The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-09-22
LOCAL AND Personal

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Ben Lichtenberg, Of Lopez, was Il
town Tuesday.
A. G. Brown is adding several fee
to the smoke stack on his saw mill.
The Whatcom fair promises to be
decided success in every particular.
Sheriff Newton Jones attended tn,
state convention, at Tacoma, yester
day.
Mrs. Frank Wilson left Monday "a,
an extended visit with friends in Min
nesOta.
Work on the new Ross residence
now being built In the Valley. Is pro
crossing finely.
Wanted-To buy . few choice eve
lambs, Oxford bred preferred. Call n
this Office or address "Islander.n
Send to sutcliffe 4 Hin, Whatcom
.or samples Of Wall Paper and Paints
They WILDE sent you free Of charge.~
Apple boxes, made Of clear lumber,
smoothly dressed, $500 per 100. What.
com Falls Mill Co., New Whatcom,
Wash. *6t.
Steamer Buckeye will take all ex.
hibits for the Whatcom fair free Of
charge and sell round trip tickets ct
one fare.
John s. McMiliin and VIM. Shultz.
of Roche Harbor, attended the Repub..
lican state convention, held at Tacoma
yesterday.
w. e. Sutherland, Of Orcas, and 81.
w. Templin, Of East Sound, were in
Tacoma yesterday attending the state
convention.
Large consignments Of fruit are be-
ing shipped by almost every steamer
from East and West Sound to Puget
Sound cities.
Ladies', I have the best and most
stylish Lace Fine Shoe for $50 that
you ever saw anywhere. Come and
see them. L. B. Carter.
Increase the value of your apple crop
by packing in boxes such as sold by
Whatcom Falls Mill Co., New What
com, WASH, at $500 per 100. *6t.
w. J. Court Is getting up the West
Sound fruit and vegetable exhibit for
the WhatcOm fair. It will be q good
one. EVERYBODY get up something for
the fair! Last call.
The Republican state convention was
held in Tacoma yesterday, but up to
the hour of going to press we had been
unable to learn Of the results arrived
at or any of its work.
The several fruit dryers on Orcas
island are now running to their fullest
capacity. In most Of the prune Or
prunes are Of . very fine quality.
Two lots in South Tacoma to trade
for Fairhaven or New Whatc0m prop
erty. These lots are in Cascade Park
addition, finely situated and on corner.
For further particulars enquire at this
office.
Mrs. X. w. Perry and daughter,
Clara, left the east. where they have
been visiting for several weeks past,
Tuesday for their home here. They
are coming via the Canadian Pacific
railway.
Tie old Port Langdon lime quarry
in East Sound is again being worked,
and Mr.. Phillips has q contract for
getting out rock for the Tacoma smell
ter. Robt. Firth, Of this place, is among
the workMen there.
Mrs. w. HI. Parsons, Of Seattle, will
be in Friday Harbor, Nov. l, with q
large and elegant line Of millinery at
reasonable prices. ANY orders for Gus.
toners wishing goods before that time
will be promptly filled.
The Island Packing Co.'s steamer
Michigan was run ashore SATURDAY
morning during a heavy fog on Nc.
Carty's point near here. She sustained
no injuries, however. and was noate0
in the evening during high tide.
For Sale-Ffne Bred BOOSTERS OF
Black Minorca, White Minorca and
Red Cans variety, all from prize. win
ing birds. Will sell at very reasonable
prices. This il fine stock and It will
nav you to see them. Joshua Wotton,
Friday Harbor, Wash.
Note the new advertisement Of the
B. B. Furniture Co., Of Whatcom, In
this issue. This is one Of the most re-
liable firms on Puget Sound and any
order sent to them will be promptly
attended to and the goods sent will be
just as they represent them.
School, which was to have begun
here last Monday morning, was post
poned one week and win now open
next Monday, Sept. Is, with Ethan
Allen ~ instructor in the grammel
room and Miss Louise Culver as teach
er Of the primary department.
Capt. Worth, Of the river steamer
Nav West, while on his way to Daw-
con. was arrested on the charge OF en-
bezzlement and refusing to turn over
the ship's books to the owners. His
many friends in this county and on the
Sound hope there is "nothing IN It."
On about November Let we move In
to our new Brick Block, now being
constructed, on Holly street, New
Whatcom. We are reducing our DIG
stock at prices less than wholesale Cost.
Now is your chance TO lay IN your