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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09
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fist Makes Free Offer to Our Readers

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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

the Presbyterian Board of Church
Erection, they were able to build the
cozy little church which was dedicated
TO the worship of God last Sunday
with an appropriate service conducted
by their Pastor, Rev. Arthur Cort, as
sisted by Rev. Thomas Mcclure and
Rev. J. M. G. Warren, of the Presby-
terrain church, Rev. T. L. Dyer, of the
methodist church, and Rev. J. IS. Nc
Callam, of the Christian church. The
sermon by Rev. ]. M. G. Warren was
very able discourse, the dedication
service by Rev. Thos. Mcclure was
very impressive, and the music most
enjoyable which added much to the
perfection of the service. Too much
credit cannot be given to the contrac-
tor, Newton Jones, for the good work
done on the building. He evidently
considered the interest of the church
as we'll as his own and felt in perfect
sympathy with the good work. And
the chairman of the board of trustees.
Mr.: George Mullis, in his watchful care
OF the work, and the kind friends who
donated the organ, The church now en-
ters upon its work with a house fully
equipped and paid for.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09
WEST SOUND NEWS NOTES.

Mrs. Foshette went to Victoria las,
week.
Mr.. Smaby is still finding better
quartz every day.
Mr.. Holland made quite large ship
ment of potatoes on the Thompson, Sat.
urday.
We hear blast in the direction oil
Mr.. Dudley's, which means more good
specimens Of quartz.
Another strawberry picker arrived at
Mr.. and Mrs. Bodies last week in the
shape of a 1O-pound boy.
A meeting was held last Tuesday to
talk over a Christmas tree. West
Sound is not dead yet. Come to our
Christmas tree if you want to find out.
Mr.. James house, at Deer Harbor,
burt down with all its contents q week
ago Saturday. Mr.. James was at the
Literary and when he returned home
he found he was homeless.
School closed at Orcas last Friday.
1t was taught by Mrs. Hammond, who
is practical teacher and has been a
great help to the neighborhood. We
will miss her work in our literary and
our social gatherings. We wish her
success in her new work.
The monthly election of officers of
the Orcas Entertainers resulted as fol-
lows: Mr.. Harris, president; George
Myers, vice-president; Tillie Marold,
secretary; Mrs. d. Kepler, treasurer;
Ed. Kolkow, sergeant-at-arms; w. ].
Court, critic; Mr. Van Bogart, janitor.
The society, with the help of Mr.. w.
0. Sutherland is going to buy an organ.
The subject for the next debate: Ere
solved, That ambition has ruined more
men than it has ever made"
Sunday school was we'll attended last
Sabbath, but we could make it more
interesting if all would turn out. We
have had no preaching for long time
and this Is the only Sunday meeting.
Everyone put their best foot forward
and march in line and we will be ready
when the Great Commander comes; on
review day we will be weighed in the
balance and found not wanting. March
up to the front. SCRIBE.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

under the ladder. Montague avoided
giving his left foot priority in putting
on his stockings. Alexander was be-
lieved to have united the gordian knot
with slice of his sword.
For good luck's sake Augustus wore
some portion of a sea calf; Charlemagne
some trinket of unknown value. Mo
manned was all fate; Bonaparte all
star and destiny. Cromwell believed
in September 3, and Louis Napoleon in
December 2. Sulia called himself Felix,
the favored child of fortune, and Timo-
leon turned his house into a temple of
chance.
Alexander, if we may credit the &C
count given by Quintius, was terrified
by blood flowing from inside his SOL
diers' bread during the siege of Tyre, in
1872 B. G. His seer, Aristandes, fore
saw in ribs crimson efflux of the vital
stream out of the commissariat a happy
issue for the Macedonians, and the war
riors, thus nerved, took Tyre.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09
How to Prevent Pneumonia

At this time of the year cold is very
easily contracted, and if left to run it's
course without the aid of some reliable
cough medicine is liable to result in
that dread disease, pneumonia. We
know of no better remedy to cure a
cough or cold than Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. We have used it
quite extensively and it has always
given entire satisfaction.-Olagah, Ind.
Ter. Chief.
This is the only remedy that is known
to be certain preventive pneumonia.
Among the many thousands who
have used it for colds and la grippe,
we have never yet learned of single
case having resulted in pneumonia.
Persons who have weak lungs or have
reason to fear an attack of pneumonia,
should keep the remedy at hand.
The Is and so cent sizes for sale by
drug department San Juan Trading Co.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09
COLD STANDARD MINING CAMP.

HELEN BAY, CAPE GAMING, South
eastern Alaska, Nov. 4, 1897.-EDITOR
ISLANDER: It is now six months and
more since [ left the county of San
Juan, my home and family, on Lopez
island. L shaped my course for the
north to chance my luck with the
many in the hidden treasures of Alas
ka. boarded the staunch little
schooner Volunteer, owned by Clark &
Martin of Ketchiakan, Alaska, on July
I'd and arrived here Oh the 18th, being
eleven days of one of as fine and pleas
ont trips as one could wish to expert
ence. She was in command of Capt.
Frank Mcdonnell, formerly of Port
Stanley, Lopez. Upon my arrival here
| I went to work for the above firm,
Clark & Martin. AS prospecting soon
became the order of the day, and as the
weather permitted, caught the fever,
which naturally all tenderfeet do; the
fever got raging high and prospecting L
must 20. arrived at Helen Bay on
September 18th. AS this was a new
field. in fact one of the richest quartz
finds that has ever been found in south
eastern Alaska. l prOspected, but OF
course my luck was with me as it al
ways is. After prospecting q short
time went to work for the Gold STAN
dard Co., as that is the name of the
new gold mines. The company conists
of Chas. Dyer and F. L. Johnson, Dyer
being widely known on the Sound as a
marine engineer. This company has
seventeen claims in all, group OF
claims as it is classed, ten OF which
have gold in the quartz ranging from
the size of the point of a needle to that
of small field pea. This gold can be
seen with the naked eye, at distance
of ten to twenty feet, sticking out OF
the lodges. The veins average from
two to twenty-eight inches in width:
There are thirty-eight claims located
here, comparatively in a solid body.
Free gold is a common thing to hear
now, as almost every day some of the
bows find it in some of the claims they
have located.
and I are patching together and we
have one time all by ourselves. Lee
prides himself on making coffee, but
ON several occasions we have had to
call in the whole camp to ut up" with
what he called c0lfee, It being too weak
to even maintain its color: Lee has
gone to Saxmar for few days, dls'
lance of twenty-five miles, where MS
wife and father reside. He has done
well since he came here and has nice
group Of claims, six in oil, | think; :,
The weather is very disagreeable al
present. Rain and sleet, and the snow
is gradually crawling down the noun
tain side and soon will be in camp
When an old Indian was asked by q
tourist a short time ago if it evel
stonped raining in Alaska? he replied
ayes; sometimes it SHOWS" Rai i
seems to he the principal feature O.
Alaska. We have had abundance OF II
i since came here. Work in this camp
will soon close down for the winter, anc
as soon as it does / think | may come
home and spend short time with my
family. This is going to be big cam 4
next summer-one mignt say, OF cal'
r. a Southeast Klondike. You may
| here from this camp again in few
weeks. Very truly yours,
r. l.. SUMNER.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

FOR SALE.-Forty acres good land
-15 under cultivation, Is timber and
10 good grazing. A small orchard con.
sisting of Fl apple trees also pear and
plum trees, and all kinds of small fruit
such as berries, currants, etc. A fine
we'll of water on the place with pipes
and pump. One fairly good four-room
house and small barn. One 1900 ID
horse, years old. Light wagon and
heavy and light harness, pillow, cult
vator, drag and other farm tools. Any
person desiring a small place can strike
a bargain here. Apply at this office fol
further information.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09
Don't be persuaded into buying lini

Don't be persuaded into buying lini-
ments without reputation or merit
Chamberlain's Pain Balm costs no
more, and its merits have been proven
by test of many years. Such letters
as the following from L. G.. Bagley,
Hueneme, CAL, are constantly being
received: 1.-THE best remedy for pain
I have ever used is Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, and say so after having used
it in my family for several years." 1t
cures rheumatism, lame back, sprains
and swellings.
For sale by drug department San
Juan Trading Co.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

Mr.. and Mrs Len Harper have been
the guests for several days of Mr.. and
Mrs. Phipps.
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. McMlllin have
returned from a weeks trip to the up
Sound cities.
The Roche Harbor school will open
the first Monday in January for five
or six months term, with Mrs. Grace
Alberts as teacher.
Capt. Northman has gone to Victoria
for the purpose of buying small
schooner suitable for use in cruising
and prospecting along the Alaskan
coast.
Mr.. G.. A. McAllaster, bookkeeper for
the Lime company, is gradually Timber
ing up after trip to Friday Harbor,
Monday, on the hurricane deck OF the
company's big black horse.
Preparations for the Christmas enter
tainment to be given by and for the
Sunday school are going on apace un-
der the direction of the various com
mittees, and the affair promises to be
one of the most enjoyable and success
full of the kind ever given here.
The steamer Roche Harbor came off
the ways last Friday, having been
thoroughly overhauled and repaired.
She has since made trips to Cascade
bav and Anocortes, and also to Vic
toria with two scOws in tow carrying
1000 barrels of lime for trans-shipment
to Honolulu.
The steamer Chehalis, of Anacortes,
was i'm port few days ago with Man
ager Lord, of the Fidalgo Canning Co.,
and several guests aboard, including
ex-Mayor Curtis, of Anacortes, and
Douglas Almond, of the Anacortes
American. Mr.. Lord desired to ex.
anime the Lime company's new ways
here with view to using them for re-
pairs to the Chehalis.
Hon. John S. McMillin, president
and manager of the Roche Harbol
Lime Co., expects to leave for Homo
lulu on the steamship Aovangi, of the
Canadian Australian line, sailing from
Victoria next Monday. Mrs. McMilin
will probably accompany him and they
expect to return in from five to sl1
weeks. Mr.. McMillin goes to attenc
| to various important matters con-
nected with the rapidly increasing
business of his company in Hawaii, ano
while there he intends to ascertain
whether 1t is not possible to establish q
good market there for some of the pro
ducts of this county. In this eoonec
ton he says that If any OF our cies4ens
have any suggestions to Oh e VII
be glad to receive them. U0CHE.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09
Two MiIlions n Yea.

When people buy, try, and buy again. il
means they're satisfied The people of the
United States are now buying Cascarets
candy Cathartic at the rate of two million
ooAes year and it will be three million be.
that Cascarets are the most delichtfni howeI
REGULATOR for everybody the year round. All
druggists lOc, Csc, Soc box, cure guaranteed.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

What would you do if war should be
declared tomorrow with European
power? How would it change your nOlne
fife. the lives of your brother and otner
reiat;ves? How would it affect your bust.
ness ness connections and business? What
chanoes would it make in financial, city,
state and national affairs? It is these In.
teresting problems which VINE. dar ~ . an
r. ketch under the heading Of "A Brief
IA hi s story of Our Late War With Spain" at
the he ' same time wildly describing the e *
citing scenes which would attend n,,nh fne
IT The Cosmopolitan has an article on
s:rhe Well-dressed Woman" by Elsie de
wolfe. a contrast of the characters o.
Henry George and Chas. A. Dana al n y
John Brisban Walker, IN ano1aer Wits aasrps
storv saThe War of the Worlds" winch
has heen so widely read, reaches Its con-
cinsion in an unexpected way.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

If you are in need of fine clothing
shirts, etc, send your order and meas.
ure to the we'll known firm Of Irving
4 Cannon, Merchant Tailors, Room
Colonial Block, Second Avenue and
Columbia Street, Seattle, Washington
They guarantee perfect fit and entire
satisfaction. Place your order now fol
an OvercOat.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09
Exerxboax says %.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, Me most won
derful medical discovery OF t1e age, p leaSs,
ant and refreshing to the tasee, act genIly
and positively on kidneys, lives ana pow YVES
cleansing the entire syI%siH fm: 1 copstipation
ana biiiousness. Please buy and Try Do1 J.
IF e. q. q. to-day; 10, Is, 80 cents. cold anu
O,sranteed 10 cure by oil druggists
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09
KATE BUCKLEY, Teacher.

After hearing some friends contin-
ually praising Chambsrlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, Curtis
Fleck, of Anaheim, California, pur-
chased bottle of it for his own use and
is now as enthusiastic over it's wonder
full work as anyone can be.
For sale by drug department San
Juan Trading Co.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
purities from the body; Begin today te
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug.
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, loo, Csc, Soc.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

Ripans Tabules cure dizziness.
Rfpans Tabules: pleasant laxative.
Ripans Tabules cure bad breath.
Ripans Tabples cure headache.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09
NEWHALL, Owner.

letter, salt-Rheum and Eczema.
a3s sus Intense itching and smarting, inca.
ts .@these diseases, isinstantly ailayee
,appplying Chamberlain's Eye ana
b,ra ointment. Many very bad cases
i s s, Deem permanently cured by It. =
a tqaaiiy efficient for itching piles ana
basorlte remedy for sore nipples |,
ND ped hands, chilblains, frost bites
~Ncnronic sore eyes. Is cts. per oox.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

--~.,rvn-rrusrwoRrHY AND ACTIVE
~ ~ ..Is,,,e,. or ladies to travel for respon-
.s,,,.s sstabiished house in washington Montn-
- e6s 90 and expenses Position sfeady. 49,
ence Enclose selfsddressed staw Pcs,;saro
The Dominion company, OePt. -
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

p u Cady's Condition Powders are
en v ;Wnat horse needs when IN pae
ssr;sion. Tonic, blood purifier ana
pei;a:u ge. They are not food Du1
hm Nsicine and the best in use to put g g
nnss In prime condition. Prlce g
rus per package.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

Sweeney Is now offering the greatest
bargains ever heard OF IN wooden goo ps
which he has Just received from the
washington Wooden Mills.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09
THE u. S. MAIL
'teamer Buckeye
Rlnnlns Between Friday Harbof,
macOrteS and WhatcOm

m
ms elegant steamer runs through
] Nv archipelago De Haro, Daily. Leav-
M hatcom at 6 a. m. on MONDAY,
" "seuunesday and Friday, calling at Cot
0 rsoOd, Olga, Newhall, East SOUND
iav ~ 4 west Yves, Sound, and arrives at Ell F;
~ n n at l2:45 p. M. Leaves Fri
J 4; ~ .narbor with the mail at l p. m.
b, aadnlacortes, stopping at Pt: Stanley,
IND ~Ss'cner, Decatur, Nedro and Guemes
arrives at Anacortes at 6:1O p. M.
i" a' tE' Anacortes at a. m. on tues
, ~, thursday and Saturday, for the
S SUSe named points arriving at Friday
S s,Sor at 1920 p. M. Leaves Friday
NM naoor at l p. M. and arrives at what
Ot ror Freight and Passenger rates, ap'
n L
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

1 am sole agent for the celebrated
Portland Alright Stoves. They are
the best and will be sold cheap. Jos.
Sweeney.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09
Famous superstitions.

Wolsey was warned Of his doom by 2
crozierhead; Sejanus by flight OF
crows. DIR. johnson objected to going
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09
TO CURE 4 COLD IN ONE DAT

Take Laxative Bromo Quimne 1a q es;ss
All Druggists refund the money = = ls'1's
to Cure Is cents.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

Educate Your Bowels with CasceIes..
To HC q @. tail. druggists refund money.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

Common ginger is a little
ginger and something else.
ScAs22sng's Best
tea BAKING powder
coffee davof3RH extracts
soda and spi6es
are what they are labeled
and nothing else.
For saleby
w. E. Sutherland, Orcas, Wash.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09
1871 THE CULTIvATOR Xy/
c0uNT9Y GENTLEMAN +!
THE BEST OF THE
Agricultural Weeklies.
DrvorED TO

Farm CROPS AND PROCESSES,
HoRrIcULrURE s. FRUIT-GROW1NG
LIVESTOCK AND DAIRYING.
WHILE - also includes all minor departments Of
R Mn interest such as the Poultry YARD, Enso,
eosy sssgs Fsim and
veteiI 1850 Reading, Domestic Economy,
w smd summary Of the News Of the week 1t. Its
M~nxEr REPORTS unusually comP.e. of 1 the
Ius ~ fhrowinR light upon one Of the mos!
E ;,nPp5tant Of ali to buy ana
when to sell Il is literally nlus.rale before
conIa.Is srirtion price is S. 50 per year, but We
81 ~ SprcTAL REDUCTION in our
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

Rinans TabuIes cure biliousness.
.ol1Isu7Bo spus5 :soInqyL susdlH
Rinans Tabules cure Indigestion.
RiDans Tabules: for sour stomach.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

Rev. Thomas Mcclure, of Seattle,
who conducted the dedication service
of the new Presbyterian church last
Sabbath morning, left for the Bay
Cities on the Thompson, Monday.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

Everyone desires to keep informed OF
Yukon, the Klondyke and Alaskan goit
fields. Send 1Oc. for large Compendium
of vast information and big color map T.
Hamilton Pub. Co., Indianapolis, Ina
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

Capt. Russell, of the steamer Lydi
Thompson, took a four days lay OF
this week and Capt. Emmett Ruge
took command of the boat during hi
absence.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

Rev. J. NJ. G.. Warren, of Lopez, was
in the city Sunday and delivered the
morning address at the Presbyterian
church last Sabbath.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

Mr.. G. A. McAllaster, accountant
for the Tacoma and Roche HarbOr
Lime Co. of Roche Harbor, was in the
city a short time on business Monday.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-09

Miss Mile Larson left for Burke
Idaho, on the Thompson, Saturday
Miss Larson has always been prom,
nent i'm social circles here and she VIII
be greatly missed by her many warm
friends and admirers.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-31
CANADIANS ON THg MOVE.
Take Steps to Look After Their Share of
the Gold Fields. t

Ottowa, Out, July 30.--At meeting
of the ministers last evening Minister
Patterson was authorized to send two
more custom officers to the Alaska
boundary by the Islander, which sails
for the north tomorrow.
The Ulcers will be taken firm the Vic
toria custom house and will be accompa-
MED by couple Of provincial police.
They will open stations as outports of
Victoria, beyond the head of Lynn canal,
which is in disputed territory and at
present in the U"ited States possessions,
and at Lake Tagish. There is collector
at Fort Cudahy, only fifty miles from
Dawson City, and these arrangements,
considered ample for the protection of rev.
enue just now. The greatest question of
all Is one of communication.
It Is reported that pack trail exists
for twenty of the eighty miles, which
will separate the coast from the firt post
to be established at 60 degrees of latitude
in undisputed British territory. If so, a
narrow gauge railway can be built W here
there is pack trail. The cost. you'd
not be great, and II cars could be hauled
twice day over the mountains facing
the coast tremendous obstacle would
be overcome, because in winter it Is i'm
possible to cross the mountains except at
tine risk Of life, and to be caught in q
storm would be fatal. The mounted po-
lice force will, be incre ased from 90 to
100. Thomas Fawcett will be continued
as gold commissioner and the regulations
already adopted will be amended.
A strong customs and police force will
be established just north of the British
Columbia boundary beyond the head of
the Lynn canal at 80 degrees of latitude.
Estimates will also be obtained of the
cost of building \ wagon and narrow
gauge railway to this point in the noun
tains, distance of seventy or eighty miles,
about forty of which is over mountains
This post. which will be where the Chill
cot and White passes con verge aud COM
mand the southern er frances to the whole
territory. Mounted police posts will be
established here at u distance of fifty
miles apart up to Fort Selkirk. These
will be used to open up winter road
over which monthly mails will be sent by
dog trains.
If possible telegraph line will be con-
structed over the mountains from the
head of the Lynn canal to the first post.
The consent of the authorities of the
United States viii, be asked il diplomatic
correspondence to modus vivendi under
which Canada will have tho right of way
over the disputed territory from Lynn
canal to the first mounted police post.
No difficulty is anticipated in securing
the right of way through the little piece
of disputed territory the road and tele-
graph line would have to cross to reach
the head of Lynn canal, although the ter
ritory is now in the United States posses
sions.