The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-02-11
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Murray sells shoes below cost.
Masks, masks, masks at Fowle,s

| SciiS SHOES below cost.
Masks, masks, masks at Fowle's.
B. w. Holloway, Matchmaker and
Mr. Newton Jones made a business
visit to East Sound the first of the
week. 'lie
Mr.. E. w. Harrison. of Fast sopnd
was IN town the first of the week on
MT. A. p. Tiff, of Shaw island. was
IN the Harbor on business, the first of
the week. -
Mrs. J. A. Gould made a trip to To-
PEE the first of the week to make
friends short visit.
Masks-12 dozen different kinds and
characters at Fowle's. If YOU want a
costume leave your orders at once.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Lee, left on the
Thompson: Tuesday, after a few DAYS
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. T. M, Lee. of
this place.
Miss Flora Guard returned from Ia
coma, On the Thompson, Monday. after
an absence of about two weeks, Visiting
friends there.
Mr.. Allen McCrary, of Orcas island.
father of Mr.. VIM. III. McCrary. of
Roche Harbor, is lying very low with
pneumonia, and serious doubts are en-
tertained of his recovery.
Mr.: Will Pratt has been appointed
one or board OF county examiners in
TINS county, to ill the place left vacant
by the departure of Prof J. Nj. Hatcher
for Mexico.
About twenty people came over from
East Sound. on the steamer Buckeye,
yesterday to witness the plays Turn
Him Out" and "My Turn Nextn at
Odd Fellows hall, last evening.
Messrs Jas. T. Geoghegan and Mr..
Cow, of East Sound, came over on the
Thompson, Tuesday, for the purpose
of arranging the hall and doing other
little detail work necessary, before pre-.
senting the plays last evening.
The steamer Buckeye went to Shaw
island, Tuesday for the purpose of tow
ing back the Hicks pile driver, which
is now being used to drive the piles for
the foundation for the new "China
house" to be erected for the Island
Packing Co.
The ball given at Richardson on last
Thursday evening, February 4th, was
well attended and was a most brilliant
success i'll every respect. About thirty
people attended from this island and
report that every means was provided
for theil entertainment aud comfort,
and say that they were. most royalty
entertained by the people of Richard
son.
Our fellow townsman John L. Blair,
in a recent communication to the Post
Intelligencer on the fish-trap question
says that "Last year there was more
money paid out to trap fishermen and
the cannery employees in San Juan
county than for all the produce sold by
our farmers, and the people of this
county are 10th to believe that the leg
islature will enact any law that means
almost ruination to Them"
Word has just been received from
Mr.. DevIin, president of the Island
Packing Co., stating that if the traps
are done away with the Island Pack
ing Co.'S. plant will be removed from
Friday Harbor, as it is a fact not disput-
ed by any fisherman that sockeye sal
mon cannot be caught in the clear water
among the islands with gill nets. and
SO the cannery will be removed from
our town. The cashier of the San
Juan County bank states that more
money has been paid out through their
bank to trap fisherman and men con-
nected with the traps this past year
than the value of all the grain and fruit
products raised ald sold by all the
farmers in the county, and he is will
ing to furnish the figures and proof to
satisfy any one. 1t seems impossible
that there is any person in the state
who would be willing to such an in
jury to the state for the benefit of the
Fraser river cannerymen.