The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-10-04

Mr.. L. c.. Larson has on exhilit;c.,
at this Office several varieties II an,,ias
and also two varieties Of peara. Onss svsSI
very seldom see chotcer eelettio,, ~ ~
fruit than he shows here. and wa ~ v;to
all who are interested to call And 80 -
We have also added an onion ders = -
Inent to our collection. some verv !; ~
ones, grown by Mr.. w. Andrew. Of
Lopez. ~
The Ladies' Guild of the Presbvter,.r
church hold a meeting each week m
"wednesday afternoons. The lndies
now have on hand good supniv ~
aprons for sale, made of excelient mo.
terlals, some Of them Of new stvle ana
very acceptable for service. Tie Chill
is also prepared to take in SEWING The
goods can be seen nj any time bv cali.
ing on Mrs. DR.. Wright.
Joseph Wood, at one time a well.
known resident Of this county. ho.
been on the island for the mast two
weeks visiting with old friends. Mr.
Wood has been spending a good deal
OF his time IN Alaska for the past two
years and will return there soon. He
- located at Dawson. He saw Aivie
Paxson short time before he came
out and reports him as being well and
rustling hard for stake.
During the illness of A. HI. Sitter.
cashier of the San Juan County Rank
Gene Gould, of Everett, vice. ,,resident
OF the bank, Is here hooking after its
affairs. Mrs. Gould Is also here. They
are the guests of Mrs. Gould's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. A. Simpson. Mr.
Sitter is suffering very much from the
ettects OF 4 large carbuncle on the back
OF his neck and will likely be confined
to his home for some time vet.
Mrs. Alice l.. Summers will leave
Saturday for Spokane to attend the
annual convention of the State Phar.
Association, which will
meet in that city the 18th and 10Th
instants. Mrs. Summers will also visit
with friends at Walla Walla and with
her parents ut Waitsburg before her
return. Her two daughters will ac
her. During her absence DR..
Geo. s. Wright will be in charge of the
drug store.
At a meeting of those interested in
the Improvements of the Emmanuel
Church Cemetery, held Saturday, Sept.
18th, four young ladies were selected
AS solicitors and were authorized to
raise 500 for building a cistern and re-
pairing the building; and if there
should be any surplus, 1t Is to go to the
fund for repairing the fence. We be.
speak for these solicitors generous re.
SPONGE. Thomas M. Gum. secretary
of the meeting.
II. Z. Davis, of Decatur, Republican
nominee for representative to the state
Is in the Harbor this week
hands with his friends. Mr..
Davis Is quietly taking In the political
situation all over the county. He saws
that In his opinion Judge Joiner will
carry Skagit county by 500 majority,
and that she will also roll up q good
round majority for our national and
state tickets. Let us hope that his
proph,sy may prove to be correct.
The editor has his drawbacks as we'll
rs other people, but he alss falls In
with II snap once in while. This Is
one of the times we are In luck. The
writer IL indebted to Judge T!lacker
for the best cigar he ever smoked. Tie
Judge, at least, gives us credit Tor being
able to tell II g,Wd thing when we gel
is. He received few choice cigars
direct from his son George, who is in
the Philippines, and instead Of enjoy.
ing them all himself iie allowed his
friemds to share his pleasures. Judge,
we thank you.
The meeting of the Presl,ytpry of
Puget Sound, ut Auburn, Washington,
at which the Friday HartH,r church is
10y Elder John l.. Blair,
has under consideration the revision Of
the confession of faitl, and the promul
CATION of a shorter statement ut the pc
culiar doctrines Of the Presbyterian
Mr. Blair will also attend the
Of the Synod at Tacoma, which1
body embraces all the churches in
Washington, north idaho and Alaska.
The Synod has the review of five Pres
byteries and especially the equalization
Of appOrtiOnments Of aid to the Preshy.
teries and the supervision Of their be-
the chief Of which Is Whit
worth college, the Synod's institution
in Tacoma.
When you want q pleasant physic try
the new remedy, ChaInberlain's stomach
l.