The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-10-18

"Say, Fred, you remember thoae ss ~
PAIR OF shoes you bought At Carter,
two years ago, aud kicked on fhs
price? Well, they are jsst now aboui
gone, and as am going to town todav
[ would like $3.50 to pet another neir y
"All right, old girl; I told YOU Cnrter,s
shoes were all right
John l.. Thomas has made arranva
ments for shipping about go lan,hs
from the Thomas & Simpson ranch. on
Blakely island. There are ab0nt 010
sheep aud lambs on the island and
Mr.. Thomas reports they are in fne
condition. Four hundred ewes win.
tered there last year, and II was not
necessary to feed them at all.
According to the Spokane Snokee.
Review, Mrs. Alice L. Summers
of Friday Harbor, who attended the
annual convention Of the State Pharm.
acists, at Spokane last week, was elected
second vice-president Of the associa.
ton, and was also recommended by
that body to the governor for appoint
ment as member of the State Board
of Examiners.
Col. +. d. Huestis, Collector of Chs.
toms, at Port Townsend, and his sister.
in law, Mrs. Huestis, from Indiana
were in town yesterday OH a littl.
pleasurs trip among the islands. the
Colonel also having business relative
to the establishment of the hew sub.
port of entry here. They were accom-
panied by .. HI. Culver and went
through to Whatcom.
Someone has been spreading the re-
port over the county to the effect that
u. b. briggs, Democratic nominee for
sheriff, did not desire to run for
sheriff and il elected would not care
to qualify. &. b. says that the man
who says SO does not know what he is
talking about. He would like to get
the Office and will do all lie can to win
his election. The question is, can he
do SO? Jake, get In and rustic.
AS far as the canning of salmon is
the cannery closed down
here Saturday, October 6, and the com.
pany Is now engaged In getting its pack
ready for shipment. The pack here
to 81, 900 cases, 16, 600 of which
have already been shipped to Fair
haven, most Of them OH the company's
steamer Chas. Councilman. Tie ex-
pectations of the company have more
than been realized here and il feels
very gratified at the result.
The voters in the state of Washing
ton will have big ballot to cast at the
next election, the names of the nom.
inees for the various state, congression-
al and county offices, arranged in par
allel columns, occupying paper about
three feet in length. The candidates
of five parties appear on the Iist-the
Democratic, Prohibition
list, Social Labor and Social Demo-
cratic. This is the longest ballot ever
used in the history of this state.
The population of Whatcom county
will fall slightly below the q, 900 mark.
The Fairhaven Herald has completed
Il canvass of various sources Of infOrma-
ton 10y which it is enabled to forecast
the actual enumeration very closely.
This will not yary 2OO either way from
a 900. Although, it was thought that
the count would rea cii -, 900, a splendid
gain has been made. In 1890 the pOpu
lation was only 1851 This year the
gain will be about $500, or about 80 per
cent.
How much have you Expanded"
this year? Are you worth any more?
Have you been "a better farmer and II
better citizen generally? HIVE you
done the fair thing 10y the boys and
girls, and the wife who has kept up her
end of the evener all the way along?
If you can say Yes" to all this, then
we think you are all right, 10 matter
who IS elected president. Ii not, you
ought to go into executive session with
yourself and find out the reason, and
act accordingly.
Few farmers are rich enough to keep
their plows, harrows, wagons and other
farm tools in the fields or in the fence
corners all winter; and yet u good
many act as if they were. The notions
some men have about such things are
interesting. They waste
where it is simply f00iish tn waste,
to he reckless of the fact that
one of natures notices Is, "aot and
rust everything within reach" I'll
these men were not SD rich in their
minds. they might be more 80 in their
pockets.
Although the commissioners do not
meet until next Monday to canvass the
road election returns, which come, un-
der seal, to the county auditor from the
various road districts, we have been
able TINS far to learn of the following
elections for road supervisors: No. 4
San Juan, Ben Hannah; No. 3 San
Juan, Martin Rethlefsen; No. o San
Juan, Chas. Peterson; No San Juan,
VIM. Malcolm; No. Orcas, Jas. Gutl-
rte; No. s Orcas, Geo. Sutherland. we
will publish next week the complete list
aud also the amount of tax voted III
each district.