The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-05-11

element applauded. The subscriber
smiled. The gambler called and licket
the editor.
An exchange says that during tn,
coming season number of creameriel
and Swimming stations will be estab-
lished throughout Skagit county. We
would be very glad to publish similar
item with respect to this county.
Work is being pushed day and night
on the Markham mining claim, on Mt
Constitution. Six men are employed,
working in three S-hour shifts of two
men each. Jas. Tullock is reported to
have made one or two locations in that
vicinity few days ago. =
The injunction of Cayou va. Davis
was dismissed by mutual consent on
the grounds that defendant, Davis, was
not the owner of said trap site. An in
junction will likely be filed against one
VIM. Stewart, who is the clament to
said site, by Mr.. Cayou.
A st. Paul dispatch of the 5th inst.
says: "Forty families of Michigan
farmers went west today over the
Northern Pacific for Washington"
Such an item might be of interest to a
San Juan county board of trade, if we
could boast of such an organization.
Paul Boulon and his musicians and
comedians will appear at Odd Fellows
hall May IL and Is. General admis-
sion Is cents, children Is cents. Re-
served seats on sale at the Blue Front
Store, IS cents. The biggest little show
on earth, see large bills for reference.
Mrs. Mamie Anderson was granted
a divorce from Mr.. Fred Anderson on
Monday last by Judge J. P. Houser.
Mrs. Anderson is given the custody of
her children, also her household effects
and real estate and $25 per month
almony for the use and benefit of said
children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. l.. Sutherland
and little boy, of East Sound, returned
Monday from few days visit with
friends in Whatcom. He brought
home with him a fine new twO-seated
buggy, which he will use in driving
his friends about and will occasionally
rent it to tourists.
Acknowledgement Hayes, of Idaho,
who is so vigorously and fearlessly con-
Quoting the prosecution of the hundreds
of miners concerned in the dastardly
destruction of the big mill of the Bunker
Hill & Sullivan Mining Company at
Wardner, is brother of J. M. Hayes,
the popular mail clerk on the Lydia
Thompson.
In it's "Homeseekers" column the
Pr. recently had the following: "F.
HI. Head, of East Sound, says spring on
San Juan island is about two weeks
ahead of the mainland. Fruit trees
are fairly loaded with blossoms and
give every evidence of big crop. AL
though spring is later than for many
wears, the outlook for fruit was never
better. Strawberries are not in blossom
yet to any great extent. Mr.. Head re-
ports considerable property changing
hands Oh the island, some of the east
ern homeseekers having bought prop
erty."
Andrew Newhall's new steam launch
Loretta is beauty, and is as servicable
as she is handsome. She will run at
a speed of nine or ten miles an hour
without any trouble, and we should
Judge would carry at least twenty peo-
pie. She was finished some time ago
but Mr.. Newhall was not fully salts
fled with her and employed Mr.. Serb
ner, of this place to sponsor her out
and put round stem on her, and his
work is a master piece which he should
be proud of. She is now at Newhall
waiting for inspection. When put
into service she will likely be used in
purse seine fishing.
Paul Boulon, who is prime favorite
in LaConner, gave al excellent per,
Torrance last evening at Fraternal nall
before good crowd. Paul Is regular
genius as an all around musician, but
his principal forte is the violin, OF
which instrument he is easily master.
Pete Brady in his Dutch character
speech, etc., amused the audience con-
siderably, as did Paul Boulon in his
Chinese impersonation. The snow
concluded with shadowgraphs by Mr.
lambert Conner Post. The above
named company will appear at ODD
Fellows hall, OH Friday and Saturday
night, May 18th and 18th. Tickets on
sale at the Blue Front Store. Prices,
Is, Is and 35 cents.
President Meyer. of the Orcas liter,
ary. takes exception to the report OF
our West Sound correspondent, pub
lished last week, relative to the Philip
pines and Admiral Dewey. In letter
to THE ISLANDER he says: NOT
word was said about giving the Philip
mines to the carpet baggers or court
martialing Admiral Dewey; not WORD
was said defamatory of the great adj
miral. The carrying of copy OF the
United States constitution by the Pop
ulists in their hats is all of his own
[the correspondence invention" MI
Never feels 1t to be his duty to correct
what lie evidently thinks might be
false impressions arising from
"Scribe'sn report. We cannot beileve
that our correspondent meant to cast
the least reflection upon the literary
saciety. or that he expected that the
renort referred to would be taken lit.
erallv. A person unacquainted with
the facts, however, would be Justlned
in taking the same view of it that Mr
Never has taken, and his correction Is
most cheerfully published.
Death of Leander Ingraham.
Leander Ingraham, well known te
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