The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
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". Il. Cantlne, or Lopez, was il
the Harbor the last of the week OF
business.
Miss Florence Lee is visiting friend
IN Seattle, and will likely be absen
about month.
Mr.. Joseph Sweeney returned from
a visit to up-Sound points on the
Thompson, Friday.
Mrs John Buckley went to What
com on the Thompson last Friday te
make friends short visit.
Miss Bertha Jones went to Blaine
yesterday to make her sister, Mrs
Carl Stewart, few days visit.
Mr.. G. G.. Coghlan, manager O.
CowelPs lime works, was in the Har
Dor the first of the week on business.
Mr.. J. Pierce Lambert, of Whatcom
was in the city last week and purchased
tine team of horses from Mr.. James
King.
Mrs. G. E Hackett and child went
to Port Townsend, Thursday, and will
go from there to Protection island to
visit friends.
DR.. l. M. Harrison, of Roche Har.
Dor, stopped in the city a short time
yesterday while returning from up.
Sound points.
Mr.. VIM. Miles, of Port Blakeley
was in the Harbor last week shaking
hands with his many friends and
transachng business.
Mrs. f. r. McLaren and daughter
Jean, of Seattle, are in the city visiting
friends and during their stay will be
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Gould
and Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Sitter.
While enroute to Port Townsend on
the Thompson, on Saturday last Sena.
tor John l.. Wilson stopped about an
hour at this point and discussed the
political situation with his many
friends.
Mrs. T. e. Bryant and children left
for Seattle on the Thompson last Thurs
day, and expect to reside there in the
future, Mr.. Bryant having accepted a
position on the city's police force as
patrollman.
Bids are called for, for the construc-
ton of the new Presbyterian church
which will be erected at an early date,
on the slightly lots owned by the mem
bers of that denomination, at the head
of Spring street.
Mr.. e. V. Cowell, of Santa Cruz
California, the wealthy lime merchant
and owner of Coweli's lime works, on
this island, has been in the county fol
the past two weeks looking after his
extensive business interests here.
Sheriff Newton Jones went to Polt
Townsend, Tuesday, with Mr.. Mitch
ell, who has been sick for some time
and who has been obliged to apply t.
has been taken to st. Johns hospita
for treatment.
Road elections will be held in the
several road districts in the county or
Saturday, September 4th. Voters who
are at all interested in having gOO(
roads should try and select good can
didate, who is himself a property hold
err, and one who will give good and eff
ficient service and will make good anC
judicious use of the labor and money
placed at his disposal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrews, who reside
on the Peninsula, Lopez island, Were
in the city last week on business. They
brought over with them, for Mr.. l.. Il
Carter of the Blue Front Store, some
of the finest sweet corn and cucumber
ever seen in this market. The corr
was large and very tender and sweet
and very much like that grown in thu
middle states which are noted for theil
fine roasting ears. They took bach
with them few of San Juan island'
best stock sheep and Mr.. Andrews
SAYS that under Republican tariff hi
will endavor to grow wool and raise
mutton which will have no trouble in
finding ready morket, but under free
trade or low tariff he should mucl
prefer to 90 to the Klondyke and seel
his fortune in the gold fields of thu
far north
Judge I. J. Lichtenberg, Mr.. Bel
Lichtenberg, Mr.. Earl Davis and Mr.
III. e. Tuck, of Lopez, and Mr.. Chas
Brunette, of Seattle, sailed into thu
harbor last Friday in Mr.. Ben Lichten
berg's fine pleasure yacht, "Pilgrim.
The yacht is the finest one owned IL
this county and is one of the best OF
the Sound. She measures thirty fee
over all, ten feet beam and draws fOu
and one-half feet of water, and carrie:
six sails. She is five and half ton
register. The boat is most eXcellently
equipped in every particular and every
thing is as convenient as money coult
make it. There is fifteen gallon OF
tank which furnishes coal oil for thu
oil cook stove in the galley, and there
are also two fifteen gallon water tanks
one on either side, in which fresf
water is carried. She captured SECOND
prize. in her class, in the races held a
Seattle on Jaly LIST last.
The Methodist Sunday schools o
Central Church and Richardson, Lo
peg island, united in giving two very
interesting missionary concerts ON sun
day last. The first came off at IL a. M.
at the Presbyterian church, and TIT
other at 8 D. M. in the Public hall a
Richardson. The exercises were a.
follows: Scripture reading, singing
and prayer. Recitation, Little viii,
Maggie Hansen; Dialogue, "Voice
from Heather Lands" Recitation
James Frankland; Motion song, Jennl'
and Claude Graham; Dialogue, Lull
and Cora STANDBY; Dialogue, Jennie
Maude and Claude Graham; Recita
ton, Hazel Wilson; Recitation, In'
Hansen; Song, 1.-THE Little Mission
ary.n five girls; Recltations by Mrs
Kinleyside, Miss Dillon and Mrs. j. 5
Shockey. Then followed a dialogue
entitled ssCome over and Help Us" by
iva rirls Concluding song, "Thert