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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29
THINKS AMERICANS DIVIDED
huerta lntimates Wilson Is Not
Backed Up By People.

Washington, D. ordinations are
TpA'alned in Provisional President
nuerta's reply to the American note
presented pre- by John Lind that President
"i !. is not backed up by congress
VI ort me American people in his stand
asalnSt recognition of the Huerta gov
eminent.
n Aelerrlng to the attacks on the
b ~asn'ngton administration by mem
os ss u congress and pointing to the
S Sn.'id d recommendations of Ambassa-
oo ~, nienry Lane Wilson advising rec
Is sI h' Huerta declares he is entitled
nou W. recognized. He holds that the
row. lOeratlc party's power is tempo
bis ', anu argues that recognition of
I u government is a partisan question
tb. sle united States. He intimates
vol. ts ne reaches his conclusion on pri-
''e adVlces from Washington.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29
Sell Eggs Direct to Consumers.

Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
Wallis BY system Of marketing di-
rect from producer to consumer, farm
ers and other producers may obtain 5
or cents per dozen more than current
prices for strictly fresh eggs, while
the consumers in large cities may OBJ
tain strictly fresh eggs at or 6 cents
per dozen below current market prices.
These facts were learned in direct
market experiment, extending through
a year or more, conducted by the Poul-
try department of the Oregon Agricul-
tural college under the management of
Professor James Dryden.
During the time covered by the ex-
pertinent the eggs were gathered
daily, or twice day in very warm
weather, and kept in a cool place until
ready for shipment, usually three or
four days. They were then packed in
neat case containing IL dozen eggs
and shipped by express to Portland
consumers. Express charges on the
eggs were IS cents, the distance being
about 100 miles. Return charges on
the empty case were cents. Thus
the entire cost of transportation was
about cents per dozen. This charge
could be reduced one-half by shipping
two cases at time, as they could both
be sent and returned for the price of
one.
One of the main disadvantages of
the present system of marketing
through middlemen is the unbusiness
like method of buying from the pro-
Queer at one price for all grades.
Eggs are received in mixed lots, big
and little, clean and dirty, fresh and
stale, at the same price for all. But
they have not all the same value, and
when they are candled and classified
by the commission men, some are
found worthless and thrown out, others
inferior and quoted at lower prices,
while the strictly fresh eggs are made
to bear the loss on the poor ones, as
we'll as the profits of the dealers.
The direct market plan is giving ex-
Portland. In the course of year,
one customer received but two eggs in
damaged condition, and they were but
slightly cracked. The eggs were
cheaper than the public market eggs,
and in such good condition that his
small family used them by the case
without any loss.
That the system is practicable for
farmers and city consumers, Professor
Dryden has no doubt. The poultry
department of the O. A. c. is willing
to cooperate with farmers, through
the college extension division, in Sc
curing direct markets for limited
number of guaranteed eggs.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29
GEORGE ALEXANDER KILLED
Automobile Accident Is Fatal to
Type Foundry Manager.

San Francisco-In an automobile
accident near San Mateo George L..
Alexander, of this city, formerly of
Portland, Or, was killed and ]. S.
Andrews and Mrs. J. Spaulding and
Mrs. S. ]. Smith, of Oakland, were
injured. Mr.. Alexander, who was Pa
enc Coast manager of the American
type founders Company, was killed
almost instantly. Mr.. Alexander at
one time was manager of the Portland
branch of the company, and his broth
efS present manager of the Spokane
branch.
Inc accident was the result of an
enort Of another car to pass.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29
WOULD PUT END
TO SPECULATION
Secretary Lane Seeks to Aid
Bona Eide Settler.
Says Speculation il Bane Of West
Cannot Be Discovered I'm
til Too Late.

Portland, Drive ought to make
1t just as easy as possible for a man
to get home, and just as hard as DOS
siDle for q Spectator to get hold of
the public land and hold up the man
who wants to get home"
That is the conservation policy of
the Wilson administration, as enun-
ciated by Franklin K. Lane, secretary
OF the interior, who is inspecting the
proposed reclamation enterprises of
the Deschutes country.
1.-The trouble is that it is hard to
distinguish the homemaker," contin-
ued Mr.. Lane, speaking to the group
OF local Democrats who, with num-
Der OF persons interested in the public
land policy, welcomed him at his
headquarters at the Oregon hotel.
I'VE do want to weed out the specu-
lator, the man who is hired by the big
timber companies to locate the land
and then relinquish, and all others
who are not bona fde settlers" said
Mr.. Lane.
1T is the same with reclamation
projects as it is with the administra-
ton of the homestead laws" he as
serted. eve find that we have the
Spectator to contend with. Every
reclamation project, virtually, comes
to the government as bankrupt prop
osition. Reclamation bonds are a
drug on the market. Investors have
bit and been bitten, and they want no
more of them. So when the govern
ment takes hold of a project it finds
that q part of the land, or much of it,
often 40 to SO per cent, is privately
owned.
"The Spectator participates in the
benefits of the project, and then boosts
the price of his land to 500 or 5000
an acre. How to eliminate him is our
great problem. We don't want him
at all, but we can't tell who he is until
we have him on our hands. We would
have to look into mans very soul to
tell"
"Why not extend the time of pay
ment for reclamation benefits to bona
fide land-users, and decrease the time
for those who do not use the land, but
merely pay for the water to hold the
land for speculation asked ]. w.
Brewer, of Redmond, vice president Of
the Central Oregon Development
league.
IA very good idea" remarked Sec
rotary Lane, asking Mr.. Brewer to
outline it further.
II think proof of cultivation should
be required every year." said Mr..
Brewer, "that the period Of payments
should be extended to Is years, with
the first five years free, and that the
water benefits should be withheld af-
ter the land has not been cultivated
for three years"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29
PEOPLE Build D..
II BETTER ROADS
,,ooOo Volunteers Improve
''I Missouri Thoroughfares
81, and Children Also Help
Vo'rs rnor's Proclamation Brings
O0, ., OOO. 1000 Worth Benefits.

-, CITY. Mo. - Stumps were
.ihd i.d hills were reduced and
st'al' 1sr bad roads existed new and
Thefssttii grading resulted through
suDs ,I5;asonri' when 100000 or more
out . M,ss roadworkers of all classes
7Onn .etions in life joined with vim in
and sIa,,' Majors good roads program.
GOVERN tbe first day of a two days.
twas sig or of volunteer road building,
can1.pporssted by the governor and ex-
lnsus I to mean 81, 900, 600 in road bet
psSIsu nts to Missouri without a cent of
te sn,'I money cost to the state. Wives
' s.lsiting governors and women and
o. o. y. vs.; daughters in every county in the
tls,+ rn section joined in. the work,
s s.aainp, carrying water or otherwise
l l'Iu;ns the men. Business was prac-
l lt.iIlT suspended in many localities.
't ~h;s the first statewide movement
:. i tDcor of better roads, was expected
J. ID b ts not only an epoch in the develop
v w., " If Missouri, but an example that
% n,nH be followed by other states and
,sps lead to a general improvement of
s airb all over the United States.
sIet ours be the banner county,"
roc tbe slogan of every community.
w. Governor and Mr.. Hodges, of Kan
.,s came to Missouri to give their ac-
i've support to the work. They were
r r of Governor and Mrs. Major.
The The two governors donned their over
.rs and setting out from Jefferson
City,. we're among the first to get on
tho field of action. Mrs. Hodges
aided in serving to the workers fried
chicken which had been prepared by
Mrs. Major.
Women took an important part in
the campaign. The 5000 members of
tbe Missouri Federation of Women's
Climbs aided the movement in every
vay possible, and thousands of farm
ers' wives and other women prepared
and served meals to the workers.
1T has been one of the greatest
DAYS of my life,' ," said Governor Ma
jor. GAS boy l travelled over moth
ing but bad roads. l made up my
mind then if l ever got a chance l
would do all | could for better high
ways. The governor of Arkansas has
notified me he has set aside September
2and 3 for road work and I am happy
at the results. "
Il intend to fix two road days when
return home," said Governor Hold
ges. 1T is remarkable how many
have responded to Governor Majors
proclamaion.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29
ALASKA STEAMER HITS ROCK
Sinks in Three Minutes 40 People
Are Lost,


Juneau, Alaska Thirty-three pas
sengers and seven members Of the
crew Of the Pacific Coast Steamship
company's iron steamship State Of
California persisted at half past 8
o'clock Sunday morning in Gambler
Bay, 80 miles south Of juneau, when
the vessel struck an uncharted rock
and sank in three minutes, with many
passengers imprisoned in their state
rooms.
The steamship left Seattle Wednes-
day night for Skagway and way
points. Travel to the north is un-
usually heavy on account Of the STAN
pede to the Shushanna gold field. The
purser lost all Of his records, and it is
not possible to give complete list of
the missing.
A great hole was torn in the bottom
Of the State of California. Fifty-four
passengers sailed from Seattle on the
State of California and were booked
for Juneau and Skagway and pre-
sumably were on the ship when she
struck the rock. Twenty-Five passen-
gers were taken on board at Prince
Rupert, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Wran-
CELL and other points, and these also
were on the boat at the time Of the
disaster, making total of rs passen-
gers. Forty-three passengers were
rescued and taken to Juneau by the
steamship Jefferson, leaving 33 who
have persisted. Seven of the crew are
dead, making the total dead forty.
The figures of the number of pas
sengers are given by the Pacific Coast
Steamship company. They cannot be
verified by the purser, who lost all his
records. It is barely possible that
some of the 81 passengers booked to
sail from Seattle changed their minds
at the last moment.
The vessel and cargo, mail and ex-
press, are total loss. The ship was
valued at $500, 900. A number of
horses for use on the Shushanna trail
were on the vessel. The steamship
Jefferson of the Alaska Steamship
company, southbound, heard the wire
less call of the sinking steamship and
turned back to rescue the survivors,
who had taken to small boats and life
RATS. Ten of the passengers had
suffered so severely from exposure
that it was necessary to take them to
hospital in Juneau for treatment.
Miss Lillian Ward died after being
taken off life raft. The uninjured
survivors of the crew and passengers
were taken to Seattle on the Jefferson.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29
FARM z !.i;!5 ORCHARD
Notes and Instructions from Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
Specially Suitable Conons

control It. This is made with eight
pounds fresh burned stone lime. eight
pounds sulphur and so gallons water.
The lime is started Stacking with
not water, then the sulphur is added
ana as soon as the stacking is COM
pieted cold water is put in to check
the cooking and mixture is diluted to
oo gallons. When properly prepared,
this IS very effective, says writer in
Farm and Home, but much trouble has
been caused by allowing it to cook too
long, which results in more or less
scorching of the leaves.
The first application is made when
the shucks drop from the little peaches
and at this spraying two pounds ar
senate of lead may be used with each
81 gallons to control the curculio.
The second spraying is made three or
four weeks later and the third and
final application a month or more be-
fore the peaches ripen.
Prof. J. S. Norton of Maryland, was
able to obtain SO per cent of perfect
fruit, free from rot, black spot and
curculio, by the use of this mixture.
On the tree left unsprayed so per cent
of the fruit rotted.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29
Bear in Mind.

To set out a horse-radish bed, push
inch sections of small damp roots into
the ground along damp places and
stream banks; let them alone for two
years or 80.
Soaking field and garden seeds in
water from "a to 48 hours just prior
to planting, will hasten their germina-
ton and thus guard against their
chilling and rotting in the damp earth.
The farm garden, arranged with
long rows so the cultivation can be
done with horse, can be kept free
from weeds with little hand work.
With frequent cultivation there is lit
tie danger of weeds ripening their
seeds in such garden.
A tree is made. as man is made,
in its infancy. Unless the young trees
are correctly pruned from the very
first, they seldom make well-shaped
trees. On the other hand, badly
started scion can be nodded into a fine
tree.
Potato growers who are also fruit
growers would like to use lime-sulphur
sprays for both fruit diseases and po-
tato blight; but researches made by
the New York experiment station
prove it unsafe to spray potatoes with
the lime-sulphur solution. In 1911
and again in 1912, the use of the
newer fungicide resulted in dwarfing
of potato plants, while bordeaux mix
ture apparently increased the vigor OF
the plants and was an efficient protec-
tor against blight. Farm and Home.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29
Money Rains at Salem.

s,ein' Or.-It rained money in Sa-
thursday. The shower was in front
tim aa' lad & Bush bank, and for a
busv 81 Ian'erprlsing youngsters were
A was lasslng half dollars and quarters.
bsclass 'is-fa rgo express wagon had
men w., IN front of the bank, and two
denIr lau hold of a bag of coins. Sud
The H., one OF the men lost his hold and
burst;ss.a dropped to the street, a seam
ton Coins rolled in every direc-
Corral =. "a crowd of newsboys helped
piecs r .ne runaway coins and not one
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29
new Hampshire Bars I'm.

does ooe N. View Hampshire
boundsss; want Harry Thaw within its
enter. "' az In the event that he re-
procesd; sne state through deportation
fcation a In Canada and legal justi-
will ba Gan be found for the act, he
New Yos surrendered promptly to the
ton W.. OiA authorities. This declara-
Felke, 80 made by Governor Samuel d.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29
Horticultural Notes.

We ought to grow more peoples.
If brilliant show of color is wanted
one that is rich in tone without be-
ing in the least coarse-nothing will
produce it more effectively than the
Shirley strain of this flower. To Sc
cure most pleasing results SOW thickly
and broadcast. Do this and you will
get the effect of self-sown plant,
which will be far more satisfactory
than that resulting from sowing this
plant in beds or rows. The less prim
ness and formality in its culture the
better, says Eben E. Rexford, in Farm
and Home.
The great double poppy, with firing
ed petals, is to the annual flower gar
den what the peony is to a collection
of perennials. And the oriental vari-
ETY., with its enormous flowers as mag
nificent in coloring as in size, deserves
a place in the border, where it can do
more than any other plant can think
of, just now, to make the garden glor-
ious in summer. Cover its roots well
with leaves, in fall, and it will prove
quite hardy at the North.
The branching" variety of aster is
far and away the best of its family
for cutting. This kind has flowers of
good size and perfect form, each one
borne on stalk foot or more in
length. This makes it easy to do
effective work with it in vases or
bowls. I would advise three colors
only-pale pink, pure white and deli
cate lavender. These colors, either
singly or in combination, are always
sure to please, and so dainty are they
in tone and general effect that they
take away our liking for the varieties
Of stronger color, to great extent.
They harmonic so charmngly that one
never tires of them. The same is true
of the sweet pea, if we confine our
selection Of colors to pink, white, Law
ender and pale yellow. Grow these
delicately-tinted sorts, and you will
not care for the dark reds, blues and
puppies.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29
His Regret.

s'Have you anything to say" said
the Judge to the prisoner at the bar.
ssbefore sentence is pronounced against
your" "Only this, your honor. re-
piled the culprit, II hate awfully 70
be convicted of burglary on the testl-
mony Of man who kept his head I'M
der the bed clothes all the time.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29
wild Auto Jumps Road.

Cripple Greek, Col.-Wlth IL orlvef
killed by bolt Of lightning, an auto
mobile bearing two women. baby
and another dead man, ran unguided
down q steep embankment on the
road north Of Cripple Greek and hurled
over the side Of the road. Neither q
the women nor the baby was seriously
injured. 81. w. Lyle, Of this city,
and Oscar Avery, Of Wichita Falls,
Tex, the men in the party, were IN
stantly killed while they and their
wives and the Lyle baby were return
ing from q picnic party near here.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29
Old Tree Changes Fruit.

Colfax, Wash.-A remarkable freak
in fruit was brought to Colfax Monday
from the S. s. Miller ranch, IL miles
south of here. The fruit appears to
be cherry, but is not quite the shape
or color Of Bing cherry, which 1t
strongly resembles. Growing on the
same limb with the fruit. which II
dark red in color, are Green Gage
plums. The tree 10 80 years old. The
leaves are plum leaves and the tree
has always borne Green Gage plums.
This year it is covered with the freak
fruit. and also many regular plums.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29

Oilcloth or other coverings are out Of
place on shelves in the cellar. The
edges cannot lie close enough to the
shelves to prevent spiders, ants and
other insects from finding a hiding
place there. It Is better to give the
shelves coating Of some good paint
that dries with q hard enamel-iike
finish.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29

To tablespoons grated chocolate,
add l scant cup sugar, ] cup milk, and
beat until dissolved. Boil 2 cups
milk, add,,2 tablespoons flour wet up in
milk, and l whole egg, and 2 egg
yolks, all beaten together. Now add
the first named ingredients and cook q
few minutes until thick. Use whites
of eggs for meringue.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29
So Carelees.

Two little girls had a bird given to
them, and were very anxious to see it
battle. On seeing it get into the wa
ter for the first time, the three-yearss
old child exclaimed: why, declare!
If it isn't getting right into the water
with all its feathers on ~
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29
shush.nna Gold Rush Unabated.

victoria, B. G. Advices from tne
North indicate that the rush 70 the
Shushana gold fields continues without
shatement. It is impossible even 70
est;mate the total number that have
either reached the camp or are on the
trail, but upwards Of 1000 nave zone
Is from Fairbanks, Dawson ana Alas -
ian =. coast towns, while at least l6oO
have ,1 started over the Scolai Pass Dy
way Of Cordova Bay.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29
Youthful Lo9ician.

"Now, Edgar, " said the teacher to
one of the members Of the primary
class in grammar, what il the plural
of tomato?n ssKetchup, was the
prompt, but unexpected reply.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29
Planting the Vegetable Garden.

Planting the Vegetable Garden.
1t is not always advantageous to
plant the garden as early as possible.
Under certain conditions Nature hast
ems the growth Of late planted seeds so
that the difference in time of their ri
pening will not accord with the differ
ence in paintings. This is particular
ly the case when the season il late and
rainy.
Plant for succession of the differ
ent vegetables. A garden in which
most of the planting is done at about
the same time will not give as good
results as where period of time clap
ses between the second, third or
fourth paintings of the same vegeta-
bles. Particularly is this true Of
peas, says Farm and Home. Where a
number of different varieties were
tried the best results were obtained
from one or two varieties planted in
succession.
In sweet corn, however, this was
not so apparent. 1t was found best to
rely on fseveral varieties as well as
successive paintings. If the season
was backward or. the paintings made
unusually early, sweet corn seemed to
be very slow in growth. On the other
hand, the corn planted later would
grow very fast under favorable condi-
tions and almost catch up with the
first paintings. To overcome this diff
Guilty it was fs1nd advisable to- rely on
the paintings Of different varieties.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29
Evidently Some Snorer.

A woman woke her husband during
storm the other night, and said n
81 do wish you would stop snoring
for / want to hear it thunder. =
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-29
Preventing Peach Rot.

Rot is the worst enemy Of peach
growing in the Southern peach belt.
The self-boiled lime-sulphur mixture
has proved to be the best material to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-31

heard from, their wages are declared
forfeited to the United States. The
penalty Tor desertlou is nne ana i'm.
prisOnmeDt as well as loss Of citizen
chip.
The reward for the recovery of a
deserter may not exceed $50. and for q
straRgler the limit it SO. This sum.
together with any expenses incurred
by the person capturing and delivering
q deserter OF straggIer. when il is paid
10y the government Is charged against
the account Of the man If the enlist
ed man hnds be has been left ashore
and If he really had no intention Of
Deserving be may report 10 the nearest
GRval station or If in d foreign country
TO the United States consul When
this - done he is Immediately tax
en- Of the deserters' roll and accounted
merely as straggler. the punishment
for which as a rule Is lighL-Msrine
JOuFuul
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-31
NAVAL DESERTERS.
They Face Fine, Imprisonment and
Loss Of Citizenship.

They Face Fine, imprisonment and
Loss Of Citizenship.
Every time a fleet OF naval vessels
visits port there are sure 10 be q num-
Der of deserriCus These come about
from various causes. and among tie
deserters is always large percentage
Of recruits that come from inland
states. To these young men the con
inemeut Of "a ship ana daily drills
soon become irhsome This. added
TO sensicSuess. 20 which they are al
most invariably subject. produces an
Irresistible desire 70 desert In 9th
er instances deserJiOus come about
through the men becoming intoxicated
and practically irresponsible While on
shore leave. In the meantime their
vessel may sail These men are not at
first termed deserters, but are set
down as straEglers. II, however, after
Il period OF ten days nothing is heard
from them by the ships officers they
are then considered de.erterS.
At the END 81 the ten day limit their
allotment is stopped. the bureau Of
navigation Is notified. and in con
formify to an act Of congress. their
effect, are sod before the mast. The
amount realized is placed to their ac-
count aud the latter transferred TO the
deserters roll At the end OF six
months. II they still have not been