The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-11-30
ROCHE HARBoR NEWS BRIEFS.

Mrs. Trice is spending a few days il
Seattle this week.
The Lime company's big wood docl
Is nearly completed.
Mrs. Capron is visiting her motl,e
and other relatives and friends in Por
Townsend.
The Stuart island mail service il
greatly appreciated this stormy wealth
er, especially by the keepers Of th,
Turn Point light station.
The A. o. U. w. lodge gave a pleas
ant social Saturday evening to the
lodge members and their families. The
lodge continues in fOurishing cOndi
tion.
A number of Canadian fishing boats
from Victoria are making frequent
trips to Reed harbOr, Stuart island, fol
herring, large quantities Of which are
smoked in Victoria.
The steamship Willamette arrived
from San Francisco and Vancouver
Monday morning aud took 1900 bar
reIs of lime for Frisco.
The small schooner seized at Friday
HarbOr OH the 20tii inst. for not report
ing at Roche HarbOr OH arriving from
Vancouver was released Friday by Or
der OF Collector Heustis, who was salts
lied from the reports made by the dep
uty collector here and by Lieut.. Bal
linger that the law was unintentiOlal-
ly violated.
1t is reported that the electric light
plant recently put in operation at the
barrel factory is to be moved over here
in order to light the kilns, where men
are employed all night, and the docks
and hotel. The dynamo is said to be
strong enough to transmit by wire all
the light required at the mill and still
supply the greater needs here.
Mrs. Trice and her little son, Lee,
seven years old, had a very narrow
escape from drowning few days ago.
Lee, while trying to get some play
thing, fell into the bay, when the tide
was unusually high, near where he
had been accustomed to playing. By
the merest chance his mother hap
pened to see him i'm the water and in
stead of calling for help she rushed to
the shore and jumped in regardless of
thinking 1t possible, ap-
that she might reach the boy.
Both soon sank and in all probability
they would have drowned but for the
timely assistance of VIM. Gilmore
whose attention was attracted by their
cries as he was passing the house OH
his way to his work at l. O'clOck. He
quickly ran out on a projecting ledge
of rocks covered by several feet of
water and managed to get hold of both
the mother and the boy, both of whom
had fortunately drifted little from the
deep hole in which they first disap-
peared, and kept their heads above
water until assistance reached him.
Mrs. Trice was unable to help herself
i'm the least when Mr.. Gilmore reached
her, and she says she could not have
grasped a rope, pole or plank to save
her life.
Soon after the sloop Mayfiower,
seized here by the Guard last Friday,
was tied up here u little incident Oc-
Cured Which Is rather good joke OIL
Lieut.. Ballinger. One of the May
flowers party was an old gentleman
named Reed, u veteran Of the civil war
and most staunch and patriotic
American. He felt greatly rejoiced
when the slOop crossed the boundary
from the Canadian side aud WAS again
in American waters, and he was ust
giving vent to his eXhuberance when
the Guard came along and nabbed the
vessel. On the way here All American
yacht ensign was run up to the mast
head, implying, OF course, that the
slOop was sailing under yachting
license. A casual observer would not
notice that the ensign is not the regu
lar United States flag. The red and
white stripes and the blue corner are
all there, but instead of all the stars
representing the states in the blue
ground there are only thirteen stars,
representing the original colonies, ar
ranged elliptically around an anchor.
Lieut.. Ballinger noticed this and as
the master was still at the custom
house he told Mr.. Reed to haul 1t
down, whereupon the old veteran re-
piled: ~ fought under that flag for
five years, sir, and if you want it
llduitu uOWu YOU Gall w IL yOuIScil.
Last Friday while the revenue
launch "Guard" was cruising north of
Stuart island she Intercepted the eleven
ton sloOp "MayfiOwer," Of Fairhaven,
Just after she had crossed the ibterna-
tional boundary from British waters ell
route to her home port. Lieut.. Bal
linger boarded her aud finding no
clearance from any Canadian port and
no papers authorizing her to cruise in
foreign waters he lowed her here and
turned her oyer to the deputy customs
collector who, finding she carried u
cOasting trade license only, held her
for violation of Section 4337 ri the rev.
enue statutes Of the United States,
which is as follows:
eff any vessel, enrolled or licensed,
shall proceed on a foreign voyage with
out first giving up her eurOllnent and
license to the collector of the district com
pretending the port from which she is
about to proceed on such voyage, and
being duly registered by such collector,
tackle, apparel and furniture, and the
merchandise so imported therein, shall
be liable to seizure and forfeiture"
The sloop, which is nicely fitted up
as a yacht, belongs to b. A. Seaborg,
princi pal owner of the Aberdeen cam
merry at Fairlaveu, recently burned,
and was in charge Of e. II. Simpson,
the regular master, and four other en-
ployes of Mr.. SeabOrg who had lei
chem take the sloOp for visit to Van
couver and hunting and prospecting
trip among the gulf islands. They
claim that they were told by customs
broker at Whatcom that it would not
be necessary for them to exchange
their coasting license for register in
order to lawfully make their proposed
trip, and the captain says that he was
informed at Port Townsend in Septem'
Der that he could go to Victoria with
the sloop without changing his paper'