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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
OIL At PALOUsE.
Eastern Expert Believes District
Promises Big Yields.

Palouse R. Simms was in Pa
louise in the interests of an Ohio oil
company. He was attracted to "a
louise by oil indications observed here
at many times and in many places
He spent several days investigating
the oil seepage along the banks Of the
Palouse river. At one point'in the
city limits oil can be plainly seen o01
ing from the river bank. Mr.. Simn'
has visited many oil fields in toe
United States and Mexico, and says Dc
firmly believes that enough oil can %
taken from the Palouse country %
supply a portion of the United Stass
for many years. He has been in n
employ of the Standard Oil COMPANY
for % years. -.
The object of the company nT
lease tracts in several localities al.
sink wells. They desire to nave y
least three leases, and if they can o.! as
tain these he proposes to begin u as
work the first of the year. II 1al.s
desirable locations can be oO!sln..
three shafts will be sunk, meaning
investment of $50, 900 in this loca'"'
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND 4
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME Stan
WOMAN WINS Fkizk.
North Yakima Apples AG1hrdsd $500
Ct New York show.

North Yakima Apples Ahrded $500
It New York show.
North Yakima .'Other people
could have as good luck as I, for the
soil is here, the conditions are right,
and the Yakima Valley country is the
greatest in the world to raise not only
fruit Of all kinds, but other farm pro-
ducts are obtainable in abundance and
are raised with very little effort
This statement was made by Mrs.
Ella D. Rowland, Of Zillah section Of
the Yakima valley, who, on November
a, at the New York Land show was
awarded the first prize, $500 in gold,
for the best 25-box display any var
iety, grown anywhere. Mrs. Row
lands apples, Winesaps, scored 982
SO points out of possible 1000.
While her exhibit competed with not
only the finest samples from all other
districts of the Yakima fruit valley,
there were samples of the best pro-
duced in many other sections of the
country.
"There is an abundance of just as
good land all through the valley as
this / have, and just as good results
can be gained from it with any sort of
care of orchards said Mrs. Row.
lands. .sT
..My husband and I came here Is
years ago from Kansas" she said.
tWe raised hops while our young ORCH
ards were growing and as soon as they
were along far enough we abandoned
the hops.
eve paid $40 an acre for the ranch
on which my three orchards are grow
ing. The one bearing the prize-win-
ming apples is on just q little higher
ground, and is considered by fruit rails
ers in this section to be an ideal orch
ard. Its elevation is about 800 feet.
REALLY, I feel that am sort Of q
novice at the business of fruit raising,
as have given the ranch my direct
attention only since the death of my
husband, E. M. Rowland, last June.
eyes, l am happy over my luck, !"
smiled Mrs. Rowland. sit was more
than l had expected, for we had to
make the pack in such hurry that I
had no idea that would win any prize
at ALL"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
JAIL SENTENCE KISSED.
suffragette Leader Defiant When
Sentenced to Prison.

suffragette Leader Defiant When
Sentenced to Prison.
London-The public sitting in Bow
Street police court Kissed openly and
vigorously when the magistrate sem
fenced Mrs. Pethfek Lawrence to 80
days in Jail for her part in the suffra-
pette riots. Mrs. Lawrence was
charged with assulting the police and
obstructing them in the performance
of their duty. The testimony was
that Mrs. Lawrence struck a police
man in the face twice and struggled
for Is minutes before she was over
powered and carried away.
Mrs. Lawrence declared that she
struck the policeman because he was
choking one of Their comrades.
Mrs. Lawrence made statement in
court, with reference to poster pro-
duced in court, calling on women to
assemble and "see fair play and pro-
tect women from being brutally vic
timized by the police in uniform and
plain clothes, as they were on Black
Friday, 1910, as the result of i'll
usage, one woman died and many were
seriously injured.
81 am gald to state" she said,
"that as the police in my vicinity
were concerned, there was no repeti-
ton of the brutal usuage of women.
l am inclined to think that what hap
pened on the former occasion was
done on the instructions of the govern
ment."
The others accused, almost without
exception, took their sentences with
Indifference, choosing Jail in preference
to the payment of the fines.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
TEXAS DRIVES OUT REBELS.
Mexican; PIotters Against Madero
Ordered Across Line.

Mexican. PIotters Against Madero
Ordered Across Line.
Austin, Tex.-'All revolutionists in
the vicinity of Laredo must leave
within 48 hours, y reads specific or
der from Governor Colquitt, of Texas,
to .Adjutant General Hutchinson, who
is at Laredo trying to cope with the
situation there.
Federal authorities seized a guam
THY of ammunition and arms said to
be a part of store provided by per
sons who hoped to lead revolt
against the Madero government in
Mexico. The officers were led to the
cache by Juan Meriga soon after his
arrest on Federal indictment re-
turned at the. same time as the one
against General Bernardino Reyes.
Meriga was formerly q Mexican
cavalry captain. His arrest is the
fifth in, connection with the alleged
revolutionary plot. General Reyes
was arrested in San Antonio and three
others said to be implicated were TAX
en- into custody at Laredo. E
Meriga is said to have made con-
fession regarding the alleged revolu-
tionary plot said to have been led by
General Reyes. The officers say Me-
riga told them he had been engaged in
storing horses, arms and ammunition,
a considerable amount of which has
already been sent into Mexico.
1t was said by United States Mar
shall Brewster that other important de-
velopments were expected within a
few days. M
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
COAL is REQUIRED.
Navy Finds Other Fuel on Coast Is
Insufficient

Navy Finds Other Fuel on Coast Is
insufficient.
Washington, D. C.-In his annual
report, the secretary of the navy will
say:
During the past year the depart
ment has continued its efforts to as
certain whether there are steaming
Goals obtainable from mines on the
Pacific Coast suitable for naval use,
but. so far efforts to obtain suitable
coal have not met with success. Act
ual steaming tests aboard two armor-
ed cruisers of the same class have
been made Of six representative Goals
mined in the State of Washington and
three kinds Of coal mined in British
Columbia. The Goals tested were the
best obtainable and were selected after
an exhaustive inquiry regarding the
kinds Of coal most probably suited for
naval needs.
"The department has directed q
further test of Western coast Goals, to
I be conducted when suitable supplies
are available, and the work of select
ing representative Goals mined in Brit
ish Columbia, Utah, Colorado, Wyom-
ing and New Mexico is now being
prosecuted. 8ge ~ t*h
"The department understands that
the analyses of Goals mined in Alasks
indicate that coal exists there, equal to
the best coal mined. When Alaska is
developed it is hoped that this coal
may be available for use on the Pa.
cific Coast. &C.,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
CHINA ON VERGE
OF WILD ANARCHY
La*lessness Rampant and Reign
of Terror Threatens.
Robber Bands Organize and Plumber
Both Sides in War Power
less to Check.

Washington, D. C.-Affairs in China
apparently have reached such . point
that neither the rebels nor the imper-
ialists are able to check acts of law
lessness. Advices to the State.depart-
ment report that brigandage is on the
increase in various parts of empire.
Business is reported in critical con-
dition and finances in very bad shape.
Rear-Admiral Murdoch, commandant
of the American naval forces in China,
reports that Marking is cut off from
communication with the outside world
by railroad and telegraph and that the
natives are leaving in disorder. All
the missionaries except three are re-
ported to have left Marking for WI
Hu. There are no disorders in Che
Foo, but many robberies have been
committed in the vicinity.
Later advices from Marking. where
the decisive battle of the revolution is
thought to be impending, are to the
effect that all is in readiness on both
sides. The naval officers report that
it will be extremely difficult to protect
foreign property inside the walls, be-
cause it is so widely scattered. The
revolutionary forces are still concen-
trating.
They now hold all the territory in
the vicinity of Marking. The princi-
pal advance of the revolutionaries on
Marking is from the direction of Chin
Kiang. The advance guard is made
up of trained troops who are well
equipped.
The imperial warships which were
captured by the revolutionists, or sur
rendered voluntarily after the fighting
at Hankow, are reported to be lying
at Chin Kiang.
Minister Calhoun has grave doubts
as to the stability of the new cabinet
formed by Yuan Shi Kai. The arrival
Of Yuan Shi Kai in Pek:n has done
much to steady the situation. but the
government is in need of financial
help.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
Dangerous Rapids Won.

Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Tired and
wet, but happy, Emory C. and Els
worth Kolb arrived at their home Sat
urday after 90O-mile contest with
the rapids of the Green and Colorado
rivers, on their journey from Green
River, Wyo., to the Gulf Of Califor-
MIA The little boat in which they
made the trip was in good condition.
The Sockdelager section, supposed to
be worst Of the entire trip, was passed
in safety.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
Motion Will Be Granted.

/ Washington, D. C.-Hearing on the
motion to make permanent the injunc.
tions of the Commerce court in the
transcontinental rate cases will be held
by the Court on Tuesday, December s.
The motion will be granted and final
decree will be entered by the court.
All parties in interest will be notified
officially of the hearing. 1t is regard
ed as desirable by all parties that the
injunctions be, made permanent, in or.
der that the constitutionality Of the
long and short haul provision may be
placed before the Supreme court.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
Biz Wind Watts skipper.

New York Out of comparative
~ smooth sea, without warning, came
big wind which lifted Captain Smilt-
neck up bodily and carried him the
whole length of the bridge. He barely
escaped being carried into the sea. y
This is the tale told by officers of the
steamer Estonia, just in from Copen-
hagen. The hurricane struck the ship
November 4, and reached such We
locity that the iron stanchions holding
the weather cloth on the bridge were
bent. Gigantic waves borke over the
entire vessel.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
TAX LEVY HIGH.
SID Mi'is Could Be Cut OF w.
tngton Tolls. wv

4 e Gut OF w.
'ngton Tolls. "s'A
Olympia - For the ve., ,o..
Warrington tax levy would isil u
I'll mills instead of $50 m;,' oe ). eah'
state board Of equalization , ~ Y Y
actual instead Of the assesss s u'ed d
ton as the basis for fixine t y. ',las
This Is shown by figures com ~s egL
Secretary Koors, of the state I tp
mission. who announces that az ~. co.,
gregate value of all property n 'u ~. Y
ington as shown by the retn - WV !.
the assessors totals 81, 39S, 35o ~ 0,i '''a
In place of fixing the tax 'I Iss,
this basis, the board of eoual I;.s!s
used the amount returned bv tha
SCISSORS. or 1856, 1854. 'ue y
Washington has now passed ~.
and q quarter billion mark and w
result the state has steadily cu. q: !.
rate of levy for state purposes s sus ~
poets to make another clip next W.. y
The tables compiled by See,ss, sS
Koors show that in place of us;ns y
total value of the property in w., ~
ington Only 1898 per cent is ussd ~ y
taxation purposes. This is the srs "
age for the state, so that wbe,s ' -
levy is shown, the actual rate Of t,, ~
ton is something less than two.st ss
of the figures given.
Taken by counties and figuring /.
the. actual instead of the assessed y, y
uation, the tax levy for state purnn,.
is found to range from 1.S mill, i
Franklin county, to 2.28 mills in Pe,r
county, due to high or low valuation
The table by counties follows:
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
PORTLAND MARKETS:

Wheat - Export basis: Bluestem,
83c; club, SOC; red Russian, 78c; val
ley, soc; forty-fold, Bic.
Corn Whole, $37; cracked, $38
ton.
Millstuffs- Bran, $23 per ton; mid
dlings, $31; shorts, $24; rolled bar
ley, $35@36. III.
Oats-No. white, $31@32 ton.
Hay-No. l Eastern Oregon tim
othy, $18@19; No. valley, $15@17;
alfalfa, $13@14; clover, $11@12;
Barley-Feed, ss2. 5o@ss per ton;
brewing, nominal.
Fresh Fruits-Pears, $1.25@1.6O
per box; grapes, 50c@$1; cranber-
ries, $11.5O@12 per barrel.
Apples-Jonathans, $1.5O@2.25 per
box; Spitzenbergs, $1@2.5O; Bald
win, 75c@$1.5O; Red Cheek Pippin,
$1.25@1.75; Northern Spy, $3.50
1.75; Winter Banana, $2@3; Bell
flower, $1@1.2E.
Potatoes - Buying prices: Bur
banks, S9Oc@1.20 per hundred.
DEMONSTRATING prices, $1.15 sack.
Vegetables -Artichokes, 75c dozen
beans, 5@10c; cabbage, 1@14c per
pound; cauliflower, 5Oc@$1 per dozen
California, 81 per crate; garlic, 100
12c per pound; lettuce, 75c@8Oc per
dozen; dollhouse lettuce, $1.25 PEI
box; pumpkins, 1@14c per pound
sprouts, 8@9c; squash, 13@1ac pei
pound; tomatoes, 50c@$1 per box
carrots, 81 per sack; turnips, 81;
beets. 81; parsnips, 81.
Butter - Oregon creamery butter,
solid pack, SIC; prints, extra; but
ter fat. 1c less than solid pack price.
Poultry-Hens, 10@12c; springs,
10@12c; ducks, young, 16@17c;
geese, 11a@12c; turkeys, live, 800
Zoe; dressed, choice, 223@24c.
Eggs-Fresh Oregon ranch, soc bel
dozen. s
Pork Fancy, 8a@9c per pound.
Veal-Fancy, 123@13c per pound.
Hops-1911 crop, 44@45c; olds,
Wool Eastern Oregon, s@16c pei
pound; valley, 15@17c; mohair,
choice, 35@37c. . 81
Cattle Choice steers, s5.45@6. 85,
good, SIS. 30@4.45; fair, SIS. 1905. 80,
choice cows, $4.5O@4.85: fair. SAC
AIS; common, $2.5O@3.5O; extrs
choice spayed heifers, $4.50M4. so,
choice bulls, $4.25@4.50; good, $4@
AIS; common, $2@2.50; choice cal
yes, $7.25@7.50; good, $7@7. rs,
common, $4@5; choice stays, 81. 500
Ats; good, $4.25@4.5O.
Hogs Choice light hogs, $6. 750
6.S5; good to choice hogs. S.. 6O@
CTS; fair, $6.25@6.5O common, ga
6.25. ~
Sheep - Choice yearling wethers
coarse wool, $4@5; choice yearlin,
wethers, east of mountains, So. 4O0
$50; choice twos and threes, So. 2O0
S.S5; choice lambs, 81. 6OM4. rs
good, $4@4.25; valley lambs, 1850
4; culls, SS@3.5O.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Doings of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
General Resume Of Important Events
Presented in Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.

Spokane high school girls will limit
cost of graduating gowns to $40 each.
The timber output of Washington
for the past year is estimated to be
worth $54, 900.
Representative Underwood, of Al
ALBANIA, has declared against the in
itiative and referendum.
A free ship bill in congress may de-
feat the combine against an Atlantic
Pacific steamer line via the Panama
canal.
John D. denies that he took any un-
due advantage of the Merritt brothers
in securing title to vast mineral de-
posits in Michigan.
A gigantic smuggling plot has been
revealed whereby hundreds of Chinese
have been brought to Chicago and
New York from Canada.
Governor West, of Oregon, has COM
muted the sentence of another murder,
and asserts he will not allow capital
punishment so long as he remains in
office. aa.
w. w. disturbers at Aberdeen,
WASH, attempted to rescue some OF
their number from Jail, but were
routed by streams of water from the
fire hose. 4 .a
A Portland justice court decided
that willow plume is a necessity OF
life for woman, and dry goods
house in that city is unable to enforce
payment for the ornament.
A French newspaper correspondent
with. the Turks at Tripoli i says that
city is in state of seige, and that the
Italians have not made any material
progress since the war started.
Los Angeles women hold the balance
of power in the politics of that city.
Persia begs the powers to interfere
and prevent the aggressions of Russia.
Alarm and distress increase in Seat.
tie as the water supply rapidly disap-
pears. 'H
James J. Hill extolls the wonders Of
the Pacific Northwest at the Chicago
Land show.
Millions will change hands in Lo.
Angeles at the coming election if tn,
Socialists are defeated.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
Women Cannot Be Jurors.

Women Cannot Be Jurors.
Berkeley, Cal. - Women are not
eligible for jury service in the local
courts nor in any other in California,
according to ruling by Judge Robert
Edgar, of the local justice court.
Judge Edgar cited decision Of the
California Supreme court to the effect
that woman should not~be permitted
to serve on q grand jury, and declared
that the California civil code, which
specifically defines jury as "body
of men," would have to be amended
by the Legislature before it would be
possible for women to perform duty.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
Packers Stay Referred.

Washington, D. C.-Chief Justice
White refused to grant a stay in the
trail Of the Chicago beef packers, but
referred the attorneys making the APP
plication to the entire bench, declar-
ing that the question was Of too
much Importance for him to pass on
individually. \ Attorney Miller an
nounced that such an application to
the entire court would be made at the
first sitting December 4. The appli-
cation will be for 'supersedeas.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01

Asks Work on Palouse Project.
Pasco-In closing his letter Of No
vember IL to Walter L. Fisher, secre-
tary Of the interior, Governor d. p.
Hays says: Thrust you will not con-
slider me impertinent, but ! assure you
that ! am going to camp in your de-
partment until this work is taken
up, !" and in letters to people interest
ed in the ,Palouse project Governor
Hay has stated that he can be count
ed upon as doing all in his power to
urge the prosecution Of this work.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
5000 to Run Big Farm.

Sacramento, Cal. Morris Brook, OF
this city, has secured an option on q
tract Of 20, 900 acres Of foothiH land
in Glenn and Colusa counties for u col
ony Of Russians that will include g.
900 persons. The land will be farmed
% . whole If the deal is completed,
and there will be no individual hold
ings. The colonists will farm it on
community plan, all living in . town
that will be established by the man
agement.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
Air Scouts Use Lights.

Washington, D. G. Night scouting
in aeroplanes equipped with search
lights has been tried for the first time
at the army aviation school at College
Park, Md. Successful surveys were
made and, returning, the machines
landed without the aid Of watch fires.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
Monarchjst Attack Fails.

Lisbon Advices from Montenegro
says that smah group Of monarch
lists, believed to be the vanguard Of
the main body, has crossed the from
tier and tried to capture that town but
was repulsed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
Silver Cup for Best Potatoes.
Okonor~n With tho ohioct If afiu

Silver Cup Tor Best Potatoes.
Okanogan- With the object of stim-
ulating interest in potato growing in
the Okanogan valley William N.
Mears, president Of the Boston and
Washington Apple Orchard associa-
tion, announces that his company will
offer a silver cup for the best potatoes
grown by school children in the valley
next season. In addition to this it
will probably be arranged to put up q
purse Of 500 to be given as prizes.
Providing rail transportation is as
sured, Mr.. Mears proposes to plant q
large acreage Of potatoes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
Sen Poultry at Rearda H.,

Rear3au-T The market is D s11v eehid-
"a Here with poultry, principally 1Iss ~ "
ems, the price being forc Cad Seher
81 beef or pork. The Con alss;nued IS
man company. butchers, = lsgppotns
Turkeys are retailing -
pound.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
e.,.~. for Big Dam.

Leayenworth- Manager w. compDt
the Washington Steel q ll 70 men n'P
Is At work with q number o. met nessutt
i i soundinss and taking Is dam rbs
ments for the big concl lang in y
they expect TO start builo'ns
near future.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
a,ox;nr Dust Cuts Wheat

Connell-The wind mas De sa,s ADD
ing gale for the past two u s;r The
clouds of dust have filled tine 49,. bee
tumble weeds and thistles ns. tie
blowing badly, and in some pr p,s' Is tbs
roads are drifted full as n,gl suop
fences. The wheat on the light sla., Ir VI
Is damaged. especially the the. sn ? nun,
late sown grain, and in quite heep ct
Der Of places the wheat nsd BY tbs
off at the top Of the grouA
drifting sand.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
PaIouse Farmers Flowing.

PaIouSe Farmers TiV"e
Pullman - Farmers are no 'oDs
complaining Of lack of moisture IL ~ =.
ground. Rains and snow have ,, wei al' =
soil to a depth sufficient to allow i'tn,
ing and to insure sufficient mo'' s.S
to keep the grain growing. IN. inc III ~
are muddy and in bad cendltlon' ,,e
weather is mild. South OF here m /
the Snake river, where the dral .asg,a
better and the soil lighter: fs ~ \
are blowing and the soil is salo a,.n ,,i
in splendid condition. In weS'e m;ne i
southern Whitman county p'0
the order.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-01
PRINCE PINES FOR HOME.
Heir to Baroda Throne Says Ameri-
can Girls Are "Too Cold"

Cambridge, Mass -Jaisint Gaek-
war, prince of Baroda, and heir ap-
parent to the throne of that country
and now senior at Harvard, longs
for the time that he can shake the dust
of America from his heels and return
to the lands Of his nativity.
II can't say that l admire your
women. and you can say emphatically
that have no intention Of taking an
American, bride home with me.
have found your girls too cold. They
are over-fond Of show and awfully
Affected"