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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
LOSS BY WIND $40, 900.

Reports From Snake River Country
Show Damage to Fruit.
Pullman-Reports from Snake river
orchards show that much damage was
done to fruit by the wind storm which
swept over this county recently.
Many fruit trees were uprooted,
others were split by the wind and
none escaped the loss of some limbs,
while thousands of bushels of fruit
were blown from the trees.
The Alpowa Orchard company suf-
fered serious loss. This company
owns the La Toilette orchard of ESQ
acres and estimates its loss at $780,
600. M. S. Johnson, on the Lybecker
farm, suffered the loss of large por-
ton of the fruit from his trees and
had many trees blown out by the roots
and others split and wrecked. From
all orchards on the river come reports
of serious damage. The wind storm
was the worst ever known here. For
five minutes the weather observatory
of the state college registered velo-
city of IS miles an hour and for more
than an hour the velocity was so miles.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
Clark Is Losing Lead.

Baltimore, June 29.-Giving up all
attempt to break the existing dead
lock, the leaders in the Democratic
party decided at 3:05 O'Clock this
Saturday morning to take additional
adjournment until l O'Clock in the
afternoon in the hope that some sort
of agreement may be reached as TO 3
presidential nominee. j.,
Many of the delegates protestea
against the delay caused by the ac-
journment, but apparently there was
no hope of settling the nomination Oy
conferences on the convention floor'
Twelve ballots were taken. Cnamp
Clark made sensational gain on tns
tenth when New York's solid block Oh
80 votes went to him on this oailOs
Mr.. Clark's total reaching nlgn'
water mark of 556-a clear majority,
but ITO votes short of the necessary
two thirds to nominate.
On the eleventh and twelfth Da'o''
Clark fell away to 554 and SAY. .
Governor Woodrow Wilson held Dis
forces steadily together and durl1 1s
the nights voting there were oa y,
slight fluctuations in his totals. vo's.
lost in some delegations were mace W
in others.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
OFFICIALS FEAR LAW.
Must Stop Government Work Unless
Funds Are Provided.

Must Stop Government Work Unless
Funds Are Provided.
Washington, D. president Taft
will send a message to congress point
ing out the anomalous situation
whereby the machinery of the Federal
government must continue in opera
ton in direct violation of law, making
officials liable to fine and imprison-
ment unless steps are Immediately
taken to provide funds for the next
fiscal year, beginning July /.
The president will appeal for the
passage of resolution extending the
necessary appropriations of the cur
rent fiscal year for temporary period
to tide over the emergency by the
failure Of the regular and deficiency
appropriation bills to be enacted into
law. 1t is expected that such reso-
luton will be introduced and passed
by both houses.
1t is unlawful for any official to
create deficiency or accept the SER
vices of anyone grautitously. Unless
congress acts it is pointed out in ad-
ministration circles, one of these laws
must be violated to some extent, be-
cause government business cannot
come to standstill.
The Navy department is going slow
in risking a violation of law, and if
appropriations are not made, the civil
employees of the navy yards and many
in the departments here will be fur
Laughed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
ESTABLISH FIRE LOOKOUT.
Station on High Mountain Can Tele.
phone to Any Point.

0tdtiOU O1 EItSu WSOuHtdiu Oott StS-
phone to Any Point.
Walla Forest Supervisor j.
M. Schmitz, of the Wenaha national
forest, has gone to La Grande, Or, to
confer with w. E. Herring, district
engineer of the Oregon, Washington
and Alaska district, as to the location
of a fire lookout which may be useful
in detecting forest fires this season.
The approximate site is the summit
of the mountains north of La Grande,
from which place large areas of the
Whitman, Wallowa and Wenaha ma
tional forests can be seen.
A telephone line to La Grande, from
which place the supervisors and rang
ers of the contiguous forests can be
reached, will be built. The general
plan of the fire lookout consists of the
erection of cabin wherein are kept
maps, binoculars, compass and other
equipment with which to detect and
locate fires, and the camp will be Wis
tied every day or two by rangers for
scanning the surrounding forests.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
DUST HITS GRAIN.
Central Washington Storm Damages
Crop Prospects.

Central Washington Storm Damages
Crop Prospects.
Ritzville - Farmers and business
men Of this county are beginning to
believe damage resulted to the prom
ising wheat crop from the dust storm
last week.
The storm was the worst known by
Oldest pioneers in the community. The
wind alone perhaps would not have
done great damage, but the sand
which was driven against the wheat
seemed to kill much of it and some
fields are now said to be veritable
fields of standing hay. The rich green
color presented by the fields of wheat
week ago is rapidly turning to the
color of straw, with shade Of green,
and upon close examination many
stalks are found dead, many broken
and the heads dropping. In the latter
cases no more nourishment will be
furnished the head and it will dry up
unmatured.
Some fields are said to be damaged
80 or 40 per cent, while great many
fields are said to have escaped dam
age. The difference. seems to be in
fields of wheat bordered on the south
and west by summer fallow. The
earth from the summer fallow, blowing
into the wheat did much damage,
while fields surrounded by other wheat
suffered little.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
State Clipping Coupons.

Olympia - The state treasury will
receive Silt, 8O7 in interest as the
proceeds of coupons clipped during
July by State Treasurer Lewis from
bonds held by him for the state. OF
this amount $3.50 is interest on
municipal bonds, while interest on
county and school district bonds
amounts to SCI, 1908.
For each of the 365 days of the year
$3.50 is received in the state treasury
from state permanent funds now in
vested in bonds. This means a conse-
quent reduction in taxes. State
Treasurer Lewis now holds bonds in
the sum of $40, 900, 900 belonging to
the several state permanent funds.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
Farmers Lost By Greed.

New York-In the governments
equity suit for the dissolution of the
so-called sugar trust, Thomas R. Car
ter, vice president and general mana
ger of the Utah Idaho Sugar company,
told how land boom resulted in the
failure of the Havemeyer company to
erect beet sugar factory near Pay
cite, Idaho. When the news of the
proposed factory got out the farmers
were so busy selling land they did not
have time to furnish the beets.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
Mexican Crisis at Hand.

Chihuahua, Mexico - With federal
General Huerta sending his full force
of 5000 troops against the rebels at
Bachimba, 46 miles from here, and
confidently asserting that he will be in
chihuahua within five days, the crisis
in the Mexican revolution is believed
to be close at hand. The rebels. well
entrenched and strongly fortified, are
waiting the attack with force equal
to that of the federals.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
suffragette Attacks Royalty.

Cardiff, Wales-King George and
Queen Mary, who are making a tour
of South Wales. were brought face to
face with suffragette militancy when
suffragette broke through the police
Gordon and sprang at Reginald Nc
Kenna, cabinet minister. The wo-
man, muttering threats against cabi-
net ministers enjoying tour while wo-
men were starving in prison, hurled
herself upon the secretary, at the
same time shouting an appeal to the
queen to help the suffragettes in their
fight.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
AsoTlN IS TREASURE BOX.
Has Not Mile Of Railway, But Good
River Transportation.

Has Not Mile Of Railway, But Good
River Transportation.
Tucked away in the extreme South
eastern corner Of Washington is
Asotin county, whose 1000 people
have developed q high degree of
wealth and prosperity. Yet Asotin
has the unique distinction Of not pos
sessing single mile Of railway.
Yearly its vast produce Of wheat and
barley, of fruit and live stock, wool
and timber, seeks market by boat over
the navigable waters Of the Snake riv-
er, just as so years ago an army Of
red and blue-shirted gold miners de-
pended on that mode of transportation
to and from the rich placers Of the
Clearwater and the Salmon.
Six miles up the Snake from Lewis
ton, Asotin creek falls into the great
er stream, and there, upon a slightly
fiat, the pioneers laid out the town OF
Asotin some 80 years ago. Under the
transforming influence of irrigation,
groves of noble leaf trees have at
tanned a girth and spread that are sug-
gestive of the centuries rather than of
single generation. Orchards bending
beneath their weight of fruit surround
the pleasant homes, and well-trimmed
lawns and gardens Of roses heighten
the home-like effect. Here is the
county's seat of government, and here
dwell 1900 contented and prosperous
people.
Proud of their resources and
achievements, Asotin's commercial
club designated last Friday as "Seeing
Asotin County Day." and invited thei,
neighbors from Charleston and Lewis.
ton to join them in 10O-mile auto.
mobile tour of the county. Fourteen
machines carried more than so bust
ness men and farers on this Crane
tour.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
REPEAL UNIT RULE.
Democratic Delegates Left Free to
Vote Their Choice,

OemoCrouC 00Ie83t0S LOTT TTe0 10
Vote Their Choice,
Baltimore, June 26.-The progress
ives in the Democratic national con-
vention claimed q noteworthy victory
tonight when they carried motion
abrogating the rule by which some
state delegations were bound to cast
their vote AZ . unit.
The fight for and against the unit
rule was waged particularly about the
State of Ohio, where is district dele
gates had been instructed by primaries
to vote for Woodrow Wilson, but
where the state convention, controlled
by the Harmon forces, had invoked
the unit rule binding all Ohio dele
gates to the Ohio governor.
The convention by vote Of 565 to
489 voted that no state delegation
should be bound by unit control except
in such cases where state law was
mandatory on the subject.
Wilson supporters in the convention
who earlier in the evening had carried
on demonstration lasting SO minutes
regarded the vote as distinctly favor
able. The Wilson boom had been
growing throughout the day.
Wilson had gained and Harmon lost
Is votes from the Ohio delegation as a
result of the fight. It was said the
abrogation of the rule might lead to
breaks in other delegations and this
left the presidential race tonight in
greater doubt than ever.
New York's solid block of 90 votes
was cast, amid Kisses and groans, in
favor of continuing the unit rule.
Missouri, the home state of Champ
Clark split 20 to Z in favor Of the
unit rule, and this result was received
with groans.
When Nebraska and Kansas voted
solidly for the abrogation, of the unit
rule there were cheers from the Will
son forces. Pennsylvania, a Wilson
state, gave big majority for abro-
cation.
There had been signs in the day Of a
growing sentiment in the New York
delegation in favor of Wilson. The
delegation voted under the unit rule
tonight in casting its ballot agaist the
proposition fostered by the New Jersey
governor supporters.
The fight over the unit rule carried
the evening session well along toward
midnight. The report from the Gre
dentials committee was then received.
As there was minority report, re-
curing discussion, an adjournment
was decided on until noon tomorrow.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
NORTHWEST NAMES HOLIDAY.
Thursday, July II, Given to Elks Par
ade in Portland.

Thursday, July II, Given to Elks Par
ade in Portland.
Thursday, July II - the day Of the
big Elks' National parade in Portland
will be a public holiday throughout
the Northwest if the action already
taken by numerous small towns and
cities is followed by many others.
Stores, offices and public buildings
will be closed, business will be sus-
pended, activity will cease for the
while and the people generally will
take advantage Of the low rail and
steamship rates to go to the conven-
ton city. With favorable weather,
that day will probably see zoo. OOO
strangers in Portland, more than four
times as many as ever were here on q
single day.
The city Of Astoria has taken the
lead in declaring a public holiday fol
the Elks' parade. Even the postoffice
will close. The following advice re-
Gently received by Postmaster Carney,
of Astoria, gives him permission:
elm reply to your letter you are in
formed that you may observe holiday
hours and give the usual holiday SER
vice on July II, as you request, holt
day having been proclaimed by the
mayor of your city, on account of the
assembling of the grand lodge of Elks
at Portland. Or"
The letter is signed by c. P. Grand.
field, first assistant postmaster gen.
eral at Washington, D. c. All the
banks, stores and mills at Astoria will
close and virtually the entire active
population of the city will move to
Portland.
Similar action will be taken at Ore.
gon City, Salem and other points in
Oregon. Vancouver and several
neighboring towns in Washington will
do likewise. Many special trains will
come from the neighboring towns fol
the great parade.
Advices received by the O.-W. R. &
N. company show that two specials
will come from the Grays Harbol
country instead one. Aberdeen anc
Hoquiam each will have enough Elks
to fill train. Their early plans con
templated coming together.
Every day now brings new orders
for rooms at the convention -headquar
tiers, but as fast as they are received
reservations are made. J. II. Deitz
chairman of the hotel committee, sale
that he believes all necessary space has
been offered. He made contracts fol-
rooms close to the heart of the city
that will accommodate more than 1000
additional people.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
BALLOTS BRING
NO AGREEMENT
Democratic Convention AA.,
18th Vote Is Deadloeked.
Clark Strength Wanes After Az.
BY Bryan-WiIson Gains ste,d;,. 's
Prospects Discouraginr.

Baltimore, June 20 = With con.-
nor Wilson gaining on each ballot t,sf,
Speaker Clark constantly losing o,oa aua
in the race for the presidential e noa.
nation, the Democratic national oaH
vention at IL :05 o'clock tonight ~
journed until Monday morning at ~ y,
o'clock. - II
Twenty six ballots had been tak.,
since the first call of states and thssa
was no hope Of final verdict ton;oh a'
1t is against all political precedent f..
national convention to sit on SUNDAY
but tomorrow will be day of imno,,
ant conferences among the party ieaS
ers and a day of hard work for N.
campaign managers.
When the convention adjourned IN.
night, Speaker Clark was hurryinp "a
Baltimore from Washington in 70.
Spouse to an urgent cal from his cam.
paign director. William Jenpinos
Bryan, at the afternoon session, had
attacked Clark and had said he would
vote for no man willing to accent the
nomination at the hands of Murphy
Of Tammany Hail."
1t was the plan of Mr.. Clark to an.
pear before the convention and make
answer. In this way his managers
hoped to bolster the falling vote.
The ballots today ran from the 18th
to the 26th. Wilson began at 35e and
ended at 407, a net gain curing the
day Of 81 votes. Speaker Clark began
at 554 and fell to 463, loss of 81
votes.
The ti-Clark leaders in the con.
vention call attention to the fact that
they almost exactly offset the 80 votes
given to Clark by the New York dele
cation.
Breaks to Governor Wilson were
coming from many different delega-
tions as the balloting closed. His
managers believed that, once he had
overtaken Speaker Clark, the switch
ing of delegates would become gene
raj. The Clark forces plan to make
desperate effort tomorrow to win back
some of the delegates lost today, and
in this work they probably will have
the personal direction of the speaker
himself. The Wilson forces, in the
meantime, expect to fight, not only to
hold their gains of today, but to in
duce more to desert the other candi-
dates.
Senator Stone, of Missouri, made
motion to eliminate the candidate re.
ceiving the least number of votes on
each successive rollcall after the 9th
ballot, until only one-the winner
was left in the race. There was
storm of objection and the subject
was pressed no further.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
Picnic to Be Given 10000.

Los Angeles - H. E. Huntington
will pay all the expenses of a picnic
party of 20, 900 persons at Redondo
Beach late in the summer. Tranporta-
ton, lunch, dinner, amusement enter
tainment and everything to make
everybody happy will be provided at
the trolley magnate's expense. His
guests will be the 5000 employees of
the Los Angeles railway corporation,
their families and close friends, and it
is expected the number will be easily
reached. Huntington says he does not
care if Is, 900 turn out.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05

Davenport first townsite to be
plated along the Bluestem- Columbia
branch of the Great Northern since
construction was started was COM
pleted by Engineer j. L. Thayer, who
plated site for John Leonard, FIVE
miles southeast Of Peach and in one of
the most favorable points for the re-
ceipt of wheat from the Egypt coun-
try. Among the streets in the new
townsite, several lots of which have
already been sold, are Bryan street,
Roosevelt avenue and Taft street, the
latter the. principal thoroughfare.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
JAMES PERMANENT CHAIRMAN
Progressive Democrats Control il
Permanent Organization.

Progressive Democrats Control in
Permanent Organization.
Baltimore, June 26.-Refusing to
subside even after yesterdays defeat,
the progressives in the Democratic
national convention today engaged in
desperate effort to reverse yester-
days setback and succeeded in regain
ing much Of their lost ground.
The first victory was in reversing
the program of the conservative steer
ing committee, which intended to con-
tinue the temporary organization and
make Judge Parker the permanent
chairman. Instead, the progressives
forced the selection of Judge Ollie
James, of Kentucky, by the committee
on permanent organization to be per-
manent chairman. Although instruct
ed for Champ Clark, in the presiden-
tial fight, James is progressive and
one of Bryan's closest friends. His
keynote speech is expected to be
strongly progressive!
Bryan today repudiated the Murphy
Taggart-Sullivan attempt to mollify
him, and refused election as chairman
of the resolutions committee. He also
made it plain that unless an out and
out progressive platform is adopted,
he will return a minority report and
carry the fight back to the floor, even
to the country if forced to do so.
Bryan forced an unprecedented step
by having the resolutions committee
demand that the platform be not
adopted until the candidates are
named.
The effect of this will be that even
though a conservative should get the
nomination he will have to run on a
radical declaration of principles.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
Women Sell Flowers.

London - Ten thousand women, in
Guiding many prominent society wo-
men and several duchesses, all Of them
dressed in white and wearing white
hats trimmed with garlands of wild
roses, sold flowers on the streets
Thursday, which was called Alexandra
Day in honor Of the Queen Mother.
The proceeds are to be given to the
metropolitan hospitals and GONZALES
cent homes in the name of Queen
Alexandra, who originated the idea.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
War on "Jim Hill" Mustard

Davenport-C. C. Bateman, farm
er near Edwall, who was arrested for
violation of the weed law last year
and who succeeded in having his case
thrown out of court on a technical
construction Of the information on
which he was charged, has a large
tract of land on which the mustard
completely covers the ground. The
authorities have served notice on him
and will enter the tract with mowers,
cut the weeds and charge the cost to
the land. Other cases will be treated
likewise.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
Plans to Ship $500 Sheep,

North Forest Wenner, of
North Yakima, will ship from ElIens-
burg this week 18 carloads Of
sheep, or about $500 animals in all.
They will comprise the second ship
ment of the season. trainload of
sheep belonging to Coffin Brothers, Of
this city, now being on its way east.
It is calculated that more than 80, 900
sheep will be sent to the Chicago mar
ket from the Yakima valley this year.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Wheat - Track prices: Bluestem,
93c; club, SOC; red Russian, soc;
valley, soc; 4O-fold, 89c.
Hay-Timothy. $4@7; alfalfa, Sill;
clover, $500; oats and vetch, 500
IL; grain hay, 50.
Millstuffs = Bran, $25. 80 per ton /;
shorts, $28; middlings, $32.
Corn-Whole, $50; cracked, $40 ton.
Oats-No. white, $38@4O per ton.
Berries = Strawberries, 9Oc@$1. rs
per crate; gooseberries, 2@23c per
pound; raspberries, $1.25@1. so crate;
loganberries, $1.25.
Fresh Fruit = Cherries, 3@7c per
pound; apples, old, 1908 per box I;
apricots, $1.25@1.50 per box; canta-
loupes, $2.75@3.50 per crate; peach
es, $1.25 per box; currants, $1,000
LIS per box.
Observation-Disclosures, 65@75c per
dcz.; asparagus, 81 per box; beans,
@9c; head lettuce, 12ac per doz. hot
house lettuce, 75c@S1 per box; peas,
6@7c per pound; peppers, 2@2ac per
pound; radishes, 15@2Oc per doz. /;
rhubarb, 2ac per pound; spinach, 40
SC per pound; tomatoes, 81 per box /;
garlic, S@10c per pound.
Onions-California red, $1.25 sack.
Butter-Oregon creamery, cubes or
solid pack, 27c per pound prints, Csc.
Eggs-Fresh Oregon ranch, candled.
&c per dozen; case count, 21c.
Pork-Fancy, 10@10ac per pound.
Veal-Fancy, 12@12ac per pound.
Poultry-Hens, 12ac, broilers, 18c;
ducks, young, 12@12ac; geese, 100
lie; turkeys, live, 17@18c; dressed,
24@25c.
Hops - 1912 contracts. zoe: 1911
crop, 31@32ac.
Wool - Eastern Oregon, 140194c
per pound; valley, 20@22c; mohair.
choice, 32c.
Cattle = Choice steers, $6.75@7;
good, IS. 50@6.75; medium, $6@6. SO;
choice cows, $6@6.35; good, SIS. 5O@
s; medium, $5@5.5O; choice calves.
S7@7.75; good heavy calves, sea-
$50; bulls, $3.5O@5; stays, $4.75@
6.S5.
Hogs Light, $7@7. 80; heavy, Sc
@6.5O
Sheep-Yearlings, $3@4.25; weth-
ers, So. 25@4.50; ewes, $S@3. TO:
lambs, $S.75@5.s0