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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
IRON ORE MONOPOLY IS
DECLARED TO EXIST

Washington, D. c.. July 22,-The
United States Steel Corporation in
obtaining the Tennessee Coal and
Iron Company and its southern ore
lands, "cdnched" it's monopoly of
the ore of the American continent
and tied up available fields for in
dependent concerns, said Chairman
Stanley, of the house ''steel trust
investigating committee, at the
hearing.
Mr.. Stanley said he had discov-
cred from his own investigation that
the United States Steel Corporation
has no monopoly of coking coal, but,
addressing his remarks particularly
70 Richard Lindabury, counsel for
the steel corporation, he said that IL
he could say the same of the ore
and transportation facilities control
led by the trust he would frankly
do so.
The committee Intellectually
sought light from Herbert Knox
Smith, commissioner of the corpora
lions. whose bureau has been in
vestigating the steel corporation
since 1906 and has made public
only a part of its report.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
UNDERGROUND SEA IS
DISCOVERED IN TEXAS.

Gan Antonio. Texas, July 81
That there Is m underfiow from the
Rocky mountains sweeping across
New Mexico. the "Panhan4ie an0
southwestern portions OF Texas e
indicated by recent geolafical tnt
yestigations, is further emphasized
by the discovery Of subterreanean
sea in Hale and Lubbock counties,
Texas.
For a number of years 1t has been
a theory of biologists that there 10 .
subterranean stream from the Rocky
mountains sweeping southeastward
to the gulf.
It is contended that this stream
is the, source of many springs such
as those which form the headwaters
of the Guadalupe river near New
Braunfels. Texas, the famous San
Pedro springs in this city, the Car
rizo springs, in Dimmit county, the
various flows at Sutherland springs,
in Williamson county, and series
OF springs forming the headwaters
of the Nueces and those which pour
constant streams into the Devil and
Pecos rivers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
MAY FORCE TELEPHONE
LINES TO CONNECT,

Olympia, July 22.-The public
service commission has begun a
hearing upon the complaint filed by
the Home Telephone Company, of
Silver Creek, Lewis County, against
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Company and the Home Company of
Chehalis.
1t was brought out that the Bell
Company and the Northwestern
Long Distance company, with which
the complainant now has connec-
tons, will reisst the petition. It
was shown that all contracts drawn
have a clause forbidding the little
companies to do business with q RI
val competing company.
The commission. however, will, no
doubt, If it is shown that there is
any great demand for the service
by the patrons of the local line.
order physical connection.
Then the courts will have to pass
upon the question as to whether or
not the commission has the power
to order physical connections be-
tween the lines
The commission declares that It
is the public and not the companies
it is looking after
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
WIRE ROPE MANUFACTURING
TO BE DONE AT KENT

Seattle, July, "a wire rope
manufacturing plan; which repre-
sents an initial investment of ap-
proximately a quarter Of a million
dollars, and which will furnish en-
ployment to between fifty and one
hundred men, many of whom will be
skilled workmen, is now under con-
strfuction at Kent. The plant Is
being erected by the s. B. Hicks
Wire Rope Company. of Seattle, OF
which S. B. Hicks. who has been
in the heavy hardware business in
Seattle for years, is president.
The company owns tract of land
at Kent, located on the tracks OF
the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound, Northern Pacific and Great
Northern railroads. A building COX
200 is now being erected. This will
be the initial unit of the manufac-
turing plant. The machinery to be
used in the manufacture of wire
rope has been ordered and will be
installed in time to get the plant
into operation early this fall.
The plant at the outest will have
daily capacity Of $1,000 feet OF
wire rope.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
ANOTHER BIG RAILROAD
CONTRACT is AWARDED,

Spokane. Wash. July 22.-Pat-
rick WEIGH. of Spokane, and his as
sociates have been awarded the con-
tract for the construction OF 551
miles of the Canadian Northern rail-
road. between Port Arthur and Sud
bury. Ont, for $12,0O0,OO0. This
is the second large contract obtained
by the same persons from the same
company within a month, and con-
stitutes new record in the annals
of railroad contracting. Several
thousand men will be employed on
the work. The time set for its COM
pletion is October, 1913.
The contract awarded yesterday
will be conducted under the firm
name Of Foley Brothers and the
Northern Construction Company.
those thus associated being Pat
WEIGH and J. w. Stewart. OF Spo-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
GRAN GRIP
ms YEAR
HARVEST BEGINS THIS WEE.
IN GREAT INLAND Exp,,
FIELDS.
Chief Grain Inspector Says H.,
Grain Yield Will EQUAL :, ;.
Surpass. Yield of 1o1O-w.,
No Estimate of Yield in F,.,

Tacoma. July 23.-The hav :, ,
grain yield Of the state of Wash, suu
ton will be fully as great this wy.
as in 1910. il not greater star ..a'
Chief Grain Inspector C. J. Ho,.. Hos
of the state department Of nuh,
service. Inspector Hoist annornaa c
he will make no estimates ~ W.
yield In figures. The estimates i -
the past have been tho inconsistsn -
he asserts. and he thinks it wisos.
not to attempt any figures.
There is but little more acreav.
he said, although the acreage b.,
vested will probably be much sre.t
er. Much wheat and other srsi,
sown last year was not HARNESSES
because it was not worth Will
Nearly all that was sown this ve.,
will be harvested.
Oats and Barley Good.
"Oats and barley will probable
show greater increase this VOC,
than usual. The fall and sprn,
grain yields are expected to be abou,
the same as last year as regards
acreage. although there may be Soma
difference as to the extent of tho
yield. The hot weather has had lii.
tie or no effect on the crops. II
has come too late to damage the
fall wheat, although it may hurt the
spring grain slightly.
"The hot north winds in the east.
ern part of the state did not make
their appearance as early this sea.
son as they did last year and what
winds have come did not damage
he fall grain.'
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
HARVEST BEGINS ON BIG
CROP IN INLAND EMPIRE

Spokane, July 24.-Inland Empire
binders, combiners and headers be-
gan harvesting the largest crop in
the district in several years this
morning. With perfect weather,
hands a-plenty and wages normal,
winter wheat yielding thirty to forty
bushels to the acre, barley fifty to
IS bushels and oats reaching rec
ord, tillers of the soil are jubilant.
Cars have been gathered on ware
house sidings, preparing for a rush
when threshing begins. Because Of
the poor yield the last two years,
buyers expect heavy shipments, en-
abling farmers to wipe out debts
accumulated during the lean years.
The first grain of the season, at
Lapwai, Idaho, was sold yesterday
by William Bozart, 5000 sacks Of
No. / brewing barley, which sold to
the Lapwai Milling Company at 81
q hundred.
Larger in Columbia County.
Columbia county farmers say the
wheat harvest will be larger than
usual. Estimates Of the wheat in
dicates not less than $4,000 acres
to be cut this year, against about
10000 acres last year. Not less
than /. ace; % 90 bushels and possibly
$4,000 bushels is a conservative
estimate of the Columbia wheat
crop. Ranchers say little II any
damage resulted from the hot
weather.
Estimates of barley show there Is
about $4,000 acres in the county OF
20 per cent less than the estimated
acreage last year.
Barley is expected to run not less
than IS bushels per acre.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
MILLION DOLLAR RAIN
SOAKS MIDDLE WEST,

Minneapolis, Mimi, July 24.-The
prOverbial "millfon-dollar rain"
soaked Minnesota and the Dakotas
yesterday. From points in every
state in the wheat belt come reports
that water enough to carry growing
crops through the crucial state has
fallen. The precipitation at Duluth
was 2.65 inches.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
Minor Happenings
of the Week

Two thousand houses in the Turk
;sb nuarter of Constantinople were
burned Sunday afternoon.
The Treadwell, Alaska. Mining
Company will spend over million
dollars for water power increase al
it's mines.
Texas Prohibitionists. have lost
in the election for statewide pro-
hibition by vote of nearly 6,OOO
out of nearly half a million votes
cast.
Damage estimated at half mil
lion has been caused by forest fires
at Souamish, say advices brought by
the government launch Skinner
The timber belt there is one of the
finest in British Columbia.
Estimates place the value OF the
California Lima bean crop this year
at 100000, thus putting this pro-
duct among the chief crops OF the
state. The citrus crop is valued al
about $3O,OOO,VVV anu lHe ooe'
sugar at $12,000,0OO.
Barney Dreyfuss, pesident of the
Pittsburg Club of the National
League, purchased Marty O'Toole.
St. Paul's spitball pitcher, for $22,-
500, the highest price ever paid for
a ballplayer in the history OF or
ganized baseball.
The senate committee on priv
ileges and elections has decided to
refer to a subcommittee of five the
question of Investigating the cleo
ton of U. S. Senator Isaac Stephen
son of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin
legislature has officially demanded
the probe.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
Washington State
News Items

Petitions for the establishment OF
commission form of government
are being circulated among the vot-
ers of Centralia and the circulators
report that 95 per cent of the vot-
ers approached are signing.
A new survey of the north chan
mel of Grays harbor is under way,
Junior Engineer flynn, OF Seattle
being in charge. He is to determine
whether this waterway is shoaling
1t was dredged two years ago.
The public service commission
has entered the order permitting the
Northern Express Company to -ex-
tend it's service over the line of the
Yakima Valley Railway Company
from Granger to Parker, SO as to
expedite the handling of fruit.
The frame building used as fog
signal station on Destruction island
south of Cape Flattery. will soon
give way to concrete building.
The announcement has just been
made by the lighthouse department.
The siren at that point will also
be changed from steam to COM
pressed air.
D. L. Callahan, a resident of Gen.
tralia, has invented column turn
ing lathe and his invention is re-
ceiving much attention and COM
mendation from various machine
men in this section of the state.
The lathe is capable of turning out
200 columns, eight inches in thick
ness and nine feet In length in an
hour.
Contracts for the construction OF
additional concrete sidewalks and
street curbing have been let by the
Pasco council aggregating $67,497.
The Midland Engineering Company
of North Yakima, secured two of
the contracts, totaling $4,000, and
the jain Construction Company, of
Seattle, was awarded the third con-
tract.
Robert w. Prigmore, Judge of the
superior court of King county, was
accidentally shot and fatally wound
ed by his former law partner, Dep
uty Prosecuting Attorney Robert H.
Evans, with whom he was hunting
in the wild country near Bear lake,
about twenty miles from Concrete,
Wash. Judge Prigmore died within
few minutes.
When a foreman on a job risks
his life and safety to warn fellow
employee of danger and also assumes
risk in order to save property and
he is not given prompt treatment
for his injuries he has caust of &C
ton, says the supreme court in re-
versing the Cowlitz county superior
court in the case of Edwin D. Hard
ing, appellant, against the Ostrander
Railway & Timber Company.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
AMERICAN TRADE WITH
CANADA AND ORIENT.

Washington, July pa review
Of the foreign trade of the United
States during the last twelve
months shows steady increase III
commerce with Canada and inc
Orient. Exports from the United
States to Canada jumped from $2lo''
100000 to $27O,O00,000, and I'M
ports from Canada increased from
$4,000, 200 to $1O1,000,000. COM
parative increases in. business Will
China and Japan also are evident.
This country's foreign commerce
for the year showed a marked oe'
crease in imports and an increase III
exports. =
Great Britain still is America
best customer.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
sEiTTLE'S PO1LATCH week
IS DECLARED A SUCCESS

Seattle, July 23.-Concluding with
a great ball at the state armOry last
night under the auspices of the Sc
attic lodge of Elks, Seattle's first
Golden Potlatch was brought to a
pyrotechnic finish Hundreds of rev.
elers in vari-colored costumes and
masks crowded the floor of the big
building, while thousands on the
downtown streets at the same time
ushered out the last night of the
celebration with confetti, colored
streamers, tin horns and other noise
making devices. 1t is estimated
that fully 100000 visitors have en-
joyed Seattle's hospitality during
Potlatch week.
The entire celebration was re-
markable not only for the immense
throng of visitors and Seattle peo-
pie who constantly crowded the
downtown district, but also for the
general spirit of good fellowship
and hospitality evidenced on all
sides.
Dawn was breaking this morning
before the last weary celebrant de-
cided that the Golden Potlatch '97''
of 1911 had really come to an end
and took his way home to get a
good rest after a strenuous week.
Odicers of the Potlatch celebration,
though worn with fatigue from their
labors, are one and all pleased with
the fine finish of the big affair. 1t
is announced that work will at once
begin for a celebration next year
on an even greater scale.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
TAFT THANKS DEMOCRATS
FOR AID TO RECIPROCITY

Beverly, Mass, July 24.-In the
first statement he has made since
the passage of the reciprocity bill
by the senate, President Taft at the
summer White House last night.
freely Acknowledged that his long,
hard campaign fn behalf of that
measure would have proved unavail-
ing ii the Democrats had not helped
him.
THE Democrats did not play
politics in the colioquial sense in
which those words are used" said
the president, "but they followed the
dictates Of higher policy
For Secretary Knox and his as
sistants in the state department, who
conducted the negotiations and
framed the pact. the president said
more than word of praise. Those
Republicans. he said, who fought
for reciprocity, "and some of those
votes were necessary to the passage
of the bill properly. may enjoy mu-
tual fluctuations on a work we'll
dOne.'
In his own Judgment the presi-
dent said the agreement would mark
an epoch in the relations between
the United States and Canada, and
those who opposed the bill in con-
gress would find their prophecies
disproved and their fears allayed by
It's actual operation. It's passage by
the Canadian parliament, the last
step before it becomes a bond be-
tween the two countries, he believes
will be forthcoming.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
CANADIAN REC|PROC|TY MEASURE
PASSES SENATE BY LARGE MAJORITY

, restoring part of the duty on the
agricultural products. the strongest
support of the vote in behalf OF any
amendment, % Senators voting for
| it.
! Every threatened change In the
bill was defeated by the consistent
union of Democratic and regular
Republican forces. Senators Boin-
dexter, of Washington, and Works,
of California, recognized as insur-
gents, voted against nearly all
amendments. The Democrats, with
few exceptions, voted against amend
ments by Senator Bailey. one to put
the farmers free list in an amend
ment to the reciprocity bill, and the
other to incorporate a reduction In
the tariff. on cotton bagging and cot
ton ties.
Thirteen Rollcalls Demanded.
Thirteen rollcalls were demanded
! by those who wanted to amend the
measure before the bill was permit
ted to go to its final passage. The
other amendments were defeated
without the formality of rollcalls.
John Norris, chairman of the COM
mittee on paper Of the American
Newspaper Publishes Association,
in statement tonight, said:
1.-The paper section of the bill be-
comes effective Immediately on ap-
prevail of the President. and paper
made from timber cut in privately
owned lands will come in duty free
without awaiting any Canadian &C.
ton. In that respect, it differs from
the general reciprocity section,
which will not go into effect until
the President shall proclaim that
Canada has reduced its duties in &C.
cordance with the agreement be-
tween the United States and Can
ada"
Publishers Are Pleased.
Setting forth what Mr.. Norris be-
lieVes will be the effect Of the paper
section of the bill, the statement
says
can important factor in the sit
uation is the removal of uncertainty
respecting the tariff on pulp and
ever which has, for at least four
years, deferred investment in paper
enterprises. Hitherto, the existing
American mills have been cor-~--~-
lively free from fear of competition
canse the timber areas tributary
to available water power in the
United States had been acquired for
speculative holdingD.
"The cheapening of timber values
in the United States is also a factor
in the situation. The opening of
large pulp wood areas in the Can
adian provinces should break the ar
tificially inflated price of pulp wood
stumpage in the United States.
''The daily output of news print
paper averages 1000 tons. Within
two years new installations should
add approximately 1900 tons per
day to the supply. Such an addi-
ton ought Ito restore competitive
conditions"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
Makes Ruling on Taxes.

Olympia, July 22.-The action of
the assessor of Chehalis county in
listing the right-of-way, track and
equipment of the O.-W. r. & N. as
personal property instead of segre-
eating it into real and personal,
does not relieve the company from
paying taxes. It merely ueans that
the assessor will have to relist the
property, says the state tax commits
sion in q formal letter on the sub
ject, and the county has I'VE years
Ia which to make the correction.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28

kane; Foley Brothers, of st. Paul,
Mimi; A. r. Mann and A. C. Mac
kenzie, OF Toronto, the two latter
constituting the Northern Construc-
ton Company. Precisely the same
parties are interested in the contract
previously obtained for the construc-
tion OF 165 miles near the west end
Of the same railroad system.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28

Denver. July 24.-Suit in the
amount Of $4,000 was filed against
the Union Pacific in the federal
court here yesterday for alleged
violation of the hours Of service
act passed by congress IN 1907. The
complaint charges that the railroad
company has violated the act twenty
six times. The penalty for each
violation is $500.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
SEATTLE MARKET REPORT.
Purchasing Prices.

The following prices are offered
to the producer by the local dealers
for delivery in round lots, +. o. b.
Seattle.
Eggs-Select ranch, 26@27 per
doz.
Poultry-Live hens, large, lac
per Id; old ROSTERS, 1Oc per Id; old
ducks. 10c per lb; spring ducks, 10c
per lb; geese, 13c per Id; squads,
1925 per doz; broilers, tic per Id.
Dressed veal Small, HOBO per
Id; large. SO loo per lb.
Ranch butter-13@14c per Id.
Spring lambs-12 @ lac per lb.
Butter fat-25 q 26c per lb.
Seattle Wheat.
Spot-Bluestem, SO q 94c per bu;
club. SO oslo per bu; red Russian,
SIC per blu; forty-fold, SAC per bu;
Fife, Sac per bu; grain bags, 8 3-4c
each.
August Bluestem, S2c per bu;
club and Fife, 7Sc per blu; red Rus
sian, 78c per bu.
September-Blueste Sic pei
bu; club and Fife, TIC per bu; red
Russian. 75c per blu.
Tacoma Wheat.
Bluestem, SAC per bu; forty-fold
Sc per bu; club. S3c per blu; red
Russian, Sic per blu.
Portland Wheat.
Track prices Club, 8O@81c pei
bu; bluestem, s2@93c per bu: red
Russian, 1908 per bu; valley, Sic
per bu; forty-fold, SO@81c per blu,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
Editors Change Name.

Detroit, Mich, July 22.-The edi-
tors, in annual convention here de-
cided to change the name Of the or
ganization to the National, Press As
ISOLATION of America. This action
is a part of the plan to re-organize
on more comprehensive basis.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28

London, July 25.-The Daily Mail
learns that the Consolidated Cold
neids Company, of South Africa, un-
DER the advice, it says, of John HAYS
hammond, has acquired considerable
interests in the Yukon field, and in
tends to float new company with
a capital of $4,000, 900.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28

Kennewick, July 22.-Orders for
100000 brick have been booked
here by the Twin City Brick e Tile
Company since the first of the year.
The big increase over last year is
due to the erection of many new
school buildings in the Columbia
river valley.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28

Detroit, July 22+The Nationa.
Press Association, until now known
as the National Editorial Assocl.
ton, adopted resolutions this wen
endorsing the administration OF ~.
H. w. Wiley, chief of the Duieaa
of chemistry of the department "
agriculture, and opposing the enao'.
ment Of legislation granting penny
postage.