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SAN JUAN ISLANDER VOL. XXIII. new c GOULD, President C. M. TUCKER, Vice-President VAN K. SARGENT, Cashier CECIL It. CARTER, As»t. Cashier ;, ! Small Depositors Welcome The officers of this Bank welcome small deposi tors, considering it not only right, but good business policy to give equal attention to small and large accounts. ;, THE SAN JUAN COUNTY BANK FRIDAY HARBOR. WASHINGTON .'-/. We arc Constantly Adding New Goods TO OUR STOCK OF GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, Gents' Furnishings, Clothing, Etc, Our Stock is Always Fresh, Clean and Up-to-Date AND OUR PRICES ARE ALWAYS RIGHT SWEENEY 1 ALLEN ;' FRIDAY HARBOR, - - - WASHINGTON N^»»ii11n 111 ,. 1M| ,». | ,», 1 ,» < . < ., 1 .. | ,, | .» a< .4. < . < ,. 1 .4.4..»»» < .. 1 .. 1 .». t .». 1 .. t .»»»».|.»»» Rush Orders I When in a hurry do not forget |j the PARCELS POST J " - ..'■.,. ■■•■■ , '■ ■■ ■ • ■,' r \ ' '. K. Phone your order in and I will see that it goes out next ', '. mail, if it is less than 11 pounds. , <l Hardware, Paints, Oils, Doors, Windows, jj Glass, etc. LAUNCH SUPPLIES and |j| PLUMBING GOODS are as ever/ my jj specialty. !j > ■ Satisfaction guaranteed or your Money back. \' t < i —i L__ ■-.■■■.-. ■■■ ■ - _—_ •..,, ROSS TULLOCH'S HARDWARE FRIDAY HARBOR. WASHINGTON | *****♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»»»»♦♦•» * ++++4 * * ■!■ -I' 'I ****• ** * * »'> * * '>'» ♦* | KNOW MORE I OF WHATCOivi COUNTY \ I I ' I ( ' \ We have the latest official map of Whatcom , J I county drawn by the expert draughtsman E. S. l j , Hinck. Correct in every detail as to Townships, ( i | County Roads and Mt. Baker trails. .' ] [ I If unable to call drop us a card, giving your ad- I» I dress, and one will be for waded. "' ! n , ] I FIRST NATIONAL BANK "M | Bellingham, Washington. j J i COITAL AND SURPLUS * $300,000.00 > i^ ■■:■■■•■"• ;•->.::•; *"'.-V- ■':.■ -'.';':.; ■'■''. ■* ;;->.f--iVO. >r' - ■;"';:yv;;: -A FRIDAY HABBOB, WASHI^^TOK, FBIDAY, FEBBUABY 21, 1913 Sends Open Letter The following letter addressed to Representative Capron by the chairman of the legislative commit tee of San Juan Pomona Grange, Mr. Asael Larson, is self-explana tory, and comment at this time is unnecessary. It is certain that the life of a law-maker is not an easy one. If he pleases some of his con stituents he displeases others, and if he tries to please all he only makes a mess of it. Dr. V. J. Capron, Representa tive from San Juan county: Dear Sir: On the sth of October 3912, the Legislative Committee of the San Juan Pomona Grange re ceived a document that was signed in your presence and in which you pledged yourself, if elected, to the legislature to work and vote for. I—A1 —A Preferential Primary Law. 2—The Initiative of Constitution al Amendments. > 3—The Recall of Judges. A bill providing for the Recall of Judges has been before the present legislature twice; and you are re ported as having voted for it the first time, but against it the second time. Now, since it is only the last time that a bill is voted on that counts, will you please tell us. through the Islander, just how you fulfilled your pledge; and if other legislators or their bills are involed in your ex planation, please tell who and what they are, so that the voters of San Juan can themselves draw the con elusions. Very respectfully Asael Larson Chairman of the aforesaid Commit tee. The Income Tax An income tax is now one of th c provisions of the constitution of the United States. Wyoming's rat ification February 3 of the income tax amendment —the sixteenth change in the constitution and the j first since the reconstruction —com- pleted a list of thirty-six states — three-fourths of the Union, which have approved the provision. Should Be Helpful Here Representative Caproa in conjunc tion with Representative LeSourd of Island county, has introduced a bill providing for "the transfer of moneys from the Public Highway Fund to the Permanent Highway Fund, to the credit of San Juan and Island counties. It reads as fol lows: "Hereafter the state treasurer shall transfer from the public high way fund to the permanentJiighway fund all taxes le\ied in San Juan and Island counties, respectively, for the public highway fund, and place to the credit of each of said counties the amount ©f said levy, which shall be expended on perman ent highways under the provisions of Chapter 35 of the Laws of 1911." The bill has been refered to the committee on Roads and Bridges, and there is no reason why they should not recommend its passage. Get Rich Growing Apples There will have to be some change in the method of getting fruit from the producer to the consumer, or it will be some time pefore bank ac counts will be greatly increased from the profit of fruit raising in San Juan county. Here are two examples: Ihe San Juan Agricultuarl Co. shipped 125 boxes of good, nicely packed, wrapped apples to Seattle some time ago and have just receiv ed a statement from the commission house, with a check attached. Af ter freight and commission charges were deducted from the price sold at, a balance of $8.00 was returned. The boxes alone in which they were shipped, to asy nothing of packing and hauling, cost $10.00 An Orcas island grower, writing to a relative here, says: "1 don't know how apple prices are in Bel lingham. but do know they are fierce in Seattle. I got a check yesterday for 77 boxes —3J and 4-tier —all good, A. 1. apples, and I got the big sum of $15.15; a little over 19 cents per box. With 9 cents for* the boxes, this leaves me 10 cents per dox for growing, picking, packing and hauling. This is how we get rich growing apples.'' Judge Geo. A. Joiner, formerly judge of the superior court, makes formal announcement that he has opened offices for the general prac tice of law at 913 Seventh street, Anacortes, Wash. The customs office will remain in its present quarters for several months yet. notwithstanding the purchase of the building from Cus toms Collector Culver by the Fri day Harbor Drug (Jo. Don't forget that good reports of the doings at Olympia appear on page two. Little is being done, according to some, but a few are interested in reading about some of the things they don't do—the hundreds of useless bills [which fail to pass. etc. • Bruce Rogers, socialist, delivered his advertised lecture at Oddfellows hall Tuesday evening. A small, but appreciative, audience was pres ent. State Park on Orcas The agitation for a state park which will include Mt. Constitution is on again, as will be seen from the following special from Olypmia to the Bellingham Herald: . "Steps are taken in the legislature looking toward the establishment on Orcas island, in the northern part of Puget Sound, of a state park. In a letter addressed to a member of the senate and of the house of representatives. Robert Moran, Drominent in the iron in dustry of the Northwest, and who owns valuable properties on the island, offers to donate to the state all of his land on that island, ap proximating 2.700 acres, a portion of which lies on the beautiful Mount Constitution, to the state, provided the state will purchase the remaning portions of the land in the vicinity and on the mountain and reserve it permanently for park purposes. The place is declared to be one of the most pictuesque in the entire northwest, and the iorn king, in writing the legislature making his offer, declares that 'it would be a pity to allow private interests to gain control over' such ideal park properties. Mount Consitution is about 2,500 feet in altitude, and from its top can be had one of the best views of the Sound and the cities situated on its shores obtainable. "A resolution was introduced in the house yesterday by the com mittee on memorials providing for the creation of a state park com mission, whose duty it would be to make what investigations might prove recessary and to take other steps looking toward the creation of the Mount Constitution park." A Few of His Troubles Some of the troubles confronting the new president are summed up as follows, which indicate that he may have a wakeful night occasion ally: Prospects of clashes over necessity of settling at once the 2,000 vacan cies left byfailwre of conrfimation of Taft appointments. Trouble over Panama canal tolls. Demand for intervention in Mex ico. Possibilities of similar trouble in Cuba, where the Gomez administra tion threatens to prevent the inaug uration of President-elect Msnocal. Budding insurrections in Colombia and Central America. Trouble over effort to set date for Philippine independence, with the possibility that it will stir up insur rections there and result In more bloodshed. To all of which must be added the fact that it is with these aids and under these conditions that President-elect Wilson has pledged himself to revise the tariff down ward. C. L Flint Enjoys Eggs 3 Years Old "Yes this water glass proc93i of preserving eggs is a complete suc cess." said Professor H. L. Blan _ chard, of the Western Washintscon Experiment Station, last night. "They are placed in a solution call ed sodium solicate and will keep indefinitely. The government ad* vocates this process of preserving: eggs. At my home, near Puyallup. I have three barrels of presrved eggs in the basement. These have been in the solution for nearly three years now. Recently a friend call- Ed and wished to try one of the eggs. I went to my coop and secured a fresh laid egg. Ihis I had the cook fry with one of the preserved ones. He couldn't tell the difference. Dist rict Horiculural Inspector C. E. Flint, of your city, was a visito" at my home a short time ago. Wish ing to play a little joke on him I had some of the three-year-old eggs fiied for dinner. After eating several he leaned back in his chair contentedly and remarked: 'It is nice to he on the farm where you can always have a good supply of fresh eggs, isn't it?' " To Get Publicity Through the activities of Secre tary 0. E. Arges of the Chamber of Commerce. Anacortes will receive prominent publicity in a book about to be published descriptive of the scenery and resources of the terri tory adjacent to the inside pasasge to Alaska. The book is written by- William Watson Woollen of iLdian apolis, and will be profusely illus trated. Secretary Arges furnished a 7,000 word article on Anacortes, its in dustries and the agricultural re sources of the adjacent territory. The importance of the fishing and canning industry is fully ex ploited in the article and the scenic beauty of the San Juan islands is fully described. The publicity secured for Anacor tes in the book is very desirable. The book will be read with great interest all over the United States and especially in the eastern part of the United States where interest in tho western county is increasing. —Anacortes American. How to Keep Apples It is reported that apples may be kept two years by wrapping them in newspapers so a% to exclude the air. The newspaper must, however, be one on which the subscription is paid in full or the dampness result ing from "doe" will cause the fruit to spoil. --n - -. no.