The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-02
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Fresh Eastern oysters at Fowle's.

Fresh Eastern oysters at Fowle's.
Absolutely Unbreakable Dolls q
FOwle's.
Overalls, any size for so cents, a
Sweeney's
Mrs. L. E. Cox, of Olga, is VISITING
friends in Seattle.
Mr.. VIM. Fowle went to Seattle O,
business Tuesday.
w. E. Sutherland, of Orcas, was il
the city on business yesterday.
DIR. Harrison spent Thanksgivin.
with his parents, near East Sound.
DIR. I. M. Harrison. of Roche Harbor
was in the city on business Tuesday.
Mr.. Irwin Burk returned from hi
visit to Olga, OH the Buckeye, Monday
Attention is called to Will Fowle'
new lad" on the second of this issue
Mr.. James Fry, of East Sound. wa.
i'll the city the first of the week on bust
ness.
Capt. Herbert Davis, of Roche Har
Dor, was in the city Tuesday OH bust
ness.
Mr.. T. w. Spencer, of Thatcher. was
in the city the first of the week OIL
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. McMillin were
passengers on the Thompson, Tuesday
for Seattle.
Mr.. A. H. Sitter went to Seattle,
Monday, on business and is expected
home today.
Mr.. JOS. Sweeney returned from a
business visit to Seattle, on the Thomp-
son, yesterday.
Judge e. D. Warbass left for Cali
fornia, Tuesday, and expects to be alb
sent all winter.
Fifteen cases of new shoes Just re-
celved at Sweeney's. Call and get the
best bargain you ever had.
County Assessor Loos and Robt. X.
McLachlan, of Deer Harbor, were in
the city on business Tuesday.
Mr.. w. H. Coffelt has purchased
seventy acres of the Stahl place on
Orcas island and will move his family
there soon.
Mr.. F. w. Keen came down from
Seattle yesterday to attend the annual
of the stockholders of the
Island Packing Go.
Mr.. Peter T. Morris, of Doe Bay, was
in the city the last of the week for the
purpose of paying his taxes and trans
acting other business.
Mr.. McAllister, bookkeeper for the
Roche Harbor Lime Co., returned Mon
day from a Thanksgiving visit with
friends and relatives in Seattle.
Rev. J. S. McCallam, of Olympia
will begin series of prOtracted meet
ings the latter part of this week and
will continue them several days.
Notice the ad. in this weeks issue Oh
third page of the Stull jewelry house,
Whatcon, one of the oldest and most
reliable houses Oh Bellingham bay.
Mr.. JOS. Hilton, now of Fairhaven,
made his old home at Olga a visit this
week for the purpose of looking after
some cattle which he has on his place
there.
VIM. McCrary, the popular Roche
HarbOr dairyman, has added to his
herd two fine mich cows, Jersey and
Holstein breed, lately purchased from
Sweeney Bros.
On account of the non-arrival of the
new Presbyterian church bell, the
school bell will be rung for all services
on next Sabbath. Dedication service in
the morning at IL o'clock.
Will Fowle has had to double his
shelving and storehouse capacity for
the new goods that constantly arrive.
He has put in an alright stove and is
already for his usual big Xmas trade.
Everyone desires to keep informed on
Yukon, the Klondyke and Alaskan gold
fields. Send Zoe. for large Compendium
of vast information and big color map to
Hamilton Pub. Co., indianapolis, Ind.
After being OH the Ballard dry dock
for about ten DAYS the mail steamer
Buckeye is again on her regular run
and is making much better time than
she did before being taken out of the
water.
To the three ladies who took the
last teachers examination certificates
have been granted as follows: Miss
Lille Marold and Miss Flora Guard,
second grade, and Miss Grace Boyce,
third grade.
Thos. Mcclure, d. D., of Seattle, ar
rived here yesterday on the thompson
and will remain until Monday. lie
comes to attend the Dedication service
to be held at the new Presbyterian
church next Sunday.
The mail steamer Lydia Thompson
was put on the Moran dry dock last
Sunday for the purpose of having her
bottom cleaned and newly painted
Her hull is now in fine running condi-
ton and she is making most excellent
time.
Messrs. Snowden and Cunningham
of Olga, have been awarded the con
tract to build twenty-five fishing boats
for the Newton & Banes Canning CO.:
of Fairhaven. TLey will begin work
on them at once and agree to have al
ready for delivery by the first of June
1898. They will be built at Olga.
To Mrs. M. r. Noftsger belongs the
credit of raising the largest Purple IoI
turnip we have ever seen in Friday
HarbOr. It's weight, after cutting on
the roots and tops, was full twenty
two pounds. 1t was grown in her gar
don In this CITY MI NOftSger now