The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-06-04
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Murray, the bargain shoe man.

Murray, the bargain shoe man.
B. w. Holloway, Matchmaker ant
Jeweler
Mr.. d. Kepler, of Orcas, was in the
Harbor yesterday.
Myers bucket sprayers for $3.50 Al
Morse's, Whatcom.
Mr.. Geo. Bolton, of Lopez, was in
town yesterday, on business.
Mr.. A. P. Vaughn, of West Sound
is in the Harbor on business.
Mr.. j. l.. Davis, of Richardson, was
In town Oh business yesterday.
Mr.. w. A. Wakefield, of West Sound
was IN the county seat yesterday ON
business.
Mr.. N. X. Milne, of West Sound
was in the Harbor the last of the week
on business.
Mr.. John A. Devlin returned from g.
business trip to Astoria, Oregon, OH the
thompson, yesterday.
MIR and Mrs. A. H. Sitter spent Sat-
urday and Sunday with relatives and
friends at East Sound.
Mr.. Richard Gif1in, of West Sound
was in town the last of the week a
short time on business.
Road Supervisor Gilliland is doing
some very good work on our roads in
this district, this season.
Mr.. A. Stahl, of Grindstone bay. Or
cas- island, made this office a pleasant
call on Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Libbie Majo, of Grindstone BAY,
Orcas island, spent few days with
friends in Fairhaven, last week.
Captain r. E. Davis, of Richardson,
was passenger on the Thompson, yes
terday, enroute to Roche Harbor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eric Ericsson returned
from few days visit to up-Sound
points on the Thompson, yesterday.
Sheriff Newton Jones went over to
Crow Valley the last of the week to
serve some papers in foreclosure suit.
The San Juan Trading Co. expect to
receive large shipment of Dry Goods
and Gents Furnishings the first of the
week.
Judge w. H Thacker went to Rich
ardsOn on the Thompson, Tues lay, on
short business trip and returned yes
terday.
Hon. John S. NcMillin, of Roche
HarbOr returned from business visit
to up-Sound points on the Thompson,
yesterday.
The new cannery at Village point,
Lummi island, is now nearly complet-
ed and ready to begin work OH the
seasons catch.
The steel fish trap on Sandy point,
Lummi island, has started to catch
fish. The trap is supposed to be the
largest in the world.
Mr.. J. L. Blair went to East Sound
on the Thompson, last Friday, to at
tend the Decoration Day exercises held
there on Saturday last.
For SALE-S0 acres fruit land, S175;
40 acres 500; 90 acres $50. Money to
loan for 3 or years at low rate of in
terest. J. c. CLINTON.
Mrs. A. George, the milliner, will be
at Friday Harbor and East Sound by
the second week in June and hopes the
ladies will reserve their orders for her.
Lieutenant Godfrey l.. Carbon went
up-SOund on the Thompson last Tues
day and in few days will go by rail
to San Francisco Oh a short business
trip.
Mr.. Bert Chalmers, of Doe Bay, and
Mr.. James Geoghegan, of East Sound,
made flying trip to the Bay Cities
last Monday, in Mr.. Chalmers yacht
Juanita.
The steamer Rapid Transit brought
$50 cases of tin to AnacOrtes for the
Island Packing Co. few days ago and
now the Buckeye is bringing it from
there in eighty case lots.
Mr.. William Graham, of Richardson
came over from there on the Thomp-
son, Yesterday, for the purpose of buy
ing a horse to work in the place of one
he lost not very long since.
The monthly meeting of the Friday
Harbor Republican Club, held on last
Monday evening, in the court house
hall was very harmonious one and all
who attended report pleasant time.
DIR. Geo. S. Wright while OUT fishing
in company with Judge Bowman and
Judge Tucker, caught a lin cod weigh
ing even thirty pounds. 1t is the larg-
est fish of its species we have ever seen.
The Island Packing Co.'S. steamer
Michigan came in from the traps yes
terday about noon and brought in a
small catch of very fine Spring salmon
which were canned during the after
noon.
The Island Packing Co.'S. pile driver
and crew are now busily engaged drlv-
ing piles for a fish trap near the north
end of Henry island and when COM
pleted it will be one of the best on the
sound.
There are now between fifty and
sixty men employed by the various
fishing companies at or near Rlcnard-
son, and the money paid out to these
men each month is very great help 10
that section of the county.
The schooner Nellie Jensen, Captain
Tonsan ia in Seattle Quitting for q