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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-24
SEVEN MEN DROWNED BY
CAPSIZING OF SMALL BOAT

| Woodland, Wash. Seven men of-a
|log-driving crew Of 10 went to their
deaths Friday afternoon in the rain
swollen waters Of the North Fork OF
the Lewis river, near themouth Of
|Speilei creek, ~ miles above this
city, when their skiff was borne by
the turbulent current into an eddy and
capsized.
Tumbled into the chill mountain
stream, even the few expert swim
mers among them had little chance.
Their heavy caulked boots and thick
clothing pulled them down and most OF
them sank after few struggles.
Of the six who escaped, two were
swept by the whirlpool against the
sides of their overturned boat. They
managed to cling there until the bob
bling craft was cast against the bank.
Two others, keeping themselves above
the current, were carried quarter OF
a mile down stream before they could
crawl on the saving gravel.
Two others, unable to swim, by the
merest chance arose near the bank and
managed to clutch the branches OF
overhanging trees, by which they pull
led themselves to land. s
Those who escaped were Gilbert
Murk, Justus Murk, Frank Reid and
Riley McCarty, foreman of the crew,
all Of Woodland, and two others who
had been working only few days and
whose names were not contained In
the meager long distance telephone re-
port of the disaster.
The three Murk boys were brothers.
When Gilbert and Justus reached
shore, after fierce struggle in the
freezing waters, it was to find that
Arnold had gone down almost at the
moment when he might have dragged
himself to safety.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-24
APPROVE PARCELS POST.
Trans- Mississippi Congress Will Meet
on Pacific Coast.

Kansas City-After selecting Salt
Lake City as the meeting place for
1912 and Kansas City, NO., as official
headquarters, the 22d annual session
Of the Trans Mississippi Commercial
congress adjourned Saturday.
Although the date for holding the
next meeting was not definitely decid.
ed upon, it was tentatively agreed up
on to convene in the last week of Au-
gust. The official headquarters were
located for only one year, =. }. Beck
er, Of this city, was elected secretary
to succeed Arthur T. Francis, OF Grip
pie Greek, Colo., after which Mr.
Francis was elected an honorary men,
Der of the congress for life. George
B. Harrison, q banker of this CITY,
was elected treasurer.
A resolution was adopted recon-
mending that the congress meet al
Pacific Coast city in 1915, the year OF
the Pacific-Panama exposition. San
Francisco and Seattle are rival asp'r'
ants for the meeting at that time:
Consideration Of the report OF !ns
committee on resolutions occupied
most Of the session. The resolution
declaring that the congress wu
against the parcels post, which was
adopted, provoked acrimonious discus "
sion The vote was 80 for ano ~
against the resolution. A Vigorous
verbal scrimmage followed, in wnlsu
charges were made that steam =; =
Ter" was being operated by those IN ~
control of the meeting and that ~.
tendency of the congress was 70 ''''
no definite stand on anything.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-24
zloNITE OPPOSES CEMENT.
Christ Would Avoid New Sidewalks
Reason for Asking Injunction.

Zion City, nl.-Rupert Deveraux. q
member Of the old Dowie faction in
lions affairs, filed a petition with
the Zion City board Of aldermen OBJ
jecting to the proposed construction Of
cement sidewalks here, on the ground
that Christ never walked on cement
and therefore would avoid Zion City
on the Savior's approaching second
coming to earth.
The petition said that Dowie would
return to life with the second coming
of Christ.
One of Deveraux' followers, it was
said, recently attempted to get some
word from the late Alexander Dowie
by sleeping three successive nights on
Dowie's grave in the cemetery here.
He is said to haves reported to Dever-
aux that the expected message did not
come to him.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-24
open" to Have Auditorium.

"Pen" to Have Auditorium.
Walla Walla-Plans for the new
auditorium to be built ct the state
penitentiary are being prepared by
John K. Dow, Spokane architect,
and the contract for the structure will
be let shortly.
The building will occupy site q
short distance from the women 8
building and will be built Of brick and
thoroughly freproof. The site to be
occupied is 110x9O feet. The lower
floor will contain sufficient room for
900 convicts, while a balcony capable
of seating $50 spectators will be con-
structed. A stage with drop curtain
will be installed and the floor will be
elevated, yith opera chairs.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-24
EXPRESS Robbers Kill.

Scranton, Pa.-Irving D. BARGE,
an express messenger, was killed Au'
the safe in his car on the Delaws T.
Lackawanna & Western road loo'es 20 =
. sum said to be from 81, 5Oo 70 ,I
600. Barger was seen by train manu- nsS
At work in his car as the train stopps .s
minute 'at Taylor. Four l n,ns,s'
later. when it arrived in ocfsnT the
Bareer's body was found lying On 49,. -
floor Of the ear with his head 49, -.
81 and ! bullet in his brain. one =, -
mort has it that the ropDer ~
booty.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-24
FOUR FREEZE N
DEATH IN STORM
lsh s!1nbia Blizzard s,,.
= Bodies in Snow
Three Bodiss Found in Fi.,d !.
Roadside Victims Had Tr;.s ~
to Make Camp.

Victoria, B. c. Oyert.l..
blizzard while returning to their h.,..
from Kamloops, B. C., q f,r; r''a !.
four lost their way and were t..' y
frozen to death. The dead: '
John Keefer. a rancher; Jam., /.
Thomson, Keefer's brother.iD.1,s.
Elizabeth Keefer, aged ID: ~,
Keefer, aged II.
The first intimation of thai,
came through the discovery bv jo. .sse
Frolic Of the bodies of Keefer. T Ta'
son and the youngest child. v .t;a.
since have been brought to Kamlo o,sa
The body Of Elizabeth Keefer h.. =.
been found. ''' "''
The snow is smooth and level FINN
three to five feet deep in the vicini t1
Fand there is small probability Of ~
covery Of this body until the ,ro :.
melts with the advent of spring
The Keefer farm is a little off n.
Nicola road, along which Joe Frl;s
was driving into Kamloops when th; Hi.
gruesome discovery was made. th;.
being at . point nine or ten mile,
from the Keefer place.
The bodies of the three were located
in one Of Rancher McConnell's feld.
ct the side Of the road, partially COW.
cred with blankets. This is cited 4,
circumstantial evidence that the quar-.
tet Of unfortunates had stopped possi.
bly, with the thought of making camu
fearful of losing their way If thew
continued. The horses had been un.
hitched and it was the neighing Of one
that first attracted Frolic's attention
James Tronson's body was discov.
cred few feet from the sleigh, GOV.
cred with about two feet Of snow,
with about two feet more underneath
it.
Keefer's corpse was in the seat Of
the sleigh and the younger child in
. pitiful, huddled heap between bis
knees. The little girl was warmly
clad and had probably lived some
hours longer than the men.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-24
MINE MEN TO Boom DISTRICT
attempts win BE Mads 70 secars n
vestmsnts Of Capital.

Attempts WIN % Wso0O ~ s~SoSsss n -
vestmsnts Of Capital.
Chewelah AS 4 result Of the en-
thusiastic meeting Of the federated
commercial clubs Of Stevens county ct
Chewelah, mining men Of the district
will hold convention in February to
interest capital in legitimate workings
and to put damper on wildcat promo
tons. W. II. Brownlow, of Chewelah,
addressed the club on the mine indus
try.
President Parks presided. s. Z.
Reinoehl, president Of the Chewelah
Commercial club, made the address Of
welcome.
The club has collected 260 boxes Of
apples for display at the National APP
ple show at Spokane.
Senator Anderson asked that q leg
islative committee be appointed to
look after the interests Of Stevens
county and the following were named
Senator Anderson, chairman; w. H.
Brownlow and J. O. Cline. An at
tempt will be made to secure q topo-
graphical survey. The next meeting
will be held at Marcus December 10.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-24
Bodies Burned in Wreck.

Butte, Mont. AN empty passenger
train returning to Livingston struck
q Northern Pacific work train at Spys
Rock, three miles west Of Pipestone,
killing six men who were riding in the
caboose Of the work train. It is be-
lieved that the work train backed up
through the canyon beyond the flag
limit. The passenger was travelling
down grade ut good speed when the
work train was struck. The cars took
fire immediately and before the wreck
ing crew could be summoned were
burned and four bodies were elemated.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-24
LAST OF APPLES SHIPPED.
200 Cars Of Fruit Sent From WaIla
Walla Completes Harvest.

ZOO Cars OF Fruit sent from WaIIa
Walla Completes Harvest.
Walla Walla-With the shipment Of
200 cars of apples the harvest in the
Walla Walla valley is complete. This
is less than half the amount sent out
last year, but it is close to 9 normal
crop. Cold weather has stopped all
fruit shipments, except q few rush
orders in refrigerator cars.
Late frost, warm winter and over
bearing the year before are causes to
which the low yield may be attributed.
In few places did fruit escape damage
of some kind.
One consolation in the low yield is
that correspondingly high prices are
paid. Good apples have been shipped
and there is, difficulty in finding good
fruit.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-24
coLFAx FIGHT WILL BE HOT.
Registration at Whitman County Sea
Passes 1000 Mark.

Colfax-The registration at Colfax
has passed the 1000 mark by several
hundred, the highest previous mark.
Nearly half Of those who have regis
tered are women, according TO City
Clerk Bramwell. Clerk Bramwell has
not yet footed up the totals. w. r.
Anderson is making hard fight to de-
feat H. G. DePledge for city treasur-
er, and is backed by the Farmers
State bank, of which he is cashier.
Mr.. DePledge has been treasurer for
II years, and is backed by the Colfax
National and the First Savings &
Trust bank Of Whitman county. Mr..
DePledge is also clerk Of the school
board.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-24
Buff Paper for County Records

Buff Paper for County Records,
Walla Walla Buff paper instead of
the regulation white, Of which all the
county records have been made up to
this time, will take the place Of the
conventional paper in the large vol
umes which Clerk Of the Court E. l..
Casey has just ordered from the Wash
ington Printing & Bookbinding COM
pany. This paper is to be used, Mr..
Casey stated, because of its less glar-
ing effect upon the eyes Of the trans
cribers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-24
psIcEs oolNo skyyvARp.
Food frozen n Transit and cropt
Hurt ~ Frost. !.

Hurt by Frost. Z.
chiesro Ginter. which arrived
snortSng' 1nd sn,rline, did moro thar
1eeess ! lew persons IA 80. ~
1ud1sn advent Of cold veal sr -
'SAspsicss Of Ill foodstulb sf1rocI =,
inc, % that those who survived III
initial blasswill become painfully
aware that winter has set in Ia ear.
nest.
The reasons given for the advance
IN food staples are that hens cease
laying, cows give ; limited supply q
milk, carloads Of fruit and vegetables
were frozen ia transit and the sourct
Of much Of this supply damaged By
frost. There is also the further rea-
SON that snow is falling heavily ovel
q wide area and trains are likely Il
become stalled and food supplies viii
be slow in arriving. Here are some
Of the advances following the colo
weather:
Eggs, up 8 cents. retailing at A
to a. cents dozen.
Potatoes, IS cents peck, and thu
price will go much higher.
Creamery butter, 50 cents pound
Ham, II cents pound.
Dressed chickens, is cents pound
Coal dealers have given notice thai
they win advance prices at once. They
have had two leap years, due to the
strike and overproduction in mild sea.
sons, and prospects Of q long, hart
winter affords them an opportunity tx
even matters up.
The charitable organizations of Chi
cago are fortifying Themselves against
unusual demands this wirEer.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-24
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Wheat-Export basis: Bluestem,
82@84c; club, 78@79c; red Russian,
76@77c; valley, 78@79c; forty -fold,
soc.
Corn-Whole, $37; cracked, $38
ton.
Millstuffs- Bran, 1923 per ton; mid
dlings, SOL; shorts, $24; rolled bar
ley, $S5@36.
Oats-No. white, $31@32 per ton.
Hay-No. E. O. timothy, $18@19;
No. valley, s15@17; alfalfa, $3.50
ID; clover, $11@12; grain, $11@12.
Barley-Feed, $32. 50@33 per ton;
brewing, nominal.
Fresh Fruits Pears, 75c@$1.75 per
box; grapes, 75c@$1.25; cranberries
$1l@11.6O per barrel; huckleberries,
4@5c per pound.
Approximations, $1.5O@2.25 per
box; Spitzenberg, $1@2 so; Baldwin,
75c@$1. so; Red Cheek Pippin, $1.25
@1.75; Northern Spy, $1.25@1.75;
Winter Banana, $2@3; Bellflower, 81
@1.25.
Potatoes-Buying prices, Burbanks,
90c@$1. 10 per hundred.
Onions-Buying price, $1.1O sack.
Vegetables -Artichokes, 75c dozen
beans, 5@1Oc pound; cabbage, 1@14c;
caulif1ower, 50c@$1 dozen; celery, so
@75c; cucumbers, $3.50 box; garlic,
10@12c pound; lettuce, 75@80c doz. ;
dollhouse lettuce, $1.25 box; peppers,
8@10c per pound; pumpkins, 1@1ac;
squash, 14@13c per pound; tomatoes,
50c@$1 per box; carrots, 81 per sack
turnips, 81; beets, 81; parsnips, 81.
Butter - Oregon creamery butter,
solid pack, 35ac; prints, extra; but
ter fat, 1c less than solid pack price.
Poultry-Hens, 13}@14c; springs,
12@1Sc; ducks, young, 16@17c;
geese, 11a@12c; turkeys, alive, 22ac;
dressed, choice, 26@27ca
Pork-Fancy, 9@93c.
Veal-Fancy, l3@lS3c.
Cattle Choice steers, IS. 45(06. Is
good, $5.S0@5.45; fair, s.. 1906. 80
choice cows, $4.6O@4. 10; fair, $4(G
AIS; common, 81. SOFAS. so; extra
choice spayed sheifefs. $4.76@6;
choice heifers, $4sS0@4.60; choice
bulls. s.. 76@4; good, $8.26@8. 80
! common. $2@2. 80; choice calves,
$760@7.75 good. $7.26@7. 80; com
mon, M@5; choice stays, $4.5O@4 rs;
good, $4.25@4.50.
Hogs Choice light, Sc. 76M6. IS;
good to choice, So. 50@6.76; fair,
$6.25@6. so; common, $6@6.26.
Sheep Choice yearling wethers,
coarse wool. $S.76@4; choice yearlina
wethers, east Of mountains, S.. 4O@
$50; choice tows and threes, S.. Goa
S.Sb; choice mountain lambs, $3.50
Ats; good to choice lambs, A.26@
4.66; good to choice lambs, $4@l. Is;
valley lambs, $8.75@4; culls, $50
$50.
Hops -lal1 crop. 4s@4slc: ODDS
nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon, $@16c; vi
ley. l6@i7c: mohaiE, choice, 85@S7c
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-24
WENATcHEE FRUIT AT SHOW.

d @ /. N
Red Apple Center Is Preparing Dis
play for National Exhibit.
Wenatchee Wenatchee is prepar-
ing to exhibit at the national apple
show at Spokane and also at other
shows throughout the East this win
ter. The quality of apples for exhibit
tion purposes this season is first class
and it is expected that much Eenefi-
cial advertising will result.
The fact that the Wenatchee valley
produced over one-half of the apples
harvested this season in. the North
west has already brought its results
and many people are now visiting
this section with q view Of making
the valley their home.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-24

Davenport County Superintendent
George E. Craig is near Krupp inves-
tigating setting four sections Of land
from District No. 122, in Lincoln
county, into q district abutting in
Grant county. The Grant county dis
trict, petitioners state, has an INSULT
cient valuation to maintain a school
without individual subscription Of the
settlers, while with the addition Of
the four sections lying in Lincoln
county, they are enabled, they believe,
to maintain an average school until
the assessed valuation shall increase.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-24
Sahara to Know Burbank.

Sahara to Know Burbank.
Los Angeles Negotiations are nm
der way between local men and the
authorities in various parts of the Sa-
hara which are excepted to result soon
in the introduction Of Burbank g spine
less cactus on the African desert. Ex-
periments with the various kinds Of
spineless cacti have demonstrated, the
experts say, xthat some u them wiil
thrive on any desert IN the world
whore the temperature does Dot 60
too low, and they believe the Sa-
-hara u pecultalIy ldapted 70 their chi
titxtion.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-24
From Four Acres so Tons.

Sunnyside C. w. Drake, whose
place Is one mile north Of Sunnyside,
obtained It's sacks Of commercial po-
tatoes and eight tons Of culls, or over
80 tons ia al, this season from four
and one-half acres. This il m aver.
age Of more than 10 tons to the acre.
These POTATOES sold ct m average
price Of 319. Is . ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-09
BATES COLLEGE NOTES..
Basketball and Track Teams Warming
Up-Fraternity Meetings.

Lewiston. Me-. Jan. S.-(SpeciaD.-
enthusiasm over the Freshman
Sophomore basketball game Feb. % is
llrcady aroused. Men from both
classes have begun to practice. TIL
candidates for the Sophomore team
ire: Dennis, Dickson. Cove, Dacey
Woodman and Holden. AS yet the
Freshman team has not organized but
likely candidates for the team are
Danahy, Shay, Regain. San Giacomo,
Duvey. Drake, Dyer.
In preparation for the B. A. A. meet
which will be held Feb. IL the track
squad has begun their work under the
;upcrvision of Coach OConner. Bates
scheduled to run against BoWdoin
the B. A. A. meet. but d recent news
,aper account states that Bates vii
contest with Tufts. Since no com
munication to this has been received
by Manager Buck it is probable that
Bates will run against Bowdoin. The
candidates for the team which VIII rep
resent Bates at the meet are: Holden
10, Dennis '13. Thompson IL, Peakes
IL, Huston '13. Duvey a.. Mayo IA
and Lovely II.
The first meetings Of the societies at
Bates were held Friday night, the follow
ing programs being carried out:
At Piaeria-PianO solo, Miss Leard, HI
reading. Miss kincaid, II; vocal solo,
Miss Freese. IA: reading, Mr.. Lowry !;
reading, Miss Waldron. H. vocal solo,
Mr.. Stanton.
At Eurosopha-Music by orchestra;
reading, miss Conner, rs; music, orches-
ira; speech, Mr.. Morrison. II; current
events. Mr.. Turner, IL; vocal solo. Mr.
Morrison.
At Polymnia the entertainment was
prepared by the Juniors. 1t was a repre-
sentation of a vaudeville theatre. The
following was the program: Overture by
Herr Jennings Orchestra; CD Moving
Pictures: &C. Alexander Nesbit, Musical
Artist; (D) Hypnotic Harry. The Hypno-
list and Ventriloquizer: (E) Sketch, 1.-The
Interrupted Proposal" Music between
the acts. The parts in the sketch were
taken by Wayne Davis and Claire Tur-
| ner Enoch Adams. Miss Redman, Miss
Josephine Stearns, Miss Dunlap and Miss
| Tonhly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-09
BITE is SELDOM FATAL.
'attIesnakes and Coppcrhcads Ar
Not So Deadly as Reported.

Nature rewards her votaries; it ha
HANGED that the writer has ha'
.bundant opportunity to observe q tn
fleets of snake bite, but always i
ItherS. OF four persons and do.
bitten by rattlesnakes, four person
md horse bitten by copperheads
md two persons and dog bitten b,
water moccasins within my immediate
knowledge. not one case has prove
atal. ! have carefully inquired int
lie authenticity of larger number o.
asses. mostly those struck by the rat
.lesnake, and have found but few ia
talities among them and no real evil
dencc that they We're caused by thu
snake venom.
When the books record deaths after
make bite they assume this to have
)een the cause. but PROOF is wanting
ordinary blood poisoning may easily
esult from careless treatment of the
ang wounds. and it seems apparent
that the greater number of fatalities
are of those surgically treated. The
most easily observed difference be-
wccn the action of snake venom anC
,rdnary blood poison is the matter
# time, yet prolonged illness from
snake bite has occurred, sometimes oil
l dropsical character: death, ever
has followed after forty eight hours
Death from septicemia may occur il
two days; it is more to be dreaded
than snake bite: nature unaided car
easily take care of the latter; th'
corner has probably killed many {
snake bitten man.
| knew girl of II in the Pennsyl
vanla mountains who was struck b.
a copperhead snake twice on the bar
lnstep: she was driving the cows from
pasture. Having CAD handy. sh,
calmy killed the snake; then returned
To the house, not one mite alarmed
and made no mention of the inciden
at the time. When the poison begal
It's slightly benumbing action, sh
went to bed supperless. and not
thing was done for her She was VI
late the next morning and felt GU
oil sorts most of the day. The thir,
morning she was as we'll as ever.
little later l observed the fang mark
and heard the girls account of tn
incident. In this case, at least, tloo
poisoning did not play a parts. +
Aaron in Golfers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-09
COBALT BANKRUPTCY HEARING.
Stockholders of Maine Corporation
Claim Company is Solvent.

Portland. Me. Jan. S.-A hearing on
the petition to vacate the proceedings
in involuntary bankruptcy against the
Cobalt Central Mines Co. Maine cor
poration, was begun Friday before
Judge hale in the United States dis
.rIct court.
1t is claimed by group OF stock
holders. including James S. Bradley
of New York, X. ID. Mcleod of Toron-
to and Francis j. Carney and Eugene
Monohan of Boston. who asked to
have the bankruptcy proceedings va
Gated. that the company Is solvent;
also that the claim of Hamilton Kill
gore, who is one of the three petition
ing creditors, Is In reality part of the
claim of one of the other petitioners
which had been assigned to him for
the purpose of making up the three pc
titioners necessary to institute the
action.
There was an array of distinguished
counsel and, although the case did not
progress very far before the noon ad-
journment. it was evident that the
matter is being hotly contested. The
afternoon was devoted to the reading
of the records of the corporation. NO
questions were asked. Adjournment
was taken until 10 o'clock Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-09
Y0nng Jim Ward
In Daring Fight,

Charleston. S. G.. JAN s.-Jiinmy
Ward. the 1S-year-old aviator. in a
curtiss 24-horsepower acceptance. Fri-
day made daring flight across two
rivers. the harbor and out over the At
lantic ocean. breaking the worlds alti-
tude record for low power machines.
He also won prize of $4,000 by circling
over two of the strongest Notifications
on the Atlantic coast, thus demonstrate
Ing tine efficiency of the aeroplane as
scout in time of war.
Landing gracefully on the beach In
front of Fort Moultrie on Sullivan
Island, he handed note to Col. Marsh
which the latter signed. Ward then
re-entered his machine, rose from the
beach and flew back across the har-
Dor in a direct line to the aviation
field north of the city. He covered
distance of about "a miles in "a
minutes.
It was on his return trip, that he
broke the worlds altitude record for
small machines. attaining a height of
$500 feet. as shown by his birograph.