davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
UNPRECEDENTED RAINS
RUIN FRUIT AND HOPS

San Francisco-For the first time in
Is years, this early in September, rain
fell Friday and Saturday. Up to noon
nearly half an inch was the record
established for the two days.
From the great interior valleys of
the state come walls from orchard
lists, vineyardists and hopgrowers that
the greater part of their crops have
been ruined. A report from Fresno
says that from one-half to two-thirds
of the entire table and shipping grape
crops have been ruined by the rains.
Hundreds of carloads of drying fruit
spread on racks in orchards could not
be stacked and covered in time to pre-
vent loss, the rain came so suddenly
in the middle of the night.
In the great Sonoma valley thou
sands of hoppickers have suffered
three days and nights Of severe hard
ship, as they have never been asccus-
toned to 60 to the fields provided
with tents or other other protection
from rain. The storm found these
thousands sleeping unprotected in the
fields. A dispatch from Santa Rosa
reports more than 1900 acres of hops,
together with supporting poles, were
collapsed and on the ground as re-
suit of the storm. 1t is feared that
When full reports from the entire state
are received the amount of damage
WILL reach an enormous figure.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
CANAL TO HELP MEXICO.
Government Official Says Country |.
Having Great Awakening.

Government Official Says Country Is
Having Great Awakening.
San Francisco-Senor Rafael Hern-
andez, secretary of the Interior of
Mexico, who is in San Francisco on q
business trip, gave assurances of the
friendly attitude Of the Madero ad-
ministration to the United States.
"Mexico has awakened to a new
realization of its opportunities, said
Senior Hernandez, "and it has further
realized that its progress must keep
pace with that of the States. Mexico
will profit by the Panama canal more
than any other nation except the
United States, having the second long
est coast line on the Pacific, and Pres
ident Madero is keenly alive to the
possibilities of development accruing
from the building of the canal"
The Mexican statesman, who is ac-
companied by Albert Madero, uncle
of President Madero, and Emerterio
de Ia Cara, his attorney, was enter
tanned at luncheon given by repre-
sentatives Of the city administration,
and chamber of commerce and the
Panama-Pacific Exposition after he
and his party had been taken on trip
around the bay.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
ARMY POLICE FOR ALASKA.
System Like That Of Canada Being
Considered by War Department.


San Francisco The problem of Civ
ing Alaska thorough military police
system may be solved in the near fu-
ture, not by the stationing of regi-
ment or more of soldiers there, scat
tering the troops through the territor-
les by companies, but by establishing
q constabulary system modelled some
what along the lines Of the Northwest
mounted police, which has accom-
plished wonderful results in Canada.
Officers at the Presidio say that
such q system Of mounted police is
being considered and may 60 through.
If so, it would be under the jurisdic-
ton of the War department, the
mounted officers being recruited from
the ranks of the army.
Major George H. McManus, of the
inspector generals department, who
has just returned from an inspection
tour of Alaska army posts, acknowl-
edged that such q constabulary was
being contemplated. Personally, +"
he said, 81 believe that q system of
this kind would work out, well. Ger
tainly if corps as efficient as that of
the Northwest mounted police could
be developed, it would do much to pre-
serve law and order in Alaska, posi-
bly, far more than large number OF
soldiers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
ROOSEVELT THIRD.
Regular Republicans Maintain Lead in
Vermont Election.

Vermont Election.
Montpelier, Vt.-The Roosevelt Pro-
gressive ticket ran poor third in the
state elections in Vermont, with the
Taft Republicans winning by vote of
almost double that of the Progressive
candidate and the Democrats far out
numbering the Bull Moose party 8
vote. In fact the Roosevelt ticket
obtained less than one-quarter of the
total vote of the state, according to
almost complete returns.
The Republican plurality, while
large, will lack some votes of being a
majority, and as result the election
for governor is certain to be thrown
into the legislature.
Returns for governor from PIT out
of 246 cities and towns gave: Fetch
er. Republican, Is, 6O2; Howe, Demo-
crat, 1890; Metzger, Progressive,
Ia, 220; Smith, Prohibition, 1925;
Suffer, Socialist, 1905.
The same places in 1910 gave
Mead, Republican, 31.816; Watson,
Democrat, 1893; Towle, Prohibi-
Zionist, 1862; Ordway, Socialist, $50.
Indications from these figures at
midnight are roughly that the present
vote will total: Republicans, &c, 236 !;
Democrats, 1885; Roosevelt Pro-
gressives, 16,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
FARM z .i.l!;i' ORCHARD
Noes and Instructions from Agricultural con Ryeas Ssasoss
d Oregon and Washe Specially Suha6 Is pod6r Coa f,,..

It Is not Immediately available. and
the beneficial effects of one annlica-
ton viii extend over ! period Of sew
earl years. 1t is sometimes applied
n amounts as high rs 600 or 500
pounds e the acre. Acid phosphate
or super phosphate, containing about
l6 per cent phosphoric acid, is also
good Tor onions. tits made by treat
ing finely ground phosphate rock with
sulfuric acid, and is available for i'm
mediate use. It is usually applied at
the rate of about 400 pounds to the
acre.
Muriate Of potash is the chief
source Of potash. 1t contains about
80 per cent of actual potash and is
available for the use Of the plant. 1t
usually comes directly from its source
in Stassfurt, Germany, in 224-pound
sacks. 1t can be applied profitably at
the rate of / sack to the acre. In
some cases FERTILIZERS are applied to
beaverdam soils containing no nitro
gen, but usually much better results
are obtainable when some nitrogen is
applied.
voorhees,, in his Fertilizers rec
ommends an application of thousand
pounds Of fertilizer containing per
cent nitrogen, 6 per cent phosphoric
acd ..and 10 per cent potash for onions.
The Indiana experiment station states
that, for muck lands in Indiana, 800
to 1000 pounds of fertilizer containing
l to II per cent nitrogen, to 8 per
cent phosphoric acid and about 10 per
cent potash gave satisfactory results.
Both phosphoric acid and potash fer
tilizers are readily fixed in the soil
until the plant is ready to use them,
and there is scarcely any loss by
teaching. Hence they may be applied
to the soil some time before planting.
With sodium nitrate there is danger
of loss from teaching, so it is not sown
until the crop is ready for its imme-
date use.''
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
OHIO REFUSES SUFFRAGE.
Initiative and Referendum and LIQUOR
Amendments Are Carried.

Initiative and Referendum and LIQUOR
amendments Are Carried.
Columbus, Ohio - The women Of
Ohio failed in their effort to gain the
ballot, according to early returns.
While the earliest figures on which
this result is based come almost from
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, To-
ledo and Dayton, it was in those
places where the suffragists waged
their most determined fights and poll
ticians said the result would not be
changed by the final returns.
The women, it is said, will not give
up their fight for the ballot. but nlan
to use the initiative and referendum
TO gain another vote.
The cities of the state uniformly
voted in favor of all amendments but
suffrage. The farming communities
voted against the amendments as
whole, but there was little likelihood
that they could offset the big urban
majorities.
About half the state vote was cast.
The initiative and referendum has
been adopted, according to the first
$50 precincts out Of 5197 in the state.
1t received 6S, 093 votes for and SO. OBS
against. The liquor license had car
ried by 55, 341 to 20, 942.
The suffrage vote from $50 pre-
cincts showed &c. for to IS, 139
against. The country districts were
expected to change this result, how
ever.
The liquor license proposal provides
that licenses to traffic in liquor shall
be granted, subject to laws that may
be enacted by the legislature. 1t does
not affect the present liquor laws.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
lEW NORTHWEST
LINE BUILDING
Grect Route Los Angeles to
Spokane Is Project.
,;..,rce Only 100 Miles More Than
rrom San Francisco Offset
BY Better Grades.

Anoeles-A new railroad, bind
: tho great Northwest and South
I ins making possible the settlement
Iau S development of hundreds of thous-
SD wv. If acres heretofore far removed
suur , avenues of traffic, is to link Los
I avapIes and Spokane. It will reduce
h 49, distance between them several
,. ne miles and bring this city
p aarlv as close to Spokane as is San
The surveys have been completed,
IL the new translate line will be
s su; within three years, or by the
1 lr the Panama traffic is we'll devel-
Advices received from towns which
ill he on the new line are that the
nlons have so far progressed that the
pf.tnal work of construction is under
~ gov at two points, and before long
tbe dirt will be flying at several 9TH
ers.
The new railroad is a part of the
Hartman system, and in working out
tbe right of way, several hundred
miles of existing line are to be used,
Mus approximately so miles of con-
struction flung across rugged noun
taips and about $50 miles of narrow
oauge recons tructed to meet the new
requirements.
The distance from Los Angeles to
Snokane over the shortest existing
line is 1850 miles. By way of the
new road it will be reduced to about
1175 miles. 1t is now 1915 miles from
San Francisco to Spokane, and this
slight difference in favor of San Fran
cisco will be more than offset by the
elimination or material reduction of
MANY heavy grades.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
GETTING RID OF ANTS.
How To Exterminate Pests on Lawns
and In Houses.

Corvallis, Or.-The best methods Of
Kidding lawns and houses of ants,
which frequently become troublesome
pests, are described by the crop pest
workers of the Oregon Agricultural
college, thus:
Whenever the ants nest can be
located the best means of destruction
is to make hole in the center of it
with crowbar or similar instrument,
pour into it one or two ounces of BIZ
sulphide of carbon, lamp the soil
back into the hole and throw heavy
blanket over the nest to hold in the
fumes Of the bisulphide.
ssTo destroy ants in the house a
mixture of three grains of tartar
emetic and four ounces of syrup should
be smeared over bits Of china or chips
and placed in the ants runway. It is
especially good as i remedy because it
will not kill the ants Immediately
They carry the mixture to their nest
and feed the larvae upon it, and thus
kill out the entire colony.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
Wheat Movement Heavy.

Spokane-Th Spokane & Inland is
moving 100 carloads of wheat day
from the Palouse to Seattle, Tacoma
and Portland, according to state
ment made by E. R. Lille, superinten-
dent for the Hill electric interurban
system. The Palouse wheat handled
bv the Spokane & Inland is distribut-
Oh among the three Hill steam roads
between Spokane and the Coast cities,
the Northern Pacific and Great North
ern getting the haul to Seattle, and
the Spokane, Portland & Seattle the
Portland freight.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
FERTILITY IN PRODUCE.
Demands of Different Crops on Soil
Explained.

Corvallis, Or.-''It is a matter of
considerable interest and Importance
to know the demands which particular
crops are making upon the soil, esper
cially when plans are being made as
they are in modern method of farm
ing, to meet the demand by appropri-
ate fertilization, says Prof. G. E.
Bradley, Of the Oregon Agricultural
college chemistry department, in a
new bulletin on The Soil of Oregon
(No. liz
The loss of mineral food and nitro
gen by teaching and the loss Of nitro
gen by direct oxidation are, Of cclrse,
additional demands which come to the
cultivated soil" he continues. He
then gives table of fertility Of
wheat, vetch hay, alfalfa hay, timo-
thy. potatoes, apples, fat cattle, milk,
butter, and fresh kale, showing the
composition and market value.
"The value of the plant food in one
acre of wheat equals $11.40," says
Prof. Bradley. Gin like manner,
$24.25 worth of plant foods go into
300 bushels of apples. The large
amount of nitrogen and consequent
high market value of plant foods in
alfalfa and vetch is offset by the stor-
age of atmospheric nitrogen in the
soil by these plants, SO that the real
nitrogen draft does not come on the
soil. The mineral foods which these
|leguminous crops carry, however, are
large and represent real losses when
they are sold, as hay from the farm.
The values for kale are extreme and
represent the real demands on an acre
of soil by an average kale crop, which
by experience, is known to be hard
on the land. The small amount of
fertility entering into dairy products
and live stock explain the well known
fact that these industries do not de-
plete the SOIL"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
Vancouver Has Tong War.

Vancouver, b. e. - FOLLOWING re-
ports Of battle in China, representa-
tiyes of the two factions in Vancouver
began q riot in Market Lane. All day
the Orientals lowered about the bulle-
tin boards, growing more excited to-
ward evening and finally some 300
Cinnamon mingled in battle, using
clubs and stones with disastrous effect
Heads were broken right and left,
and the windows Of Chinatown were
smashed unfortunately. Although
many were struck unconscious, they
were spirited away by friends.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
Oil Lands Held For Navy.

Washington, D. C. = Thirty-seven
thousand acres of oil lands in the Elk
Mills, California, adjacent to the Mid
way and McKitrick oil fields, have
oeen withdrawn from entry by the
president and will be held for develop
ment and use by the United States
navy. 1t is the intention of the Navy
department to sink wells on this area
ana use the oil on naval vessels equip
pea with oil burners. In the opinion
VI many officers, the time is coming
Tnen oil will be universally used on
all warships.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
Coal Claims Cancelled.

Juneau, Alaska Three hundred OF
the HOO Alaska coal claims have been
.canceled by the general land Office. In
most Of the cases the charge filed
against the claim was that applica-
ton for patent had not been made
within the time required by law.
Four claims in the Rathbone group
were Cancelled because it was charged
that the locations were not made in
good faith. Forty three claims in the
Watson group have been cancelled.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
Mabel KeIso Loses Job.

Gan Francisco-Miss Mabel Kelso,
VINO has occupied the unique position
VI oelng the only woman wireless
n,eiegraph operator in service aboard q
racine liner, is out of a job. For the
past two months she has sat at the
Ary on the steamer Mariposa, which
plles between Seattle and Alaskan
POINTS. The company for which she
"Orked released her recently with the
eApianatlon that the Federal depart
..en' OF commerce and labor objected
" The employmet of women as wire
less operators. at sea.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
MODS MENACE NICARAGUA.
Rebels. Wall Armed. Overrun coun-
try and DEFY Troops.

~ an0 00ty trQ0pos
Washington, D. C. With the Mica
raguan revclutionists split into small
bands Of marauding outlaws, - recent
reports to the State department seem
to Indicate, the United States has on
ito hands moro difficult diplomatic
questions to solve regarding the coun-
tries Of Latin America than ever be-
fore in history.
The apparently spent revolution
against the Madero government in
Mexico, the attacks Of the police Of
Panama on Americans, the uprising
against the Federal government in
Cuba and the question Of the collec-
ton of the customs of Santo Doming-
on have drawn the State department
into difficult relations with the people
of those respective countries.
A mob Of ragged but well-armed
men. according to recent dispatches to
the State department, has been wan
dering through the country near Man
aqua, robbing and burning buildings
on the outskirts Of the capital and ter
rorizing the residents. It is supposed
that they were part Of revolutionist
band which escaped from the federal
forces two days ago.
The latest word received from the
detachment of 500 marines under COM
mand of Commander Terhune, u. S.
N, which had left Corinto for Man
aqua over the railroad, was that
bridges were down and in many places
rails torn up. Marines were expected
to reach Managua and restore commu-
nication within "a hours. The fate of
lbs Americans, who have been prac-
tically besieged in the interior, is
matter of speculation, for no anthem
tic news has been received from them
in several days. As soon as the rail
road between Managua and Corinto is
open it is expected all the foreigners
within reach will be taken out of the
country.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
Battle Won BY Chinese.

Chicago Governor Chao Err
Hsun, of Manchuria, has photographed
to the government, = says dispatch
from Pekin, China, to the Chicago
Daily News, "that General Chang
Che Lin attacked large force OF
Mongolians near Tonanfu, defeating
them after q 12-hour engagement.
The Mongolians lost 1000 killed and
TOO taken prisoners. The Chinese
captured FIVE guns and much ammuni-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
Aviator Up 1920 Feet.

noulgate, France-Roland G.. Gar
VS. the aviator, eclipsed the old
s surlo record for altitude by about
~ feet. Ascending in q mono
ts'aae, Garros went up 1920 feet.
a.. tnis height the rarified atmosphere
;o FUSED his engine to stop and the av-
T 1T'Or mad to volplane to the ground.
m nne previous record of 1879 feet
AS Sas made at Vienna, June 20, by the
a;u alan aviator Czakay. In this
light ne carried passenger.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
Cut Wires Follow Plea.

Nogales, Ariz. - Rebels have sur
rounded Cananea, where many Amer
leans are relocated at the copper
camps, and an attack is imminent, it
was reported here Tuesday. Bridges
leading to the East have been burned
by the invaders. An appeal for aid
was received by Federal officials from
Mrs. Sarah Wood, Southern Pacific
agent at Santa Cruz, for herself and
16-year-old daughter. She said that
rebels occupied the town. Shorty
after her message was received the
wires were cut.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
AMERICAN" CANAL LOOMS

Spokane Chamber OF Commerce
Would Drop Panama AppeIIation.
Spokane-Instead of the Panama
canal. why not the American canal?
Make Uncle Sans big ditch joining
the Atlantic and the Pacific distinctly
American.
This is a suggestion which the
chamber of commerce will make to
the members of the American Geo
graphical society, who will be in Spo-
kane on special train early in Sep
TENDER. This action was decided up
on at an executive meeting OF the
trustees Of the chamber Of commerce.
The Geographical society party will
be the guests of the chamber.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
DEATH REVEALS REvERsEs.
Fred Bormann, Once Theatrical Mag
nate. Dies Alone in Howell.

San Francisco-Fred Bormann, jan
itor, died alone in squalid lodging
house in this city Monday. His body
was found propped up in bed in the
barren room. Fred Bormann, theatre
cal magnate, was an intimate Of the
bonanza kings many years ago. When
the rush to the Comstock, New, mines
began he threw his fortune into min
ing stock. His friends Flood, Fair
and Mackay- became rich. He be-
came penniless. A few years ago he
cut off all association with his old in
Inmates. Bormann came to San Fran
cisco As years ago from Germany.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
Quarantine Is Lifted.

Los Angeles-Quarantine due to the
prevalence Of infantile paralysis,
which prohibited children under 10
years of age from attending theaters,
Sunday Schools, parks and play
grounds for more than month, has
been raised. During August 20 NOV
ingpicture theaters were forced TO
close because Of lack of patronage
following the quarantine order.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
Canadian immigration Heavy.

~ "u'dH IH1n1IEFatIon F1eaVY.
NJ o..awa, Ont. During the four
9 Oo u from April l to August /,
0s ''oal immigrants arrived in Canada.
oo. THIS number 143, TAP arrived at
ID e a. ports and 65, 900 from the Unit
cro states. These figures show "a in
u; aase OF 15 per cent as compared
Of 't "a those Of the corresponding month";
u Tue last fiscal year.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
Diplomacy Likely to Fail.

London - Regret at the spirit in
which the Panama question IL being
discussed on this side Of the Atlantic
is expressed by the Westminster Ca
zette, the government organ, whose
editor, j. Alfred Spencer, is consider
ed as possibly the next British ambas-
sador at Washington.
The charges of Yankee perfidy,
it says in an editorial, have had the
effect that might have been expected
in the American retort that Europe il
strewn with examples Of this perhdy.
This only serves to generate heat
where light is wanted"
It is likely, continues the Gazette,
that diplomacy will fail to arrive at
settlement, in which case the govern
ment's course clearly is to ask for ar
bitration. In conclusion, it says,
President Taft is so deeply committed
to the principle of arbitration that his
refusal to submit the question cannot
be conceived.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
MAY ABIDE BY
CANAL RULINGS
English Study Question Washington
Believes Objsctions NlN Stop
When Fully Understood.

Washington. D. C.-In diplomatic
circles here it Is believed that the de-
lay BY Great Britain in asking for ar-
oitration Of the free tolls section Of
the Panama Canal act il IN indication
that the London foreign Office event.
ually will abandon that plan.
II has been said that the foreign
ofiice was withholding formal action
pending a careful study Of the act. It
is believed that when the British gov
eminent comes to understand that the
free toll provision Of the act applies
only to American coastwise trade, In
which British shipping cannot particle
pate in any event, the reason for an
appeal for arbitration will disappear.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-07-26
PATHOS IN CHILDS' BRAVERY
Forttude Shown by Little Sufferer In
Hospital Touched Lady Henry
Somerset.

Lady Henry Somerset, whose labors
in behalf of the children of the London
slums are constant and earnest, tells
this affecting story of the way in
which her interest in these little ones
was aroused:
was moved in that direction by the
rare patience and imagination of one
little boy. His example convinced me
that patience was one of the qualities
l needed most. and in seeking 1t l
grew into that work.
was in hospital on visiting day,
while the doctors were changing a
plaster cast which held the crippled
boys limb. The operation was ex-
ceeding painful, ! was told To my
surprise, the little sufferer neither
stirred nor WINGED but made a curl
GUS buzzing sound with his mouth.
After the doctors left l said to him:
How could you possibly stand it?"
That's nothing" he answered.
"Why, just made believe that bee
was stingin' me. Bees don't hurt very
much, you know. And l kept buzzin'
because l was afraid I'd forget about
It's being a bee if l didn't" youths
Companion.