The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-02-23
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

G. w. Shattuck, of East Sound. wa
a very pleasant caller at this Office o,
Monday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. .. HI. Culver ant
children were in town from Roch,
Harbor yesterday.
Samuel Gross, of Roche Harbor. wa,
passenger on the Thompson. Tuesday
enroute to Seattle.
Mrs. G. N. Culver visited her s.,n and
his family at Roche HarbOr, several
days during the past week.
VIM. Shultz, of Roche Harbor, re.
turned from business visit to Seattle
on the Thompson Monday.
We have just received line of wool
and cotton Blankets, full 1914 and ia
from $1.00 up.-Martin & Jensen.
VIM. Shultz and s. III. Gross. OF
Roche Harbor. were doing business in
the Bay Cities the last of the week.
Send to Sutcliffe & Hill, Whatcom,
tOr samples of Wall Paper and Paints.
They WILDE sent you free of charges
Rev. J. w. Young, of Saxman, Alas
ka, formerly of West Sound, this coun.
ty, was recently married at that place.
The steamer Brick, Captain Ander-
son, of Whatcom, was in this port all
day Sunday with the Nelson pile dri-
yer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph German are
rejoicing over the birth of a fine boy
which came to gladden. their home
Tuesday morning.
San Juan county receives SAT- from
the recent quarterly apportionment of
the state school fund, which is much
smaller than usual.
Leroy Simpson, of Whatcom, is in
the Harbor this week visiting his
brother, F. A. Simpson and family, of
the Bay View hotel.
The Andrews bay fish trap is not in
cluded in the big trap deal but will be
operated by Shultz q Gross as an indie
pendent trap this year.
Attorney E. s. McCord, of Fair
haven. was in the HarbOr Saturday
and Sunday on business connected
with the new cannery deal.
Representative Thacker has intro
duced House bill 451 repeating the act
of 1897. whereby the life of a Judgment
was terminated after five years.
Miss Beatrice Willis, of Olga, who
has been visiting with DR.. and Mrs.
Geo. s. Wright for the past few DAYS,
went home on the Thompson, Monday.
Patrick Welch went to Port Towns
end on the Thompson, Tuesday, with
Joseph Marschand, who he takes there
to put under the care of the the Sisters
In the case of Bowden VS.. Newhall
before jury i'm the superior court here
last week, judgment was rendered in
favor of plaintiff in the sum Of $1O4.5O
It is reported that r. E. Davis cleans
up between eight thousand and nine
thousand dollars from the sale of his
interest in the Long island fish trap tt
the big combine.
The bill to provide for combining the
Offices of assessor and sheriff in cOun'
ties of less than ten thousand pOpula
ton has been favorably reported by the
senate committee.
The Washington Birthday enter
tainment at Odd Fellows hall Ias
night was we'll attended and very en-
joyable in every way. The program
was published last week.
Samuel Shorey, of Deer Harbor, ant
! Geo. Gibbs, of Orcas, are Oh the island
looking for some suitable land for thu
growing of rape and also for the cult
walton of Towering bulbs.
Mr.. Templin, of Templin's Fair Al
East Sound, lost one of the horse!
which he has been driving in his de
livery wagon. The team ran away ont
day last week and one of the horses
received serious injury and had to b'
shot.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Harper have
moved from Seattle to Roche Harbor
Mr.. Harper having accepted a liberia
offer to return to his old place in thu
Lime company's offices. They are oc-
cupying the house recently vacated by
Mrs. Phipps.
WANT GROCERIES Better 60 tt
the Blue Front Store as Carter carrie.
the heaviest stock and of the best quail
ity of any store in town. Buys every
thing for spot cash; that being so HI
can and will make you the lowest o
prices. No monkeying with the bant
wagon,-CUMTUx.
s. Alsop and ]. Mantz, of Whatcom
and w. A. Woodin, of Fairhaven, have
been prospecting San Juan waters thu
week in search of fish trap locations
Mr.. Alsop is one of the owners OF tn.
big Alsop trap, Lummi island, reported
sold to the Pacific American comDin'
for sec, 1000.
Treasurer Murray reports persona
taxes coming in at q very gratifying
rate and the probability is that Their
will be scarcely any delinquency. Tn
total amount is abont $1,000. 1t shoult
be remembered that the treasurer 4
required BY the law to make collection
nv distraint of property If taxes re
main unpaid after March 9th.
The second quarterly meeting ser
vices of the Methodist Eplscopa
church will be held Saturday and Sun
dav. Business meeting of the quarter
" conference at 8 O'Clock on Saturday
Preaching on Sabbath at l0:SO q. ~
and 7:3O p. m. Rev. A. =: Joslyn
nresidinr elder of Tacoma district, VIII
he present and conduct all the services
All are cordially invited to be present
The state land commissioners hav
authorized a bid to be filed for $4OO
school bonds to be issued by schoo