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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-25
Garden and Orchard.

Evergreens make call the differ
ence" in the winter garden. They
brighten and enliven gardens other
wise winterkilled, bleak and bare.
The Importance Of the gooseberry
in England is shown by the fact that
in the county of Kent there are 5000
acres devoted to this fruit. Ameri-
cans do not half appreciate it, says G.
Wall in Farm and Home.
Give Golden Ball lettuce trial. It
is round and compact, as the name i'm
plies, and must be sown thinly, as it
has tendency to rot if closely set.
In color it inclines to yellow, is Of
good flavor and nice to garnish or for
salad. Boston curled is also very
desirable kind, being tender and fine
favored, and is not inclined to seed
early, fault of many kinds.
Last spring / planted a piece of
gravelly loan to sunfowers. They
grew very rank, some having heads
measuring from 9 to IL inches across.
When harvested the sunfower seed
was fed to SOW that had farrowed 10
pigs in June. No feed that have
ever used gave faster gain with this
SOW and pigs.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-25
Tariff Board Is Discussed.

San Francisco Plans to bring about
the appointment Of permanent nom
partisan tariff commission by the gov
eminent were discussed at the meeting
of the Is directors of the chambers OF
commerce Of the United States who
are visiting San Francisco on their
10, OOO-mile tour Of II states. The
$50 commercial bodies, national and
municipal, that compose the organiza-
ton have voted in q referendum in
favor Of the appointment Of such a
commission.
The directors voted to empower the
president of their organization and the
executive committee to appoint spe-
cial committee to confer with Presi-
dent Wilson, Secretary of Commerce
Redfeld and Chairman Underwood. OF
the ways and means committee OF
congress.
In this manner the views OF the
chambers Of commerce of the United
States upon the appointment OF the
tariff commission will be submitted
formally to the government.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-25
Portland Couple Lost in Blizzard
On Mt. st. Helens.

North Fork Logging Camp, Wash
Giving up all hope of recovering, for
at least four or five days, the bodies Of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Smith, of Port
land, who were lost in blizzard on
Mount st. Helens Sunday, July 6, 26
mountaineers returned here.
They were completely exhausted
from hardships and exposure encoun-
tered in the week they have been
searching the snow fields.
Settlers of the North Fork Of Lewis
river and mountaineers and trappers Of
the Mount st. Helens country, who
have been securing the snowfelds for
a week, have narrowed the search
down to one particular place on the
mountain which cannot be reached
until the weather is good and the snow
has melted.
The tracks Of the missing couple
were found near the top Of the noun
tain on Friday, and were followed to
point where they went down q steep
slope with rock formation on one
side and snow field on the other. It
is believed the couple went down over
this slope and persisted. Because Of
the storms on the mountain it has not
been possible for the searchers to
make their way down this slope.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-25
Mrs. Smiths Body Found.

woodland, Wash.-Word was re-
S S;V here that the body of Mrs.
WI S,aLOn Smith, of Portland, who, with
N aet husband, was lost on Mount St.
1Oae has been found. 1t was about
svua ieet from the place that Mr..
'l NJ body was discovered.
" Is supposed that Mrs. Smith met
d Al, u E IN much the same way as
t.u.i aer husband, whose body was
n sana at the bottom Of a 3OO-foot
rso~ OF Ice and lava above Toutle
Non ,Oa' :, on the southwest slope OF
tb. tu " b. Helens. 1t is apparent
s, s. MI. and Mrs. Smith became sep
dove a'su While trying to make their way
Snra, 'ne mountain in the blizzard OF
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-25
| BRYAN REPLIES TO JAPAN
Diplomatic Victory Is Complete
Now Up to Courts.

Washington, D. C.-The American
reply to the last two Japanese notes
on the California anti-alien land law
has been delivered by Secretary Bryan
to Ambassador Chinda, who at once
cabed it to Toxic. AS in the case of
the preceding notes, the contents of
the latest one were withheld from
publication.
There is some expectation in official
circles that the delivery of this last
note will conclude the negotiations on
this subject between the two countries
for the present at least, if not alto
gether.
1t is declared that the American re-
ply to the various points of objection
to the California legislation has been
made 50 complete as to remove most
Of them from the field of discussion.
Even in cases where the Japanese con-
tentlons have not been manifestly
completely negative, the expert diplo-
natlsts are said so to have framed
their responses as to reduce the points
70 clear issues, which probably can be
ADJUSTED only on the basis of judicial
decisions.
Unless the Japanese foreign Office
concludes that there is something in
ae American note delivered last re-
curing Immediate attention and reply
PROBABLY there will be no further Dip
Omatc exchange for at least another
month At the expiration of that
June the Webb alien land-owning act
viii become effective and the way will
N opened for a judicial test of its
c'nstitutionality.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-25
SUMMON MEXICAN
N MINISTER HOME
President to Confer in Person
With Representative.
, .,,.u of Ambassador Doubtful
hs steD Long Contemplated, Says
' Secretary Bryan.

..hir0ton. D. C.-The announce
NS mas made formally at the White
men' "+ that Ambassador Wilson had
House summoned from Mexico City fol
been nf sr with the President on the
Mexican situation. g..
Oo n aaid that this step had been in
Bryan .amn1ation for some time. He re-
cOns5D +p discuss a suggestion that this
f Issam ~ indicated the ambassadors
s. .aoII and was not brought about by
feea Luton of the diplomatic body in
,as i City in formulating a joint
neA nlsint against the attitude of the
f %.itod States toward the Huerta gov
eminent. o+ oo.e
,,n Nv, tbe report of the meeting of
s ssrsigp representatives in Mexico.
T 1y is much speculation in official
ir r.los regarding Ambassador Wilson's
s sD+nrp but it is believed generally
. . his return to the Mexican capital
!. bv no means certain.
President Wilson has received re-
,pntlv reports from individual Ameri-
ssn. NOT connected with the State de-
, .artment on Mexican condition, SO that
r will be prepared to take up the dis
.nssion with the ambassador with con-
Siderable personal knowledge on the
subject.
tits not necessary to return Mr. Will
aOD to Mexico, the embassy there
would be left in charge of Secretary
O'Sbaughnessy. Thus its status would
correspond to that of the Mexican en-
bassv in Washington, which is under
the care of Secretary Algeria. Rec
ignition of the Huerta regime would
be involved in the dispatch to that
country of a new ambassador.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-25
SET YOUNGER INDIANS FREE
Secretary Would Make Citizens Of
Capable Red Men.

| Washington, D. C.-"The creates
service we can do for the Indian Is !,
set him free, " and ssthe Indian buraa,
should pc vanishing bureau, !, sail
Secretary Lane in letter to Repre
sentative Ferris, of Oklahoma. re
speeding the proposed investigation .,
the Indian service.
Secretary Lane is impressed will
the idea that the government has one
consistent philosophy, either as to leg
islatlon or as to administration touch
ing Indian affairs. ;, He wrote:
An examination should be mad.
into Indian affairs, and it should b
most searching. am satisfied that i
will be easy to discover a large mum.
Der OF wrongs that have been done the
Indians and certain and serious defect,
in our method Of handling them.
Instead of temporary commits
sion, which can do little more than I'm.
earth various matters Of scandal in
the various agencies (some of which
are now being examined into), trust
the congress will see fit to establish q
permanent commission which shall su.
persede the present system of admin
istration and be granted the fullest
power necessary to reorganize the bu-
reau.
This commission should be given
such powers as will permit it to de-
centralize the administration of Indian
affairs, allowing greater authority to
competent, well-paid agents in the
field.
81 am satisfied from what examina-
ton have made that there are tens
of thousands of so-called Indians,
whose property to greater or less
extent is under the control of this bu-
reau, who are as competent to attend
to their affairs as any men or women
of the white race. There are thou
sands of others of the half-blood who
are an expense to the government,
who should not be regarded as depend
ent, but who should be given their
property and allowed to shift for them
selves.
The mature full blood Indian who
is without education or the ability to
care for his own affairs, must remain
ward in our hands. The children of
these Indians, however, should within
a generation be part of the Ameri-
can people, living outside of reserva-
lions and taking up the burdens and
responsibilities of all other citizens.
Their education should be such as to
bring this result and end the bureau.
.sThese questions of policy are fund
amental. To deal with this matter
adequately, the investigation proposed
should be one that searches for causes,
not for symptoms.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-25
california Potato Hit.

c,s '~pia' Wash. = Declaration of
'ine against all CALIFORNIA;
new doIp potatoes is threatened by the
count ~ =. of agriculture, on ac-
a naw .ne prevalence of tuber moth.
shiDmssna4ul dangerous pest, on potato
Norris from the South. T. o..
fculh,n ueputy commissioner of ag-
ers IL, e, mas asked the attorney gem
ets in tba formal ruling as to his pow
anew we n matter. The tuber moth is
EYES Of p ts which lays it's eggs in the
IN the ,o we potato. The worms burrow
'' root and destroy its food value.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-25
Mysterious Power Guides.

Tacoma, Wash. Directed by some
mysterious power to the spot where
her son, E. B. Mygatt, on June 20,
leaped from Lincoln bridge, Mrs. G.
P. Mygatt, Of Independence, Mo-, ac-
companied by w. II Mygatt, her other
son, went straight from the depot to
the scene Of the tragedy and an
nounced to the young man that they
were on the spot where his brother
died.
Mrs. Mygatt had no guide, she only
knew Edward Mygatt met his death
by leaping from Lincoln bridge. She
did not know the location of the
bridge, and asked no questions, but
found the exact spot.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-25
Protection Of Sheep From Poison
Gus Plants.

The only known way to prevent sheep
poisoning by poisonous plants is to keep
them away from infested pastures and
ranges when they are very hungry for
green feed, is the conclusion reached
by Mr.. G. R. Sampson, instructor IN
animal husbandry at the Oregon Agri-
cultural college, after exhaustive re-
search. Inquiries have come to the
college for methods of prevention and
cure, and in reply Mr.. Sampson says:
Several plants poisonous to sheep
are normally found in many localities.
Sheep frequently come in contact with
them without serious injury. When
pastures become poor, due to drought
or overstocking, or when sheep are
first put on summer range, deaths
sometimes occur and serious losses
may follow.
Treatment of poisoned sheep is
very difficult, as the animal frequently
shows little sign of sickness until a
few minutes before death. Regurgita-
ton or vomiting after food has reach
ed the digested stage is nearly impos-
sible for the sheep, SO that emetics
are of little avail, and physic works
too slowly to get the poison out quick
enough. These treatments which may
relieve poisoned people, are less eff
cient for sheep, because of the more
complicated stomach Of the latter.
For the same reason, antidotes are
difficult to get into action unless ad-
ministered hypodermically, and unfor-
tunately the commoner plant poisons
in sheep do not yield readily to known
treatments.
cit is therefore evident that sheep
should either be kept away from pas
lures infested with poisonous weeds,
or only allowed on such pastures when
there is an abundant growth of whole
some plants and after the sheep have
been allowed to eat their fill on unin-
tested pastures.
tLarkspur, loco weed, wild parsnip,
poison oak, sage brush and laurel, are
all more or less injurious to sheep and
will cause death if the sheep eat much
of them or if ssthey are compelled to
subsist to too great an extent on these
plants. The fact that sheep normally
run on pastures containing one or
more of these plants and yet suffer no
ill effects, simply indicates that these
plants are not relished by sheep so
much as are normal forage plants, and
will be left very largely alone unless
pasture becomes poor.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-25
FRIEDMAN CURE DERIDED
New York Doctor Declares seDis-
cOvery" Absolute Failure.

Tacoma, Wash.-With physicians of
national prominence attending, the
Washington Association for the Pre-
vention of Tuberculosis opened its an
nual convention here. DR.. G. Quevil.
president of the association, in his adj
dress, spoke of the friedman cure.
which he investigated on q recent trip
to New York. Although he had had
many Of Friedmann's patients under
observation, he was unable to find a
single case in which any benefit from
the treatment was apparent.
DR.. Livingston Ferrand, Of New
York, secretary Of the National As
sociation for the Prevention and Re-
lief of tuberculosis, placed Fried
mann's cure on an equality with
Colonel Mulberry Sellers eyewater
for the millions Of India
Not only has it been demonstrated
as an absolute failure, said DR.. Fer
rand, shut an immense amount Of
harm has been done throughout the
country by DR.. Friedman. MANY
spent all they had to get to New York,
mortgaging their homes, and, worst Of
all, great many dropped the safe
and-sane method of treatment when
they were doing well. DR.. friedman
has used the cruelest kind of exploita-
ton in our country.
1.-THE segregation of tubercular pa
tients, rest, plenty of fresh air, proper
food and treatment by competent ply
sicians are the elements of the only
remedy known today for consumption.
There is no absolute cure, but if the
disease is taken early enough and the
proper treatment is followed one may
be reasonably sure of regaining
health"
DR.. Quevil spoke of the great de-
crease in the death rate from tuber-
culosis in the state of Washington.
In 1911, he declared, there were 1910
deaths, while in 1912 there were Ills,
a decrease of over 100.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-25
Big Return From Garden.

1t is astonishing the amount of gar
den produce one may raise on small
patch of ground. Last year from a
plot 75x132 feet family of four were
supplied with fresh vegetables all
summer. Besides using all the early
potatoes needed, 80 bushels were put
into the cellar together with enough
onions, carrots, parsnips, satisfy and
cabbage to supply the family for the
winter, writes an authority in Farm
and Home.
Six 5O-foot rows Of popcorn pro-
duced 81 bushels. One 50-foot row of
string beans by carefully picking, that
none got too old, provided the family
with these, besides enough to pickle
and can % quarts. Not a pod was
wasted. One 50-foot row Of beets
sufficed for summer pickles, canning
Is quarts, and as much more to give
away. Thirty tomato plants furnish
ed enough for use fresh and the win
ter's supply of canned tomatoes, be-
sides selling two bushels.
From 80 currant bushes, 10 goose
berry bushes, and three 50-foot rows
of red raspberries, many quarts OF
fruit were used fresh, Is quarts
canned and enough sold to buy the re-
manning fruit needed for the rest Of
the canning. A bed of asparagus and
of pieplant is found at the end of the
garden.
How was it done? The ground is
kept we'll fortified, well worked, and
complete rotation of crops is prac-
ticed. Every foot of ground is used.
Small vegetables like radishes, let
tuce, onions, etc., are planted IA inch
es apart. The first little rows Of rad
ishes are planted between the currant
bushes, as the early cultivation helps
them. The two succeeding crops OF
radishes were put in wherever any
seeds failed to grow, so we do not lose
the use Of any ground. Plant squash
es in with the corn, leaving four hills
square between the squash hills.
Plant no more Of anything than you
will use, and can what cannot be used
fresh, letting nothing go to waste.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-25
BOYS FRANKS
KILL TWELVE
Los Angeles Interurban Trains
Crash Together.
Injured Probably 2oo.. Many Of
Whom Will Die Crowds Mob
Photographers.

Los Angeles To ''horse play" by
youths who played with the train
whistle is attributed the loss Of about
IL lives and the injuring Of some 200
persons near here Sunday night. Two
Pacific Electric trains collided, tele-
scoping two cars and wrecking an
other at Vineyard station, in the city
limits.
Three trains loaded with excursion
lists from the beaches at Venice had
stopped at q curve where switch il
turned. The last train began moving
forward while the foremost trains re-
NAMED at standstill.
Carol Bartholomew, the conductor
of the last car on the center train.
jumped to the track with his light to
flag" down the approaching car.
Some youths on his train, say some
passengers who escaped death, pulled
the whistle in jest. This, it was ex-
planned by railroad men, was interpre-
ted by the motorman Of the moving
train, as the signal to come hahead.
With crash Of breaking glass,
splitting timbers, mems groans and
women's screams, the motor car of
the last train plunged into the rear of
the center train. The youths who had
played with the whistle were crushed
in the debris.
The two colliding cars were nearly
telescoped. The second car of the sta
tionary train was almost demolished.
The motorman Of the moving train,
hearing the whistle, had given full
speed ahead. The curves evidently
had prevented his seeing the standing
cars of the next train. The third
train was not affected. The three
trains were said to have been running
at three-minute intervals.
Most of the killed were cut into
pieces. Their Identification was slow.
Special trains rushed the injured to
Los Angeles hospitals and the dead to
morgues here.
The cries of the wounded could be
heard above the din of the crowd,
which became frantic and which
mobbed the newspaper photographers
who tried to take pictures Of the
wreck.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-25
Use for Mouldy Berries.

Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
Wallis" Just look here, = exclaims
many disappointed housekeeper
these damp summer mornings.
ssThese loganberries are all mouldy.
They are such lovely berries that | 90
hate to throw them away. Well,
don t do it, then. Just turn them IN
to 4 delicious drink or sparkling Jell,
for which purposes they are excellent.
of course, most people have mol
known this, and as q result have de-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-25
Big Value of Farm Manure.

Manures benefit the soil by adding
chemical elements and supplying it
with organic matter. The organic
matter by decomposition forms humus.
A soil deficient in humus has lost its
power to retain water for the growing
crop, according to Farm and Home
contributor.
Organic matter can be added to the
soil by growing and blowing under
green crops, but this method adds but
little new chemical material. On the
other hand, when farmers attempt to
keep up fertility by applying CONNER
cial fertilizers alone the soil will
eventually become depleted of humus.
This makes necessary the keeping of
stock and saving and properly apply
ing the manure.
The value of farm manures depends
chiefly upon the kind and quality of
the feeds used and the. class of stock
kept. The first is by far the most
important. On an average three
fourths of the manurial value of the
feed is voided by the animals in the
manure, and in case of certain chem
ical elements with some stock nearly
all of it is voided.
There are several good ways Of saw
ing and applying manure. We as
farmers have to consider how we can
save all of the chemical elements and
at the same time handle it and get it
to the fields with the least labor. In
the first place the stable floors should
be tight SO that the liquid portion of
the manure containing the nitrogen
cannot get away. Even in cases where
a large amount of bedding is used, if
the floor is poor some of the liquid
portion will leach away.
Bedding should be used, even though
the floors are tight, as it adds greatly
to the comfort of the animals, and
when it is of the right sort, it adds to
the quality Of the manure. A con-
siderable portion Of the organic mat
ter of manure is in the bedding. A
shed with tight cement floor and q
good roof, in which manure is kept
wet down to prevent fermentation,
makes good manure, but is often OBJ
jectionable because of extra expense.
Farm and Home.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-25
ARMOR PLATE MILL IS ASKED
Government Would Save $40 Ton,
or 81, OOO, 900 Year.

Washington, D. C.-Naval experts
figures, showing that a government
armor plate factory costing So, 466, 600
would save $40 ton on armor, or
more than 81, 900, 900 net year, were
submitted to congress by Secretary
Daniels. The secretary's report was
sent in response to senate resolution
and supplemented previous state
ment issued by him advocating gov
ernment-owned armor plant.
Mr.. Daniels asked instructions to
make full, thorough and early inves-
tigation of the cost of an armor plate
factory and the cost of manufacturing
armor plate in factories owned by con-
Germs dependent on government pat
ronage.
Reviewing the situation in his re-
port, the secretary said the accepted
plan had been that the Bethlehem, Car
negie and Midvale plants should get
the armor work at practically their
own prices.
"This step having been taken, he
said, cit clearly followed that the
manufacturers themselves conceded
that, one-third of the work coming to
them without much reference to the
price, they have not overlooked the
advantage of putting in bids practi-
cally at the same figure and at the
same rate. They have argued that if
one of them put in a bid much lower
than the others the only result would
be that the other two firms would have
to come down in their price to that of
the bidder in the eventual distribution
Of the work.
He explained that the European
countries, France, Italy and Russia,
have sought relief from the high cost
of armor plate by the operation OF
aforementioned plants, while Japan
has built two government factories.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-25
Slit Skirt Vexes Mayor.

Richmond, Va.-Mayor Ainslle ana
police Chief Werner made the first
arrest here Thursday for the wearing
IF slit skirts. Blossom Browning IS
the name the young prisoner gave at
the station house. Women furnished
hail for her appearance in Police court.
The girl contends that her dress was
the fashion. was bought in 9 licensed
DEPARTMENT store, suited her taste and
she has retained counsel to defend her.