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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-08

farm next door; they have 1850
White Legho ms. It is q sight to
see them fed. The man drives IN
with barrel of water an: a load
of different kinds of feed. He has
about 80 houses f r gthe", in the
same yard. but the chickens all stay
around their own houses. He feeds
wheat and mixed feed, b -,iled wheat
and meat scrap S and some green
stuff. and his chickens look fine.
HeShipped his weeks eggs yesterday,
80 dozen at 55c. per-, and said he
was doing very well as his old hens
were moaiiing. 60
never knew that ora.ges and
palms would stand frost. 1t freezes
here nearly evefynight but does not
do much harm. Oranges are not
ripe VT and taste about like lemons.
We passed through a most lovely
sountry coming down from the
mountains. 1t didn't look good
for mu h; but just beautiful big
oak trees, loaded with mistletoe and
all the shrubs were covered with
grape vines. The country was all
ups and downs, with lots Of nice
creeks and alb the trees were petty.
not just the same old thing, like the
evergeens. We could see Mt. Shas-
ia for miles and miles. It looks
fbke Mt. Baker, only more peaked.
We stopped for a week at place
called Corning There were the
dandiest palm trees along the steets
and so many olive. orchards. Did you
know that an olive is no good until
it has gone thl ough process? It
tastes as bitter as gall So many
places have walnut trees along the
roads, the black kind. We picked
up lots, but they are so hard to
crack. and pick out, fellow would
starve to death on them. At the
egg factory they have some English
walnuts. and we got big pail full
for SO cents.
Estyn's dignity is hurt all the
time, as every one in California that
travels in wagon is wagon
tramp. Our horses always give us
away so we cat buy hay chear.
All the small towns ;lave camping
grounds where Won find the s.nrn Of
the earth from negroes up, but so
far every one has been lovely to US,
so we haven't had to take to the
public camp grounds.
We didn't have any turkey yes
terday, although we were surround
ed by them. Turks are herded here
the same as sheep. There were two
Turkey Specials run through the
valley TO Frisco for Thanksgiving.
Think Of two train-loads Of turkeys.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-08
First Convention
OF Both Sexes

The cut herewith is from a flash
light photo of the first joint COM
vention participated in by both men
and women in San Juan county. 1t
,.as held at the court house in Fri
day Harbor, Nov. 81. 1911 to nomi-
nate ticket for town offices. The
men and women present were un-
animous in their choice of a ticket,
with DR.. .Capron fo- mayor to succeed
Mayor Murray, who was nominated
for councilman. E. H. Nash was
also nominated for councilman to
succeed Hon. j. L. Blair, resigned.
the women present took an active
part in the proceedings, th..ugh they
fought shy of the offices. The pho
to was taken by ]. A. Mccormick.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-08
Water Power Withdrawals

Over a million and half acres
of public land now stand withdrawn
by the government as being valuable
for the possible development of wa
ter power. During October the
United States Geological Survey
recommended the withdrawal of 3D.
422 acres as having power possibili-
ties and the restoral af 1900 acres
in i. ontana and Wyoming because
field examinations by the surve,
showed them not to be valuable for
that purpose.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-08
The Town Election

Did you vote for Nash? For
small! man he showed proligious
burst of speed, beating the mayor
by Fl votes.
What promised to be very tame
election turned out to be the us
ual whirlwind finish prevalent in this
community.
Very early in the morning it was
discovered that Mr.. Nash had been
left off the ticket He lad been
"jobbed," it was said, an4Nit was
plain enough who aid the job. So
the ever-ready sti6&er was procured
and attributed. 4ten the roundup
besan. About tw0-thirds Of the
registered vote wa, marshaled to
the polls. Frits, the town clerk,
who printed the ballots, and, his po.
Ilitical hackers were charged with
the offense. and the voters didn't do
a thing to them.
The story Of the duplicty of those
men was just what was needed to
put some spice into the election.
! Even the women rushed to the front
and electioneered ed1gfftash.
! Here is the Score.
For Mayor !.
DR.. Capron, 1913 s.
E. H. Ma sh, II
Mrs. Eliza Welch. /
For Counclmen ..3
Cahail, 129 ].
Nash, 80
Murray, 68
Groll, 2
For Treasurer
Van. E. Sargent, 126
Mrs. briggs. l
The total vote cast was 159 out Of
registration Of 203.
Town clerk Frits alleges that only
the names Of Murray and Cahail
could be legally put upon th ticket.
That Mr.. Nash was only recon-
mended to succeed Mr.. Blair by ap-
pointment of the council, and chat
he prepared and printed the tickets
himself. and knows of no job to
shelye Nash.
The town attorney, on the other
hand, states that the name of Mr..
Nash, or any additional names could
h We been put on the ticket, but the
voters could only legally vote for
two scou cilmen. Anyway those
who supported the candidacy of Mr..
Nash claim that an attempt was
made to job them, and they turned
the tables on the jobbers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-08
TO California BY
Prairie Schooner

| Mrs. j. w. Geoghegan has recevi-
ed a letter from MIR. Geoghegan'
sister, Mrs. E. M. Chalmers, former,
ly of W.s Sound with the following
Il teresting story CT their trip from
Rictfeld, Idaho, to Califol MIA BY
prairie schooner. Mr.. and Mrs
Chalmers started from Idaho ca. "
LIN October and haye tr veled 65e
miles:
II can't remember W. GR | wrote
to you last, so don't know what 10
tell you. Anyway we are III bad
now and hung up for week or so.
Our two ponie have had distemper,
and ha e been very sick, but are OH
| tie mend now but ,Asdont like to
make them travel uptil they are
well. The big horses tso far have
not got it and we pray they wont.
We are Is mil from Sacramento
and this is not a very beautiful
coun ry, but we have good barn
for the horses and that is the priE ci-
pal thing at present. All thi valley
used to be one big wheat field but
now is settled up some; locks punk,
as it is too dry to get a crop with
out summer following, and 81
varieties Of weeds are everywhere.
Where t..ey irrigate there are small
towns and all around them lively
little places, with palms, oranges
and olives in the yards, such en-
trast to the rest of the land. The
country is so different from what
/ tn ught. Everything is very high,
feed and all kinds Of food. The
Sacramento river is quite stream,
but only close to the river is real
bottom land; there they raise alfalfe
and grain, but the rest Of the valley
is dry and lots of it poor soil.
There is more good land on our
segregation in Idaho than in all of
California we have seen yet, how
ever. fruit seems to grow where
they have water. Talk about
grapes! Tley ere cheap this year
and lots Of peope never even picked
them and lots are still on the vines
| never cared much for grapes, but
thsse are so good, mostly Muscat Is,
large green ones, with a delicious
flavor.
TIE way we came to camp here
was, Estyn stopped next door. at
chicken Iarm to buy some eggs
(55c.) per ard told the man we
were hunting place to stay while
oar ponies were recovering and ne
said we could camp here. We are
always cosy enough in our wagon.
The only reason we hate to stay
here is that it rains pretty much
here in the inter and we want to
get further south where it will
be dry. Tie oonies could travel
DOW, but they have = nasty dis
charge from the nose and one hates
to be dragging long ! family with
dirty noses, however. we think tnat
will be over soon.
The weather is the same = It has
been all our trip; hot, bright days
and cold nights. Just think Only
thr wet days since Sept. e We
met some people from Oregon who
came along weat ~ the mountainal
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-08
Proposed Work in Rainier Park

The, Department Of the Interior
proposes to spend $84.500 on the
Mount Rainier National Park DUR
ing the fiscal year ending june 80.
1918. il the amount requested by
the Secretary Of the Interior is
appropriated by congress. Ibis is
an increase Of $43. 500 over the ap-
preparation for the current fiscal
year.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-04-14
NEARLY PAYS DESERT TOLL

Another has narrowly escaped a
terrible death on the desert. Last
week Frank Home and Elias Dart
while IN their way to the Home
stake mine, some forty miles
south of SearChlight, cane scross
a man nearly dead from thirst and
hunger. He vas picked up and taken
into camp where he was cared for.
The mans name has not been
ascertained, hut it was found that
he belonged to a party of three
sen out by the Smithsonian lnsti-
tute at Washington. d. G..
The party had been searching
for Indian arrows and other
marks Of the aIoriqiros in the
ncis borhoOd Of Spirit Mountain.
In their wanderings they had be-
come separated from their Indian
guide, and incidently the one man
lost track of his companions. The
man wandered aImlessly around
looking for water. and when found
had had neither food nor water for
two days, and hut for the timely
arrival of help would have soon
persisted. He was loaded dow n
with camera plates and cooking
utensilcs, to which he chung all
through his wanderings.
His companions were traced to
the banks of the liver and it was
found that they had gotten over to
Fort Mohave safelv.-SearchIight
Bulletin.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-04-14
ON THE OTHER FOOT

The editor of a local paper says
that he asked each merchant in his
town in turn to give him a little
advertising, calling attention to
bargains. In every case he was
turned down with the remark that
ad v"rtisirg in local TeIois did 70
good anyhow. The editor went
back to his office and accepted SOS
in cash from a mail order house
for space in his paper. The next
week every merchant in town com
planned bitterly of how the advcr-
tising was hurting them, but the
editor had them going his way
when he reminded them of their
remark that advertising in his
paper was no good anyway. 7Ad.
vertising does do good no matter
where 1t is and mail order houses
know il and profit by the literal
amount Of it they do.-Ex.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-04-14
ALASKA RAILROAD COMPLETED

The last spike completing the
Copper River & Northwestern rail.
road between Cordova on tide
water, and Kenneicott where the
Bonanza Copper mountain is stu
ated has been driven. Trains will
be in operation over the entire line
within two days and the first ore
will be shipped from Kenreicott
for Tecoma smclter on Monday or
Tuesday next.
Work on the railroad, which is
1877 miles long and costing S20,-
000, 1000, was begun November Is,
1907 and has been continued stead.
lily ever since with only such de-
lays as the weather made ueces
sary..
The railroad is owned by the
Alaska syndicate popularlyknown as
the Guggenheim.M Morgan syndicate
which also owns the Alaska Steam
ship company and copper mines.
II was built with the object Of
developing the rich mineralized
interior of Alaska AMI is projected
to reach FaIrbsnk' on the Youkon
When the main line is extended
from the Chitina river 10 Fair.
banks, the line to Kenncicott will
be a branch.
Construction Of the road was one
of the most remarkable engineer.
ing feats Of modern times. 1t was
necessary to bridge Copper river
diagonaly to avoid the huge Miles
and Childs glaciers which dis
! charge on opposite sides of the
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-04-14
A RARE TEN-DOLlRR PIECE

All kinds of $40 pieces. are rare
these days but Gus Ney has one
that is supposed to be worth much
nor than its face value or its
intrinsic value. 1t is a piece
coined in 1S49 and has no mint
mark on it. Some years ago a
piece like this sold in Leeds, Eng
land. for S2,275 and an article
published reg arding il stated that
there were only two such pieces of
money in the world. The coinage
of these gold pieces in lS49 was
suspended thereafter and all coins
called in by Uncle Sa m but Their
were two of these half eagles that
were cot recovered the one sold in
England and, possibly the one
owned by Ney. Gus found his
piece of money some years ago on
a desert road between Lovelock
and the nickle mine south Of that
place. Times.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-04-14
PERT PARAGRAPHS

No woman thinks she has clothes
enough.
A woman always accounts for
her enemies by saying they're
jealous.
Somehow we always envy the
man who looks comforta bic in a
flannel shirt.
II happens occasionally that a
man has so much initiative that
the boss fires him.
II is an unusual person who
can look after a side issue without
taking time from his main business.
Most men have a great contempt
for the valet until they get rich
enough to hire one for tn cmsclves.
Daughters never gets over
wondering what sort of argument
father must have put up to induce
mother TO say yes.
A very useful bird is the stork
and. not at all like jim J,nrCs or
Opportunity in the matter Of play.
ing return engagements.
There is ore thing about a fat
woman-she is ashamed of it A
man is proud of being fat. although
the facts are he looks as badly as
the woman.
a man who borrows morcy tC
buy a marriage license is putting
entirely too much confidence in the
old gag about two people living as
cheaply as one -Atchison (Kan)
Globe.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-04-14

up the correspondence and left the
Chileans nothing to stand on IN a
week. He gives the impression
that he would have been equal to
any emergency.
Mr.. Clark in now in the lime
light. The world will be able to
more correctly judge him a year
hence.
Under his genial ways, the world
has not been able to fully measure
his real power. But it must not be
forgotten that the world labored
under the same trouble with
Abraham Lincoln until he had been
President of the United States for
almost four years.-Goodwin's
Weekly.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-04-14
INSANE MAN SUED FOR BOARD

Attorneys for the government
have instituted suit in the supreme
court of the District of Columbia
to $1,000 from Frank
Healy. an inmate OF the Govern.
ment Hospital For the Insane, for
935 weeks board at the rate of
S4.25 a week.
Hcaly was adjudgcd insane and
sent to the asylum in 1898. He
was without funds and has been
cared for at public expense since
that time. Last Christmas his
brother died and left him $780,
600. He Immediately applied to
the local courts to release him from
the asylum on the ground that he
had been cared. He lost his suit
Jan. 3.
Healy intends To fight the gov
ernmcnt's ease. He says its bad
enough to he locked Up in an in-
sane asylum when he might he
joying his legacy. hut to make him
pay for STAYING there is beyond all
human endurance.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-04-14
WOMAN CAPTURES A BURGLAR

John FLAG alias Fred Miller
aged 35 years, was arrested late
Sunday afternoon by Deputy
Sheriff Shirley in tie home of J. j.
Diehl at Second and Crook streets.
while in the act of going through
Mrs. DiPhl's. trunk. Flags arres.
came on through the bravery Of
Mrs. Diehl, who, on finding the
man in her home, struck him
several times in the face, tripped
him up when he attempted to run,
aud summoned her husband to her
assistance by her frenzicd screams.
When Diehl arrived he pulled a
gun on the arrival of Deputy
Shirley.-Godfie,d Tribune.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-04-14
THREE SHEETS IN THE WIND"

What was the origin of the
phrase for drunkenness. three
sheets IN the wind?' landsman
asked a sailor the other day.
WELL" said the sailor. IN
explain that mater to you. The
two lower n of a ships sail
are held taut by two ropes, one
called a tack and another called a
sheet. The tack is always kept
very tight. but the sheet is
loOsened according to the wind,
and the looser the sheet is the
more freely the sail swings. If the
sail is quite free it's sheet is said
to be in the wind Now, suppose
that all three of a ships sails were
quite free. They would then fly
about very crafty, and the ship
would wabble. The course of the
ship would be a zigzag one and
the reason for this would be that
she had three sheets in the wind"
That, | guess, is why a mar when
he zigzags in his course is said to
be three sheets in the wind also
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-04-14

Sometime during the night Phillips
unlocked the cell door. locked the
door again to make sure his COM
panion did not escape. and calmly
walked out. The jailer. who had
made : everything fast for the
night, was quietly and serenely
sleeping in an adjoining room.
Sheriff Randall was at once
notified and the alarm sent by
telegraph to all parts of Nevada.
Carson was notified and a posse is
now out in all directions securing
the country but up to a late hour
this afternoon no trace had been
secured of him.
1t will be remembered that only
a few months ago Phillips walked
out of the jai! at Dayton, and after
several days of trailing was located
in Washoe valley. where he had
climbed a tree. He was taken
back to Dayton and a close watch
kept on him but that made no
difference apparently for he turned
the trick once more. In spite Of
close scrutiny the prisoner has
been able TO rig up some kind IT
an instrument to pick the lock, for
he made no noise whatever in
getting out this second time. He
had been arranged for trial and
the case was set for Wednesday of
this week. II was postponed be-
fore on account of the illness of his
attorney. Charles Miller. and il i.
evident that he did not care to
take CT aHccs heturc the court or
the forgery charge.
1t is not believed tina. Phillips
a clude the officers for every
avenue of escape has been guarded.
Phillips certainly holds the record
in this part of the country as d
Jail breaker for as fast a he is
lin again." he is gone again.
In case he is captured. a chain
riveted to the floor awaits him.
Virginia Chronicle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-04-14
LOGICAL THEOLOGY

A negro known as lone Eyed
Walling, was and probably is now,
a preacher in Virginia. His ideas
of theology and human nature
we're often very original. as the
following anecdote may prove.
A gentleman thus accosted The
old preacher one Sunday:
"Walling, | understand you be-
lieve every woman has seven deils.
Now how can you prove that,
l'dlike to know"
Wei sar did you ebDer read in
de Bible how de seben dcbbles
were cast out err Mary Megda-
lena?"
oh yes I've heard of that; but
what does that prove?"
Did you eber hear of 'em helm
cast out of any odder woman, sah?'
and the old man assumed a wise
look.
"No, never did"
wei den sab, de oddcrs has
sure got 'em yit!"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-04-14
CARSON MAN BUILDS AIR SHIP

John Henningsen a guard at the
state prison, has been working for
the last two or three years on an
aeorplane that he expects to be the
equal in efficiency of any now in
use.
Mr.. Henningsen has filed a
model with the department at
Washington and a patent is now
pending. He has a working model
in the prison yard now to which he
is putting the finishing touches.
1t contains a 8 h.. p. Moter and
gives every promise of being an
entire success. AS soon as Mr.
Henningscn procures his patent it
is probably that a large aeroplane
will be built as it is understood
t::at several parties are consider
ably Interested in this particular
model. Carson News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-04-14
SINGLE SHIPMENT
MADE CONSOLIDATED MINE

All former bullion shipment
records from the Consolidated mill
were broken Saturday afternoon,
when "a bars of bullion valued at
$535. 600 w1rc turned over TO the
Wells FCrRo Express company for
conveyance to San Francisco. TIE
tota. Weight Of the consignment
was 2l37 pounds. The bullion
left GOldfeld under guard Sunday
morning. The express charge
was $1,6O3.5O.
This shipment represents the
final cleanup for the month OF
March, and is undoubtedly the
largest single shipment Of bullion
ever made by any mining company.
The next largest made by the
Consolidated company was sent
out March "a, md was valued at
Sii7,500. The next best. made
about a month ago, was vlued at
1897. 600.
Since the new refinery was put
into commission. the bullion is
turned out at about 900 fine. so
that a comparatively small weight
contains a very large amount Of
wealth The new refinery is
practically It small blast furnace
smel'er, and Is about as near
perfection in finishing up the
product Of a mill as IL would be
possible to attain. Tribune.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-04-14
AN INVETERATE JAIL BREAKER

+. G.. Phillips, forgcr, Jail
breaker and all around quick
change artist. took his departure
again last evening from the Gala.
boosc at Dayton, turning the trick
for the second time without the
knowledge or consent Of his jailcrs.
This morning when the jailcr went
to the cell to count noses he found
Phillips among the missing. He
rubbed his eyes. pinchcd himself TO
make sur he was awake, and then
realized that the elusive Phillips
had actually made his getaway
once more. Last night at 20
o'clock Phillips was sleeping
peacefully in the cell, having for
a companion another prisoner.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-04-14

Fee: $50 for single service. SIS
to insure mare with foal.
When you make the mistake Of
breeding your mares to an inferio,
you have lost a year. You have
also lost in dollars. The public
price of the product will show that.
When the public demands spud,
nobody but the Mormoms raise car.
rots. For a1y information consult
me at White Rock. ]. H. Peck
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-04-14

river.
Every bit of material for the
road was shipped from Seattle.
Not withstanding that the road
bed for the greater part of the
distance was blasted from solid
rock. the loss of life was small.
The winter just ended was so mild
that construction was uninter-
rupted.