The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-30

, All TIE COLStiuCtioiI vi Tie 1SitiiU TdCk-
ing Co.'S. new building here. There is
how large force of men at work and
the new structure which is already as
Stunning the proportions of a large build
ing will soon be under roof.
| Mr.. John A. Anderson, of Richard
son, was arraigned before Court Conn
missioner J. E. Tucker on the charge
of insanity last Saturday morning, and
| after the hearing of witnesses and u
medical examination made by DR.. Geo.
s. Wright, he was adjudged insane as
charged and ordered committed to the
asylum for the insane at SteilacoOm.
He was taken there Saturday last on
the Thompson by Sheriff Jones and
Deputy J. A. Buchanan.
Grand Lecturer ]. H. Schively of
the A. 0. U. W., arrived here on the
Thompson yesterday and last evening,
assisted by Mr.. Hoare, instituted the
new lodge here. The lodge enters upon
its work with membership of sixteen,
but there are several Others here who
will join the order i'm the near future.
On account Of the lateness of the hour
at which the boys finished their work
we will not attempt to give list of
the officers until our next issue.
The steamer Geo. E. Starr arrived
here from Vancouver, last Sunday eve
ming at about o'clock and tied up at
the Island Packing Co.'S. dock and be-
gan discharging her cargo of 800 cases
of tin to be used by the company i'm
the making of salmon cars for this sea-
sons pack. The steam schooner Signal
is also expected to arrive this week
from Astoria, Oregon, with another
shipment of 500 cases for the same
company. The Cinnamon are now
busily engaged i'm the tin shop making
the cans.
Miss Brown, of New Whatcom,
representing Mrs. 4. George, milliner,
has been here for several days past with
fine stock of millinery and ladies'
furnishings, and did very good bust
ness. She left Oh the Thompson yes
terday for Roche Harbor, where she
will remain until tomorrow and will
then go to East Sound and remain
there three or four days, and will be
pleased to show her goods to any who
wish to take time to inspect them.
Miss Brown has very complete stock
with her and ladies who wish any
thing in hel line will do we'll to make
her call.
THE ISLANDER of last week contain
ed mild "rOast" on the Oceanic Cam
ming Co., of Richardson, for starting a
general merchandise store at that
point in opposition to Mr.. r. &. Kinley-
side. We take it all back, they have
done nothing of the kind. Although
it was quite generally circulated here
that such was the case we were inform
ed by Mr.. Phelps, Monday, that the
company had not only not started such |
store but that they had no intention of
doing so in the future. The story UNI
originated from the fact that
Mr.. Phelps not long since purchased a
$50 90 bill of groceries etc. in Seattle for |
the company's private use Oh their
steamer nd in their mess house there. |
Messrs Klnleyside and Phelps are yet
the best of friends and the company are
yet giving the former Il large amount
of their patronage.
A representative of this journal in
walking from Olga to Point Lawrence,
Orcas island, last Saturday afternoon
was pleased to note the many improve
ments on the various ranches which he
passed and also in the county road.
Many of the orchards which have here
tofore been the unmolested home of the
aphis and caterpillar and have seldom
if ever seen the use of the pruning
knife, have during the past winter
been well pruned and the trees are now
white with spray; the land has been
we'll cultivated in most of them and
on the whole they present fine ap-
pearance. Some of the places have
been recently enclosed with good, new
picket fences and the county road along
the route put in first-class shape. The
men folks of the Doe Bay neighborhood
were out in force last week "wOrking
out" their road taxes under the direc-
ton of Supervisor Ohlert. They built
one or two small bridges and made a
fairly good wagon road from Doe Bay
to the school house. A good wagon
road from the present terminus Of the
county road near the Doe Bay school
house to the Point Lawrence neighbOr-
hood is greatly needed. If the farmers
i'm other sections of the county are fol-
lowing their example it Will not be
lang before San Juan county is well in
the front rank.