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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-10
School Report Dist. No. 25

The fall term in Dist. No. 25 clos
ed Oct. 81, the last three days Of
the term being devoted to attending
the Institute at Bellingham by the
teacher.
The attendance in the district for
the term was good. averaging over
81 percent. However. but three Of
the pupils were perfect in attendance
Sarah. Dorothy and Annie Sandwith
were neither absent nor tardy.
Marjorie Sandwith was absent but
one day for good and sufficient
cause.
School closed with an exhibition
of industrial work and a short pro
gram, consisting of the usual dia.
logues, recitations and songs by TIE
school.
The patrons turned out generous.
ly and listened attentively to the
children's efforts.
Mrs. Alice Newell
Teacher.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-10
Island Orchard
Nets Owner $1,000

That island pears will make for
tune for any agriculturist who will
operate his orchard intelligently and
keep his trees clean and healthy.
and will sell in any market in COM
petition with the choicest fruit from
rival districts and bring the top
price is shown by the retpfns just
received by Mr.. G. w. Myers, the
Orcas pear grower. Whose culls
sold in Seattle and Vhcouver. have
paid for the ,opers6on Of his or
chard for tho ye4r. while, 1000
boxes or two 96r loads. Of his
choicest have brought more than
$4,000 on t4f New York market
or an averagH of So. SO per box.
The Buerje Anjous brought over
81. a box and netted him $2.75 per
box. Mr.. Myers has sold in New
York for the last three years but the
price was topped this year netting
him nearly Is cents more per box
this year than last.
The pears were sold at auction
and were sandwiched between sew
eral cars from Hood river, Ore. The
pears from Hood river brought from
1925 to $500 per box. an average
of $2.45, as against Orcas island
pears at $3.93. The pears in both
cases were sold at auction.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-10
Must Pay the Bill

As long as there is no constitutions
al inhibition. the state police pow
ers extend to municipalities and
other districts, holds the supreme
court in a lengthy decision handed
down Monday, in which the law
creating the state bureau of inspec-
tion is declared constitutional. The
appeal grew out Of the refusal OF
County Auditor C. A. Burr of
Thurston county to issue warrant
upon the treasurer for the payment
Of the state examiner, who had
checked over the records Of the city
Of Olympia.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-10
State Lands Turned
Into Summer Homes

..At the sale of school lands, held at
the court house last Saturday. Ross
Welch and Henry w. Spratley OF
Bellingham. were the only bidders
for lots 8, 4 and 5. Of section Is. twp.
36. r. l west, 125 acres, for which
they paid ten to twelve dollars per
acre.
The land lies near Olga, running
around into Obstruction Pass. It in
cludes about a mile of waterfront;
some of it having the finest beach to
be found on Orcas island. There is
also about five hundred dollars
worth of timber on the tract, and al
together it is a very desirable pur-
chase and should bring in a hand
some profit to the purchasers. They
will build a road around the water
front from Olga. and plat a portion
Of it at once. TIE tract offers many
delightful locations for summer
homes, and will be in brisk demand
for such purposes.
The purchase includes Spring
Bay, sheltered harbor where there
is famous mineral spring.
An extension of the water mains
from Olga is contemplated, which
will provide all modern convenien-
ces.
The land is covered with, large
and small timber. affording an abun-
dance of material for log cabins.
and other buildings.
.Messrs. Welch and Spratley have
a cottage at Olga, and have been
frequent visitors there. They have
many friends, who are waiting for a
chance to get one or more Of the
water front lots they will have to
offer. A large amount Of building
will be done there next spring.
As all the water front close in at
Olga has been sold, and much Of it
improved, this property Of Messrs.
Welch and rSpratley will provide
much needed locations FOR summer
folks at that t.popular resort.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-10
Market Days Successful

Pullman, Lewiston and several
other northwest towns have expert
mented with the market day plan
during the past summer and, in
general, the results have been, very
successful, and in sorEe instances the
market day has been made a perma-
nent feature.
For the average country town and
even small cities with any consider
able farming population tributary.
the holding of a market day, say
every alternate Saturday. is practi-
cal, and should prove beneficial in
many respects. The plan seems to
have proven generally successful in
the east and middle west and might
be inaugurated in the western COM
munities with equally good results.
] On these days all farmers and
others who have stock or other
personal property for sale should be
invited to bring it to town and have
it sold at auction, free of expense
to both seller, and buyer. These
two Saturdays in each month should
be made regular market days both
for the farmer and the merchant.
But there is an even more i'm
portant side to. this movement.
Merchants should not overlook the
value of the market day az an
opportunity for bringing farmers
and merchants closer together both
in a social and business way. Use
the occasion to hold representative
meetings to get acquainted and con-
slider matters Of local interest such
as better roads. irrigation crops,
public improvements, etc. Let the
merchan. take an interest in the
farmer s problems and through these
meetin gs gradually and diplomati-
cally educate them to the impor-
tance Of the home trading and the
snares Of buying from eastern or
any catalog houses.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-10
Never Again

This notice was found posted on
the wall of ]. w. Browns deserted
shanty on homestead in the wild
region of Wyoming:
-Four miles from q neighbor six
teen miles from the postodice.
twenty miles from 1 railroad. four
teen piles from a school house, forty
miles from q church, . hundred
and eighty miles from = DemoeFae,
half mile from hell. and the aame
distance from q Republican. Gong
10 Washington state which is Gods
country. and get 4 fresh start" !"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-10
Iine b Spray fer BIad Spot Caaker


Apples having this disease have
been examined this week at the
state experiment station and found
to be distributing spores. Spores
are also distributed at this season
from the cankers on the limbs and
trunks Of diseased trees. These
spores are carried by insects, water
dr4ps and wind to other parts of the
sane tree and to neighboring trees.
Many of them will develop new
cankers. TO prevent this spread OF
the disease, affected orchard should
be sprayed as soon a possible after
the apples are picked. The spray
solution used may be either Sui
phur lime or double strength Bor-
deaux. as preferred. AS soon as
the leaves fall another spraying
should be given. The spraying
should be supplemented by a sys-
tematic destruction of all disease
spotted apples. Much Of the infec-
ton Of stored apples is brought
about by mixing diseased apples
with the good fruit during picking
and storing. Observations made by
Experiment Station men at ChehaIis
indicate that flies may be instru-
mental in spreading the disease.
Under number of trees were de-
caying windfalls, many of which
showed the characteristic Black
Spot rot. During the sunny part OF
the day flies and other insects were
continually flying to these apples
and after flying off into the trees.
If the windfalls were carefully
gathered and destroyed this source
of infection would be eliminated.
It is comparatively easy to dis
tinguish the black spot rot from the
fruit spot which is also common in
the orchards Of the state. The
black spot rot has . small point or
opening il the center. If the spot
is small this will be surrounded BY
q narrow border of light brown. II
the spot is larger. concentric rings
|of light brown will surround the
point and the spot will Be darker
brown around the edge, which il
rather sharply defined. Spots which
are producing spores are usually
one-fourth inch to one-half inch in
diameter.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-10
NouliI,g Dong

The County Clerk has received .
letter from q Doe Bay bride as toll
lows:
Dear Sir:
I'VE were married on
October is and still have nothing to
show for it..
The succeeding two lines. how
ever. offer an explanation. They
are:
80 please send along our mar
riage certificate. "
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-10
Alasla Invites nollesteadefs

That there is nothing to prevent
any citizen Of the United States
from going to Alaska and taking up
IS much land as he desires for agri-
cultural purposes. up to $40 acres. i
the statement Of John P. Walker.
United States land surveyor. who
has just returned from making
homestead surveys. in and about the
Seward country. i
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-10
St. BaruabaS Guild

st. Barnabas Guild met at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. B. n. Clag-
horn on Monday evening, Mrs. /. II.
Blaine being the hostess. There
were fourteen members present.
and previous to the business meet
ing there were . few rubbers of
whist, three tables bsing at play.
Light refreshments were served.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-07
WOMAN WITH PUNCH
LICKS THREE COPS

Pittsburg. June 7.-Using a solar
plexus with great effect, Mary Young.
aged % years, who weighs only so
pounds, licked three big, husky. po-
licemen in the courtroom of the Penn.
sylvania avenue police station.
Miss Young, a handsome brunette,
with winning smile was arrested fol.
lowing an argument with a policeman,
to whom she complained that someone
had stolen her pocketbook.
The policeman told Magistrate
Noble Matthews that Miss Young had
struck him.
TWENTY-FIVE dollars or 80 days to
the workhouse," said the magistrate.
"What?" shouted Miss Young.
Then she made a swing at the Judge
Three policemen tried to grab her.
She swung on them with the punch
that made Bob Fitzsimmons famous
Her swings were coming SO rapidly
that they were forced to beat a hasty
retreat.
Four other policemen grabbed her
pinoned her arms to her side, and she
was hustled off to the workhouse
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-07
PETRY WON EASILY
Local Man Elected to Office
by u. S. w. V.

Harvey c. Petry, well-known
Spanish-American war veteran of this
city, was elected junior vice com
mander of the Indiana department OF
United Spanish-American War Veter
ans at the encampment which came to
a close at Lafayette yesterday. Mr.
Petry had no opposition for the Office
Other officers elected at the en-
campment were:
Commander. William F. Ranke, FIT
Wayne; senior vice commander, H. C.
Kelm, OF Lafayette; inspector, A. L
Littell, of Jeffersonville; Judge advo
cate. Wilbur Ryman. OF Muncie; sur
geon. John 8. Morrison. OF Lafayette;
Chaplain, Rev. c. II. Lawson. OF John
vile: marshal, James F. Hill, of In
dianapolis.
At the final business session the res
olutions committee recommended tina,
a law be passed by the legislature tc
prevent the dissertation of Memorial
Day by prohibiting all admission fees
for entertainments. George w. Pow
ell Of indianapolis. in an address made
protest against the holding of biz
automobile races and other athletic
exhibitions on Decoration Day. The
matter was referred to the legislative
committee.
Mr.. Powell then placed Terre Hautt
in nomination for the meeting place IL
1912. and that city was given mex
years encampment without any op
position.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-07
CRUSADE AGAINST
VICIOUS SALOONS

Chicago. June T. A nationwide
campaign to clean out the vicious ga.
looms has been launched In Chicago.
II terms itself true temperance
movement. as distinguished from the
prohibition movement. and declares
that II aims as much to get freedom
from the blind pigs" "blackleg" deal.
ers and near soft drink parlors of the
prohibition states al from the disord.
erly saloons.
Wholesale liquor dealers. gathering
in Chicago from all parts of the Unit.
ed States declared. as their National
Executive committee assembled, that
they had seen the handwriting on the
wall by the prohibition forces and de-
clared themselves ready to stand be-
hind q Wholesale house cleaning In
the liquor trade.
They called loudly for more string
ent legal regulation OF saloons. for a
more efficient enforcement of the law
!. In states and cities where the license
system prevails. and the universal
extension OF the licensing system
with more emphasis upon the charac
ter Of the licenses than the amount Of
the license fee.
One Of the Jokes" passed around
among the delegates was the recent
! formal proclamation OF the mayor OF
Bangor, Main. ordering all saloons In
that city closed after the fire Their
Bangor 10 strictly prohibition territor,
20 far - the statute books go.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-07
JURY GETS EVIDENCE
IN LUMBER HEARING

Chicago, June IA wagonload of
documentary evidence said to contain
letters threatening blacklisting and
boycotting which were addressed to
retailers by two-score lumber associa-
tons throughout the United States,
was presented to the special federal
grand jury Investigating the alleged
lumber trust
Supplementing this evidence will be
testimony of 200 lumbermen, paper
manufacturers and dealers.
Oliver Pagin, the governments in
dictment expert, is in Chicago to draw
up the bills against the members of
the combine. His arrival, coupled
with the announcement from Judge
Lands that court would take a recess
June % led to the report that the
governments case was we'll in hand
and the proof of conspiracy so con.
vincing that the grand jury would be
in session hardly three weeks.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-07
OWES $4,000; HAS
S85 IN REAL MONEY

Los Angeles. Cal, June 1.-THE
Wizard of OF" has run out of magic
In fact, he 'is stone broke" Frank
Baum, his Greater. announced that as
the Wizard has stopped magicing, he
Baum, would have to enter a petition
in voluntary bankruptcy and ask the
court to please liquidate his $4,000
worth of debts with $S5 and two type
writer's the author and playwright still
owns.
Il tried to do too much" is the way
Baum puts it.
Not satisfied with the shekels that
were rolling in upon him from his
plays and books, Baum thought of a
new way of making money. Accord
ing to the idea he went on a lecture
tour. The lecture was all right, blu,
Baum says it rained in every town he
visited, and the people would not
come to listen. Hence the bankrupt
cy petition and the present depleted
condition of the authors pocketbook
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-07
CANCER SUFFERERS |
Experiments with Patients
Blood Satisfactory.

Boston, Mass, June Hope is
promised for the cancer stricken
through unique experiments conduct
ed by DR.. Timothy Leary. medical ex-
aminer and pathologist of Tufts Med
ical school and DR.. Edward H. Risley
of the Massachusetts General hospital
Following the ideas of the late DR..
Hodenpyl of New York. they have
been injecting a fluid obtained from
cancer sufferers into other cancer pa
tients. 1t was the theory of DR.. Hold
enpyl that in the blood and body foods
of cancer sufferers there is some prop.
erty which develops immunity to the
cancer. if it can be secured and prop.
erly used.
This great surgeon was putting his
ideas into practice when death from
pneumonia put sudden stop to his
work. DR.. Risley says:
This work. together with the X-ray
has impressed me with the fact that
much can be done for the relief of can
Ger patients. While cures and bene
fit cannot be expected in every case
and in spite of the fact that no cures
have been accomplished. the work has
emphasized the fact that much symp
tomato relief can be given to suitable
cases"
viii Be Made Public
DR.. Leary Is using some of the orig
inal Hodenpyl fluid extracted from q
patient who was particularly resistant
to the disease. 1t is asserted that one
patient whose case was considered
hopeless has been treated at the Tufts
Medical college and has remained vel
for the last two years. DR.. Leary con
tends that the treatment cannot b.
spoken of as a cure. but the result.
of his experiments are to be made
public shortly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-07
TOOK WRONG CHILD
Kidnappers Sought Million.
aires Child.

Pittsburg June 7.-Kidnappers seek
ing the little three-year-old grandson
Of d. NJ. Clemson, one Of Pittsburgh
millionaire steel manufacturers. Sc
cured the little son Of the Clemson
family chauffeur by mistake and the
police are now seeking the bungling
abductors.
The child taken by mistake was
found wandering miles from the Glenn
son home. where II had been abandon.
ed after the kidnappers discovered the
mistake.
Richard Clemson the three-and-one.
half-year-old son of Ralph f. Clemson
and grandson of ID. NJ. Clemson. was
the objective victim. The little one
taken captive was Ralph Benson, OF
the same age, who Is the son Of Ralph
Benson, driver of the Clemson autos
Mrs. d. NJ. Clemson had taken a
fancy to the little son of the chauffeur
and had provided it with child's cloth
ing of the finest textures. Conse
quently the little fellow looked the
part of the Clemson heir.
Both children were playing near
some shrubbery some distance from
the Clemson residence In Woodland
road when two strangers came along
They picked up the best dressed and
the liveliest of the pair, and when
the little fellow lisped, Benson" as
his name IL Is thought the abductors
understood him to say Clemson. One
seized the Benson child. smothered
Its cries and carried it off. disappear
ing through the Woodland road sec
ton.
The other little fellow hardly under
stood but his weeping and the fact tina,
the Benson child could not be found
caused searching parties to spend
hours throughout the wooded districts
surrounding the Clemson home. A pc
liceman picked w the little wanderer
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-07
ROUGH SAILING IS
ASSURED new CODE
The Building Ordinance Has
Many Enemies in Ranks
of City Officials.

President Hammond, of the board OF
works handed over the building code
ordinance, 4s-page document, drawn
up by the Commercial club. to City
Clerk. 3. A. Beseher. this morning. 1t
will be considered at a special meet
ing OF the city council, to which all
citizens interested are invited to at
tend. 1t will be held next Monday
night. A similar ordinance was pre-
sented some time ago, but council con-
sidered it impractical and returned 1t
to the Commercial club, for revision.
which has been done.
The defeat of the code ordinance -
almost certain, even before its being
read to council. The city officials who
have looked over it's provisions. say
it is not the right kind of an ordinance
for Richmond. BY it the office Of
building inspector is created. This Of
fetal must be a practical builder or
an architect. He must give bond
of $4,000 per year. Officials say that
such a man would cost the city at
least $1,000 per year. 80.
! Richmond cannot afford another Of
fetal. it is pointed out, at this salary.
as Mayor Zimmerman is constantly
saying the city cannot make certain
necessary street improvements be-
cause of lack of funds. Some council
men say the upkeep of the streets Is
more important than the employment
of a building inspector.
Besides the fact that the city can
not afford building inspector, 1t Is
claimed that under the provisions OF
the new ordinance, poor man can
not build a new house. The ordinance
specifies how cement shall be mixed.
with the proportion OF water, sand
and cement, and how flues shall be
built lined with tile and other mater
ials to be used. 1t is full OF other
minute regulations as to the construc-
tons of all sorts of buildings.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-07
|NTERURBAN CAR
MANGLtS A NEGRO
Everett Tracy to Avoid Pay
ing Fare, Jumps from City
Car Before Traction.

An effort to beat his way into the
city from the carnival grounds on a
city street car last evening. cost Ever
EFT Tracy, a 16-year-old negro. his left
leg and put him on the brink between
life and death. Jumping from city
car No. 322, just after it had passed
Fifteenth street in order to avoid pay.
directly in front of the IL O'Clock east
bound interurban, enroute to Dayton.
The boy was violently hurled to the
ground and his body passed under the
fender and the front wheels ran over
his left leg between the knee and the
ankle. His nose was torn almost en-
tirely off and he was bleeding pro-
fusely from numerous wounds, cuts
and bruises when he was pulled from
beneath the car.
! The city ambulance was called and
Tracy was removed to the Reid Me
mortal hospita. where his left leg was
! amputsted just below the knee, his
nose sewed on and his other wounds
attended to. He was reported this
morning as having passed through the
operation as well as could be expected
At the hospital this afternoon it was
| reported that Tracy was very low and
little hope was entertained for his re
covery
Leader Of a Gang.
Tracy was with several other young
negroes who boarded the car at the
carnival grounds, and he seemed to be
the leader of the bunch. They chung
to the back fender and the foot rail
ings on the rear part of the Car
Every time the conductor would at
tempt to reach to collect fares one O
the negroes would yell thar he
comes; everybody jump" and the!
would tumble off in all directions
This performance was repeated sew
eral times before the accident befel
Tracy. At Seventeenth street one o
the negroes in jumping from thu
car was struck by bicycle rider, ant
at Sixteenth street several narrowl.
escaped being run down by motor
cycilist.
The speed of the car was slow in or
der that the conductor might collec
all fares before anyone desired to &c
Off
Shortly after the car had passed FIJI
teenth street the cry of warning wa
sounded and Tracy, in frantic haste
jumped from the car directly in tn
path of the interurban. His body wa
pushed along under the car for som
distance before it could be stopped
His left leg was crushed to a pull
where the wheels passed over it an
his right leg was badly gashed. Their
was long jagged cash in his tor
que believed to have been caused b
his teeth. Tracy did not loose cor
seriousness.
The city car was in charge of c.
Shrimp, conductor, and J. Pickering
motorman.
Tracy is said to live with his parent
in North G. street.