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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29
The cocoanut Crab.

The tree climbing crabs of the
Molucca islands are among the
most interesting of animals. These
crabs, whose bodies, together with
their heavy fore limbs, are often a
foot in length, climb cocoanut trees,
particularly at night, in order to
reach the nuts, Of whose milk they
are very fond. They tear open the
covering of the nut at its apex and
suck out the contents. Their worst
enemies are rats, which sometimes
drive them from their burrows i'll
the daytime. Then they glide
among the bushes and through the
grass, agitating their pincers and
making strange rafting sound.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1911

in proportion to the number of EN-.
ployes than any other class. There
are ALSO employers in the forty
seven classes, and the employees num-
Der IS 1854.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29

The cost of suit. of clothes from
the back of a sheep to the back of a
man is computed in the report of
the tariff board, and the profits
which accrue in the process are
t.aced to their sources.
For purpos>s of computation. the
board takes suit of clothes worn
by the average American.
The farmer receives for the wool
in such a suit 1928, and his profit
is 68 cents; the manufacturer of the
cloth receives for his product S4.78.
and his profit is % cents; the whole
sale clothing dealer receives for his
product $3.50, and his profit is
s2.18; the retail clothing dealer re-
ceivcs S23. and his profit is $3.50.
The figures are aggregate.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29

Senator Borah of Idaho makes
this sweeping Indictment of the Am
erjcan people: There is no place
where lite is so insecure against
bomb or bullet, criminal laws so in
effectually enforced, corruption SO
little condemned by pu bile opinion
and defiance Of law by the highest
business so prevalent as in the
United States" And the worst of il
is that it is true and deserved.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29

Saw mills of Washington are look
ing forward to more prosperous
conditions during he next year. A
mum er Of plants that have been
closed for several months past will
reopen Jan. /.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29
VARIETIES OF HEAT.

der Different O0nuttOuS.
10 the ordinary layman heat is
beat with no variation save in IN
ters;tv Yet science says that sew
eral varieties Of heat exist ana
starts in to prove it. What will heat
one thing will not heat another,
while some things are susceptible
to nearly all kinds.
Take a glass lens and focus the
lirht from an electric arc upon an
air thermometer several feet away.
An air thermometer is made OF
glass and air and tells ordinary tenn
peratures as well as any kind. It
will be found, however, that this
beam of light has no effect on 1t,
does not raise it in the slightest.
The explanation is that the glass
lens stops all heat waves that affect
glass. while the intervening air
stops all waves that affect air, so
when the beam gets to the Their
mometer it is powerless as far as
heat that affects glass and air is con-
cerned. Yet if you put your hand
in the focus blister will be burned
in short order, or if the bulb of the
thermometer is painted black this
will get hot and send the index up.
Warren tells Of an experiment by
means of which a strong and very
hot raw was sent through a cake OF
ice without melting the ice a par
ticle. 1t was done by interposing a
transparent tank Of water between
the lens and the ice, the water tax
ing all the heat capable of affecting
water or ice and becoming hot it.
self,>while the ice remained undis-
turbed. Yet gunpowder may be ex-
ploded by means of the rays trans
mitted through ice.
Nearly all heat from the sun will
pass through glass, but it has been
found that from white hot platinum
the glass absorbs one-fourth of its
total heat. The most astounding ex-
pertinent was made with copper
heated to whiteness. 1t was found
that the glass through which it tried
to go absorbed nineteen-twentieths,
allowing only one-twentieth to go
through.
AS is well known, heat from the
sun comes through glass with facil-
ity into a room and heats up objects
in the room The objects change
this heat to dark rays, and it cannot
get out again. If glass transmitted
a majority Of the heat waves from
hot stove We should most certainly
have to have winter rooms without
windows or else lose all our heat.
Alone the same lines is the method
Of the earth II retaining the heat Of
the sun through the night The at
mosphere allows almost all the suns
heat to pass through to the earth,
but there the waves are changed
and cannot get out.
A possibility Of some interest is
pointed out by Warren. It is that
some planets that do not receive SO
much heat as the earth may have a
different kind Of atmosphere which
keeps in more heat than does ours
ard therefore can have as great a
temperature as ours. Ii we kept all
the heat the sun gives US we could
not live on this planet, for the
amount would accumulate day by
day until it became unbearable-
The planet Mars is a notable in
stance. 1t receives only about one
thousandth the heat the earth re-
ceives, but observations go to show
that its temperature is as high as
ours.-New York Tribune.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29
The Only Application.

A pale, intellectual looking chap,
wearing eyeglasses and unshorn
hair, visited an athletic instructor
not long ago and asked questions
until the diplomatic athlete finally
became weary. IF I take boxing
and vreutling lessons from You VIII
It require any particular applica-
ion be asked. @No,. answered
the instructor, Nbut : ittls axnica
viii come IN handy /"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29

Washington is the banner state OF
the Pacific coast and Rocky Noun
tain districts. Washington has
nearly doubled it's wheat acreage in
the past ten years. The yield in
1909 was 4O,920,3 $3.50 bushels.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29

The law passed by the late legisla-
ture prohibits those under FL years
of age from entering pool rooms
End holds the proprietor re-
sponsible for violations of the law.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29

The Islander wishes all of it's
readers a Happy New Year and a
prosperous one. They may be both
happy and prosperous if they wish
to be, and try to be. The best and
shortest way to reach that desirable
condition is to get together, and
pull together.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29

The Bellingham Brewery has
been arrested for selling beer in
Bel:ingham.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29
Another Man.

sLook here, old fellow, where is
that SO you borrowed from me last
month";"
sfWhat STOP
sWhy, didn't you come to me and
say you must have $40? Didn't you
say you were SO worried you weren't
yourself that night p
ooh, well, if wasn't myself why
in the deuce should ! be expected to
pay it z? Newark Star.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29
Bill Nye said,

when | compare the two or
three creditors that | nave with the
millions Of people to whom | owe
nothing, | wonder why in the world
those fellows make such confound-
ed fuss about it,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29

The state penitentiary has at
present SGT convicts enrolled on it's
books This is but four more than
were there Jan L. During the year
36 persons have been received at
the institution, while 348 have been
turned out. Seventy-two paroles
have cen issued and two have been
pardoned. Within the walls are
742, lot are employed in the rock
quarries and 48 are on parole.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29

The people of Friday Harbor will
enter Upon the New Year with
brighter prospects than they have
had for some years. There is now
evident get-together spirit that
promises to &C omelish something
IN 1912. In month or so the cit
liens will have the opportunity to
vote for or against an issue Of bonds
to the amount of $4,000 for a
water supply from Trout lake.
That it will be carried seems to be
reasonably certain, The necessity
for a water system for fire pro-
lection has been demonstrated.
Water for domestic purposes is also
badly needed. The investment in
water supply will impose no bull
d ms upon the taxpayers. The
bonds will draw no more than A
percent. interest, and the earnings
should not only suffice to pay the in
terest. but also provide sinking
fund for the retirement of the
bonds. Other benefits will be a
reduction Of insurance rates and
modern conveniences in the homes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29
Presbyterian Services

Sabbath school at 10 A. NJ;
Christian Endeapor at 7.3O F. M.
every Sunday: preaching on alter
nate Sundays at IL A. NJ, and every
Sunday evening at 8 o'clock at Fri
day Harbor.
Sabbath school 1.3O r. NJ; preach
ing 2.3O every Sunday at the valley
church. All are welcome.
Rev. ]. E. Nelson. pastor.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29

With the return of winter, the po-
lice departments in all the larger
cities Of the Northwest are finding
it problem to cope with incipient
criminals. Men being out of work
resort to preying on their fellow
being for the wherewithal to live.
Seattle, especially has gone through
a carnival of thievery and brigand-
age.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29

When the Olympic Peninsula De-
velopment League meets in Olym-
pia, the latter part of next month,
there will be conference of farm
ers to consider proposals of how to
increase the farmed area of Western
Washington. The League has ar
ranged program that will interest
the workers of the soil. Author
tiles Of the Washington State College
and Experiment station will be on
hand to give practical demonstra-
tions. One day will be devoted to
a discussion Of the use of artificial
fertilizers. Where there is so much
moisture as on tie west side it is
coming to be recognized more and
more that something should be ad-
ded to conserve the natural fertility.
The use of nitrate of soda will be
carefully investigated.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29

The largest list of prizes ever
offered by any fra ernal organiza-
tion will be hung up by the Port
land lodge Of Elks for the winners
III the grand lodge convention para
de there next July. More than
$4,000 will be divided among the
contestants in the big Elk pageant.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29

The people of Friday Harbor are
exceedingly fortunate in securing
the services Of Mr.. g L. Carter to
succeed Hon John [. Blair as coun-
Gilman Mr.. Carter is a builder,
and may be depended upon to aid
in every way the building up Of the
town. a business administration Of
town affairs, and a water supply
may confidently be expected.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-12-29

Entered at the Postohice at Frids
class ma
FRIDAY, DEC
The Bellingham Brewery has
been arrested for selling beer in
Bel:ingham.
The law passed by the late legisla-
ture prohibits those under Fl years
of age from entering pool rooms
end holds the proprietor re-
sponsible for violations Of the law.
Saw mills of Washington are look
ing forward to more prosperous
conditions during he next year. A
nun er Of plants that have been
closed for several months past will
reopen Jan. /.
Washington is the banner state of
the Pacific coast and Rocky Noun
tain districts. Washington has
nearly doubled it's wheat acreage in
the past ten years. The yield in
1909 was 4O,920, $3.50 bushels.
Bill Nye said
"When | compare the two or
three creditors that | nave with the
millions Of people to whom | owe
nothing, | wonder why in the world
those fellows make such confound-
ed fuss about it.
The Islander wishes all of it's
readers a Happy New Year and a
prosperous one. They may be both
happy and prosperous if they wish
to be, and try to be. The best and
shortest way to reach that desirable
condition is to get together, and
pull together.
The largest list of prizes ever
offered by any fra ernal organiza-
ton will be hung up by the Port
land lodge of Elks for the winners
III the grand lodge convention para
de there next July. More than
$4,000 will be divided among the
contestants in the big Elk pageant.
The people Of Friday Harbor are
exceedingly fortunate in securing
the services Of Mr.. g L. Carter to
succeed Hon. John [. Blair as coun-
Gilman. Mr.. Garter is a builder,
and may be depended upon to aid
in every way the building up Of the
town. a business administration Of
town affairs, and a water supply
may confidently be expected.
With the return Of winter, the po-
lice departments in all the larger
cities Of the Northwest are finding
it problem to cope with incipient
criminals. Men being out of work
resort to preying on their fellow
being for the Wherewithal to live.
Seattle, especially has gone through
a carnival Of thievery and brigand-
age.
The state penitentiary has at
present SGT convicts enrolled on it's
books This is but four more than
were there Jan l. During the year
36 persons have been received at
the institution, while 348 have been
turned out. Seventy-two paroles
have cen issued and two have been
pardoned. Within the walls are
742, lot are employed in the rock
quarries and 48 are on parole.
Senator Borah of Idaho makes
this sweeping indictment of the Am
erjcan people: There is no place
where life is so insecure against
bomb or bullet, criminal laws so in
effectually enforced, corruption SO
little condemned by bile opinion
and defiance Of law by the highest
business so prevalent as in the
United States" And the worst of il
is that it is true and deserved.
A publicity department has been
organized by the new Seattle Cham.
Der of Commerce. for exploiting
Systematically the whole Pacific
Northwest. 1t will be conducted
by Robert Mattison under the super.
vison or the Chamber. Beside,
The Washington herald., 1911-11-26

est buggy around the sharp turn in the
presence of the assembled family lined
iup on the road. He purposely crossed
over and brought the buggy so close to
the rotary box that it struck it with some
force
But instead of being smashed the box
simply whrled around on the pivoted
buggy wheel. The fact that the box was
rotated simply made the collision a
glancing blow and did not even loosen
the post. Then the carrier o. KID the
box. as it was easier for him TO deposit
mail; by whirling the wheel around he
could deposit letters without leaving his
seat in the delivery wagon.
And now for the strange adventure
which resulted from Pliny's rotary mall
box
1t happened a few afternoons after
the test of the great invention. PEny
was busy painting the back stoop when
he was much surprised to see his brother
Austen come rushing into the yard
why aren't you playing footballs?
Any one hurt" he demanded anxiously,
noting the worried look on Austen's face.
Say. I've made an awful break"
groaned Austen, and you'll have to get
me out of it, Then Austen went on toI
explain. You remember that letter
father gave me TO mail this afternoon
just before he started for Martin
place"
Pliny remembered well. There had near.
" been a fight over it. Mr.. Quick. who
was lawyer, had forgotten to mail an i'm
portant letter in town. He usually drove
home every noon to luncheon, going back
to Oakdalo for afternoon court session.
But to-day he had to see Farmer Martin |
in regard 10 a lawsuit over a drove of hogs
which had escaped and strayed on the rail-
road tracks, where they met with disaster
The letter had to be mailed and Austen
was ordered to mail ii in town. This hap
pened just as Austen returned from school !
Austen had other plans. He intended to
play football that afternoon, so a round
trip of four miles into town and back just
because that old letter had to catch the
) 40 fast mail didn't suit him a bit He /
tried to make PIiny go, but Pliny stuck to
his painting job just about as close as his
paint stuck to the ratings of that back
piazza. The. other two boys weren't home,
so Austen had to take the letter.
Thath is, be took it as far as PIiny's
great rotary mail box and dropped it in.
The carrier would take it up in plenty
Of time for the 6:45 train. and how
''touchy" his father was not TO even trust
the rural free delivery.
The game was half over. Austen had
himself by a great run
around the end which had caused his
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the house. His fathers letter was still
lying in Pliny's mail box.
The Oakdale School team always
blamed the loss of that game to Austen 6
sudden. unexplained withdrawal Austen
knew how important that letter was.
That was why he appeared before Pliny
in such a panic.
The question is, How much time is
there left?" and Pliny looked at his
watch. You haven't time enough to
make it if you had it in your hand and
were behind a fast team" he added
gloomily.
Cant We take the box off the wheel
and smash the lock-" groaned Austen.
There was no question of unlocking. The
house key had been promptly lost, and
Mr.. Quick carried the other key on his
chain. Pliny was thinking hard. Finally
he said
Austen. harness the mare. 1t would
take too long to smash that strong lock
or get the box off the wheel. l put too
many rivets into it. Don't ask questions;
The Washington herald., 1911-11-26

not so very thick through. To make sucI
a trunk you will need deep cardboard
box, deep enough to hang your doll'i
clothes from the top so that they will moi
come quite to the bottom of the box. The
box may be as wide across as possible, be-
cause the wider Il is the more dresses can
be huns in it. From front to back IL need
width Of the gowns, as they will be hung
up crosswise
The hangers for the trunk are hung
from the under part of the lid. The
hangers are made of wire twisted In two
loops and fastened in the middle. They
should be as wide as your dolls frocks
and coats. A loop Of cord or ribbon Is
The Washington herald., 1911-11-26

n OILS who have large wardrobes that
should be carefully taken care of are
now using wardrobe trunks in which
to pack their clothes when they go travel
ling. These trunks are not oply useful to
carry clothes in, but when the doll has
arrived at her destination they can be set
up in a room and used as wardrobes.
Instead of being made like large box
in which the clothes can be packed, these
wardrobe trunks are so built that the
clothes can be hung on hangers and the
hangers suspended from the top of the
trunk. The trunk is deep and wide, but
The Washington herald., 1911-11-26

bladder. The weight in the bag must BE-
so arranged that the fish will swim on the
surface OF sink to the bottom at the
slightest touch.
Now, If You press on the bladder little
water will be forced into the fish through
the hole which you made; thus the fish
will become heavier and sink to the bot
tom. If you slacken the pressure the COM
pressed air in the shell will force the
water out, so that the fish win become
lighter and rise to the surface.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-26

every second counts. Hurry and picA
me up out at the box
| When Austen drove out he found Pliay
holding the buggy wheel in his hand. He
had detached it from the post The box
was, of course, on the wheel rim. Pliny
hastily piled the wheel and box into the
buggy, jumped in and Austen started the
mare.
Whoa shouted PIiny. You're going
the wrong way"
Why. this is the way to Oakdale -
Don't ask questions :" impatiently cried
Pliny. I'm running this thing and he
made Austen turn around to go exactly
loppOsite.
They drove perhaps half a mile when
Pliny told his brother to take a branch
road. The wondering Austen soon brought
up. on the creek road.
Say. where are you going?" he finally
demanded angrily.
I'm taking this box to father just as
fast as l can get there. There's a biz
short cut from Martins to Oakdale"
"Pliny, you're chump! Here you are,
at least three miles out of your way
You've got to cross the creek, and the
wagon bridge is that fan off If you're
really going to Martins farm"
Who said anything about the wagon
BRIDGE snorted Pliny as they skirtcd
Duck Creek. Stop right here" he COM
ma nded. Austen did so. looked at the
creek and exclaimed in alarm
| Nothing doing on that, Pliny,"
Watch me-" answered Pliny. grimly
dumping out the buggy wheel mail box
III wasn't whoOp the hoop champion for
nothing. There was no use carrying
the wheel; it was too heavy for a small
i boy to keep his footing with along that
slippery, narrow surface. for Pliny had
come straight to the ruined fOotbridge
where he'd won his championship last
summer. But that was easy compared
Ito now. 1t had showed slightly that day
and the slender foOthold was wet with
slush. And that ice cold water under
meath! One misstep-waugh.
1t was probably the only time wher
IPliny was known to willingly put on his
rubbers. He did now, and started care
| fully pushing the big wheel in front Of
him. Austen looked fearfully on. Pliny
gingerly threaded his way over the planks
I-slipped-a quick recOvery-a bit slower
lprogress-he was across!
The Martin farm was very close by.
Piny disappeared over the hill, rolling the
box on the wheel just as he would a hoop
Austen went home to wait in great fear
and suspense. Two hours later he heard
the sound of wheels. He retired to the
woodshed-a good place to be if it was
bad news. Here Pliny found him.
Come in, you're safe" laughed Pliny.
1--WE just made the As with Martin :
auto. Pa asked me what reward / wanted
and got it. I begged off for you!"
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