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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
A Few Good Rules
For the Sick Room


A few good rules for the ordering of
the sick room are given by Mrs. Alice
Marks Dolman, instructor in dietetics
and home nursing at the Oregon Agri-
cultural College, in one Of her recent
lectures.
Whatever the threatened or actual
disorder may be, there are two i'm
portant things to be done at the begin
ming" she said. 3sThe first is to have
absolute rest and quietness for the pa
tient. The second is to keep the skin
clean, to keep the bed clean, to keep
the room clean, and to have plenty OF
good, clean, fresh air for the patient
to breathe.
REST means something more than
just being in bed. 1t means freedom
from petty annoyances, from unex-
pected jolts or jars, from creakine
shoes or creaking chairs, or rafting
window, and from continued thinking
and planning out of things.
| In preparing a room for a patient,
give her the cheeriest room possible,
one that can be ventilated easily, and
one that is far enough from the kitch.
en- that she does not get the odor OF
cooking food.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
WILSON'S ATTITUDE IN DOUBT
Dislikes Exemption Clauses in Sun
dry Civil Bill.

Washington, D. C.-Whether Presi-
dent Wilson will sign or veto the sun
dry civil bill with its clause exempt
ing labor unions and farmers organic
ations from prosecution under certain
funds set aside for the operation of
the antitrust laws still is an open
question.
The President sent for Senator Mar
tin, of Virginia, and Representative
Fitzgerald, of New York, chairman of
the two congressional committees on
appropriations, and talked at length
with them about the bill. At the con-
clusion of the conference White House
officials were silent. The President
was informed that the particular thing
that was holding up the bill in confer
ence was dispute as to an appropri-
alton for managers supervising ma
tional soldiers homes. His visitors
said they expected to reach an agree
ment by the end of the week.
1t is considered likely that the Pres
ident will make known in few days
just what his position will be toward
the much talked of exemption clause.
The President has been informed
that if he objects to the attaching of
legislation to an appropriation bill he
could accompany his signature with a
memorandum of protest on that point.
He likewise has been told that the ex-
emption clause would not affect such
substantive lew and that prosecutions
of any violations of the law by labor
unions or by farmers organizations
could still be accomplished through
other funds at the disposal of the de-
partment of justice.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
TROUBLE IN MEXICO FEARED
Ambassadors Wife Making Hur-
ried Preparations for Flight.

Mexico City-Considerable alarm
was created in the American colony
here Wednesday when it became
known that Mrs. Henry Lane Wilson,
wife of the American ambassador, was
making hasty preparations to depart
for the United States within few
days.
In some quarters the announcement
is construed to mean that Ambassador
Wilson has received information of
serious impending trouble and that he
is taking the opportunity at hand to
remove his family from the danger
zone. The ambassador himself de-
clined to discuss this matter. At the
ambassadorial mansion it was said
that Mrs. Wilson was returning home
on visit to friends and relatives.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
WILL EXHIBIT
" ART TREASURES
sloooo,OOo Insurance Placed
'''' on Norgan's Collection.
Value Unknown-41OO Objects
pea a. Re Shown to Public-Many
Others Are In London.

Work Although the precise
...Iue of the Morgan art collection at
. ,sa Metropolitan Museum was not OBJ
' 'n it was learned that it had
S fe,r insured by j. p :, Morgan M as
V 'eocutor of his fathers will for $780,
100000.
- the full value of the collection,
.n,r the maximum of insurance
nrabIe throughout the world on
P st PARTICULAR risk in that particular
Ou, nnnnfs of the Morgan estate have
,.ap irving throughout the world for
p5 ST+;onal insurance without success,
8 ul have now come to the conclusion
s ana thew have obtained about all the
:n.rrsnce possible on the collection.
iD1 ~ dpvelopes that the late ]. P. Nor
~ mover insured his art objects or
ss1emed to see any necessity for doing
w. The 2O,OOO,OOO thus obtained in in
,,ronce however, does not cover the
.ataI insurance on the art collections
Ioft nv Mr.. Morgan. An additional
en- O0O 600 of insurance has been OBJ
famed on the art collection in Mr..
Norgan's private gallery on Thirty
sixth street.
Another $40, 100000 of insurance
has been obtained by Mr.. Morgan as
trustee on the art collection in his
fstber's London house at Princess
Gate This would bring the total of
insurance so far obtained on the chief
Morgan art collections up to $40, OOO,-
Q0O
The art treasures are to be placed
on view for the American public as
soon as arrangements can be COM
Melted it was announced at the Metro
politan Museum of Art. The art OBJ
iects, numbering about 4,10O, will be
exhibited temporarily in one of the
museums new wings, early in 1914,
according to present plans.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
CHRISTOPHER PEST APPEARS
Ninety Square Miles of Insects
Devastate New Mexico.

Amarillo, Tex. - Travelling north
eastward a column of grasshoppers
five miles wide and Is miles long is
reported in Northeastern New Mexico.
Reports that the millions of grasshop-
pers seem to spread as they travel and
also the appearance of small bodies of
grasshoppers in sections of West
Texas have caused fear of general
grasshopper pest in the Southwest, es-
.pecially in Texas, Western Oklahoma
and New Mexico.
The New Mexico column is reported
between Elida and Texline.
1t is reported they are entirely de-
nuding the land of grass, as well as
destroying all kinds of foliage. Stock,
especially sheep, have been left in
starving condition by lack of pastur-
age after the grasshoppers passed.
Government, state and railroad ex-
perts have combined to fight the grass
hoppers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
Settlers Forced to Pay.

Washington, D. C.-More than TO-
900 farmers on reclamation projects
of the West will be affected by the
Supreme courts decision that they
must pay to the government the cost OF
maintaining and operating the various
reclamation projects, pending their
completion.
The decision was in the suit by d.
P. Baker and other farmers on the
Sunnyside unit of the Yakima, Wash,
project to have the reclamation serv.
ice enjoined from cutting off the wa
ter supply to enforce collection of such
charges.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
Cotton Sellers Target.

Washington, D. G. - Demand for
legal action against those who sold
cotton to James Al. Patten and others
Of the "cotton pool, indicted in 1910
for running corner, was made in the
senate Wednesday by Senator Smith,
Of South Carolina, who said he had
been assured that the department OF
commerce, if the senate would pass q
nroner resolution, would investigate
thoroughly the selling END OF tne
famous pool.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
Allies Must Sign Treaty.

rL0ndon-The growing displeasure in
a.p Nc circles of the great powers
a. me attitude of Greece and Servia
. .0u expression here in what practi-
"a oely amounts to an ultimatum which
vi toward Grey, the British secretary
y. lofelgn affairs delivered to the del
nsa'eS OF the belligerents. The COM
Iunlcation, which was couched in
a suUng phrases, without ambiguity,
b L~ue 1t clear that enough time had
n Doen spent IN futile discussions of the
b boa'e settlement and that the moment
-@O arrived for signing the treaty.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
Chinese General Killed.

Shanghai General Hsu Pao San
was killed by bomb while opening a
box which was supposed to contain
porcelain. He had set for piece of
porcelain, and when the box arrived
he attempted to pry off the cover. A
terrific exposion resulted, and he was
hurled with great force to the opposite
end of the room. A servant also was
instantly killed. The general, who
was known as "Tiger Hsu," was q
strong supporter of President Yuan
Shi Kai, and the objected OF bitter
hatred to the Southern extremists.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
= oOaster Brake Trust Fined

IMP sssI l soa N. Y.-Fines aggregat-
ted S t,. We're imposed in the Unit
John I D I9 district court by Judge
Of defa.5n azel, of Buffalo, in the cases
ton en in the governments ac-
brake t the so-called coaster
Sherm.un lust for violation of the
eight NAV law; Six corporations and
charges NJ pleaded guilty to
and ats OF conspiring to restrain trade
tic and f og to monopolize domes-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
Business Methods for Farmers.

1
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallisA new book for teaching farm
business methods in the schools, both
rural and urban, has just been brought
from the press of the biggest publish
ing house in the country by Dean j.
A. Bexell, of the school of commerce
OF the Oregon Agricultural College,
and +. G. Nichols, director of business
education in the department of public
instruction at Rochester, N. Y.
In the mad rush for wealth and
power, we seem to have lost sight of
the true principles of economy" says
Mr.. Bexell, in his preface. Zone of
these principles is the art of keeping
accounts. One of the greatest author
tiles on bookkeeping says, The abil-
ity to pre-determine results by means
of accurate accounts and statistics is
the highest development of the mod
ern business man. That the farmer
needs to develop the same ability to
"pre-determine results" needs no ar
gument. Very few farmers of today
have definite knowledge of their
business.
"This great need can best be met by
introducing bookkeeping and business
methods in both graded and ungraded
schools where there are boys and girls
who are looking forward to agricul-
ture as life work. We realize that
we are attempting pioneer work and
therefore lay no claim to perfection.
We hope we have to some extent, at
least, met the present need for text
book of this kind, and laid the founda-
tion for better work along this line in
the future.
'The forms and bookkeeping meth
DDS which they have used have stood
the test of extensive use and are put
forward with full confidence that they
will be found satisfactory for purposes
of instruction and equally satisfactory
for actual farm use."
The book, principles of Bookkeep-
ing and Farm Accounts, contains 1874
pages and is substantially bound for
school use in brown buckram. It in
cludes instruction in poultry accounts,
household accounts and every sort of
farm records, in forms most simple
and easily kept.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
Election Change MoOted.

Washington, D. C.-The new plan
for national election and the assem-
bling of congress was proposed by
Senator Works in two bills. he
would change election day from No
vember to August and provide for an
nual sessions of congress from the
first Monday of October to the first
Monday in June. Congressman would
assume office in October, Immediately
after the election, and the President
and Vice President would take office
in November. The plan is not looked
upon with favor to any extent.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
New Ship Route Foreseen.

Washington, D. C.-Another great
waterway, making a
ship route between the Eastern and
Western coasts Of the United States,
1000 miles shorter than through the
Panama canal, will be built soon by
the United States, in the opinion OF
Dr.. Salvador Castrillo, retiring Nicar-
apuan minister. In statement DR..
Castrillo said that he believed canal
treaty would be negotiated between
the United States and Nicaragua and
that 4 canal would be constructed
across that country.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
j. l. Il. Extremely Temperate.

'4'fquette, Mich.-Men who have
WI associated with Colonel Roose-
met h III public and private life, who
fror, H II. on the Nile when he returned
pewsn LIS African hunting trip, and
on b Iapef men who accompanied him
testis IFS various va political campaigns,
Roosne eu thursday in Colonel Theodore
N sre..e libel suit against George
penirs newspaper owner of Ish-
not onT,, Mich, that the ex-president
he vaa s was not drunkard, but that
ate in IS ~ hOtaoly and extremely temper
III the use of intoxicants
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
Observation-Disclosures Convicted.

Salt Lake City = Caleb A. Inflow,
former school principal and juvenile
probation officer at Bingham, Utah,
was found guilty in the Utah District
court here Of second degree murder.
Inflow and his wife were charged with
having killed Thomas E. White, 9
taxicab chauffeur, last October, to pre-
vent the latter telling Of alleged ore
thefts committed by Inflow. It is ex-
pected Mrs. Inflow will be released
without trial.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
GRAssHoPPERs MOVE SLOW
Pest in New Mexico Not Likely to
Cover Much Ground.

Clovis, N. M.-The great army Of
grasshoppers which has invaded New
mexico on the east has reached Elida.
roosevelt county. The army is %
miles long and four miles deep and the
grasshoppers are literally stripping
the country bare in their path.
They are moving westward across
the central part of the state at the
rate of mile day.
A mass meeting is to be held here
at which funds will be raised and 2
plan devised for resisting the invading
army before they reach Clovis.
Washington, D. -C.-The grasshop-
per invasion of Northeastern Mexico.
telegraphic report of which reached
the department of agriculture Wednes-
day from A. G. Hammer, one of it's
agents, is not causing alarm among
officials here.
Prof. +. M. Webster, in charge of
the work OF insect Investigation, said
the pest was not likely to spread over
large territory, as it could be sue
cessfully fought because it had not
travelled far or done much damage to
crops.
The report from Mr.. Hammer shows
it is the "differential grasshopper, :"
not the fast-moving variety which
spread over nearly the entire country
in the SOS.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
Morgan Gift to Be Tax-Free.

Albany, N. Y.-The valuable collec-
ton Of works Of art pictures, BOOKS
and antiques Of the late J. Pierpont
Morgan will be exempt from the state
inheritance tax, provided the collec-
t;on Is turned over Ito municipal
corporation Of the state for educa-
tional purposes by the heirs within two
years The Omrod bill, which 50
provides, was signed by Governor Sui
ger Saturday.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
The dollhouse Tomato
Business Is Growing.

"The business of growing vegeta-
bles under glass is undergoing a
steady increase all over the North
west" says Prof. A. G.. Bouquet, Of
the Oregon Agricultural College.
Tomatoes, lettuce and cucumbers are
being grown much more extensively
than formerly. These crops, in order
to be most profitable, must be pro-
duced so as to get good market
price and at the same time satisfy the
popular demand. Of the three crops
named, the forced tomato is probably
the one which will bring the grower
the most money under ordinary condi-
tions.
'The greenhouse tomato, as it is de-
manded by the open markets at the
present time, should have certain def
mite characteristics, which include
earliness of maturity, fine quality,
productivity, uniformity in size, color
and shape, all of which have their
definite bearing on the financial out
come Of the crop. If the general pub
lie is to pay price of from Is to 30
cents pound IOr greenhouse COMd-
toes, they must be fine in quality,
smooth and of good color. At the
present time the market demands a
tomato weighing from A to ounces
and packing from Is to "a into A.
quart basket, four of these baskets
comprising crate. Packed in this
manner as fancy article, and put on
the market as such, early prices, vary
ing of course through different years,
will net the grower 10 to 20 cents
a pound, or from Is to 80 cents a
pound Wholesale"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
Army Aviator Killod

Mond Use Use, Scotland-Lieutenant Des
Corps, was s'i Iin, of the army flying
tleing aeron H,lled near here while prac-
other ofsoapu .ane "Reminiscences with
height Of anoo . He was flying at a
bis nacb;u oooo feet when the wings Of
lihe collapsed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
Nail Will Stay.

When a wall is so soft that it will
not hold picture nail, mix . little
plaster Of paris in a teacup, enlarge
the hole to a fair size and insert the
plaster, and, minute after, the nail
and let it dry. The nail will be
perfectly secure after it has dried.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
Allies Approach Peace.

London-The allies informed Osman
Palm Pasha at joint meeting of the
Balkan and Ottoman peace delegates
that they had no intention OF asking
for further modification of the peace
terms already put forward. This an
nouncement is regarded as an import
ant step in the direction Of peace, as
the Turks announced that if any modi-
fications were suggested 1t Wouid
leave the door open for further de-
mands on the allies.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
Do You Sleep Like q Top?

The word top was corrupted from
the French word "taupe, T" meaning 2
mole, which is in the habit Of sleeping
for long periods. This shows how the
meaning of q sentence can be lost ~
the changing Of word.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
Give Him Time.

Benton s'Have you tried all the
remedies that your friends have rec
commended for your rheumatism?'
Tulser-" Great Scott, no! / haven't
had the pesky disease more than three
years. Life.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
Succulent Grapefruit.

A fellow by the name Of Baer, per-
haps the original Bear, makes that
remark that "a grapefruit is lemon
that had chance and took advantage
OF 1t. The Co-op-tor.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
Taft's Order Attacked.

Washington, D. CA resolution 70
abrogate ex-President Taft's order,
putting all fourth-class postmasters
into the civil service, was introduced
hu Senator Overman. He declared ne
had not conferred with President vii
son Or any cabinet officers about it,
but believed the spirit OF the civil ser
vice law had been evaded.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-06
81 DIE WHEN
Big PIER FALLS
Queens Birthday Celebrants at
Long Beach Victims.
Fifty Others Badly Injured-Pa
of Auditorium Crashes Down
and Adds to Horror.

hoio the burden of nearly 10, 900 hui
man beings assembled for the festivi-
ties Of the British Empire day celebra-
ton, the land end Of the big double
decked pier in front of the city audi
torium collapsed Saturday. Hundreds
OF persons on the top deck were
dropped down on the heads of other
hundreds crowded on the deck below.
The lower deck then gave way and all
were dropped down a chute of shat
tered woodwork to the tidewashed
sands Is feet below.
Thirty three persons mostly women
were killed by the shivered timbers
or crushed to death by the falling bod
les. Fifty more were seriously in
jured, while hysteria and paralyzinp
fright disabled scores.
A section of the auditorium also
went down in the crash and the debris
from it was added to the wreckape
that fell on top of the dead and in
jured.
The victims were mostly subjects
and former subjects of Great Britain
resident in Southern California. The
dead were taken to the National Guard
armory, while the injured were hur-
ried to various hospitals in this city
and Los Angeles.
All the doctors in the city, rein
forced by surgeons and nurses from
Los Angeles, were called to care for
the injured.
The Empire day parade, THE princi-
pal feature of the celebration in honor
of the late Queen Victoria's birth an
niversary, had just ended and the par
Elephants, with thousands of visitors,
were crowding up the steps of the pier
and surging toward the auditorium
when the pier floor sagged.
An instant later the supports gave
way and the sound of breaking tim
bers mingled with the shrieks and
cries of the victims as all went down
into mass of broken wood and with
ing human forms on the sand.
Long Beach, Cal.-Later. Prospec-
tive damage suits aggregating proba-
bly, 81, 600, 900 or more, and a grand
jury Investigation are engaging the
attention of the city officials as a
probable outcome Of the disaster Sat-
urday in which 81 persons lost their
lives in a collapse of the municipal
pier, just after the close of the British
Empire Day pageant.
The weakness of the pier, which
was built eight years ago and never
repaired in that particular portion, is
believed to have been due to decay
caused by the action Of salt air on
wood and its iron fasteners and sup
ports. However, it was declared that
a much stronger structure might have
been wrecked under the same circum-
stances, as the participants of the big
parade marched on the pier in step.
Military men pointed out that the
rhythmic vibration created by the
measured tread of thousands Of feet
caused tremendous strain on the
supports, which already had been
heavily burdened by the crowd which
thronged In front Of the doors await
ing admittance, and they recalled that
military columns comprising large
numbers of men always break step
when crossing even iron bridges, in
order to avoid causing collapse or seri-
GUS damage.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03

can do nothing to help the public Mr..
Wilcox, the greatest public franchise
expert in the United States has recently
sent in his Resignation. You will re-
member that he was one Of the experts
selected by the Civic & Commerce AS
ISOLATION on our new charter.
ILLINOIS.
At the session Of the Legislature in
the state of Illinois just closed, pub
lie utilities bill was passed. Although
it had many of the Objectionable feat
ures of the Wisconsin law eliminated
such as perpetual franchises and state
control Of publicly owned utilities, yet
every civic and reform organization OF
the city of Chicago opposed the passage
of this act with all their might and
main. Among them were the Voters
League and City Club that have done
so much to redeem Chicago from the
rule of money and crime.
In this connection I want to read 8
portion Of a letter sent by the City At
torney of Chicago to Governor Dunn
relative to this Public Utilities Bill:
''Viewed from the standpoint Of the
public interest, this bill, I believe is the
most pernicious and vicious measure ev'
er before the General Assembly Of Hi:
nois The possibilities for evil in the AL.
len & Humphrey bills of former motor