The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19
b. w. Holloway, Matchmaker ant
Jeweler.

TIE NoFthweStern fair a fine editorial
send-off this week. -Whatcom Blade.
Mr.. Chatterton shipped consign-
ment ofprunes to the Orcas Fruit DRYER
Co., yesterday, by the steamer Thomp-
son.
See Mr.. ChattertOn's new add on the
second page of today's issue. He me, Is
his competitors and goes them one bet
ter.
The public school at East Sound
opened Oh Monday, Sept. 9th, with
all enrolment of fifty. Prof. Williams
has been engaged as teacher.
Ifyou bet on the yacht race and lost,
you are chump, but don't forget that
Holloway is still repairing Watches,
clocks and jewelry at Friday Harbor.
The Thompson, Buckeye and Bay
City were in port OH their schedule
time yesterday, and all had fair car
go of freight and good passenger lists.
The Cascade Bay Lumber & Manu-
featuring Co. have sold the steamer
Success, of Newhall, to Captain Davis,
of Seattle. The consideration was ST.
400.
Mr.. E. L. Won Gohren is working a
force of men night and day, picking
plums for shipment from the Baxter
farm. They have already shipped sew
eral hundred boxes.
There is a question as to whether
Friday Harbor will become the me-
tropolis of Puget Sound, but there is
none about the Bay View being the
leading hotel in the city at present.
Exhibits intended for the North
western fair should reach Wbatcom, if
possible, as early as Saturday of this
week. The rooms, however, will be-
open to exhibitors until Tuesday morn
ing.
A novel attraction of the Indian de-
partment at the big New Whatcom
fair next week will be an old Lummi
Indian working upon a canoe with the
primitive implements used by his tribe
in early times.
The machinery for the Orcas Fruit
Dryer Co.'S new dryer at Orcas, has ar
rived and is all i'm place and ready to
begin operation. They have already
contracted for all The prunes they can
handle this season.
Judge Winn has issued an order con-
vening court here on October 3, and
calling a jury October 9 The Straub
murder case will doubtless be tried
then, if the motion likely to be made
for change of venue is not granted.
L. B. Carter now has the addition to
his house completed and the same fur
nished with a complete new outfit of
furniture, carpets etc. He did not do
this with the profits derived from the
sale of sugar at AS a hundred how
ever.
The Whatcom Blade kindly says: 1t
must not be presumed from its criticism
of the steamer Bay City that the Fri
day Harbor ISLANDER is i'm any way
antagonistic toward the Bay Cities.
Under the management of Culver Bros.
THE ISLANDER is particularly friendly
to Bellingham Bay.
The finest specimen of the Baldwin
apple we have ever seen in this section
was shown us last Saturday by MIR.
Geo. Griswold, of Shaw island, and
! was grown by him OH his place at Girls
void. Specimens of such applies as
these should surely find space among
the horticultural exhibits at the Fair at
Wnatcom next week.
Those occupying the U: S. Military
Reserve lands in this county, who, not
long since were notified to vacate same
on or before the 18th OF this month,
have been granted until the lst of No
vember. Quite number have already
taken up their beds and walked, but
those who have not, have nothing 10
fear for the next six weeks.
The San Juan County Bank has pur-
chased Sheriff Newton Jones property
on Spring street, where he now iives'
Mr.. Jones is going to begin the erection
soon of a new residence on his property
near Mr.. Murray's home. We hope Ill
the near future to see the bank begin
the construction of a six or seven story
stone building to take the place or the
old house which now stands ON the
lot.
Mrs. Jos. Marchand, who was I'M
doubtedly the oldest lady in San Juan
county, died at her home in Friday
Harbor, on Sunday afternoon, about .
o'clock. She, with her husband, came
to this island, from Michigan. about 3
wears ago and have resided here since.
Mrs. Marchand was 81 years OF age at
the time of her death. She was burien
in the Catholic cemetery ON Tuesday