The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-31
in making it the grand success that it

in making it the grand success that i
was.
On December 18th the citizens O
Waldron held mass meeting for thu
purpose of discussing the game law.
and TO devise some means Of enforcing
them. They very emphatically de
cided to enforce the law pertaining tc
the running Of deer with dogs, and also
not to allow the hunting of them out
OF season. This is very wise move
on the part of the Waldron people and
1t is to be hoped they will not weaken,
! but make we'll determined effort to
put stop to this much abused practice.
The ISLANDER would suggest that
other sections follow their example
and try and stop the wholesale slaugh-
ter of our deer.
According to the Mt. Vernon Record
the cold weather wrought considerable
damage to the prune orchards in that
section, completely destroying many of
them. Mr.. Frank Wards elegant prune
orchard in West Mt. Vernon is total
loss, as is also the fine orchard belong
ing to Mr.. Frank Buck. The beautiful
orchard belonging to Mrs. B. N. L..
Davis, near the Great Northern bridge
is completely ruined. This orchard
yielded hundreds of bushels of prunes
each year, and good prices were always
received for the fruit. J. P. Millett and
John Suter also report that the cold
weather ruined all their prune and
other fruit trees for them. There in no
doubt but what all who had trees of
this nature, in that section, are also
losers. The November cold snap made
its appearance before the sap left the
body of the trees and as a result froze
the bark, SO that it can be peeled off
with the hands without difficulty. San
Juan county horticulturalists all report
that no injury whatever has been done
our prune or other orchards by the
recent cold snap.
A very quiet but beautiful wedding
occurred on Lopez island, about mid
day OH Christmas. The contracting
parties were Mr.. Thomas Bell and Miss
Mary Hannah Blake, both well known
and very popular. The ceremony took
place at the residence of Mr.. Albert
Biggs, and was performed by Rev. Is
aac Dillon, pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church. Mr.. Thomas e.
Blake acted as groomsman and Miss
Edith Lee as bridesmaid. After the
ceremony was over the entire company
was invited to table heavily ladened
with all the delicacies of the season, in
Guiding oysters, brant, and other good
things too numerous to mention. The
rich wedding cake, made in shape as if
two hearts were moulded i'm one, was
gracefully cut by the bride and dis
tributed among all present. Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Biggs won the love and
admiration of all by their splendid
management of the whole affair. Mr..
and Mrs. Bell will take up their abode
Oh the valuable farm Of Mr.. James
Blake, the honored father of the bride,
where their many warm friends wish
them q long, useful, prosperous and
happy life.
Residents in the vicinity of Doe Bay
and their numerous visiting friends
were given an intellectual treat on
Christmas night by the school children
of that district, assisted by two or three
adult local actors, all under the direc-
ton of the school teacher, Miss Louise
Culver. Two Christmas plays, several
declarations and music, made up the
general program, after which Mr.. E.
M. Chalmers and DR.. A. w. Hogg, of
East Sound, favored the audience with
brief comicalities that nearly killed the
crowd with laughing. The first play,
farewell of '96" was rendered by fif-
teen pupils appropriately costumed,
ready in speech and graceful in action,
all combining to bring out quite vivid
ly very interesting little play. Mas
ter Thomas Slattery carried the prin-
cipal and somewhat difficult part in
this play so nicely as to justly entitle
him to special mention. The second
play "Christmas reunion" was carried
by the entire school, assisted by Miss
A. H. Aiken and Messrs John, Albert
and Barnhart Viereck. The parts were
we'll assigned and it is remarkable that
every actor remembered every word
and movement, 80 that not q syllable or
motion of prompting marred the entire
evenings performances. Everybody,
and especially parents and friends of
children feel prouder than ever of their
bright little ones and more grateful to
their teacher whose efforts for their ad-
vancement are SO amply proved.