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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-15

pense Of Bailey's expression that drew
her quick reply.
Let us, uncle. Since we need him.
let us have him."
Very WE'LL" said Mr.. French. you
hear. Bailey"
There was long silence after the
Junior partners withdrawal.
Come where l can see you. EN-
ily." her uncle finally demanded. Il
liked your decided answer few mo-
ments ago; you can reason. How long
have you been daughter in my
house?"
six years." she responded, obedi-
emily moving to low chair opposite
Il was fifteen when you took me from
the convent-to make me very. very
happy, dear"
II sent for you when sent for Dick.
and for the same reason. I have tried
three times to rear one Of my name to
fitness to bear it. and each one has
failed except you. wish you were a
man, Emily; there is work for q
French to do.
when you say that, wish were.
But-I'm not, I'm not" She flung out
her slender, round arms in gesture
of helpless resignation. I'm not even
a strong-minded woman who might do
instead. Uncle Ethan. may / ask-it
was Mr.. Bailey who made me think
my cousin whom never saw, will he
never come home?
He voice faltered on the last words,
frightened at her own daring But her
uncle answered evenly. II coldly:
Never"
s'He offended you so?"
"His whole life was an offense.
School, college. at home, in each he
went wrong. At twenty-one he left
me and married a woman from the
vaudeville stage. It Is not Of him
you are to think. Emily. but Of sub.
stitute for him. For that l designed
Dick: once / hoped you would marry
him and sober his idleness.
Please, no. she refused gently. =
am fond Of Dick. but please. no.
Il am not asking 1t Of you. He q
well enough. good boy. not ovoe'
wise. but not what II needed Aseo
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reflection OF the moods Of tAe0e
around her. Emily Ffrench's child
hood had been passed In Canadian
convent, and something Of Its mysti-
cism chung about her. As the. cheer
full change she had wrought flashed
over the room, Mr.. French held out
his hand In gesture Of summons, SO
that she came across to sit on the
broad arm Of his chair during the rest
Of the conference, her soft gaze rest
ing on the third member.
my adopted son and nephew hav-
ing no such talents, we must do the
best we can," Mr.. French stated, with
his most precise GOODNESS. Being
well born and well bred, he has no
taste for a mechanics labor or for cir
Gus performances with automobiles In
public. Who is your man, Bailey?"
"Lestrange, sir. You must have
heard Of him often"
T never read racing news"
II read ours" said Bailey darkly.
We've been licked often enough by
him. And he's straight one OF
the few men who'll stop at the grand
stand and lose time reporting smash
up and sending help around. Every
man on the track likes Darling LIE
strange"
Likes whom?"
Bailey flushed brick-red.
IT didn't mean to call him that He
signs himself D. Lestrange, and some
Of them started reading 1t Darling,
joking because he was such favorite
and because they liked him anyhow.
It's Just a nickname"
Emily laughed out involuntarily, sur
prised.
IT beg pardon" she at once apollo
gized, 'but it sounded so frivolous"
eff you try this man, you had bet
ter keep that nickname out Of the fac
tory" Mr. French advised stif1y.
What respect could the workmen feel
for manager with such title? If
possible, you would do well to pre-
vent them from recognizing him as
the racing driver"
Bailey, who had risen at the chime
Of clock, halted amazed.
Respect for him!" he echoed. mot
recognize him! Why, there isn't q
man on the place who wouldn't give
his ears to be seen on the same side
of the street with Lestrange, let alone
to work under him. They do read the
racing news. That part OF 1t will be
all right, II I can have him."
"If 1t is necessary"
II think it Is, SIR"
Emily moved slightly, pushing back
her yellow-brown curls under the rib
bon that banded them. On a sudden
impulse her uncle looked up at her.
What Is your opinion?" he Ques-
toned. eff Dick had been listening !
should have asked his, and fancy
yours is fully as valuable. Come, shall
we have this racing manager?"
\ Astonished, she looked from her
uncle to the other man. And per
haps 1t was the real anxiety and sus-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-15
CHAPTER III.

It was October when the consulta-
ton was held in the library Of the
old French house on the Hudson;
December was very near on the sunny
morning that Emily drove out to the
factory and sought Bailey in his Of
fee.
II wanted to talk with you," she ex-
planned, as that gentleman rose to
receive her. 1--WE have known each
other for a long time, Mr.. Bailey;
ever since / came from the Sacred
Heart to live with Uncle Ethan. That
is very long time"
tits a matter of five or six years"
agreed the charmed Bailey, contem-
plating her with affectionate pride In
her prettiness and grace. you used
to drive out here with your pony and
spend many an hour looking on and
asking questions. You'll excuse me,
Miss Emily, but there was many a
man passed the whisper that you'd
have made fine master Of the
works"
She shook her head, folding her
small gloved hands upon the edge Of
the desk at the opposite sides Of
which they were seated.
"At least I would have tried. I am
quite sure would have tried. But I
am only a girl. j came to ask you
something regarding that" she lifted
her candid eyes to his, her soft color
rising. do you know-have you ever
met any men who cared and under
stood about such factories as this?
Men who could take charge of a bust
ness, the manufacturing and racing
and selling, like my uncles? / have q
reason for asking"
"Sure thing" said Bailey, unexpect-
edly prompt i've met one man who
knows how to handle this factory bet
ter than l do, and I've been at 1t
twelve years. And there he is" he
turned in his revolving chair and
rolled up the shade covering the glass
set door into the next room, my
manager, Lestrange."
The scene thus suddenly opened to
the startled Emily was sufficiently
| matter-of-fact, yet not lacking In a
certain sober animation of its own.
Around drafting table central In the
bare, systematic disorder of the apart
| ment beyond. three or four blue-shirt-
ed men were grouped, bending over
a set OF drawings, which Lestrange
was explaining. Explaining with q
vivid interest in his task that sparkled
over his clear face in changing play
OF expression almost mesmeric in It's
command Of attention. The men
watched and listened intently; they
themselves no common laborers, but
the intelligent workmen who were to
carry out the ideas here set forth
Wherever Lestrange had been. he was
coatless and the sleeves of his outing
shirt were rolled back, leaving bare
| the arms whose smooth symmetry re-
vealed little OF the racing drivers
strength; his thick brown hair was
rumpled into boyish waves and across
| his forehead a fine black streak
wrote OF recent personal encounter
with things practical.
"Oh!" exclaimed Emily family. And
after a moment, "Close the curtain.
please"
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
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Easy Check to Force.

Judge Lumley Smith remarked =.
the Old Bailey that checks for e ~
cdd were most frequently altered Nv
forgers engaged in what was now =.
extensive business. Only "y' W.. -,
needed to change the eight int
eighty. In the case before him =
check for f8 las had been made nto
one for $50 14s.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-15
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens on Long Island near
New York city, where Miss Emily
French, relative of Ethan French.
manufacturer of the celebrated Mer-
car has stopped and her cousin. Dick
Ffrench, is too muddled with drink to
direct it Alright. They meet another car
which is run by professional racer
named Lestrange The latter fixes up
the French car and directs Miss French
how to proceed homeward.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-15
Cake Twenty-Five Years Old.

A veteran baker of Quincy, Mass
had unique experience shortly DE-
fore retiring from business shor'
time ago. A wedding cake rs years
old was brought to him by local man
to be refreshed for his silver wedding
anniversary. He had baked the cak0
himself for the wedding, rs years Do
fore.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-15

the better modishness
feathersthe millinery
fe the back Of the
ha absolutely object there why it should
stifbrmed derby shapes of black velvet
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-15

Improved Safety Razor Id
The principle of the double-Diaue.
plane has been applied to sale'y III; ~
zors. SO that the operator shaVeS VIII
two blades at the same time.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-03-26
COMMITTEES FOR
POST-L[NTEN BALL

At the meeting of the ladies of st.
Paul 8 Catholic church, held Sunday
afternoon at the residence of Father
Meehan, for the purpose of appointing
committees to take charge of the
post Lenten ball to be given in the
Nixon opera house Easter Monday
night, the following were appointed
Soliciting-Mrs. Krenkel, Mrs. Rol-
Inns, Mrs. Bowling, Miss Rosalie Rob-
erts.
Refreshments-Mrs. Ryan, Miss La
Voy.
Floor DIRECTOR. P. Grandel.
Floor nanagers-Mrs. Christopher,
Misses Clara McEnerney, Mae Staun-
ton, Alice Byrnes, Dora Giroux, Gene
We've Lying, Lilly MeCruden, Rosalie
Roberts.
Reception-Mrs. M. J. Bowling,
Mrs. Frank Germain, Mrs. J. P. Gran
del, Mrs. Jennie Smith, Mrs. E. M.
Bosch Mrs. Rollins, Mrs. A. f.
Leach, Miss Ella Lying, Miss Jo
Staunton.
Tickets for the ball will be sold at
$1.00 each, and during the evening a
banquet will be served in the opera
house dining room.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-03-26
REPUBLICANS IN.
TRODUCf WOOL BILL

Republican members of the WAYS
and means committee have introduced
minority Dill IN the house OF repre-
sentatives revising the wooden scned-
Gle OF the present tarin law in accord
ance with their Interpretation OF the
report OF the tariff board.
Inc OIL would reuuce the duties ON
wool and manufactures of wool about
~ per cent Representative Payne in
troduceu the minority bill after the
committee by strict party vote had
declined to substitute it for the Under
wood bill, which would place an ad
valorem duty OF 20 per cent on raw
wool.
Under the Republican bill the
equivalent ad valorem duty would be
about 80 per cent ON raw wool as CON-
pared with 20 per cent in the Under
wood bill.
In an analytical statement, Kepre-
sentative Till pointed out that the
Republican measure by combining class
1 and wools under q single rate Of
duty as class l, would eliminate dis-
examinations, so far as shrinkage Of
wool is concerned, between the carded
and worsted branches of the industry.
lie said it would make wooden rags
dutlable at cents pound instead Of
IL cents; practically would fix q duty
on the wool in the manufactured arti-
Gle, precisely the same as if the same
amount of wool were imported in the
grease, and would fix in addition an
ad valorem duty adjusted to the cost
OF conversion from wool to cloth, in
accordance with the tariff boards
schedules.
The Republican bills, its framer
claim, would admit carpet woods prac-
tically free. 1t woud compel a carpet
manufacturer to pay the duty and then
allow rebate OF 80 per cent if he
proved that he had used the products
IN processes of manufacture. Hill said
that as an offset to this, reductions
averaging 311a per cent would be
made on all grades of carpets.
1t this bill passes the old scandal
OF rubber boots and furniture and Of
fee desks, having little wool as a
constituent part OF their manufacture,
being classed as wooden goods and
duty assessed at the pound rate ON the
whole OF them, will be done away with
and the wool duty will in no case be
laid upon anything but the wool it.
self. -
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-03-26
STATE RESTS IN
AzPARREN CASE

The trial of Martin Azparren in the
District Court, on the charge of hav-
ing killed George Duffurena, is pro-
crossing more rapidly than antieipat-
ed. The State rested its case last ev-
ening, and this morning the defense
placed Azparren on the stand to tell
the story of the shooting. Defendant
admitted the killing, but claims it
was done in self-defense.
This afternoon he is being subjected
to a rigid cross-examination by attor-
neys for the State. He was required
to assume the position in which he was
kneeling at the time he alleges DUFF
ferena struck at him, and the district
attorney represented Duffernea. Azpar-
rem went through the pantomime,
claiming that when he shot the first
time the deceased turned to the right
and that the second shot entered his
back, killing him almost instantly.
Azparren claims that he then gathered
up few belongings and struck out for
California, where he was afterwards
captured.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-03-26
PRESS|ONS OF
VISITOR TO DEMO

c. E. Haviland, president, and e.
B. Hill, managing director Of the Con-
tinental Lake Irrigation project, ae-
companied by w. H. Weldon, a promi-
nent lumberman of Long Beach, Cali
fornia, returned from DEMO Saturday
afternoon, making the run in about
seven hours in Ford machine.
In speaking of his Impressions of
the section visited to Silver State
representative, upon his return, Mr..
Weldon had the following to say:
'sThe first thing that impresses
the visitor to the Continental Lake
Irrigation project is the fine climate
and water. The latter may be had in
abundance and is pure, cold and soft.
To the housewife this will prove .
great convenience.
"The tract of land irrigated by the
Continental Lake people lies close to
the lake and consists of wide basin
of fertile lands, which lie in a position
to be irrigated at the minimum cost.
An unusual feature of the proposition
is that a man owning a tract of this
land may also engage in the stock
business, depending upon the adjac-
ent mountain ranges for feed. 1t 10
probable that these ranges will sup
port six times the number of stock
now running there.
''It is an ideal location for the
sportsman, for the mountains are alive
with wild game and the many streams
filed with fine fish. While it is true
that the country is rather remote from
the railroad at present, that fact has
its advantages as well as disadvan-
tages. However, it is probable that
the road now being built out of Vale,
Oregon, will strike close to this
vicinity.
- ecnsider the prices charged by
the company for water rights extreme
ly low, compared with other projects,
and the company should be able to sell
out all its holdings within very
short time''
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-03-26
CHAMBER ELECTS
BOARD DIRECTORS

AT meeting held in the courthouse
Sunday the organization of the Hum
boldt County Chamber of Commerce
was perfected. Capt. II. N. hoyden
officiated as temporary chairman and
G. w. Stock was elected temporary
secretary.
j. p. Grandel, II. N. Royden and c..
W.Stock reported that in the agrge-
gate 81 men had paid the initiation
fee, and these were declared charter
members and entitled to vote at the
meeting
The proposed constitution and by
laws was read by III. w. Duncan. after
which amendments were declared in
order. Several were passed, as follows:
Regular meetings shall be held on
the first Thursday of each month. at
1880 o'clock p. m.
The organization shall be strictly
non-political.
Roll of charter members shall re-
main open until the annual meeting in
July.
Any member three months in arrears
for dues may be dropped from the roll
OF membership.
The secretary and treasurer shall
be required to give such bond for the
faithful performance Of their duties
as the board of directors may pre-
scribe.
The directorate shall consist of nine
members, five of whom shall constitute
a quorum.
Directors Elected.
The election of a board of nine di-
rectors was then declared the next
business before the meeting. 1t was
decided to place all charter members
in nomination, the nine receiving the
highest number of votes to be declared
elected. p. f.. Born and A. W. Stowe
were appointed teIlers and announced
the result of the ballot as follows
j. Sheehan, Ed Reinhart, w. J. Bell
c. w. Stock, j. p. Grandel, II. w.
Duncan. W. A. Brown, NJ. Reinhart p
F.. Born.
Capt. Royden then thanked the
members for the honor conferred on
him by his election as temporary
chairman, after which the meeting ad-
journed.
Board of Directors Meets.
Immediately after adjournment of
the chamber, the board Of directors
was called to order. w. a. Brown was
elected temporary chairman and J.
p Grandel Temporary treasurer.
motion was made to proceed to
the election Of permanent officers, but
after discussion it was decided TO post
pone action until all directors were
present
The meeting then adjourned until
s o o'clock this evening, when the ses-
sion VIII be held in the parlors of the
First National bank
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-03-26
PRO PFRIIY IN
SOUTHERN CAMPS

II. NJ. Mccartney, land agent fer
Southern Pacific, returned Sunday
morning from week s trip to Tono-
nah ard Goldfell. Speaking of his
trip 20 a Silver State representative
Mr. Mccartney had the Following to
say:
"Nhile absent in the southern part
Of the state ! did not forget Winnie
nucca and Humboldt county and
. cached the gospel on every occasion
o~ered. - a result | sold several
e. cts Of land located in this vi
cinitv.
~ found the two southern mining
'emps in wonderfully prosperous
Nopd'tien. 1t is probable that since
the first of January every mining
stock quoted on the exchanges have
d7n' led in value. This was brought
ah at by the immense amount of east
money seeking investment. East
en- capitalisis. for the past few
ve'r have been getting in bad at
{ ~ Porcupiue and other Canadian
mn ng camps, whore values are purely
soofrlative, and have very wisely con
f'n q to come back to Nevada, where
re etal Is taken ont Of the ground.
''flow about the land Well, YOU
may say that il is going off like hot
cakes on cold winter morning. OF the
fi.oo0 acres placed on sale in this
vicinity by the Southern Pacific com
many ON February |, but 5000 acres Of
good land remain unsold. At Deeth.
WI ere $4,000 acres were placed on sale
last October, there is but single
section Of $40 acres left Of any
kind, good, bad or indifferent
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-03-26
WORLDS RECORD
SHEARER IN TOWN

Shearing at the corrals owned by
Frank Garteiz, located in the vicinity
of the Western Pacific freight house,
is progressing satisfactorily, taking
weather conditions into consideration
Roache & Remusat finished last week,
John 1uchaupes was through at noon
today, and this afternoon the shearers
are working on the band of Frank
Garteiz.
About thirty shearers are at work
today, and for their services they re-
ceive ten cents per head. In addition
to this charge, which is settled by the
sheepowner, small fee is paid for
corral privileges. The men are all
members of the Sheep Shearers' Union
of North America, with western head
quarters at Butte, Mont, by which
the scale of prices is regulated
Like nearly every other industry,
machines are beginning to encroach
upon the hand work, and at the pres
ent time about half the shearing of
this western country is performed by
machine men. When the new system
was first introduced it met with con
siderable opposition from flockmasters,
who claimed that by this method both
the wool and the sheep were injured.
But as improvements are made the pre-
judiee, is gradually wearing away, and
it will probably not be many years
before all the large bands of the eoun-
try rae sheared by machine.
The men who follow shearing for a
living are of necessity itinerant, for
they begin the year S work during the
month of January in Arizona. From
there they go to Southern California
in February, arriving in Washoe coun-
ty Nevada, about March l and Hum
boldt county about the goth. After
finishing here they go up to the Ore
gon state line, where they are en-
ployed until about the middle of June,
at which time the flocks of Idaho and
Montana are ready for the blades
From the latter place they return to
California for the second shearing,
which is completed about the last of
October. They then have about two
months rest before starting in Arizo-
na on the following year 5 work.
The men employed in Humboldt
county at shearing this year are
among the most expert at the business
in the country. During this cool wealth
er, the 1leeees are in such condition
that rapid work is out Of the question,
the present average being about 90
sheep per man every eight hours. How
ever, as the weather warns up the av-
erage increases, until along in the
middle of the summer 1t viii run as
high, perhaps, as from 130 to $50 per
man.
Like all other lines of hand work,
there is a great difference in the eff
cheney af the force. Yesterday the
highest score at the corrals was made
by p. f. Farias, who turned out an
even hundred head. Farias holds the
record of the world for fast. shearing,
having, several years ago, during an
eight-hour day, under most favorable
conditions sheared 247 head This
would be an average of one sheep in a
little better than two minutes. 1t is
said that the next fastest hand -shearer
of the country is Frank Morland now
working at Golconda, who has a rec
ord of 267 sheep in a ten-hour day.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-03-26
WORK COMMENCED ON
LASSEN- -FERNLEY ROAD

The work of building the Lassen-
Fernley road is now under way and
viii be pushed with as much rapidity
rs possible, says the Gazette. At the
present time the Southern Pacific has
large construction force at Fernley
and they are making the dirt fly.
All along the proposed route of the
new line the stakes for the guidance
Of the construction gangs may be seen
and there are construction officials at
several different points. Several of
the men at the head of the construc-
tion department travelled over that
portion of the line from Fernley to the
Willows on Pyramid lake yesterday in
an automobile and met several more
who are making their headquarters at
the Willows.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-03-26
PAPER WEIGHT CARVED
FROM FINE BUILDING STONE

Cashier j. Sheehan, of the First Ma
tional bank, is in receipt of novelty
in paper weights. 1t consists Of a
cubical shaped piece of building stone,
about four inches in dimensions, wrh
the top corners rounded off to an oval.
In color it is brown, streaked with red,
and came from the quarry of w. X.
Ebeling, DEMO.
G. ID. Booker of Bozeman, Montana,
is spending a few days in the countv
looking after mining property he owns
near Golconda.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-03-26
Col. Place viii Be Here Next Week
HOTEL LAFAYETTE ARRIVALS

]. p. Richardson, Sacramento.
H. M. Mccartney, Los Angeles.
H. Schunert, Sacramento.
Hugh l.. Thomas, Salt Lake.
f. d. Winters, 1915.
+. r. Leis, Santa Fe Ry.
Geo. A. Hawkes., Salt Lake.
w. Clyde Price, Salt Lake.
b. f. Nevins, San Francisco.
Leo Hyde, San Francisco.
ID. MaeVischie, Salt Lake.
F. Barker, Ogden.
Virginia Hasson, Jarbidge.
f. j. Hagenbarth, Salt Lake.
III. G. Oastler and wife, Mill City.
L. A. Queen, Minneapolis
w. II. Edwards, San Francisco.
A. Disleh.
l.. G.. Burton, Salt Lake.
II. ID. Jones, San Francisco.
B. Ritts, Golconda
c. NJ Tinckler
Robt LeMaine, San Francisco.
H. II. Riley, Coalinga.
Carl Ostrom, Ogden.
Guy Newland, Ogden.
John NJ Knox, North Platte, Neb.
John w. Case, Loveloek.
Q Hussv, Omaha.
w. H. Goodin,, Reno.
Bismarck Catrelle.
!. c. Merin
Mrs. l.. G. Hanson, Oakland.
II. G. Marchant, Ogden.
w. w. Booth, Tonopah.
John Grundy, New York.
G. w. Ainsworth and wife, Mobile,
Alabama.
Eugene Holloway, and wife, Chicago.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-03-26
COUNTY MEDICOS WILL
MEET NEXT SATURDAY

A meeting of the Humboldt Coun-
ty Medical Society will be held next
Saturday afternoon, at the office Of
Or. Mangan, Bridge street A number
of visiting physicians are expected to
he in attendance.