The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-05-03

story of his new building finished much
nicer than he at first intended, since II
has been rented by the San Juan Club
There are over thirty signers of the
charter list of the club already and the
list will not be closed by the trustees
until about the 10th inst. on account Of
the notice required by the statutes for
incorporation. A number of new names
are likely to be added in the meantime.
Members should take notice that the
entrance fee isjnow due, and payable
to the secretary.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Troxell and Mr..
and Mrs. John Fitzpatrick, of Port
Stanley, were in the Harbor yesterday
on business. Mr.. Troxell has sold his
place to Mr.. Fitzpatrick, who arrived
here with his family q short time ago
from Iowa. Mr.. Troxell and family
will move to Seattle i'm the near future.
This is one of the finest places in San
Juan county and has always been a
very profitable piece of property. Mr..
Troxell is one of our very best citizens
and the people OF the county will very
much regret his leaving.
MIR. Benson, formerly boatswain on
the revenue launch Guard" is master
of the little tug Success" Mr.. VOL
ford, formerly the Guards" engineer,
is assistant engineer of the steamer Cor
WIN, formerly a revenue cutter, which
sailed few days ago for Cape Nome
and Cape York. Lieut.. Ballinger has
some valuable placer claims i'm the
Cape York district and a man repre.
senting his interests left for the cane OH
the Corwin with a large quantity of
supplies and outfit for working the
claims. Here's hoping the Lieutenant
ana his associates may ''strike it RICH"
Assessor Buxton says that the article
published in The ISLANDER last week,
from the P.-I., about the sheep indus
try does not correctly quote him where
1t says that he reports the number of
sheep i'm this county at 'from 1000 to
10000" He says he meant to lie UNI
derstood as saying that the county will
easily support from 1000 to 10000, and
more than that as more land is cleared
and seeded. He sent the greater por-
ton of his flock to Cypress island,
where they are being pastured and
cared for on shares. On Blakely island,
which is especially mentioned, there
are now 400 head owned by Thomas &
Simpson. of Whatcom.
Another strong cannery combination
has been formed by union of the in
terests of the Aberdeen Packing Com
pany, of Fairhaven, which is to be the
company's headquarters, and the Ma
tiOnal Packing Company of Port An
geles, under the name of the Puget
Sound Packing Company, with CAPT.
tai stock of 100000. The Pr. says:
"The company has acquired twenty of
the most valuable fishing traps located
on Puget Sound and is negotiating for
several others, which it expects to OBJ
tain before the opening Of the season.
These traps are located i'm the most de-
sirable sections, including Lummi ISL
and, Stuart island and the salmon
banks"
Mr.. M. L. Adams, of East Sound,
was shaking hands with his many
friends here the first of the week. Mr..
Adams returned about ten days ago
from Southern California, where he
had been spending several months, and
IN conversation with an ISLANDER re-
porter lie said 'the fruit and gra II
crops there this season are all entire
failure on account Of the drOuth, not
IA drop Of rain falling in that section
since the 18th of January" A great
many people have already stored their
household effects and are now away
from there seeking Il new location.
Puget Sound is all right; no danger of
drOuth here.
There has been and still is quite a
general and severe epidemic of la
grippe in the Doe Bay Eeighborhood.
Almost everyone in that vicinity has
had or is having siege of 1t and it was
necessary to close the district school
two weeks earlier than the time fixed
for the expiration of the term. The
teacher, Miss Millar, had been engaged
to teach in the olga district, but she
had TO give up and return to her home
in Oregon. Several pupils also had it.
Miss Culver had to take an enforced
vacation from her school at Newhall
on account of it, and day after she
reached home her mother was taken
sick in the same way and a few days
later her father also. There is hardly
Il household i'm the neighborhood in
which one or more have not been quite
ill.
The "Harper Brick and Pottery
Company" has been organized ut Sc
attic. The company's plant is to be at
Harmon's landing, in Kitsap county.
will include several large buildings
cry, and will at the outset furnish en-
al fo NJ, n
The capacity will be about Is, 1000 brick
day, besides goodly amount of pot
terry and terra Gotta. 1t is expected to
sixty days. f. G. Harper is president
Within few days he will sever bis
active connection with. the Hotel Seat
tie and devote his entire attention to
the new business. E. A. Smith, who
will have charge OF the manufacturing
departments, is a practical brick and
pottery mar of London, Canada. The
it to enlarge its plant ut any time the
market demands greater product.
At the Presbyterian church last Fri
day evening the president of the What
com Normal delivered one of the most
instructive and entertaining lectures
ever heard here. His theme, "The
Essentials to Success" was sustained
by variety of demonstrations which
were at once both enlightening and
convincing. 1t would be difficult to
give any adequate idea of the lecture
by mere outline, though some of his
points will bear repeating. Negatively
success does not consist in the ability
to make money. 1t depends much