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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
INDUSYRIA n DBVEIOPMENT AND
PR0 S. OF OUR HOME STATE


Harvest Delayed ~ Heavy Rain and
Farmers Are Uneasy.
Palouse Harvest WORK Is this vi
entity has been delayed again ior sew
eral days BY rain, which H. caused
considerable uneasiness among the
farmers. although no damage has
been done. Heavy showers eontinue
and it is estimated that an inch Of
moisture has fallen during the week.
The greater portion Of the oat crop is
not cut and it is feared that it will
not ripen and will have to be cut for
hay.
Reports Of heavy yields continue to
come in and the crop is believed by
many pioneer farmers to be the larg-
est ever harvested in the Palouse
country. The largest yield 30 far
reported is from the ]. Al. Miller
place. east Of town, which il farmed
by w. E. McCaulley. Mr.. McCaulley
states that from 80 acres be threshed
an average of so 2-3 bushels, machine
measure, and Mr.. Miller states that
the wheat made 81 ITO bushels. The
average from AZ acres was 81 bushels.
Frank Owens. living near Kamiac
Butte, reports an average Of Sc BUSH
els.
John Dingle reports an average
yield of 81 bushels on 80 acres just
east of the city limits. The variety
is red Russian.
The yield from the J. A. Bloom
place, just south Of town, which was
reported two weeks ago at AZ bushels,
when delivered at the warehouse
weighed AZ bushels to the acre.
George 1. Turnbow, Of Turnbow
fiat, reports 81 bushels to the acre
from 80 acres. Thirteen hundred and
forty-six sacks were threshed from
the field.
During the week there was slight
advance in prices among local dealers,
who are quoting an average Of about a
cent more on the bushel than dealers
in neighboring towns. The quota
tions now are: Red Russian, sc
cents; white hybrid, 81 cents; forty
fold and club, SO cents.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
FRUIT FOR AUSTRIAN.
jonathan Apples in Combination Car
to Foreign Market.

jonathan Apples in Combination Car
to Foreign Market.
Prosser-The Prosser district fruit
growers association shipped part of
q special car of Jonathan apples, Sc
cured from the ranch of j. G. Davel-
lor, to North Yakima where twill be
consolidated with Yakima car to be
shipped to Australia. The price Sc
cured was $1.25 box I. o. b. Prosser.
In addition to this shipment another
car Of apples and q mixed car of other
fruits went west at the same time.
A car of peaches and three cars Of
pears have also been shipped. Mama
ger Murray estimates that there will
be at least $50 cars of apples shipped
from the Prosser district alone by the
district fruit growers association and
the independent association.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
ALASKA RATES CUT AGAIN.
Shipping interests in Fight for Bust
ness-Tariff Lowest Yet.

Shipping interests in Fight for BUSH
ness-Tariff Lowest Yet.
Seattle, Wash. - Officials of the
Alaska Steamship company announce
the second reduction in ten days in
freight rates from Seattle to South
eastern Alaska ports, precipitating a
rate war which is expected to be the
most spirited in the history of Pacific
Coast shipping.
Rates on general merchandise from
Seattle to Ketchikan, Juneau, Skag-
way and all other ports of call in
Southeastern Alaska have been cut to
81 ton, the lowest tariffs ever placed
in effect by steamship line operating
to the north. Southbound rates are
unchanged, as are rates to Seward.
Cordova, Valdez and other ports of
call in Southwestern Alaska.
The first reduction, announced ten
days ago, ranged from 81 to So ton.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
Rebel Looters Are Active.

Washington, D. C. -ConfiBmation Of
press reports of the great activity of
rebel footing parties in Northern Mex
ico continues to reach the State de-
partment. Naturally these raiders,
constantly kept on the jump by the
pursuing government columns. are
looking for horses and ranches are
suffering loss Of their livestock where
ever they appear. At one point the
rebels captured 5000 rounds Of ammu-
milton destined for government forces.
At the Verde ranch, 10 miles south Of
Naco, they took 20 horses.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
Nitrate Supply Limited

New York-There will be no alnu'
milton for British guns in time Oh "l
should Great Britain's enemy =, eu' a..
her supply Of nitrates from Cn ~ colo.
cording to q declaration mace y Mr.
nel Samuel Eyde, Of Christians ,.; r,u
wav. before the eighth internau1U11 ,;.
chemical congress at ColumDla U urD.
yersity "Nitrate OF ammonia arsn is
dnced from atmospheric nitrogen an.s ]
pure, and according to the eApetb ssr.
81 the British navy has a grea y. NM mi.
ing upon the life Of the guns s.. ~ hes 4 !"
itv Of the product reducing the n''
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
Mount Mckinley IS Goal.

Seattle ~ An expedition to climb
Mount Mckinley next spring has been
organized by c. E. Rusk, editor Of the
Prosser, WASH, Independent, reputed
to be the most skillful mountain
climber in the Pacific Northwest, and
Merl Lavoy, who was member OF
the unsuccessful Herschel Parker ex-
petitions of 1910 ard 1912. Rusk,
who is member Of the Portland Ma
xamas, made an unsuccessful expedi-
ton to the mountain in 1919.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
SEATTLE MARKETS
Purchasing Prices.

Wheat - Bluestem, 83c; forty fold,
Sic; club, Sic; Fife, Bic; red Rus
sian, 79c per bushel.
Oats-$26 per ton.
Barley-$25 per ton.
Yellow corn Sacked, $37 per ton.
Mixed rn-Sacked, $36.50 pr ton.
Bags-1912, 1O4c.
The following prices to the pro-
Queer by the local dealers for delivery
in round lots f. o. b. Seattle:
Eggs-Select ranch, 3O@32c dozen.
Poultry-Live hens, 13@14c pound |;
old ROSTERS, $3.50; old ducks, 100
l2c; geese, s@10c; turkeys, fat. live,
Zoe; do. dry picked, 24c; this years
chickens, pounds and up, 15c; do.
under 2 pounds, 13@14c; ducklings,
10@l2c.
Ranch Butter-20@21c pound.
Jobbing Prices-Fruits.-
Apples - New, soc a $3.50 box
blackberries, 75c@$1 crate; canta-
lonpes, $1.5O@1.75 crate; crabapples
$1.50 for large boxes, ESQ 85c for
small boxes; nectarines, four basket
crates, 81 crate; peaches, 30@50c
box: pears, Eastern Washington,
$1.35; plums, local, 50c@s1; water
melons, CALIFORNIA;, 1@1ic pound
Yakimas, FOL pound.
Dressed Meats.
Beef-Prime beef steers, 12@122c
pound; dressed cows, lie pound
heifers, Nos. and 2, 1@1ac.
Veal-143@15ac per pound.
Dressed Pork-13c per pound.
Mutton-Ewe Sc per pound; weth-
ers. 10@103c; spring lambs, 12@13c.
Almonds, 10000 pound; beans,
green and wax, 2@4c; beets, $1@1. rs
sack; bell peppers, 6@10c pound; 75c
box; brussels sprouts, &c pound; cab
bage, 1@14c; carrots, $1@1.25 sack
caulifower, $1@1.25 crate; celery, 40
@5Oc dozen; corn, local. 81 sack; Gu
cumbers, 30@50c dozen; eggplant, Ga
&c pound; lettuce. head, local, 26d
Soc dozen; onions, 75c@$1 box; pars-
ley. 26c box; potatoes, local, $16@16
ton; tomatoes. dollhouse, 60l075c box
field grown, 30@60c box; turnfps,
new, 81 sack; walnuts, 15,@I6c pound,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
ELLENsBuR0 FRUIT 10 DRYE
Plant in kittitas Town to Care 70,
Over Supply.

D.-@
Over Supply.
Ellensburg An evaporating plant
is to be erected in Ellensburg, and
will be in operation BY October |, ac-
cording to A. r. Davis, who is back
ing the proposition. Mr.. Davis has
had Is years experience in the evap-
Grating business. and for the last two
years has been investigating the feas-
ibirity Of erecting plant here. As
soon as the water for the high line
canal was signed up and the big ditch
thus assured, Mr.. Davis completed his
plans for the installation Of the plant.
1.-THE. driers and other accessories
are already here" said Mr.. Davis,
"and the tables and other parapher-
MALTA are now on the road. / will
erect building at the foot Of Third
street, between the Ellensburg Lum-
Der company and Kleinberg's ware
house, and will have the plant running
before the first Of October, in less
than 30 days, to handle this years APP
pie crop. The time is ripe for the in
stallation Of an evaporator here, as
the many young orchards are just
coming into bearing, and the evapora-
tor will provide suitable market for
these crops.
81 have received word from grow
ers in Selah that they will send their
fruit to Ellensburg to be converted in
to the dried product at our evapora-
tor
That the fruit industry in the Kit
titas valley is fast becoming of great
Importance is shown by the figures
compiled by Harry Giles, deputy COM
missioner Of the department of state,
bureau of statistics and immigration.
There are in the Kittitas valley 80, 900
apple trees four years old or older,
and la, $50 apple trees three years
old or younger, making a total of
175, 760 apple trees planted in the val
ley. the younger trees being set out on
3195 acres.
Pear trees also occupy an important
position in the valley, according to
Mr.. Giles, for there are 24O0 trees
over the four-year-old mark, and 49,
800 pear trees three years old or
younger. The younger trees occupy
173 acres. Two thousand eight hun
dred peach trees are estimated to be
in the valley, while the plum and
prune trees total $500.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
Border Patrol Increased.

Washington, D. C.-The appearance
of a large number of Mexican rebels
at Ojinaga has made it necessary to
increase the American patrol force in
the Big Bend section, and troops are
being sent from Fort Clark. Seven
hundred federals are encamped ten
miles below Quitman and the rebel
general, Salazar, with 1000 men, is in
the Caputinan mountains west of Sa-
binal Station on the Mexican North
western railway. Neither side is
moving to attack.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
Militia Hurry to Mines.

Charleston, w. Va. - Every COM
pany of the West Virginia state mill
tia has been ordered back to the Kama
wha coal field, where Governor Glass
cock recently declared martial law.
Conditions throughout the strike zone
are said to be critical. The ordering
back of the militia eight companies
brings the number of state soldiers
on strike duty up to 1900. When the
additional troops reach the trouble dis
trict, it is said, the martial boundary
now covering about 20 miles, will be
greatly extended.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13

Los Angeles Fire originating from
q defective fue at the Casino Cafe on
the pleasure pier at Ocean Park
caused loss of at least one life and q
property damage estimated at So, $780,
900. For time it threatened to dew
astate the twin beach resorts of Ocean
Park and Venice, 18 miles from Los
Angeles.
A high wind caused the flames to
spread so rapidly that seven men were
caught at the end of the Frazer pier,
on which the Casino was located, and
were forced to jump into the breakers.
Six of them were rescued by life
guards, who put out in boats. They
were not in time, however, to save
the life of E. w. Leach, chef Of the
Casino cafe.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
TAFT LEADS IN cALlFoRlsIA.


San Francisco Roosevelt Proeress-
ives suffered unexpectad reSafSaa m
many instances ID the CSfifofria i5ri4
maries. and IN some conkf essional dis
tricts where the Bull Moose forces
were Absolutely fconfident Of victory.
especially 81 through the redistrictino
Of the state, they have found them
selves defeated. In districts where
easy victory for the Roosevelt candi-
dates had been predicted. notably IS
the third, the Taft vote Is running. Tar
ahead Of the Roosevelt prnOreaaive
count.
The Roosevelt forces. however.
claim that the election has given them
control Of the state machinery. and il
this claim Is borne out. as Incomplete
returns Indicate. II assures the selec-
ton Of Rooseveit-Joh electors It
the state convention at Sacramento.
September "a. This result has been.
however. more or less counted upon bv
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
s25, 900 Bonds for Trainrobber,

8Z0,OOO bUuuS TOT sUUUops 81
Topeka-W Wells Lounsberry, the rob
Der who held up six mail clerks on =
Union Pacific train between Kansas
City and Topeka the morning Of Au-
gust 90, iss IN jail here under SIS, 000
bonds. awaiting action BY the federal
grand jury at Leavenworth October
Il. and his wife and two children.
Philip and George, are on their way
back to Medford, Or.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
Biz Wheat Yields By System.

Big Wheat Yields BY System.
Davenport Wheat yields of from
40 to so bushels, harvested by Robert
Cunning, prominent rancher north
of Davenport and one Of the leading
opponents in this territory Of the
Campbell system of dry farming, are
not the limit of production, believes
that rancher, who has hauled q wag-
on load of choice seed wheat from q
field that yielded so bushels to the
acre. Mr.. Cunning says that by the
Campbell method the output Of wheat
on the average farm in Lincoln county
can be easily doubled.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
Bombs Set BY Slack aano'

New York BLACK Hand 'g m %
made three attempts to Dl0s Sunday,
many buildings in the city 0I nombs
the t tenements in which the .h .D' IS
were placed housing NOR :aserud ms
Families. Two Of the lnIelnt - ure.
chimes were discovered in time eh; Il d The
vent them from expiooins, doors On
third shattered windows anu = West
two floors of . building ing, = il hsd
T ~ street in which ;i.e;a,e j
been placed. No one was ln
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
Mothers to Go to School

Kansas City The high cost Of liv-
ing is in the greatest problem today,
and its solution lies with the wives
and mothers of the nation, in the
opinion Of the board Of education Of
Kansas City, Kan, which offers spe-
cial inducements to mothers to attend
the night schools. These include q
nursery and kindergarten for the chill
dren Of students and special courses
in cooking and chow to make $40 hat
for 81. Three hundred have enrolled.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
MILWAUKEE FIRE $50. 900.
Portland Suburb Hard Hit Califor
MIA Resort Also Burns.

Portland - Fire believed to have
started in the rear of the Milwaukee
Appeal print shop at o'clock We'd
nesday morning swept one entire
block on Main street between Wash
ington and jefferson streets at Mil
waukie, Or, suburb of Portland,
doing damage estimated at $50, 900.
The FIRE razed the entire block, in
Guiding the postoffice. Only the Sell
wood fire apparatus from Portland
was able to reach the scene. Water
was pumped from the river to quench
the flames.
Wires from all parts of the town
except tavern and the O. w. P. re-
pair shops were down, and aid was
summoned with difficulty.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
BUSY IN THE APPLE BELT.
Up to 500 Teams Wait Each Even
ing to Unload at Warehouses.

4
Wenatchee-The busy season is now
on in the Wenatchee valley, and hum
dreds of pickers and packers of fruit
are preparing shipments. Every even
ing from 100 to 500 teams await an
opportunity to unload at the ware
houses. Fruit shipments are now av-
eraging 40 carloads daily, and it is
expected that this number will in
crease until the apple season closes.
Shipments will be made this season
to several European points and Eng
land. while the usual Australian ship
ments will be heavy. In all there
have been shipped from this city
about $50 carloads of fruit this sea-
son, and there still remains to be
shipped about 1000 carloads.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
PLAGUE STOPS FARM WORK.
Kansas Farmers Without Horses Car
not Get Fall Flowing Done.

Topeka, Kan.-Farm work is gong
undone in Western Kansas for lack Of
horses killed by the plague. Crops
remain ungathered and fall plowlng u
weeks behind. On many farms al
the horses have died. Until experts
ascertain remedy for the disease
farmers are unwilling to purchase
more horses. r.
Thee disease is rapidly spreaolns
eastward, according to reports receH.
ed by ]. 81. Mercer, state llVeS'0'A
commissioner. ...t
Mercer sent out a warning 'ua.
horses all over the state should Ds
kept off pastures and given no ws asa
except from wells. The streams 't ~
ponds are said by the experts -
swarm with diplococci, a variety v
which causes meningitis.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13

Danvile For several days ! lieht
cold rain fell ia the Kettle valley.
which has seriously interfered with
the threshing Of grain, ! great part Of
which il still ID the field. During
this rain sDow fell on the highest hin
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
For Good Roads at Mabton.

ror GOOD HoaoS ~ Manton.
Mabton-The commercial club held
. meeting to consider the bonds for
good roads. A vote was taken on the
proposition which resulted SO for and
10 against the question. Those vot-
ing in favor were mostly residents in
town, while practically every farmer
present opposed it. The women also
voted in favor OF the bonds.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13

junction City, Kan.-Fina, ~.
directing the Thirteenth cs..' uluen
proceed 70 the Mexican border -
received Sunday by Colonel 1 n, we'e
Hatfield. commander of the ree yas.ls
The regiment. nearly 1000 man s1'. .,
9 machine gun platoon, will i. .aa
Fort Riley in few days for Fl p lsass
Naco, Ariz.-Mexican rehel, !.
cut all traffic and communicates A, y /
tween here and Cananea, Sono y
Mexico. where about 500 Ams,;.s a
reside. Shortly afterward a n.. s.a'
ger train arrived here CARVING I sas
rifles and 100000 rounds of an M wv
ton, sent by the United States aan
eminent from the arsenal at Fort g..
Houston, San Antonio, Tex. to AVN
the American residents in Cananea -
The rebels cut the railway in an d,
tempt to prevent the shipment Of arm,
from reaching the Americans AZ r.
nanea. The passenger train for c..
nanea was captured by rebels few
miles south of the international line
the engine was derailed and the mas.
sengers allowed to coast back into tina
United States on a passenger coach
down the grade. Six bridges were
burned.
Care had been taken to conceal The
identity of the shipment !of arms but
news that the Americans of Canape,
had requested Washington authorities
to send them arms for self-protectiou,
and that the request had been granted
is believed to have become known
among the rebel chiefs operating IN
this vicinity.
Not only are American lives be-
lieved to be in danger as result Of
recent operations by the rebels, but
the mines must close for lack Of fuel
within few days, mining engineers
state.
Cananea is one of the most extern.
sive copper mining centers in the
world, and the Cananea Copper COM
pany is the richest corporation Of its
kind in Mexico. The railway destroy.
ed by rebels runs from point on the
American border to Cananea, and is 1
part Of the Southern Pacific Of Mexico
system.
In Cananea are about 500 American
men and about so American women
About 100 of these are American COW
boys from surrounding ranches. Re-
cent threats of rebel leaders to attack
Cananea now are now taken seriously
here, in view of the late develop
ments.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
Water Tracts at Yakima.

"dt0T sIdets q SdNsutos
North Yakima-The Schanno ditch
company has completed putting 1000
feet Of its part Of this city into q pipe
line "a inches in diameter. This is
the first private irrigation ditch to be
enclosed in a pipe in the Yakima val
ley.
The 20O0-foot stretch joins the $500
feet of 36-inch concrete pipe laid
jointly by the Schanno and Broadgage
ditch companies and the city last
spring, which carries the water Of
both canals through the west end Of
North Yakima.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Doings Of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
General Resume of important Events
Presented in Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.
Hundreds of horses have died in
Kansas from an epidemic of spinal
meningitis.

Hundreds of horses have died in
Kansas from an epidemic OF spinal
meningitis.
Indications are that the apple crop
will not be up to expectations, and
prices are advancing.
Mexican rebels are reported to have
sacked and burned the town of Ahuah-
uetilan, cremating one merchant IN
his store.
A sack of gold containing $40, 600
is mysteriously missing from the office
of the treasurer of Mercer county,
California.
The German army is to have new
dirigible balloon capable of sustain
ed flight of 60 hours and a speed Of 30
miles an hour.
Oppressive heat brings misery to
Chicago and the Middle West. Two
persons died of sunstroke and rs
were bitten by rabid dogs.
Arizona cowboys have organized q
military company and declare they
will invade Mexico and rescue i'm
perilled Americans in Sonora.
A representative of a British ship
building firm is en- route to Mexio to
negotiate with Madero for two dread
naughts and an armored cruiser.
England objects to free tolls for
American ships in the Panama canal
on the ground that it throws an I'M
fair proportion of cost of maintenance
upon others.
Engineer Modjiski reports that the
proposed wagon bridge across the CO.
lumbia at Vancouver will cost 81, $751;,
200, with 100000 additional for
rights of way for approaches.
The State department is making
every effort to get arms and ammuni-
ton to Americans in Cananea, Mex
leo, that they may protect themselves
against the rebels who infest that dis
trict.
George Gray, Klamath Indian, has
voluntarily begun serving 6O-day
sentence for giving liquor to Indians,
after having been allowed to remain
at home and harvest his crops under
suspension of sentence.
Great Britain announces that she
will formally demand arbitration of
the Panama canal tolls dispute at The
Hague.
Residents of Oceanside, CAL, are
planning to have municipal saloon,
as the precinct has voted dry.
The steamer Norma successfully
navigated the Columbia river from q
point near Tenino to Portland.
The Grand Army quartermaster
general, who resides in Los Angeles,
will act as best man at the wedding of
his nephew.
Emperor William reviewed Ger
man army of 10000 men, which was
led by eight army aeroplanes and two
6irigible balloons.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13
REBELS PREVFl1 |
SENDING ARMS
Americans IN Mexico Cut OF /
lnsurrecto Band.
Trains DeraiIed, Bridge. ;
Passengers Sent Bact-c suFnst
nea Believed in Peril.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-One da4..,
ct the Ninth cavalry, under o.Sa
the Mexican border, left he ,.u y 70
Sunday night. Other ds.s s = ~
will leave shortly. ''nnens
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-13

Wheat = Bluestem, 83c; forty fold,
Sic; club, Sic; Fife, Sic; red Rus
sian. 79c per busheI.