The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
Is. w. Holloway. Matchmaker a,

- "ii 'ilC A'uIg lfuiI trees III
the vicinity Of Doe Bay, have made a
very healthy and espe tally fine growth
this season.
The San Juan Trading Co. now have
their store i'll the valley well stocked
and are prepared to sell you goods as
low as the lowest.
III you have amy travelling to do ride
on the Thompson. First-class table ser
vice and pleasant accommodations,
officers and crew.
Mr.. John G. Viereck, the Doe By
orchardirt, reports that he will have a
very good fruit crop this season, in
spite Of the dry weather.
E. l.. Won Gohren, superintendent Ct
the Baxter & Peters fruit farm at East
Sound, will ship about 2,5J0 boxes of
apples from there this fall.
There is no excuse for not keeping
sweet. l.. b Garter Of the Blue Front.
offers to sell you 100 pounds of fine
granulated sugar for only S4.6o.
The Orcas Fruit Dryer Co, have con-
tracted with Mr.. Won Gohrrn for all
the pfuncs raised this season on the
Baxter & Peters place at East Sound.
Ifyou wish to travel end desire to
make quick time to island points or
Anacortes, take the pleasant steamer
Buckeye. See their add for time card,
etc
We learn from reliable authority that
Mrs. L: L. Cox is soon to begin the
erection of new hotel at Cascade lake
on the site of the OLD one which burned
on the morning of the 9th.
Mr. James Buchanan, Of Lopez ISL
and, has purchased the thrcshing ma
chine engine formerly used in Browns
saw mill and is fixing it up preparatory
to doing his f;tlI thresIing
Remember that Holloway the Jewel
er, can make ali those watches and
clocks run again that have been lying
idle SO long, he is the only rIan Oh the
islands that can. DON'T forget it. =
Quits a large party Of campers who
have had the:r tent pitched at Doe
Bay fer the past two weeks, pulled up
Stakes and left on the Buckeye, Satur-
day, for their homes in Fairhaven.
Mr.. John Cousins, Of Richardson,
has just completed Il fine new barn on
his place between Richardson and Lo-
peg. It is 20 50 feet, two stories high
and has shed addition 20 80 feet.
The Sunday dinner feature at the
Bay View hotel last week was such a
pronounced success Tat the proprietor
will make it Il permanent thing here
after and cater to family trade cspeci-
ally.
Residents along the line of the new
county road TO Roche Harbor, should
turn out one of these fine days and
clear it of the many trees that have
fallen across it recently. II has been
almost impossible for three week spast.
Rev. VIM. Dickson will hereafter
hold services in the school house, in the
Doe Bay district, every other Wednes
tjav evening, Instead Of Sunday morn
ING as heretofore He held his last sun
dav service there, for Il time at least on
last Sunday.
A rral,d reunion of veteran soldiers
and sailors will be held at Fort Towns
end on Port Townsend Bay, Oh Sep. 5
TO 6 inclusive. All are cordially inNi-
ted to attend and bring their families.
Fare for the round trip from all island
points Sl.00.
Mr.. Chatterton, of this place, has an
enormous prune crop this season. lie
has been obliged to l.aul four large
wagon loads of poles for propping UP
the limbs of the trees to keep the
weirht of the fruit from breaking the
trees. He has contracted his entire
crop to the Orcas Fruit Dryer co.
Do YOUR own repairing on your boots
and shoes. To do this you must heces-
sarily have "a cobblers outfit, and the
slickest one you have ever seen IS ioi
sale by John Werner, The price OF the
harness and shoe outfit combined, Is
only So. 10, and the boot ond shoe out
fit alone, only 81 IS. Every family IN
the county should have one see MS
add Oh second page.
Thompson Bros, of our handsome
mail steamer Lydia Thompson nave
made another cut in the fair from the
Raw Cities to East Sound. they are
now giving round trip tickets TO or
from these two points for % cents.
"Conlpetition is the life OF trant, ou.
snch competition as this is likeiv 70
n'aI,e SOMEONE tired The Thompson
he's nothing to lose, as they have q mrs
class mail contract to fall back on ana
tbcv can run if they get no other n'':'-
MOSS nj all. but they are getiin" '1Ie'i