The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-01
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Murray sells shoes below cost
3. ". Holloway, Matchmaker and
Born, to Mr.. and Mr.. Then. /. nv.r
on wednesday, March II, girl.
Capt. Rollie E. Davis came over fror,
decatur on the Buckeye. Tuesday - .
Mrs. B. w. Holloway returned f,o.,
VISIT 70 the Bay Cities on Hafnnd. -, :
Hon. F. c. Harper. Of East son,a
visited up-Sound on y business trim III !.
Mr. J. III. Nichols. Of Fast so,,,a
was IN the Harbor the first of the wes.E,
on business. ''s VEGA
Mr.. John L. Murray returned from
trip to the Bay Cities on the Buck.
eye, Friday. ''0A-
Mrs. Geo. Mullis returned from !.
visit to the Bay Cities OH the Thomn-
son, Saturday.
Mr.. J. A. Gould returned from .
o., business trip to up-Sound points on the
Thompson, Friday. s
Mr.. N. r. Noftsger returned from !.
business trip to up Sound cities on The
thompson, Monday.
Mr.. VIM. Shultz, of Roche Harbor.
went up-SOund on the Thomson. S.t.
urday, on business trip.
Mr.. r. c. Kinleyside, Of Richardson
was In the HarbOr the past week willis
enroute to the Bay Cities.
Mr.. NJ. R. Lunblad. Of Argyle ha.
oeen quite sick for some time past but
is now improving rapidly.
Mr.. John A. Devlin, president Of the
Island Packing Co., went to up-Sound
cities on business trip the last of the
week.
The U. 8. revenue cutter Grant
dropped anchor in the Harbor Tuesday
evening aud remained in port during
the night.
Mrs. Ira Prindle, Of Newhall, re.
turned to her home on the buckeye.
Tuesday, after q three weeks visit in
the HaLbor.
Mr.. Dell Hoffman, Of Shaw island,
has been engaged for several DAYS past
in fixing up the Island Packing Co.'S.
fishing boats.
Miss Louise Culver has been engaged
to teach three months term Of school
in the Cascade lake district, beginning
next Monday.
Mr.. L. NJ. Harper, Of Roche Harbor,
was . passenger on the Thompson,
Tuesday, enrOute to up-Sound cities OH
q business trip.
Mr.. Chas. E. Phelps, Of Richardson,
resident manager for the Oceanic Can.
ming Co., was In town the first Of the
week on business.
Rev. Walter 8. Crockett, pastor of
the First Christian church Of What
com, is holding services at the NJ. E.
church here this week.
The county commissioners will meet
in regular quarterly session on Monday
next, and transact any business that
may have accumulated since their
January term.
The big rock excavation for the
Island Packing Go. is now nearing
completion. 1t has been . big under
have done good and faithful work.
We understand that Mr.. L. B. Car
ter, proprietor Of the Blue Front Store,
con:emplates building large addition
to his establishment and improving
his store very greatly by charging his
stock.
Mr.. Thoe. e. Ladner Of I4adner's
Landing, B. c., general manager of the
Ladner canneries located on the Fraser
river, and also of the Oceanic Canning
company of Richardson, was In the
HarbOr on business on Monday of this
week.
The Island Packing Co.'s. steamer
Michigan left for the Quilicene river
in Hoods canal on Saturday last for q
raft of trap piles to be used In driving
their big trap on the salmon banks.
Mr.. Hicks and q force of -fnen have
been engaged there all winter in get
ting out piles for this company.
MI. C. Fl. King, late of Seattle, has
leased the dining department OF the
Tourists hotel aud intends to run 1t as
thoroughly first-class short order
restaurant, serving meals at all hours,
and at all times will try and serve his
patrons Will, not only the substanttals
but all the luxuries the market affords.
Mr.. King states that he il also an ex-
perienced butcher, aud will at all times
have fresh meats for sale 30 that he can
supply the local demand with the best
that can be procured aud ct the lowest
market prices.
A recent Whatcom dispatch to the
Pr. saws: 1.-THE Orcas island mining
district IL known as No. l, aud includes
all that part of the island east OF East
Sound and Buck bay. Arrangements
are being made now for systematic de-
velopment work on some Of the most
promising prospects, which are near
Mountain lake, and 1t is supposed that
they are near the place from which II
| is said that an Indian brought quite .
large chunk of pure copper thirty year.
ago. Some of the quartz looks wei
and the assays are encouraging. Moss
of the prospecting has been done by
inexperienced men. farmers and others,
and Is rule the specimens shown are
nothing but barren country rock,
fIecked here and there with Iron py-
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