The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1898-02-10

climate of California is worse than thi
ior his trouble-asthma, and he cam
home as the surest method of relief
he reports California as very dry ant
has been so for SO long that there is n,
hope for a full crop Of wheat and cat
even though 1t should rain enough t.
make up the usual quantity. 1t is .ot
late to save the crop now. Mr.. War
bass looks quite well and II it were mo-
for the asthma, he thinks his eniov
ment OF life would be complete. He i.
an Old-t1mer on this coast, coming from
New jersey at the time that John
Jacob Astor came to the mouth of the
Columbia river, and for years worked
Tor the Hudson Bay Co. and was with
that company on this island at the time
OF the trouble with Great Britain
Since that time he has lived at and
near Friday HarbOr. He has been
deputy collector of customs under
Cleveland's administration until the
recent appointment of o. H. Culver
the present incumbent.
| At Fairhaven is to be established q
branch Of the Pacific Sheet Metal
Works, of San Francisco. This is the
concern that has been making the sal.
mon cans for the Sound and the Col.
umbia river district for years. They
have branch at Astoria, Or also one
at New Westminster, B. G. The large
increase in canning on the Sound has
induced them to establish can-making
plant at the above named point. Mr..
Z. K. Larrabee, president of the Fair
haven Land Co., closed a contract with
that company last Saturday, which
provides that they are to construct a
large factory the only one on the Sound)
on a site, donated by Mr.. Larrabee, at
the foot of Broadway north side), OPP
posite the old Bellingham hotel. They
began improving the site Monday
morning and will erect buildings
which, with the machinery and appIi-
ances, will cost at least $4,000, and
agree to make the first year, 1893, not
less than $1,000, 900 salmon cans and
such miscellaneous goods, such as fruit
and vegetable cans, as the trade may
require, and to operate the plant for at
least ten years. They will erect
three buildings this spring, the larger
or main factory to be 75x1OO, with the
third about the same size. They will
employ 80 people from the STRAIT and
agree to increase as the business de-
mands. A number of canneries have
already applied for sites at Fairhaven,
and the people there are quite certain
that three or four establishments from
the Columbia river will built at or near
Fairhaven before the next run of sal
mon. Fairhaven feels very much en-
couraged with the outlook for the fu-
ture.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Branaugh,
wife of Mr.. Henry Branaugh, of Olga,
took place on Thursday, February 8,
the religious services being conducted
by Rev. Isaac Dillon, Of Thatcher.
Mrs. Branaugh was the daughter of
Solomon and Alice Stanbrook, and was
born December 81, A. d. 1872, in the
State of Wisconsin. With her parents
she moved to Parkston, Dakota, where
on her 18th birthday she was united
in marriage to her now bereaved hus-
band. They came to Seattle in the
spring of 1890 and resided there one
year, they then came to Orcas island
and have made their home near Olga
ever since. Mrs. Branaugh's last i'll.
ness was of surprising interest and
on the End day of February, just as
the endearing and beautiful crown of
motherhood was adjoining her young
and useful life, the last summons came;
and now she and her infant child sleep
together the sleep which knows no
awakening till the last trumpet sounds.
Mrs. Branaugh was known ON Orcas
island as one of the best of women.
Dutiful as daughter. she ever loved
her parents and was kind and affection
ate to her brothers and sisters. AS q
neighbOr her worth could not be COM
puted. No one ever needed her aid
who did not promptly receive it to the
full extent of her ability. As a friend
she was ever true aud faithful, and
her presence in the large circle of
friendships formed will be most sadly
missed. The blow of sorrow and be-
reavement has fallen with awful force
upon her surviving husband. He praiseth
her as beyond all comparison. To his
mind she was the ideal of all that is
excellent and beautiful. After the
services at the house the remains were
followed by great number of friends
and acquaintance to the cemetery
near Olga, where under the immediate
direction Of Mr.. A. w. Newhall, the
impressive burial service took place.
The Christian Advocate has just
printed the following lines by Ina
Coolbrith:
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