The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-07-19

well OF water and good orchard. VIII
office
For hrst-class watch, clock and lew
eiry repairing go to Arthur Lord. thu
Northumberland jeweler, Friday Har
Dor, Washington. After MANY YEAR
OF experiences in some of the best East,
ern houses, l am prepared to guarantee
lirst-ciass work In every respect. Prices
reasonable.
A full line of A. Shilling & Co. =
Teas, Coffees, Spices, Extracts and
Baking Powder in stock. Remember
twc-thirds tlles5quantity of Shilling's
BAKING Powder Is guaranteed to do the
work OF any other high-grade baking
powder, making it cheaper. Absolute.
~ pure. Money back il not satistac.
tory. Martin & Jensen.
w. Il. Martin, ID. d. s., came very
near meeting with fatal accident or,
wednesday of last week. While suffer.
ing great pain he took an overdose of
morphine. After two hours hard work
by his friends and physician he was
restored to consciousness. The doctor
Is now feeling much better and is able
to be about his work.
The following Is from the school
compost ion OF a twelve-year.Old Of
tawa, Kan, girl: "The boy is not an
animal, yet they can be heard to con
siderable distance. When boy hol-
lers he opens his big mouth like a frog,
but girls hold their tongues till they
are spoken to and they answer respect
ahle and tell just how it was.n
County Treasurer Murray has re-
ceived u communication from the hold
ders OF two of our county bonds stating
they would dispose of same to the cOun-
ty on the same basis as the last ones
taken up. The county commissioners
will no doubt authorize him to take
up both of these at an early date. aud
when this is done, our total indebted
ness will be only $1,000. Hurrah for
San Juan county!
The Rev. ]. G. NJ Warren, of Seattle,
spoke here before the Christian En-
deavor last Friday evening, the 18th,
on the Hawaiian islands. The house
was crowded and great interest was
taken i'm the lecture. Mr.. Warren
arrived here few days ago direct from
Honolulu, where he has been for the
past few months, and after short visit
with friends here will return there.
News reached here the first of the
week that Miscreants are exploding
dynamite i'm the fish traps off the
salmon banks of San Juan islands and
then stealing the fish which are killed
by conclusion when they rise to the
serface. The Pacific American Fisher
les Company'and the Anacortes Pack
ing Company are both said to be victims
OF this sort of outrage. No injury is
done the traps, but whole catch is lost
in this way.
The Blethen-Darwin camping party
came over from Whatcom on the
Thompson Tuesday morning and ard
now enjoying an outing near Poll pasoy
Orcas island. The party consists Of the
following persons: Mr.. and Mrs. J6t'
Blethen, of Seattle; Mr.. and Mrs Lesllk
Darwin, of Whatcom; Miss Swadleyy
Miss Caldwell, Miss Dillinger, the
Misses Vaughn, Miss HirenDe, Miss
Lee, DR.. and Mrs. AXtell, Mr.. aud Mrs.
Clark, and Mcssrs. Musgrove, Lou
Berens, Calvert, White, all of What
com.
Mr.. Sargent, of WI,atcon, who was
stationed at Roche Harlmr a few days
relieving Deputy Collector Culver, has
received an appointments under the
evil service rs AN Inspector IN the i'm
migration service mt New York city at
a salary of IS per day, and his tran sfer
has Otaasioned several temporary
changes in the customs force. Mr..
Culver was ordered to Whatconi to
{ Ike the place of Mr.. Sargent for two
weeks; Deputy Collector aud Clerk
Ellsperman, Of the Blaine Office, was
sent to Roche Harbor, and Inspector
Tucker, of Port Townsend, to Blaine.
A party having made six days trip
among the islands of this county writes
to the Seattle Times as follows: II was
greatly surprised at the extent which
The fishing industry has reached in San
Juan county. For five days of the time
spent among the islands we were never
out of sight of fish traps or the sound OF
the pile driver. Every available place
fit to drive fish trap is being claimed
and traps driven. A large number OF
small steamers are plying between the
islands, towing scows loaded with
water and fish, also RATS of piles. Many
Of the traps are finished and the web
bing hung, hut no large run OF fish has
yet taken place.
George E. Harrison, editor of the
Mount Vernon News. Herald and well
known in San Juan county, was as
saulted and severely misused a. few
days ago by r. Williams, prominent
business man of Skagit's county seat
But for the timely arrival of the editors
son, who came to his fathers assistance
when the latter called for help, the
affair might have eliminated seriously
for Mr.. Harrison. The trouble between
Williams and Harrison arose over the
Sedro ferry road, the newspaper mar
ridiculing, through the columns OF his
paper, Williams efforts to have the
road built, and at the same time refer
ring to Williams in very uncompn
mentary terms.