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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-12
MADE 4 THING OF THE PAST


Some things Of common necessity
have been passing away without no.
tice Of their leave taking. Not infre.
quentlJ. few years ago. at the break.
fast table, the mother Of the family.
addressing the putative head Of the
household. would say: "John, I'm
really disturbed about Jane. She's
growing right up. I've had to take
two tucks out Of her dress" "Humph!
I suppose girls must grow" YES,
John, but that's. not what mean to
call attention to. She stoops awfully.
In spite Of everything l say she won't
stand up straight. And there's Billy.
too. He bends over like an old
woman. Those children need should
er braces. The sooner they have them
the better. It mustn't be put OF an
other day"
In that yesterday every drug store
had a supply Of shoulder braces.
They were advertised in the newspar
pers in liberal space and there was an
active demand for them. Very little
is heard about shoulder braces today,
and boys and girls seem to be grow
ing up straight enough without such
appliances.
The reason for the passing Of the
shoulder brace for children will be
recognized as soon as mentioned.
The lack Of demand is almost wholly
due to the fact that more attention is
now paid to physical training In our
public schools than was the case a
few years ago. The girls are greatly
improved thereby. They walk better
and carry themselves better. AS for
the boys. they are encouraged to en-
gage in athletic exercises which tend
to better them physically and carry
out the old Roman saying Of "a sound
mind In sound body"
For the advance that has been made
praise is due to the gymnastic train
ing advocated by large German ele-
.ment here for years before it was
given tardy recognition. When the
girls get a little older they will slip
into corsets, probably. but even then,
no matter how tight fitting, they have
been SO built up physically that they
will not be transformed into hour
glass patterns quite as readily as II
their bodies had not been given pro
per care when young. AS for the boys,
they will grow into lusty young man.
hood, with bodies fitted to enjoy to
the utmost the keenest outdoor sports
and athletic Observation-Disclosures
News.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-12
snow AND ICE
OVER NORTHWEST
orchards May Be Damaged By
Ice on Trees.
wheat Crop Safe Under Heavy
Blanket of snow-Zero East
of Cascades.
Weather Conditions in Pacific
Northwest.


: portland-City and vicinity COW
orad with ice; temperature slightly
'Sa1em-Cellars foo ded by rains;
:river rising.
spattle-Freezing weather, four
inches of snow; east wind blowing.
Albanv-Streams rising in Linn
:county; long-distance wires down.
!: Aberdeen Logging camps are
:eorcod to shut down on account of
:snow.
:snow foot deep.
!: Raker-Mercury at zero, IL inch
les of snow, trains delayed.
: La Grande-Snow drifts fill the
:otreets; wind hampers snow plows
ION O.-W. R. & N.
: Pendleton - Mercury is below
Zero: 10 inches of snow; trains de-
:laved: snow in mountains three
fleet deep.
/: The Dalles - Snow Al inches
:deep: mercury IA above; De-
:scbutes railroad blocked; O.-W. R.
:&N. trains delayed.
A.: Hood River-34 inches of snow;
lin upper valley depth is five feet.
: Walla Walla-2 inches Of snow;
mercury at zero. Snow protects
;crops.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-12
For the pIshwashsr.

Besides having pot chain and
scraper you should have thick canvas
cloths for the pots and pans and sep
arate light cloths for the inner china
ware. A rubber sponge is just the
thing for greasy dishes. One Of these
lasts q long time and gives you such
satisfaction that you will never do
without one once you try them. Cake
tins, patty pans and all small tinware
boiled in q dishpan in the water OF
which q handful Of soda has been
thrown will become fresh and clean
and az bright as new.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-12
IMPERIAL TROOPS MuTlnY.
Premier Yuan ahi kai May Vet Pre-
vent Formation of Republic.

Premier Yuan ahl kai May Vet pro
vent Formation of Republic. !
Pekin Seven hundred soldiers
guarding the Lanchow arsenal have
mutinied. They are part 81. the i'm
perial government troops, among
whom there has been = movement for
some time past in favor Of republic.
The commanding officer fled to Kaip-
ing, whence he sent message to the
railway authorities at Tientsin warn
ing them that the mutineers intended
to stop all railway traffic.
The feeling IN Pekin, nevertheless,
is that the throne has taken on . new
lease Of life.
There are some competent observers
who believe that Premier Yuan Shi
Kai will yet prevent the CONSUMING
ton Of q republic.
The imperial cabinet has accepted
the resignation Of Tang Shao vi, who
was sent to the Shanghai peace con-
ference as the representative Of Yuan
Shi Kai and the imperialists. The
government has also telegraphed to
DR.. WI Ting Fang, leader of the rev.
olutionists at the peace conference,
saying that in future it will negotiate
by telegraph.
The government declares that Tang
went beyond his instructions when he
signed the agreement calling a nation
al convention to decide on the future
form of government.
Premier Yuan adheres to the points
of his original suggestion regarding
the national convention, namely, the
proper election of delegates and the
selection of Pekin as the gathering
place.
Premier Yuan has again offered his
resignation, but it was not accepted.
The court also received round robin
from the generals commanding the
imperialist troops in the vicinity of
Pekin, in which they demanded that
the princes Of the imperial clan with
draw their wealth from the foreign
banks, where much of it has been
placed recently, and deliver it into the
hands of the war Office.
Prince Ching, the former premier
and foreign minister, received letter
from representatives of the Manchu
troops in the vicinity of Pekin, threat
ening to destroy his palace unless the
boarded money is delivered over to
them.
When negotiating for a foreign
loan, Yuan explained that about $l0,.
600, 900 would carry the government or
for six months. By that time, he de.
clared, discord would have occurred
among the rebels in the south and the
provinces would return gradually te
their allegiance. Fuan Shi Kai now
has obtained from the Empress Dow.
ager more than So, 600, 900, which viii
permit the carrying on Of the govern
ment beyond the period which thu
rebels have fixed for the assembly o.
the national convention.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-12
Educator is Decorated

0nlcago-Professor Frederick Starr,
" The University of Chicago, has re-
s sd word that he has been appoint
NIL w .I1 p1 of the Order of Leo
p pf'a IL the highest honor in the way
NJ GpeSoratlon given by the government
on ~ n:e!g'um. The decoration is in rec
te e4 ~ OF his services in presenting
~ VI. .as world his view Of the condition
1ao SAalrs IN the Congo Free State in
b hive q ana Tor the exhibit at Brussels Of
fos U1ngo anthropological collections,
cd =" "nich the grand prize was award
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-12

Portland While Portland and Van
couyer suffered Saturday and Sunday
under the "silver thaw," heavy rains
fell in the Willamette valley, and
east of the Cascades mountains the
snowfall continued until Sunday morn
ing.
Sunday morning The Dalles awoke
to see Al inches of snow. At Hood
River the fall was 81 inches deep,
while in the upper Hood River valley
the depth in places is five feet.
The snow area covers the whole of
the Inland Empire. Pendleton reports
10 inches, with three feet in the Blue
mountains. Baker had 13 inches of
snow, Walla Walla IL inches and Spo-
kane the same. Zero weather pre-
walls at many places east of the Cas-
cades.
Train service in the Columbia river
gorge is heavily handicapped by the
deep SHOWS, otherwise no reports OF
damage have been made. Some fear
is felt at Hood River where young ap-
pie trees are buried under the snow.
Baker county reports plenty Of feed
for cattle.
Snow drifted badly in the streets Of
La Grande, making futile the efforts
Of the snowplows to clear the tracks
of the O.-W. R. & N.
Winter reached Southern Oregon
Saturday after heavy but warm rain
OF the night before. At noon the
mercury at Roseburg began to fall
rapidly and by nightfall was at freez-
ing point. Streams are reported as
rising at alarming rapidly. Trains
are being operated with difficulty and
wire service is interrupted. In some
parts of the county snow is five inches
deep.
At Ashland the rainfall was report
ed to be warm and snow has all disap-
peared from the lower levels. The
tralhc on the Southern Pacific over the
olsklyous is uninterrupted. n
Heavy snow has also fallen in West.
efn Washington. At Grays Harbor
the snowfall was light, with the mer.
curry at the freezing point. Seattle
experienced real winter weather Sun.
usy' with an east wind and light fall
of snow.
drops in the Palouse country will
hu' Suffer from the storm, the heavy
olanket OF snow acting as protection
W the grain. In the district west Of
sne Cascades, however, considerable
apprehension is felt for the young
a trees. Many trees are badly
damaged by being broken down from
the weight of ice.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-12
.MlLwAukEE's BUDGET BIG.
Expenditures for 1912 Under Social
ist Regime Grow S7O6.6O8

expenditures tor 1917 Under Social
ist Regime Grow S7o6. sos.
Milwaukee - Expenditures aggre-
eating IS, 731, 122. 80 are provided fol-
in the tentative city budget for 1912,
which has been completed by the
board of estimates of the Socialist
council. This is an increase Of $7O6,
503.86 over 1911, which was the larg-
est up to this time. The tax roll now
being collected is $1,000, 900 larger
than the last year Of the previous ad-
ministration.
Because the time expired before
the work could be completed, the
budget was submitted by the esti-
mates board in an unfinished form.
The board will work in cooperation
with the finance committee in at
tempting to reduce the amounts.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-12
Plumbers Dissolve Trust.

"tn Os .A,,ngeles-The Pacific Plumbing
men, g, against which the govern
hsa m' nled suit here last month, has
pu, a dissolved. The proceedings were
ente. .s formal. Judge Olin Wellborn
infore eu me order after having been
McCoeo oy District Attorney A. /.
and ' ;aa!: that the 81 corporations
the INDIVIDUAL defendants named ii
answ sovernment's complaint had made
tons somltting the essential alleRa-
"u agreeing to dissolution.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-12

Imperial Troops Leaving City
Suffer Fierce Attack.
Northern China 10 uneasy-Confer-
ences Fail to Mako Headway
Toward Peace.

Pekln - Seven hundred Imperial
troops are reportd to have been killed
or wounded Saturday in q battle with
revolutionists near Hankow.
The imperial forces were evacuat-
ing the city when two Of their trains
were destroyed. From these trains
1000 troops, Independent of their
commander, were making an effort to
return to Hankow. The revolution
lists attacked them furiously, inf1icting
heavy loss. This information was
received at Pekin in a consular report
from Hankow. The report added that
there was conference in Hankow
between imperialists and revolutions
lists, but no agreement was reached.
It is believed that fighting will be re-
sumed again. Reinforcements are be-
ing rushed to Hankow over the TENT
sin Pukow railway.
The imperial commander reports q
battle near Hwanpei, a short distance
north of Hankow.
The 300 imperial government troops
ordered from Pao Ting and Shin Kai
Chwang to assist in suppressing the
mutiny of Chinese troops arrived in
the city, and considerable fighting oc-
Cured. Telegraph wires were cut
and the mail trains suspended.
The commandant at Lanchow tele-
graphed to the legation in Pekin that
only portion of the goth division of
the imperial army caused the recent
trouble. The mutineers since have
been subdued and punished and order
has been restored. Train and tele-
graph service is being resumed. The
mutineers, the commandant declares,
forged his name in sending kilograms
to foreign legations.
Government troops are now concen-
trating at Lanchow to maintain order
and make preparations to meet pos.
sible landing of revolutionists from
Canton.
Revolutionary committees have is.
sued warning to Cantonese officials here
that they must leave the government
service or their homes will be de-
stroyed. Many of them are resignine
and departing from Pekin.
There is marked uneasiness il
Northern China. The imperial gov
eminent is circulating full reports Of
the negotiations with the rebels -
Shanghai, showing that the revolu
tionaries resent the premier's deter
mination not to accept Tang Shao Yi''
arrangements for national conven
ton to decide the future Of govern
ment.
Premier Yuan Shi Kai and DR.. WI
Ting Fang, realizing that telegraph
negotiations are unsatisfactory, an
now trying to persuade each other Y
visit the rival headquarters and cor
clude an agreement.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-12
Kansas Towns hungry.

Topeka, Kan. - The towns OF Jet
more and Dighton, Kan, on branch
lines Of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe. have notified the public utilities
committee that they have had no train
service since DECEMBER 26, and ask
immediate relief from threatened
coal famine. At Jetmore food provis-
ions are running low. The commission
is urged to get train through to re-
Tieve the situation. The nowfall IN the
vicinity Of these towns has Eeen very
heavy. and railroad tracks have been
entirely blockaded.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-12

III t0us 00bbV0S e0sy Ooyos. til.s~.
Apparently Mr.. Balfour's powers a.
q politician did not impress those
with whom be came into contact dur
ing his early days. According to that
famous veteran parliamentarian, Sir
John Eldon Gorst, who was . promi-
nent member Of the famous fourth
party" to which Mr.. Balfour llrst at
tached himself, NO one expected that
Arthur Balfour would one day ce =
leading statesman and premier. Says
Sir John. He was > good speaker
when others inspired him. but We did
not take him very seriously. His
aesthetic tastes and love Of music
were something Of joke among ~.
So much 70 IN fact. that Lord Ran.
dolph Churchill would ray:
r Go and take my wife to ccncert
Balfour, While ! stay e home and tan
real busineea'"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-12
Salvation Army Barred.

Aberdeen, Wash. - Prohibition
public speaking on the streets Of Abe
deem, as embodied in an ordinanl
passed by the city council, includl
the Salvation Army, says May
Parks. The action was taken, accor.
ing to several members Of the counc|
because of the recent I. w. w. d1
turbances. when many members Of Il
organization declared that the couI
cil's action prohibiting them frd
speaking on the street was unjust,
cause the Salvation army was allow
to speak in the prohibited district
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-12
Chicken Panada for InvaIIds.

Take the meat Of chicken which
has been either roasted or boiled:
free 1t from the skin and cut into
very small pieces. Bruise these In 2
mortar with an equal quantity Of
stale bread, and q little SALT adding
by degrees either the water In which
the chicken was boiled or some beef
tea. until the whole forms = paste.
Put It into pan and boil tor ten
minutes. stirring all the time. Serve
very hot.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-12
Sir Edward Grey Scored.

Sir Edward Grey Scored.
Berlin-The Cologne Gazette in an
article on the relations between Eng
land and Germany, says: It is right
to say that things cannot remain as
they are. They must be better OF
WORSE We have done everything pos
sible to avoid q world war which
would do inestimable harm. The next
move is with England, but the atti-
tude Of Sir Edward Grey does not sug-
gest that he is ready to make it.
There have been words enough; we
now await deeds from the English love
Of peace upon which peace depends. .
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-12
QUAINT BANkNoTE HELD.
Secret Service Agency Receives O'
Mississippi Currency.

Seattle, Wash. What is pronounce
by experts to be a most valuable bang
note is historical specimen receive
for examination by Captain Thoma1
B. Foster, of the government secr4
service. 1t is S. note issued by tlll
state of Mississippi in 1879 and circf
lated until stopped by the Unite
States government. The note WI
brought to the secret service by TT
recipient, who believed he had bee!
defrauded. While the the issue WI
made by authority Of the state Of Mil
sissippi and had behind it that con
monwealth, its circulation was forbis
den by the Federal government, as II
notes resembled too closely the Fede
al treasury notes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-12
Smallpox Like Plague.

of y; Sonora, Mex. Smallpox
Victims !ient type that claims many
of Max s IS raging along the west epasf
have h.. Guaymas and Naxatlan
oeen quarantined. 4 9'7 4
The oasis., 1912-07-13
The New Registration Law.

According to the new law the Great Register will be a thing of the past, only one copy of same to be compiled and that to remain in the hands of the county recorder, and instead that official will be required to furnish each voting precinct with what will be known as "Precinct Register" for each and every voting precinct in the county. The affidavit to be signed by the prospective voter will re- quire that his signature appear upon the same in three different places on the said affidavit, one to be pasted in the great register and one in the precinct register, the other to remain upon the affidavit and filed in the recorders office.
 The precinct register when made up by the recorder will in a cer- tain number of days before the primary election, be sent to the various judges of the election to be returned with the sealed returns, cast at said election. The registers will be kept in the possession of the recorder until certain number of days prior to the general election and again sent out to the election judges, to returned again to the recorder.
 If will be seen from the above that should an electors name fail to appear upon the precinct register he will not alone be disiranchised
The oasis., 1912-07-13
FOURTH OF JULY oRATIoN.
(continued from page D

own authority they do so. When wealth tyrannizes. it holds the sceptre of tyranny from you. When elections are bought, and when governors. lana senators and even presidents buy their offices, you are more corrupt than they, for you are the sellers of your political virtue. Your liberty entirely con- sists in your right to vote, and upon the exercise of this right de- pends the kind of liberty you should enjoy. If this Is a trust ridden time, you have made it so by your votes. And if you would be rid of the trusts, your remedy is simple. use your ballots. In my short experience 1 have known men who today deplored with tear ful eyes the political condition and tomorrow voted to maintain it. As long as party fealty will have greater weight with free men than public welfare; as long as private and petty selfish ends concern the voter more than the conn on veal {; as long as we are abject slaves to a ridiculous conception of party loyalty, or worse still to our own petty selves, the blood our fathers spilled for us will have been spilled in vain, and the monument which they intended should survive the ages has already crumbled in dust beneath our feet.
 Ladies and Gentlemen,- we need no new Declaration of Indepen- dence. We need no new creeds of government We have but to emblazon on our shields the simple motto, "I WILL" I will be true to the doctrine of the Declaration of Independence in word and work. 1 will subserve self to the com monwealth. 1 will no longer be the bond slave of party. I will study the publc's need and with respect for conscience and faith in Natures God, will cast my ballot for the Right. And in doing this l will know that the monument the fathers builded will be a bless ing for all time.
The oasis., 1912-07-13

but will be disqualified to vote at any other point, to which he may desire to transfer his vote.
 The registration officers are to be appointed by the county recorder, who will designate the justices of the peace throughout the county, and certain notaries to receive a fee of twenty cents for each and every registration taken.
The oasis., 1912-07-13
When an Basement Attaches.
Mohave Minerl

During the past year or so Min eral Park has been in the throes of a dispute over wagon road lead ing from the town to the Keystone and other mines to the north of that town, James w. Haas having located d mining claim across the road and having sunk shaft to some depth in the middle of the main travelled thoroughfare. Ob- structiOns were then placed in d roadway that ran around the shaft, and when that failed of it's purpose the travel was cut off by d fence. Haas was arrested for obstructing highway, but at the last term of the old District Court Judge Doe held that there was no public highway within the meaning and intent of the law and the criminal action fell. The board of super visors then took a hand in the matter, but as no highway had been laid out under the law of Arizona they were also powerless to open a new road across these lands.
 MT. Uncapher's counsel enjoined Haas from interfering with the use of the road and at the trial before Judge Duffy this injunction was made permanent. It developed that under the law of the United States certain rights in the way of easements are granted over the public domain, and that when d roadway has been established over d mining claim subsequent locators must recognize such roadway as a permanently established easement It was under this view that the court ruled, although lack of yer ifcation to the answer formed the judgment of the court.
The oasis., 1912-07-13
The Only Writing Machine in the World That Successfully TYPENRITES PRINT
--17 Cents a Day!--

The Printype Oliver Typewriter, which has crowded ten years Oi typewriter pro. gress into the space of MONTHS. is now offered to the public for l7 CENTS A DAY!
 Offered at the same price aS an ORDi- NARY ypewriter-PAYABLE IN PENNIES
 The commanding importance of PRINTYPE IS everywhere conceded
 For who does not see what it means to make the worlds vast volume of type. written matter AS READABLE AS BOOKS OR MAGAZINES! The Printype Oliver Type writer is equipped with beautiful Book Type, such as is used on the worlds PRINT ING PRESSES.
 Printype is distinguished by marvellous clearness and beauty It does away with all strain on eyesight which the old-stylc OUTLINE type imposes. Printype puts life and style and CHARACTER into typewritten correspondence. It makes every letter, every numeral, every character JAS PLAIN AS PRINT"
 The complete story Of PRINrYPE has never been told Here it is:
The oasis., 1912-07-13
The Public'S Verdict

That the public is overwhelmingly in favor of Printype is impressively shown by this fact:
 ALREADY OVER 75 PER CENT OF OUR OUTPUT OF OLIVER TYPEWRITERs ARE "PRINTYPEs
 The public is DEMANDING Printype in pre- ference to the old-style type.
 Within year, at the present rate. 90 PER CENT OF OUR TOTAL sales will be "Printypes Thus The Oliver Typewriter, which first successfully introduced VISIBLE WRITING, Is again Co the fore with another revolution Ory rOyement-PR1NTYPE, THE TYPE THAT PRINTS PRIN-l
The oasis., 1912-07-13

For lighting stores, offices or residences gas supplied by the In ternational Gas Company is bril- liant, effective and not dazzling to the eye.