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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Effect of NelU Wage LaW
May Be Most Radical

Olympia = That the $40 minimum
wage for mercantile establishments,
recommended by the Washington mini
mum wage conference, will have a
sweeping effect, is shown by investi-
cations of the Industrial Welfare COM
mission.
Of 4544 female employees over the
age of Is years in mercantile establish
ments in all parts of the state, whose
wages were listed by the commission,
2267 receive less than $40 week.
These statistics did not include the
employees of 5, 10 and 15-cent stores,
almost all of which receive less than
SO.
A considerable number of those re-
ceiving less than SO are beginners.
The Industrial Welfare commission has
not yet made decision on the appren-
ticeship question. One of the solu-
tions suggested at the conference,
however, which met with some favor,
was the limiting of the number of ap-
prentices in any store to Is per cent of
the total number of employees.
If this plan was adopted 50 per cent
of the women over 18 in stores would
receive salary increases by the estab-
lishment of the $40 minimum. In the
cases of 681 employees, to which the
$40 scale was applied, it was found the
average increase would amount to
$1.81 week.
The increases that would be estab-
lished by putting the $40 minimum
into effect would not be the only ones,
however. The establishment of a
minimum wage for minors would re-
suit in many increases, as 70 per cent
of those under 18 years now receive
less than 81 a week.
Apprentices, while unable to earn
the $40 minimum, will in many cases
be increased, as the commission, in
issuing permits, must also fix the wage
at which each is to work. Many of
the department stores now start begin
ners at So week.
Employers, it is believed, will de-
mand $40 service for the $40 wage
and many girls capable of earning only
81, 8 and SO week may be supplanted
by more efficient help. Importation of
trained saleswomen from the East,
who might be attracted by better
chances here, is one of the possible re-
suits that has been discussed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Exhibit House Built of
Coast Lumber In East

Tacoma "A three-room house will be
shipped from Tacoma to Chicago for
the National Forest Products exposi-
tion there and in New York. The
house was built for lumbermen of the
North Pacific Coast by the Wheeler
Osgood company, of Tacoma. In the
construction are shown all the COM
mercial woods of this Coast and their
application in the parts where they
are best suited.
The house is approximately "a feet
square, built in one story, with fiat
roof, upon which will be exhibited the
woods of the Coast in their natural
state, without paint or stain, for use
in panels, shiplap, rustic, drop-siding,
finished work in joinery, etc. The
house has it's three rooms exposed to
view-a porch, stair hall, living-room
and dining room.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Economies SaUe Million.

Washington, D. C.-Economies eff
fected by Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Blakeslee during the first year
of his administration have netted the
government a saving of $1,000
according to figures announced Satur-
day. The replacing of the old-fashioned
mail locks with new and lighter locks
is said to have resulted in saving of
5000, 900; $55, 900 was saved by using
canvas instead of leather pouches, re-
duction in Office employees netted $143,-
900, and the manufacture and purchase
of cancelling machines 100000.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17

There are four ornamental corners
to the house, with carved woodwork at
the top of each. They are built of fir
and stained to resemble weathered
lumber. The sides are made of six
inch hemlock siding and there are 16-
inch shingles. The cornice work is in
spruce. The flooring is of vertical
grained fir.
The staircase is paneled with rotary
cut three-ply veneer fir panels, made
from the finest soft fir. The living
room shows the possibilities of veneer
ing with hemlock. The dining room is
also paneled and the buffet, doors and
windows all show frs worth for use in
the highest grade interior work.
The house has been built so that it
can be taken down and erected in Chi
cago and New York in three days after
it's arrival.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
NEW WORLDS RECORD SET
BY NEW HAMPSHIRE COW

Petersboro, N. H.-By the produc-
ton of 1O59.59 pounds of butter fat
in year, new worlds record has
been made by Guernsey cow at the
Cassatt farm at Berwin, Pa, accord
ing to announcement by William D.
Caldwell, secretary of the Guernsey
Cattle association. The record was
held by a Holstein COW owned by F. F.
Field, of Brocton, Mass. which pro-
duced 1858 pounds of butter fat in a
year. ...
The Cassatt COW produced 10, 639. SO
pounds of milk during the year. Mr..
Caldwell says that the record of the
cow was certified by state and govern
ment inspectors.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Western Governors Demand
TtUO More Regional Banks

Denver Governors of seven states,
delegates to the Western Governors
conference in session here, went on
record with demand on congress for
the establishment Of two more region
al banks-one in the Pacific North
west and the other in the Rocky Noun
tain states.
The action was taken on motion of
Governor Ernest Lister, of Washing
ton and was concurred in by Cover
nors Tasker L. Oddie, Nevada; Joseph
M. Carey, Wyoming; Oswald West,
Oregon; John M. Haines, Idaho; Will
liam Spry, Utah, and E. M. Ammons,
Colorado.
Governors Lister, West and Haines
were appointed as committee to
draft resolutions in conformity with
the motion as passed.
1t was Governor Carey who preached
the question of the regional reserve
banks.
81 think the gentlemen who fixed
the places for these banks forgot the
West" he said. 1--WE discovered in
1907 that it was not so much the own
ership of money that counted, but the
fact that the East held all our money.
A bank has been placed in Boston !;
another in New York, another in
Richmond nobody knows any reason
for placing it in Richmond. The I'm
ion Pacific railroad has no convenient
banking facilities.
''To us in Wyoming, San Francisco
is more foreign than London, and we
have no business relations at all with
Kansas City. The governors should
insist on the enactment of a special
law creating two more local banks.
The Northwest is entitled to one, and
l believe one should be in Denver"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
SURGEON MENnS
LIVING HEART,
Believes e valvu!ar Disorder, M.
Be Freely Relieved, ''''
Clamps Placed on Arto,.:
Off Circulation Wh;1o oA4|
values Are Treated

New York-Dr. Alexis c.
OF the Rockefeller Institute ". a15 head
ner OF Nobel prize for scie rl,u VIII,
cussed Saturday his latest eynos; dis,
in surgery of the heart hn efe
American Surgical association u'0' e. The
experiments were performed ', lhese
with the idea of developina I'll mo dogs
and technique which can now A1s'n0d'
cessfully applied to human subia us sue'
In several recent instances , n,
clamping en- masse the neck or 'u usa;. N
OF the heart, thus shutting off t bsu .ta
culation of the blood for two or ,"t ~, el''
minutes and giving opportunity t fas
rapid operation on the aortic and lv VII
monary valves. After the o nau paE
was completed and the CLAIMS prs''Ian
moved, the heart resumed its s,,, 'e'
ton, and after a short time the p mlsa
lions become regular. An inta pu,s
ton of circulation for a much ln.ut
period is undoubtedly possible. 50 'l 4ss'
operations of more complicated 'r ns
ture could be performed. ~
In no case were there any am;
dents nor was there any need Of ms,
saying the heart when the interr ''
ton of the circulation did not exessI
two and one-third minutes. The vol
yes were generally exposed BY an j.
cision about an inch and a half lona
made half in the pulmonary srtsT
and half on the ventricle Of II.
heart"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Cattle Not Scub Victims.

Olympia by the federal
forestry department that the dreaded
cattle scab, from which the state has
in the past been wholly free, had been
found on cattle grazing in the Colville
national forest, were set at rest by a
report to the state department of ag-
riculture from DR.. Bernard johnson of
Colville, deputy veterinarian who
was sent to the scene by DR.. H. T..
Graves, acting agricultural commits
sioner.
DIR. johnson says there is no scab,
but that the cattle are thickly infested
with cattle lice.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Colombia Signs Treaty
With United States

Bogota, Colombia-The treaty be-
tween the United States and Colon
bia, settling the Panama controversy,
was signed at the State department of
Colombia by the American minister,
Thaddeus 7. Thomson, and represent
atives of the Colombian government
The signing of this treaty is looked
upon here as most momentous event
in the history of the foreign relations
of Colombia and marks a new era for
her future. The settlement of this
vexed question indicates a marked
change in the sentiment of Colombians
for the United States, in which they
frankly acknowledge their best inter-
ests and future development lie.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Rudium Tests Under Way.

Washington, D. C.-Debate in 'n'|
senate on the bill for the governnen1
tai control of the radium-bearlng ana1
of the West was opened Saturday P!|
Chairman Walsh, of the mines CONF
mittee. 80
Emphasizing the importance o. l u1
measure, Senator Walsh said radluI]
bearing lands were not only " Il
found in Colorado and Utah, ou' n
Montana, and probably would be lOpl1
in other states. -
He added that the bureau OF n,n.l
and two eminent doctors were conuu'' !
ing experiments in the m ne D',oss, y
producing radium, which, II sue'''
full. would be given to the pubic
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Predicts Decent Gasoline.

Forty-cent gasoline con-
fronts the motorist, according to Pro-
fessor Benjamin T. Brooks, of the
bureau of mines, who addressed the
meeting of the American Chemical So
ciety on Economic Phases of the use
Of Gasoline"
He estimated that the present pro-
duction in America, which he estimat-
ed at 1, $780, 900 gallons in year, was
fast falling behind the demand caused
by motor vehicles and other CONNER
cial uses. When the price of gasoline
reaches the Accent mark, which it is
rapidly approaching, Professor Brooks
said, alcohol would be an active COM
petitOr.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Fep Bid On State Land;
Appraisen,ents Too High

balance in yearly payments for 10
wears. The government reclamation
service will demand four payments of
operation charges amounting to Sc an
acre before water will be turned on
and total of $92 per acre for building
charges extending over total of 10
years.
Ephrata-About $500 acres of land
were sold at an average price of $25
per acre. Most of the land is in the
southern part of the county along the
Columbia river and was purchased by
persons from Seattle and Tacoma: E..
A. Plummer, an attorney and real
estate man Of Tacoma, purchased 440
acres Milton E. Dam of Seattle pur-
chased 800 acres. There were num-
erous purchasers of smaller racts.
Newport pieces of state land
were offered for sale by Auditor Muir
ray but no bidders appeared. 1t is be-
lieved that appraisements were too
high.
Wenatchee-N Nobody appeared at the
courthouse to bid for state land.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Consumers Not Interested
In Parcel Post Burma

La Crosse, Wis.-In La Crosse, one
of the ten cities in the United States
in which the Postoffice department is
trying to- get the producer and con-
sumner in direct touch through the par
eel post, not one consumer had, up to
Wednesday, applied at the postofice
for the lists of farmers willing to ship
directly to city dwellers.
A long list of farmers was compiled
by postmasters, but in the eight days
the plan has been in operation no one
has ordered produce from them. Eggs
retailed in La Crosse at 18 cents a
dozen, or two cents below the best
offer made by the farmers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Idle Leader Sentenced

Los Angeles Captain FRANK nv w.,
ley, the only one of the dlsfup -
"army" of unemployed to be Dr f; u
to trial, was sentenced to 60 Gays II ~
prisonment without the optl :. ind
fine. After the decision OF Vic D,. -.
was announced, los or 1o9 men .s a,',1, i
ed changed their minds about g s01ss,e}
trial, pleaded guilty and were were. i ,ssn re-
on suspended sentences; fo1 IL Mon3
main in Jail. One OF these u !, eOp1
Rose, formerly General, III, IN "a Al
mand, who was deposed and iS''
rested for vagrancy.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Great Fall Is Possible.

Salem, ORA fall of 100 feet, one
of the highest in the world to be used
for commercial purposes, will be util-
lied by David A. McKeon, Of Prairie
City, for placer mining and develop
ment of electricity. Mr.. McKeon has
filed application with State Engineer
Lewis for permit to appropriate the
water of Strawberry creek at a point
near Prairie, Grant county. He plans
developing 1900 horsepower.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Briqands Kill Hundreds.

Pekin-Brigands under the motor
ious "White Wolff killed hundreds of
inhabitants of the towns of Huh Sien,
Chow Shih and Mich Sien, in the vi
cinity of Sian Flu, capital of Shen ST
Province. They looted the three
towns after capturing them, and are
sweeping the entire country round
about. All foreigners residing at out
stations have been ordered to Sian
Flu, where column of 1900 regular
troops has arrived. Further reinforce
ments have been sent.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17

North Yakima-The first installment
of initiative petitions for the state
wide prohibition law have been filed
here. The 10 petitions contain be-
tween 800 and 400 names. They are
only beginning, according to state
ments made by Women's Christian
Temperance Union officials, who have
taken charge of the canvass. Reports
from the Grandview district in the
lower part of the county are that the
prohibition petitions have been signed
there literally, the canvass closing
with 1876 signatures.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Phone Rates Are .SZashed.

Seattle-The Postal Telegraph COM
pany, which has begun to give long
distance telephone service, filed at
Olympia with the Public Service com
mission schedule of rates that makes
deep cut from those of the Bell com
pany. The cities to be connected by
Postal Telegraph wires are Seattle,
Spokane, Tacoma, Ellensburg and Port
land. The new tariff charges ST. for a
hVe-mlnute conversation between Sc
attic and Portland, as against $685. by
the Bell lines, and $3.50 for ten
minutes, against Bell rate of $685..
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Oil Tank Holds. Liquor.

St. Louis-An oil tank car in the
yards of the st. Louis, Iron Mountain
& Southern railroad was found Satur-
day to be loaded with whisky, wine
and beer. Internal revenue officers
ordered the car held for inves-
tigation. The car was billed to Okla
homa City and it is believed the liquor
was Struggled into it in an effort to
ship liquor into the prohibition state.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
SEATTLE MARKETS

Wheat Bluestem, 81 per bushel;
forty-fold, 93ac; club, 93c; Fife, 93c;
red Russian, Gle.
per ton; Puget Sound, s27@28 per
ton; rolled, $29.
Feed-Bran, $25@26 per ton; rolled
barley, .$27@2S; alfalfa meal, $22;
alfalfa molasses, S25; shorts, $26@27.
Hay-Eastern Washington timothy,
$18@19 per ton; Puget Sound timo-
thy, $14; alfalfa, s14@15; No. l
mixed, s17@18; wheat hay, s14@15.
Eggs-Select ranch, 2O@2Oac per
dozen.
Poultry - Live hens, 17@18c per
pound; old ROSTERS, lie; spring chick
ems, 19@24c; 1914 broilers, 35c;
ducks, 1Sc; squads, SO per dozen;
geese, 12c per pound.
Belgian hares loo per pound.
Apples-Spitzenbergs, $2@2.25 per
box; Winesaps, $2@2.75; White Win
ter Pearmains, $3.50; Arkansas
Blacks, $2@2. so; Yellow Newtowns,
$2@2. SO.
Popcorn-5@51c.
Honey-New, SO. SO per case.
Dressed Beef-Prime beef steers,
123@13c per pound; cows, 12c; heif-
ers, 12c.
Dressed Veal-15@16c per pound.
Dressed Hogs = Whole, packing
house, 13c per pound.
Dressed Mutton Spring lamb, 13M
133c per pound.
Hides Sailed, 12c per pound; salt
kip, lac; sailed calf, 183c; green
hides, lie; dry hides, 25c; dry salt,
zoe; sailed bulls, &c; green bulls, &c.
Asparagus Local, zoe per pound.
Artichokes-75c per dozen.
Beets-New, s1@1.25 per sack.
Carrots Local, 81 per sack.
Caulifiower- Local, $1.25@1. SO per
-Cucumbers Hothouse, 81. rs Or doz.
Garlic-10@123c-per pound.
Horseradish-1e@12ac per pound.
Lettuce = dollhouse, $1@1.25 per
crate.
Mint-60 per dozen lunches.
Onions-Green, 25@3Oc per dozen:
Fanno, $5.25 per cwt.
Onion Sets-10c per pound.
Peas-Green, 8@9c per pound.
Parsley-25@30c per dozen.
POTATOES Home grown, $14@16 pe1
ton; Yakima Gems, $17@i8.
Hutabagas-Local. $1@1 .25 per cwt.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Minnesota Fdu0rs '.Drys. :"

St. Paul = The Prohibition forces
scored heavily in Tuesdays municipal
elections held by Minnesota cities of
the fourth class. Madison, Marshall,
Luverne and Candy, for many years
the leading saloon towns of Southwest
ern Minnesota, entered the "dry" col
umn by small majorities and the anti
liquor forces pointed to this achieve
ment as great victory. Litchfeld,
for 20 years saloon town, went dry
by majority of 43 votes and many
others also entered the dry list. Can
non Falls remains dry.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume of Worlds Important
Events Told in Brief.

The Dowager Empress OF japan Is
dead and the entire nation is IN deep
mourning.
A bow not yet 16 years of age is in
the Walla Walla penitentiary for life
for murder.
The Denver conference of Western
governors agrees that the West needs
help in irrigation.
General Villa is. reported to have
forced British consul to risk his life
in carrying messages. tf
The state of Minnesota has received
S82, 538 inheritance tax on the estate OF
the late John w. Gates.
Spokane High School girls voted to
wear plain cotton dresses at their COM
mencement ceremonies.
The CITY of Montreal, Canada, is
without a government, pending a re-
count of the ballots in the recent cleo
ton.
A dirigible balloon presented by citi-
zens to the Italian army exploded and
was completely destroyed when by
stander lighted cigar.
The thermometer registered as low
as "a degrees in the sOzark fruit belt
of Missouri, and many points in the
Southwest report freezing weather.
Oregon farmers claim to have found
the tuber moth in potatoes imported
from California, and demand strict
quarantine against all California
spuds.
Senator Cummins predicts the over
throw of the Democratic party at the
next election, while Maine Republi-
cans refuse to endorse Roosevelt for
next President.
A woman voter who registered in
Portland gave her occupation as a
bridge player. Another gave hers as
a domestic engineer, while a man gave
his as bridget.
Forfty-two men employed on the
Cello canal work quit their jobs, de-
claring there are so many missed
Shots in the blasting on the job that
their lives are constantly in danger.
Girl students in a Minneapolis SEM
mary fought fire on the third floor of
their dormitory by carrying water in
buckets up a flight of stairs until the
fire department arrived, preventing
serious loss.
President Wilson expresses conf
dence of a complete victory for his
canal tolls plan.
1t is expected the new currency sys-
tenn will be in full operation by crop
moving time this fall.
Boston painters and decorators won
wage increase Of per cent after a
strike lasting only two hours.
Seven promoters of the Sterling De-
benture corporation of New York City
were convicted of using the mails to
defraud.
Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison, Ia
Dor leaders twice convicted of con-
spiracy, have been granted a third
hearing.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Winter Wheat Sho,cs Well.

Kettle Falls The recent warm rain
is bringing the winter wheat and al
falfa fields forward rapidly. The fruit
trees are budding, and the indications
are for large crop Of all kinds Of
produce. There have been more in
quiries for farm lands in this locality
in the past few weeks than in several
years.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
London Deal Is So, 500, 600.

London Another great London land
deal has been concluded, by which s..
P. Derbyshire acquired the whole Of
Lord Howard de Walden's Regents
Park estate for more than $1,000, 900.
In point of size this is said to be the
largest transfer of London property
that has ever taken place, for the total
extent Of the estate is 62a acres. It
contains $50 houses, divided among
some 20 streets.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Sons Aid-PIea Refused.

When Mrs. Anna C. Deitch
was sentenced for shoplifting, her son,
a college student, asked to be permit
ted to go to jaflsin his smother stead,
declaring he was better able to suna
dergo the hardship than she. The
court informed him that it was impos-
sible. Mrs. Deitch, who was SEN
fenced to three months, appealed and
furnished bail.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17

Walla Walla - Fruitgrowers feel
safe now, April 2, the date of the kill
ing frost on record here, having
passed. There have been few frosts
recently, but they have not been
enough to damage apple and other
trees that are in bloom. The orchard
lists are now cutting out fire blight
over the county. In the larger orch
ards it is said the disease has been
practically eliminated, but in the
smaller tracts there is some.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
"Errsto Americans Foun0. :.

Washington, D. Carer o,one h3
ough study of the peoples aiV te Sd
fringe Of Asia from Siberia 10 a,ifp|
matra in her effort to trace VIC rTbslrs3
al American, Mr.. Harriet It, t torsnos|
Adams, one Of America ,nnnicstip
to h0 the National Geographic, s sacisi
expresses the opinion that sn' nv seq
American" peoples came trori As'
possibly in broken stages ii'
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Aviator and Woman D -,

.London-Reichelt, the usl We
iator, and a woman pass'1 when I
killed near here Saturday sxoS1o p5d .
motor of their monoplane eAP The vol
the ta air craft fell 200 feet. - fro from
an was dead when extrlea. ,. The hosE
debris and Reichelt died at ''
%o1 =,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Training School Chances Made,

Chehalis Numerous changes have
been made recently at the State Train
ing school here incidental to the
change in the management of the in
stitution, whereby Superintendent
Aspinwall was succeeded by G. A.
Russell, of Chewelah. The personnel
OF the officers and management Of the
institution has been changed almost
wholly.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17

Husum A. J.. Burnquist, an expert
pruner, and five assistants, recently
have completed the pruning of the j.
r. McCracken orchards two miles
north of here. Mr.. Burnquist asserts
that the prospects are excellent for a
bumper apple crop in this vicinity for
1914.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17
Man Pierced By. Reoa 18th

] Pittsburg- The entire ut, pss''
i9O-foot steel rail, ~ reu los Miller.
through the body OF Cnss If 3 fnissS ~
mill in the Edgar i an hour.
works. Miller lived hall -
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-17

Wenatchee- Nobody appeared at the
courthouse to bid for state land.