The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-06-30
LOCAL AND Personal

| LOCAL AND Personal
Ice for sale at Fowle's Green Front.
The strawberry season is about over
Fireworks and 4th goods at Fowle's
Joseph Sweeney went. to Whatcon
Monday on business trip.
A teachers institute will be held a,
county seat during July or August.
Morris Phipps aud T. Tallentire. Of
Roche Harbor, were In town Sunday.
Chas. Thacker, Of Richardson. was
In the Harbor during the last Of the
week.
Mr.. Fred J. Geoghegan, the East
sound dentist, is at the Bay View
Hotel for few days.
Rev. DR.. Dillon, Of East Sound
passed through the village on the
steamer Buckeye, Tuesday.
Heavy 9-ounce Riveted Overalls for
Men. all cotton and yard wide. for SO
cents, at the Blue Front Store.
School Superintendent Ethan Allen
was accompanied by his wife on his
last official trip from Waldron.
Communion service was celebrated
at the Presbyterian church Sunday.
A large congregation was present.
Send to Sutcliffe 4 Hill, Whatcom.
;or samples of Wall Paper and Paints.
They will be sent you free of charge. =
Those who notice such things say
that wild blackberries are ripening
and are abundant In the woods and
old clearings.
Mrs. Grace Albert was q passenger
on the Lydia Thompson from Port
Monday, en- route to East
Sound, where she will spend the sum-
mer.
Mrs. Russell has resigned as post
mistress at Decatur and many Of the
patrons of the Office have petitIoned for
the appointment Of Mrs Amelia III.
Davis.
Johnny George, an enterprising In
dian, applied to State Fish Commits
siOner Little for q couple of set net
licenses Monday. He will fish near
Eagle point.
The Great Northern Fish company,
of Seattle, will be engaged in the fish
business in this county this season and
will purchase all the fish that can be
them.
We understand that the military
in the county have been
leased or applied for recently by eager
land seekers. No one wants land in
San Juan county?
Alexander Smith and wife, Of East
were visitors in Friday HarbOr
early in the week. While here Mr..
Smith proved up ON his homestead
claim before Clerk Nash.
If you want a pair of ladies' or
misses shoes, or Oxford ties that are
beautiful and Atill have some money
left to blow i'm OH the Fourth of July,
make your purchases at Fowle's store.
Late dispatches reporting deaths
from sunstroke and intense heat in
aud deaths from lightning
in Dakota make the fortunate jewellers
Ia Washington feel that it is good to
be here.
The work of driving the Andrews
bay fish trap il nearly completed. 1t
has been driven farther out than 1t
1s.r toll
than has heretofore been obtained is
expected.
Miss Bradley, who closed two
months term Of school At East Sound
last Friday, spent the early part of the
week at Roche HarbOr, as the guest of
Mrs. Phipps. Miss Bradley's home is
in Skagit county.
Mrs. Perry and daughter, Clara, left
Seattle last Saturday for the east. They
will make short visit in Chicago and
then 90 on to Vermont, where they
will spend two months or more visit
ing Mrs. Perry's parents.
Rev. r. E. Dunlap, former state
evangelist and pastor of the First
Christian church, of Seattle, will preach
in the Presbyterian church in Friday
Harbor, Friday evening, July 1st.
Every body cordially invited.
The young ladies and gentleman
Minnesota University, who had been
few weeks on the Warbass
place, went to Victoria Sunday, Fred
Nichols taking them over in the sloop
Klondike. Fred made . quick trip,
returning Monday.
The fishing property operated last
year by Squair aud Short, near Rich
ardson, has been the subject Of litiga-
ton recently between Squair and the
Morses, of Seattle. The suit was de-
cided in the supreme court few days
ago in favor of Squair.
Mr.. C. B. Buxton, the enterprising
East Sound fruit grower, made busl-
ness visit to the HarbOr during the
week. Mr.. Buxton says the fruit crop
on Ortas is looking fine and promises
a large yield, and that several new
dryers will be in operation ON that
island this fall.
By private communication we learn
that the B. B. saw mills, together with
the lumber in their yards and the city
electric light plant Of New Whatcom,
were DESTROYED by fire early Monday
,,,oruinO We have had no mail COM