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San "Juzvi |g9»j Islander VOL. XXII. „«■<«• c GOULD, President O. M. TUCKEB, Vlc*-President 6E> VAN K. SARGENT, Cashier CECIL L.. CARTER, Asgt. Cashier ... 'v . ",'• "■-: ;"-■;■■ '■:■'..■ ,'. -> ;•'.';'■ ■ ■■' THIS and THAT Where one man Where one man gets rich through haz- stays poor through the ardous speculation a * slow method of saving, hundred men get a hundred men get POOR RICH TUB SAN JUAN COUNTY BANK FRIDAY HARBOR. WASHINGTON ; jam***""" ■; -; ■"-.:" .""'"':;.'.../"_■;■'r."^^-^^ —_ , ■ —■^—— ■ --——" ■■ ■' ' ' i...———.l— ' i i.,- Thanking you for your past favors and respectfully soliciting your fu ture patronage, we wish you all j A HAPPY and PROPSEROUS NEW YEAR SWEENEY & ALLEN FRIDAY HARBOR, - - - WASHIHGTOI {*** ♦ ■!■» 'l' ■!■ 'I' it.l .|. 1 >t> 'I ■> ♦I- »■»»■»».1. * * ■!■ ,i.,|, ■!■ ■>' <■ *»'» ♦' ■» ♦ .M. * ******* ! A BARGAIN | I ' : : —• { During the month of January ■■] 11 will sell many HEATERS in i I Stock at cost. 5 I Call and get one of ray Calendars. i ♦ When in a hurry do not forget ] | the PARCELS POST \ j Phone your order in and I will see that it- goes out next j ♦ mail, if it is less than 11 pounds. j i Hardware, Paints, Oils, Doors, Windows, 3 | gass, etc. LAUNCH SUPPLIES and )i PLUMBING GOODS are as ever my H I specialty. >: j ♦ Satisfaction guaranteed or your Money back. ; \ \- — '"• ' -: -••'"■'-• •'■•- ■! ! ROSS TULLOCH'S HARDWARE i i FRIDAY HARBOR, WASHINGTON .: *H»HHH*«»*»»«»*»B»»»»»ft» ******************* /^ — — - _____________ — THREE GOOD REASONS! \ Why THIS BANK should be YOUR BANK J I > '^^^^^^t^mmmm^m^mmm^^i^mi^^m^ __ _ * :; I I i 11 'jst: A good, influential banking connection is abso- '{ 11 'utely essential to the proper condnct of any business or \/'-i 9 enterprise, public or private, ' "' * f safo^ 1 We have ample resources to guarantee the < i aiety of all deposits at all times, Our methods are pro- ( J f! es£lve but thoroughly conservative; we take no unnec- ' } 9 essaryrisk. ~ . < Th" 1 <[ ust f°^ r ex Pe"ence and bnsiness judgment enables i J invp°f turnish our patrons intelligent advice in regard to I 1 bant ments and other business matters. ' Patrons of this ( I nk are invited to consult with any of its officers. .. J { ji FIRST NATIONAL BANK : i J Bellingham, Washington. ( 4 ITAL AND SURPLUS" - . . -—i $300,000.00 ! FRIDAY HARBOR, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY. JANTTAHY 3,1918 Important Meeting The meeting of the Improvement Hub Monday evening should be largely attended. Ihe election ex citement has susided, the holiday season is over, and plans for the future are in the minds of individ uals and should concern us as a community. President Kirby says one or two important matters will be brought up for consideration which should interest us all, and he is desirous that we have a good turn out. New officers will also be elected. Altogether the meeting should be an interesting and profit able one. A musical number or two is promised, and Mr. Washburn who has the minstrel performance in hand, will have something inter esting to say concerning it. The meeting will be at Grange hall, and the public is cordially in vited to be present. What 1913 Has In Store December 21 was the shortest day of the year. From now till June 21 the days will continue to length en. On March 21 the days and nights will be of equal length. This period is called the equinox and is generally accompanied by se vere storms. According to the almanac winter began December 22 and will contin ue until March 21. With the new year just begun a few facts gleaned from the alman ac should be of interest. In the year 1913 there will be five eclipses, three of the sun and two of the moon. There will be a total eclipse of the moon March 22. It will be visible here, and the total darkness will last about an hour and a half beginning at 3 a. m. The eclipse will also be visible in other parts of the United States and por tions of South America, Australia and Asia. There will be a partial eclipse of the sun April 6, but only visible to the northwestern portion of the United States, eastern Siberia and the Arctic ocean. A partial eclipse of the sun will occur August 3, but will be visible only in Greenland and the eastern portions of maritime Canada. The total eclipse of the moon September 15 will be visible here, however. The total darkening of the moon will begin at. about 4 a. m. and last for an hour and a half . WANTED MAN WITH HEAVY TEAM TO HAUL WOOD. ORCAS LIME CO. H friend to JVlan Let me live in my house by the side of the road Where the race of men go by— They are good, they are bad, they are weak, they are strong, Wise, foolish—so am I. Then why should I sit in the scorner's seat Or hurl the cynic's ban?— Let me live in my house by the side of the road And be a friend to man. —Sam Walter Foss. Your Presence is Desired at the Improvement Club Meeting Monday Evening H Vision of peace Many at this season are looking into the future —some with pleasant anticipations and full of hope, while others, especially in the congested portions of the larger cities, see nothing but suf fering and despair. How many can see peace on earth as pic tured by that remarkable man Robt. G. Ingersoll, in the follow ing beautiful language? "A vision of the future rises: I see our country filled with hap py homes, with firesides of content —the foremost land of all the earth. T see a world where thrones have crumbled and where kings axe dust. The aristocracy of idleness has perished from the earth. "I see a world without a slave. Man at last is free. Nature's forces have by Science been enslaved. Lightning and light, wind and wave, frost and flame, and all the secret, subtle powers of earth and air are the tireless toilers for the human race. "I see a world at peace, adorned with every form of art, with music's myriad voices thrilled, while lips are rich with words of love and truth; a world in which no exile sighs, no prisoner mourns; a world on which the gibbet's shadow does not fall; a world where labor reaps its full reward, where work and worth go hand in hand, where the poor girl trying to win bread with the needle the needle that has been called 'the asp for the breast of the poor'—is not driven to the desperate choice of crime or death, of suicide or shame. "I see a world without the beggar's outstretched palm, the raiser's heartless, stony stare, the piteous wail of want, the livid lips of lies, the cruel eyes of scorn. "I see a race without disease of flesh or brain—shapely and fair the married harmony of form and function—and as I look, life lengthens,joy deepens, love canopies the earth; and overall, in the great dome, shines the eternal star of human hope." ]Hew 9 and Comment The largest Christmas business in years, and in many cases the largest every experienced in this state, was enjoyed by the merchants of Washintgon during the month of December. Christmas business this season far surpassed all expecta tions, and in it the business men of the state set; the harbinger of the greatest prosperity the northwest has ever known. At a meeting of fruit growers held in Spokane last week steps wero taken to form a storage and warehouse association with head quarters in that city and a chain of warehouses throughout the north west to work in co-operation with -" -> -- - - -; r '- ■■ '.•-"■.•---*. the distributing and selling associa tion; of : fruit ■; growers, v covering Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana. A committee is now at work on the details of the storage v organization. S: * The largest stock yards in the state were completed ■■" last week at: , lacoma by the Oregon-Washington Railroad and f Navigation Co. and turned over to the operating de partment of the • road. ; The yards ■ ; will be not only for holding cattle in ; changing from ..■ one route to an other, but also for feeding for pri vate concerns. Recent abuses and alleged unfair treatment of farmers and growers by an organization ot - Seattle corn missionmen has brought out a de mand for the enactpient of legisla tion to put an end to such mehtoda as are believed to have hepled to make the cost of living greater to producer and : consumer. What will be most demanded is a ; complete ac counting by commisisonmen of ; the . produce given them for sale, a statement to whom it has been sold, so that the farmer can investigate " for themselves whether the price which the commissionmen say they received was actually that. An im- .: mediate report to the consignor as : to the condition of the produce is another feature to be included. :. — ' Mountains Above 14,000 feet - " There are three states which can boast of mountain t peaks exceeding 14,000 feet in height above sea lev el, according to the United States Geological Survey. They are Cali- ■ fornia, with Mount Whitney. 14.501; feet —the highest mountain in the United States, exclusive of Alaska —' Colorado, with Mount Massive and Mount Elbert, each 14.402 feet: and Washington, with Mount; Rainier. ;: 14,363 feet. Wyoming, Utah/New' ;■: Mexico and Nevada ; all v have moun tain peaks exceeding 13,000 feet 'Ufm ■height.: — :■...:•■ ■. .',;-,-•■ T:..--:.;-r-^ v .^\^ NO. 50