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Thb Islander Entered at the postoflice in Friday Harbor as second class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, 11.50 per year .Strictly in advance ADVERTISING RATES: Di«plav standing ads, 25 cents per inch, , ptr week, single eclumn measurement. Reading business locals, 20 cents per | line per week. Notices, such as Wanted, For Sale, etc., 10 cents per line for first insertion and 10 cunts per line each week thereafter. Legal notices, at customary legal rates. All communications to Thk Islander must be signed with the name of the Writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. _ THURSDAY, SEPT. 20. 19H. The Official Paper of San Joan Connty. A. J. PAXfIOK, Editor nnd Prop. Citizens Convention. We. the undersigned citizens and voters of San Juan county, do hereby subscribe | our names to a call for a Citizens Conven- i tion to be held in Friday Harbor, Wash., i Wednesday evening, September 2fi, 18M, to place in nomination a Citizens Ticket , for the election to be held next November The said ticket to contain one nominee for each of the county offices, and Represen tative to the Legislature. All citizens of the county, regardless of their political preferences or affiliations, who believe in an honest and economic .1 administration of our county affairs are invited to participate in the convention. It is recommended that the primaries be held in the several precincts on Saturday, September 28, 1«U. The basis of repre sentation being one delegate at large from each precinct and one for each twenty-five votes eas.in the precinct at the last general election. Following is a list of the precincts with the number of delegates each is entitled to: San Juan Precinct, No. 1 •> San Juan Precinct, No. 2 5 San Juan Precinct, No. 3 o Otom Precinct No. 1 <^ Orcas Precinct No. 2 b Ureas Precinct No. 3 ;J Lopez Precinct No. 1 •*> Lopez Precinct No. 2 j> Nhaws Precinct ? Waldron Precinct 2 Blakely Precinct Total 39 Following is a list of the names signed to the petition for the above call: P. E. Peterson H. S. King M. Maloy H. H. Davis John Wold A. A. Turnbarge Francis King G. A. Ellsperman John Powers Ed Delaney L. D. Hix W. E. Lampard Bert Tift P. A. Jensen A. W. Thomas T. A. Wakefield John Stamm F. E. Fowler 11. H. Smith J. A. Buchanan C. E. Hackett John Douglas Peter Gorman C. W. Hammond John Urfer A. J. Paxson Frank Guard F. M. Breedlove G. B. Driggs R. W. Jasper J. C. Clinton H. J. Jasper William Gill E.E.Allen R. E. Davis W. W. Crosby Steve Doyle S. V. Boyce Orln Boyce Joseph Gorman John Delaney Joseph Sweeney John P. Doyle Steve B. Jensen K. McDonald Albert Jensen B. McCreesh Joe Jensen C. T. Torey H. E. Smith A. C. Brown Win. Douglas John M. King Jas. J. Doyle R. M. Caines W. 11. Higgins J. W. Johnson John Briggs Thomas McKenna Jas. F. King J. C. Archambault Paul J. Nelson C. W. Morse J. G. Middleton Henry F. Smith John C. Werner Nelson Laßar E. Eriekson Donald Ross Thomas J. Shea Orin Boyce John Delaney Stephen Sweeney K. McDonald B. McCreesh C. T. Torey A. C. Brown J. T. Kelly D. Madden A. Fleming E. E. Wilson W. H. Fincher Chas. A. Fleming Paul Guard A. J. Hinckley S. Olsen Wm. Lomberg G. W. Woolard Ed Gilshenan Charles Bramer R. R. Cockrill A. Ohlert Albert Jensen E. B. Fowler R. K. McLachlan J. N. Fry D. P. Kepler E. D. Davison C. H. Sutton, Jr. Jas. Knowlson P. A. Archambault Thos. Fleming P. Woodworth A. B. Olsen John Foster E. C. Nordyke E. E. W Tilson James Gorman W. R. Stuart Robt. Wiley Geo. J. Beck John Jimses James Fleming John Low E. D. Warbass T. T. Paxson F. E. Smith R. Rilling Martin Rethlefsen J. Bastien John Sweeney The Populist Convention, at Shaws Island, last Saturday afternoon, was not a unanimous convention, except in one particular, and that was to see that ft good honest ticket was placed within the reach of ever3 r voter in San Juan wmnty. Every delegate to that con vention had the interest of the Populist party at heart, and a number were there who were in favor of nominating a straight ticket. Each and everyone had the same two objects in view, viz: The perpetuation of the Populist party tn San Juau county, and the placing in the field a ticket every voter, who honestly opposes ring rule could sup port irrespective of political preferences. After being discussed, pro and con, it Nvas decided to make no nominations and amid cheers the convention cast its lot with the citizen's movement, and passed a resolution asking their conven tion to nominate Jas. Tullock, of East t?ouud, for the legislature. Every Populist went home from the convention with the assurance that he could vote the Populist ticket straight ja state politics and that in county affairs he was upholding the fundamen tal principle of his party: "The Great est Good to the Greatest number." should attend the Citizen's Convention at Friday Harbor next Wednesday, What the people of San Juan want is a representative who will work for township organization, and endeavor to knock some of the kinks out of our present road law. W. C. P. Breckinridge, wan defeated for renomination. for con gress, from the Seventh District, in Kentucky, at the state Democratic convention held at Louisville, on the 15th inst. W. P. C. Adams is really ami truly a man of the people. Every one of our citizens who heard him speak were in)pressed with his sincerity and earnestness, If Mr. Adams is elected to congress he will be ■ fearless representative of the whole people. Jm S. McHillin told a Telegraph reporter, Iml week, that Joseph Sweeney and John Kelley had joined the Populists. When inter viewed Mr. Sweeney Said "No I have not joined the Populists but I would rather be called a Populist than be one of McMillin's tools. A TRUE BLUE REPUBLICAN. How thankful We True Blue Repub licans should be that we got a ticket which we can boast of (?) Just to think! three candidates whom we cau vote for with a clear conscience. We wonder not, at a call for a Citi zen's Ticket and think it about time. When things get into such shape that we must give a man an office to keep him in the county, or keep him from starvation, or so that he can pay up the interest on his '• Papers of good recom mendation" of his "Individual finan cial success," we say halt! and contend that men who make a failure of their individual business are not fitforoffice, nor should we permit them to dictate to us who we shall vote for. We have men among us who have worked hard, got good wages, held honorable positions and have accumulated quite a bit of property, etc. But by referring to the mortgage record we must ask* "Who owns it? We feel sorry for such, people, but in our estimation they are not fit men to dictate to us in any matter. It is a severe blow to the old settler to see kids, hardly out of their teens, and men who have not been here long enough to know "If the climate agrees" with them, and non-taxpayers at that, put up for office. It is to be hoped that we have men among us who have suc cessfully weathered the storm of a pioneer life on these islands, who are competent to fill the honored position. We don't want $1 a day men, but we want men who know the value of a dollar, and if the law gives them $3 or $5 per day they must be willing to give value received. We hope for a good Citizen's Ticket, now, that we can vote solid for county government. I am a "True Blue" Republican to the backbone, and do not pretend to say that the men nominated are not pro ficient. Of some we have our grave doubts as to their ability to do for us what we need and want. You talk of your professional men and skilled labor! Do they represent the interests of the working man? There is no business which requires more skill, more proficiency, and more stringent economy than farming. Why not put up "Old Hayseed" and give him a chance. I'll vow that we have more intellect, more ability and more honest and solid backbone hid in some of our farm houses thau the majority of city demigods. I will not intrude further. So much from a lifelong Republican. R. J. Hummel. Port Stanley, Wash. A. M. Bailey, a well known citizen of Eugene, Oregon, says his wife has for years been troubled with chronic diarrhoea and used many remedies with little relief until she tried Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and diarrhoea Remedy, which has cured her sound and well. Give it a trial and you will be surprised at the prompt relief it affords. 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by all Druggists. Team, Harness and Wagon For Sale. I have a Team, Harness and Wagon, which I will sell for $200. John Douglas. Friday Harbor, Wash. THE LITTLE GEM. The Roche Harbor Lime Co. is load ing a scow or two of wood at Krundick's place. Mess. Schultz and Davis of the Roche Harbor Lime Co., took a stroll over the island the other day. The Republican delegate from here to the County Convention at Friday Har bor, returned in a melancholy mood, Thursday morning. He went to the convention with the honest intention of breaking up the ring at the county seat, and nominate competent and honest men for the various county offices, but in vain. They were too thoroughly organized. He said, ''The whole slate was made up as usual. _ «. .— John G. M auger Editor of the Sunbeam, Seligman, Mo., who named Grover Cleve land for the Presidency in Nov., 1882, while he was Mayor of Buffalo, N. V., is enthusiastic in his praise of Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says: I have used it for the past five years and consider it the best preparation of the kind in the market. It is as staple as sugar and coffee iv this sec tion. It is an article of merit and should be used in every household. For sale by all Druggists. THE IRON RING. [chapter i] It came to pass in the land of San Juan that there liveth a man, who was mak ing money by fire and rock and was not satisfied unless he was one of the powers of the Nation: ho sayeth unto himself "we must form a Strong Ring for a break, to control the machine of the RepubHcaii Delegates and as he was a very careful engineer lie would not trust "to anytKHly but liluweir to handle the lever of (he break, which consti tutes the big Iron King. When the time canio to in the machine, the engi neer at tin* break, handled the lever with Mich skill that the powerful ma chine worked to his entire satisfaction. Sohih! The engineer said unto his peo ple "1 commend unto you my man, Friday, who is our servant and does the writing for our Elders in the House of our County, that you receive him as be cometh the saints, and assist him in whatsoever business he has need of you for he had been a sucorer of many, and will also be of myself, as he is of my faith. Selah. It came also to pass, that this servant of the Elders took upon himself the responsibility to dictate to the Elders of the County, whom should do the printing of the affairs of the land and show his sucoring abilities, but he forgot that he manipulated the county affairs so as to create a new office for the benefit of his own pockets. But it came to pass when the Elders of the land came together they snid unto their sucoring servant, Friday, "Let all the land know what we are doing with the money they are paying as tribute to our land; and when our friend, Friday, could not see any way out of it he was terror stricken and resigned his office as Purchasing Agent, as he didn't want the people to know how he was fleecing them. And he is the man who engi neer McMillin wants to send to the Legislature to uphold his voice in his behalf as a U. S. Senator. Selah. CHAPTER 11. After the machine worked well for one day, and the engineer left his post to his man, Friday, some of the cogs got loose, and the people of the land rose up and said unto themselves, "there is some Rotten Iron in the King" and they hired three blacksmiths, one Re publican, a Populist and a Democrat, to constitute an investigation committee, and after hammering on the Ring until red hot they let it cool down, and the Ring showed a good many weak spots. The weakest spot seemed to be where the lever was rivited to the ring. After the investigating committee reported that the Ring would not stand the strain, they concluded to get a new machine, one which could be run on a more economical basis, and there were hundreds ready to contribute parts to the new machine and it promises to be a great success. Selah. This is not a question of politics any any longer; when a man like Grand DukeMcMillin comes down on farmers and has everything cooked beforehand to his own taste, then it is time to stop and think, then let us lay politics one side and come together—Republicans, Democrats, Populists, Prohibitionists, or whatever you may be, and make one mighty effort to free ourselves from this McMillin Ring. Vote for the Citizens Ticket. John Stamm. A Gentleman» Who formerly resided in Connecticut, but who now resides in Honolulu, writes: "For 20 years past, my wife C J and I have used Ayer'g Jkf^K Hair Vigor, and we I g J attribute to it the dark |||||a hair which she and I P^lll now have, while hun |V*t|p drcils of our acquaint ff TV auces, ten or a dozen A 2s?*^S years younger than we, iif«4filr^\ are either gray-headed, dfdp^'n'iA white, or b.tl.i. When affix? % 4* * asked liow our hair has H?4g# <E$ V-ff>* retained its color and lf» ••~7,^*'*»«^ fullness, we reply,'By pHI Vl^ Xft -rsa the use of Ayer's Hair illsSHz aM S*> Vigor-nothing else.'" ||p£S:i ft^^ii "in 18Gii- my affianced Esf^~j^?&~ was nearly bald, and Plf^i^'^' 5 ' '^$$ri kept fall -j^ri.-.S-V-"-" * ,- ""*" i- ' -" ing out -\ 5;,.-: |- ■;'- z-*!^ every ":" :. £**" ■.' -^~^^|day. I . : ; '_ .-j£.;.-Jiv^j", \ in d uced ■■■■• ~~~^~£:-^r==2i&** her to use yav'3 Hair Vigor, ai><i very <oon. it not only i:he'ck€d any ft»rti»«r !<>ss of hair, but produced an entirely new growth, which has remained luxuriant i>n:i jjlossy to this day. I can roeomineiiil this preparation to all in need of a peiniine hair-restorer. It is all that it is fiaiined to be."—Antonio Alarrun, Bast-op, Tex. AVER'S HMR VIGOR J. E. MELLEN, Contractor & Builder All kinds of Carpenter Work done on Short Notice. J. E. MELLEN, Friday Harbor, Wash. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATORS SALE In the Supkbior Coubt of the Statk of Washington, for San Juan County— Probate Department. In the matter of the Estate of )xr 1O Whitmul P. Ray, deceased j NOrn 1S Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of an order issued oy J. E. Tucker, Court Commissioner of San Juan County, Wash, made on the 3d day of Sept. A. D., 1894, in the matter of the estate of Whitmul P. Ray, deceased, the undersigned, the Ad ministrator of said estate, will sell at public sale, at the front door of the Court house in Friday Harbor, Wash., between the hours of 1 and 6, in the afternoon, on the 29th day of September, 1894, to the highest and best bidder, one-lialf cash, in hand on confirmation of sale and balance in six months, subject however to confirmation by said Court Commis sioner. Subject also to th*» rights of the State of Washington said land being school land the following real estate to wit: the undivided half interest in the S. E. i of S E. i and N. E. i of S. E. J and Lots 3 and 4 of Sec. 16, Tp. 36 X. R. 2 west, all in San Juan County, Washington. ROBERT K.McLACHLAN, Administrator of the estate of Whitmul P. Ray, deceased. Nordyke A Hackett, Attorneys for Administrator. First publication Sept. 2d 1894. Auditor's Exhibit # ' . ________^— ——^—— ——— . *■ ■ ■ Of the Finances of San Juan County for the year Commencing July ist, 1893, and Ending June 30, 1894. EXHIBIT "A" Number of acres assessed, 75,137; value, including structures thereon $ 835,709 Value of Town Lots, including structures 37,400 Total value of all taxable personal property as per the changes required by State Board of Equalization ........ 101,401 Aggregate value of all taxable property..... » 1,024,510 Total value of all property as equalized by County Board of Equalization.. 1,049,380 Total value of all property, as equalized by Suite Board of Equalization 1,026,163 EXHIBIT "B." Amount of taxes levied f>r the year 1893 on $1,024,510 equalized property valuation: State general purposes, 2 70-100 mills. . $2,766.17 State Millitary, 20-100 mills • ......... - 204.90 State interest, 5-100 mills. 5122 Total State Tax, 2 95-100 mills, • . $ 3,022.29 County; General purposes, 8 mills... $8,196.08 County School, 6 mills •"*••• ••• • 6,147.06 Soldiers Relief fund, 25-100 mills 25.61 Road and Bridge, 1 mill • •••• 1,024.51 Road Property 1,024.51 County Incidental, 50-100 mills 512.25 Total county tax, 16 21-40 mills . $16,930.02 All Special School, • • 603.04 Grand Total, State, County and Special Tax $20,555.35 Gain segregations • • • • 22.79 Treasurer's supplemental assessment 68.44 Total ; • $20,645.58 . EXHIBIT "C." Amount collected from tax levy of 1893, exclusive of 2 per cent, rebate and penalties interest and costs. State General Fund ••»•$ 2078 26 State Millitary Fund •— 154 67 State Interest Fund.. 38 66 County General Fund 6,187 55 County School Fund, 4,640 67 County Bridge Fund • 773 45 Soldiers Relief Fund 19 36 County Road Property • 767 41 Special School District Fund 398 21 | Incidental Fund 386 71 Total Cash Collected • $ 15,444 95 Two per cent, rebate allowed 125 54 Errors and abetrnents allowed > 70 58 Balance Delinquent and Uncollected 5,004 51 Total Collected, Rebates, Errors an EXHIBIT "D" Summary ot County Warrants issued against the General county fund by order of the Board of County Commissioners, since July Ist, 1893, for following purposes State vs. Thomas Pepper, costs in Justice's Court ? 59 25 County Printing 48 05 Per diem and mileage Co. Supt.... 89 00 State vs. McGeaver, Justice Court 28 4o Legal Notice in P-I; sale of bonds 500 Wood for County offices 15 00 Office Rent -County Treasurer 50 00 Rebate taxes 9 °° State vs. Kettles, costs Justice Ct.. 10 50 Care of county poor 91 50 Transcribing Probate records 20 00 Blanks, blank books, stationery.. 165 95 Four set Hill's Code for Justices... 42 50 Examination of Teachers 41 20 Total •• ? 675 40 Same in Superior Court, for same period by order of said court: Jury fees June session, 1893 $ 90 GO Bailiff, June session 6 00 Bailiff, April Session 6 00 All insane cases »•• 96 45 Jury fees, June session, 1894, 297 90 State vs William Prisk 72 40 State vs, Madison and Spittle 34 00 State vs. Burr and Balch 333 00 Court Stenographer, four days 40 00 Two bailiffs, each four days 24 00 Total $1675 75 EXHIBIT "E" SALARY AND EXPENSE FUND Auditor's office—salary 699 96 " •' clerk hire 11 80 44 " incidentals 120 66 832 42 Attorney's " salary 150 00 44 44 deputy 450 00 J 4 44 stamps 6 00 606 00 Clerk's " salary 399 " " stamps Ac 21 10 421 06 Sheriff's " salary 600 00 44 44 deputy &c 151 35 751 35 Treasurer's 44 salary 600 00 44 44 stamps Ac 23 68 623 68 Co. Supt. 44 salary 150 00 44 " stamps &c 27 07 177 07 Co. Com. *• per diem 305 98 305 98 Surveyor's " " 61 25 61 '25 Superior Judge salary 100 56 100 56 Assessor's " salary 610 00 - 610 00 Cash Warrants — fund Care county poor 483 00 Care of defective youth 14 00 Office rent, Co. Treasurer 50 00 Light and fuel 27 29 Furniture and Repairs 16 00 Rebate to C. C. Reed 100 00 Total : - $690 29 EXHIBIT 44F" ROAD DISTRICT FUNDS. No. 1, San Juan, road work $ 72 75 44 2, 44 " " 90 14 44 3, " " " 190 00 "4, " " " 62 25 44 5, 44 " " 135 10 44 6, 44 " " 114 63 44 7, " " " 26 62 :'■" 1, Orcas M " • 94 60 «. 2) » .t « 73 25 •443, ■ ■ 44 ■ ■ " . " 182 70 44 4, " 44 " 67 00 44 5, 44 " " 59 25 " 6, 44 44 " 68 05 44 1, Shaws " 44 32 50 44 1, Waldron 44 . "46 30 44 1, Lopez " M 76 00 41 2, 44 44 44 17 50 44 3, " •' " 29 00 14 4, " < 4 «4 4 60 ; Com. District Funds: .--);: . " 1, San Juan, material &c 58 20 " 2, Orcas, material Ac 61 66 "3, Lopez, work 4 80 General road, order of Court 60 60 Road blanks 21 60 Laying out county roads 7 00 1656 00 EXHIBIT 44G" COUNTY LAND FUND Surveying County, Land 18 80 Total expenditures $8529 91 STATE OF WASHINGTON) COUNTY OF SAN JUAN / » I, John L. Murray, auditor in and for said county, do hereby certify that the foregoing statement is true and correct as appears by the records in my office. {Auditor's I JOHN L. MURRY, County Auditor. ( Seal, / Friday Harbor, Wash., July 19,1894. d Delinquent |20,645 58 EXHIBIT "H» Warrants issued from July Ist, 1893, to June 30, 1894: No. Amount 138 County fund $ 1675 75 114 Salary fund 4139 51 25 Incidental fund 1040 15 75 Road District fund 1442 24 18 General Road fund 89 10 9 Commissioner Dis. 124 66 5 County Land fund 1850 384 Totals $ 8529 91 EXHIBIT "I" Treasurer's receipts from all sources from July 1, 1893 to and including June 30, 1894 Cash on hand various fds $5254 20 Delinquent tax, rolls 89-90 17 72 44 " '91 44G 00 " '92 705 11 Tax collections " '93 15,444 95 Penalties, interest, costs, 4G2 40 Lease of co.inty land 21 00 Liquor licenses 600 00 Permanent school fund 763 48 Fees, Auditor's office 579 40 " Clerk's office 370 80 Sheriff's office 16 65 Special School 157 15 Donated, W. H. Thacker 10 00 Sale land and Per. property 218 00 Road Poll Tax 147 00 Fines 31 00 Grand Total ?25,247 86 EXHIBIT "J" Treasurer's disbursements—all purposes from July Ist, 1893, to and including June 30th, 1894: Remittances to State Treasurer for state tax collected and 10 per cent, of liquor licenses $ 2484 21 Redemption salary warrants 4139 51 Interest on salary warrants 31 60 Redemption Co. fund warrants.. 2024 44 Interest on " " " 700 33 Redemption Road Dist. " 1448 10 " Gen. Road " 82 28 Com. Dist. " 66 41 " Incidental " 1040 42 " Soldiers relief" 67 06 44 Ditch fund " 126 59 " County land M 18 50 " School ** 7308 75 Total Disbursements $19,538 20 Balance in Treasury June 30th 5,709 66 $25,247 86 EXHIBIT "X" Warrants outstanding June 30, '93 County General Fund 15 272 84 Same issued since 1,675 75 Total 116,948 59 Gen. Fund warrants paid during year 2,024 44 General warrants outstand $14,924 15 SPECIAL FUNDS Beaverton Ditch No. 1 $ 142 68 General Road Fund 2 50 145 18 Total warrants outstanding f 15,069 33 unaudited bills—general fund 674 63 Total liabilities $ 15,743 96 Less cash in General Fund 1,149 55 Total debt July Ist. 1894 $14,594 41 Decreas in debt during year 678 43 $15,272 84 EXHIBIT "L" TOTAL ABSETTS. Taxes due and uncollected on rolls of 1891 f 478 57 Same, on rolls of 1892 1716 58 Same, on rolls of 1893 5004 51 7199 66 Other sources: Due from McCarty estate 165 25 From Road Bond—Stevens 40 00 205 25 "Value real estate owned: Courthouae, furniture <fee. 1600 00 Courthouse lot 1000 00 Block No. 7, original plat 1000 00 Water front addition 2500 00 6100 00 Cash in various funds 5709 66 $19,214 57 N. E. CHURCHILL. M. R. NOFTSGEft San Juan Trading CO. CORNER FIRST AND SPRING STREETS. 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