The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-07

watch maker aud jeweler, Friday Har
Dor, Washington. After many wear
OF experience i'm some of the best East
ern houses, am prepared to guarantee,
first-class work in every respect. Price,
reasonable.
A full line of A. Shilling & Co.,
Teas, Coffees, Spices, Extracts anc
BAKING Powder in stock. Remembe]
two-thirds the quantity of Shilling.
Baking Powder is guaranteed to do the
work of any other high-grade baking
powder, making it cheaper. Absolute
y pure. Money back If not satisfac
tory. Martin & Jensen.
The Y. P. s. C.. E. Picnic Social
The EpwOrth League is invited to
unite In the Free Picnic Social to be
held tomorrow friday evening at the
Presbyterian church: There will be O
trip on the No-name Line; a friendly
contest for the F. s. s., and other di.
versions. Each family will bring their
lunch as to an ordinary picnic.
Wesley Warner, of Seattle was a
visitor in the Harbor the first of the
week, returning, on the THOMPSON.
Tuesday. He visited with friends ON
Lopez for ten days before coming here.
Mr.. Warner has lived in Seattle for the
past three years, but says he would far
rather reside in San Juan county, and
will before long if the opportunity
offers
Mark Roster, son of Mr.. and Mrs. c..
Roster, who has spent the past year at
Spokane with his sister, Miss Alkaline
Roster, attending school, also seeking
for better health, is expected home
next week to spend his summer vaca-
ton with his parents, on San Juan.
Marks many friends will be glad to
see him and know that he is now en-.
joying good health.
School election in this district will he
held at the school house SATURDAY..
May 8, at 2 o'clock p. ln., when one di-
rector will be elected for two years aud
one for three years. The present board
has given excellent satisfaction and we
feel that the retiring directors should
be reelected, viz, III. s. King and N. f.
Churchill Everyone who can should
attend and cast their vote.
According to letter received the
last of the week by their brother, P. A.
Jensen, dated at Ketchikan, Alaska,
the Jensen boys had pleasant trip
north and have by this time undoubt.
eddy reached their destination, which
is about forty miles north of Ketchi-
kan. They went up on their own
steamer, the Griffin. They left here
the 10Th of last month, arriving there
the 23rd.
The Pierce County Horticultural So
ciety has commenced arrangements for
the holding in Tacoma this fall of a
Puget Sound fruit fair. 1t will be SIM
liar i'm scope to the Spokane fruit fair,
but horse racing will he illuminated.
Manufacturers, fisheries products and
probably agricultural products will be
included. 1t is intended to make this
fair as much of success in Western
Washington as the Spokane fair has
been in the eastern part of the state.
State Gram Inspector G. P. Wright,
who returned to the Sound last week
from visit TO the grain producing
districts east of the mountains, con.
firms previous optimistic reports re-
garding the probable wheat yield of
Washington. Mr.. Wright makes an
estimate that the output will reach
% 100000 bushels, possibly exceeding
that figure. He believes the amount
of wheat i'm farmers hands ut this time
| will run between 1900, 900 and 5000, 900
bushels.
The furniture, carpets, curtains, ETC.,
for the San Juan Club rooms arrived
today and in Il few days the club will
he ''at home" Monday the trustees
decided to paper the two front rooms,
| to make the walls harmonic with the
fine carpets and furniture, but the pa.
pering will not delay the opening As
the carpenters are not yet quite through
with their work, having been obliged
to wait for more finishing material.
The limit allowed the trustees within
which to admit charter members ex.
pired a week or more ago, and new
members can now be admitted only by
ballot and upon payment of an initia-
ton fee fifty per cent higher than the
charter fee. Members are requested to
pay to the secretary as soon as conven-
lent their dues for June.
Col. Il. NJ. Fisher, Chinese inspector
of the Puget Sound district, spent Sun
day here visiting his son, the photog-
rapher, accompanied by Mrs. Fisher.
Saturday evening Col. Fisher and Dep
uty Collector Culver, of Roche HarbOr,
examined the certificates Of fifty-eight
Chinese employed at the cannery, find
ing all of them apparently genuine ex-
cept one, that of Wong HO, the boy
bookkeeper, who claims to have been
born i'm Portland, but whose story as
| - ~9S r I,
his court certificate. He WAS taken
away by Col. Fisher, Monday, to have
hearing before the U. s. court COM
missioner in Seattle. Col. Fisher spent
some months here OH governmet bust
ness nine years ago. For some years
before re-entering the government ser.
vice short time ago he was engaged
in the practice of law at Port Town
send. His present headquarters are in
| Seattle.
flames J. Hill, a Builder of the
Northwest" is the subject of all inter
esting character sketch of the president
of the Great Northern railroad by Mrs.
Mary Hartman Severance, in the Re-
view of Reviews for June. The achieve
ments of this remarkable railroad build.
ing genius are appreciatively described
in this article. DR.. Albert Shaw. the
editor, writes from full knowledge on
"Paris and the Exposition of 1900"
Mr.. Jacob A. Riis, author of "How the
Other Half Lives" forecasts the work
of the New York tenement house com
mission recently appointed by Gov
Roosevelt. Mr.. Cleveland Moffeti
writes on Automobiles for the Aver
age Man." Mr.. Charles A. COnant de
scr;bes the operation of the refundine
law passed by Congress last March