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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
Compromise Bill Pledged
In Home Rule Struggle

London - Premier Asquith, in the
house of commons, pledged the govern
ment to introduce an amending bill to
the home rule measure in the hope of
passing it by agreement between the
parties. If this offer is accepted, the
oringinal home rule bill and the
amending bill will become laws prac-
tically at the same time. This, he
commended, was the only proper way of
carrying out any agreed settlement
which might be reached.
The prime minister added that OBJ
viously in order to take advantage of
the provisions of the parliament act NO
change could be made in the home rule
bill while it was in the committee
stage, and therefore any debate dur
ing that stage would be pure waste OF
time.
Mr.. Bonar Law, leader of the oppo-
sition, bitterly criticised the "gag'
methods he declared Mr.. Asquith pro-
posed, and accused him of failing to
redeem his pledges to reconstitute the
house of lords.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
Crop Prospects Pleasing
In Big Bend Country

Wenatchee- Every report from the
surrounding wheat country, especially
the Waterville and Mansfield regions,
is optimistic on prospects. A Great
Northern official who recently made a
thorough personal Investigation by
conference with those in each COM
munity most in touch with local con-
ditions, states that even if no more
rain should fall fairly good crop
would be harvested, but if only one
more rain comes, which is reasonable
to expect, the harvest will be large.
The soil in all parts of the Big Bend
shows an exceptional amount of moist
ure holding over from the winter.
There have been several good rains
this spring and grain is in excellent
condition.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
Eleventh Summer Session
viii Beqin June 20

The eleventh annual summer session
of the University of Washington will
open at the university on June % and
continue to July 81. The session last
year was attended by 662 students,
coming from 20 counties and from 80
states and countries outside of Wash
ington. There were students present
from British Columbia, China, Japan,
Germany and the Philippines. More
than one-fourth were college or uni
versity graduates, and 1873 were grad
yates of normal schools. One hundred
and sixty-two were grade school teach
ers, 1877 high school teach"~s, seven
supervisors, 81 principals and % col
lege or university instructors.
The summer session is designed es-
pecially to be of assistance to teachers
who cannot attend the regular ses-
sions. The university places at the
service of teachers practically all the
facilities of the college of liberal arts,
college of science, school of education,
and the graduate school. In addition
work will be offered in manual train
ing, music, drawing and physical
training. The laboratories, libraries
and museum are open. In a large
number of cases, heads of departments
are in charge of the studies. In addi-
ton to regular members of the facul-
ty, several prominent lecturers from
outside the university will give
courses.
Among the courses especially ar
ranged for teachers are agriculture,
botany, chemistry, drawing, eduaction,
English, French, geology field trip,
German, Greek, history, home eco
Monies, Latin, manual training, math-
ematics, music Instrumental and vo-
caD, philosophy, physical training,
physics, psychology, political and So
cial science, public speaking and de-
bate, and zoology Friday Harbor sta
tion).
Formal entrance examinations or
credentials are not required. Satur-
day, June 20, and Monday, June e.,
will be regular registration days. The
regular registration fee Of $40 is re-
quired of all students. Some courses
have special fees in addition. Fred
erick Elmer Bolton, Phi. D., dean of
the school of education, is director of
the summer session.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
Kenneluick Celebrates
Strawberry Festival

formalities and conventional dress
were tabooed and free swing given to
the grapevine and dips of the straw
berry tango. Guests and hosts ming
led and made merry at dancing in the
ballroom at the Commercial hotel, at
cards and other social amusements in
the parlors and at strawberry spread
in the dining room.
A quickening zest was given the
festivities by reason of the fact that
this years strawberry crop promises
to eclipse all former records. Ship
ments, which started more than week
ago, have been increasing daily and
the berries are finding their way
to market at the rate of about LOG
crates day. With continued favora'
BILE weather this total will grow te
nearly 1000 crates day by the end OF
the week.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
Idaho State Building
First Finished at Fair

San Francisco-The Idaho pavilion,
first of the state buildings in the Pan
ama-Pacifc exposition to be completed,
was dedicated Saturday. Words of
praise and friendship were exchanged
between representatives of California
and Idaho.
Major Fred R. Reed, executive
commissioner from Idaho to the expo
sition, made the chief address, saying
''To Governor Haines is due the
credit for Idaho's building being the
first completed. All the products of
Idaho will be in evidence in the differ
ent exposition buildings and the Idaho
building will be filled with its prod
ucts. Idaho's 500, 900 exposition ap-
preparation means per capita tax of
27 cents on its 100000 people,"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
Wella5.d Canal Treaty
Forms Panama Precedent

Washington, D. C. - It became ap-
parent Wednesday that the senate can
not reach vote on the proposed re-
peal Of the tolls exemption clause of
the Panama canal act for at least 10
days or two weeks, unless Democratic
leaders make an extraordinary effort
to speed up the proceedings. Under
the present speaking each day, action
on the repeal bill is still some distance
in the future.
In the three hours it gave to tolls
the senate listened to a speech by
Senator Hoke Smith, who favors re-
peal, and to a debate between Sena-
tors .Borah and Williams over regula-
tions governing the Welland canal,
which led to a dispute between the
United States and Great Britain sew
eral years ago.
Senator Borah contended that Great
Britain had not to this day yielded its
Interpretation of the treaty governing
the Welland canal, but had withdrawn
it's discrimination against United
States commerce merely as a matter
of business to protect its own com
merce from retaliatory measures taker
on the part of the United States.
He said the contention of Great
Britain at the time that the treaty en-
abled it to discriminate was still or
file in the State department, unalterec
in a single syllable.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
Senators Pass Lie OUer
"Prairie Dog" Measure

Washington, D. C.-Prairie dogs
stirred up more trouble in the senate
Saturday than tariff, currency, tolls OF
woman suffrage had done in the entire
session. Before the furry was over
one senator had denounced another as
"falsifier, and Democrats had been
accused of converting the party s
economy pledge into satire.
It all came about by Senator Ash
bursts being absent from the senate
when it agreed to $125, 900 item IN
the agricultural appropriation bill fol
investigating noxious farm animals.
He asked for a reconsideration so ne
might insert $4,000 increase for the
investigation of methods OF extermln-
ating the prairie dogs, which, he said,
had uprooted whole townships in Ariz-
ona.
Senator Bristow remarked that an
APPROXIMATION for the determination OF
prairie dogs was the most asinlne
thing he had ever heard of, because
every farmer knew how to get rid OF
them.
Everything I do seems aslnlne te
the senator from Kansas Senator
Ashhurst retorted.
For a minute the storm promised te
pass over, but Senator Gronna started
it anew by answering a remark OF
Senator Bristow by declaring with
some heat that certain senators trieo
to be facetious about everything.
'I am not in favor of calling out the
army and navy to exterminate the
prairie dog" Senator Bristow replied.
''This thing looks to me like
strained effort to get an appropriation
to give somebody some jobs"
'sNo one would make that statement
whose brains were not at the base OF
his tongue instead of in his head, .
shouted Senator Ashhurst, as he adj
vanced across the chamber toward the
Kansas senator. 'Any senator who
says 1 am seeking to get some jobs by
this item speaks what is false and
knows he is a falsiier."
The roll call on reconsideration cut
short the debate. Reconsideration was
defeated by tie vote of 26 to 26.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
Plan Nine Day Session
For 1914 Interstate Fair

Spokane = Manager Robert H. Cos
grove, of the Spokane Interstate fair,
announces that the 1914 autumn festi-
val will be extended to nine days, from
September IL to 20, inclusive.
A large tent for the farmers con-
gress will be erected and daily meet
ings arranged. Washington poultry
raisers expect to meet at the fair, to
organize state association. Under
the direction of Supervisor E E. Fa-
vile the agricultural display prizes
have been revised, and classes made
for exhibits by individuals, local
oranges and farmers unions. The
children will compete in connection
with the Washington Boys and Girls
Agricultural and Industrial Contest
association.
The better babies contest, inaugur-
ated last year on a worlds record
basis, will be continued, with DR.. Will
liam L. Hall in charge, assisted by the
Woman's Club of Spokane.
So succossful was the international
polo tournament last year that Mana
ger Cosgrove has decided to continue
it. A Spokane team has been organ
lied and will compete for the first
time.
Educational exhibits will be main
tanned by Washington State college
and the University of Idaho, and the
Spokane high schools will have demon
STATIONS of their work.
The other usual features will be
given on better scale than ever, ac-
cording to Manager Cosgrove.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22

Kennewick- With dishes piled high
with luscious red Strawberries and rich
ranch cream, merry gathering of 800
persons from the towns of the early
fruit belt of the Columbia river valley
sat down to a spread in connection
with the third annual strawberry jubi-
lee Saturday night. The affair, which
is given each year by the commercial
club in celebration of the beginning of
the strawberry harvest, eclipsed all
former attempts in point of attendance
and gaiety.
In former years the celebration has
been in the nature of strawberry
banquet and speaking program. This
year the ban was placed on speech
making and the berrygrower was given
the place of honor guest at rousing
old-fashioned jubilee, at which fuss,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
Northwest Berries King.

Spokane, Wash movement of
Washington and Idaho strawberries
has begun, being directed toward the
Puget Sound cities, Spokane and other
distributing centers. Within COM
paratively few days every tributary
market will be adequately supplied
with them, supplanting the California
product, which has held sway until now.
Hood River and Milton began shipping
berries Saturday and Walla Walla Fri
day. The Kennewick- r ichland district
started shipping May L, and is now
sending out large shipments.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
Crop Outlook Good.

Grand View-Crop prospects in this
locality are bright at the present time.
All frost danger is past and the fruit
crop is safe. Some blight has ap-
peared in the orchards, but steps are
being taken to cut out all infected
trees.
Alfalfa, corn and other field crops in
this vicinity and in the higher pla-
teaus of the Rattlesnake Mountain
country are progressing in most en-
couraging manner. The first straw
berries have appeared and there is al
ready a demand for pickers which will
steadily increase as the crop comes in
to full bearing.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
Wars In Air Predicted.

Port Deposit, Md. 1.-THE day is COM
ing when we will fight all our battles
in the air. Josephus Daniels, secre-
tary of the navy, asserted in an adj
dress at the Founders Day exercises
at the Jacob Tomb Institute where his
son is student. cat Vera Cruz" he
said, cit was an airship piloted by a
brave American that disclosed the
enemy" Secretary Daniels confessed
he was baseball fan and said that
throughout his youth he would have
preferred being ballplayer to being
secretary of the navy.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
Initiative Reapportionn'ent
of Both House and Senate

REPRESENTATIVES,, instead of 81, as at
present. and 48 senators, instead OF
AZ. King county's representation in
the lower house is increased from IL
to %, Pierce from 10 to II and Spo-
kane from 10 to IL, and an additional
representative shared with Pend
d'Oreille county. Yakima county gets
three and one-third representatives in
stead of two, while representation
from the smaller counties is decreased.
The senate membership being in
creased, the larger counties for the
most part get added representation
without corresponding decrease in the
representation of smaller counties.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
Airman,s Bombs Hit True.

Fee, Morocco Taxa, French mill
itary aviator, was one of the principal
factors in the victory of the French
troops over the Moors at Teza. The
airman flew over the Moorish positions
and directed the fire of the French ar
tillery. At the same time he dropped
bombs among the Moors, who event.
ually became demoralized and fled,
leaving many dead.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
Farmers FAVOR Federal Phone.

Pullman-Whltman county Pomona
grange No. 2 went on record as favor
ing the government ownership and con-
troll of the telegraph and telephone
systems and making them a part of
the government postal system. The
Pomona also expressed itself as favor
able to rural credit system, although
no definite proposed system was en-
dorsed. A large number of delegates
from the various oranges of Whitman
county were present and the reports
of the various delegates showed all the
locals in Furnishing condition.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22

Olympia = Seattle Legislators have
filed with Secretary of State Howell,
as an initiative measure, a reappor-
tionment bill designed to increase the
representation in both houses of the
state legislature of the large counties
in proportion to their population. I'm
der the constitution, the state should
have been reapportioned in 1911. The
so-called "cow county" combine OF
Legislators from country districts con
trolled the legislature both in 1911 and
in 1913, preventing any action they
did not approve.
The initiative bill provides for &C
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
Banks In Schools Urged.

Olympia, Wash. Reinforcement of
statewide prohibition, compulsory
school attendance through the tenth
grade, or until Is years of age, and a
system of savings banks in public
schools were recommended to the
Washington State Congress of Mothers
and Parent-Teachers' associations in
the report of the resolutions commit
tee. Mrs. Josephine Preston, state
school superintendent, outlined plans for
making vocational education feature
of public school work.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
Mob Ri0t0us at Sf11ke.

Wakefield, Mass.-Mobs rlo'e. rr
urday at the furniture factory =.
wood Bros. & Wakefield c0 s'rneress
where . strike has been in prOs sstlv
for or three weeks. A crowd, m mice.
foreigners, stoned workmen anu called
One Of the so Boston policemen. 90. e IN.
after the local force had been 70 fooaI hos o
adequate, had to be removed ;os ~ Seven
n;tal on account of his injuries: ;;uries,
foreigners, suffering from n;+h III riCting,
were locked up charged WIZ sa ;ail and
while crowds surrounded inc -
clamored for their release.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
Bid Made for MIX Can.

Eugene, lOr.-An offer of $50, ZOO
was refused this week by Mrs. Melia
c. Brown, a Eugene woman inventor,
for the patent obtained three weeks
ago on a sanitary milk bottle cap.
The offer came from Denver capital
lists. She is preparing to place the ar
tlcle on the market. Instead Of slip
ping into the top of the milk bottle.
the cap is convex in shape and slips
.over. the top. q
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume Of Worlds Important
Events Told in Brief.

Two men were badly burned in
s75.O 900 fire at Astoria, Or.
English suffragettes demand protec-
tion of the UniOnist leaders.
Possession of the port of Tamplco
nv the rebels raises new diplomatic
questions.
California newspapers urge the nom
nation of women for lieutenant gov
ernor of the state.
It is believed the Importation OF
Chinese eggs will be considerably re-
duced next season.
The Butte, Boise & San Francisco
railroad company files articles Of in
corporation in Idaho.
Soldiers continue to prevent the I'M
nortation of strikebreakers into the
Colorado coal mining district.
The case of the Englishman, Ben
ton. killed at Juarez, Mex, begins to
loom up in international diplomatic
relations.
Two men, with their wives, were
badly injured when their auto skldded
off the road and turned turtle near
Medford, Or.
Ex-President Mellen, of the New
Haven railway, promises he will tell
all he knows of the financial deals OF
the company. 4
General Villa marches on Saltillo
with large force we'll supplied with
ammunition and the early capture OF
the city by rebels is predicted.
Constitutionalists demand that own
ers of mines in the Parral district re-
turn at once and resume operations, or
they will reopen the mines them
selves.
Rebel aviators dropped bombs inside
the federal entertainments at Mazat-
Ian, disabling the gunboat Guerrero
and forcing the abandonment of sever
al positions.
The Mexican constitutionalists re-
port loss of 300 during the capture
of Tampico. The defeated garrison
fleeing toward San Luis Potosi, faces
almost certain capture.
John Burke, commissary manager of
the canal zone, is indicted for defraud-
ing the government in the purchase of
supplies. Three merchants of Panama
are also indicted for the same offense.
A tornado killed three persons and
did immense damage to crops and farm
buildings in Wisconsin and Illinois.
Slight earthquake shocks continue
~, G;ailsy-
All Americans who VIII go are now
out of Tampico, Mex.
Three thousand Shriners met in an
nual conclave at Atlanta, Ga.
More railroads are joining the gen.
eral protest against the antitrust bill.
Mexican mobs drill in the streets of
Mexico City, and try to capture only
American left in the city.
Huerta's representatives sailed for
Niagara Falls, Canada, to represent
Mexico in the peace negotiations.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
Colfar Deepens Artesiun Well.

Colfax The city council has entered
into a new contract with Herrell &
Bliss for another SO feet in the new
we'll which the city is digging at Glen
wood, at $3.50 per foot. This is the
second we'll the city has lowered at
Glenwood. It is down to 6pth of
1913 feet and is flowing los. gallons a
minute. It will also be necessary to
build receiving well before this
water can be turned into the city
mains. The first well dug by the city
was lowered to depth Of "a feet and
is furnishing 1853 gallons per minute.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
Labor Rescinds Vote.

MISUNDERSTANDING last weeks
action, when resolution was adopted
condemning the United States govern
ment for sending troops to Mexico, the
Central Labor council, by. an over
whelming vote, rescinded the action
taken on the resolution. The Carpen-
ters' union had withdrawn from the
central body because .of the adoption
of the resolution.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
SEATTLE MARKETS

Wheat Bluestem, Gle per bushel
forty-fold, 09c; club, SSc; Fife, 88c;
red Russian, SIC.
Corn-s34@35 per ton.
Oats-Eastern Washington, S27M
% per ton; Puget Sound, s27@28;
rolled, S28.
Feed Bran, s25@2e per ton; rolled
barley, s26@27; alfalfa meal, $28; al
falfa molasses, s25; shorts, sgt.
Hay-Eastern Washington timothy,
$18@19 per ton. Puget Sound timo-
thy, $14; alfalfa, s14@15; No. 1
mixed, s17@18; straw, SO.
Eggs-Select ranch, 2OM21c dozen.
Poultry = Live hens, 15M17c per
pound; old ROSTERS, 1Oc; 1914 broil-
ers, 27@30c; ducks, lac; squads,
$3.50 per dozen; geese, 12c per pound :;
guinea fowl, SO per dozen.
Belgian hares, 10c per pound.
Apples - Winesaps, s2@2.5O per
box; White Winter Pearmains. So. So:
Arkansas Blacks, S2@2.5O Yellow
Newtons, 81
Cherries-S2 per 10-pound box.
Gooseberries-$1.75 per box.
Popcorn-5@5ac per pound.
Honey-New, $3.50 per case.
Dressed Beef-Prime beef steers.
12@123c per pound; cows, 11@111c:
heifers, 12c.
Dressed Veal-15@16c per pound.
Dressed Hogs Whole, packing
house, 13c per pound.
Hides-Salted, 12c per pound: salt
kip, l4c; sailed calf, 1870; green hides.
lie; dry hides, 24c; dry salt, Zoe; salt
ed bulls, &c; green bulls, Sc.
Artichokes- 75c@85c per dozen.
Asparagus $1@1 .25.
Beans : String and wax, 12s@15c
per pound
Beets-$1@1.25 per sack.
Carrots-Local, s1.25@1. so Or sack.
Caullf1ower-Local, 81. SO per dozen.
Cucumbers- Hothouse, 35cMs1 per
dozen. poi
Horseradish, 10@121c per pound.
Lettuce = Hothouse. s1M1 Ok nor
crate.
Mint-60c per dozen punches.
Unions = Green, 25@3Oc per dozen:
crystal wax. $2.75 per crate.
Onion sets, 10c per pound.
Peas-Greea lee per pound.
Peppers. Green. Zoe per pound.
Parsiey-25@30c per dozen.
roeasoesMHohe grown $14@16 per
9on; YrkinS Gemsy $24. -
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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
ssIrail" to Be seEz Cnmino. /"

San Francisco The main avenue of
concessions at the Panama-Pacific ex-
position, which at the Chicago World 8
Fair was called the Midway and at the
st. Louis exposition the Pike, has
been named sEl Canine. The
phrase is Spanish and carries the flavor
Of California's romantic traditions, it
was decided BY the committe4
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-22
200 Acres Sell for $26. 600.

Walla Wallar-Nearly record price
was paid Monday for wheat land in
the foothills seven miles east of the
city. George Mcclure sold 200 acres
to Bruce Farrell for sac, 900.