The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-20

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was a passenger OH the Thompson
Tuesday, enroute to Seattle.
Charlie Killing, of East Sound, i.
working for G. N. Culver at Aldr
brook Farm, Point Lawrence.
Henry and John Legbrandt and Ed
Nelson, of Doe Bay, spent several days
in the Bay Cities during the past week
Murderer Straub now enjoys the
distinction of being judge of the Kan
CARGO court in the Whatcom county
Jail.
| Miss Mary Jensen went to Roche
| HarbOr on the Thompson, yesterday
to make Mrs. John s. McMillin short
visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Fuller went to
Whatcom on the Thompson, yesterday
where they expect to reside this sum.
mer.
The Oceanic Canning Co.'S. steamer
San Juan, was in port yesterday with
Mr.. Chas. A. Phelps, the manager OF
the company.
President John s. McMillin, of the
Tacoma & Roche Harbor Lime Co., is
at home again after q three months
absence in California.
The steamer Michigan visited the
Bay Cities this week and brought over
the pile driver recently purchased by
the Island Packing Co there.
1t is reported that Chas. Cissna, the
well-knOwn Whatcom merchant, in
tends greatly enlarging his stock and
engaging in the wholesale business
there.
Mrs. r. G. Willis, of Olga, who has
been in the HarbOr for several days
past, the guest OF DR.. and Mrs. Geo. S.
Wright, returned home on the Buck
eye, Tuesday.
Chief Engineer Kommer, of the Str.
Michigan, arrived here with his family
last Saturday night and will occupy
the Higgins house with Mr.. w. P.
Holt and family.
At the teachers examination i'm this
county last wesk, Miss RhOda A. Lee,
of Deer Harbor, and Miss Florence V.
Johnson, of Lopez, were granted sec.
ond grade certificates.
| Mr.. J. Binswanger, formerly mer.
chant here but now travelling salesman
| for a Portland house, arrived here OH
the Thompson, yesterday and is a guest
at the Bay View hotel.
Mr.. Charles Dillingham;, of Roche
| HarbOr, went to Seattle, Tuesday, on
the Thompson and will be absent about
| ten days. He is away for the purpose
of takinga few days rest and recrea-
| ton.
Mr.. Geo. Gibbs, of Orcas, was i'm the
Harbor yesterday. He brought with
him some of his very choice garden
seed peas and has placed them on sale
at Jos. Sweeney's, San Juan Trading
Co.'S. and L. B. Carter's.
1t is reported that ''San Juan lime, -
| from Cowell's kiln has been contracted
for, for use In the construction OF the
new State Normal school building at
Whatcom, the price being lower than
that for which Roche HarbOr lime
could he bought.
Miss Louise Culver, of Point Law
renee, teacher in the Doe Bay district,
has been spending few days with her
brother, o. HI. Culver and family III
Whatcom. She attended the teacher g
examination there and returned home
OH the Buckeye, Monday.
RI. Morse, the well known What
com hardware merchant, says he will
make a speciality of the reliable Myers
spraying pumps this spring and will
sell the bucket sprayers at So. so, instead
Of 81 90 which was the price last sea-
son. Every fruit raiser should nave
one.
All the postmasters upon the buck
ewes route, including those at what
com and Fairhaven, have signed Mr.;
Newhalps petition for increased mail
service and the extension OF the route
to the Bay Cities. The Whatcom
Board of Trade and Fairhaven Com
mercial Club are also heartily support
ing the petition.
Mr.. E. III. Nash, our popular county
clerk, and Miss Deb Kelley, also OF this
place, were united in marriage las'
Sunday. in Seattle, by the Rev. JONI
F. Damon. of the Congregations
church. Their host of friends here JOIN
in wishing them q happy and prosper
Gus voyage through life. They VIII at
rive here on the Thompson tomorrow.
The tug Occident, with scow loae
Eof lime rock from the Brush lsiano
QUARRY, ran on q reef, near Fussel,s
place. on Decatur island, at high tidt
on Wednesday morning OF last wee
and at 6 O'Clock Friday morning sn'
was pulled off by the mail steamer
Buckeye. When pulled from Der resi-
ling place she was uninjured ana At onc'
Icontinued on her course.
Work has been begun at Anacorte'
on two big salmon canneries, one 2.
the Fidalgo Island Canning Conpany
and one by the Anacortes rack.n ol
Company. p. s. Cook, who IS wei
known here, has secured sue tner s
and will soon begin the constr uc. aOt = :
another plant. The aggregate e1ss . :
these three plants, including buliolngs
equipment, fish traps and sseamsas, 81 !
estimated at $25O,O00. The iargess
building Of the Fidalgo Company VII W.
cover about two acres OF TIDE ianu. n ne
side this there are TO be seven sIna,,e
buildings. some of which are 20 DC owe