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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-03-17
Will Establish Hospital Here

Friday Harbor is soon to have a
we'll equipped hospital, Doctors
Capron and Reed having made ar
rangements to establish one in the
building owned by DR.. Capron, on
the corner of Spring street and Ar
gyle avenue. The doctors say that
the hospital will be we'll equipped
for the care Of surgical cases as VS., ,,
as other ills and that competent
nurses will be IN attendance to care
for patients as efficiently as in the
larger hospitals of the cities.
At the outset there will be three
private rooms and one ward with
four beds. The hospital equipment
will include the most modern appa-
ratus for X-ray examinations and
high frequency electrical treatments.
Mrs. Margaret Francis will be the
matron. The doctors hope to have
the hospital ready to receive
patients in about three weeks.
M. A. Ward, for a number of
years resident OF this island and
still the owner of a fine farm on the
west coast, at Kanaka bay, is spend
ing a few weeks visiting island
friends and attending to some bus
mess matters. He came to the
Pacific coast from New York forty
three years ago and was one of The
pioneer settlers of what is now Ben
ton county, having located there
twenty-eight years ago. He likes
the Sound country better than he
does the now famous irrigated re-
gion east Of the mountains where
land is now valued at prices that
would have been deemed fabulous
and utterly improbable score of
years ago. Knowing the conditions
existing in the cities and east Of the
Cascades he thinks the people of this
county are as rule better off than
they realize.
Next Friday evening, M March "a,
an entertainment will be- given at
Odd Fellows hall here by the pupils
of the West Sound school under the
direction of the teacher, Miss Mary
M. Myers. The entertainment will
consist of music by the West Sound
Marine band, comprising twenty
three Juvenile members, under the
direction of Joseph Vetter Jr. sOur
/ Awful Aunt comic drama in two
acts with tableau, will be given.
A quartette, solos, duets and other
musical selections will be rendered.
Admission. Is and Is cents. The
proceeds are to go toward the build
ing of new school house at West
Sound.
A. D. Conway is back from quite
an extended tour of Western Oregon
and California, having gone as far
south as San Diego. He says the
weather was very disagreeable while
he was in southern California anc
that he was not SO favorably i'm
pressed with any part of that mdct
advertised region as to have any de
1 sire to live there. He was. how
ever, much pleased with southwest
ern Oregon. where business pros
poets seemed to him to be very
promising.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-03-17

Property owners on Second street
are endeavoring to make arrang-
ements to secure water from the
county well. They propose to have
an inch and a half pipe laid from
the well to Spring street, with hall
OF three quarter inch laterals to the
buildings to be supplied.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-03-17

Government statistics of the last
year show a shortage of about no.
600, 900 bushels Of potatoes, as COM
pared with last season S crop. Every
year this country imports large
quantities Of potatoes. This means
a growing demand. The profit in
the crops depend largely upon
methods OF cultivation. Every
farmer interested in the potato crop
can obtain information which will
be interesting from the booklet
published by the Aspinwall Manu-
featuring company, Jackson. Mich.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-03-17
Prices of food Products

After a careful and exhaustive
study Of the market conditions in
the Pacific Northwest during the
past eight years President Harvey
Beckwith' Of the Portland CONNER
cial Club. makes the startling state
ment that prices paid to farmers for
eleven different articlessof food, all
necessities, advanced 31.4 per cent
between April, 1902 and October
1910 and he backs up his state ment
by quotations from market reports
published in Portland during that
period. "These figures" said Presi-
dent Beckwith indicate that Port
land is a high priced-market for
farm produce and the high prices are
directly chargeable to the great in
crease in consumption over pro-
duction. The demands of rapidly
growing population have more they
kept pace with the increase in the
quantity of essential foodstuffs sent
to market by the farmers of the
state, and this condition is one that
is not likely to be changed for long
time, if ever, and the situation is a
very inviting one to the producer. .
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-03-17

Eastern people who have an idea
that it rains nearly all the time
during the winter months on Puget
Sound would be surprised to learn
that only one inch and a half Of
rain fell in this county during
February and that there were only
seven cloudy days during the month,
ten partly cloudy and that eleven
were clear. On only six days
during the month did any rain what
ever fall.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-03-17

Saturday. April l, the lecture
course number, for which the
teachers Of Friday Harbor contract
ed some time ago, is to be given
here. This is the first attempt to
introduce a lecture course in Friday
Harbor. These same entertainers
appear on the Bellingham High
School lecture course and come from
Anacortes here. They are Augusta
Grimm, reader and accompanist,
and Jean Cooper, whistler and ban
joist, and appear under the title Of
New York Entertainers Synop-
sis of program will appear later.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-03-17
Ross Victorious

An Olympia dispatch says that
with the issue squarely drawn be-
tween Governor Hay and Land
of Ross, the house went formally
on record against the reorganiza-
ton of the land office and the in
vestigation of that Office and of the
state tax commission.
The anti-administration crowd,
generally led by Beach, Sims, Nc
Ardle and Client, were reinforced
by the stalwart champion of perma-
nent highways, Jim McNeely, who
made the most bitter arraig nment
Of executive lobbying" heard on
the floor of the house during the
session. He denounced the attack
on Ross as that of political enemies
and called attention to the fact that
the present land commissioner was
elected by the people by the second
largest vote on the ticket. s
Seattle has now finished it's spring
housekeeping. The job recently
started, when new mayor was
elected by recalling the former eX-
ecutive, has been supplemented by
putting. in new council Of nine
members chosen at large, wiping
out the old ward lines. None, of
the so-called ring survived. The
elements of reform have clear
working majority. The city has also
authorized an 100000 bond issue
to buy a trunk street car line which
will be municipality operated. This
constant roundelay of change drives
home the philosophers plant that
naught is permanent on earth.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04
ASTONISHED THE "OLD MAN.
His 'Rah 'Rah Son by No Means the
"Dude" He Had Hitherto
Seemed to Be.

The new governor of a western
state has two sons. One is big and
husky like his father, but the other is
more slight; and at times he rather
vexes his father by his affectation of
'rah-'rah-boy clothes and a general air
of lassitude and dudishness.
The two sons and the father were
in the library one night and the name
of prizefght referee came into the
conversation The 'rah-'rah boy had
been sitting by, twiddling his thumbs,
but his ears pricked up at the mans
name and he drawled: II rather like
that chap. He's all right"
What do you know about him?"
the other brother asked, rather con-
temptuously.
"Oh, he gave me a shade the best
of it one night"
Gave you the best of it?" both
father and brother shouted.
Eyes; you see, l fight under the
name of Young Ryan and he counted
pretty slow one time when | was
down. Saturday Evening Post
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04
IRRIGATE FOR THE POTATOES
One of important Matters in Growing
Spuds Is Water-Ground Should
Never Be Soqgy.

Potatoes make their greatest growth
and weight during August and Sep
tember. The growth up to this time
has been the development of stems
and leaves and the setting of the tu-
bers. The cultivating and ridging
should now be practically completed.
The next important thing is irrigation.
The evaporation from soils and plants
is greater than at any other period
in the growing season and the tubers
requiring more moisture than at any
other time. The ground should not
be made soggy or water-logged at any
one irrigation, says the Denver Field
and Farm. Close track should be kept
of the potato fields. The needs should
be fully anticipated and the ground
should never be allowed to become SO
dry that a later irrigation will start
new growth and make the potatoes
uneven and warty. Two light irriga-
tions are better than one exception
ally heavy Cne. 1t is probable that ir-
rigation of the very late planted fields
can continue safely until September
1. This gives about six weeks for
ripening in dry soil.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04
RICE IRRIGATION IN SOUTH
IN many Sections Where Boil Weevil
Has Made Cotton Growing Unprofit-
able Other Crops Raised.

In many sections of Louisiana. Ar
kansas and Mississippi the ravages Of
the Doll weevil have made the grow.
ing of cotton improbable and the
producers are substituting other
crops. Experiments with the growing
OF rice have proved that it can be
grown there proftably In conse-
quence, large areas of cotton land
have been planted to rice during the
past season and costly failures are
quite certain to result unless proper
methods are followed. These farmers
as rule know little about pumping
plants, the building of levees for rice
irrigation, the quantity of water to
apply and the proper time of applica-
ton. 1t has therefore been found
necessary to detail man to this field
to devote his entire time to a study
of rice irrigation and to work out, if
possible, by experiments, better and
cheaper methods than those now in
vogue. A farmers bulletin on the ir-
rigation of rice for the benefit of be-
ginners will soon be published"
1t has been suggested that farmers
grow soy beans as possible sub
stitute for cotton seed in the produc-
ton Of oil. The same machines that
are used for extracting cotton-seed
oil can be employed for extracting the
oil from soy beans. The vines and
cake residue are also valuable stock
feeds. Cropping systems have been
devised for southern farmers entering
upon some kind of livestock farming.
Many of the industrial schools of the
south are giving attention to farming.
The department is cooperating with
these institutions in devising plans of
management which shall teach correct
principles of crop rotation, tillage
and fertilizing."
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04
POINT OF VIEW.
PRAIRIE DOGS.

We usually write our own ads, but
will let a user of Rough on Rats" for
determination of Prairie Dogs write this
one. Mr.. HI. B. Mosely, a ranchman, un-
der date of Feb. .4th, 1911, writes as fol
lows from Hill Top, Douglas Co., Col
vertisement of Rough on Rats it not
only reads good but it is good. I have
been troubled twenty years with Prairie
Dogs; have used many so-called exter-
minators to no purpose. Not long since
l used poisoned wheat, prepared by an
expert who had made it a study for years,
but it DID no good for me; they ate it, but
up field of corn for me; I was at my
wits end what to do; [ could only get
the small 15c. size here of Rough on
Rats | mixed it with corn and applied;
many of them chirped no more; l then
mixed it with corn meal and placed it
on days not windy, near their holes.
Rough on Rats is by far the best thing
I have tried, but fancy 1 am using it
unnecessarily strong, or you may suggest
q better way than | know to mix or use it.
/ wish our druggists would keep the larg-
est (75c.) size; could you send me the 75c.
size? 1t clears them out in great shape;
you sAould. make it better known to
Ranchmen."
The above are facts as stated by Mr.
Mosely. Rough on Rats" is equally
Rough on Prairie Dogs, Squirrels, Chip
munks, Gophers, Rabbits. Mice, Rats
varmints of every and all kinds, Reaches,
Flies, Ants, and Bed Bugs. Read the di-
rections how to use it safely in outbuild-
ings and for the different kinds of pests.
For Prairie Dogs [ would advise soaking
coarse cracked corn in mixture of, say
one 25c. box of Rough on Rats" to five
gallons of water; let it stand week,
shaking frequently; you can use the same
mixture over and over again for cracked
and instantly, say, one part to twenty Of
hot corn meal mush; when it cools, di-
vide in pieces and place about their
holes. l5c, 25c and 75c; wooden boxes
only: E. S. Wells, Chemist, Jersey City,
N. j.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04
Use an Incubator.

Do not be discouraged because in
your first attempt to operate an incu-
bator you are not as successful as you
expected to be. And do not blame the
incubator. Nearly every person who
has Matched chickens with the wood
en- hen has been disappointed at first.
However, those who have preserved
and prof1ted by experience have been
we'll rewarded for their labors.
There is less trouble in operating an
incubator than in looking after two or
three sitting hens. Biddy will sit when
she gets ready, and frequently when
her task is but half finished will jump
the job, with the result that her eggs
are total loss. 1t is not so with the
incubator. 1t is ready to get to work
at any time and when the eggs are
placed the wooden hen will stay set.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04
$3.50 RECIPE CURES
WEAK KIDNEYS, FREE
RELIEVES URINARY AND KIDNEY
TROUBLES, BAckAcHE, STRAIN
ING, SWELLING, ETC.
Stops Pain In the Bladder, Kidneys
and Back.

Wouldn't 1t be nice within a week or so
to begin to say goodbye forever to the
scalding, dribbling, straining, or too fire.
quent passage Of urine; the forehead and
the back -the-head aches; the stitches
and pains in the back; the growing mus
Gle weakness; spots before the eyes; yell
low skin; sluggish bowels; swollen eye
lids or ankles; leg cramps; unnatural
short breath; sleeplessness and the de-
spondency?
I have a recipe for these troubles that
you can depend on. and if you want to
make a QUICK RECOVERY, you ought
to write and get copy of it. Many q
doctor would charge you $3.50 just for
writing this prescription, but I have It
and will be glad to send 1t to you entire
ly free. Just drop me a line like this:
DR. A. e. Robinson, K-254 Luck Building,
Detroit, Mich, and I will send it by re-
turn mail in plain envelope. AS you will
see when you get it, this recipe contains
only pure, harmless remedies, but it has
great healing and pain-conquering power.
1t will quickly show its power once you
use 1t, so I think you had better see what
1t is without delay. 1 will send you a
copy free-you can use it and cure your
self at home.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04
COULD NOT STAND SUFFERING
FROM SKIN ERUPTION

II have been using Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment for the past
three months and 1 am glad to say
that they cured me of most annoy
ing skin eruption. 1t began by my no
ticing red blotches appearing on my
face and scalp. Although they were
rather disfiguring, did not think any
thing of them until they began to get
scaly and dry and to itch and burn
until | could not stand the suffering
Then began to use different soap,
thinking that my old kind might be
hurting me, but that didn't seem to do
any good l went to two different doc
tors but neither seemed to relieve me
any I lost many nights sleep in con-
tinual scratching, sometimes scratch
ing till drew the blood on my face
and head. Then I started in to use
the Cuticura Remedies and in two
months l was entirely relieved of that
awful pest / am SO delighted over
my cure by Cuticura Remedies that I
shall be glad to tell anybody about
it." (Signed) G. M. Macfarland, 221
West 115th St., New York City, Oct 5,
1910.
Cuticura Soap (25c) and Cuticura
Ointment (50c) are sold throughout
the world. Send to Potter Drug G
Chem. Corp, sole props, 135 Colum-
bus Ave-, Boston, for free book on
skin and scalp diseases and their
treatment.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04
Uncle Joe's Check,

Col. Henry Casson, sergeant-at-arms
of the house of representatives, has
the original check given by Speaker
Joseph G. Cannon few years ago to
a book agent, and about which an in
teresting story has been told.
An agent visited the speaker and in
terested him, in an elaborate edition of
something which Uncle Joe didn't
want, but bought. When the books
arrived Uncle Joe examined them and
decided at once that something had
been put over on him. When the agent
came for his money the speaker de-
termined to make him indorse a terse
sentiment on books, so he wrote out a
check for $73, the amount due, and on
the back of it he inscribed:
"Pay to the order of Mr.. Blank, in
full payment for an edition which was
not worth a d., and dear at that
price, but for the ease and grace with
which he put it over your Uncle Joe
it was we'll worth the money. ."-Hu-
man Life.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04
DAIRY NOTES.

Cows need much water.
Never allow the dairy sire to run
with the terd.
Cows freshening in the fall are most
profitable.
The fall fresh cow makes her owner
the most money.
A good stool adds much to the COM
fort and satisfaction of milking.
Feed all the green hay that the cows
will clean up well.
Cows grazed on blue grass pasture
will give milk Of a superior excel
tence. the cream being rich and deep
colored
Salt is of special Importance to the
dairy COW during the winter when she
is fed on dry feed
Do not force a dairy COW to seek
shelter behind barb-wire fence in a
stormy and frosty day.
Alfalfa hay should be grown abun-
dainty on every farm, particularly on
every dairy farm.
There is no point of greater impor-
tance on the dairy farm than that Of
having perfectly healthy stock.
AS factor in reducing the cost of
production upon large and small dairy
farms nothing has approached the
silo.
Investigations go to show that it is
impossible to materially affect the
composition of cows milk by feed
ing.
The dairy farmer who buys his con-
centrated feeds, unless his COWS are
bringing him a very large income per
head. is playing a losing game.
It is needless to force a COW to
grind this hard and dry grain when
It can be done mechanically before
it is fed.
A collie should never be played
with, petted. nor interfered with while
at work, nor should he be allowed TO
become vicious and hasty with mem
bers of the herd
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04
The Way of a Woman.

They had been quarreling, and al
though hubby was willing to take the
blame all upon himself and smooth
matters over peaceably, she was still
snippy and Indifferent.
"Come over here, Jessie. Aren't
you curious to know what is in this
package?"
"Oh, not very; I can stand the
strain,'' she replied, belligerantly.
"Well, it's something for the one I
love best in all the world,'' he said,
coaxingly, trying to win smile.
"Oh, is that SOP" she sniffled. "I
suppose, then, it's those suspenders
you said you needed"
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04
Cover crons In Orchard.

A rotation of crops cannot well De
put in an orchard, but within that or
chard can be grown cover crops TO
supply needed humus. After the
spring tillage in the orchard is COM
pleted some quick-growing crop ike
vetches, peas, rye, rape and some
parts, where climatic conditions are
favorable. crimson clover can be
seeded. These crops protect the
ground and prevent the burning cut
of humus already there by the in-
tense sun which prevails in our irrl-
gated west. Early the following
spring this cover crop can be plowed
under, spring tillage practiced and the
cover crop again seeded down.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04
a Erenuent Sneaker

A member for northern constit-
uency, who was one day reproached
by disappointed supporter for never
opening his mouth in the house, repu-
dated the accusation with indignation.
Not a day passed, he declared, but
that he said something; and it was
reported in the papers, too In CON
firmation of his statement he pro
duced the report of the last debate,
and pointed triumphantly to the
"Hear, hears" with which certain
speeches were punctuated That's,
me-" he said.-Tit-Bits.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04
Successful Life Work.

He has achieved success who has
lived well, laughed often, and loved
much; who has gained the respect OF
intelligent men and the love Of little
children; who has filled his niche
and accomplished his task; who left
the world better than he found it,
whether by an improved poppy, a
perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who
has never lacked appreciation OF
earth's beauty or failed to express 1t;
who has always looked for the best
in others, and given the best he had;
whose life was an inspiration; whose
memory a benedition." = President
Schurman.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04
Women Run Incubators.

Women folks on the farm can run
the incubator better than the man, and
to get better results it should be 10
Gated in a convenient place and not
where it will be necessary to tramp up
and down stairs to attend to it. 1t
is necessary that the thermometer
should be given the incubator. Fol-
low the directions closely and after
few hatchings you will become an
expert.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04
Rattlesnakes Appear Early.

The unusually warm weather
throughout central Wyoming the last
few weeks has caused large numbers
of rattlesnakes to leave their dens and
many have been killed by ranchmen
and others Not in the recollection Of
the oldest inhabitants have rattle
snakes appeared so early in the year.
Casper correspondence Denver Re-
publican.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04
IF YOU HAVE A SICKLY
Y0UNGSTER TRY THIS FREE

The family with young children that is
without sickness In the house now and
then is rare, and so it is important that
the head of the house should know what
to do in the little emergencies that arise.
4 child with a serious ailment needs
doctor it is true. but in the majority of
instances, as any doctor knows, the child
suffers from some intestinal trouble,
usually constipation.
There is no sense in giving 1t a pill or
remedy containing an opiate, nor is
flushing of the bowels to be always rec
commended. Rather give it a small dose
of mild, gentle laxative tonic like Dr.
Caldwells Syrup Pepsin, which. by clean
ing out the bowels and strengthening the
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04

little stomach muscles. will Immediately
correct the trouble
rms is not alone our opinion but that
OF Mrs. N. II. Mead of Freeport Kans.,
whose granddaughter has been taking It
successfully and of Mrs. J. r. Whiting
of Lena, Wis, who gives it to her children
and takes 1T herself 1t is sold in fifty
cent and one dollar bottles at every
drug store, but if you want to test II In
your family before you buy it send your
address to DR.. Caldwell and he will for
ward supply free of charge
For the free sample address DR.. w. p.
Caldwell POI Caldwell building. Monti-
cello, ILL.,
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04
The Ruling Voice.

John-I say, old man, how would
you like to come up to the club to-
morrow and play golf?
Henry-Why-er, | can't say for GER
tain till I-er-consult my wife.
John-All right; let me know as
soon as she makes up your mind
Harper's Bazaar.
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04
OanQerous.

Here, have drink, old boy"
Not today, thanks; I'm not armed"
What has that to do with it?"
you don't know what kind of ami.
mails chased me the last time I took
drink out of your flask
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04

tions. Again they be-
came scanty, were
very thick and attend
ed by burning and
scalding. Soon a drop
sical condition be-
came manifest and I
began to Worry. NY
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04
Instinct.

Pugilist Coming to, after being
hit with a train-What was it hit
ne?
His Partner-It was the Cannon
Ball Flyer. Gee, what an escape
Pugilist-All right, Bo. Tell him
said this was fluke, and that l chal-
lenge him for new fight, the win
ner to take all.-Puck
The Winslow mail., 1911-03-04
How She Lost Her Arms.

"And who is this?'' asked the lady
from Chicago in the art gallery.
This is the Venus de Milo,'' replied
the guide. "You notice she has no
arms?"
''Yes. The help must be just as
careless at dustin here as they are
back in Chicago! States
man.