The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-09-09
LOCAL AND Personal

Balance of dry goods must be closed
! out regardless of cost, come while the
STOCK Is complete at Clark's.
The silver salmon have now COM
menced running and the cannery is
again packing on part time.
Messrs. John l.. Blair and John r..
Murray, of this city, are now prospect
ing In the Olympic mountains.
DIR. L. M. Harrison, of Roche Har-
Dor. was in town Monday short time
while enrOute home from an upSound
visit.
Mr.. .Jno. A. Devlin, president of the
Island Packing Co., has been absent
for the past week or ten days on a bust
ness trip.
Most of the lumber is now on the
ground for the new Presbyterian church
and work will be pushed as rapidly
as possible.
School will open here on the Goth
inst. with Prof. G. N. S. Tucker as
principal and Miss Lou Warren as
primary teacher.
Mr.. III. B. Thompson, of Deer Har-
Dor, was in the city Monday, for the
purpose of making application for final
proof on his homestead.
Mr.. Ed Sturgeon, The tonsorial artist
who has been running a shop here for
the past three years, has moved to
Seattle, where he expects to open shop.
Mr.. L. G. PattulIe, of Tacoma, agent
for Balfour, Guthrie & Co., was in the
city the first of the week on business,
The new Harper-White Co. dock at
East Sound is about completed and
steamboat men feel that they can now
make their landings with perfect
safety.
Rev. Walter S. Crockett, pastor of
the First Christian church of What
com, will hold services in the M. E.
church at this plcace on Friday eve
ing. Sept. 10. All are cordially in
vited.
The heavy rains during the past
week have done thousands of dollars of
damage to the grain crops. The eX-
tent of the damage cannot be estimated
at this time, but it will undoubtedly be
very great.
Mrs. L. B. Carter has been seriously
i'll for the past few days and at one time
was in very critical condition. She
is now on the mend, however, and we
hope will be about again in very
short time.
Mrs. F. R. McLaren, of Seattle, who
has been visiting in the city for the
past few days the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. A. Gould aud Mr.. and Mrs.
A. 1T. Sitter, returned to her home on
the Thompson, Saturday.
Mr.. Edward McGeary, of this place,
and Mrs. Mary Tappen, of Seattle,
were narrated at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Buckley, on Saturday eve
ming last, Justice e. L. Larson Ofiiciat-
ing. Only few of their intimate rela-
tives and friends were present.
ssNews has recently been received
from Messrs. Harrison and Turntarge,
| who left some time ago for the Klon,
dyke gold fields. They had, when they
wrote, tackled the Skaguay trail and
reported that they were getting along
nicely and expected to get through
this fall.
All four applicants who took the
teachers examintion here last month
were granted certificates. Two second
and two third grade. Miss Belle Gregg
of East Sound, and Miss Louise Culver,
of Point Lawrence, receiving second,
and Miss Addie Dightman, of Friday
Harbor, and Miss Lille Marold, OF
Shaw island, third grade.
MFR. James German, for many years
a resident of this county, died at bis
home in the San Juan valley Oh Mon
day evening of consumption, and was
buried in the Valley cemetery .yester
day. He had been confined to his bed
for many weeks and his death was ex
pected at almost any moment. HIS
parents, brothers and sisters nave the
HEARTFELT sympathy of the entire com
munity.
The social and literary entertainment
given last Friday evening, for the bene
lit of Mr.. w. H. Little and family, was
q most decided success, both socially
land financially The net receipts
which have been turned over to Mr
Little were S25 even. A vote of thanks
is rendered to the people who SO gener
ously contributed to this worthy cause
land especial thanks and praise shouio
be given Mrs. M. A. Woodruff, with
whom the idea originated and who was
directly responsible for its grand sue
cess.
At the road election held here las
Saturday Mr., James l.. Farnsworsf
: was elected road supervisor for tn'
district for the ensuing term. The race
between Mr.. J. T. Walker and Mr. j.
L. Farnsworth, was very close one
the vote standing, Walker %, Farms
worth 26, Farnsworth winning by onl,
four votes. Both are good men ant
either would make a most eXcelien
, SUPERVISOR. 1t was like tossing pen
MES, the people realizing that which
ever might win they would have
good officer.
The Fraternal Union of America vii
: give musical this evening, Septembe
8. in Odd Fellows hall, when the fol
: lowing program will be rendered
Quartet, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Perry, DR.
Wright, Mr.. Lampard; reading, Judg
Thacker: solo, Miss Pearl Simpson
medly banjo, bones and violinl, MI
Iampard, Mr.. Lord, Mr.. La Plant
recitation. Mrs. Bnllene; solo, Mis-