The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-10

tec;1OUG1y <tefe< 2xsA
st2hls. There are about i0 peopse ne.e.
and the residences are al neAay pala1esi
the yards are nicely arranged. ana ese1s
thing about the harnor presents neA1 a..1
tasty appearance. The county owns ~
own buildings. which are neat ana sap
ssxa;sal. and oxn- besides eonsaoeia 11<
land IN FRIDAY haroo--
The reopse OF Friday haroor are very
pleasant and soelsbse. as indeed are sne ln'
hahssanss oi the whole island ard county.
The Eureka lime works are situateu oa
San Igan island. about four miles from
Friday hayhor- This Is the same ieuse .u-.
vas formerly operated By Thomas Lee, oes,
the works hare been ensireiy seaffanSeu
and greatly improved under the ne" naAlI-
agemens- Nearly <.uo have been
pended during the summer IN makius ia
provenaenfs and remodeling the Iaan.'
which Is now valued at over sa'"p
rev wharf, 80 feet long. has JUST oeen
completed, with rooms for storing ntne ioi
shipment Two kilns VIII oe oainihs
within few DAYS, with . daily capacity %
eighty barrels each. An inexnaustoie sup
ply OF Srst-elass material IS Al nano' anu
the prospects are al that could DC uesifeo.
Roche Harbor. On the northwest eosss
of san Juan island. is one OF the most I'M
portant points in the county. Inc most
extensive lime works on the PACING coast,
which are more fully described In anoihei
article. are located here. Vessels enter ana
clear at Roche Hsrbor the same as at fort
Townsend. Roche and Friday Hsreors
are about fourteen miles apart. and besides
regular steamboat connection there IS
good county road between the two points.
This road crosses some very rich valleys,
where extensive fields OF wheat, oats and
barley stretch out before the eye, besides
acres of fine gardens. where potatoes. corn,
cabbage, tomatoes and, in fact. all the veg
etables of the temperate zone are raised IN
great abundance. Hop fields are scattered
over the islands, also, and for the past four
years this has been very profitable bust
ness. During the picking season il also at
fords employment to great many per-
sons.
The fish industry of San Juan county
promises TO be an important one in the
near future. There is at present herring
factory on Waldron island, which shipped
1900 boxes Of herring last year.
There is the usual variety of timber grow
ing in this county. which Includes fir, cedar,
maple, willow. ash oak, yew, etc. besides
numerous varieties of underbrush. The
woods are alive with birds of every variety
known 10 this region, which I'LL the air with
all sorts of noises from the sweet chirps of
the wren or the rich voice of the meadow
lark to the "caw" of the crow.
The climate of San Juan county is as
healthy as any in the Northwest. the
weather never gets either excessively warm
or cold, while there is rarely snow enough
TO stop outside work at any time.
There is neither doctor nor lawyer in
San Juan county. While the people there
are usually healthy. and also law-abiding,
representatives of each OF these professions
would doubtless do well there. A young
lawyer, by making an abstract of the
county records, and making a business OF
that in connection with his professional
labors, would without doubt soon have
well established business.
The islands of the San Juan archipelago
are commended to immigrants who con-
template engaging in farming, Embarrassing
and stock-breeding as the most desirable
section for profitable employment of cap
ital and labor in Northwestern Washing
ton.
Southern Girls Prxcticing Shooting.
New York World.
III Is said that one OF the first manifesto
tons of the feeling in the South which re-
suited in the great civil war was the forma-
ton OF local companies that drilled con-
stantly, practised shooting at targets and
learned the manual at arms. 1t is unwise
TO awake any unnecessary alarm in great
commercial centre like this, perhaps,
but would it not be as well for
Corporal Tanner and General For
aker to call the attention of the
government TO the fact that the Southern
girls are manifesting very sinister fond
ness for organizing themselves into
shooting clubs, and the other day
one of the clubs in Tennessee
boldly published their score in a target
practice contest Ii would be as well, per-
haps, to nip this new manifestation of the
spirit of the rebellion in the bud and not
give IT time to grow. Women who can
make such scores as these must be watched.
The Fort Pickering Ladies' Shooting Club
offered the other day prize of a silver
handled Directoire parasol to the woman
who made the best score out OF possible
seventy. A certain dangerous fem ale by the
name OF Seat walked off under the prize par
asoI as the resultof having made the high
est score at sixty points, a pretty good one
for firearm with female at the end of
it. \ Miss Scott was second, and only did
little more than one-half as well AT thirty
eight and Miss Johnson and MISS Ionae