The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-02

partially washed out by the extrem
high tide few days ago. The tide a
ways runs very strong at that poin
and as the water is very deep the pile
gave way under the heavy pressure
The section washed out has been II
driven and the trap is again catching
fish.
$4,000 TO LOAN on improved farms
Principal and interest payable in Fri
day Harbor. Money OH hand to clos
up loans when papers are signed. w
can give as low rate of interest and a
favorable terms as any loan compan,
I'm the state. Get our rates and term
before going elsewhere.-SAN JUAr
COUNTY BANK.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Olney, of Marys
vile, Wash, arrived on the Tholnp
son, yesterday, and will remain her,
during July Mrs. Olney is sister 6
Mrs. j. A Gould. Mr. Olney is vice
president of the San Juan County
bank, and comes here to relieve Mr.
Gould at the bank as the latters time
Will be almost wholly occupied at the
cannery during the busy fishing sea
son.
Buy your hardware of cash store
X. l. Morse, New Whatcom, will sell
you Myers spray pump for $275 1:
quart galvanized iron pals, Is cents;
and 10 quart milk pans. Is cents doz
Ell; IL quart heavy tin dish pans. q
cents; galvanized barbed wire, 81 cents
a pound; 10 penny wire steel nails and
larger, 1910 a key. Lowest cash prices
for all staple hardware, doors and win.
dows.
So far this has been lively week for
the hub. Tie footing of whistles as the
cannery steamers come and go, bring
ing the lawyers and witnesses to and
from court which is now in session,
trying the fish trap cases, seems very
much like four or five years ago when
under Republican rule it was not an
uncommon thing to count several
steamers coming and going i'm day.
especially during the berry season.
Judging from the scene in our har-
Dor last Tuesday one might immagine
themselves in Frisco, Boston, New
York or some other large port. Atom
time about noon there were seven
steamers tied up at our docks, viz: the
Beaver, of Anacortes. San Juan, of
Richardson; Enterprise, of Port Towns
end; Island Bell, of Allacortes; Michi-
gan. of Friday Harbor; and the mail
steamers Lydia Thompson and Buck
eye, besides several smaller boats in the
shape of yachts, schooners and sloops.
Mr.. G. E. Wightman, photographer,
has located here for a few weeks and
now has a studio i'm the Bowman
house, opposite Mr.. G. L. Carriers resi-
dence. For first-class photographs,
views, or anything in the line of pho
tograLhy call at his studio. He is pre-
pared to take photographs either by
day or night, regardless of weather, as
he uses All invention which makes him
independent Of day light. Photographs
taken at your residence or at studio, as
may be most convenient. His motto
is best work at lowest prices.
The new fish cannery at Village
Point, Lumni island, is now completed
and all ready for business and it is eX-
pected by the proprietors that enough
fish will be running soon to allow them
to run at their full packing capacity.
They began operations in small way
the first of the week. There are three
buildings erected of the following di-
mansions, respectively: 60 l4O, 80
100 and so X 100, their full packing ca
pacity is 100 fish per hour. Four traps
have been driven in that vicinity and
purse seines will also be used. This is
regarded by many as one of the best
locations on Puget Sound for cannery
as the heavy run of sOckeyes is at this
point OH their way to the Frazer.
Messrs B. w. Huntoon, ThOs. Hen
derson and c. X. Larrabee arrived on
the island, Monday, and put in their
time until Tuesday noon looking over
some of our fine ranches i'm the valley.
They expressed themselved as being
much pleased with their trip and were
astonished at seeing such fine farms
and improvements. Mr.. Larrabee is
well known by all as the president of
the .Fairhaven Land Co. and as one of
tie directors of the Great Northern R..
r. Mr.. Henderson is we'll known as a
reliable and prominent real estate deal
er. of Fairhaven, and Mr.. HuntOOn is
a civil engineer whose ability in his
line OF business has never been queS-
toned by anyone.
The damage done by the high tides
on the salmon traps located on the sal
mon banks, off the south side Of San
Juan island is something terrific. The
lead of the Walker trap that had just
been supplied with web, was washed
away for almost thousand feet, the
piles, to all appearances being broken
off by the great weight of the water
thrown against them with the swift
current that at times for the past week
has run with the force of six mile
race. This is not the only trap dam
aged, as they nearly all appear to be
more or less injured. The Phelps trap,
over which D. N. McMi,lin and G. A.
Phelps are at this writing litigating,
has been badly damaged, as is also the
Murray trap just driving and located
close 10 the San Juan pass, the pot OF
which was badly torn by the piles
washing out. To say the least, the out.
look is discouraging.