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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-22
Interesting Letters

The Islander receives many inter-
esting letters during the year. and is
often desirous of publishing extracts
from them. but space sometimes
prevents. Items from two or three
received of late are encouraging to
the editor and may interest our
readers.
Lillooet, B. c.. Oct, 26. Editor
Islander: AS have been a sub
scriber to your paper almost since
its first issue. ] beg the liberty Of
sending you letter of appreciation
for publishing the sermons of Pas
tor Chas. T. Russell. am snre
that your many readers will be very
thankful for the privilege Of reading
the addresses Of so able an expo
nent of Bible truths. who is without
doubt the ablest defender of Chris
tiaa doctrine in the world to-day.
Many may learn to take a deeper
interest in the study of the script
ures through his writings. as they
come to understand something OF
Gods plan. To such recommend
his works called Scripture Studies,
sold at cost price by the Bible and
Tract Society, II Hicks street.
Brooklyn. N. Y. In hopes of your
continuing the sermons. | am
VIM. Munro.
The following is from Samuel
Be;she. who is in Oklahoma, from
Deer Harbor:
Red Rock. Okla, Nov. 12.-Edi-
Islander: My health is improving
here. Oklahoma is without doubt a
good country. l have gone over it
some IN an auto. As far as the eye
can see there are large wheat fields.
Kafir corn is raised in abundance
a crop without rain. It's the home
of the melon and sweet potato and
peach. Other vegetables do fairly
well. Horses and cattle are fat
now in the wheat fields. which have
to he pastured down each fall to
keep from heading. Red Rock is q
town of 4OO-one raiload. eight
trains daily. Puget Sound has
northeasters, Oklahoma has casters
and twisters. Danger stares US in
the face wherever we are. Wheat
raisers should live in Oklahoma,
fruit raisers in Washington. ! have
eaten no apples here as good Puget
Sound produces. A "twister' pas
ed IL miles northwest of Red Rock
on election day. which did consider
able damage. Every family has q
dug-out to run into when the wealth
er looks threatning. Hoping all Of
San Juan county people are well
and doing we'll. am s. Belshe
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-22
A reader from Seattle writes:

A reader from Seattle writes:
"Your paper is not only newsy.
but is especially interesting on ac-
count Of the sermon it contains.
Those sermons are the most reason
able and yet the most Biblical /
have ever read or heard. They
surely show that Jehovah has =
wonderful plan Of salvation. and
that the Bible God is one who i
perfect il wisdom. justice. love and
power. a. Q. breeze 3
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-22
That School District
(CoNTINUFD)

We are not so sure that we can
bring the matter before them as
clearly as our friend in the valley,
as we are not quite so sure of our
abilities in that direction.
Before / go further into the mat
ter | will locate for my readers
where That School District" is.
If you live on Orcas, call up any
one in the vicinity of East or West
Sound. and you will receive all the
information you need. In a pre-
vious issue of your paper Mr.. Ben
E. Harrison favored you with some
facts and gave you the history Of
the school trouble up to the present
time. as it is viewed by the valley
side.
We have tried to get some recog-
milton from the people, across the
valley. but have been headed off
and turned down by any and all
means that they could compass.
and they have many, as we know.
We tried. as Mr.. Harrison stated,
several different ways to obtain
relief, and had meetings. as stated.
in which each side brought forward
its most fetching arguments; in
fact everything that had happened
for quite a while back was
fetched up.
4 If we remember rightly the .4san
ty superintendent was there.
] When the five families wished to
leave the district nearly all signed to
] keep them in, and when the petition
was read and acted upon the propo-
sition was to keep four families in
and put one into West Sound, to
cripple the east side of the valley;
and it was we'll known to the valley
people that the people of this side
would not get chance to vote or
to have any part IN the matter.
and it was so stated in that meet
ing.
/ The meeting I ad to be adjourned
earlier than usual that night. as the
superintendent had an engagement
to play at dance.
4 More meetings and fetching
arguments.
We took petition to the super
intendent and were met with a re-
fusal to consider our side OF the
. question at all; and it took three
weeks to get even refusal from
that officer. We then took ou r
appeal to the Board of County Com
missinoers. and as the superlnten-
dent was there, she was called on
and stated her side of the case.
The commissioners decided the
appeal at that sitting. and the su-
nerintendent's reasons for refusing
the district will be found on the
records.
We have been under the valleys
wing for nearly 25 years, living OF
their bounty. and are almost ola
enough to get out and hustle Tor
ourselves. but we have had SO many
good things from our ben =.
j factors that we are spoiled, utterly
spoiled, and want to try our wings
! and see if we cant help ourselves a
Ill;ttle. and not be a burden on our
"Ben E." factors any longer.
i We have been accused OF trying to
cripple our friends. but how good
lit felt to the friends when they put
I not one Of the largest taxpayers
on our side and passed the remark
4 that without that one taxpayer
would neser get school.
We have taken some territory
/ that seems to belong to the valley
! reonle and we are called thieves
4 and viii nave to admit that our
line. run ..within ten rods" Of the
Iold school house. but we we're e
I f~;chtened when We ran bys tnat "
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-07

shall not have previously accepted
the trust, of their appointment to
membership in the corporation; and
on failure of any member TO file with
the secretary with authority to in
corporate it into his records within
sixty days from the date of mailing
such notice, his written acceptance
OF the trust, the membership of such
incorporation shall be declared TO be
vacant by the board of directors: and
any incorporation may vacate his
membership by filing his written res
ignation with the secretary to be by
him recorded as in the case of an ac-
ceptance of membership And all
persons who shall hereafter be elect
ed to membership in the corporation
shall be Immediately notified of their
election and file their acceptance or
their membership be deemed and de-
clared vacant in like manner as
herein provided as to the original IN
corporators
Sec. s. The number of incorpora-
tors may be increased so as not to
exceed fifty, and all vacancies in the
membership of said corporation may
be filled by two-thirds vote, by a
separate secret ballot of the incor-
porators as to each person so elect
ed at a meeting of the corporation
duly called for that purpose Tho
trustees of the Bennington graded
school district shall also be ex-
oiiicio members of the corporation,
provided they accept the trust as re-
CURED of other members.
Sec. O. The incorporators present
at the first meeting called as herein
before provided shall constitute a
quorum and at all subsequent meet
ings twenty incorporates shall con-
stitute quorum.
Sec. 10. Said corporation may
take and receive. hold. purchase and
possess, by gift, grant. devise. be-
quest or otherwise. real estate and
personal property. and may sell. con-
vey and dispose of the same for the
uses and purposes contemplated by
this act, whether the same be given,
devised, bequeathed or conveyed di-
rectly to said corporation. to the
board of directors thereof. or to any
person for the use and benefit OF
said corporation; and in particular.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-07

any and all property, real and per-
sonal. or the proceeds thereof, which
have been or shall be in any man
ner transferred, assigned or set over
to the surviving trustees under the
will of Charles Cooper late of sai0
village of Bennington, by his son.
Alexander j. Cooper, or by his eXecu-
tors, are hereby transferred and set
over to and made the property and
assets of said corporation, for the
purposes herein contemplated and
said trustees may make any con-
veyance or transfer to said corpora
ton of any and all property, real and
personal, which has vested or shall
vest in them as such, in order to
more completely effectuate the pro-
visions of said will, which, among
other things, is the spirit and pur-
pose of this act; and, in the admins
tration of the trust hereby created
said corporation and its officers shall
observe and carry out the desire and
purpose of the said Charles Cooper.
as expressed in his last will and
testament, which was duly allowed
and admitted to probate by the pro-
bate court for the district of Ben
nington on the first day of June,
1908.
Sec. II. Said corporation may es-
tablish and alter or abolish at pleas
ure such rules, regulations and by
laws for the calling of meetings. the
government of the body and its d.
rectors and officers as ii deems neces
sary or expedient for the proper exc
cution of said trust.
Sec. ~. This act shall take effect
from its passage and shall be sub
ject to future legislation TO alter,
amend or repeal, as the public good
may require.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-07
INCORPORATING OF
CHARLES COOPER
SCHOOL
Continued from First Page

ton and of its board of directors.
The treasurer shall pay no orders
which are not signed by at least five
of the directors and accompanied by
vouchers showing in detail the pur-
poses for which the orders are drawn
The treasurer shall keep accurate
and full books of account of all the
affairs of said corporation connected
with his office. The records and files
of the secretary and the books and
vouchers of the treasurer shall be at
all reasonable times open to inspec-
ton by any person interested, whet-
her or not member of the corpor-
alton. A vacancy in the board of di-
rectors, or auditors, may be filled by
the board of directors, for the unex-
pired term.
Sec. 7. The secretary shall within
ten days after his appointment, nou-
fy in writing. mailed to their last
known post office address, all the
above named incorporators, who
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-07
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
iesrs Of the Town and VILLAGE Told Brssfis
'or Busy Readers

NJ. T. Mclaughlin of Dorset, who
has been visiting his sister, Miss
B. E. Mclaughlin, has returned
home.
Thomas Basin of Old Bennington
has returned from a two weeks va
cation passed with relatives on Long
Island
Young mems overcoats. ii to 10
years, az IS worth $12 to SIS at
Mulhgan & Roche's. Make good
Christmas gifts. 4St3
Misses Martha Holton and Flor
ence Kendall, who have been visiting
in New York since Thanksgiving,
have returned home.
Miss Janet Shurtleff will return
home this evening from Tarrytown,
n. Y, where she has been the guest
of Miss Lille Reineke.
Miss Jennie Alden entertained in
formally at tea Friday afternoon FOR
Miss Katherine Combs, who is the
new supervisor Of recreation.
Leg of lamb 16c, lamb chops lbs
for csc, stew of lamb &c per ID, pork
roast 15c per h., and pork chops Ice
per lb. Burke's Cash Market, South
street. 1917
The bowling schedule in the Y NJ
C. A. tournament for next week will
include two games, Elks vs.. Athle-
tics, Dec. IL; Pirates VS. Tigers, Dec
Is.
Edmund Howe went to Albany
this morning to visit his mother at
the Albany City hospital. He will
be accompanied home this evening
by Mrs. A. .. Cummins, who has
been in Albany with Mrs. Howe.
The meeting of. the utilities com
mittes and the directors of the Ben
nington board of trade was not held
Wednesday evening as called and
therefore will be held at the secre-
tary's office at Z o'clock tonight.
The Young Peoples Societies of
the village will engage in three
cornered transfer of leaders for the
regular devotional meeting iG the
churches tomorrow night. a corp
of leaders from the Baptist church
y-''' -''---' = Methodist society and
take charge, from the Congregational
to the Baptist, and from the Metho-
dist to the Congregational This
has been planned to take place once
a month on the second Sunday in
the month 1t is hoped that each
society will do their best to have
good attendance.
Harry Phillips is expected to ar
rive in town this afternoon and will
make his headquarters at the Y. NJ.
c. A. He speaks at 3:45 o'clock
Sunday afternoon in Library hall on
"The Present Labor Unrest" treat
ing it in an entirely unbiased man.
ner. + r.. Bottum will sing and
Harold Dow will preside at the
piano. \ most interesting and pleas
ant meeting is assured and every
man who is able should plan to hear
Mr. Phillips in sane discussion of
a great problem not only in America,
but throughout the world. Mr.. Phil
lips Is from London and will speak
from first hand knowledge OF social |
conditions there and elsewhere.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-07
Offer Of Reward

A reward Of s25 will be paid for in
formation that will lead to the arrest
and conviction Of the person or per
sons who sent in the false fire alarms
from the boxes at the corner Of Park
and Gage and at the corner Of Union
and Main streets. A reward Of IS will
also be paid for information that will
lead to the arrest and conviction of
any person who at any time breaks
the glass in a FIRE alarm key-box.
JOHN z. CHENEY, Chief Engineer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-07
They Always Help Elderly People

Foley Kidney Pills give just the
help elderly people need to tone and
strengthen their kidneys and bladder
and regulate their action. John Nc
Masters, Streator. Ill.,, says: Il
feel better and stronger than I have
for many years. and Foley Kidney
Pills did it." Coles Pharmacy. Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-07
NORTH BENNINGTON

The sale of fancy articles at the
Congregational church Tuesday af-
ternoon will be held at 5 o'clock in
stead OF 4.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-07
HaIlet AND Davis Pianos

and the wonderful Virtulo player
piano AGENCY 327 MAIN Street,
Putnam House Block.-Tuning, re
pairing - second hand pianos for
sale.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-11-14
LUBBOCK CAN SHOW EN-
Amarillo News Says Lubbock Can
Show the Goods and Is Assuming
importance as R, R, Center.

Lubbock, Tex. Nov. 10. The
remark made by one Of the re-
cent visiting Fort Worth bust
ness men that Lubbock's most
important welcome TO people
seeking a home location was
what the city and county OF
Lubbock can actually show
them" well expressed the con
cerned situation as the city IS
advanced and progressive and
the county practically all tillable
with fertile soil which prollfical-
" produces cotton, row and
sown grain, tree, bush and vine
fruits; melons and market yege-
tables; and is also ideal in beef,
pork, dairy, poultry, horse and
mule returning capacities.
The South Plains country has
an area Of 9S2 square miles; an
excellent average annual rain
precipitation; is traversed from
northwest TO southeast by double
mountain fork and Yellow House
Creek, both tributaries Of the
Brazos river; has a present pop
ulation in excess of 5000. which
will be ultimately swelled by the
tens Of thousands; contains large
land areas of shallow water
land suitable to well pumpage ir-
rieation; and is fast marketing
improved lands at from Sl5 to
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-11-14

sos per acre and unimproved
lands at $40 to $25 per acre.
The county's apportionment OF
the state school fund revenues
for 1911 Appropriated $4,000
while the county's assessed val
uation closely crowded the five
million mark. With a county
and state taxation rate of u 20
cents on the 800.
COUNTY COTTON
Cotton is of extra quality with
a probable average year in and
wear out of one-third bale to the
acre. with returns Of a bale to
the acre not uncommon.
Manager Constable of the
Lubbock gin, informs the News
correspondent that the county
this year will gin at least 1000
bales. of which an excess OF
1900 bales will be put out by the
Lubbock gin, the remaining
bales being ginned at Slaton and
and Alternately.
Grains have done well this
season. Milo maize, Kaflir corn
and other feed crops being OF
especial good comparative re-
turns.
WELL PUMPAGE IRRIGATION
Well pumpage irrigation has
I sufficiently progressed to SUI
fciently demonstrate its great
future success. Quite a number
of engine pumpage power wells
have been put down with irriga'
ton capacities ranging from ~
to 100 acres, and most satisfac
tory actual harvest tests. Out
side capital is heavily interesting
itself in this profitable direction
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-11-14

and the next few years VIII see
many thousands Of acres OF
Lubbock county lands under
well pumpage irrigation. A
special valuable adjunct of this
irrigation introduction is the
cultivation Of alfalfa with heavy
Yields and a naturalization Of
the royal forage plant both as a
hay shipper and a home pork
producer for export market.
THE CITY OF LUBBOCK
Lubbock is the seat of Lub-
book county; is a city Of costly
and commodious public and bus
mess buildings; many handsome
residences with beautiful
grounds; broad graded streets.
cement sidewalks; a new modern
hotel; up-to-date public utilities;
several Of of the minor manufac-
turing industries a weekly
newspaper which justifys its
name of The Avalanche; three
strong banks Of individual de-
posts; an excellent and now
very active cotton gin and last,
but not least, a famous church
and school sentiment
NEW IMPROVEMENTS
The city's fine, and for awhile
idle sanltarium has been lately
reopened by Drs. M. c. Overton
and Charles f. Clayton witt
marked success. DR.. Overtor
has long been prominent in Lub
book professional circles. While
DR.. Clayton brings from Louis
vile, KY, an enviable reputa
ton.
The new $4,000 wholesale
grocery and cold storage buildinI
of the Radford Grocery Co., vii
will be ready for occupancy b!
the first of nextyear; the presen
concrete building Of the LubbocI
State Bank is TO be PRACTICAL.
rebuilt; while a mile OF new
cement sidewalks is TO be a
once added to the city
The contract for the work OF
the Lubbock State Bank build
ing includes the tearing dow
of the present concrete walls
of the east south and west side
and their replacing by ElgiI
butler gray brick with Lude
stone trimmings and a Georgi
gray marble base for larg
area of plate glass windows. j
addition to all of which. IN
buildings interior is to be mod
ernly remodeled. Contract CON
pletion of the work next Janu
airy.
RAILROADS
Lubbock is present impol
tant railroad center, with ind
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-11-14

J. NJ. Hughes returned Satur-
day from Plainview where he
has been on business.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-11-14

Five galss1 of best Eupion oil
Phone W. Is tf
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-11-14

cations of still further addition in
this great direction.
The city now has the Santa Fe
from Amarillo and the Crosby
ton & South Plains railroad.
while the grading of the now
building Santa Fe cut off be-
tween Texico. n. NJ, and Lub-
book will be completed with the
opening Of next year. This cut
off, which is the final link in the
great Santa Fe trunk line be-
tween the Pacific ocean and the
f Gulf Of Mexico, will be laid with
/ rs pound rails, the track laying
to be accompanied with Is inches
of gyp ballasting. thus insuring
the track against any possible
sprnging of the rails them
selves.
This road now has completed
fifty miles Of grade out Of Lub-
book. The Goth of this month
general contractor Denison will
construction headquarters from
Lubbock to Texico, which point
the remaining grading will be di.
rected.
1t is thought that trains can
run over the entire cutoff in the
early part Of next year.
The Qusnah, Acme a. Pacific
has completed several miles OF
grading out Of Paducah. Texas
and contracts let with the grad
ing forces on the ground for the
remaing distance between Padu'
cab and Roaring Springs. is ey
pected TO reach Lubbock via
Floydada or Lockney. mex
summer, or fall. its advent con
: Meeting Lubbock with the wide
network Of the great Frisco
railroad system and multiforn
markets of Memphis, Tenn. a
:, well as a new Fort Worth ant
Denver, via Quanah, marke
outlet.
January |, to April /, tn
date. however being now def
nitely fixed by a late ofhcia
statement that steel layinI
would begin on March !.
In our rounds one day thi
week. we had occasion TO yisi
! the Alfalfa Lumber Yard ant
: was conducted through II b
{ their congenisl manager, Mr.. A
9 M. Ramp, and we can say 1t ba
z never been our pleasure to see
2 ward in better and cleaner shap
9 than this one. Every piece {
3 timber is in its place and tn
z ward is clean and every bit
z waste burned.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-11-14

DR. Carter. a prominent busl-
ness man Of Crosbyton, was
here between trains Saturday.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-11-14

p Anderson, Of Amarillo,
spent Saturday here.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-11-14

ms emit a all 0Ljara"'sed. SAT
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-11-14

Don't fail TO see this play, you will not only get
the worth of your money but will help the band boys
with your money, and the actors by your presence
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-09-05

To The Editor -~ TsssktzY Yer
mont voted for Governor 81 IA de-
cuit 10 figure any hopn. naeh Isss
consolation n shs r~aaIs for ssa
Democratic party TIE vote n 10
out 81 .sg Of tAe precincts stands
Republican. t1.$o0. Democratic. H.
500. Progressive. io.sea. roana
numbers In other words. two-thsrds
OF the entire vote OF the State gtvs
Taft-RooseveIt zs.7eo votes. while
Wilson gets only l2.so0. the major
ity agRins. Wilson being $500
This is . gain for Republicans
over the election in 1910 OF s.oo>
500 votes: being a net combined Re
publican gain Of } 400. IL Is Re
publican majority Of 1900 and can
not be figured out any other way
II the remaining third OF the vote
holds the same ratio the Republicans
would get 8 400 votes which with as
200 would make q total OF $1,000
votes while the Democrats would get
4,27o, which with l2.s0o would give
them a total OF Il, 200 votes. leaving
the combined majority 20.so0.
The surprise Is that the Moose vote
is. so far. within 2 900 of the Demo
cratic vote.
After his campaign there last week
Roosevelt stated that he did not ex-
pect a big Progressive vote in Yer
mont until November.
No Presidential year is a Demo
cratic year so long as We have i'm
portant business interests In this
country and want them to thrive
A. V. DOCkERY.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-09-05
Recreant Husband Was Lured Back
to Wife and Jail.
lChica go Dispatch. }

Deserted by her husband, whom
she had met through a matrimonial
paper, Mrs. G. II. Moore advertised
in the same publication, this time un-
der an assumed name. and received
an answer from her unsuspecting
spouse, who expressed an earnest de-
sire Ito marry the beautiful Mrs.
Henrietta Butler, with an income of
10000" FINALLY Mrs. Butler" in
formed Moore that if he would come
to Englewood, her home, she would
talk it over.
Moore took a train from Detroit.
Mrs Moore, wearing a heavy veil
was awaiting him at the station. With
her were three detectives.
= love YOU" exclaimed Moore, as
he jumped from the train and saw
Mrs. Butler"
That's funny" the woman said
and she removed her veil. Before
Moore finished gasping he was on his
way to a police station. Mrs Moore
accused him of having taken 81 200
from her when he deserted her.