The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-01-09
LOCAL AND Personal

Mr.. A. P. Vaughn, of West Sound,
was i'll the Harbor Tuesday, on bust
ness.
New furniture store Fine stock. 1925
Elk St., Whatcom. j. II. Whaling,
proprietor.
Mr.. M. r. Noftsger returned from a
business trip to Seattle, yesterday, on
the Thompson.
Mr.. B. B. S. Phillips, prominent
attorney of Seattle, was in the Harbor
on business Tuesday.
Postmaster J. G. Clinton returned on
the Buckeye yesterday from a short
business trip to Whatcom.
County Commissioner VIM. Graham,
of Richardson, is in the Harbor attend
ing the January session of the board.
Mr.. J. H. Nichols, county commits
sioner from Orcas island, is in the Har-
Dor attending the session of the board.
Born to the wife of Mr. A. d. Tiff,
on Shaw island, ON Dec. 80, 1895, a
daughter. Mother and child doing
we'll.
Mr.. Steve Doyle who is now working
In Seattle, was in the Harbor the first
of the week shaking hands with his
many friends.
Mr.. J. P. Doyle went to Seattle on
the Thompson. Tuesday, to see his wife
who has been there for about six weeks
past, under the doctors care.
1t is reported that a company, of
which Mr.. Todd is the manager, will
soon begin the erection of a new salmon
cannery at or near this place.
The principal work done by the COM
missioners at this session was with road
matters, and the allowing of bills. See
full report in next weeks issue.
Mr.. Griffin, one of Seattle's leading
legal lights, was in the Harbor, Tues
day, on business before the commission
ers with regard to the Brown road mat
ter.
Mr.. P. S. Cook, recently of the Island
Packing Co., of this place, is at Roche
Harbor on business connected with the
establishment Of new salmon canncry
there.
The eighteen months old child of Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. G. Fox, died at their
home in the valley on Sunday at 2 p.
m. from choaking and was buried Tues
day in the Catholic cemetery.
Mr.. E. L. Won Gohren, of East
Sound, went to Victoria, Tuesday, and
took with him 1870 boxes of choice ap-
Piles from the Baxter & Peters place
The yield of apples from this place last
season was about ZOO boxes.
How about our board of trade? Who
is willing to take hold and start it?
Tt would certainly be of great benefit
to us and we should have one. Let us
make an effort in this direction and
see il the result will not be very bene-
fetal.
Mr.. J. A. Mcclellan, of Seattle, rep
resenting the Post-Intelligencer has
been in the Harbor for the past few
days soliciting new subscriptions and
trying to induce delinquent subscribers
to share their coin with him and make
their credit good with that company.
Mr.. J. Binswanger requests us to say
that he had to leave here so hurriedly
he was unable to call on his many
friends to shake their hand and bid
them good bye. He is now travelling
for a clothing house and has his head
quarters at Portland, where his family
now reside.
The county commissioners have
recommended to Gov. McGraw for ap-
pointment Mr.. J. A. Gould and Mr.. e.
M. Tucker, of San Juan, Andrew New
hall, of Orcas, and Mr.. G. T. Butler, of
Lopez, to represent this county at the
Immigration Convention, to be held iii
Seattle on Monday next, January Is.
The convention is an important one
and it is much to be hoped that the
four gentlemen named to represent this
county will attend and work with
energy during the entire session.
The new dynamo for the Lydia
Thompson has arrived and was put in
place last Sunday. She is now bril-
liantly lighted by 165, 8 and l6 candle
power incandescent electric lights and
in the night presents very fine ap-
pearance. Every part of the boat is
lighted and passengers can see to read
in almost any nook or corner OF the
boat. It takes the Thompson Bros. to
keep abreast of the times and to pro-
vide all the comforts and modern con-
veniences for the benefit of the travel
ing public.
We have in the middle of Spring
street in the heart of town, very dan
gerous death trap that should be looked
after without further delay. 1t is the
town well. The old pnmp is gone and
the boards that cover it are rotted and
would break and let one drop into the
well if they should by accident happen
to step on the old platform. On any