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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
GRAZING FEE CUT.
Forestry Officials Announce Big Re-
duction in Rates.

Forestry OVICtaiS SUuOuHSO - 80
duction in Rates.
Ellensburg -Sheepmen whose COM
bined 1ocks total more than 100, 600
sheep, valued at close to 5000, 900,
met here with representatives Of the
United States forest service in dis
cussion as to ways and means of in
creasing the efficiency of the range.
The meeting was in charge of A. IL.
Sylvester, supervisor of the Wenat-
chez forest reserve, stationed at
Leavenworth. Mr.. Sylvester said the
grazing fee would be reduced this
year from z cents to 81 cents, and
that the short period fee would be. 5
cents. The plan of alternating the
grazing so as to give the range q
chance to reseed itself was advocated
by Mr.. Sylvester.
T. P. Mckenzie, grazing chief from
Portland, told the sheepmen that the
policy of the government is to give as
wide a distribution of the grazing
privilege as possible and, although
the range is crowded, the .old-timers
are given slight preference, as SO
per cent of the newer men in the bus
mess have gone out Of business in the
last three years.
A set of hard and fast rules have
been made by the service with the OBJ
ject of eliminating the speculator.
The Washington ranges are crowded,
but Mr.. Mckenzie stated that Idaho
has room for 1OO,O head of sheep or
it ranges. The railroads are making
low freight rates to and from the
Idaho range.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
Alaska Coal is Needed.

Washington, D. c. - Secretary
Meyer was before the house committee
on naval affairs Thursday and urged
that the coal fields of Alaska be used
by the government. He advocated the
building Of government railroad or
some arrangement with a private rail-
road now at Resurrection bay. The
government now pays $1,00O,0 900 q
year to get coal around Cape Horn for
the Pacific fleet, the secretary said.
Secretary Meyer recommended the
building of Is Golfers for use on: the
Panama canal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
Wool Growers in Union.

Walla Walla-Closer cooperation
between national forest Officials and
the sheep owners using the range
within the Wenaha national forest is
assured by the formation here of the
Washington Wenaha Woolgrowers' as
ISOLATION, with membership of 22.
The Oregon woolgrowers present, Is
in number, did not join the associa-
ton. One of the chief points dis
cussed was that of admitting new
sheep owners to the benefits of the
range.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
Three Chickens Bring s75.

Toppefish -Indicationg the value Of
some of the chickens displayed at the
Toppenish poultry show the sale Of
three Buff Orpington chickens for $75
is announced. A. H. Todd, a farmer
living near Toppenish, sold one cock
erel for $50 and two pullets for $12. so
each to Dick Hart, living northeast of
the city, where he has large orchard.
The three birds were the highest scor-
ing Buff Orpingtons at the show, but
did not secure as high scores as sever
al other pens.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
Horticultural Quarantine Favored.

Sacramento, Cal. DIR. A. j. Cook,
state horticultural commissioner, sent
special appeal to the governors and
horticultural commissioners Of all the
Western states asking them to use
their influence with their senators and
representatives in Washington to se-
cure the passage Of national quaran-
tine act, giving the United States
power to establish quarantine against
foreign nations.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08

Ell Paso "A telegram saying that
fighting for the possession of China
hua City, capital of the Mexican STATE
of that name, had begun, was followed
by the hasty departure of the rebel
garrison at Juarez to join their com.
rades in the fight.
Two kilograms bearing on the fight
were received by General Ynez Sala.
Ear, the Juarez commander, from
Braulio Hernandez, one of the rebel
leaders in the district about Cbibua.
hua. Neither message was as detail.
ed as its recipient could have wished
but both were sufficient to dispel Ian
guor which has characterized the work
of the Juarez forces, and the detach.
ment of from 800 to 1000 men was
speedily placed on board three Sec
tions of a freight train.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08

Wheat Track prices: Bluestem, 80
@9Oc; club, S6@87c; red Russian,
85c; valley, 86@87c; forty-fold, $500
&c.
Millstuffs-Bran, $2O@22 per ton !;
shorts, $22@24; middlings, $50.
Corn-New, whole, $34; cracked,
$35 per ton.
Hay-No. l Eastern Oregon tim
othy, $15@16; No. valley, $13@14;
alfalfa, $13; clover, So; grain hay,
$1O@11.
Oats-No. l white, $32.5O@33 ton.
Cranberries, $10@11.50 per barrel.
Potatoes - Buying prices Bur-
banks, $1.15@1.5O per hundred.
Vegetables = Artichokes, $1.25 per
dozen; cabbage, 1ac per pound; gar
lie, 8@10c; dollhouse lettuce, 5O@75c
per box; pumpkins, 1a@2c per pound !;
rhubarb, $3@3.5O per box; spinach,
$1@1.25 per box; sprouts, &c; squash,
13@2c per pound; turnips, $1@1. 10
per sack; rutabagas, $1@1.1O; car
rots, $1@1.1O; parsnips, $1@1. 10;
beets, $1.25.
Onions - Association price, $3.50
per sack.
Apples = Yellow Newtowns, SEA
$50 per box; Spitzenbergs, $1.75@3;
Baldwin, $1.5O@2; Ben Davis, s1@
LIS; Red Cheek Pippins, $2@2. so:
Gano, $1@1.75.
Butter - Oregon creamery, solid
pack, Soc; prints, extra.
Eggs-Fresh. Oregon ranch, candled.
20@21c per dozen.
Pork-Fancy, 8a@9c per pound.
Veal-Fancy, 13@14c per pound.
Poultry Hens, tic; springs, 15M
16c; ducks, 17@17ac; geese, 8@1Oc;
turkeys, live, Ice; dressed, 2O@21c.
Hops-1911 crop. 38c; Odds, nomin-
al; 1912 contracts, 25@26c.
81 Wool-Eastern Oregon, 14@l6c Der
pound; valley, 16@17c; mohair,
, choice, 30@35c.
.,. Cattle-Choice steers, S6M6. 65 .
good, $6.75@6; choice cows, $5@
$50; good, s4.75@5; choice spayed
heifers, S.. S5@5.50; good to choice
helfers, $5@5.25; choice bulls, S4.25
@4.50; good, $4@4.25; choice calves.
$8@S.6O; good, $6.75@7.
Hogs-Choice light hogs, $1,000
$50; smooth heavy hogs, $5.75@6:
rough heavy, $5.5O@5.75.
Sheep = Choice yearlings, $4,000
4.75; choice twos and threes, So. GOA
4.25; choice killing ewes, $4.1O@
4.6O; culls, $2.50@3. 25; choice grain
fed lambs. $5.5O@5. go; choice spring
lambs, $4.75@5; good to choice
lambs, $4.50@4.75; fair to good
lambs, $4.26@4.50; Gull Lambs, $s.76
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
10000 Acres Wanted.

Aberdeen-It was made known here
through agents of one of the transcon-
tinental railroads reaching Aberdeen
that the railroad company had issued
call for 1000 acres of land in the
vicinity Of Grays Harbor, and that a
committee from the chamber of COM
merce here had been in search of
such land for several days.
It is proposed by the company to
secure this tract of land for settlers,
and the influx of colonists is expected
to begin any time after March Is.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
Smallpox on the Columbia.

Davenport - Developments Of four
cases of smallpox among the railroad
laborers in the Johnson camp, two
miles above Peach. on the Columbia
river, has thrown the river country
into a scare as well as caused more or
less anxiety in Davenport. where the
men laboring on the railway work
generally come to take trains. The
cases will be confined under the care
of nurses.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
Hepburn Scolds Grocers,

Washington, D. C.-Senator Hey
burn took to task q delegation of gro
GERS for having congratulated ex-Pres-
ident Roosevelt on his connection with
the pure food and drugs law. "Pres-
ident Roosevelt in q letter to me,
said Senator Hepburn, "refused to rec
ommend the house committee law in
his message to congress-. / drew the
law It was not the house measure
that was enacted; it was the senate
bill adopted in conference His
criticism came in a hearing before the
senate manufacturers committee.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
Train Accidents Fewer.

Washington, D. C.-Two hundred
and one persons were killed and 4, 288
injured in train accidents during the
months Of July, August and Septem-
Der, 1911, according to accident, bulle-
tin No. Al, issued By the Interstate
Commerce commission. This was a
decrease Of 120 killed and Of 391 in
jured as compared with the same quar-
ter of 1910. Accidents of other kinds
bring the total number Of casualties
up to 2,758 killed and 10, lot injured.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
REBELS MARCH
4 TO CHIHUAHUA
Scene Of Mexican Conflict Shift,
Y From Juarez.
Orozco Said to Have De.er,ad w..
Entire Command -Amer;c. "''n
Retire Across Border

Washington, D. CA TELEGRAM
ceived by private persons here g.. re-
Ell Paso drew a grave picture Of i ~.
ditions on the Mexican border t TS'
telegram said that fighting betv cue
Federals and rebels began at CHM .n
hua City at II o'clock Sunday a"s
that many Americans were in dsrr a,,u
Americans in, Northern Mexico ST. aa
rushing across the border at FL ps. 80
and other points, fearing massacre hv
Mexicans, despite denials by admins.
tration officials that President Tas.
intends to intervene in Mexico.
Feverish activity prevailed Sund.r
in the War department, which usr,aIIv
is deserted on that day. This actir
ity, around which a veil of secraov
was thrown, is believed to mean tbs,
more troops will soon be moved to ths
border.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
Spokane County Buys Bags.

Spokane County Buys Bags.
Walla Walla - Spokane county
swocped down upon the penitentiary
jute warehouse this week and took its
full apportionment of $4,000 grain
bags in two single orders. The bags
were all taken by farmers unions, the
union at Waverly getting $4,000 and
that at Spring Valley 10000. Whit
man county has stated it will take its
full apportionment, and Columbia and
Garfield have used practically all to
which they were entitled, and the
apportionment of $4,000 bags for
Lincoln county is going fast.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
More Orchards to Be Planted.

Loon Lake number of owners of
orchard tracts adjoining Loon Lake
are making preparations to set out
their lands to apple trees this spring.
Manager James Mason, of the Sunny
Brae orchards of Fortier & Mason,
has the ground ready for the setting
of 20 additional acres to standard APP
pie trees this spring. Fortier & Ma
son already have 80 acres in orchard.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
Seed Wheat at Douglas

Douglas, The Washington Land
company of this place is shipping a
carload of No. turkey red seed
wheat here for their tenants. That
variety has yielded well in the last
two dry seasons and the farmers are
beginning to SOW more Of that kind in
stead of bluestem. Local grain buy
ers are offering 2 cents bushel more
for bluestem.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
REAL SHIPS TRAIN TARs.
BattIeships and Cruisers, Ready for
War, to Receive New Men.


Washington, D. Green jack tars,
who used to 60 to old receiving ships
when they enlisted, will now 60 to
full-fedged men-of-war and get their
training.
The battleship Indiana was desig-
mated to take the place of the old re-
ceiving ship Lancaster at Philadel-
phia; the cruiser Denver was ordered
to replace the historic Independence
at Mare Island, CAL, and the cruiser
Salem will take the place of the Wa
bash, of Civil war record, at Boston.
The old ships may be turned over to
patriotic societies. The ,battleships
assigned to receive recruits finally are
on reserve and ready to fight on "a
hours notice.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Doings Of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
General Resume of Important Events
Preser ed in Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.

Taft pleads for common sense tar
iff policy.
Senator Lodge sees great peril in
peace treaties.
Yuan Shi Kai's imperial troops be-
gin rioting in Pekin.
Thirty-six grammar school clubs OF
Portland have formed baseball lea
que.
MANY Seattle brokers fear indict-
ments in the Columbia Orchard swim
ding case.
Attorney General Wickersham pro-
tests when the Bar association draws
the color line on his assistant.
From business standpoint the
month of February, 1912, was the best
February in the history of Portland.
A merger of the telephone compan-
les of Seattle may be investigated by
the Interstate Commerce commission.
w. j. Bryan spoke to an audience
of about 10, 900 at the Gypsy Smith
auditorium in Portland. He favores the
no-toll system for the Panama canal.
Hundreds of thousands Of British
coal miners go on strike, and the gov
eminent is trying to force the coal
operators to recognize the principal of
minimum wage.
A Kanass City young woman has
written the mayor of Portland to find
a good husband for her widowed moth
er, who has an Overwhelming desire to
live on Western ranch.
Two thousand students of the Uni
versity of California spent one day
with picks and shovels building new
roadway on the college grounds, the
girl students preparing fine luncheon
when the work was finished.
Oregon has been given the first
choice of sites for state building at
the Panama-Pacific exposition at San
Francisco.
Abraham Ruef, convicted political
boss of San Francisco, refuses to tes-
tify against ex Mayor Schmitz in q
bribery case.
The house has gone on record as
favoring the eight-hour day in govern
ment arsenals.
Several thousand miners have al;
ready quit work in the threatened coal
strike in England.
Senator Gardner, of Maine, woulc
have the government buy in the ex.
press companies and run them in con.
junction with the postal department.
Texas militiamen guarding the Ell
Paso electric light plant were fired or
at night by parties concealed behind
box cars, and believed to be Mexicans.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
Strikers to Resume Tasks

Lawrence, Mass. - Striking De;sc
tives Of the Arlington and taI a.
mills, affiliated with the Centra and
Dor union, have returned to WORK . aua
accepted the 5 per cent mia I'm is
wage increase offered. The ac. .stiou
accepted generally as an lno .,, zoe.
that the Central Labor union wiz ,.es.
ommend the acceptance OF the r SO IN.
sion offered in all the mills. .tr;ke
dustrial Workers Of the Woria
committee declined the offer.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
Smallpox on Reservation.

Nespelem- Because Of the prevail
ence Of smallpox on the Spokane re-
servation DR.. Latham, the government
physician stationed here, has posted q
notice forbidding whites or Indians to
gather at dances until the epidemic
is over. No sign Of the disease has
as yet appeared in this locality.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
City May Stop Merger.

Seattle-A court order was isSu''
here temporarily restraining the in0s'
pendent and Sunset Telephone COM ~
panies from effecting consolidation " "
their systems. The order was Issue rs.
on complaint Of the city, which cls ,0s
an equity of 5000, 900 in the p9 9Sst
wires and conduits of the lndepenuen I'D
company, which equity will be pg lssSdI
in jeopardy If the merger is compie.'ta ~
Three deputy sheriffs who souga as,s.
serve copies of the order on tne ' End
phone officials were unable 10 N
them.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
Film Trust is Suspected,

Washington, D. C.-The depart
ment Of justice is investigating the
moving picture business to ascertain
if there is trust. r The inqdirys
like many recent Sherman law cases,
involves primarily the uses Of patents.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
Entrymen WIN Receive Patents.

Washington, D. CAS- result Of
the activity Of Representative Haw-
ley, patents have been ordered issued
to six Oregon entrymen whose claims
have been pending before the depart
ment for months, and in some cases
years. Settlers who will receive pat
ents are: John Fletcher, Samuel C.
Bruce. Bert w. Read, John A.
Moore, and Delbert A. Owen, all Of
Jackson county, and w. G. Sharman,
Toledo.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
Farmers Repair Warehouse.

Garfield The local organization Of
the fruitgrowers' union has acquired
little to q warehouse on the Northern
Pacific track and steps have been TAX
en- to place this building in thorough
repair and so improve it as to render
it frost proof.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
Donate Hall to EspanoIa.

Espanola- Work has started on the
new entertainment hall for Espanola.
The building is donated by the share
holders Of the company. From six to
10 men work every day. The hall
will be owned and operated by farm
era and citizens Of this place.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08
Pennington Acres at 500.

Pennington William Quinn, Of
Spokane. has sold "a acres Of farm
land, adjoining town on the east to
Simon Frederick, prominent farmer
of this place, for cash consideration
of 800 per acre.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08

Protection of Valdez Recommended
Washington, D. c. An appropria.
tion of $50, 900 for the protection OF
Valdez Alaska, and the adjacent re
gion from glacial floods was recon.
mended to the senate By the commerce
COMMITTEES
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-08

Washington. D. C.-The s.ssn,sed
the situation in Mexico has .stion
President Taft to issue ;t;zens
virtually warning American cxntry
IL teixSins from entering the HERE
and advising those now resiqen.
70 leSve When conditions threatS
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
HAYWARD G. cLARK'S
DAILY COTTON LETTER

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 1.-THE action
of all the markets shows plainly that a
small bureau setimate is expected to-
morrow. The majority of people look
for a government crop estimate much IN
der $4,000, 600 bales, as the government
gave a rather small figure even for last
seasons monster crop.
Liverpool fully met yesterdays advance
on our side and shows futres and spots
points higher. Scarcity of sellers and
confident buying for general accounts are
the factors making for steady or strong
markets everywhere. Bulls feel all the
more confident in their position, as tomor-
row will be the last day of the first half
of DECEMBER ginning period, during which
there has not been one day of altogether
good weather. Ginnings during this ten
day ginning period will, therefore, be very
light and the census report on December
20 will support any small crop estimate.
Greenwood, Miss, wires that their local
cotton exchange estimates the crop at 49,
100000 bales, without lnters or repacks
Our market opened about 2 points higher
and advanced without recession to 1884
for March. Bulls had it all their own
way, and the least buying caused an ad
vance, owing to the absence of sellers.
Liverpool cabled: Continent general
buyer" New York again reported spot
interests absorbing all selling. Owing to
the strong tendency and advance in flu
lures suggesting higher hedge market
demand for spots broadened this morning
Offerings are restricted. as owners are
holding eff for the bureau, expecting
higher prices after the publication of the
government estimate
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
COTTON GOES Up
On SPOT DEMAND
Increased Liverpool Sale Slim
uIate Trade Opinions Di-
vided on Estimate.

NEW YORK, Dec. 11.-Increased sales
in Liverpool resulted in a buying move
ment at the opening of the cotton mar
ket today. The tone was barely steady,
with prices a net advance of 3 to 5 points
from last nights closing quotations The
big professionals were inclined to side
step awaiting the government estimate
tomorrow at 1 p. m, our time. The sell
ing pressure that prevailed over the mar
ket during the forepart of the week was
not in evidence. However. the ring sold
rather freely, but the absorption by the
larger spOt interests firmly maintained
prices IN narrow ranges. After the call
trading was less active and prices sagged
a few points in most active positions
from the initial figures.
Futures in Liverpool firm; spots steady
and in fair demand
The aggressiveness of spot interests to-
gay brought caused uneasinesS among
shorts, which brought out some short
covering However, there was very lit
lie cotton for sale at times, but those
who bought at lower prices furnished
some of the cotton. New Orleans was
SAID to have sold, also Wall Street sold
out 1t Is more apparent that there are
not any long lines in the market. About
the most stimulating factor was the re-
port that John McFadden was very bull
lsh, saying the crop was not over 1890,
baleS and advised his friends to buy. This
was said to have brought out wave OF
good buying from a number of good
sources, causing a rapid advance when
prices regained the initial decline, rally
ing to points over the opening.
With the market being heavily sup
ported by the larger interests il is appar-
ent that all interests are conferred on the
bureau report and show caution in maxi
ing their operations. Opinions are much
mixed but the feeling prevails that II
figures are under 14,O00,000 bales good
advance is evident. On the other hand
figures over these would have a depress-
ing influence, causing a temporary de-
cline. Last year the government report
estimated the output of 1878 at 1885,
600 bales.
The market was dull during the after
noon. traders seemed to be standing aside
prices were firmly maintained at the best
figures of the day, which We're said to be
well evened up to meet the report
At the close the market was steady
with prices "a net gain of to 10 points
from the final quotations Of Tuesday
Semi-weeldy interior movement: