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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
ROADS ARE TIED UP.
Spanish Strikers May Win If Higher
Rates Are Allowed.


Madrid-The railroad troubles have
spread from Catalonia to other parts
Of Spain. At a meeting at Almeria
of men employed on the Southern
lines, resolution was adopted to stop
work Immediately on the pretext that
the company arbitrarily discharged a
foreman.
Traffic in Catalonia is virtually at a
standstill. Military officers and en-
gineers are endeavoring to maintain
the mail train service between France
and Barcelona, but their success is
meager.
The telegraph wires along the
tracks were repaired recently by the
troops, but were cut again by the
strikers. Otherwise no disturbance
has been reported, in spite of the
preaching of revolutionary doctrines
by active anarchists, several of whom
have been arrested.
Indications of possibility of set
Element of the strike were apparent
at meeting of the directors of the
various lines at the ministry of public
works. The directors expressed their
willingness to grant the demands of
the strikers if the government would
help them with subsidy or authorize
them to increase their rates.
The three chief demands of the men
would entail, they say, an addition to
the wage list of $12.000,000 for the
four main lines, while the pay sheet
of the rest of the companies would be
augmented by SIS, 900, 900.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
FOR STOCK YARDS At PAsco
Company Organized With Capital
Stock Of S75, 900.

Pasco-The Pasco Stock Yards COM
pany has been formally launched, the
articles of Incorporation having been
filed this week. E. K. Kerr, of Pen
dleton, is in charge of the promotion
end of the proposition and has entered
into an agreement to dispose of $780,,
400 of the stock, the corporation be-
ing organized for $4,000. Of the
amount to be sold by Mr.. Kerr $4,000
will be used for the purchase of
suitable site, site having already
practically been decided upon. All
stock will be held in escrow until pay
ment for it is made and no money will
be spent for the purcase of site until
all stock has been disposed of and the
money paid in. Local business men
are enthusiastic in regard to the mat
ter and letters from interested stock
growers throughout the Northwest
are already beginning to come in.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
POISON Is NEW WAR MENACE.
Rebels With Stolen Cyanide Threaten
CITY Water Supply.

Mexico City-Death by poison IS q
new menace, added by rebellious III
dams operating about the City OF o@
AGA, where residents fear to take q
drink of water. Chemists are making
tests for poison in the city's water
supply. A group of rebels is declared
to have secured 200 pounds Of cyanles
from Natividad mining camp, IN t1s
Ixtlan district, declaring they woula
poison the drinking water In regions
which are not under their control.
The rebels said they would hrs1 us '.
the cyanide to poison the springs az
San Felipe, which supply water 10!
the City of Oaxaca. A small cand roo o.
rebels was discovered in the nelgnO0ts
hood of the springs and was driven OIL u
bv federal troops. The rebel loSs u
given at II killed. uo,
From Tiangistengo, State OF M med
leo. where battle was fought "so a
nesday and Thursday, the federals 1 rv
port they found on the nelu , aaa,i.
rifles with the breech blown out' 'ss .a.
fvinp to the efficacy Of the nl. ast
glycerin cartridges which governii; 1to
agents tricked the Zapatls'aS ''
buying.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
Age Pensions Advocated.

Washington, D. C.-Remedial legis-
lation, including old age pensions and
unemployment insurance, was pro-
posed as solution of the problem of
dependent children and needy families
by ex-Judge Girten, of Chicago, at the
National Conference of Catholic Char
tiles here. Mr.. Girton said that acci-
dent and industrial insurance, If prop
erly managed, would do much to pre-
vent children from becoming depend
emit upon the state.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
SEEKING MARKET FOR FRUIT.

Ferry County Producers Have Ex-
ceIIent Apples. .
Republic-The northern part of
Ferry county is looming up as pro-
Queer of some of the finest apples to
be found in the land. A couple Of
specimens grown on ranch owned by
Marion N. Hadley, four miles east of
Republic, have been placed on lexhibi-
ton here, which, combined, weigh Al
ounces. The largest of them weighs
FL ounces and measures 14a inches in
circumference. Fruit is becoming SO
abundant in this section that market
for it is becoming a matter of very
serious consideration.
R. H.. Finley, large fruitgrower,
just west of Kettle Falls, in Ferry
county, was in Republic recently with
load of apples of fine average size
and excellent flavor. He reported
that fruit raising on the Columbia
and Kettle rivers has advanced to a
stage which calls for action regarding
the disposition of the product. He is
of the opinion that commission
agency for the purpose of handling
apples, pears and other hardy fruit
for Eastern and European markets
would find Ferry county very remun-
erative center, particularly in view Of
the fact that railway transportation is
available and good roads to the rail
ways are now to be found leading in
every direction.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
WOMEN SEE
WARS HORRORS
Many Slain in Three.Day Pi,ht|
at Managua. '''
Rebels Abandon Assault wh.u ~
Was Theirs for the Takins '''f
Defenders Exhausted

Managua, Nicaragua-Amer;.,.
Managua now know what a s;oI aus 10
tragedy Central American revoI eaias
is. They have passed thro O'ut''a
month OF turmoil, witnessed a tSa.I
day battle, and experienced tho 'D t
rors OF a bombardment. Thew b uv''
seen the people of the citv nave ns!e
stricken, women and children k fu.ie
have borne the sufferings of huncs'9; !,
a town beleaguered, and have bs ss' :. 70
ra:ulous escapes from exploding sba I.
and bullets. It was no part of Ms a,,ls
plan to take Managua by assam.
General Zeledon, once minister of W..
under Zelaya, was responsible wal va
that when Mena lay helpless ~ ,O'
sick bed. '" d
The bombardment began on q M,
day morning, although Zeledon hsd
been warned that thousands Of ir nov
cent women and children were in ~.
city. All day the Smelling continued '
the shells exploding all over the town
By a strange fatality, women and
children were the victims.
In one house a mother and her fou,
daughters were wounded. A child
sitting on a doorstep was cut in two
A woman, with her babe at be,
breast, running across the street va,
struck by shell and both were killed
One hundred and thirty-six women
and children were killed or wounded
The second evening of the lombard
ment a shell hit the room where tho
president and his cabinet were in
conference. No one was injured. A
shell exploded in the interior court Of
the house of an American official
Four American officials and three ser.
wants were on either side of the court
but none was hit.
Throughout Monday and Tuesday
the battle waged, eliminating in a
sharp attack in the afternoon, when
the insurgents broke over the intrench.
ments. They were not supported in
strength and were killed with ma.
chetes. Twice again that night at.
tacks were made in force. Each time
the government troops were thrust
back, but Chamorro saved the day by
leading reinforcements, which drove
the insurgents back.
All that night the bombardment was
kept up. Wednesday the people were
absolutely panic stricken. Thousands
fled from the town. Another attack
by the insurgents that day would have
meant success. The governments
ammunition was almost gone. But the
bolt was shot. Their failure to win
after three days. successive assaults
with tremendous losses had dispirited
the insurgents and they retired in dis
order.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
GRAPE CARNIVAL CLOSES.
School ChiIdren's Exhibits Are Fea-
ture of Kennewick Fair.

School ChiIdren's Exhibits Are Fea-
ture Of Kennewick Fair.
Kennewick-Ane exhibit of agricul-
tural products by the pupils of the
sixth, seventh and eighth grades of
the Kennewick schools was one of the
nest interesting features of the Co.
lumbia river valley grape carnival
just closed here.
Professor Thornber, of Lewiston,
awarded the prizes. Richland carried
off the capital prize of $50 for the
best district exhibition and Hanford
second prize of $35. In the individ-
ual display the Kennewick Orchards
company, with A. Burns, manager,
carried first honors. The prizes were
handsome trophy cup given by Louis
w. Hill, of the Great Northern, and
s25 cash by Howard Elliott, of the
Northern Pacific. Prizes aggregating
800 were secured last spring by the
superintendent of schools, and about
rs children entered for the contest.
each having plot Of ground of 800
square feet, upon which each had to
perform all work in connection with
the exhibit, including the preparation
of the soil for planting, cultivation,
irrigation and harvesting of the crop.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
TROOPS FOR SAN DOMINGO.
American Force Will Take Charge
Of Custom Houses.

Washington, D. CA force of $50
American marines under Colonel F. ].
Moses sailed from Philadelphia on the
transport Prairie for San Domingo to
compel the reopening Of Dominican
custom houses, closed by Haytien rev.
olutionists.
Authority for this step was given
by President Taft after conference
with Acting Secretary of the Navy
Winthrop between Washington and
New York in the private car on which
the president was returning to Bever-
ly. Acting Secretary of State Wilson
and William T. s. Doyle, chief of the
Latin-American division of the State
department, had advised the president
beforehand of the necessity for i'm
mediate action in San Domingo.
With the American marines will go
Brigadier- General Mcintyre, chief of
the army insular bureau, and Mr..
Doyle, as special commissioners to in
vestigate conditions in San Domingo,
especially on the border between that
country and Hayti, where the revolu-
tionists have been most active. The
Prairie will arrive at the island about
October 8.
Under the treaty of 1907 between
the United States and the Dominican
republic, the United States is respon-
sible for the collection and distribu-
tion of San Domingo's customs.
Heretofore this has been accomplished
peacefully, but rebels operating from
Hayti have closed all four of the Dor
der customs posts.
Whatever force is necessary will be
used by the marines to reopen the
posts and continue their operation.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
Single Mills Close.

Seattle, Wash. - Single manu ~,
turers of Western Washington p''' =,
a trump card in the fight now S.a OD they ,
control of the market, when . sis
closed about Is per cent OF ~ 1ne MANU- w
or an indefinite period. Inc 1 4o the
facturers want to demonstrate. ~ !" at,
Eastern trade that they have the DC, ., st.
nation well in hand, and una! .h s
tempts to break the price Of sn, mans.
will be resisted. F. A. Tral rail-, MANU. Manu-
ger of the Red Cedar onlng' that the
facturers' association, states . sua
outuut will be reduced 70 per ''D'
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
Land Sales Falling Off.

Washington, D. C.-The General
Land Office rolled up net surplus of
S., 538, 555 during the fiscal year just
closed. Homesteaders secured pat
ents to SOIL, 948 acres. The Office re-
ceived in cash from the sale of public
lands and from all other sources 3d.
973, O48, or 81, 116, $50 less than the
previous year. The aggregate ex-
penditures and liabilities were 49,
573, 693. Of Indian lands, IA, 574, $50
acres were entered and 10, 135, Ats
acres patented, decrease of 3,064,-
Ali and 2, 1877, O7O respectively.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
PEARS BRING HIGH PRICES.
Bose and Anjou Varieties Sell a
$4.I7 and 1897 Respectively.

Bose and Anjou Varieties Sell at
S4,I7 and 1897 Respectively.
Medford, Or.-The 1912 record for
local pear prices was broken again
when car of Bose and Anjou pears
was sold by the Rogue River Valley
Fruit & Produce association at an av-
erage of $4.52 box.
The car was packed at Hillcrest
orchard and the A. c. Allen orchard,
two of the most famous orchards in
Southern Oregon. The full boxes of
Bose brought SALT, the full boxes of
Anjou 1927, the half boxes of Bose
$2.75, and the half boxes of Anjou
1888. The sale was made in New
York through the Northwest Fruit
Exchange of Portland.
Although the pear sales for 1912
have not been completed, recent sales
assure price 20 per cent higher than
in 1911.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
Whitman Crop Nearly In.

Pullman-Heavy frosts at night and
warm, bright days of sunshine have
placed the grain in the Palouse coun-
try in fine condition, and splendid
progress has been made in the harvest
fields in the last few days. It is esti-
mated by grain men that 80 per cent
of the crop Of Whitman county has
been cut and threshed, and is safe
from damage by wet weather.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
Warm Waves Predicted.

Santa Clara, Cal.-Rev. ]. S. Rick
ard, of Santa Clara university, who
bases weather predictions upon solar
disturbances noted at the university
observatory, announced his prognosti-
cations for the month of October. I'm
usually warm waves may be expected,
he says, from October Z to IL and "a
to 20. Along the North Pacific coast
growers should guard against frost
after the passage of these warm
waves.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
SEATTLE MARKETS

Wheat-Bluestem, &c per bushel !;
forty-fold, 78c; club, 79c; fife, 79c;
red Russian, TIC.
Oats-$26. 80 per ton.
Barley-$26 per ton.
Yellow corn-Sacked, $34.50 ton..
Mixed corn-Sacked, $34 per ton.
Bags-1913, 7ac.
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, 35@38c doz.
Poultry-Live hens, 13@14c pound;
old ROSTERS, 8t@9c; turkeys, fat, live,
Zoe; geese, 9@12c; this years chick
ems, 15c; old ducks, lie; ducklings,
lac.
Ranch butter-20@22c pound.
Jobbing Prices-Fruits.
Apples - New, 75c@$1.75 box;
blackberries, 75c crate; cantaloupes,
$1.50@2 crate; crabapples, $1.25@
LOO for large boxes, 50@75c for small
boxes; grapes, Tokays, $1@1.25 box;
Black Prince, and Muscats, 75c box;
Concords, zoe basket; peaches, 400
Doc crate; pears, fancy, Eastern
Washington, $1@1.5O box; local, so
@90c; prunes, 75c box; watermelons,
Yakimas, a@ac pound.
Dressed Meats.
Beef-Prime beef steers, 12@12ac
pound; dressed cows, lie; heifers,
Nos. l and 2, 11ac pound.
Veal-14ac@16 pound.
Dressed pork-7@11c pound.
Pork-13c pound.
Mutton-Ewes, &c pound; wethers,
lO@1O3c; spring lamb, 12@13c.
Almonds, 18c pound; artichokes,
75c doz.; beets, s1@1.25 sack; bell
peppers, 5@7c pound, 75c box; Brus-
sells sprouts, 6@7c pound; cabbage,
lc; carrots, $1@1.25 sack; cauliflow-
er, $1.25 doz.; celery, 4O@50c; corn,
81 sack; cucumbers, 3O@4Oc dog. !:
eggplant, 6@sc pound, 81 box; let.
tuce, head, local, 3O@40c doz. hot
mousse, $l@1.25 box; onions, 75c@
$1.25 sack; parsley, 25c box; pota-
toes. local, $14@17 ton; sweet, 24c
pound; tomatoes, field grown, fancy.
zog4oc box; turnips, new, 81 sack :
"anuts, l6@16c pound.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
Woman Stays On Ballot.

San Francisco-Lucy Good White
name will remain on the November
ballot as a candidate for superior
Judge, so far as the courts are con-
cerned.
Judge Sewall has sustained the de-
murrer of the election commission to
the petition of Frank S. Sawyer for
an injunction preventing the printing
of Miss Whites name, on the ballot
on the ground that she is not an at
torney and therefore not eligible for
the office.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
Storing Grain at Albion.

Albion - Threshing machines and
combines have finished this seasons
run in this section and pulled in. Now
wheat hauling is the order of the day
and the warehouses are being taxed to
the limit to hold the grain. There
has been keen rivalry between the
farmers union and the farmers ALI
ance houses to see which would re-
ceive the most grain in one day. The
union held the record until last Fri
day, when the alliance received and
piled 354O sacks of grain. The un-
ions best day was 3400.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
BIG PRIZES OFFERED.
National Apple Show Recognized BY
Department of Agriculture.

National Apple Show Recognized BY
Department Of Agriculture.
Spokane ~ The Importance Of the
fifth national apple show to be held in
Spokane, November II to II, is recop-
nized by the United States depart
ment of agriculture, which will send
its expert in fruit Identification and
standardization to participate, in the
judging.
Officials of three large railroads are
taking great interest in the show,
backing up their support with liberal
cash contributions to the premium
lists. H. C. Sampson, vice president
and general manager of the apple
show, has received kilograms from
Louis w. Hill, chairman of the Great
Northern railway board of directors,
announcing contribution of $1,000;
from Howard Elliot, president North
ern Pacific, $1,000; from j. d. Far
rell, president, and J. P. O'Brien and
Robert E. Strahorn, vice presidents
of the Hartman lines in the North
west, $1,000. He received word from
James J. Hill, former president of the
Great Northern, that Mr.. Hill will
pay $1,000 for the best 100 boxes Of
apples exhibited at the show. Mr..
Hill will send representative here to
select the apples. Prizes aggregatine
$3.50 will be awarded.
The interest manifested by the de.
patment of agriculture is particularly
gratifying to those behind the apple
show. This action will be of material
aid to the campaign of education, or
which the show places great stress.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
COMPANY IN QUANDARY.
WeIIs-Fargo Liable to Arrest What
ever 1t Does.

~ we 81 o. .'NS'S ~ s"'S Ss ''''~s
ever 1t Does.
San Francisco-Wells-Fargo & Com
pany has appealed to the railroad
commission for relief from a situation
which it regards as serious. The
company ascribes its present dilemma
to the liquor situation in Los Gatos.
The town of Los Gatos is dry and le-
gally is "no-license territory under
the Wylie local option law. The trus-
tees of Los Gatos have threatened the
arrest of the Wells-Fargo officials if
they carry liquor into the city and the
Wells-Fargo men contend that if they
refuse to deliver packages in the city,
they are equally liable to arrest.
Here's the way the company puts
it's application to the railroad COM
mission:
"In view of the situation, your pc
titioner, as common carrier, is liza
BILE to suits for refusal to accept pack
ages addressed to persons in Los
Gatos, to be carried and delivered to
said person, and on the other hand, if
this company accepts and delivers the
same, which it is bound to do as a
common carrier, the agent of Wells
Fargo in Los Gatos is liable to be
prosecuted criminally for making such
delivery. The packages are subject
to the risk of seizure and destruction
by the public officials of Los Gatos.
"The service by common carriers to
the public is likely to be seriously dis
turbed and interrupted and your hon
orable commission is respectfully re-
quested and urged to investigate this
case and determine the duties and OBJ
legations of the petitioner as public
utility under the laws of the state.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
Good Apple Crop at Albion.

Abion-The farmers who have fin
ished hauling their grain are rushed
to the limit to get their fall work done
in time to attend the fair at Spokane.
A large acreage of summer fallow is
being sown and potato digging and
apple picking are in full blast. The
apple crop is one of the best in years
and the trees are loaded.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
Children Land Sturgeon.

Clarkston-Fou children, residents
of the Grand Ronde section, had a
unique fishing experience last week,
according to the story related by Post
master Bly, of BLY,, Wash. The chill
dren were fishing for sturgeon, when
one of these gigantic fish was hooked.
All Of the children, after a long per-
iod, managed to pull g. sturgeon to
shore that measured 81 feet in length
and dressed at nearly $50 pounds.
After getting the monster to shore he
was tied with ropes until assistance
could be secured.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
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.

Nearly all the railroads in Spain are
tied up by strikes.
The late Henry F. Dimock, a
wealthy steamship owner, left ST.
867, 229 as a gift to Yale college.
Sixty children from New York
founding asylum are on their way to
Nebraska, where they have been
adopted by farmers.
A Seattle man sent small black
bear as president to his uncle in the
East, who promptly returned the ami
NAL without thanks.
The estate of the late John Ar
buckle, the coffee king" appraised
at $50, 357, 1906, will be divided be-
tween his two sisters.
President Taft and Woodrow Wilson
stopped at the same hotel in Boston on
their campaigning trip, and had a
friendly visit together.
President Eliot, of Harvard univer-
sity, says late marriages are great
mistake, and advises men to marry as
soon as they start out in life.
DR.. V. H. Mailman, of Hot Springs,
Ark, declares persons sleeping near
quantities of dynamite or other high
explosives often get splitting head
aches therefrom.
Prof. J. S. Rickard, weather observ-
er at Santa Clara University, CAL,
predicts warm waves for the Pacific
Coast Oct. z to IL and "a to 20, fol-
lowed by hard frosts.
An Indian 80 years old rode SO
miles on horseback to pay a SIS debt
he had owed for seven years to an Ell
lensburg, Wash, man, and had been
unable to pay sooner.
Baroness de la Roche, a noted avia-
trice, was dangerously injured in an
automobile collision near Belleville-
Sur-Saote. Charles Voisin, an avia-
tor, was killed at the same time.
Students are required to sign a
pledge that they are not members Of
any student society and will not be-
come such, before they are enrolled in
the Vancouver, WASH, high school.
DR.. Sun Vat Sen denies the rumor
of discord in the new government OF
China.
Miss Elsie Crosse, daughter of the
American governor of Samoa, was
proclaimed a princess" by the ma
tives,
Government reports say crops all
over the world are greatly above the
average.
Taft urged before the national by
giene congress the establishment of q
National Health bureau.
A party of Frenchmen visiting Der.
lin say they are astonished at the evi.
dence of high living and luxury to be
seen everywhere.
Upon the peremptory demand of the
American ambassador, an American
confined in a Mexican Jail was re.
leased and placed in the hospital.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-04
Miners and Operators Firm.

Miners and Operators Firm.
Bingham, Utah-Attempts by lead
ers of the $500 copper miners on
strike here to obtain conference with
mine operators and both sides ex-
pressed determination to stand firm in
their positions. Superintendent ]. D.
Shilling, of the Utah Copper company,
said he had no knowledge of the COM
pany hiring strikebreakers. If it is
a waiting game" remarked ]. c.
Lowney. strike leader, 1--WE can stand
it as easily as the company" he had
no fear that the strikers could not
checkmate any move of the operators.