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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27

During 1913 James c, Graham,
owner Of the North Slope dairy farm,
near Palouse, Wash, shipped to Spo-
kane So, $40 worth Of milk, the prod
uct of 40 cows and lao acres Of culti-
waited land. Says Mr.. Graham:
II now own 200 acres, Of which
about lao only are fit for cultivation,
the rest being the side of butte and
good only as pasture during the spring
months. Yet these lao acres, during
1918, yielded 200 tons Of hay, 55O
sacks of oats and barley, 100 tons OF
ensilage, 400 sacks Of potatoes and
nearly $3.50 worth of fruit.
''Most Of this crop was turned into
milk, or will be before the winter is
over. During 1913 we shipped to Spo-
kane a., 700 gallons Of milk, valued at
$8,94O. There are now 40 cows in the
herd and ~ head Of young stock. Be
sides, have raised over 20 calves and
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27
Marquis Wheat Found
to Be Stable Variety

Davenport The search for stable
variety of winter wheat for the Big
Bend country has brought out another
variety, the Marquis, which promises
better returns to the farmer, accord
ing to some of the wheat men, than
Turkey red. C. B. Shoemaker, man
ager Of the Washington Grain and
Milling company at Reardan, said of
the new variety:
1--WE feel that we have satisfactory
proof that the Marquis wheat will not
only produce as many or more bushels
to the acre, but that it will give us q
wheat with sufficient strength that it
will not be necessary to continue to
ship in wheat from Montana for blend
ing purposes. Adolph Wagner, near
Reardan, harvested 20 sacks from one
and q quarter bushels Of this variety,
and the yield was 40 bushels to the
acre.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27
Disastrous Floods Sweep
California Citrus Belt

Los Angeles = Orange and lemon
growers of the citrus fruit region
about Los Angeles, who suffered g.
verely in the freeze of January, 1871
sustained another hard blow in Tie
storm which began early Wednesdq
and continued for three days. Groves
that were nipped and shriveled BY th
frost a year ago were washed out y
torrents that rushed down from To-
mountains and tore madly through usI
valleys. In many instances hona
and other movable property fioated %
on the crest of the swirling currena
with the trees. III
Summarized, the food stiuaua|
about Los Angeles was as follows:
Pomona, center of a large lruA.1
growing district-O Orange and lemon
groves RACED by the storm waan
Every grove damaged more Or le' !,
each suffering loss of from souv u
$40, 900. All railroad and elscu'
lines washed out. N
Covina, a town in the citrus pew !,
Menaced by floods held back ong 49, =
q temporary dam hastily erected Ct, ~, y.
drowned, Miss Susan Bev.lle u1
man rancher, and her cousin, L. 49,, :
Seitz. Ranchers striving 70 '''
homes and groves. .,+v-|
Ontario, San Bernardlno c0u .4s,r
City water system damaged Oy ~"
Many groves flooded. .;nHs
Many other towns reporter .' r;tb|
The rains continue
only slight abatement.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27
Apples Must Be
Sold to Avoid Big Loss

available and used by growers imme-
diately after picking it would increase
the average price of Wenatchee apples
by Is cents per box. On the annual
crop of 100000 boxes this would
give an added value of $3.50, 900,
enough to build four such plants as are
needed.
Mr.. Wade declares he could get the
needed capital for erection Of mod
ern big storage plant at once if
pledges of patronage were sufficient to
guarantee against loss. Furthermore,
he reports that many Eastern buyers
have indicated their willingness to buy
here for spot cash and store the fruit
nearly all winter if proper storage
were afforded. A plant of this kind
is regarded as the greatest need Of the
Wenatchee valley.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27
Train Robber Kills Three
On Puget Sound Line

rockingham. Wash. - When three
passengers on Great Northern passen-
ger train No. 1853, bound for Vancou-
yer. B. c., undertook to resist one OF
a trio of holdups who entered the day
coach when the train was running
along the edge of the bay nine miles
south Of here Friday night at 1880,
the robber pulled an automatic pistol
and shot the men dead in their tracks.
The deard are:
Thomas S. Wadsworth, a Canadian
Pacific conductor, of Vancouver, 3. =.
R. L. Lee, clerk at the United
States navy yard, Bremerton, Wash.
H. d. Anderson, a travelling sales
man, of Vancouver, B. c.
It is believed the three bandits got
on the train at Burlington, a few mics
south of the scene of the holdup.
They were seen to leave the smoking
car and enter the vestibule between it
and the day coach, where they tied
white handkerchiefs about their faces.
One of the men entered the day
coach and walked to the rear door. A
second one stepped just inside the
coach, while the third remained in the
vestibule.
AS the man reached the rear door
and started to lock the door the three
men killed leaped from their seats and
started graphing with the robber. At
that minute the bandit who was at the
forward end of the each began shoot
ing into the ceiling of the car and put
ting out the lights.
The robber, graphing with the
three men, then pulled out an auto
matte revolver and began shooting.
He fired probably ten shots. Lee was
the first man to fall. The next two
shots killed Wadsworth and Anderson.
. The three bandits left the train to-
gether as it came to stop from sig
nal by the conductor, who had heard
the shooting from another coach and
pulled the cord.
AfPosses were hurriedly organized
here and special train was hurried
to the scene of the holdup.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27

Wenatchee j. M. Wade, of the
Fruit Warehousing company, says he
has been compelled to sacrifice so car
loads of apples which he bought here
for cash last fall and which he has
been holding in Eastern storage to get
the almost certain rise in price which
will come next month or April. The
fruit was not holding up well, although
Wenatchee apples are famous as the
best keepers grown. Wade says all
this fruit be could have held until July
or August if it had gone direct from
the trees into cold storage, then been
packed and put into the cars instead
of being held in packing sheds and
warehouses for three or four weeks
before entering iced cars for the first
time,
He declares thatif cold storage were
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27
Resources of Washington
Banks Make Big Gain

Olympia - Prosperous Washington
banking conditions are shown in the
reports of 261 state banks made to
State Examiner Hanson, in response
to the call Of January Is. The state
banks show total resources of $12, 1884,
1897, as compared with STA, &c.
834.53 February 4, 1913.
The largest items among resources
are: Loans, discounts and overdrafts,
SIS, 1872, 740.59; stocks, bonds and
other securities, $15, $40, 1872. %; due
from banks and cash on hand, $24,-
874, 741.24.
Total capitalization Of the state
banks is $12,581, 200 paid in. De-
posits and trust funds combined total
$99, 891. 988. 35, as compared with $685.
682, 603.77 little less than year
ago, an increase of z per cent.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27
Follow-U Campaign for
Alfalfa, Corn, Livestock

Spokane, Wash. Governors Ernest
Lister, of Washington, John NJ.
Haines, Of Idaho, and Oswald West, Of
Oregon, as well = the departments of
education and state colleges Of the
three states, have indorsed plans made
by the Holden Improvement commit
tee for the follow-up campaign in the
interests Of more alfalfa, corn and
live stock in the Pacific Northwest.
The central feature in this campaign
will be alfalfa week in the schools Of
the three states, commencing March 8.
In letter to r. r. Rogers, Of Spo-
kane, chairman Of the Holden I'm
provement committee, Governor Lister
says: II am heartily in favor Of the
campaign. feel the idea Of having
special week for the public schools
during which this line shall be made a
leading feature is good one. AS a
result of such q week not only the pu-
pills Of the public schools, but also the
parents Of the pupils would without
doubt, receive great benefit.
Governor Haines commends highly
the results of the original Holden cam
paign held last fall, and hopes that all
parts Of Idaho may be covered by the
follow-up work.
Governor West announces his will
ingness to cooperate in the follow-up
campaign in any manner suggested by
the Oregon immigration agent.
That the alfalfa campaign has al
ready had good results is stated by C.
B. Kegley, master of the Washington
State Grange, who says:
During the recent campaign for
alfalfa on every farm in the Pacific
Northwest, the awakening for better
system Of farming was very marked.
l have travelled over much of the ter
ritory since and find the prevailing
sentiment very favorable indeed. The
State Grange of Washington especially
appreciates the educational feature Of
the movement and extends effective
support to the Holden Improvement
committee from every possible angle. !"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27
Relic Not Digger Indian.

Los Angeles Professor John C.
Merriam, associate professor Of pal
eontology and historical geology Of the
University of California. is in Los
Angeles to determine whether the
three-foot-high man found in La Brea
asphalt pit belonged to the pleistocene
age. Professor has already disposed
of the theory advanced by a Stanford
savant that the bones were Digger
Indian, declaring that the depth of the
asphaltum pit at which the bones Of
the man we're found made such a
theory impossible.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27
Ohio Solons in Tumult.

Columbus, o. ~ Scenes Of tumult
which at times bordered on riot mark
ed the closing day Of the special SEES
sion of the Legislature, which adjourn
ed sine die late Wednesday night.
An alteration in the house between
Representative Warnes, Democratic
floor leader, and Representative
Cooper. a Republican, was prevented
by other members, who separated
them in quarrel over the automobile
license tax bill, an administration
measure, which finally was passed and
sent to the governor.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume Of Worlds Important
Events Told in Brief.

England is buying heavily OF low
grade Pacific Coast hops.
Robbers held up an Alabama train
and got away with $40, 900, but missed
sack containing $4,000.
Arbitrator granted increases ag.
gregating 500, 900 yearly to the 5OOl
trainmen on the Burlington road.
Colonel Goethals is non-committal
regarding the offer made him OF the
New York police commissionership.
President Wilson desires that trust
LEGISLATION be so constructed as to
largely favor the small business man.
Hundreds of acres of orange groves
were flooded by torrential rains In
Southern California, and one drowning
is reported.
A neutral zone has been agreed up
on at Torreon, Mex, to which all nom
combatants will be allowed to retire
when fighting begins.
A Potlatch, WASH, man picked up
an exhausted carrier pigeon having on
its leg a band marked -. h. Bull,
Edna Mills, Minnesota, a."
Treaty extension for arbitration
with foreign nations is expected as
the first move of the Wilson admins
tration in its foreign relations policy.
Secretary Daniels granted leave OF
absence to naval lieutenant who
wishes to get married, and declares he
believes all naval officers should be
married.
Castillo, captured Mexican bandit
in his cell at Ell Paso, Tex, declares
he had nothing to do with causing the
tunnel disaster in which 81 persons
lost their lives.
Residents of the Society islands are
all engaged in feverish hunt for an
immense amount of treasure said to
have been buried there by mutinous
ships crew 40 years ago.
Assertion of the power of the Fed
eral government to control the build
ing of all water power projects, but
recognition of the equity of the states
therein, is the cardinal principal in the
conservation policy of the Wilson ad-
ministration towards navigabl e
streams.
Commissioner Caminetti, of the i'm
migration service, is reported about
to resign.
Silas Christofferson succeeded in fly
ing across the Coast range of noun.
tains in California.
A New York commission finds that
girls in candy factories in that city
average about SIS to Sc weekly.
Theodore Low DeVinne, dean of
printers and author of several books
on types and their uses, is dead.
A head-on collision of railroad trains
in Mississippi injured 60 persons, five
of whom are not expected to live.
A woman who declared she was
starving held up another woman on
the steets of Bridgeport, Conn. She
told the officers who arrested her that
she had eaten nothing for week.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27
SEATTLE MARKETS

Wheat Bluestem, 97c per bushel !;
forty-fold, SOC: club, 88c; Fife, $50;
red Russian, SIC.
Oats-Eastern Washington, $28@29
per ton; Puget, Sound, $28@29;
rolled, $4,000.
Feed-Bran. s24@25 per ton; rolled
barley, $27@28; alfalfa meal, s22;
alfalfa molasses, $25; shorts, $3.50
26; middlings, $34.
Hay-Eastern Washington timothy,
$18@l9 per ton; Puget Sound timo-
thy, s14; alfalfa, s14@15; No. l
mixed, $17@18; wheat hay, $14@15.
Eggs-Select ranch, 26@28c dozen.
Poultry-Live hens, 16@18c pound !;
old ROSTERS, lie; spring chickens.
18c; broilers, 22c; ducks, 18c;
squads, So dozen; geese, 15c.
Belgian hares-10c pound.
Ranch butter-20c pound.
Apples-Eastern Washington. cook
ing. $1.25@1.5O box; do. eating. De-
licious, $2@2.50; local cooking, 81:
Spitzenbergs, $2@2.25; Winesaps,
$2@2.25.
-SoN0ooC SollOu.
Cranberries - Washington, S10M
11.25 barrel.
Pears-D'Anjous, 81 box; Burre
Casters, $2@2.25; Winter Nellis.
1925. ''
Honey-New, $3.50 case: Califor-
MIA strained, 9ac pound.
Dressed beef-Prime beef steers
l33c pound; cows, 12c; heifers 12c.
Dressed veal-15@16c pound.
Dressed Hogs - Whole. nack;no
house, 13c pound.
Dressed mutton-Spring lamb, 13c
pound.
Hides Sailed, 12sc pound; salt
kip, 13c; sailed, calf, 18c: green
hides, l1ac; dry hides, 25c; drv salt
Zoe; salted bulls. &c; green bulls. 81
Artichokes-$1. 75@1. So dozen.
Beets-New, $1@l. 25 sack.
Brussels sprouts-12c pound.
Cabbage-Local, $1.50@2. Is hun
dred; red, &c pound.
Carrots-Local, 81 sack.
Cueumbers-H dollhouse, s2ta2. II fa6z.
Eggplant zoe pound. !. :.
Garlic-10@12c pound.
Horseradish-10@12c pound.
Lettuce dollhouse, $1.25 crate.
Unions Green, 25@3Oc dozen. Fan
no. 43c pound. ! -
Parsley 25@3Oc dozen.
rotatoes-Iocal, $4,000 ton.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27
Seed Corn Coming for
Follow-Up Campaign

Spokane - By the middle of March
between 125 and $50 sacks of selected
seed corn, acelimated to various In
land Empire conditions, will have
been received by the Spokane chamber
of commerce for distribution.
Already Manager Gordon C. Cor
bailey has received Is sacks of seed,
and the quantity is growing rapidly.
OF the corn received only the best is
selected for termination tests, and
the poorer ears discarded. By March
9, when the Holden follow-up cam
paign for more alfalfa, corn and live
stock opens in the schools of Washing
ton, Idaho and Oregon, Mr.. Corbaley
expects to have acclimated, tested
seed sufficient to plant several thou
sand acres.
Secretary Charles w. Farr, of the
Holden Improvement committee, which
is directing the follow-up campaign,
states that approximately $3.50 schools
of the three states will have well-de-
fined programs the week of March 9
to Ia, dealing with alfalfa and corn
subjects. Five thousand rag doll seed
corn testers, which enable the pupils
to make accurate tests of corn seed,
will be distributed, supplemented by
corn books and alfalfa bulletins.
At meeting of the committee in
Spokane Saturday, Chairman r. r.
Rogers was authorized to engage T.
w. Potter to assist in the plans for
follow-up week. Mr.. Potter has been
doing work of a similar nature for
Miss Grace M. Shepherd, 'superintend-
ent of public instruction in Idaho.
c. B. Kegley, master of the Wash
ington State Grange, reports that the
Holden campaign is having good re-
suits, and that seed men in all parts of
Eastern Washington have been obliged
to triple their stocks of alfalfa and
corn seed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27
Grazers to Have Hearinr.

Washington, D. G. - Hearings on
new laws to regulate grazing on nom
arabic public lands will begin here
March 8, as the result of conference
between Representative Kent, of Cal
ifornia, Chief Forester Graves and
President Wilson. The legislation
will affect the meat supply. Mr..
Kent told the President much idle ter
ritory could be used for cattle-raising
if new law permitted.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27
Saloons win in Oakland.

Oakland, Cal. An initiative ordi-
nance doubling the statutory number
Of saloons in Oakland was carried at
an election here. Four hundred a.
looms now are permissible. With 122
precincts reported, out Of 168, the
vote stood 1900 for the new ordi-
nance and 10, 1888 against it. The 81
loon license is reduced from $1,000 to
$3.50. The action was q reputation
Of an ordinance passed BY the city
commission last October.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27
Daniels Domestic CANCEL

Washington, D. c. While oe'.. s !,
Daniels is encouraging matr'no .'s,..
the navy. he likewise took COX! - n,rI|
of the domestic hardships. Of ~ =, 4
o officers Who are away from home ''' |
prolonged period. u;,eless y
The secretary sent q w Uass Cra|
Rear Admiral Fletcher az, .; - hsvsi
asking him if he would IKE ,. - y
admiral replied, Mrs. Fle.'D fav bous
two babies, with only apl,ss.G;deudl||
preparation, left on the rre vstsb|
yacht Mayhower, for Me1lcal
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27
EVCLISHMAN i
SHOT BY Vii
Rebel Leader Creates Bitt,,,,
By Summary Act.
Alien Rancher, 1ncensed At >.
ment by Rebels, Had ~ :. l's's|
He Would Protest to v;n

=, I paso-rhe execution, Or n,,,..
q William S. Benton, Br;t;.s 'e'
ject, by General Francisco v;, ''a SOB
Of the Mexican rebels, at Ju,,.. ass
become known here and caused :. y
excitement. 'n'sas|
Two other British subject, :,
Lawrence and companion -. ''a|
Curtis, who went to look f., Do l'aa
are also missing. ~ 0eat@
Gustav Bauch, who was ho;,.
for being a spy, also d;s. ,ns alsl|
Thomas D. Edwards, Amer;c spps y
at Jurez, said that when fris a S.aa y
Bauch went to visit him with u,I hss. Il
and food, he was not in the ca 80 Ts ~
he had been held incommunicsd, s !
last Sunday, while his trial VS.. s sass|
held. - Oeagl
Reports were numerous tb.t D. Il
would be shot. The consul i 1 .'ss
dent that Bauch was not remo, ~a,I
Chihuahua, as he watched ths ~ ~; Y
leave with General Villa on board
Stewart quoted a rebel oS,.
whose name he did not learn >. :
marking: = y
I well, we've gotten rid Of ,,..|
more gringoes.' @
Benton was one of the most ~.
inent foreigners residing in North,
Mexico. Previous to adopting re,os]
tions in mass meeting condemninu 4.
government for its handling Of MIL
can affairs, Ell Paso citizens select
Ex-Governor Curry, of New Me,in
to call on Consul Edwards at Ju,,rl
for information concerning BeuhJ
fate. 4
Mexico City, Gossip is current be,|
that certain European powers sg,1|
are planning to urge the United Stats|
to assume a more active policy in NJ
storing peace in Mexico. Many pal
sons expressed the belief that Id
Benton incident might be seized upm
as an opportunity to impress such ,
view on the Washington government
Various diplomats intimated Thai
they would use the killing Of Benha
as the basis of reports to show their
helplessness when it comes to protect
ing their nations in the greater pat
of Mexico.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27
Frills Not for Farmer.

Washington, D. G. .ns ii. most
farmer ID not squanoef1,naSSr T Calh|
on frills and furbelows' 1onr rural al
told the joint congressleo aaers ofbss
its committee. line iai ~ avstens
country need a rural creoi oil, not =
said Dr.. Golfer. "They wiz IS o.
to extravaganza II n mao Amenc
cheaper for them. Inc ..cordiDe /,
farmers borrow money, and and usets'
nv Investigation, Tor goo'
nurpose. (,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27
Railroads $4,000 Check Refused.

Railroads $77, 900 Check Refused.
Chehalis County Treasurer Arnold
has refused to accept check for ST.
900 which was rendered him by rep
resenative of the Northern Pacific
Railway company in payment for its
taxes in Lewis county. The company
objects to the so-called goodwill tax
imposed by the state tax commission,
which makes the total levy against it
locally $4,000. The company has in
timated that it will not pay this $4,000
goodwill tax without q legal order to
do so, issued out of some court with
proper jurisdiction.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27
Must Pay Before Contesting.

Olympia-Th state tax commission
has announced that it will recommend
to the next legislature the enactment
OF law providing that railroad
corporation or other taxpayer, desir-
ing to contest the amount of it's tax
must first pay the entire amount.
Tax contests by the Spokane & Inland
and O.-W. r. &'N. railroads already
have seriously Inconvenience Spokane
and Whitman counties.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27
Saves wife and Babes ~ - bis

Raymond. Wash. aun from =
babies as they were tnr0 0s;ndor ~
burning home through ,s.mrn 'RSI u !.
~ his wife, who then ]um nth. vhe 4,
caught BY him, 2. Y: d. AZ savd |;
dropped from the winuO ,rip We
family ~ ! marrow ma $500
- lSsid6ls Sv,ss
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-02-27
Peach Buds Showing Color.

Walls Walla Examination Of fruit
trees in different parts Of the valley
leads orchardists to believe that the
recent cold snap did little or no dam
age. The cool nights were sufficient
to hold the sap down.
Early peach tree buds are showing q
trace Of pink. Unless there is freez-
ing weather the growers believe that
the trees will get through al right
and, II SO, indications point to the
largest fruit crop ii years. Pruning
is under way. Fall sown grain is do
ing well.
Newport daily independent., 1914-08-05
Tel. TIT.

Yellow Clothes Are Unsightly. Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue. All grocers sell large 2 oz. package, 5 cents.
Newport daily independent., 1914-08-05
Retort of John Wilkes.

In the days when George TIL was king, and when his periodic Iapses into infirmity of mind brought about re- sumptions of the regency and changes of policy, there was an English lord chancellor who trimmed his sails to the doctors bulletins. He was a polt tician of type with which we are all too familiar. He heard one day that the king was better and would resume the reins of office, and he made an i'm passioned speech against the regency in the house of lords. In his perora' tion he cried, "I cannot forget all that I owe to the bounty of my gracious sovereign; and when forget him, may my God forget mel" He was impressed with the magnificence of his own ora tory. and could not refrain from re- beating the last phrase to John Wilkes, whom he met in Westminster hall aft CT the debate. Forget yous" said Wilkes. He'll see you damned first. " Wall Street Journal.