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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
How to XIII cutworms.

Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis-tt The poison bran mash is by
far the best treatment for cutworms, -
says A. L. Lovett, crop pest expert at
the Oregon Agricultural college.
"The cutworms usually pass the win
ter in the soil as partly grown larvae.
They are therefore present in the soil
in the spring at the time it is pre-
pared for planting.
cit is a very good practice to sow
the poison mash over the field few
days before the crop is to appear. If
all green vegetation is removed, the
cutworms will feed greedily on the
mash, and the ground will be freed of
them before the plants appear. If
this is not done, then small heap of
the mash may be placed about the
base of the plants to be protected.
Poultry should not have range over
the treated fields.
"The mash is prepared by mixing
Is pounds Of coarse bran with pound
of Paris green, half pound of salt, a
gallon of any cheap grade of syrup,
and warm water enough to make a
heavy mash"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
Fair Mission Is Success.

New York-W. T. Sesnon and Theo-
dOre Hardee, chairman and executive
officer respectively of the commission
extraordinary to Europe for the Pan
ana-Pacifc exposition in San Fran
CISCO, returned on the Lusitania.
lney said their nilsson, which was to
support President Taft's invitation to
me governments of Europe to partici-
pate IN the Panama exposition had
O Ie successful far beyond expecta-
uOns' In every country they received
assurance from the governments and
manufacturers extensive exhibits.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
IaAFIN TO LEAD
FIGHT ON RUM
,.,b;bjtioniSts Also Nominate
Same Running Mate.
., Make Large Contribution II
'"I Party Will Adopt New Name
Is Shouted Down.

..ortic City, N. 1.-THE National
.,;bition convention concluded its
'.s,,s here Saturday with the nomina-
If the party standard bearers of
~, Years ago-Eugene W. Chain, of
,.;,ona, for president, and Aaron S.
r,tkins, of Ohio, for vice president.
I, each case the nomination was made
b. scclamatiOn after a single ballot
y, Indicated the preference Of the
dsegates.
rour candidates for president were
,..od in nomination against Mr.. Cha
= They were F. w Emerson, of
r,rifOrnia; Finley C. Hendricksen,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
OUTRAGES PROBED.
United States Sends Investigators IN
to Rubber Country.

United States Sends Investigators In
to Rubber Country.
Washington, D. CA repetition of
the horrors of the Congo rubber in
dustry among the native rubber gath
erers of Peru is the cause of danger
GUS mission which the State depart
ment sent up the Amazon river in the
interest of humanity.
Acting Secretary Wilson has re-
ceived information that Captain Stu
art Fuller, one Of the department.
most trusted agents, had arrived at
Iquitos, 1000 miles up the Amazon,
on his way to the wild stretch OF coun-
try to learn the facts.
Reports indicate the existence OF
conditions below the equator that
parallel the outrages in the Congo
country, where natives were forced by
tortures and mutilations to collect GER
tain quantities of rubber for Belgian
and other concessions.
The concessionaire in Peru is as
serted to be British corporation.
British representatives and the Brit
ish government disclosed the charges
against this corporation. The State
department, although no American
citizens are involved, consulted with
British officials and others interested
in the welfare of those natives, and
made strong representations to the
Peruvian government, securing
pledges that the obnoxious conditions
would be terminated.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19

Stockholm, July 1.-THE finals in
six events were completed at the
Olympic today and of the SO points
the United States scored :1S, England
s, Germany s, Canada 8, Australia, 8,
Finland and France 2.
The United States and Germany had
the honor Of making a clean sweep in
the weight-putting and 200 meters
swimming, back stroke, respectively.
England won the greatest race of the
Olympic so far-the 150O-meter run,
in which the Oxonian, jackson, broke
the record by more than six seconds.
Finland won the 5000 meters in a
splendid struggle against France,
while the Canadian, Hodgson, brought
glory to the Dominion by his victory
in the 1500-meter swimming contest,
in which he hung up three records.
Perhaps never before have there
been two such contests as the 5000
meter and 150O-meter runs on the
same day.
In the latter it was gruelling con-
test from start to finish. Abel r.
Kiviat and Norman S. Taber, the
American representatives, came into
the stretch together. jackson all the
way round the last lap went at a ter
rife pace, passing the four men in or
der to get up with the leaders. With
Kiviat slightly in advance ten yards
from the tape, Jackson fairly leaped
ahead and fell exhausted in to the
arms of his friends. So close was the
race for second place between Kiviat
and Taber the Judges reserved their
decision until photograph of the fin
ish was developed before announcing
second and third man.
This Olympic is proving that Great
Britain and the United States must
waive their traditional monopoly of
field sports since other nationalities
have set themselves seriously to dem
onstrate that they are possessed of as
much muscle and endurance as the
pioneers in field athletics.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
eberhard Will Not Join.

HaI .' faul-In letter to Hugh T.
VIII 'erI' Minnesota Roosevelt leader,
II III recently mailed circular letter
sf, al candidates for governor in this
spnn, asking them to go on record in
pa rtott OF the proposed new third
nos;s: movement, Governor Eberhard
ps, r., refused to join the third
Of ny movement. 81 can see no need
sanizlng new party" he wrote.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
"And Husband" in Favor.

San Francisco-The practice adopt
ed by Mrs. H. T. Howe, Of Marshall
town, Ia, and several other delegates
to the recent biennial convention, Of
permitting their spouses to be identi
fed on hotel registers by the addition
of "and husband" to their names
seems likely to become popular among
the new women of California. Mrs
Harriet Perkins brought her husband
and wrote on the register: "Mrs. H,
Perkins and husband, Planada." .Ac'
cording to accounts, Perkins is pref
ty good husband.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
FARM AN: :!.!!i' ORCHARD
Notes and Instructions Colleges Experiment Sasos
Of Oregon and Washington Specially Suitable Coax Conditions
GERMS ON THE FARM.
Useful and Harmful bacteria Shown
To q. A. C. S,,nonnar S4uden&e

Useful and Harmful bacteria Shown
to O. A. C. Summer Students.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor.
Wallis - Germs which cause milk to
sour, bacteria which dispose of filth
and which aid in making the soil
more fertile, and microbes which
cause disease were shown through q
powerful microscope to the students OF
the college summer session by Prof.
T. D. Beckwith.
"Some people still believe that
thunder showers are somehow related
to the souring of milk" said Prof.
Beckwith. "They are not. If you
put milk in cold box, it will keep
sweet from "a to 48 hours, but if it
is in a warm room it will sour in 18
hours. There is some relation, not
between thunder showers and the
scuring of the milk, but between the
temperature and this change in the
milk.
''The change is produced by the
activity of germs. We hold up our
hands in horror when we speak of
germs, microbes and bacteria. But
we owe our lives to many of these,
which are too small to be seen with
the naked eye."
Prof. Beckwith then showed through
the microscope some bacteria which
cause the souring of milk, magnified
!, 100000 times.
"How large are ,they?" he contin-
ued. "These particular ones are so
small that if you take $4,000 of them
and put them so that they just touch,
you will have a line one inch long.
With the naked eye, if you have good
eyes, you can not see anything smaller
than one-two- hundredth of an inch.
Most germs are colorIess; some,
however, have red. brown, blue or
dirty cream color.
Germs are alive. Milk sours be-
cause it becomes highly populated
with little bits of microscopic plants.
If you have typhoid fever you are
sick because you have become great
garden of disease plants, which, as
they grow, give off a poison. It is to
our advantage to have milk sour prop
erly and not too soon.
at is safe to say that an ordinary
human being voids $4,000, 900. 900, 900
Thirty three million million) germs
q day. Most of these come out by
way of the feces. Since q cow is SO
much larger an animal, how much
greater must be the number of germs
which it throws off each day. What
do you think of the farmer who keeps
his COW in dark. muddy stable, wet,
dripping with manure, or in summer
time in the dry season allows it to &C
cumulate an armor of manure? Every
bit of the filth is full of germs, which,
if they get into the milk. will produce
abnormal changes, some of them
breeding disease.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
DeTAIN AMERICAN CONSUL.
Armed Rebel Guard Posted at Con.
ference in Juarez

Juarez-Tweny-fi Americans, in
Guiding American Consul Edwards,
were held in the office Of the Mexican
Northwestern railway here for nearly
TWO hours while an armed guard of
rebels prevented them from leaving
the building.
Rebel officials had become angered
at the officers Of the Mexican North
western over $4,000 check payable to
the rebels as export duty on q con-
Segment of gold ore by the American
Smelling & Refining company in Chi
huahua. The shipment had arrived in
FL Paso. but when the rebels attempt
ed to cash the $4,000 check, the banks
in FL Paso refused payment. After
the check was given, the Federals had
entered chihuahua City and it is be-
leved that the American Smelling &
Refining company stopped payment on
it, knowing that the rebels, because
OF their retreat, would be unable to
trouble them further.
Consul Edwards went to the North
western offices to confer with H. c..
Ferris, general manager of the road,
Thomas Ryan, traffic manager, and c..
1. Carson, general auditor. The off,
clals were in conference at 5 o'clock
when they suddenly found the doors of
the building surrounded by armed men.
Consul Edwards telephoned for
Colonel Pascual Orozco, ST., head of
the garrison, who arrived in few
minutes and ordered the guards to re-
lease all minor employees. The officers
of the road were held. After a brief
conference the American consul left,
but the railroad officials were closeted
with Orozco until Z o'clock, when
they were released and crossed to the
American side. It was said they had
agreed to make the check good.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
Air Has New Dangers.

Partisan army aeroplane accident
showing the great danger of machines
passing too near to each other while
flying occurred at Villacoublay, near
Paris.
Lieutenants Briez and Burlez, OF
the French army, started on a flight
from the aerodrome in separate mono
planes. Lieutenant Briez had at
tanned an altitude of 600 feet, when
Burlez passing him at greater speed,
100 feet higher in the air, forced 9
pocket of air downward and caused
the machine driven by Briez to crash
to the ground.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
plague Found in Havana,

Havana-The existence of bubonic
plague in Havana has been definitely
determined. A special board of ply
sicians has pronounced as true bubonic
the case of Mondez Guerroa, . Span
lard, who was employed on sewer
LAYING contract. He was taken i'll
July 3 at his lodgings, close to the
palace. Guerroa is said to be dying
and three others are reported dead in
the same hospital, their cases having
shown symptoms of plague.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
FARM ACCOUNTING, IMPORTANT
Rural Business Management Helps t,
Make Farms Pay.

Rural Business Management Helps to
Make Farms Pay.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
Wallis fact that the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture has estab-
lished an office of farm management
and that the civil service commission
recently held examinations to secure
men eligible for appointment as assist
ants in farm cost accounting, is suffi-
cient indication of the growing realiz-
alton of the importance Of better bus
mess methods on the farm.
If any further recognition OF the
fact were needed, it may be found in
the great number of letters requesting
information on the subject which are
received daily by Dean ]. A. Bexell,
of the o. A. C. school of commerce,
whose text book, EARN Accounting
and Business Methods" is in use
throughout the United States and
abroad. Men in Germany, England
and Australia have written him re-
garding it.
"No farmer has reasonable excuse
to offer for wasting valuable time and
labor on crops which, because of eli
matte or economic conditions, can not
yield adequate returns" said Mr..
Bexell. accurate records and ac-
counts are absolutely necessary in the
management of every business enter
prise. No business can be successful
| in the long run unless its condition
can be determined at any time, and no
conservative business man will fail to
prepare financial statement at the
end of his fiscal year. He must deter
mine how he stands, not only with
others, but with himself.
Zone object of keeping accounts is
to assist in accommodating property.
Another important object is to record
continuous history of business trans
actions for future guidance. Not only
is this profitable, but it is a source OF
real pleasure and satisfaction to know
[our standing with those with whom
we deal as well as the profits and
losses in our business enterprises.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
CAKE IS GOOD FOOD.
So Writes Q. A. G. Professor In Jour,
nal Of Home Economies.

So Writes Q. A. G. Professor in Jour.
nal Of Home Economies.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis-That cake is a concentrated
food, the average slice containing
practically as much food value as one
and one-half glasses of milk, is the
opinion Of Prof. Ava B. Milan, of the
domestic science department at the
Oregon Agricultural College, in the
first OF a series of scientific articles on
Factors Affecting the Economic and
Dietetic Value of Foods" in the cur
rent number of the Journal of Home
Economics. When an article of diet
comes into as general use as has cake,
the factors affecting its economic and
dietetic value as well as its quality
justify study, says Miss Milan.
"There is q lack of definite knowl-
edge Of these factors and inadequate
means Of controlling the conditions.
The purpose of the study was to show
the effect of varying the kind and
form of Ingredients on the quality,
the cost, and the economic and dietetic
value of cakes.
"The work was carried out on a
typical whole egg and butter cake,
one of close grain and fine texture.
Among the interesting points in the
paper are the following: The cost Of
cakes may be reduced, from the stand
point of time consumed in mixing, by
melting as well as Dreaming the fat
used-a saving of half the time of
mixing. The best cakes are made by
the use Of the fine pastry flours, al
though good cakes may be made with
bread flour. The high gluten content
in bread flour is undesirable in cakes.
The form of sugar used greatly
affects the quality of the cake with
little effect on the cost. Powdered
sugar is most easily and thoroughly
mixed in the solid state. Cakes of as
good quality are obtained by using
water as by using milk, either whole
or condensed. When water is used the
cake costs one and one-half cents less
than when milk is used, but the food
value is also decreased. Eggs are
essential, serving as leavening agents
and influencing the flavor, texture,
grain, and food value. If fresh pow
ders are used a fairly good cake may
be made with desiccated eggs if the
fresh ones are not available. Reduc-
ing the amount of butter in the stand
ard 3-cup -four recipe, from three
fourths to half cup Of butter, the food
value is lowered but the quality seems
improved. If the cakes are not eaten
warm, lard substitutes that are fresh
may be used instead of butter.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
ELks TAKE PORTLAND.
City Illuminated - Never Before
Thousands Arrive.

Thousands Arrive.
Portland, July g. Portland is il
possession Of the Elks. From every
state and every cline the antlered
multitude and their families poured
into the city yesterday. More than .
score Of special trains arrived, each
carrying its burden Of pleasure-seek-
ing lodge men. Every regular train
carried its full quota Of convention
crowds. Nearly all the regular trains
operated in special sections.
Elks from California, Oregon,
Washington and Idaho points predom-
mated in numbers from early in the
day. Late last night the eastern part
of the United States contributed its
share. Jersey City sent more than
100, while Cincinnati, New York, and
other points east of the Mississippi
contributed heavily to the arrivals.
All night long the magnificent
trains of FIVE, six, eight and even q
dozen splendidly equipped coaches
reached the city.
Portland was ready host. Port
land Elks had prepared amply for such
crowd. Portland citizens, too, had
taken up the burden and shared the
responsibility and the joy Of caring
for thousands of guests.
The Court of Honor, which is the
masterpiece Of decorative art, was il
Illuminated in all its glory. It's great
towering buildings smiled down on the
good humored crowds beneath the
brilliant lights. The monster electric
signs upon the tallest structures
caused prolonged study from all WISH
tors. Those who have attended form
er grand lodges marveled with those
who never had seen an Elks' reunion.
While the care-free multitudes
thronged the decorated thoroughfares
of the city, the machinery Of the
grand lodge was busy inside the Multi
nomah hotel, grinding out its regular
yearly routine Of work, preparatory to
the opening of the regular sessions on
Tuesday morning.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
Montreal Faces Strike.

NJ montreal - This port faces COM
ts tleup of business on account of
s tUuple between transport handlers,
ss5ecAers, freight handlers and long,
Inauremen and their employers, the
CUM omlnion Telephone company and the
o oa-aaian Pacific railroad. The trans
m pD''s I'd handlers demand leveling
oa. VI wages from the minimum of %
t5o 's an hour, received now, to 25,
ue maximum paid.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
Warship Repairs Cost Sic. 900.

Washington, D. c. Naval Con-
structor Baxter, who went from bos-
ton navy yard to Newport to investl-
gate the accident to the batteshlp new
Hampshire, which collided with the
liner Commonwealth, reported that
temporary repairs on the warsnlp
would put her in condition to proceed
under her own steam to the New YORK
navy yard, where permanent repa'Is
can be made at an estimated cost o.
SIG. 900 in about two weeks.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
Militia Aid Is Favored,

Washington, D. C.-The Pepper bill
" oflng the National Guard into clos
81 touch with the Regular Army was
..aVoorably reported by the house mill
.aary affairs committee. Under the
S S!l,' the Federal government would
ssOurse about $4,000, 900 a year to
@e lO,OOO commissioned officers and
@e III, 900 enlisted men of the Ma
s aO1ai Guard. The secretary of war
~lu inc militia boards of the state
'Oulo be authorized to cooperate.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
Heat Fatal to Scores.

New York, July II. = Scores OF
deaths by heat prostration were re-
ported from the larger cities Of the
country today. All up and down the
Atlantic seaboard the heat was in
tense and suffering great. Prostra-
lions by the hundred were reported.
In New York there were seven deaths,
two were driven insane and the Their
mometer reached SO degrees. There
were two deaths and scores Of prostra-
tions at Montreal, one fatality at Gin
cinnati, six deaths at Philadelphia and
nine deaths at Chicago.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
Postal Bonds in Demand.

Washington, D. c. - Information
made public by Postmaster General
Hitchcock shows that postal savings
depositors in Oregon applied on July !
for $3.50 of the third issue OF postal
savings bonds. More than $1,000 OF
the total amount applied for are reg
istered. Indicating that they are being
purchased as permanent investments.
With respect to the amount OF the
bonds applied for Portland leads 9th,
er cities of the state with $4t6O. ano
following in order are Astoria, $Soo'
and Roseburg and Sumpter 5000 each.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
Salmon Run Increases.

Astoria, Or.-There has been an in
crease in the catch of salmon during
the last two or three days and all
classes of gear have done fairly well.
The fish are of excellent quality and
average large and those interested IN
the Industry believe the catch from
now on will be good. While the pack
thus far is considerably short OF the
corresponding period of last season,
onIv few weeks will be required to
bring the output up to normal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
Reason for Sea Burial.

Sea captains and sailors, from su-
perstition founded upon good sense, do
not like to carry dead bodies aboard
their ships, burying at sea as soon as
nossible all who die. In old days one
dead body infected with disease might
mean the death and destruction of all
men on the ship.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
Car Of Akron is Raised.

Atlantic City, N. 1.-The Gear" OF
the dirigibIe balloon Akron was raised
from Absecon inlet, where it fell
mass Of twisted steel on Tuesday,
when the balloon blew up while 1000
feet in the air. Not q body was found
aboard. The only thing discovered
was a cap belived to have belonged to
Walter Gest, the amateur mechanl-
ciau
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
His Recommendation,

A cook has been going around sta
tion in the south of India with the fol-
lowing character and is somewhat
surprised he is not engaged: Abdul
has been my cook for three months; It
seems much longer. He leaves on ac-
count Of i'll health my i'll health. -
Christian Advocate.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
Hxdronlana STAYS Aloft,

Rochester, N. Y. - William Cline,
flying at Cayuga Lake rark, estab-
lished what is said to be worlds
hydro aeroplane record for sustained
flight, covering 1O1 miles at height
Of 1000 feet in / 1854.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
Memorial is Planned.

Denver - Denver women have
launched informally plan to erect
memorial to the late Mrs. Sarah Platt
Decker. who died in San Francisco
during the meeting Of the Federation
of Women,s clubs.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
AMERICANS WIN
MOST HONORS
Athletes at Stockholm Lead
World With Y Points.
Britain Second With o6--Forsignsrs
Seem to Have Greatest Endur-
ance-Americans Quickest.


Stockholm, July 1.-THE scores
in the Olympic games as announced
tonight are: United States, ~
points; Great Britain, including
colonies, 65; Sweden, 81; Germany,
"a; France, 10; Russia, including
Finland, 20; Denmark, z; Norway,
Z; Italy, 5; Hungary, 4; Belgium,
Greece and Austria, 3 each; Hol-
land, 2.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
Her REFORMATION.

Ont in Reno met lady who told
me she used to marry men she would
Mt invite to musicale now. Kansas
City Journal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-19
zoo p.r,;.. Worth watching.

Always keep your wits about you
when d aling with man who doesn' {
talk. Likewise, beware OF the one
with velvety voice.