The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-08-31
WEST END NEWS NOTES.

rains on the just and the unjust.
The Colmans, Of Seattle, returned
last week.
Ranchers in this section are having {
hard time harvesting.
Mrs. Hunter, of East Sound was Wis
ting friends around Orcas last week.
Mr.. Holland Is making quite extern
sive Improvements on his new ranch
this season.
Subscribe for your home paper and
pay for it. All that are In arrears
think Of it and whack up.
Miss Bertha Jones, of Shaw island,
has been the guest of Miss Nellie Milne
at West Sound for few days past.
Mrs. NJ. J. Reddig and son have gone
to Tacoma on visit, taking the steam
er Lydia Thompson last Saturday.
Mr.. James Nichols. of East Sound,
expects to send quite number OF
varieties Of fruit to the Seattle exposi-
ton.
Mr.. Samuel Belshe, of Deer Harbor,
is suffering with very sore leg but is
getting along nicely under the care of
DR.. Fitz Mathews.
Another lump of sweetness arrived
on the island last week, this time at
the home of Luther Kemple. Hush,
don't wake the baby.
Sunday school at West Sound will
hereafter be held at half past ten a. m.
Everyone should turn out. Something
Interesting next Sabbath.
Mr.. Luther Sutherland, the popular
hotel landlord of East Sound says the
season has been poor one for him on
account of the unusually cold and wet
summer.
Some pilfering has been going on at
Hungry Hollow. Such things have
been quite common of late, especially
when houses have been left alone for q
short time. A stop will soon have to
be put to this and when it is someone
will pay the penalty.
The Orcas island prune crop will be
very light this year, some of the ORCH
ards bearing no fruit at all. This is the
first failure ever known in this section
and we hope and trust it will be the
last. The apple and pear crops will be
fairly good and the fruit of most ex-
cellent quality.
Mr.. VIM. O. Clark has made a vast
improvement to his place at West
Sound recently by opening up q new
roadway out to the main road. Mr..
Clark is one of our practical fruit grow
ers, but of late he has switched off into
another line of work. County auditor
is softer snap.
Mr.. William Hambley is not at all
discouraged on account of the failure
Of his prune crop this year but accepts
the situation in q most cheerful man.
ner. He is now preparing to build an
other compartment to his evaporation
50 as to be in good shape for handling
his next years crop.
Remembe rthe Seattle exposition. 1t
takes the help of an entire community
to make a grand success of anything in
this line and if we cannot display a
fine exhibit we better show nothing at
all. The exposition managers expect
a fine showing from San Juan County
and we can make it if we only try.
We have lands to sell and want new
and enterprising people to settle among
us and good exhibit Of our products
will do more than any other one thing
to get them here.
Secretary Kersey, Of the Northwest.
ern Fair Association, says San Juan
County can have whatever they ask in
the way of space and accommodation
this year at Fairhaven. We hope the
citizens of our county will be liberal
patrons of the fair and contribute most
cheerfully anything which they may
have to show. We cannot help but
feel that it will he grand success un-
der the management of President J.
Wayland Clark and his enthusiastic CO.
workers. SCRIBE.