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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
HOUSE EXTENDS PENSIONS
OF WIDOWS AND ORPHANS

Washington, D. C. = Pensions for
widows and minor children Of the
officers and men who served in the
Spanish war, the Philippine insurrec-
ton and the Boxer uprising in China
would be authorized by bill which
passed the house Thursday by vote
Of ZIG to "a.
The bill would grant S12 month to
the widow of an honorably discharged
soldier or sailor and 81 month for
each child under 16 years, provided
that the widow shall have been mar
ried to the soldier prior to the passage
of the bill. The pensions are to be
limited, however, to widows without
means of support other than their
daily labor and an actual net income
not exceeding $3.50 a year.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
Manu- Jobs Awaiting
Workers in Northwest

Portland - Railroad construction
work in various parts of the North
west now under contract by Guthrie
McDougall & Co., of Portland, will
call for the employment within the
next three weeks of thousands OF men
and will necessitate the expenditure
of many million dollars.
Although none of this work is to be
done in the immediate vicinity OF
Portland-most of it being in British
Columbia and in the state of Washing
ton-the work is directed from the
Portland office, the construction camps
are outfitted here and most of the
supplies are purchased here.
The principal project now under
contract by this company is construc-
ton of the Kettle Valley railroad in
Southern British Columbia. While
this road is to be only IS miles long it
must be built through rough, noun
famous country and will require a
heavy force of men.
"We will employ all the men we
can get," said Matt McDougall, head
of the company. "While we doubt
less will be able to get men right on
the ground, we will take them from
anywhere if they have any means of
getting there. We cannot furnish
them with transportation"
The Kettle Valley road is being
built by an Independent corporation,
but it is understood that it is to be a
subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific. 1t
will be built westward from Pendic-
ton, on the Canadian Pacific, to
Princeton, where it will connect with
the Vancouver, Victoria & Eastern, a
Great Northern subsidiary. From
Princeton westward the Great North
ern and Canadian Northern are build
ing a joint road.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
Municipal Light Plant
Closes Successful Year

Tacoma - An official report by the
state bureau of supervision and inspec-
ton of public Offices on the operation
of the Tacoma municipal light and
power plant for the last year, show
ing net earnings, after figuring inter-
est on bonds, of 1926, 237, was pre-
sented to Commissioner of Public
Utilities C. M. Fassett by ]. F. Leg
horn, a member of the state bureau.
''This report tells the story for
ITSELF" said the commissioner. eff
any one thinks the Tacoma plant is
running behind this will refute such
a charge. And with that the top rate
for light under the Tacoma municipal
plant is only 6 cents per kilowatt
hour
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
Glasses MusseL With
Custer In Food Value

Professor Trevor Kincaid, head Of
the department of zoology in the Uni
versity of Washington, agrees with
DR.. Irving A. Field, professor of biol
ogy at Clark University, that the
mussel is valuable article of diet, in
the same class with the clam and
oyster, and far more plentiful than
either.
Professor Kincaid declares that it is
an economic crime to deny the mussel
q place on our tables. He says that
it will not be many years before the
mussel will be in demand as much as
the oyster is now.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
Partition Big Wheat Farms
TO Aid Diversified Farming

for diversified farming. The average
size of wheat farms in Whitman coun-
ty, which last year held fourth place
among all counties in the United
States in agricultural production, is
about 383 acres. Based on poppula-
ton of SO, $50, which the 1910 federal
census gave, the per capita crop pro-
duction of Whitman county land was
1915 in 1913, according to the United
States department of agriculture,
which recently announced the county's
agricultural product last year brought
SIP, $40, 700.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10

Deer Park The second and last day
of the farmers institute opened with
a talk on Horticulture" by F. W.
Allen, of the Washington State COL
lege. He especially emphasized the
careful cultivation of the ground
around the young fruit trees. The
advantages were physical betterment
of the soil, more moisture and more
plant food. He suggested the plant
ing of cover crops about the middle of
August, to be plowed under the fol-
lowing spring.
Miss Lillian Blanchard, instructor in
poultry culture at the State college,
talked on Poultry Raising and de-
clared that Deer Park was an ideal
place for chickens, on account of the
location and climate. She named
Rocks and Leghorns as the best vari-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
Enlightened japanese Says
Nations Pollen Peaceful

New York Japan's policy Of MAX
ing backward nations advance with
civilization for the general benefit Of
the evolution of society was explained
here by DR.. Shoshuke Sato, who as
serted that there was no danger Of
Japan's assuming an aggressive atti-
tude towards countries which kept up
with the worlds progress. DR.. Sato
is Japanese exchange professor to the
United States under the Carnegie En-
dowment for international peace. He
spoke at Columbia university in de-
tense of the attitude of Japan towards
Korea and Manchuria. He said there
was no likelihood Of hostilities be-
tween Japan and America.
1--WE think it our right and duty, "
said DR.. Sato, to develop the natural
resources and to introduce modern civ
ilization into Korea and also into
Southern Manchuria within the juris-
diction of Japan. But we shall never
enter into any international complica-
lions in the Western world arising out
of such question as the recent Cali
fornia land legislation. This can be
settled amicably by the two friendly
nations.
''We shall always look for peace and
friendship from the Western world,
and especially do we look for peace
from across the Pacific; the peace and
friendship inaugurated by the wisdom
of your chief magistrate and support
ed by the intelligence of your people.
If there are some sore spots, they will
be healed"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
Here Is Where GRANDPA
Can Learn SOn,ethin0

University of Washington, Seattle
Grandfather's lighting bill would have
made him a poor man had he used as
much light in his home as does his
grandson. According to data from
the department of physics in the Uni
versity of Washington, to light an
average home one year with candles
would cost 1928. 80, and with kerosene
oil, $24.90. His grandson, using car
bon lamps, will pay $25.32, while
$11.35, including the cost of lamps,
will pay the bill if tungsten lamps are
used. The data brings out clearly the
saving in using tungsten lamps in the
home that is lighted by electricity.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10

Spokane-What farmers declare is
the first important movement to parti-
ton the huge wheat farms of the Pa
louise country, south of Spokane, was
started this week at a meeting of the
Federated Commercial clubs of Whit
man county, when about 100, 900 acres
of first-class land were proffered for
listing in a statewide campaign to
provide lands for the horde of new
settlers expected after the opening of
the Panama canal. The land was
offered by large farmers to be cut up
into farms of 20, 40 and 8O-acre tracts
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
BANKS RESERVE
NEAR $l0O,OOolnN
Law Requires But Half as M,
Working Capital.
Deposits Shol0 Lncrease-M,
cau sho'os National lnst stsa 4
lions In Good Shape.

Washington, D. C.-Tbe ro,,, =
Fal reserve banking system will, tede'
business with total authorized ssatt
tai of about s1OO, 900, OOO fe. C capt.
serve banks. This fact becamo al re.
ent when figures were mado appar'
from all national banks resnondi public
the last call of the comptrolIer "s %
currency, made March 4. VI zoe
The total capital and surnlu. =. u
1894 national banks REPORTING - 'pe
given at about $1,7SS, OOO, OOo s' wa Ta'
der the reserve act each national h ~.
must subscribe six per cent of il, D "aa
ital and surplus to the capital Of ~
reserve bank in its district an y, s y!
per cent of this total would be aha su
$1O7. 900, 900. There were onlv 7Iss
national banks who signifed IN 40, 100
legal time their intention to ente, t tSs
system, so that the total would 's
somewhat reduced, but the entrsr os
into the system of state banks ass
trust companies will tend to offset
this, and it is possible that with thsss
institutions figures in the capital ~
all reserve banks will be near s1l0
900, 900.
The actual working capital Of all
the banks may reach only half fiji.
amount, for the law provides mand.
tory subscriptions of three-sixtbs n
the total six per cent. The reserve
board, the machine which will direct
the system, however, is authorized 10
demand the payment of the other
three-sixths.
The statement shows national banks
in excellent condition to meet the do.
mands of the new law. Some obsev.
ers were surprised by the fact that
loans and discounts have increased
instead of being curtailed. Loans
and discounts on March 4, 1914,
amounted to $6,357, $685. 1898, a gain
over January Is, 1914, the time of the
last call, of 1882, 130,936.
The loans and discounts increase,
taken together with the fact that in
dividual deposits increased in the same
period by more than 500, 900, 900, was
said to be the best indication that the
national banks are in shape to meet
the demands of the new system.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
Farmers Institute Closes
Most Successful Meeting
cites for laying purposes.

cites for laying purposes.
j. R. Shinn, county -agriculturist,
closed the morning program with q
lengthy talk on the Importance OF
spraying to kill the blight, which is q
vital problem in this county. He
stated that out of 215 carloads of ap-
ples shipped out of Spokane last sea-
son only rs were free from scab.
At 2:3O p. m. ]. R. Shinn again
smoke and advocated the forming OF
canning clubs among the high school
pupils, to learn how to properly put
up peas, beans, tomatoes, corn, black
berries, pumpkin, etc.
The attendance both days was very
satisfactory in spite of the fact that
the spring work is now being done and
q good many of the farmers could not
be present.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
Last Pan Holds Nuggets.

Baker, Or. - Charles Burgess, an
aged pioneer prospector, came in from
the hills near Pine Creek with pock-
etful of beautifully marked nuggets
which he took from his claim which he
has worked for two years. Burgess has
at times taken considerable gold from
the claim, but had decided to quit.
Zone more PAINFUL, +" he said late
one day last week. In the pan was
one nugget worth SIS and two more
worth SIS each. He had struck pock-
ct. The claim is now being worked
by himself and two assistants.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
Lady Bugs Help Farmer:

Sacramento -'Seventy-flve ml'l'o'
lady bugs will be distributed 10 o'''
fornia farmers this spring to prey ~
"aphids" that attack principally W.
melon, hop, bean and gram c atate
This announcement was made by o .san
Horticulturist ]. A. Cook. more .nr
SO, 600, 900 lady bugs ALREADY law
been distributed. e.,
ssThe successes of the bugs . ~,
the last two or three years has c"u, not
q demand this year that we caD nr
supply by 40 per cent, saiu
Cook.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
North Yakima Will Aid.

North Yakima-North Yakima bus
mess men, who recently declined to
meet the suggestion Of Governor Lis
ter that fund of $40, 900 be raised to
aid the state fair this year, have
promised him moral and financial SUM-
port. but did not pledge any definite
sum. A committee of five, headed by
Mayor Splawn, is to act with the state
officials in handling the fair and its
finances. Governor Lister. said good
fair could be given with the available
fund, and that he would not consent
to any deficit.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
OnLu 4 Per Cent of
Grain Crop Is Held

Walla Walla = Dealers estimate
there is but or a per cent of the
county wheat crop remaining in the
farmers hands, recent small sales
having cut down the supply. The last
sales are estimated at $4,000 bushels,
though considerable Of this was Una
tilla county wheat. Lou Lieuallen, of
Athena, sold 10000 sacks of club
wheat stored at Adams. Eighty-four
cents was paid for club of No. l quail
ity, and bluestem was bought at 91a
cents.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
SEATTLE MARKETS

Wheat - Bluestem, 99c per bushel;
forty-fold, 923c; club, 90; Fife, 92c;
red Russian, 90c.
Oats-Eastern Washington, $2SM29
per ton; Puget Sound, s28@29; rolled,
$4,000.
Feed-Bran. s24@25 per ton; rolled
barley. $27@2S; alfalfa meal. $22;
alfalfa molasses, $25; shorts, s26@27.
Hay-Eastern Washington timothy,
s18@19 per ton; Puget Sound timo-
thy, ID: alfalfa, $14@15; No. l
mixed, s17@18: wheat hay, s14@15.
Eggs-Select ranch, zoe per dozen.
Poultry-Live hens, 17@19c pound;
old roosters, lie; spring chickens, 10
@24c; 1914 broilers, 35c; ducks, 18c:
squads, So per dozen; geese, 12c. per
pound.
Belgian hares-10c per pound.
Apples-Spitzenbergs, s2@2.25 per
box; Winesaps, s2@275 White
Winter Pearmain, $3.50; Arkansas
Blacks, s2@2.50; Yellow Newtowns,
s2@2. so.
Cider-25@30c per gallon.
Cranberries - Washington, 5000
11.25 per barrel.
Popcorn-5@5ac per pound.
Honey-New, SO. SO per case.
Beef-Prime beef steers, 121M1Sc
per pound: cows, 12c: heifers, l2c.
Veal-15M16c per pound.
Hogs = Whole, packing house, 13c
per pound.
Mutton-Spring lamb, 13@13sc per
pound.
Hides-Salted, 13c per pound: salt
kip, lac; sailed calf. 1870; green
hides, 12c; dry hides, 25c; dry salt
2oc; sailed bulls, &c; green bulls, Sc.
Asparagus-5@1Oc per pound.
Artichokes-75@85c per dozen.
Beets-New. s1@1.25 per sack.
Eggplant-12sc per pound.
Garlic-10@12ac per pound.
Horseradish-10@123c per pound
Lettuce-Hothouse, 75c@sl crate.
Mlnt-6Oc per dozen punches.
Unions Green, 25@3Oc per dozen :
Fanno, SIS per cwt.
Peas-Green. 8@12c per pound.
Parsley-25@30c per dozen.
fotatoes-Home- grown, s14M16 per
ton; Yakima Gems, $17@18.
Rutabagas-Local, $1@1. 25 cwt.
nnuoarb-Local, &c per pound.
Spinach-Walla Waila, soc crate
Wainuts-New, 18@1sac DER Mound
French. 15ac by cwt. ~
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
Coat Cause of Explosion.

Olympia, Wash.-"Shot in the face
by coat'' was the novel accident re-
ported by Mrs. P. J. Butler, of White
River, to the industrial insurance COM
mission, with demand for compensa-
ton. Mrs. Butler, who is employed
as housekeeper by power company,
said that she threw the castoff gar
ment into the stove and an explosion
followed. The woman received in
juries about the face, arm and body.
Whether the pockets of the coat con-
tanned dynamite or celluloid buttons
caused the explosion is not known.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
Yakima bitches Filled.

North Yaklma-Aprll marked the
commencement of the irrigation sea-
son on the Sunnyside unit of the Tie
ton reclamation project. Water for
irrigation on the, Tieton unit, where
the season is several weeks later than
on the Sunnyside, will not be turned
into the bitches until May l.
The Yakima reservation canal also
began deliveries of water on April l..
Water was turned into the Teton
canal some time ago sufficient for
filling cisterns and other domestic
uses.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
Canal Decision Gloomy
for Northwest Lumber Mills

Portland-A gloomy outlook for the
lumber industry of the Northwest
United States in competition with the
timber sections of British Columbia is
foreseen by the heads of the big
Northwest lumber concerns, in the
face of the efforts that are being made
in Washington to repeal the clause Of
the Panama canal bill providing for
free tolls for American ships in coast
wise traffic.
The principal hope of the lumber
men of the Northwest from the open
ing of the canal 'ay in the possibility
of developing great market for their
product in the cities of the Atlantic
Coast.
''It will be one of the hardest blows
that the lumber industry of the Pacific
Northwest has ever suffered, if the
tolls clause is repealed" said F. Fl.
Ransom, manager of the Eastern &
Western Lumber company. II feel
that we have little encouragement to
find for the lumber industry of the
Northwest from the opening of the
Panama canal. have had some cor
respondence with Senator Chamberlain
on the matter and I feel with him
that, aside from the question of bene-
fit or injury to industry of the North
west that may result, we are sacrific-
ing our American independence by
any action which removes from us the
privilege of free tolls for our own
shipping through the canal"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10

New Orleans-Luis Terrazas: ..rer
the wealthy Mexican held r,.,neral
for ransom at Chihuahua by ue luce
Francisco Villa for the iass Cav
months, has escaped and made MS In
south toward Mexico City: aos sh the
to reports received here. Inrou ssrgaut
assistance Of an old family % the
and q traitor in Villas camp ob-
story says, the political pr'sU cnsItillo,
tanned his liberty and reached .I;o alit
beyond the rome of cons'''us
control. s.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume Of Worlds Important
Events Told in Brief.

President Wilson says ne expects
congress to adjourn by July l.
Secretary Bryan denies that his
voice has in any way deteriorated.
John Lind, Wilson's representative
in Mexico, is coming home on a vaca-
ton.
President Rea, of the Pennsylvania
system. makes strong plea for high
er freight rates.
A San Francisco policeman roundly
scored the Judge who released Wom-
an he had arrested.
Wilson announces that he will toler-
ate no compromise whatever on the
canal tolls question.
Many historic records were Destroy
ed in q million dollar fire which swept
the business district of st. Augustine,
Florida.
The complete rout of the federal
garrison and capture of Torreon by
rebels is announced in dispatches to
Juarez, Mexico.
The skeleton of a man ten feet in
height has been unearthed in Ireland.
He is supposed to have been buried in
prehistoric times.
The University of Kansas proposes
to give a college education by cores
pondence methods to every convict in
the state penitentiary.
Sixty-four men of the crew of New
Foundland sealing vessel were lost IN
a blizzard which caught them on the
ice away from their ship.
The board of directors have declared
a half holiday for the Portland public
schools April IA, the opening day of
the summer baseball season.
A Salem, Oregon, man aged 60 died
from fright at the burning of his
house, after having been rescued and
placed in safety by neighbors.
San Francisco has been named as
the location of the reserve bank for
District No. IL, comprising Califor-
MIA, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Ne
vada, Utah and most of Arizona.
Chicago has voted $4,000 with which
to build public dancing hall.
Heavy rains have flooded the Ken
lucky river and several towns are
under water.
A bucket brigade formed by boys
from a nearby school saved the resi-
dence of Mrs. Wild at Arleta, Or,
from destruction by fire.
The California state board of health
declares new baby is born every IL
minutes in that state.
The Massachusetts legislature by a
large majority refuses to place ban
on the tango and similar dances.
A mob of 500 strikers and sympa-
thizers attacked a train crew on the
Pennsylvania road, but the police res
cued them.
Officials of Oregon City, Or, are
considering the prohibition of swear
ing on the streets or in public places
in that city.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
Clouds Burst In Kansas.

Topeka, Kan. - A heavy storm, re-
sembling in some vicinities cloud
burst, fell over the eastern central
parts of Kansas Thursday. 1t was ac-
companied by hail. At Coffeyville
hailstones smashed windows and de-
molished scores Of street lamps. Tel
ephone and telegraph service was de-
moralized. The precipitation amount
ed to from two to three inches.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
Miners Sail On Vacation.

Chicago-Indiana and Illinois coal
miners. most Of them natives of Ire
land, England and Scotland, will have
vacation in their native lands while
the operators and union leaders deter
mine on new wage agreement. Five
hundred miners left here on a special
train for Halifax, N. S., whence they
will sail for Europe.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
TtOO- Year Search Exposes
Dishonest Postal Clerk

Harrisburg, Pa.-William B. Baum,
aged 80, mail clerk in the railway
mail service, was arrested Thursday
charged with having stolen $50, 1000
from the mails. It is alleged that two
packages, each containing $40, 200 in
currency were taken from the mails
on July 5, 1912. The money was be-
ing sent from St. Paul to bank in
New York. Postal service detectives
have been at work on the case ever
since.
Baum was held under 500, 900 bail
by the United States commissioner.
It is said the government has expend-
ed more than the amount of the stolen
money in the effort to uncover the
theft. Every postal clerk working
between St. Paul and New York has
been under scrutiny for nearly two
years.
Attention is said to have been at
tracted to Baum by the fact that he
was indulging in expenditures appar-
emily not in accord with his salary Of
$1,000 year. Detectives learned that
he was dealing in real estate, had
money in the bank, rented safe de-
posit vault and owned an automobile.
In January of this year, Baum was
married and he took a honeymoon trip
to Palm Beach, where he was reported
to have been '9liberal spender.
It is about IL months since Baum
began buying real estate and making
investments in securities in New York
and Pittsburg to which points his runs
on mail trains took him.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
Engine Pilot Saves Man.

Grand View, Wash.-Everet Butler,
a Prosser sheep buyer, struck a North
ern Pacific passenger train with his
automobile half mile north of here.
The automobile was dragged 100 yards
and demolished. Butler and lamb
that was in the machine were caught
on the pilot of the engine. One of
Buffers ribs was broken and he was
severely bruised. The lamb was not
hurt.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
Ore Arrives at AsOtin.

Asotin-The bark Prospector re-
turned Wednesday from its first trip
to the Upper Snake River country. It
brought about IL tons of ore from the
Great Eastern mine. The ore was
taken from an open cut made on the
vein and assay shows copper values to
amount to about Is per cent, while
there also are much gold and silver
values.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
CentraIia to Get Ne1U Fuct0rY.

Centralia - It is announced that
James Churchill, owner of glove
factory in Centralia, is about to erect
new plant here that will give en-
ployment to 100 persons. The fac
tory will be located at Maple and
Pearl streets and will be thoroughly
modern in every detail. The city
commission granted Churchill permits
sion to erect temporary warehouse
within the fire limits, pending the
building of the new plant.