The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-11-30
teresting and instructive.

teresting and instructive.
Fish Commissioner A. C.. Little saw,
the various state hatclieries will be abb,
to procure their full share of salmon
spawn. The Baker Lake hatchery ha,
ABOUT the largest capacity Of any hatch
cry In the state, and will turn oul
twelve or fifteen million young fry this
season.
We are indebted to Mr.. J. Cheste,
Clinton for copy of his book, just pub
lished at Skagway, entitled, "Directory
and Guide" 1t contains directory OF
Skagway, also good write up Of that
city, as well as good descriptions Of the
Klondike, Atlin and POrcupine gold
fields, and the best way to reach them
The past week the p. A. F. Co. g
steel tug Ernest A. Hamill has been
making regular trips between here and
Fairhaven carrying salmon from their
cannery here. At Fairhaven the SAL
mon are loaded into Great Northern
cars and sent to the Atlantic seaboard.
most of which going from there to Eu-
rope.
Mrs. Zeno G.. Gilliland left for Ever
EFT, Tuesday, on the Thompson, going
via Seattle. Their household effects
went via Anacortes. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gilliland expect to reside there for q
time at least, Mr.. Gilliland and his
son, Johnnie, having entered into the
employ of Gould, Keene & Wright, Of
the Eclipse Lumber Company.
The steamer Thompson remained in
Seattle Friday and Saturday in order
to give her owners an opportunity to
make few minor repairs OH her. The
company's steamer Evangel took the
Lydia's run for that trip. She was
heavily loaded with apples, and on &C
count of the heavy weather outside
laid here Saturday night, leaving for
Seattle at B o'clock Sunday morning.
Emmett Robb, formerly Of East
Sound, but now residing i'm Seattle,
made his parents, who reside at East
Sound, a short visit last week and re-
turned to Seattle on the Evangel, Sun.
day. Mr.. Robb, who was a private at
Manila, being a member Of the First
Washington Regiment of Volunteers,
has just returned home from the Philip
pines and has many interesting stories
to tell of his experiences there, habits
of the people, etc.
This being the last Thanksgiving of
the nineteenth century it is interesting
to read the "menu" Of the first Thanks
giving of our Pilgrim fathers, nearly
three hundred years ago. Wild tur
key, stuffed with beachnuts; rare veni-
son fries; savOry meat stews with
dumplings of barley -four; delicious
oysters (the first ever tasted by the Pill
grinis); great bowls of clam chOwder
with sea biscuit floating on the steam
ing broth; rOasts of all kinds; broiled
fish; salads, cakes and plum porridge,
and large baskets overfiOwing with
wild grapes, plums and nuts of every
variety.
BY arrangement between the pastors
of the churches the Thanksgiving SER.
vices will Ike held ut the Presbyterian
church on Thursday, November 80, at
1890 o'clock a. IN. The sermon will be
preached by Rev. Carl J. Kallgren.
Everybody is cordially invited to he
present. We are requested to announce
that Il contribution will be taken before
the close of the service, for the benefit
of the widow and children Of the late
Andrew Nelson. No better Thanks
giving offering could be made, and we
hope and trust that all present will
give literally to this most charitable
and worthy cause.
Through blunder in this office last
week, the item relating to the union
Thanksgiving service to he held today,
ut the Presbyterian church, was made
most ridiculous by adding to it, in the
"nlake up" portion of the item re.
lating to the benefit ball To be given to-
night, at Odd Fellows hail. The pas
tors of the churchers here are not in
the ball business, neither are they serv-
ing or allowing the ladies Of the Re-
bekah lodge to serve supper i'm the
church. We frankly acknowledge our
blunder and offer our apology to the
clergy OF this place. The two items re-
ierred to appear as corrected in this
issue.
Arrangements are being made for a
ball to he given Thanksgiving evening,
the proceeds of which are to 60 to the
widow and children of the late Andrew
NalsOn, the pitable circumstances OF
whose death are we'll known in this COM
munity and to THE islanders read
ers. It is certainly Il most worthy OBJ
iect and it is to be hoped that u large
number of tickets will be sold whether
the buyers attend the ball or not. The
ladies of San Juan Rebekah Lodge No.
liz will prepare supper for the occa.
sion, and as the ladies are all good
cooks, it is certain that all who attend
will have their stOmachs we'll filled.
Tickets to ball, including supper, $l.25.