, 1888-10-25
From zro-aax,s DALI.

The mill at Argyle is running again.
No session of the district court this fall
The government has established 4
stake light" at san Juan pass.
Mr. and Mrs. J. n. Laubach returned
from Portland SatuE -ay afternoon.
Mr.. L. Jewett, ST Jamieson's camp on
QuiIcine Bay, arrived in town Saturday.
Mr.. W. T. Thompson has been eusag-
ed as wee principal Of the public schools
Miss Florence Busby, late Of the ARGUS
| force, returned from I visit TO Portland
OIL Saturday.
| Mr.. Tudor OF Dungeness is quite i'll.
His little daughter has returned home
from Friday Harbor.
Rev. T. J. Weeks OF San Juan, arrived
here this morning, on bis way home from
the Presbyterian syuod in Oregon.
Messrs. Jos. Sweeney, J J. NJ RAIDER
and J. Douglass of Friday Harbor, and
Wesley Warner of Lopez, are in town.
Ye editor went to Utsalady today,
where he will address the public this sv-
ening on the political issues of the day.
This is indeed an era of Improvement
and progress for Port Townsend Our
city government is redeeming it's pledges
grandly.
Mr.. John Busby is down with typhoid
fever at the home OF his father. He was
taken in Seattle and came home for
treatment.
Prof. Brown of the public school is ar
ranging for an entertainment to be given
soon for the purchase of musical in
strument for the school house.
Mr.. JOS A Merrill! OF Lopez, who has
been under the care of DR.. Marbourg OF
this city for some time past, returned to
his home Saturday, much improved.
The First National Bank has added to
its numerous list of correspondents the
Chicago Continental National Bank, and
is now prepared to draw drafts on Chic8-
so direct
Mrs. Knoph and two children arrived
Saturday evening from Friday Hsrbor,
aud left tOis morning for their home in
Dungeness They had been visiting the
briggs family in San Juan county.
The directors OF the Mountain View
Normal College are hard at work solicit
lege. Three hundred OF the five hundred
shares are takeR. II is to be a joint stock
company, and controlled and owned ex-
elusively by the stockholders. Let our
town do its best.
The republican convention of Jefferson
county resolved in favor of separating the
offices OF sheriff and assessor. 1t certain
ly ought to be done. There is every rea-
20 fb ~ into acfc Cf tho T.vthIin
would be better protected and served if
we had an assessor to do an assessors
work untrammeled by the sheriff's office.
The Legislature ought to make this
change.
The new tugboat, J. E. Boyden, built
at Seattle for Mr.. Jensen, and whose
machinery was built by the Washington
Iron Works of that city, was in port Sat
urday afterGoon for inspection and pa
pers. She is beautiful and stRunch
vessel of about 60 tons register. Capt.
Jensen is very proud of her. She is
named for the foreman of the Washing
ing Iron Works.
Ye editor held meetings Saturday at
East Sound and Lopez. On account OF
Fridays steamer being late, the East
Sound meeting had to be held Saturday
| anu d Lu0Cl4uk oEt6GkC1 "
have been held at Orcas he'd to be given
up. Explanations. however, satisfied the
disappointed people thGt ths failure was
through no fault Of the speaker. The
citizens of San Juan county do not take
kindly to free trade in lime aud wool.
A public man should be judged by the
value OF his public efforts. When the
editor Of this paper came to Port TowE-
send eleven years ago. the mail was be-
ing carried to Neah Bay aud way ports
10 small sailing boat. Mr.. Weir went
to work with might and main to secure
steam service on that route-even pre-
pairing aud printing the petitions there
for at his own expense His editorials
on the subject were used along with the
petitions by Hon. Orange Jacobs, then
Delegate IN Congress, in presenting the
matter before the postal department.
As q result, steam service was granted
few months thereafter-and today q
steamer runs three times a week as far as
Port Angeles. Doubtless some one else
would have done this work sooner or
later il Mr.. Weir had not undertaken it,
but that does not detract from the merit
of his effort.
Mr.. Donovan confesses that he does
not know how to introduce the tariff issue
| into mis- canvass for joint councilman.
No wonderl With the lime and wool of
San Juan and Island counties, the iron
and lumber and brick of Whatcom, jeff
erson, Clalam, kitsap and Mason, all at
tempted to be placed on the free list by
| the Mills bill, and by Cleveland's free
I trade message; with the democratic terri
| torial platform endorsing the Mills bill
and the hig fat free trader in the white
l hAr.Oa aYI Mr. noDnxyaF1 haincr eanHT-
date on the democratic ticket, and being
| editor OF democratic newspaper expect
| ed to warble forth the beauties of tariff
for free trade in articles of northern pro-
duct and protection for articles of south
ern productive do not really see how
Mr.. Donovan could introduce the tariff
issue into his canvass with any advantage
to himself. His confession is at least
frank and refreshing-an admission
wrung from an unwilling witness.
San Juan passage should have a light
house. The legislature should memorial
lize congress on this subject in terms
sufficiently convincing TO secure the de-
sired result. Two years ago, when Capt.
Roeder was representing this district in
the territorial council, the editor Of this
paper drew a memorial asking for harbor
marks, buoys, stake lights, buy lights,
etc, to furnish safeguards against danger
in navigating the channels through the
San Juan islands. Capt. Roeder intro
duced the memorial, it passed and was
sent to Washington, and everything ask
ed for was granted. We believe Mr..
Weir can accomplish still more for the
improvement OF navigation among these
prosperous islands. We believe there
should be no bashfulness, nor unnecess-
ary lack of skill and persistency in asking
for distribution of some of that vast
national treasury surplus on Puget Sound,
where it is greatly needed. There is no
telling how much might be secured by
well directed effort.
| Ship Harvester arrived down yes
terday from Port Gamble, loaded
| with lumber for Hobson's Bay. Aus