The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-03-26

Mr.. f. P. Newhall, of Newhall, was
in the Harbor on business yesterday.
Mr.. VIM. Humphrey, of Lopez was
in the county seat on business, Tues
day.
New furniture store Fine stock. 1925
Elk ST., Whatcom. ]. 81. Whaling,
proprietor.
Mr.. Ole Hagen, of East Sound, re-
turned from short visit to the Bay
Cities on the Buckeye, Monday.
The school at East Sound opened
last Monday for two months term
with Miss Lou Sutherland as teacher.
Mr.. Fred Thompson is again at his
post of duty on the steamer, after
weeks visit to his home at PoIt Ange-
les.
The Wanderer came in port Monday
morning with a cargo of lumber for the
San Juan Trading Co., from Fair
haven.
Work was begun last Monday on the
new Bay View hotel which when COM
county.
1t is estimated that the amount ex-
pended for wood for steamers in this
county monthly is nearly or quite
100000.
Mr.. A. P Vaughn, of West Sound,
came over from there in his new yacht
Monday, and is doing some surveying
on the island.
Mr. James Burke, engineer for the
Islard Packing Co., returned Monday
from short business trip to Willapa,
Pacific county.
Mr.. Bert Tiff, of Shaw island return
ed from business visit to up-Sound
points on the Buckeye, Monday, via.
the Bay Cities.
Assessor Harrison has rented his
place at Cascade lake to Mr.. Lockwood
and will move his family to East
Sound to reside this summer.
Mr.. Edward Hoare who is here for
the purpose of organizing Workman's
lodge went to Lopez, Tuesday, to So
licit applicants for membership.
Mr.. Chas. Benjamin, formerly in the
employ of the Island Packing Co. here
but now residing in WhatcOm, was in
the Harbor the first of the week.
Mr.. O. H. Culver and family of New
Whatcom, who have been visiting at
Point Lawrence for few days, return
ed home on the Buckeye, Tuesday.
Farm containing 100 acres, twelve of
which are in CIVILIZATIONS; small house.
Oh county road, five minutes walk from
school house, price $500. j. G. CLINTON
The Cascade Bay Lumber Company
now have a force of twelve men at
work on full time getting out big Or
der for lime barrels for COwePs lime
works.
Mr.. J. D. Coppersmith, of West
Sound, was in the Harbor the first of
the week on business. There seems to
be political bee buzzing in Copper's
bonnet
One dollar cash will buy 40 pounds
fine quality white beans at The Blue
Front Store Two cents per pound by
the sack. This is strictly a caah deal.
Cumtux.
VIM. Viereck, of Doe Bay, has gone
back to Wickersham to get out shingle
bolts for Browns mill, at that place.
He will be Joined in few days by his
| brother John.
The Island Packing Co. drove sew
eral piles on the south side of Browns
island last Saturday for the purpose of
putting in grid iron where they can
repair their scOws.
! At last we have new town pump.
The spring was thoroughly cleaned out
| last Monday morning and in the after
noon new platform was built and
new pump put in.
Captain Howard Bullene, of the
steamer Michigan, went to Seattle on
the Thompson, Tuesday, in response to
a message received from his father who
is seriously ill there.
There will be Workman's lodge in
stltuted at Roche Harbor, by Mr.. Ed
ward Hoare, on next Thursday eve
ming, April End. There will be about
| twenty names on the charter.
Mr.. J. c.. Clinton went to the Bay
Cities on the Buckeye last Saturday,
and from there to Tacoma to attend
the meeting of the Democratic state
central committee, of which he is q
member.
Mr.. Charlie Killing, who has been
working for Mr.. g. n. Culver, at Point
Lawrence, this spring, left last Friday
for the Carriboo mines in British Col
umbia, where he has secured position
for the summer.
Attorney I. N. Maxwell, of the firm
of Maxwell & Romano, of New What
com, was in the Harbor the first OF the
week on business connected with the
case of Gould vs.. Freidenberg, which
will be tried before Judge Winn, here
next week.
THE ISLANDER office is now equip
ped for doing really first-class job
printing, having recently received a
lot of new type of the latest and most
artistic designs. We can do as fine work
and at as low rates as any first-class
printing office on the Sound.
Messrs Chas. Clark, Charles Arm,
| strong, FL. Donahue and j. Whitley, oil
East Sound, left last Friday, on the
Thompson, for the Carriboo mines, Ill
British Columbia. They expect to re,
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