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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
IDAHO TRADES FOREST HOLDINGS
All State School Sections in Federal
Reserves Go to United States

Newport-More than 100000 acres
of timber land in the Kaniksu Ma.
tional forest will be transferred to the
state of Idaho as soon as the prelm.
mary formalities have been compiled
with. The grantor will be the United
States government. In return for this
large tract of valuable timber land
near Newport the state of Idaho will
transfer to the government all of the
school sections in the various forests
of the state.
The forest area of Idaho comprises
about 81 per cent of the total area Of
the state, and it is asserted that the
school land will be about equal the
amount of timber land selected in the
Kaniksu forest. 1t is also claimed that
the value of the properties transferred
will practically be equal. The state,
by this trade, will have all it's timber
lands in one tract, very desirable
thing in case of sale being made to
any large syndicate. 1t will be able
to protect it's timber in a better man.
ner from forest fires than when scat
tered in the various forests.
The land selected in the Kaniksu
forest comprises all of the timber land
east of Priest Lake and Priest River
and extends nearly to Newport. 1t
is heavily timbered, large portions of
it having heavy stands of white pine,
timber that is rapidly becoming
more valuable and scarce.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
RichIand News Notes.

Richland.-Many Improvements are
being made in and around Richland.
r. A. Williamson, of Olympia, is hav-
ing dwelling erected on his 65-acre
tract northwest of town.
A. Schaefer has let the contract for
six-room bungalow on his tract near
the Yakima bridge.
T. J. Chalcraft, of Garfield, Wash,
R. H. Clough, of Snohomish, Wash, H.
G. Wright, of Tacoma, and o. w. Nc
Aulay, of Pasco, Wash, have come in
this week and are leveling, fluming
and otherwise preparing their tracts
for spring planting.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume Of Worlds Important
Events Told in Brief.

The Ohio river, now rising rapidly
is threatening trouble at Louisville.
Revised estimates place the number
of dead at Dayton at not over 1000.
Looters begun work at the scenes
of the Ohio disaster, four already hav-
ing been shot.
Smallpox and diphtheria have brok-
en- out among the flood refugees at
Lafayette, Ind.
Captain Roald Amundsen, has con-
tracted for two areoplanes, to be used
in arctic explorations.
Portland, Or, sends her first INSTALL
ment of relief money to flood suffer-
ers, amounting to $500.
President Wilson contemplates 60
ing to the flooded districts of the Mid
die West to direct relief work in per-
son.
Governor Cox, of Ohio, believes the
property loss in Ohio will exceed the
losses by the San Francisco earth
quake and fire.
A church is the only building left
standing in the little town of Sterling,
ILL.,, after the cyclone passed.
Director Bicknell of the Red Cross,
has left for Omaha to take personal
charge of relief measures. He pre-
viously had instructed Red Cross
agents in Chicago and st. Louis to hur-
ry on to Omaha ahead of him.
Portions of Ohio and West Virginia
are threatened by high water. Rivers
and other streams are out of their
banks. Many places have been par
TALLY inundated, necessitating hun
dreds of families vacating their
homes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
DEMAND FOR LIVE STOCK.
PaIouse Country Farmers Offering
Fancy Prices for Cows.

Colfax.-There is an unprecedented
demand for live stock in the Palouse
country. Cattle, sheep and hogs are
in demand at prices that would have
been regarded as fabulous short time
ago. There is a strong demand for
dairy cows and for sheep for breeding
purposes. Fancy prices are offered for
these, but there are not enough to sup
ply the demand.
Henry Larkin, a local stock dealer,
recently imported carload of jersey
cows from the Willamette Valley, IN
Oregon, and these were sold at pub
lie auction. There were eight 2-year
old heifers in the lot and these SOLD
for $50 a head. The others were COWS,
ranging from 8 to 6 years old, ana
these sold for $50 to $110 a head, the
entire lot Of cows and heifers averag
ing $50 head. Mr.. Larkin is being
urged to make another shipment, as
there is a large, unsupplied demand
for such cattle here now. He expects
to bring in another shipment OF tWo
carloads in the. near future.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
PLANS AT w. S. C. READY.
Those for New Building to Be Sub
mitted April Second.

mitted April Second.
Pullman.-The plans for the me-
chanics art building for Washington
State College are ready for submission
to the board of regents at it's regular
annual meeting on April 2. The plans
provide for a structure to cost $780,
900, and it is hoped to have the con-
tract let and work begun early this
spring in order that at least one wing
of the building may be finished by the
opening of school next September.
There will be many changes in the
faculty in April. Professor Thatcher,
who resigned as director of the ex-
pertinent station and head of the de-
partment of agriculture, will leave
April "a for the Minnesota Agricul-
tural College, where he begins work
May / as agricultural chemist at a
salary much larger than he received
here. Professor George Severance,
who has been head of the Puyallup
experiment station for two years,
comes to Pullman to take the depart
ment of agriculture early in April. DR..
Hall, the new plant pathologist, who
succeeds DR.. Humphrey, resigned, will
be here about April 10, prepared to
begin his duties.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
FLOOD CUTS OFF CAIRO, ILL.
Refugees From Other Points Are
Again In Danger.

Springfield, Ill.-Illinois is fast be-
coming the center of flood distress.
Startling messages telling of danger
have been received by Governor Dunno
and Adjutant General Dickson, indi-
eating that Shawneetown and Cairo
are in immediate danger of being in
undated. Other towns are in distress.
At midnight Governor Dunno re-
ceived word that telegraphic commu-
nication with Cairo had been suddenly
cut off. The governor fears that the
breaking of communication means
that the levee has collapsed.
The governor personally is directing
the mobilization of troops to go to the
scene and the rushing of supplies.
The governor later received a mes
sage from Cairo saying that the water
was within one foot of the top of the
levee which protects the city and that
the river was still rising.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
State to Sell Tide Lands,

Olympia. - Owners of extensive
building property on some of the valu-
able tide lands in the bay here have
been informed by the state land COM
missioner that when the land under
their buildings is sold April 5, as pres
ent orders provide, their buildings will
go with it, and they can recover moth
ing from the state or the purchasers
for them.
1t appears that the owners of these
buildings hold no legal lease to the
tide lands, which are valued at approx
imately from $500 to $500 an acre,
being much in the nature of squatters.
The state has just ordered the sale of
the land, and spirited bidding is an
ticipated owing to the value of the
structures
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
capjtaI Stock Raised.

Eltopia.-Articles of incorporation
have been filed by the Utopia stare
bank, with capital stock of $lO,Uoyy'
The 1ncorporators are Felix Van Hor
lebeke, Robert Jahnke, L. r. Pricnaru'
H. M. Owen and w. C. BannermaHi
The officers are Robert Jahnke pres
dent of the First National Bank ", y,
Pasco, president; Felix Van HolleoehSS
of Walla Walla, vice president, ana a
w. G.. Bannerman. cashier. The tnr q
named, with w. H Sutherland ana a. q.
M. Owen, comprise the board OF ,o ~
rectors. The bank was started in lSuo
on capital of $4,000; this "''
raised in 1907 to $4,000.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
Barley Frozen at WaIIa WaIIa,

Walla Walla.- Barley planted in the
district north of Walla Walla and this
side OF the Touchet River has been
frozen out, according to farmers who
came here to buy seed barley. The
cold wave has done much damage to
this crop, they say. There has been
no similar damage to the wheat crop
because this grain can stand the lower
temperatures. The farmers are max
ing protest at paying as high as $50
ton for seed barley when the buying
price for barley is $21 and $22 a ton.
The dealers claim the difference is
due to the cost of cleaning the seed.
The cold weather's principal damage,
aside from the barley loss, is in delay
to spring work on farms.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
OHIO RIVER
SWEEPS CITIES
Citizens of Huntington, ". Va,
Rescued By Boats.
Militia Called Out-GOvernOr Visits
Scene-12 Persons Missing
and Damage Immense.

Huntington, W. Va.-This city is
in total darkness, is facing both food
and water famine, and $4,000 of the
40 900 inhabitants are homeless.
Twelve persons are reported missing
and the property damage, according to
close estimates, will amount to nearly
$1,000 900.
Sunday afternoon at O'Clock the
river reached stage of 66.2 feet, the
highest in the history of Huntington,
and now is stationary
The entire business section is IN
undated, water being up to the second
floors in some buildings.
Governor Hatfield arrived here on
special train from Charleston, bring
ing supplies, motor boats and skiffs.
The boats now are being taken
through the different sections of the
city to rescue hundreds who are ma
rooned. The local militia has taken
charge of the rescue work.
The electric light plant has been
forced to shut down, and the gas sup
ply was cut off to prevent fires.
Although supplies have reached here
from Charleston, the city is in great
need of food and water.
While at late hour no reports had
been receivd from Point Pleasant, w.
Va, Cattlesburg, KY, and 1ronton,
O., it is believed conditions similar to
those here prevail in each of these
cities.
William Sullivan, whose wife and
children were rescued Friday, commit
ted suicide by taking poison when he
learned the rescuers could not reach
him.
1t is thought that the rescuers will
soon be able to get into the heart of
the flooded section Just how many
lives have been lost will not be known
until conditions permit thorough in
vestigation.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
Apples at Cent a Box.

North Yakima.-One cent box for
apples and 81 ton for potatoes is the
actual value placed on these articles
in storage in Yakima county by Coun-
ty Assessor B. F. McCurdy and his as
sistants in making up the tax rolls.
All property is taxed on As per cent
of the estimated actual value. Low
prices on both potatoes and apples
have prevailed for several months and
the value placed by Assessor McCurdy
is low enough so that the growers
who are waiting for a market will not
be burdened.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
SEATTLE MARKETS
Wheat-Bluestem, eec; forty-folt

Wheat-Bluestem, 96c; forty-fold,
S5c; club, 85c; Fife, 85c; red Russian,
SAC.
Barley-$23.5O per ton.
Rye-$22 per ton.
Corn-Yellow, sacked, 1897 per ton;
mixed, sacked, $26.50 per ton.
Bags-9kc.
Corn-$29 per ton; cracked, $50 per
Oats-Eastern Washington, $31 per
ton; Puget Sound, $29@30 per ton;
rolled, 1872 per ton.
Millstuffs = Bran, $24 per ton;
shorts, $26 per ton; middlings, $34 per
ton; alfalfa meal, $22 per ton; oil
meal, $40 per ton; scratch, $37 per ton.
The following prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers for
delivery in round lots, f. o. b. Seattle.
Eggs-Select ranch, 10000 per doz.
Poultry-Live hens, 14@16c per h.;
old ROSTERS, 10c per h.: this years
chickens, .16@2Oc per h.; ducklings,
zoe per h.; squads, So per doz.; guinea
fowl, live, $500 per doz.
Dressed pork-6@10c per lb.
Dressed veal-Small, 12@13kc per
h.; large, 9@11c per lb.
Ranch butter-21@22c per lib.
Fruits-Apples- New, 5O@$1.75 per
box.
Dressed Meats-Beef Price beef
steers, 13c per h.; cows, 121kc per h.:
heifers, Nos. and 2, 12c per lib.
Veal-15@1o1kc per lib.
Pork-11c per lib.
Mutton-Spring lamb, 13c per lb.
Vegetables -Asparagus-1O@11c per
h.; long green, $4.50@5 per case.
ArtichOkes-$1.25 per doz.
Beans-Dry lima, SIC per h.; ba-
you, 479c per h.; small white or little
navy, $50 per h.; Mexican, SIC per
h.; kidney, $50 per h.; large white.
5Ac per h.; pink. 47sc per lb.
Beets-$1 per sack.
Bell peppers-25c per 1b.
Carrots-75c@$1 per sack.
Green peas-California, zoe per lib.
Horseradish-12h @15c per lb.
California, INC per lib:
Fanno, $3.50 per sack; green, 30c per
doz.; Oregon, SIPS per sack; Walla
Walla, 81 per sack.
Onion sets-71kc per lb.
Potatoes-On track, 5000 per ton:
sweet, California, 3K@3hc per h.:
new. Florida, $3.25@3.5O for 45-lb.
hampers.
Radishes- California, soc per dog.
Rhubarb- California, $2.25@2.50 per
40-lb. box.
Tomatoes - Fancy, Mexican Jugs,
$2.75 per crate; Florida, $3.50 per
crate.
Turnips- $1@1.25 per sack; yellow,
$3.50 per sack.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS NOTES
an the General Industrial and Educational Developments
.nd Progress of Rural Communities Public Institutions En-
HAY GROWERS TO coMn,u,
Practically All Of kittitas p,oa
Will Be Sold by Association

Ellensburg.-That practically all =,
Kittitas county's annual production
$4,000 tons of hay will be handled -.
year through cooperative markot tus
association, owned and controlloS
the producers, was the statem.uy
made here by w. w. Robinson ~ at
attic, one of the best known bav n se
in the Pacific Northwest. Plans mea
now well under way for the form.talie
of the association, and over s5N0 ua
has already been subscribed bv '' wv
valley ranchers toward the proiect 'us
Not only are the ranchers in .,
Kittitas valley interested in the nr rus
osition, but hay raisers in Yak Hup
Skagit, Walla Walla counties, the pa
louise district and Northern Jd.ba
have been approached on the snhia0.
and will join in the big cooperat;us,
concern. Dissatisfaction with Nv
methods now employed by dealers and
commission men in handling the how how
crop, and belief that they can !,
better through cooperative conc0rr
are the prime factors behind the now
of the ranchers Hay growers bavs
stated that in the last few years desi
ers have perfected an Organization
and are able practically to dictate ths
price for hay.
A committee of representative farm
ers in the Kittitas valley, composed NJ
Andrew Olson, John Burch, ]. C, Huh.
bell, Soren Sorenson, Jake Rego, J.,
Gabbert and w. H. RAIDER, has been
at work for the last few weeks. en-.
deavoring to ascertain the feeling Of
the hay growers regarding the for.
nation of a marketing concern. The
committee has met with distinct sue.
cess, and has over $4,000 pledged. It
is planned to raise at least $4,000 in
the Kittitas country.
Over $4,000 has been subscribed
toward the project by the hay grow.
ers in Skagit county. The annual pro
duction of hay in that section totals
over $4,000 tons. Although no special
effort has been made to interest the
lower valley hay growers, over SIS,
900 has been subscribed from that sec
ton. Yakima county produces an
nually some $4,000 tons of alfalfa
much of which is grown on the Yakima
reservation.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
Old Pact Now Restored.

Seattle, lWash.-E. L. Fairbanks,
secretary of the Pacific Coast Ship
pers' association, has been officially
notified that the transit privileges for
shingles consigned to Texas points alb
rogated December "a, 1910, had been
restored, effective Monday, with Chey-
enne as the common reconsignment
point. This will cause a heavy in
crease of single shipments from
Puget Sound and the Northwest, and
manufacturers are jubilant. over the
news. From 1000 to 5000 carloads of
shingles are annually shipped.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
Servians' Losses Heavy.

Belgrade-The Servian troops suf-
fered great losses in their attack on
Adrianople. The Third and Fourth
battalions Of the Thirteenth column of
infantry lost 1000 men killed and from
5000 to 1000 wounded, including 100
officers. The first transport, with
about 1900 wounded, has already ar
rived here. Fears are expressed that
the medical supplies are insufficient
for the needs of the sick and
wounded.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
Serbs Laud Courage of Turks.

Belgrade-The first train to bring
wounded Servians arrived here Sunday
from Adrianople. Their story shows
that the fighting which preceded the
capture of Adrianople was the most
terrible of the war. The Turks fought
with the courage of despair, but the
perseverance of the Servians and the
excellent leadership of the commanders
resulted in their gaining the day.
Some of the men were severely wound
ed, but the majority were suffering
only from slight bullet wounds.
The press unfavorably discusses
Russia's action in joining the other
powers in presenting a note to Servia
and Montenegro with regard to Sou
tart and Albania.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
Boat Sinks; Revolt Ends.

Mexico City-Lack of familiarity with
steamboats, resulted in the swift Grip
ping of Mexico's latest rebellion, in
augurated Saturday in the state of
TabascO.
One hundred and seventy men of the
third infantry, commanded by Colonel
Palome at San Juan Jautista, revolted
with the cry, viva Madero." They
looted the houses and robbed the
branch of the National Bank, and then
embarked on a river steamer. The
boat foundered a short distance from
shore and los of the rebels were
drowned.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
Price of Potatoes Low.

Stockton, Cal-Potatoes are selling
here at the unusually low price of 40
cents a sack and indications are that
a slump will likely occur in the near
future. Produce men say that the low
quotations are due to overproduction,
thousands of acres having been plant
ed last year because of previous top
notch prices. In March, 1912, dealers
were unable to supply the demand at
81 a sack. While there is still a de-
mand, it is by far not proportionate
to the supply.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04

Dayton-Dayon's loss of life prob
ably will not exceed 200. This esti-
mate is based upon personal canvass
of almost 100 of Dayton's leading citi-
zens, men of unquestioned judgment
and relity, who have been engaged in
relief and rescue work in every section
of the city ever since the rising waters
invaded the business section.
The property loss, tangible and real,
will probably exceed $50, 100000.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
King to Visit Saloniki.

Athens-Immediately after the fun
erai OF the late King George, which
Will take place Wednesday, king Con-
stantlne will go to Saloniki and re-
main there until peace has been de-
ciared. AS in the case of King
George, Constantine's presence NAV
De taken as notification to Bulgaria
that Greece intends to hold Saloniki
as part of her spoils of war.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
COnvicts Express Sympathy.

Sacramento-Resolutions expressing
sympathy with the flood sufferers in
the East were adopted by the prison
ers at Folsom penitentiary Sunday.
Z. Z. McCarty, convicted of forgery,
drew up the resolutions at the close of
a service held Thy Captain William /.
Day, of the prison commission. 9th
er convicts requested that they be pub
hshed to show the outside world that
the prisoners are not heartless nor
needless of the suffering of others.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
Ojeda's Force Hemmed In.

Naco, Ariz. = General Ojeda, with
400 federals, is surrounded by 1000
state insurgents ten miles below the
border at Naco, Sonora, where he is
making last stand. General Obre-
gon, commanding all the Sonora in
surgent troops, is on his way from
Cananea with 600 insurgent reinforce
ments.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
WOMEN LEAP INTO WATER.
Rescuer Tells of Maddening Scenes in
Indiana Floods.

Plymouth, Ind.-Graphic description
of the horrors of the flood that is be-
lieved to have swept 200 or more resi-
dents of Peru, Ind, to watery graves
and made thousands homeless, was
given by Gilbert Kessler, one of the
heroes of the calamity. Weary, tired
eyed and almost unnerved from the
loss of sleep and the sight he had wit
messed, young Kessler staggered from
the relief train of the stricken city.
,Kessler's most vivid picture was the
suicide of several fear-crazed women
who leaped from the rescue boats The
roaring current and the terrible
sights, he declared, had maddened
them.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
Takes Options on Ranches.

Republican authority from the
east, NJ. V. Harper, OF Republic, father
OF ]. L. Harper, has been taking op-
tons on several ranches on the east
side OF Curlew Lake in Ferry County,
10 to 10 miles northeast OF Republic.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
No Roundup at WalIa WaIIa.

Walla Walla.-Fffteen Pendielon
men met with members OF the GU
mercial club here to protest aga lon.
Walla Walla holding roundup IN &c .;s.
nection with the county fair. the s sio
itors were assured that the entertsa On
ment would not be called a rounuuRif
nor would the slogan be used, Du. .os
was said that some Wild west 1eatu.''
would probably be added to the lai''
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
Deer Park Church Gets $500.

Deer Park.-The Methodist Church
congregation is rejoicing over the ar
rival OF $500 check from the church
extension fund of Philadelphia to help
finish the church building here. The
church here will now be completed
debt free.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-04
Income Tax Plan Revised.

Washington, D. c. - The effect of
the revision, including the graduated
income tax plan, was completed Fri
day afternoon by the Democratic ma
jority of the house committee on, ways
and means, which adjourned sine die.
The plan as finally passed upon is un-
derstood to provide for raising the in
come tax revenue on graduated scale,
exempting incomes under $4,000, be-
ginning with l per cent tax on in
comes of $4,000 and running as high as
per cent on incomes of 800, 900 and
upward.