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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
NEW CROP FLouRlsHEs.

ChehaIis Grows Cucumbers and Cab
bage for Picking Plant.
Chehalis- Growing cucumbers for
picking is likely to assume an i'm
portant place in this section of the
state as result of this years expert
ment on the part Of Tacoma firm.
On the Chehalis Valley farm of ]. T..
Alexander, 43 acres of land were
leased for this purpose. Last spring
20 acres were planted to cucumbers
and % to cabbage. The cucumbers
will be used in making pickles and the
cabbage will be worked up into a
brand of sauer kraut that is expected
to make Lewis county noted.
The land used at the pickle farm is
fertile river bottom which overfows
each winter and has Annually benefit
ted from sediment washed down the
valley. However. to make results
certain commercial fertilizer was gen.
erously used and an immense crop of
cucumbers is being gathered. Har-
vesting has been going on for several
weeks and results come up to the
highest expectations.
A large force of men is kept busy
working overtime on the 2O-acre patch
and, owing to scarcity of help avail
able, there are times when the small
cucumbers come on so rapidly that
the pickers can hardly keep up with
the crop. The yield has been some
thing enormous, but until the frost
comes later and puts the vines out of
commission the yield will be unknown.
The cucumbers are picked into
sacks. They are separated according
to size, as different uses are made Of
them. The smaller ones are packed
in barrels and shipped to the factory
of the picking company at Tacoma,
where they are put up as either sweet
or sour pickles. The larger sizes are
taken care of here and worked into
dill pickles. A small patch of dill is
growing near the cucumber patch to
provide the dill for this purpose. The
dill pickles will be sold from here.
The large size cucumbers will be cut
up for use in making chowchow and
other relishes.
Harvesting of the % acres of cab
bage will not begin for some time yet.
Most of this crop shows splendid
growth and it will continue to grow
for weeks yet.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
80 EGGS LAID IN 80 DAYS.
Product for Ten Months Totals 237
Prizes Won Are Many.

Prizes Won Are Many.
st. Louis-"Lady Show YOU a2-
year-old white Plymouth Rock hen
from Millersville, ILL.,, is breaking all
records in the national egg-laying con-
test at the Missouri State Poultry Ex'
pertinent station at Mountain Grove
She is leading the egg producers
numbering GAO, representing ~ Vaf''
cites from Is states and Canada. -,
Her record for 10 months IS lSl
eggs, and her nearest competitor Is :
barred Plymouth Rock hen, which nas
produced ZIG eggs in the same perloo.
Lady Show You also has broken tne
worlds record SO far as known l OF
continuous egg production with /"
eggs in 80 days.
When she had reached recoru "
IS eggs on consecutive days, the su
visory board tackled the prize rlDuuA
on her nest and gave her an extra pol
ton of meal, but she kept right on 1of
more than two weeks. She has s s
weeks more to complete her record .ui
the years contest. Government s ~"
tistics give the average egg pfoOO'
ton as about 80 per hen year.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
To Show Indian Life.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of Indian life
of the present day with the Indian life
of century ago is to be one of the
picturesque features of the Indian
fair and roundup at Toppenish from
September 80 to October 9. Among
the novel features of the fair will be
killing of cattle in the old-style In
dian way, with an Indian barbecue to
follow, at an early hour in the morn
ing. This is one of the new ideas just
suggested by the Yakima Indians for
the program and has been added by
the committee of local business men.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
We'll Test Is Satisfactory.

Gloyd-The test of well No. of
the Bunnell project at this place was
satisfactory, both as to the efficiency
of the pump and the supply of water.
The pump was run three and quarter
hours and delivered water at the rate
of $50 gallons per minute, while the
pump company's guarantee was 200
gallons per minute. The well is q 10
inch drilled hole and the lift is little
over 100 feet. Many interested spec
tators witnessed the test.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
Food Carried to Cananea.

Douglas, Ariz.-Cananea was again
placed in communication with the out
side world by rail Saturday. The first
train sent to the copper camp from
Naco since the rebels under Emilio
Campo destroyed the bridges at Viii
laverde contained provisions, which
were becoming scarce at Cananea. A
trainload Of copper bullion was ship
ped out. There are about 800 federal
troops there and the place is in no
immediate danger of molestation.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
Many Women Cast Ballots.

Winona - At the recent primary
election nearly every woman who was
able to get away from home voted.
In most cases they were accompanied
by their husbands. Considering that
this was their first effort, few Of them
needed help in marking their ballots.
There was no smoking at the polls.
The voting resolved itself into a soci-
able affair and was more like an ice
cream party than the typical election
Of the past.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
EGG-LAYING CONTEST SUCCESS
State Fair Official Plans to Start
Longer One.

North Yakima-So successful has
been the 60-day egg-laying contest un-
der the auspices of the Washington
State fair that Superintendent Harry
H. Collier, of the poultry department,
has decided to put on for next year a
10 months egg producing race, which
will give thorough tryout to the lay
ing abilities of the various varieties
of hens.
1t will begin about Thanksgiving
time. and end during the State fair
next year. Special houses will have
to be built for the poultry, which can
be kept heated.
In the 60-day race two pens of
White Wyandottes have held the lead
all the way and will probably end
with first and second place.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
GROWING FEET COSTLY.
Neavers Of Women's Stockings Must
Put in New Machinery.

Put In New Machinery.
Washington, D. C.-Young women
of Washington and New York have
bigger feet than those of any other
cities in the world. Department
stores in Washington and New York
are being greatly Inconvenience by
the change that is taking place in the
young women. 1t is said that these
stores have asked stocking spinners in
New England to add three larger sizes
to their measurements, not only in the
feet, but also in the calves. Stocking
statesmen who have come to Washing
ton lately contend that the young wo-
men here have abnormally large mus
cles in the lower parts of their limbs,
due to athletic endeavors. It will
cost manufacturers about $500, 900 for
new forms for the spinners and knit
tiers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
Maid of Mist on Rocks.

Niagara Falls, N. Y.-The me. Ms for
the Mist, the little steamer ' 70 the
wears has carried tourists Close ge,,s ran
tumbline waters of Niagara Fans alliance nee
on the rocks Sunday snol' 10 were
below the cataract. Life IDoass +he 20
made ready for launching anu ;th ~ life
!, were equipped WIFI a,ine,
preservers. BY skilful mane sased the
however, Captain Carter rel s brought
steamer IT by its own power and Oi0''
the messengers to the landing
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
PRAISES FOR
PANAMA Canal.
charses Of Bad Faith Civ, w.
to Admiration. Wy
Greater Influence on Conn.,
susz-''suss of Tolls D, .s ''''
ped for Present.

London-The announcon
Washington that the Psn mso. f'a
will be opened formally next tu vac saa,l
signal for fresh discussion . y! year is,
broad possibilities to the nrS ~ all tie
So far as the question of t ol1s a
cerned, there seems to be . neea
disposition to think Eurone h growing
precipitate in charging A mas 9ssa
with bad faith or with takina e ~
fair advantage. an w.
Everywhere ELUSIVE cou,,.
are written and spoken in liab b' ~ ~
tremendous display of ene;us ul as
skill on the isthmus. Pictoris1 D germ
here and in Paris and Ber , ps !!
sketches OF the chief objects Of If i give
rest along the route and in tbo ' i've
struction work. Long special s ,rH Ioa'
deal with the revolution the ca usIe; J,
to bring about in international tras. ! J
One able Berlin writer thinks ~.
1.-THE Panama will necessitate cros %s'
moo'ncations OF the established sv,.
tenn of foreign commerce than wy ss
necessitated by Suez" and add. t ,s.s
lit is as if Dame Nature had sudds s,S'
decided to alter the course n NY
trade Winds" Dsi
Another, declaring in London Well.
ly, that the canal is the "cnwn;n,
achievement of American force ,rS
enterprise" makes the significant ID.
mission that the ''best business mind,
of the empire-Britain-are concen
trating upon the commercial revoln
ton which is imminent in order that
irrespective of the willingness Of
Americans to arbitrate concerning
tolls, we may use the new waterwav
to the full and may begin to use it the
day it is opened"
Quite the strongest censure crou.
ping out anywhere is the "hope tina.
Colonel Roosevelt, DR.. Wilson or Mr.
Taft, whichever may be the next pres.
ident, will do all he can to prevent our
admiration of the phenomenon of
mechanics being long diminished by
different emotions as to the interna.
tional use to be made of it." No an.
noyance is exhibited anywhere in
Europe, not even in Spain, over the
latest admonitions addressed directly
or indirectly by the Washington gov.
eminent to Mexico, Nicaragua and
Cuba. On the contrary, the prevail.
ing sentiment is one of approval.
European capitalists who have in
vestments in many of the republics
south of the Rio Grande long have
chafed at the chronic confusion Great
ed by the local politicians for selfish
ends, and would welcome the applica-
tion of a strong hand. A London
financial paper is "astonished at the
forbearance of Americans in their
dealings with the Mexicans.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
telegraph Strike Off.

Winnipeg, Man.-There will be no
strike of Canadian Pacific railway tel
egraphers. The men have received
satisfactory concessions from the COM
pany, including IL per cent increase
in pay, q like increase for overtime
work and reduction 10, hours from an
II to ten-hour standard, according to
announcements made here. The men
asked for Is per cent increase.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
President Insists on Budget.

Beverly, Mass. - President Taft
made public letter to Secretary of
the Treasury MacVeagh, taking open
issue with congress on the question of
a Federal budget and directing all
heads of government departments or
independent officers of the government
to make their estimates Of revenue
and expenditures for the fiscal year in
conformity with the budget plan.
The presidents letter said the
clause in one of the big supply bills
practically forbidding the use Of a
budget system, as unconstitutional.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
SEATTLE MARKETS

Wheat-Bluestem, 82c per bushel;
fortyfold, 78c; club, 79c; Fife, 79c;
red Russian, TIC.
Oats-$25. so per ton.
Barley-$26 per ton.
Yellow corn-Sacked, $34. SO ton.
Mixed corn-Sacked, $34 ton.
Bags-191S, 7sc.
Purchasing Prices.
The following prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers for
delivery in round lots, f. o. b. Seattle:
Eggs-Select ranch, 33@35c doz.
Poultry-Live hens, 13@14c per
pound; old ROSTERS, S@9c; turkeys,
fat, live, Zoe; do. dry picked, 24c;
geese, 9@12c; this years chickens, 2
pounds and up, 15c pound; do. under
2 pounds, 14c ducklings, 13@14c.
Ranch Butter-2O@22c pound.
Jobbing Prices-Fruits.
Apples, new, 5Oc@s1.5O box;
blackberries, 75c@s1 crate; canta-
loupes, s1@1.5O crate; crabapples,
$1.25@1. so for large boxes, 5O@75c
for small boxes; grapes, Tokays, 81
@1.25 box; Malagas, 81; Black
Prince, 81; Concords, 25@3Oc basket;
nectarines, four-basket crates, 81
crate; peaches, 25@3Oc; pears,
fancy, Eastern Washington, S1.25@
LOO box; local, 75c@$1; plums, local,
60@75c; watermelons, California, 1c
pound; Yakima, a@ac.
Dressed Meats.
Beef-Prime beef steers, 12@12ac:
dressed cows, lie; heifers, Nos. l and
2, 11ac; veal, 14a@16c; pork, 13c:
mutton, ewes, Sc; wethers, 1O@1Oac;
spring lamb, 12@13c.
Almonds, 19@2Oc pound; beets. 81
@$1.25 sack; bell peppers, 507c
pound; brussels sprouts, 8@1Oc; cab
bage. lie; carrots. $1@1.25 sack; eau
ilfiower, $1.25@1.5O crate; celery, 40
@6Oc dozen; corn, $1.25@1.5O sack !:
cucumbers. 30@5Oc dozen; eggplant,
6@sc pound; $1.25 box; lettuce, head,
local. 3O@40c dozen; dollhouse, $1M
LIS box; onions, 75c@s1.25 sack !:
parsley, 25c box; potatoes, local, SIS
@!8 ton; sweet. 2ac pound; tomatoes,
held grown, 60@75c box; turnips.
new, II sack; walnuts, 15c@16 pound.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
Bow Gives Leg for Girl

Gary, Ind. William Rugh' q n." ::
boy, will permit the amputatlon u -
crippled left leg in few days 80 'n =.
its skin may be grated on the wv. ~
Of Miss Ethel Smith, girl ne n..
never seen. Miss Smith has De.D
he'd for four weeks as a result Of a1 =;
we're burns and the attending her
clans say that the only hope .s o. On On
recovery is to graft enough skin m. an
her body to cover the wounds om m
Rugh was appealed to ne .s
consented to make the sacrlflce.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
Wind River Timber Sold.

Wind River-The Wind River Lum-
Der company has closed a contract
with the government for 100, 900. 900
feet of standing timber along Wind
River about IA miles north of this
place. The tract extends from the
company's main dam northwest a dis
lance of four miles. To tap this tim
Der the company is constructing four
miles of standard gauge railroad.
Three large donkey engines and big
scrapers are being used in clearing
and grading. Over 100 men will be
employed for several months.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
Alaska Packers Do Well

Seward, Alaska-The salmon pack
ing season is practically at close
now, and the canneries of the Cook s
Inlet and Kenai peninsula have, with
scarcely an exception, taken their
guaranteed pack for the season. In
this immediate vicinity the Alaska
Packing company at Kasiloff has the
largest pack. amounting to 10000
cases for the season. Alaska reds and
pinks were plentiful, but at the close
Of the season there was an unusually
large run Of humpbacks, which were
packed largely for the foreign trade.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
DAlRYlNG THRIvES.
Washington State Imports 1000, 900
Pounds of Butter Annually.

Pounds of Butter Annually.
Ellensburg-That the Kittitas val
ley is now undergoing a transforma-
tion from the largest hay producing
section in the state to dairying coun-
try is the opinion of C. w. Walliqe,
manager of the Spring Creek cream
cry, who bases his opinion on personal
observations made during the last few
years. Ranchers all over the valley
are realizing that the time of high
priced hay is thing Of the past and
are turning their attention to the rails
ing of dairy stock. They are feeding
their hay, instead of disposing Of it in
the bale out Of the valley.
There are three creameries now
operating in Ellensburg, with fourth
under construction, and the three pro-
duce on an average $500 pounds of
butter day. Because Of 4 scarcity
of COWS and consequently butter fat,
the creameries are unable to turn out
more butter, but this condition is
gradually becoming remedied, accord
ing to Mr.. Walline, who has observed
that more cows than ever before are
being brought into the valley. With
Washington importing 1000, 900
pounds of butter each year the market
for the home product is assured and
ranchers realize that the greatest re-
turns can be obtained on their land in
vestment through herd Of dairy cows.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
TO Piow With Gasoline Engine.

Toppenish-Plowing with gasoline
traction engine is to be started on the
Yakima Indian reservation, L. P. Jen-
sen being the first rancher to purchase
that style of equipment. A 45-horse-
power Mogul engine and set of eight
plows has arrived and Jensen says he
will start the breaking Of 700 to 1000
acres of land, most Of which has been
reclaimed by the Yakima reservation
drainage canal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
Oppose infected Alfalfa.

Ellensburg Urging that Governor
M. E. Hay safeguard the state by pro-
hibiting the importation of infected
alfalfa hay, Secretary Quincy Scott,
of the chamber Of commerce, has
written to the chief executive calling
attention to the fact that the state of
California has issued q rigid quaran-
tine against grass infected with the
alfalfa weevil.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
Cashier Newly Accused.

Abilene, Kan.-Eleven new charges
have been filed against John A. Flack,
former cashier Of the Abilene State
bank, recently arrested in New York
charged in connection with shortage
in the banks funds, amounting TO
about $4,000. The new charges are
sworn to by the state bank examiner,
and are similar. Each recites that
Flack changed figures in the banks
books and in notes and certificates OF
deposit.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
Peaches Drug on Market.

Walla Walla-Peaches are so plent-
iful this season in Walla Walla and
vicinity that growers are unable to
market them at rs cents crate even
by peddling from door to door, and all
the grocery stores are overloaded.
They are so cheap that many house
wives are canning them for two years
in the belief that they will not again
reach such low figure. The fruit is
selling at one cent pound from some
small orchards and many people are
giving away large quantities rather
than see it wasted.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
Oil Tractor Is Received.

Wilson Creek-The first oil tractor
shipped into this country has arrived
here for the Rineheart- French thresh-
ing outfit. The engine is 35-horse
power machine. After the threshing
season is over they expect to use it
for blowing.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
Mavor Gaynor Sued for Libel.

New York W. Mayor Gaynor was
served with q summons in 500. 900
libel suit brought against him by Al
derman Curran, chairman OF the a.
dermanic committee investigating
graft in the police department. Cur
ran alleges that the mayor made re-
marks derogatory to his character IN
connection with the investigation.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-09-27
c. o. D. LIQUOR BARRED.
All Shipments Must Be Plainly LabIed
and Addressed.

=
Washington, D. C.-Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham, in instructions to
all United States attorneys, is urging
prompt and vigorous prosecutions Of
any persons found violating sections
238, 239 and 240 Of the new criminal
code, which provide conditions under
which intoxicating liquors may be
shipped from one state to another, or
from q foreign country into the Uni
ted States. These statutes, however,
do not apply to shipments entirely
within state, that being a matter
over which the Federal government
has no jurisdiction. The laws in ques-
ton do not undertake to prevent the
shipment of liquor into "dry" states
or "dry" towns, it having been held
by the courts that the government
cannot interfere with legitimate in
terstate commerce.
The three sections named, however,
are designed to be an aid to the au-
thorities of "dry" state or town, in
that they enable the state and local
authorities to learn whenever liquor
enters their jurisdiction. After it's
delivery to the consignee, it comes I'M
der state or local authority, and Fed
eral jurisdiction ceases.
The most sweeping provision Of the
criminal code, to which the attorney
general calls attention, requires that
every package containing intoxicating
liquor of any sort, when shipped from
one state into another state, shall be
$50 labeled on the outside cover as to
plainly show the name of the con-
signee, the nature of its contents and
the quantity contained therein" and
any person who ships liquor from one
state to another in violation of this
section-that is, ships it in packages
not marked as required shall, upon
conviction, be subject to a fine of not
more than $4,000, and liquor 50
shipped shall be forfeited to the I'm
tied States.
Section 238 prohibits officers,
agents or employees of railroad COM
panies, express companies or other
common carriers from delivering any
package containing intoxicating liquor
to any person other than the person to
whom it has been consigned, except up
on the written order in each instance
of the bona fide consignee, and also
prohibits the delivery Of such pack
ages to any fictitious person or to any
person under fictitious name. Vio-
lation of this section subjects the
guilty party to a fine not exceeding
$4,000 or imprisonment for not more
than two years, or both. This section
also applies only to liquor shipped
from one state into another.
The third section, No. 239, provides
that any railroad company, express
company, or other common carrier, or
any other person, who. in connection
with the transportation of any intoxi-
eating liquor from one state to an
other, shall collect the purchase price
or any part thereof, before, on or af-
ter delivery, or shall in any manner
act as the agent of the buyer or seller
of any such liquor, for the purpose of
buying or selling or completing the
sale thereof, save only in the actual
transportation and delivery of the
same, shall be fined not more than
$4,000.