The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-08-23

the northwest shore of Orcas. abont
mile from the old Wheeler kiln. M.
company Is arranging to build 4 vi,
OF one hundred barrels daily capacity
Chas. Arend. of Roche Harbor In,
rented the San Juan Trading Com
pany's house, near MIR. Blair's. and vii
move his family here soon so that his
children may attend school. Mr.
Arena Will continue in the emplov OF
the Lime company, ut Roche Harbor
From August / to IL Walla Walla
sent thirty-five carloads of fruits and
vegetables to the north central states.
me shipments consisted principally OF
apples, peaches, plums, potatoes and
onions. Walla Walla apples have
taken third prize at the Paris expos,.
ton.
A full line of A. Shilling & Co. g
Teas, Coftees, Spices, Extracts and
Baking Powder in stock. Remember
two-thirds the quantity of Shilling's
Baking Powder is guaranteed to do the
work OF any other high-grade baking
powder, making 1t cheaper. Absolute.
~ pure. Money back il not satisfac.
tory. Martin d Jensen.
Mrs. Benz. Merrill, a young woman
who resided with her husband. father
and step-mother and their children, on
the Chalmers place at Doe Bay, died
Sunday night from childbirth and was
buried Monday Afternoon i'm the Viereck
cemetery. She was not yet seventeen
years Of age. DR.. Wright says this
makes four deaths from childbirth on
Orcas island within three years.
The annual report of the county
of schools shows that
there are 884 "children between s and
q years of age" in the county and that
754 of them were enrolled in the schools
during the school year ending June 80.
The average daily attendance was 497
aud average number of months taught
in each district ST. Forty-one different
teachers were employed in the 81 dis
tricts during the year and their aggre-
gate wages amounted to Sc, 493.47.
Bernard Woollett, resident of Port
Stanley, Lopez island, died yesterday
at the Sisters hospital, of consumption.
The deceased was of English birth. He
had been i'll for some time. Mr.. Wool
lett was a brOther-in-law of Miss Fe-
roma Y. Johnson, principal of Wash
ington school building in this city.
Mrs. WOollett and their two small
children are on Lopez island and word
was sent to them yesterday. No time
has yet been set for the funeral
Whatcom Reveitle, August 10.
Charles w. Shattuck, of East Sound,
died at st. Joseph hospital, Fairhaven,
Friday, August 10, and was buried
from the Episcopal church at East
Sound, Monday afternoon, August IL,
Rev. Mr.. Dickson officiating. The at.
tendance was very large Mr.. Shat.
tuck was one of our Oldest settlers,
having built q home, and store for
general merchandise in 1865. He was
the first storekeeper and postmaster OH
the island. He at one time held the
Office of county commissioner.
He was n man Of strict Integrity, of
kindly and generous nature. He do
mated the sites upon which the Episco.
pal and Methodist churches are built
He leaves three SONS and one daughter
The p A. +. Co. was reported to
have packed some days ago 10 pei cent
of the total amount OF fish which the
packed last year, and the
manager was quoted rs saying that
should there be large run OF silver
salmon the seasons pack might equal
that of last year, or 225 900 cases. This
is accounted for, however, by the fact
that this year the company has had the
catch of a number of its most valuable
traps which it did not have last year
for the reason that the fish were con
tracted to other cannerymen before the
big trap deal was made. At the conf
pany's cannery here $4,000 CAGES have
been packed, of which approximately
Is ,OUO cases are s0ckeyes. The total
local pack of all kinds last year was
about As, 600 cases.
At the close of the salmon packing
season on the Columbia river, August
10, the shortage in total pack from last
year is placed ut 1900 cases, though
owing to high prices prevailing for raw
fish and the canned product, fishermen,
trapmen, seiners and packers secured a
larger return from their product than
in 1889. An Astoria dispatch says:
"Official figures show the spring pack
on the Columbia river for the season OF
1899 to have been $4,000 cases. While
1t is impossible ut this time to get exact
figures, carefully prepared estimate
places this seasons pack at 2,OOO
cases. This estimate is Oh the basis of
four dozen one-pound cans to the case.
Some estimates place the figure higher,
but they are based in many instances
OIL four dozen half-pound cans to the
case. About 40 per cent of the total
pack was put up by the Columbia
River Packers Association, commonly
known as the combine, which consists
of combination Of ten canneries. Be-
sides the above, there were 1900 tons,
or what would equal $1,000 cases, OF
salmon shipped by the cold-storage
men, A second estimate, said to DE
corrected, gives the pack at 100000
cases. Both the original and revised
figures are given without prejudice.