The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-10-14
LOCAL AND Personal

best bargain you ever had.
Mr.. 81. M Cow, of East Sound. was
passenger on the Thompson, Tuesday
enroute to up-Sound cities.
Mrs. F. N. Culver and little daugh-
ter are visiting relatives and friends at
Point Lawrence, Orcas island.
Mr.. J. T. Stroud, of Deer Harbor
was passenger on the Thompson.
Tuesday enroute to Seattle on a bust
ness trip.
[ am sole agent for the celebrated
Portland Alright Stoves. They are
the best and will be sold cheap. JOS.
Sweeney.
Mrs. G. ] Gillingham and children
returned to their home in Seattle YES
terday after several days visit with
friends here.
Mr.. L. B. Carter has.just received a
new line of fine shoes for ladies and
gentlemen. Call and see them at the
Blue Front.
Messrs. Erdmann and VIM. Lom-
berg, of Stuart island, were in the CITY.
Monday, for the purpose of making
final proof on their homesteads.
Mrs. Fred Thompson was passen-
ger on the steamer Thompson Monday
and Tuesday taking a pleasure trip
with her husband, Mr.. Fred r. Thomp-
son.
The steam schooner Nellie Jensen
was in port Monday. Report has it
that she has been chartered by Seat
tie company to make trip to Alaska
this fall.
The Island Packing Co.'S. steamer
Michigan went to the Quilicene river
on Monday for boom of trap piles
owned by the company, and returned
Wednesday morning.
Everyone desires to keep informed on
Yukon the Klondyke and Alaskan gold
fields. Send 10c. for large Compendium
of vast information and big color map to
Hamilton Pub. Co., indianapolis, Ind.
Mr.. Calberg, of Port Stanley, who
has been employed ON the Davis fish
trap during the fishing season, was in
the city Monday, having returned
from a business trip to up-Sound
points.
We are reliably informed that the
Meyers Canning Co., of Seattle, expect
to build cannery in this county next
season, probably at some point near
Richardson, if suitable site can be
procured.
Mr.. l.. M. Harper, accountant for
the Tacoma and Roche Harbor Lime
Co. at Roche Harbor, was in town a
short time Saturday while enrOute to
up-Sound points on a business trip.
He returned yesterday morning.
Mr.. John Lawson, of Waldron. who
has been employed on one of the sal
mon traps during the summer has now
returned to his home, the fishing sea-
son having closed. He was in town
on business the first of the week.
We understand that Mr.. E. Langell,
of East Sound, has lost most of his inn
mense prune crop on account of his not
having a drier to take care of it, and
not being able to get it dried at other
driers, all of them having all they
could handle of their own.
The bark Mennock finished taking
her cargo at the Island Packing Co.'S
plant Tuesday, and is now lying here
awaiting orders. She took 81 900 cases
here and will require about $4,000
more to complete her load. Her entire
cargo is valued at about 100000.
The total receipts from the elocution-
airy entertainment given by the ladies'
| of the Christian church last Friday
evening were 1927 and their expenses
very light, leaving them nice balance.
Miss DeVoe is entitled to all the praise
given her and is thorough master OF
her Evolutionary work.
| Miss Louise Culver has been again
engaged to teach the Doe Bay school
beginning the first Monday in Novem-
Der. She was not an applicant for the
school but it was offered to her by the
directors who were very DESTROYS that
she should take it. She has taught
there every term since the district was
organized.
Ifyou are in need of fine clothing
shirts, etc, send your order and meas
ure to the well known firm of Irving
& Cannon. Merchant Tailors, Room
Colonial Block, Second Avenue and
Columbia Street, Seattle, Washington
They guarantee perfect fit and entire
satisfaction. Place your order now foi
| an OvercOat.
| Miss Aiken, of Point Lawrence re
turned to her home Wednesday from
weeks visit with her nephew, .. II
| Culver and family, at Whatcom. she
would have returned Monday but the
| Ruckeye left WhatcOm over twenty
minutes ahead of her advertised time,
without any notice TO the public, much
to the annoyance and Inconvenience
of Miss Aiken and many others.
The work of drying the prune crol
on the Peters fruit farm at East Sount
is now completed and they have large
number of tons of very fine fruit
Messrs. VIM. Hambley, OF East Sound
and w. O. Clark, of West Sound, have
also about completed their seasons dry
ing and their product is OF most ex
cellent quality and will no doubt nnt
a ready market and bring good price
i Tomorrow evening, under the auspl
ces of the Fraternal Union of America
The nautical drama 1.-THE Turn OF the
Tide will be presented by local talent
at Odd Follows hall. Those who are
to take part have been rehearsing fol
some time past and promise to give
their audience q first-class entertain
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