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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09
AFTER EXPRESS COMPANIES.
Three Thousand Overcharges in One
Day Alleged.

Washington, D. C.-Prosecution OF
express companies for overcharging
shippers on the transportation of their
goods was indicated by Commissioner
Lane at the express rate hearing to be
the intention Of the Interstate COM
merce commission.
w. A. Ryan, one of the investiga-
tors for the commission, presented IN
tabulated form the examination of one
months business of the Adams Elk
press company, showing that $67, 600
in overcharges had been turned into
the company's treasury.
T. B. Harrison, counsel of the COM
pany, explained what are known as
"over-prepayments" and asserted he
would be able to show that no more
than 20 per cent of the $4,000 actu-
ally remained in the company's treas
ury. He added that positive instruc-
tions were given by the company to all
it's representatives to make refunds on
all discoverable overcharges.
"Well,'' said Commissioner Lane,
cit is conclusively established that
the agents of the companies them
selves do not understand the tariffs and
regulations of the companies. By an
examination of the business of the
companies for one day we find more
than 5000 overcharges. Now, then,
we propose to prosecute the compan-
les for making these overcharges.
They are clearly violations of the
law
Mr.. Ryan presented comparative ia
bles of the operations of express COM
panies in Great Britain, France and
Germany and those of the United
States. They showed generally that
for similar service, weights and dis
lance the foreign rates were consider
ably lower than the domestic rates.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09

Washington, D. C.-In public no
tice issued by the secretary of the
interior for the opening Of the third
district of the Teton unit in the Yaki-
ma irrigation project, it is stated that
until further notice no homestead
entry will be allowed for any farm
unit shown on plats except entries of
those persons who are entitled to pre-
ference rights to irrigable lands in the
district.
Such persons will be notified by reg
istered mail that they will be allowed
to make homestead entry for one farm
unit. The first installment of charges
for building is $27.90 per acre Of irri-
gable land and for operation and main
tenance $3.50 per acre, total of
$29. 40 per acre.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09
FLYERS WIN BIG MONEY.
Ono Death and One Bad Accident Te
tai Of Los Angeles Meet.

Ono Death and One Bad Accident To-
til Of Los Angeles Meet.
Los Angeles a. The Third interna-
tional sviation meet at Domingues
field was brought to aeloss Sunday
after nine consecutive days d flying.
Approximately $50, 900 wills BE die
tributed i1ApFizes to the flyers. The
greatest winners are Lincoln Beachey
and Phil O. Parmalee. Weldon B.
Cooke, of Oakland. won endurance
donors for the meet, with Farnum T.
Fish, the Los Angeles boy aviator,
second.
Beachey and Parmalee supplied the
thrills, the former volplaning from q
height estimated at 5000 feet and
later darting through the air with his
hand outstretched far from the con-
trolling wheel.
Blanche Stuart Scott, the only wo-
man aviator at the meet, made .
flight in street costume as part Of 9
moving picture drama and later en-
gagged in ocean rolling and exam
CARGO hopping"
The record broken at the meet was
for fancy flying that for cutting
three figure Fights in succession.
Parmalee made the performance in
/ :05 1-2.
Perhaps the most noteworthy event
Of the meet was the night flying, in
which the practicability Of the aero
plane in warfare was demonstrated to
the satisfaction of the United States
army and navy officers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09
Senate Asks for Report.

Washington, D. c. = The senate
passed resolution calling upon Secfe-
tary Fisher to report the amount of
public land withdrawn from entry in
each state, the purpose for which it
was withdrawn, the amount of such
land that has been classified and re-
stored to entry and when it is proba-
BILE the remaining land will be CLASH
fled and thrown open.
The purpose is to hasten the work
of classification and make available
millions of acres now tied up.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09
First BIuebird is Reported.

Ellensburg The first bluebird to be
seen in the Kittitas valley in 1912 was
reported by students at the state nor
NAL school. The bird flew about the
caves of the building, evidently look
ing for location for q nest. Robins
have been here for week or more
and with the advent of the bluebird
the weather sharps are predicting an
early spring.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09
Brandies' Views Changed.

Washington, D. c. ~ Charles H.
Choate, Jr., Of Boston, counsel for the
United Shoe Machinery company, tes-
titled before the senate interstate COM
merce committee that Louis Brandies
helped organize the company, was for
several years its counsel, and then ap-
proved its business methods. Mr..
Brandies recently told the committee
that the company was combination
in restraint of trade and had stifled
competition in the machinery business.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09
II DIE IN ICE JAM.
Ferryman Refuses to Risk Trip and
Small Boats Are Lost.

PoTTyUdn neTuSeS 10 N1Sk Trip 0nC
Small Boats Are Lost.
Cairo, Ill.-Twelve persons are be-
lieved to have been drowned two miles
south of here at o'clock Sunday af-
ternoon when rowboat in which they
were brought to this city from Birds
Point became lost in an ice jam.
The passengers were part of the 135
who left the noon cotton belt train at
Birds Point, Mo-, and were left with
out conveyance across the river, be-
cause the railroad ferryman refused to
risk his steamer in the ice and heavy
fog.
Three boatsmen were hired to bring
the passengers to this side of the riv-
er. Two of them took five passengers
each. Frank Jones, said to be an ex-
perienced boatsman, permitted IL to
get into his boat. The two lighter
ferries were about so yards ahead Of
Jones when they heard shouts for
help, and, turning, saw Jones battling
frantically with q monster foe that
was sweeping his craft beyond control.
The heavy fog then hid the lost party
from view and nothing has since been
head of the ferryman or his passen-
gers.
Most of those in the lost boat are
thought to have been in party that
boarded train at Lilburn, Mo-, but
their identity has not been establish
ed.
Searching parties on both sides of
the river are patrolling the shore, but
their search seems fruitless.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09
Wool Views Optimistic.

Washington, D. C.-Senator Smoot,
who has drawn wool tariff bill based
upon the findings of the tariff board
and in line with the presidents recon-
mendation, will not offer that bill as
substitute for the house steel bill,
but as substitute for whatever wool
bill the house may pass later on.
Mr.. Smoot said that in his judgment
any wool bill enacted this session
would not be injurious to the wool in
dustry, and he thought woolgrowers
were making mistake in contracting
at this time.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09
TAKES
RADICAL STEM
Revolutionary Agitators VI
b Severely Punished v
Policy Of Diaz Is Adopted in H.,
With Enemies Of cox.,. oes'a1
Troops Watch Bord., '''

' Mexico City - Without u,
trumpets and without official n,..,
alton the Federal government N.Y.
to employ the drastic methods Of ~
in restoring peace. Immediate .,',
cation OF the new policy will h. spa y
nations only apprisal of it. ue
This is the substance of a st...
by q cabinet minister. Swift m.;aa
ment is to be the portion of al, p. su:s
tors who can be reached. whethas a
gun or pencil. A few nev, ,. y
writer's will be deported, it i r s.;s
under that provision of the con. s;a
ton which provides for the exn rsSa
of undesirables. Public parades s'' .'a|
street orations are to be prohibitsd y; y
cases where the purpose is in "a
manner connected with the pol;t..,
affairs. '''
This prescription is in aceord,,..
with the governments diapnos;, -
the revolutionary disease that h :.
broken out in so many parts Of tAs
country.
Official figures place the loss i,
death, both north and south, sine
January rs, as follows:
Federals, "a, rebels, from 222 n
272, and noncombatants, 10.
Unofficial reports, apparently vel,
founded, add to these figures Is Fed.
eral dead and As rebel dead.
One rebellion is recognized, that Of
Emilio Zapata, covering all Of the
state of Morelos and portions Of The
states of Hidalgo, Guerrero and Mex.
leo and the Federal district itself
In Guerrero conditions are not greatly
better than in Morelos. There the
district leader of the revolt is Jesu,
H. Salgado. who, like Zapata, lisa
former officer in Madero's revolution.
airy army. He has been persistent in
declaring that he is fighting for the
cause of Emilio Vasquez Gomez, but
there is little doubt that he and "a
pata are working together.
In the state of Tabasco, there re-
mains a trace of the revolt of a few
weeks ago, but that had nothing of a
national character. 1t was speci6cal
ly against the government. The por
ton of Oaxaca on the Tehuantepsc
isthmus has yet a few rebels, but they
are not operating against the Federal
government. Reform of local cOndi.
tions is their cry. The list of upris
ings was increased last week by one
in Michoacan. Alleged abuses on an
hacienda account for that. The insur'
rectos are chiefly field hands.
The puzzle was furnished by the
garrisions at Juarez and Chihuahua.
The rebels in the South pretend .
knowledge that the mutinous troops
are working under the same general
plan with themselves, but government
officials profess to believe there is no
connection between the uprisings IN
the North.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09
WARM LUNCH LURES PUPILS.
Training Department Of State Nor
NAL Excites interest.

Training Department Of State Nor
NAL Excites interest.
Cheney - The warm lunch being
served at noon to the children Of the
training school who come from a dis
lance is gaining in favor. Each day
four girls, under the direction Of Stu
dent Teacher Miss Rena Holden, pre-
pare a hot dish such asssoup, stew OF
a cup of hot cocoa, end all of the
children are seated around long tables
with paper napkins and table acces-
series.
Besides the student teacher facul-
ty supervisor is in attendance, gen.
orally Miss Fitzgerald, who originated
the plan. The noon hour becomes the
most pleasant part of the child's day
and is profitable because some one re-
lates a story in which the children are
interested.
So far, no levy has been made upon
the children for the cost. Parents
have been liberal in their donations
and often some boy from the country
brings big pail of milk to school to
be used for the entire luncheon. Com
panies handling cocoa and condensed
milk have donated to the school.
About 100 teachers will work for a
short time in connection with the
school to make use of the feature
when they 60 out to teach.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09
INDUSTRIAL. DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
DIVERSITY CROPS.
Toppenish Man Argues Against Con
tinued Raising Of Alfalfa.

Toppenish Man Argues Against Com
tinued Raising Of Alfalfa.
Toppenish = Expressing the belief
that Yakima valley land owners and
tenants must take up more diversified
farming, especially on the Yakima In
dian reservation, Manager D. S. Pape,
of the w. w. Robinson company, said
that the constant planting Of alfalfa
was not only flooding the markets IN
increasing ratio each year, but the
cropping" Of the land was reducing
its value.
81 feel that the hay growers of this
district ought to learn the exact facts
about this situation and take up the
subject of diversified farming. They
ought to become dairymen to a greater
extent. Hay will never be much
higher than it is right now and it can
not be successfully produced if the
acreage is largely increased unless
the growers become dairymen, he
said. in discussing the situation.
'sThe farmers can become successful
dairymen on this reservation. They
have every opening for such a bust
ness, for they can grow the feed and
they have a ready market. Every
pound of cream will be bought in this
valley for butter making.
Tenant farmers on Indian lands
should secure longer leases for the
property. / believe the government
will see the value of such step. The
cropping is taking away necessary
soil elements. In dairying this would
not be true. The change would be
beneficial to the land"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Wheat - Track prices: Bluestem,
S5sc; club, 82ac; red Russian, 81ac;
valley, 83ac; forty-fold, 83c.
Millstuffs-Bran, $23 per ton ;shorts,
$25; middlings, $50; ROLLED barley,
$1,000.
Barley-Whole, $40 per ton.
Corn = New, whole, $34; cracked,
$35 per ton.
Oats-No. / white, $32 per ton.
Hay = No. l Eastern Oregon timo-
thy, $17@18; No. valley, $15@16;
alfalfa, $13@14; clover, $12; grain,
$12@13.
Potatoes Buying prices: Burbanks,
9Oc@$2 per hundred.
Observation-Disclosures, $1.25 per
dozen; cabbage, 1a@1ac per pound !;
cauliflower, $3.50 per crate; celery,
1925 per crate; garlic, S@1Oc pound !;
dollhouse lettuce, 50ct@$1. 90 per box !;
pumpkins, 1@1ac per pound; sprouts,
&c; squash, 1}@1ac pound; turnips,
$1.25 per sack; rutabagas, SLIPS; car
rots, $1.25; parsnips, SLIPS; beets,
$1.5Q.
Apples-Fancy Rome beauty, $3.50
per box; choice Rome beauty, So:
fancy Yellow Newtown, $3.50; fancy
Spitzenbergs, $2.75; Delaware Red,
$1.75; Winesap, 81; Northern Spy,
$1.6O; Baldwin, $1.50@2; Ben Davis,
$1.25.
Butter - Oregon creamery butter,
solid pack, SEC: prints. extra.
Eggs-Fresh Oregon ranch, candled,
30@31c per dozen.
Pork-Fancy, 8a@9ac per pound.
Veal-Fancy, 131@14c per pound.
Poultry Hens. ISOLDE; springs.
13@133c; ducks, young, z2c; geese,
12ac; turkeys, live, 18c; dressed,
choice, &c.
Hops - 1911 crop, 433@44ac; olds,
nominal, 1912 contracts, rs a 263c:
three years, 19c; five years, 15c.
Wool-Eastern Oregon, 9@16c per
pound, according to shrinkage; valley,
16@17c; mohair, choice, S5c pound.
Cattle Choice steers, SIS. 5000. 10:
good, $5.60@5.75; choice cows, $3.50
@5. 10; good, $4.25 a Ats: choice
spayed heifers, S.. S5@5. 80; good to
choice heifers, $5@5. 25; choice bulls,
N.25@4.60 good, $4@4. 25; choice
calves. 81. 50@8; good, $6.75@7.
Hogs Choice to light hogs, Sc. SO
@6.6O; good to choice, Sc. 4O@6. so
smooth heavy hogs, s.. 1906.
sheep Choice yearling wetherf
$4.oO@4.76 choice lambs, $6@5. so
sooo, $4,000. Is: culls, $S.76@4.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09
CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Doings Of the World at Large
Told in Brief. I.
General Resume Of Important Events
Presented in Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.

Edwin Hawley, noted railroad mag
nate, died in New York.
The Oregon Drydock company has
raised it's rates for all classes of yes
sells.
Express companies are to be prose
cuted for making thousands OF over
charges.
Objections by Senator Hepburn
have blocked progress on the peace
treaties.
Prosecutor declares the marks OF
Corners teeth are on caps used in dy-
Mantle explosion.
Postal banks are causing noticea-
BILE decrease in the amount of money
sent abroad by foreigners.
The Oregon w ashington Railroad
company has reduced class freight
rates to all points on the O. R. & N.
Woolgrowers are assured of an
early and active market for wool &C
cording to reports from Eastern mar
kets.
Captain Sverdrup is en- route from
New York to Seattle to take charge of
an Arctic expedition which will es-
tablish floating headquarters for the
Alaska Whaling company.
\ receiver has been appointed for
the Washington Orchard Irrigation &
Fruit company, which was organized
to develop desert lands on the Colum-
bia river near Kennewick, Wash.
A demented woman at the Oregon
insane asylum broke away from a
band of patients who were out walk
ing and hurled herself into a blazing
brush pile, from which she was imme-
diately rescued without serious in
jury.
The Mexican garrison at Juarez re-
volted, took possession of the town
government, proclaimed Gomez pro-
visional president of the republic, and
bitterly criticized President Madero.
The revolutionists are believed to be
in league with the Zapatist rebels in
the South.
"Aunt Della" Torrey is to visit the
president, who is her favorite nephew.
A rich gold-bearing ledge has been
found near Raymond, Wash, and q
regular stampede is on.
A Portland merchant was convicted
and fined $50 for publishing false
and misleading advertisement.
The Duke of Fife, a member of the
royal house of England, died at Asso-
van, Egypt, from the effects of ex-
posture in shipwreck last December.
A runaway trolley car at st. Paul
crashed into another car filled with
passengers and then caught fire from
the stove. Twenty were injured, two
of them fatally.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09
NATION BIRD SHOW WINNER
Three Hundred Fowls Are Shown
at First Exhibition.


Mabton Mabton's first poultry
show was success. About 800 birds
were exhibited. Fully 500 people Wis
tied the exhibit in one day. H. Col
lier, the noted poultry judge, hap
pened to stop off at Mabton and he
was pressed into service to score the
birds. The scores ranged from 70 to
92a. j. L. Wandling was awarded
first on White Leghorn pullet and
second on White Rocks. James Mich
aels was awarded first on Barred
Rocks and second on White Rocks.
There were over go entries, most of
the birds being taken directly from
the roosts and selected from the whole
number of birds owned by the individ-
uals making the exhibit. Mr.. Collier
said that the exhibit as whole was
a splendid lot of birds.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09
On. Killed in Tong War.

Marysville, Cal. = The coas'"
war between highlander tongs mas =
tended to this city and All Loo, . .s T.S
known resident, was shot from peI d;s.
and killed by two assailants, VIM IN the
appeared. He was member OF wv -,
Suey Sing tong, which is IN t M;,a !,
iority in Marsyville. Kim wlns a.
wealthy local Chinese mercn s:ar GOV.
pealed to the police for protection n Ne
eral hours before the shooting. beep
saws that six s.hatchetmen" have : Ds sn.
imported by the Hop Sing tong !"
initiate the Suey Sings.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09

WI nreaten9 6oSt1IltieS.
Pekin-The Pekin government il
trying to obtain an extension of the
armistice, but WI Ting Fang, repub-
lican minister of justice at Shanghai,
has telegraphed, threatening to renew
hostilities unless abdication is ac-
complished. Three thousand more of
Yuan Shi Kai's troops have arrived
in Pekin, bringing the total up to
1000 men. Tiah Lang, former Tar
tar-general at Marking, who has been
opposed strongly to Premier Yuan, has
fled from Pekin and is supposed to
have gone to Tien Tsin.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09
Hains May Rejoin Army.

Washington, D. C. - Senator Ray
ner, of. Maryland, introduced a bill
authorizing the reappointment of Pc
ter G. Hams, Jr., to the army and re-
storing his old rank Of captain Of ar
tillery. Hams resigned from the
army when he was q prisoner in Sing
Sing for the murder of William E..
Annis, of New York.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09
To Exterminate Rabbit Pest.

To Exterminate Rabbit Pest.
Spokane One hundred and fifty
gunners, carriers and dri 7ers, armed
with double barrel shot guns, ton Of
ammunition and pixies, will start for
Marshall, WASH, early the morning Of
February 18 to participate in the first
annual jackrabbit shoot arranged by
the Inland Empire Game Protection
and Propagation association. The
game bagged will be presented to the
Salvation army. It is purposed to
continue the drives with the assistance
of orchardists and farmers in the vari-
GUS districts.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09
indian Lands to Be Sold.

Washington, D. CATER removing
disputed features from the bill provid-
ing for the sale of the unallotted lands
in the Standing Rock Indian reserva-
ton in North Dakota and South Da-
kota. the senate passed that measure.
The lands embrace more than 1,100.-
900 acres.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09
First Wool at Ellensburx.

First Wool at elIensburg.
Ellensburg-The first wooden yarn
to be manufactured by machinery in
the state Of Washington was turned
out by the Washington Wooden mill in
this city. The mill. which began
operations week ago, is now in per
feet running order, and the big plant
is getting ready to manufacture WOOL
en- goods in the piece.
The first pound Of yarn manufac-
tured in the mill was put aside, and
Mrs. J. Barnett, pioneer resident
of the valley, is now knitting it into
q pair of socks. The socks will be
placed on exhibition in local store
and will be kept as memento.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09
Cutoff to Be Built Soon.

EllensburgThe Connell Northern
railway, subsidiary corporation Of
the Northern Pacific, has filed a deed
from the state for tract Of land
three miles from the Columbia river
in Kittitas county. The land is for
station purposes on the Ellensburg-
Ritzville cutoff, the right of way
proper having previously been bought
to within IL miles Of Ellensburg.
This revives the report that the cut
off, which will shorten the main line
between Spokane and Seattle 100
miles, will be built this summer.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-09
Wabash to Be Improved.

New 1OfK - simultaneously WIFI
the statement that Frederick Delano,
president and one Of the receivers Of
the Wabash railroad, was in New
York arranging for an issue Of $751;
900, 600 receivers CERTIFICATES for i'm
provements, the independent COM
mittee Of the roads refunding and ex-
tension bondholders announced that
they had agreed to finance the i'm
provements and would seek the inn
mediate foreclosure Of the mortgage.
French Fight Tribssmsn.
Rabat, Morocco A French column,
commanded by Colonel Simon, has had
= severe engagement with the tribes.
men who are ia the habit Of attacking
the posts on the Rabat- Meqninege
rood. Many tribesmen .wefe killed or
wounded, ana thS Ffeneh lost 19ur
Killed "a 1E wounded. Sssst N
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-31
PRESERVING FRUITS

To preserve successfully, firm,
ripe fruit must be used. Peel and
prepare it as for canning unless
you wish to preserve it whole.
!: The important thing to remem+
Der, in preserving, is that equal
parts of sugar must be allowed
for equal parts of fruit.
Stinting the sugar is not econ
xomy.
Preserving fruit should be
cooked until it is tender, but not
broken.
Pack the fruit in jars and fill
the latter to OVERLOOKING with a
well-cooked syrup. Seal imme-
diately.
Pears.
Peal the pears but do not re-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-31

move the stems. Allow pound
Of sugar to each pound of fruit,
and put in alternate layers in the
preserving kettle. Set at the side
of the range where the contents
will heat so slowly that the
sugar will not scorch.
Gently stew the pears until they
are clear and tender. Then lay
them carefully on platters in the
sun while you boil the syrup until
thick and clear, skimming off
any scum that arises, Put the
pears into jars, fill these with
boiling syrup and seal.
School children in New York
have formed among themselves
secret society for the purpose of
clearing streets of banana skins.