Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-27
BRIEF MENTION.
the oat meal man, has left.

Tarte of Semiahmoo is first officer OF
the Hope.
Auditor Clothier has gone to California
TO recruit.
Mr. Stacy says Whatcom is going to
have a boom, and Anscortes too.-The
country first
Duling the severe storm last week half
of the roof Of Mr.. John Shriver's house,
or Guemes Island, blew off.
Mrs. Rudolph and family OF Victoria
are visiting Mr.. jenkins of Guenes Island.
The lady is cousin OF Mr.. jenkins.
The Gilmore, Dale and Miller Dyking
Association on the Samish will reclaim
1900 acres by mt king four miles of dyke
The c. Z. r. X. Company's collier Ia
coma, the largest steamship ever on Pue
get Sound, takes away $500 tons OF coal
this week.
The Backman Brothers OF Snohomish
are building a sawmill of their own, and
anew logging railway to be operated by
locomotive.
Mr.. A. J. Atkinson and wife of Point
Roberts arrived on the Hope last Monday.
Mr. Atkinson went to Port Townsend,
and his wife will remain here until his re-
turn.
Mr.. r. X Erwin, representing the Van
couyer Nursery, is here in the interest OF
that establishment. Mr.. Erwin has dis
posed of several large orders to the farm
ers of Whatcom county.
The Oriental Hotel at Seattle, was de
stroyed by fire on Sunday night. The
Oriental was located on Second street be-
tween Columbia and Cherry, and was
managed by Mr.. Nelson, the proprietor.
Mr.. Davis and sister from the south end
of Lopez Island arrived at Anacortes on
the Hope, Sunday morning. The young
lady comes for the purpose of attending
school at Alden Academy, whittier che
and her brother went on Sunday.
One Of the largest mercantile establish
m,nts OF Seattle, conducted by gentle,
s.anly and squa e-deallng people, that
O. Toklas & Singerman, Called the San
Francisco Store presents itself to our
readers in new advertisement this week.
Everyone who has seen the interior OF
the Caches Brothers big store at Lacon
her can appreciate the rerources of the
country behind them. and the benefit to
the country of doing what is called safe
business. They have new advertise
ment which speaks for itself.
Mr.. Fouts has not yet made his appear
anee III the uniform OF the r. NJ. 5. We
hope to have the opportunity OF congrat-
ulating him on his departure from the
field of local politics simultaneously with
the establishment of tue new Island and
Victoria route, whereby he will have full
employment.
Valentines store and tInware establish
ment at Lacenner has enhanced It's USE
iulness by entering into the field OF gen.
sral hardware and bouse,furnishing
goods, along with repairing in copper,
tin, zinc and sheet iron. In lieu of 8. I.
Valentine the firm name becomes s. T.
Valentine g. Co.
Mention was made som0 time ago in
this paper of the theft of goods from Clo-
,hler aud English of Mt. Vernon, by an
Indian. The thief brought the { o Ids to
this point in a canoe stolen from white
man on the Nooksack, and, it 10 supposed,
left here on the steamer. An Indian came
down from the Nooksack OIL Monday, and
took the canoe, having been sent fer it by
its owner.
1t has been proposed to have meeting
oil the pioneers OF Whatcom county, at
Whatcom, July 4th. Whatcom csunty
formerly included Whstcom and San
Juan counties. OF those residen. here.
abouts Messrs. March aud Csvanaugh Of
Aarch's Point came in 1858. A. G. Kit
ties came to Ship Harbor little later.
All who came before 1860 are entitled to
the honor. Let us have the list.
Mr. g. w. Asbury and his cousin, Mr..
William Hart, who have for some time
been residents of Anacortes, lett on Tues
days steamer for San Francisco. They
expressed great regret at leaving the
most beautiful country they ever saw, a
country uncqualed for its excellence OF
Climate, and not exceled tor the courtesy
and hospitality of its inhabitants. These
gentlemen leave many friends on Fidalgo
aud Guemes Islands. They will have
good stories to tell to their California
friends Of our good people aud country.
Peoples minds are like their eyes. cem>
monty looking in different directions, and
seeing very different things. If your eyes
were not occasionally directed by others
TO particular things you would never sec
them. But mind is directed thousand
times where the eyes are once, provided il
you get your regular newspaper. In an-
other column shrewd "Observer" calls
attention to the fact-which any one could
See. but which many might not see unless
twere poited out to them--that the
Samish Skaget country is about to have