The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-05-27

nave fresh meats for sale so that he ~,
supply the local demand with the bes
mat can be procured and at the loves
market prices. +" -
we are glad to learn that Prof. III
| wilson Harding, of Lehigh university
IhCends 10 make his home with us. ir
part, In the future. Prof. Harding ha,
spent TOUR summers in western Wash
ington, and is great admirer of the
iuget Sound country, having invested
Ia seattle real estate. He has resigned
ms position in the university, and the
trustees of that we'll known institution
nave appointed him professor emeritus
OF physics. Prof. Harding has been
Identified with this institution fol
twenty-five years, and during that time
mas built up the departments of physics
ana electrical engineering, and under
ms direction the physical laboratory of
the university was built. It will inter.
est the people of this state to know that
partly on account of the beautiful seen
cry and healthful climate of Puget
Sound, and partly for the purpose of
residing near his sister, Mrs. Emile
Harding Cow, he has purchased one of
the choice places of Orcas island, upon
which he has built himself a cozy title
nome, and intends to divide his time
between the east and the west.
Mr.. George Gilman, recently of Fort
Dodge, Iowa, has just purchased the
w. II. Fincher place, on this island,
consisting of eighty acres of the finest
iand In San Juan county, and has come
mere with his family and household eff
iects, to reside among us permanently,
MI. Gilman is a gentleman of whom
our community may we'll feel proud
ana one who will be of great help and
benefit to our county. He speaks in
the very highest terms of this country
In general and San Juan county i'm par
tlcular and is thoroughly we'll satisfied
with his investment. Regarding our
SOIL and advantages for raising grain
and fruit crops he states that he has
never seen better and thinks the future
prospects for the farmer of San Juan
county are A l. Being gentleman of
long experience in this line Of work, he
must certainly know whereof he speaks
and we feel that his opinion should be
given great weight. What we need is
more OF his kind, and if we persevere,
1T is only question of a short time
when they will surely come.
At some time between the hour of
closing of business on Saturday evening
last and the time for opening the office
on Monday morning, the safe in the
Friday Harbor postoffice was broken
open and burglarized of all it's valuable
contents. amounting in total to $752.
How the thieves gained entrance into
the building is not known, as no locks
were broken and no glass in the win
dOws taken out. The safe was evident
ly opened by breaking off the outside
part of the combination with a cold
chisel and driving the balance of it
through the door with an iron bar and
hammer. The combination was the
only part broken and an examination
of it shows pretty conclusively that it
was done by expert safe crackers.
Postmaster John G.. Clinton and fami-
ly were absent from home Saturday
evening until about IL p. NJ, and on
Sunday drove out to CowelPs lime
works and did not return home until
about p. N. This would afford every
opportunity for the guilty parties to do
their work and escape undiscovered
with their treasure. No clew what
ever has as yet been obtained that will
aid in discovering the guilty parties.
Sheriff Newton Jones has notified all
county sheriffs, constables and the
chiefs of police in our different cities,
and close watch will be kept on all
suspicious looking characters in the
hope that the guilty ones may be cap
tured. The stolen property is as fol-
lows and amounts in total as we have
stated above:
Stamps................ w
Money Order Fund .... 224. 90
Postal Fund. ,,.......... $500
Total. ......................... 90