The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-01-16
LOCAL AND Personal

B. w. Holloway, Matchmaker and
Jeweler-
The Roche Harbor, Capt. Davis, was
In port yesterday.
DR.. Harrison, of Roche Harbor, was
In the county seat yesterday.
Mr.. VIM. Shultz, of Roche Harbor.
was in town yesterday on business.
Mr.. Samuel Gross. of Roche Harbor.
was In town on business, Monday.
Mr.. E. Langel, of East Sound. was
In the Harbor, Tuesday, on business.
Mr.. Michael Fry, of East Sound. was
In the Harbor, Tuesday, on business.
Mr.. C. NJ. Tucker returned Yesterday
from the convention held in Seattle.
Mr.. William Viereck, of Doe Bay.
was III the Harbor the last of the week.
Judge E. d. Warbass, of Roche Har-
Dor was In town yesterday on business.
New furniture store. Fine stock. 1925
Elk ST., Whatcom. j. IT.. Whaling.
proprietor.
Miss Flora Guard returned from q
visit to the Bay Cities, Monday, OH the
Buckeye.
Rev. Mr.. Huff, of Blaine, is holding
Methodist revival services i'm the
M. +. church every evening.
Rev. Isaac Dillon, no W of Fairhaven,
came over to his place N Blakely island
last Monday on the Buckeye.
Mr.. J. A. Gould returned from Seat
tie yesterday, where he went as dele
gate to the immigration convention.
Capt. Harry Boline is expected to ar
rive here about the first to the month
to take command Of the steamer Michi-
gan.
Mr.. Andrew Newhall, of Newhall, a
delegate to the immigration convention
held in Seattle, returned OH the Lydia
Thompson, yesterday.
Mr.. j. L. Farnsworth has been given
the contract for the rock work to be
done for the Island Packing Co. and
will begin work in the near future.
The engineer of the Michigan arriv-
ed on the Thompson yesterday and in
the afternoon went to work on the
boat to get her ready to run to Port
Townsend.
The Island Packing Co.'S. steamer,
Michigan, will be taken to Port Towns
end in the near future to have some
repairs made to her machinery before
she is put into service in the spring.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Carter went to
Wbatcom, Monday and will return to-
day on the Thompson. Mr.. Carter's
two children who have been attending
school there for some time past will &C
company them.
Judging from an item which we take
from the P.-I. and which appears in
another column of this issue, Mr.. J. A.
Gould, of this place, got his customary
hustle Oh him and showed the people
of this state that San Juan county is by
no means in the background.
Mr.. Phil s. Cook, formerly secretary
of the Island Packing Co. of this place,
was i'm the Harbor over Sunday and
left Monday, on the Buckeye, for Ana
cortes, where he will soon begin the
erection of another salmon cannery.
Mr.. Cook represents company COM
posed of Columbia river cannerymen
who are rated as having an abundance
of capital.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the county auditor for the
Andrews Bay Fishing Co., whose prin-
Fcipal place of business is to be at Roche
Harbor, and whose capital stock is So
600. The incorporators named are P.
S. Cook, VIM. Shultz, Samuel Gross,
DIR. I. Harrison and E. Harrison.
They have purchased ground near
Roche Harbor, of Judge E. d. War
bass, where they are to build wharves,
etc, but whether or not they expect to
erect cannery there this season cam
not be ascertained at this time.