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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-12

Kiesling- Apple packing IN the To-
cal warehouse Of the Spokane division
Of the North Pacific Fruit Distributors
i being rapidly completed under the
supervision Of Jack Beckon. The out
nut is Eve cars, two Of which are
branded as fancy" the rest going G
Grade. The principal varieties are
Wagner, Jonathan, Rome Beauty and
yellow Newtown Pippin. Under the
direction OF the association much
better grading Of fruit has been en-
forced than local orchardists have ex-
perienced in the past.
State fruit inspectors have issued
warnings to the growers in this neigh
borhood against the shipment or ped
ding of scabby fruit. This disease OF
the apple has been worse this year
than ever before and has made 20 per
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-12
Farmers Grade Roads;
Taxes Are Inadequate

Wapato ~ Residents in the vicinity
Of Parker, a few miles north of this
city, have decided to better the con-
dition Of the highways leading to
their marketing point by grading the
roads themselves. Members Of the
Farmers Union took the initiative in
the matter and all this week men and
teams have been busy.
Members of the Wapato Farmers
Union also are planning to do some
road work soon. The county commits
sioners are unable to do much in the
way Of building new roads because
most Of the land in this vicinity is
leased from Indians and the tax col
lected is too small for highway con-
struction.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-12
Lunch Coulter Car Tried.

New York-The Pennsylvania rail
road has just completed . new solid
steel lunch counter car. It will be
placed in service Immediately between
New York and Philadelphia, on trains
which also carry ordinary dining carr.
It IL planned to continue the expert
ment long enough to determine which
il the more popular with the travelino
public. Instead Of tables in the new
car there is one long mahogany coun.
Ter extending over half the length 81
the car with = row Of 81 reyolvino
stools In front Of it. 80
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-12
Yakima Canal to Be
Sold at Sheriff's Sale.

North Yakima - The canal owned
by the Union Gap Irrigation company
will be sold by the sheriff Of Yakima
county in this city December 20, in
accordance with the order Of the Su-
perior court.
The company went into the hands Of
. receiver, about q year ago and was
operated by the receiver last summer,
after the ranchers depending upon it
had advanced enough money to make
necessary repairs and to pay the cost
Of operation.
The canal is 20 miles long. 1t takes
water from the Yakima river east Of
North Yakima and waters $500 acres
north Of Sunnyside.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-12
Prize POrkprs Win Cups
at Pullman Hog ShOlU

by E. ]. Rees of Pennington, whose
8O0-pound Poland China boar was
voted the best by the judges.
81. A. Hart Of Rockford, received the
silver loving cup offered by the O.-W.
R. & N. company for the grand cham
pion SOW.
For the grand champion boar and
three sows Fl. A. Hart, Rockford, won
the silver cup given by the Great
Northern railway company; for grand
champion SOW and litter Of pigs Frank
Smawley, Pullman, took the silver cup
given by the Portland Union Stock
Yards company.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-12
stOld Scout" Virgins Dies.

Denver - Oliver p. tsOld Scout
Virgins, one Of Denver's most fam
GUS early frontiersmen, died at his
residence here Sunday at the age Of
80. Virgins was q native Of West
ern New York state, and came across
the plains in 1888.
For years he was q member Of Kit
Carson's famous company Of frontiers
men, and served under Carson in the
Mexican war. He was wounded at the
battle Of Monterey.
His cabin was one Of the first built
in Denver.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-12
NEWS NOTES or
CURRENT VlpT
Resume # Worlds lnnn,,,.
Events Told IN Br;sf

Boulder, Colo, reports the b.,
snowfall in 20 years. uesvlest
Denver. Colo, is completelv -,
BY : heavy snowstorm and bli,,. ssa ap
An anti-suffrage speaker Wa.
audience By the house comm;ttasp' 'a
rules. ee %
Dr.. Anna Shaw has been al.
head Of the North American w
Suffrage association. "0n'a
Mrs. Pankhurst arrived in r,,...
and was arrested on board the S ..a
before she could land. ''esuet
Fruitgrowers Of North y.u.
WASH, won about $1,000 in n,;, ,a !.
the Spokane Apple show. 's' a
A tremendous fall of snow o,.,
over the entire Rocky Mounta;n '. .aa
tionl Of the United States. 80
Civil and military authorize. !.
Germany have a serious cla.h 49, %
triffiing matter in the town Of zshsr
An appropriation is being urged i.
fore congress to reimburse rural nv
carriers for extra work put upon th N..
by the parcel post system. u
Rebels and federals have bio soa.
near Tamaulipas oil fields. 40 NIL ill.,
from the Texas border, and sava's s
hundred federals are reported killed
Two men were arrested in phi1.d.l
phia for trying to sell $500 small ~.
digris-covered metal disc which ths,
represented as gold coins that h.i
been buried at Gettysburg before ths
war.
A Montana postmaster, convicted n
embezzling $4,000 by means Of fraud.
ulent money orders, said be did mt
think it wrong, as the government
could easily afford to lose that
amount.
The. first sergeant of the militi,
company at Medford, Or, announced
that the company had been ordered 70
Mexico, and a near-panic followed
among the members. The sergeant
was retired to private life.
A French woman giving her age a
10, has written Governor West, Of
Oregon, saying she is anxious to come
West and marry some sober, indus
trious farmer, and will work in the
fields the same as Fernch peasant
women do.
The Mexican federal garrison, on
the verge Of starvation, has evacuated
chihuahua City.
The national budget is less than was
asked . year ago.
Brigadier General Bliss reports That
the embargo on arms and ammunition
is hard to enforce.
Leaders Of the Miners union in Col.
orado are under indictment for con-
spiracy and monopoly.
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw says it ID
time for American women to demand
suffrage, not simply ask it.
Expert cracksmen blew the safe IN
the bank at Myrtle Point, Ore, ana
escaped with about $4,000.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-12
Farmers Advisor Recommended

- mCA0 AUvlSOI ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Centralia- &C. G. Brown, district
horticultural inspector for Lewis,
Cowlitz and Pacific counties, is en-
deavoring to get the Cowlitx county
commissioners to employ an expert
agriculturist to work with and advise
the farmers. He points out that
Wahkiakum county has reaped much
benefit during the past year. Mr..
Brown also points out that National
appropriation IL available whereby the
department OF agriculture will stand
half the expense. The commissioners
are considering the proposition.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-12


Three or four matters Of special I'm
portance and Significance beg that
you will permit me to mention in clos
ing.
Our Bureau Of Mines ought to be
equipped and empowered to render even
more effectual service than It renders
now in improving the conditions Of
mine labor and making the mines more
economically productive as well as more
safe. This is an all-important part Of
the work Of conservation; and the con-
servatf0ns Of human life and energy lies
even nearer to our interest than the
preservation from waste Of our ma
teriai resources. 49,
We owe 1t, in mere justice to the
railway employees Of the country. to
provide for them fair and elective
employers liability act: and q law that
we can stand by In this matter viii
be no less to the advantage OF those
who administer the railroads Of the
country than to the advantage Of those
whom they employ. The oxperiel1ce 81
large number Of the statea abundant-
~ proves that. = q :.
We ought to devote ourselves : "a
meeting pressing demands Of plain 1us-
tee Ike this a. earneefiy a. to fhe sc-
complishment Of political and economic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27
WHY NOT A WOMAN?

II lie reported that the resignation Of
DIR. Taylor as president Of Vassar col
lege for women was an expression OF
his dlsaffection with the fact that so
cialistic and woman suffrage senti-
ments have been gaining ground so
rapidly with the student body there.
DR.. Taylor is opposed 10 woman suf-
frage. is fearful OF the interest in what
he calls socialistic ideas at Vassar,
and has found his position. It is al.
legged. uncomfortable
The boy" # has been said, lis
father 20 the man" The Washington
Times, commenting on DR.. Taylor's
resignation is tempted TO suggest that
IL the boy is father 10 the man. the
girl should properly be the intelligent
mother Of the woman for why not a
voman?l who shall be the next presi
dent OF Vassar
There are plenty OF intelligent wo
men who would admirably I'll DR.. Tay,
lors place without entertaining any OF
his foolish fears.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27
General Crozier and His Successor
CArmv and Navy Register.)

(Army and Navy Register)
The possibility of a third army ap-
pointment OF importance being made
before March depends upon the oc-
currence Of a vacancy In the once Of
chief of ordnance. 1t has been expect
ed that General William Crozier would
be transferred to the list Of general
officers with the rank Of brigadier gen
eral, and his detail 10 duty as presi-
dent of the army war college was &C
cepted as an indication that that off,
Ger would in this way cease to be head
OF the ordnance department 1t Is un.
derstoOd that the original plan was TO
place him IN the list OF brigadiers in
accordance with the date on which he
was appointed as chief of ordnance
which would give him a position next
following General Frederick Funston
and Immediately senior TO General
Tasker H. Bliss, with correspondingly
better chance OF promotion TO the
grade Of major general than II he
went at the bottom Of the list of briga.
diers. where ii now seems he is likely
to go in view of the senatorial opposi
ton 10 the other arrangement and in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27

accordance with the precedent estab-
lished by the appointment Of General
Clarence R. Edwards, who entered at
the foot OF the list of brigadiers on his
transfer from his former position as
chief Of the insular bureau. Naturally
under these circumstances, General
Croker need not be expected to regard
with favor his transfer to the list of
general oficers, and It Is reported that
II he cannot become the second rank
ing brigadier in accordance with the
date Of his appointment as chief OF
ordnance, Nov %, 1901, he contem-
plates seeking retirement, It being re.
allied that with the new administration
he cannot long continue to be chief of
ordnance and president of the war col.
lege.
Should General Crozier be retired
or transferred to the list of general of.
hcers before March 4, 1t is the inten.
ton OF the president TO nominate Lieu.
tenant Colonel John T. Thompson, OF
the ordnance department, 10 be chief
OF ordnance, an appointment which
would probably be made also by Mr.
Wilson should the vacancy occur az
ter March l.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27
A NEW CABINET PORTFOLIO.

The senate has agreed TO take a
fnai vote on the bill creating a de-
partment OF labor before adjournment
next Tuesday. Its passage is conced.
ed, a large majority OF the demo
Gratis and progressives being in favor
OF giving labor a cabinet officer The
bill provides for taking the bureau
OF labor. the bureau OF immigration
and others closely connected with the
interests Of organized labor away from
the department OF commerce and labor
and placing them in the newly created
department
With the creation OF this depart.
ment President Wilson will have the
largest ofioial family IN the history
% the country. For the first time
there viii be 10, Instead OF nine port
folios.
Much good can come out OF a de-
pGrtment OF labor intelligently directed
for the betterment OF the condition
Of Industrial workers. A great task
OF the future 10 10 square industry
with the humAnities. The country has
been rushing the process OF produc,
tion without stopping TO count the cost
in human waste
y department OF labor which should
assemble figures showing the human
ccst Of industry would serve the vel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27
TRIUMPH OF PEACE.

The unwilling assent yielded by the
railroads TO the arbitration demand OF
the fremen is a victory for peace not
easily overestimated.
When railroads and fremen had
reached the last ditch in their nego-
tistions and It seemed that rupture
must come, the railroads yielded
at the urgent request Of you as repre-,
sentatives Of the government, and IN
der the strongest protest that we are
able TO voice"
One end that strikes serve is 10 i'm
press upon those who engage in them
and the innocent third party the need
forever thereafter of exhausting every
means 70 prevent another strike.
The great A. r. L. strike was a
plague But the good II has wrought
is incalculable II impressed upon
railroad men, heretofore improperly
organized. undergrad and not fairly
dealt with. the need OF standing to
gether as one man. and It impressed
upon railroads the need Of like defen
sive organization.
The great public It taught TO demand
that there be no more strikes Of like
character and to provide in the stat
ute books machinery for arbitratinL
future disputes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27
PERSIAN RIVERS.
They Take a New Name at Every
Town Upon Their Banks.

They Take New Name at Every
Town Upon Their Banks.
In Persia n river is generally called
by the name OF the town on its banks.
and therefore changes its name at each
town II reaches. This" writes Colonel
Stewart in Through Persia In Dis
guise, makes II very difficult to learn
the right names OF the rivers
MY groom WAS an Armenian and
very much more intelligent than ordi-
nary Persians. since be had been edu-
Gated at a mission school at Ispahan.
One day he was swimming about in
some water we passed. and l said to
him, NO doubt you learned to swim
IN the Zayendeh Rud'-the river that
flows by lspGhaI. No. sir he replied.
! did not learn 10 swim in the Zayen-
deb Rud. but IN the Ispahan river
He actually did not know that the
large river passing his native town
was called the Zsyendeh Rud. or. in
other words that the Ispahan river
and the Zayendeh Rud were one and
the same.
Another instance OF this confusion
Is shown by what people call the
Abrishmi river. The name Of the river
Ii the Kal Mura, but the majority of
PerSians and also Europeans cross ii
on the main post road between Meshed
and Teheran by q bridge that was
built by a silk merchant and that Is
called Pul-Abr1shmi.' or the silken
bridge; so they call the river the
'Abrishmi' or the silken river. which
is certainly not its name. The river,
which flows by Ehusf. although at this
point very slightly brackish. lower
down becomes very 'sslt indeed and
finally is lost in the desert.
"Karez, or underground canals. car.
~ the water OF this river in every Of.
rection over the country. think the
wonderful patience shown by the Per.
nans IN the labor Of excavating these
underground channels for water is sur.
prising. Every drop OF water has 70
be bored for and tunneled through
miles and miles OF ground before the
precious liquid reaches the crop for
which II Is inteDded."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27
TAFT AND THE MEXICAN sITUA>
T1ON.

TION.
II must be said in Justice to Presi-
dent Taft that he has been courageous
in pursuing his policy relative TO the
Mexican revolution. A war-hungry ex-
ecutive would have left an information
al conflict as d heritage for his sue
cessor in Office. That the situation
has become so much more acute on the
eve Of the Inauguration presents a very
peculiar situation.
The situation will be handled by
President Wilson with his usual sound
sense and excellent judgment. The
American people who have elected
President Wilson, while feeling that
President Taft has acted wisely in the
Mexican emergency, have no less faith
in President Wilson to face and 10
dispose OF the situation as the nation s
best interests require. War may be
found necessary, but it has not been
necessary up to this time.
Had President Taft been as positive
in pursuing policies here at home dur
ing his administration as he has in
pursuing foreign policies, he would
have been far less vulnerable during
the campaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27

Don't crowd! There's room enough for
all
Why push and jostle so?
why shove your neighbor to the wall,
Or seek to lay him low?
Don't crowd!
Don't crowd You're just an atom herel
Why hold your brother back?
Go seek q way that's new and clear
Why keep the beaten trackf
Don't crowd!
Don't crowd! Once you strove bravely.
too,
Against the odds above!
Think how defeat oft reached you through
Some rivals stealthy shove
Don't crowd!
Don't crowd, All, one might Just as well
Address the drops that make the sea!
Wherever men or mice may dwell
There will the Jealous ever be
To crowd!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27
HORRIBLE POSSIBILITY,

Come, now, Willie. you must have
your bath tonight. We are going to
start for grandpas in the morning.
you know"
Yes, but what II got my bath to-
night and then something happened so
we couldn't go to grandpa's tomor-
row."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27
Glorious,

ct saw you at the new musical CON-
edy last night Did you like it,"
Fine"
I'm surprised to hear you say
that You're generally pretty hard
to please. / thought the plot was very
thin
1T was"
And never saw so many homely
chorus girls in a bunch before"
They were awful"
81 didn't detect funny line in the
whole show"
Neither did I. But the tenor had
bad cold and they had to cut out
both of his songs, you know"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27
-9I -----

The reviewing stand Of the presi-
dent on the court Of honor where Pres
ident Wilson and his official party will
review the inaugural parade If the
weather is bad, the glass windows will
be kept in place. but if the day is fair,
they will be taken out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27

The baseball training camp gossip
has to compete with the stories of the
Mexican crisis and preparations for
the change OF administration at Wash
ington. but # does not lack readers,
for all that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27

Madero's widow seems to believe
that the men in power in her country
will at least stop short Of killing a
woman for her bitter talk OF murder
and vengeans. But perhaps she does
not care.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27

Once more the great powers are
asking Bulgaria to be reasonable and
moderate, from their point OF view.
But just what the Bulgars owe these
powers, as far as the present war goes,
It is impossible 70 discover.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27
Too Dead for That.

The Doctor-Here's the bill for your
husbands treatment. I'll be glad to
allow you twenty per cent on for cash.
The Widow-But you said that you
would not charge anything IL you
didn't relieve him!
The Doctor-So I did. Have you
heard him complain lately?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27

At least one of the London suffra-
gists who boasted that she knew wo-
men blew up Lloyd Georges house and
gloried in their work, is going 70 have
a chance 10 explain in court Why
not? She has courted the opportunity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27

over in France they have just deco
rated the inventor OF the cold storage
system with the cross OF the Legion
Of Honor. In this country many per-
sons have indicated quite plainly their
desire 70 decorate the author OF cold
storage with eggs laid in April and
marketed about the second December
following
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27

Mexican OWL wars and revolutions
will make It cost more TO get working
capital In that country. more TO raise
food and buy clothing. more. in fact,
to live. But the facilities for dying
appear TO be cheap and abundant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27
Ono Reason or The Other.

How long have you worked here?'
Ten years"
Il suppose you started in as once
boy?"
No, started in right where I am
now"
What's the matter? Aren't you
any good, or are the jobs above you
all held by relatives of the president
of the concern?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27
Place He Was LOOKING For.

Have you a room with a bath p
asked the bewhiskered man with the
baggy trousers as he cautiously ap
preached the desk.
NO" replied the hotel clerk, I'm
sorry to say We haven't a room with
q bath left"
All right Then I'll stop here"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27
Wisdom.

do you notice that your son hay
really learned anything in college7"
Yes. He has learned that my ideas
are those OF an old fogy and that he
would be false To his trust II he did not
do his best ID bring me to a realization
OF my pitiable condition. Chicago
Record Herald
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27
Feb. II in American
History.

179J-Gene q. i.rancis Marion, famous
leader Of South Carolina partisans
IN the Revolutionary war. died:
born H.
1S63-The Confederate privatcer Nash
vile was set on tire and destroyed
by shells from the Federal monitor
Montauk at Fort McA!ii>ter. Ga
1906-ProfessOr Samuel PierrOut Lang
ley. scientist OF worldwide rep
utation. died; born 1884.
All the news all the time-The
Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27

Vice Presidentelect and Mrs Thorn
as r. Marshall have started from In
dianapolis for the Inauguration. By
the way, there is vice president to
be indicted next Tuesday. too.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27

You can talk about your motors and
benezine buggies, but there is nothing
quite so sweet TO the ear as the
tinkle OF the old fashioned sleighbell.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27

II both OF the bullets which killed
Madero had not hit him from behind,
II would have looked better for the
HuertRDiaz government.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27
Al Peace.

Does your husband ever speak
harshly to your"
No. Thank heaven, my husband
and I are not on speaking terms"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27

Wilson's cabinet, as far as it is an
nounced, looks just about right.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27
BY THE J. W. POTTER co.

TERMs-Ten cents per week, by car
her. In Rock Island.
& Complaints Of delivery service should
be made TO the circulation department.
which should also be notined in every
Instance where Il is desired to have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority in the premises.
All communications OF srEumentative
character. political OF religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
ton. No such articles will be printed
ever fictitious Signatures.
Telephones IN all departments: Cen
trail Union, West 1916. 1l45 and 214s:
Union Electric. 5I45
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1924 Second ave-
nue.. Rock Island. Ill Entered at the
postofdcs a. second-class matter)
Rock Island Member of the Associated
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27

fare of humanity where service is
most needed. I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-27

All the news all the time-The