The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-06

For SALE-S0 acres fruit land, SITS
40 acres 500; 20 acres $780, Money t.
loan for or 5 years at low rate of in
terest. J. G. CLINTON.
Messrs. w. A. Wakefield, Peter La
Plante, j. w. Young, and o. Il. Loose,
all of West Sound, were in the Harbol
on business last Saturday.
Messrs Chlopeck Brothers Shipped Is
boxes of fresh salmon from the Island
Packing Co.'S. plant, on the steamer
Lydia Thompson, Tuesday.
The county commissioners have been
In session for the past three days as a
board of equalization. They have had
but very little to do in this line but
have been quite busy with the Wotton
and Brown road matters.
We are requested to announce that
services will be held in the Catholic
church, in the Valley, at the usual
hour, on Sunday, August 9th, and that
no service will be held on the 10Th as
had already been announced.
FOUND.-A gill net on Mason's
Point, Shaw island, by Mrs. H. T.
Cayou and Miss Maggie Reed. Owners
| can have the net by proving property
and paying the trouble of careing for
the same. F. Fl. GRAY.
The Epworth League, of Friday Har-
Dor, will give an ice cream social at the
old ISLANDER building this evening at
7 o'clock. The proceeds will be applied
to the organ fund. A large gathering
is especially desired and good time is
guaranteed.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. E. Olney and dau-
ghter Miss May Olney, of Marysville,
WASH, who have been here for the past
month, the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
A. Gould and family, returned to their
home last Saturday by the steamer
Lydia Thompson.
The steamer Michigan brought in
about l 500 Sockeye salmon from the
Island Packing Co.'S. Henry island trap
last Sunday evening, and on Tuesday
morning they brought in about $4,000
Sockeyes from their big outside trap on
the salmon banks.
Leona, the five year old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Turnbarge, Of
Argyle, died at their home yesterday
morning. She has always been an in
valid and the child's death has been
looked for for some time. The parents
have the deepest sympathy of the en-
tire community.
On Monday evening Mr.. Joshua Wot-
ton brought into THE ISLANDER office
Black Minorca hens egg which is by
far the largest we have ever seen. The
egg is three inches long by two and
half wide and is six and one-half inches
in circumference one way and eight in
ches the other.
Mr.. John Graham, of Richardson,
met with a very painful accident on
Monday morning last, when out riding
horseback. While travelling over some
rather rough road his horse stumbled
aud fell, and he under it, very badly
breaking his leg between the ankle and
knee. Mr.. James Cousins ard Morris
Britt secured small boat and hurried
here for DIR. Wright who returned with
them at once and cared for the unfor-
tuna:e man. The doctor returned home
Tuesday morning.
Mrs. N. E. Churchill and family and
her guest Mrs. Ada Bortree and family,
of Colorado Springs, Col, returned
from visit to Port Townsend, on the
Thompson, last Friday Mrs. BOrtree is
a cousin of Mr.. Churchill and has been
here visiting his family for the past
three weeks. She is the principal Of
the public schools of Colorado Springs
and has eight teachers under her super
vision. Mrs. Bortree returns to her
home on Saturday next we'll pleased
with Friday Harbor and San Juan
county.
THE ISLANDER begs to acknowledge
the receipt of a season ticket to Astoria
Annual Regatta to be held in that city
on August 18th to 22nd inclusive.
These annual regattas have become one
of the leading events of the summer
i'm the northwest, and this year the
plans are more extensive than ever be-
fore. The battleship Oregon will be in
the harbor and the state Firemen's AS
ISOLATION will hold its annual tourna-
ment. An ocean race between the Two
fastest schooners on the Pacific coast
will also be feature.
In the minds of many of the resi-
dents of this county doubt seems to
exist as to whether or not Iaules Cali
lawfully hold the office Of county SUI
perintendent etc. and as matter OF III
formation we quote part OF a para para
graph found i'm the Session Laws OF 1890
aFemales possessing all the qualiflca,
tions of an elector except as to sex, ana
possessing all of the other qualifications
required by law for such offices, shall
be eligible to hold the office OF county
Superintendent of common schools, city
superintendents, directors, clerks
boards of examiners, state board OF edu
cation or other school Offices" Laws O
1895, page &C, and 18th Washington he
port, page 36l.
The report of the drowning Of !, s
many people during the storm OF th'
26th ult. which passed over the Gulf Q Q
Georgia was incorrect, in part at least
as some of the parties named as belns
among the dead have been heard IRON
since and are all we'll and safe AZ I'M
time of the storm Mr.. Erral Hutton
whose name appears in the list OF oeau
was at New Westminster at work ane
was not fishing at all. Mr.. Chas