but he would have to see
Mr.. Peary again and learn whether
he would consent to have them pup
lished.
The committee will lake up the SUD-
ject again next Tuesday and II MT.
Peary's proofs are submitted. sclent-
lists will be present to examine tneM
on behalf of the comm 'ttee.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-11
AN OBSCURE BErErAcroR.
William Henry Dallfnger Fitted -
Rank With Great Scientists.

william Henry Dallfnger Fitted -
Rank With Great Scientists.
Many men receive extended obituary
notice who deserve it far less than
did modest and unpretentious Meth
odist minister who died in England
few days ago. The name Of William
Henry Dallinger has not been greatly
trumpeted about, but it was borne by
man who is entitled to be ranked
among those scientists of the past gen.
GRAFTON who contributed materially and
much toward the entertainment of
truth. and especially of that truth
which Is of greatest fascination and
importance-the origin and nature Of
life, the New York Tribune says.
Dallinger became especially interest
ed In this subject about forty years
ago, when the old controversy over
spontaneous generation was revived,
with Bastian and TyndalI as opposing
protagonists.
While he stood in the background
his researches and observations were
" AASS1AAoOAC advantage CO 1yuOdll,
and, indeed, to all scientists, both in
the direct result of his laboratory
work and also in the great impetus
which he gave to the improvement of
microscopic lenses. His painstaking
investigations, which extended through
many years, confirmed in the most con.
vincing manner the conclusions of Pas
teur and Tyndall that spontaneous
generation was myth and that all
life must come from pre-existing life.
It was Pasteur's demonstration of
that fact which inspired and enabled
Lister to establish antiseptic surgery.
From the reafirmation of it by Tyn-
dali and equally by Dallinger, has pro-
ceeded our whole system of antibac-
terial sanitation and therapeutics. And
every triumph of mosquito netting
over yellow fever and malaria, of the
water boiler and filter over cholera
and typhoid, and of the rat trap over
bubocic plague proclaims the vast
benefits to the human race which have
accrued from the painstaking labors
Of these searchers after truth.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-11
GRAND JURY cENSURES
SOME SEATTLE OFFICIALS.

Seattle, Wash, March Z. - Mayor
Miller and Chief of Police Ward were
censured severely by the King county
grand jury, which adjourned Saturday
after 80 days of sessions.
The grand jury in it's final report to
Superior Judge Ronald says that
Mayor Miller has practically ignored
and cast aside as waste paper the laws
forbldding women to loiter in saloons
and to habitually drink with men in
such places, also the law regarding
the sale of liquors to minors and intox-
icated persons"
The grand jury says in regard to
Chief of Police Ward: ''The evidence
submitted to us justifies us in saying
that the city of Seattle needs a new
chief of police and that this is a pre-
eminent necessity"
New Chief Needed.
"The police force needs reorganiza-
ton. The city council has the power
to license saloons and revoke saloon Ii
censes. Most of the evil connected
with graft by the police are in or
around saloons unlawfully conducted.
Stairways exist connecting barrooms
with sleeping apartment, lodging and
rooming houses, and prostitution, with
the knowledge of the police, is carried
on and liquor unlawfully disposed of.
The city council has power to stop
this in the city, and they should be
held responsible for not doing it."
The report cites that the police have
been tipping off, the contemplated
raids of the prosecuting attorneys Of
flee and advised all of the residents of
the old restricted district to be careful
while the grand jury was in session.
During the session of the grand jury
just closed evidence was presented
which showed that patrolmen were re-
ceiving tribute from unfortunate wo-
men. From this evidence five mem
bers of the police department were in
dicted.
Fifteen Indictments Returned.
The report of the grand jury censur-
ing the mayor and police chief was
submitted following the return of fif-
teen indictments against the proprie-
tors of Seattle cafes, alleging that
their places are immoral.
Chief of Police Ward resigned two
weeks ago to become manager of a
large hotel of which he is one of the
owners, and in accepting his resigna-
ton Mayor Miller pronounced a eulo-
gy upon him as an efficient officer. The
five policemen indicted by the grand
are in active service, having been re-
leased on bail.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-11
Opposes Canadian Navy.

Ottawa, Ont, March 5.-"Canada
has no more need for navy than
man has for a buffalo overcoat, said
C.. A. Magrath, member of parliament
for Medicine Hat, Alberta, in the COM
mons in a speech on the naval bill.
He regarded the proposition to build
a Canadian navy as a yelled step to-
werd the ultimate independence OF
canada as a nation, separate from the
motherhood, against which he was op-
posed. Separation of Canada from the
motherland, he declared, meant aD-
sorption by the United States.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-11
NOT TO BE MENDED.


Charles Dickens once wrote to a
friend, II have distinguished myself in
two respects lately. l took a young
lady, unknown, down to dinner, and
talked to her about the Bishop of Dur
hams nepotism in the matter of Mr..
Cheese. I found she was Mrs. Cheese.
And expatiated to the member for
Marylebone, thinking him to be an
Irish member, on the contemplate
character of the Marylebone constitu.
tion, and. the Marylebone representa-
| tive"
Two such .mishaps in one evening
were enough to reduce the most brill
liant talker to the condition of the
three inside passengers Of London
bound coach, who beguiled the tedium
Of the journey from Southampton by
discussing the dement's of William Cob
bett, until one of the party went so
far as to assert that the object of their
denunciation was a domestic tyrant,
given to beating his wife.
Much to his dismay, the solitary
a silent listener, remarked:
Pardon me, sir, kinder husband
and father never breathed; and ought
to know, for l am William oobbett's
WIFE"
Mr.. Giles of Virginia and Judge
Duval of Maryland, members of Con-
gress during Washington's administra-
ton, boarded at the house of Mrs.
Gibbon, whose daughters were well on
in years, and remarkable for laxative.
ness
When Jefferson became President.
Duval was Comptroller of the Treas
ury, and Giles Senator. Meeting ons
day in Washington, they fell to chat
ting over old times, and the Senator
asked the Comptroller If he knew what
had become of that cackling old maid,
Jenny Gibbon."
."She is Mrs. Duval, sir" was the un-
expected reply.
Giles did not attempt to mend mat
tiers, as a certain Mr.. Tuberville ul- :
wisely did. Happening to observe to a
fellow guest that the lady who had
sat at his right hand at dinner was
the ugliest woman he had ever beheld,
the person addressed expressed his re-
greet that he should think his wife so
81 have made mistake" said the
Mortified Tuberville., II meant the
lady who sat on nv left"
well, sir, she is my sister"
This brought the frank avowal: "It
can't be helped, sir; for II what you
say be true, confess l never saw
such an ugly family in the course OF
nv life"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-11
COMMITTEE SAYS TO PEARY,
mo PROOFS, NO REWARD!"

Washington, D. c., March Proofs
OF Commander Peary's discovery OF
the North Pole caused row in the
subcommittee of the House commit
tee on naval affairs.
Two members of the National Geo
graphic Society appeared before the
committee with copies of Peary's
proofs to urge the granting of suit
able reward by Congress, but the com
mittee declined to receive them in con-
fidence, and has made it known that
unless the Peary proofs are forthcom-
ing to their full satisfaction, every bill
introduced to reward the discoverer
will be pigeon-holed.
Three members of the committee
were in favor of receiving the Peary
proofs without making them public.
Representative Macon holly objected
and after declaring his position stalked
angrily from the room
Threaten Exposure in the House.
81 am against any legislation in the
dark" Mr.. Macon sharply told the
committee. Furthermore, If this
committee decides in favor of Peary
without inspecting the full records and
making them public will expose the
whole business on the floor OF the
house or in statement to the press.
If we reward Mr.. Peary, the American
people have a right to know wha. we
are rewarding him for
Prof. Gannett of the coast and geo.
detic survey and one of the members
of the National Geographic Society,
which accepted Peary's proofs, would
not let the committee have the proofs
for public purposes, because he wanted
them for use in newspaper and mag
azine articles.
The professor had with him copy
IF the proofs, but declined to submit
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-11
Choice of Early Apples.

Vernon, B. c.: Il want to plant out
an orchard for home use that will COM
mence bearing early in the season and
continue during the season, with early,
middle and fairly late varieties. What
should plant? j. B."
''If we were planting an orchard for
home use, desiring some early apples,
our first choice would be for the Vel
low Transparent. That, at least, is
what l think about it personally. l
consider that this is the best early ap-
pie that we grow. There are other
varieties week or SO earlier, but I
would place the Yellow Transparent
for British Columbia. In selecting
your Yellow Transparent, bear in mind
that there are twenty-five varieties
that look like the Yellow Transparent,
SO be sure you get the right thing.
"My second apple would be the
Dunchess. Another, which by many is
considered better, is the Williams Fa-
vorite. Don't get the Williams EARLY
Favorite, or Williams Early. In the
last year book of the department of ag-
riculture you will find this apple de-
scribed as one of the new valuable
sorts. We have tree on the college
farm which is 16 years old. In Maine
and Vermont the fruit has been grown
for forty years, so after all, the apple
is not SO very new. It is valuable
red apple. All points considered, we
would give it second, even over the
Duchess.
GAS third apple for you, one to
come little later on, would suggest
the Duchess of Oldenburg. 1 do not
think it absolutely necessary that you
have the Williams Favorite. Your in
dividual taste could decide that. Other
apples in the home orchard for early
use are the Fameuse and the Snow
apples. These will pass nicely to the
Gravensteins, and the Gravensteins to
the Kings. This gives you fine line
of early apples. would recommend
these for all sections"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-11
INCREASE IN
COST OF CITY GOVERNMENTS.

Washington, D. c., March EN- the
United States Census Bureaus special
annual report for 1907 on the statistics
of 1853 of the largest cities, which is in
press, it is shown that the per capita
running expenses of the government in
148 of the largest cities increased from
$13.36 in 1902 to 1851 in 1907. There
has been a progressive increase in
nearly every department of the govern
ment. The per capita increase in the
fire department was from $1.33 to
$161; in the health department from
% cents to 20 cents; in charities and
correction from sc cents to s1.O6; and
in education from 1885 to $4.70.
Of special interest in a comparison
of the general expenses of the cities
are payments for the maintenance of
the health department. In several cit
les the state maintains dispensary
or health bureau, but in most cities
nearly all the expense of the care OF
the public health is borne by the city
alone. New York paid 1851, $50 for
the maintenance of its health depart
mOut, Oh IlOI0 Iudu OLA IiiAOo 1' MUM
as any other city. The other cities
paying more than 100000 for the
maintenance of this department were
Chicago, S261,614; Philadelphia, $685.
7O9, and San Francisco, $240,19S.
Cities of over 100000 population
with notably small payments for their
health department were: Detroit, $780,
/ S7; Milwaukee, $40,417, and Buffalo,
s44.358. In the smaller cities the large
expenditures of Los Angeles and Oak
land, CAL, reflect payments for the
suppression of the bubonic plague.
The payments for schools, libraries
and art galleries of the cities consid-
cred were 1916 per cent. of the total
running expenses of the government.
OF the cities of over 100000 population
the percentage spent for education was
highest in Cleveland (Ohio), 33.1; in
cities of from 100000 to 100000 popu-
|lation the highest percentages were in
Scranton (Pa.), 51.5, and Seattle,
(Wash.), 1852; in cities of from $4,000
to 100000 population, in Salt Lake
City, 48,2, and Des Moines Qowa),
46.3, and in the smaller cities. In To-
peka (Kan.), 54.5, and Lincoln (Nebo,
53.5. Payments for OUTLAWS are not
included in the above computations.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-11
AUX THOMAS c, PLATT
PASSES AWAY SUDDENLY.

lier D., iorK, March 6.-Thomas Col
ator So formerly United State SEN
Years on New York, and for many
politics natlonal figure in Republican
The ana, uieo at 3:45 this afternoon in
Abele enent OF Mr.. and Mrs. Gustave
whom VI vi West Eleventh street, from
the last had rented three rooms for
been b;a iour years. Mrs. Adele had
said thu aui Auterbridge, his physician.
ehronio me cause of his death was
and acute Bright's disease.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-11

Blaine: what are the best crab
apples for general orchard use!
&c. B. D."
"The General Grant crab is a good
red one. The best yellow one is the
Yellow Transient. The difficulty of u.s.
ing the Hyslop, which is largely rec
commended and planted, is that it is
very much subject to apple blight We
avoid the Hyslop as far as possible.
If you want something between a crab
and common apple, the Whitney No.
20 is good. This variety is called a
crab at times, and also an apple. The
Sweet Bough is good sweet apple,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-11
Admiration Starts for switchmen.

Chicago, March 5.-The wage aus
pute between the Switchmen's Union
of North America and eight RAILROADS.
involved in the controversy was yes
terday taken up by board of arbitra-
ton as provided by the Erdman act
After both sides had outlined their
plan of testimony the board adjourned
until next Wednesday.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-11
Pears for Yakima Valley

W emilia valley.
Ioppenish: Can you name a better
pear than the Winter Nellis to plant
with the Bartlett in the upper Yakima
Valley? n w"
- do not know whether you want a
winter pear or not. However, would
ADVISE you to carefully study the Win.
ter Bartlett. Watch it, for it is a new
pear Put few scions on your trees
at hrst, and try it out. 1t is worth
considering. It would be all right as
pollenizer for the Bartlett. If you
want an early winter pear, with the
winter Bartlett, would name the Co.
mice, though it is not heavy bearer.
1t is late coming into bearing, requir.
ing about seven years. Heavy summer
pruning on it will bring it to bearing a
little earlier"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-11

Anoloeists for the late Leopold say
he kept his promise to his mother
never to sign death warrant. Per-
hans he didn't count those poor Congo
natives, who were tortured, MANNED
ana murdered, but humanity does.