The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-09-20

Dwight, Lopez, Wash.
The little steamer s'Lottie. ~ owrsd
bv Messrs. Christensen and Brooks
lighthouse Keepers at Turn noint
stuart island, burned to the wafer.
edge one night last week mud fher
sunk. She is total loss.
Say, Sam, why is 1t you always 90 tc
carers 10 1nd out what wheat. 0ats
or anything else you have TO cell 4
worthT Because, wife, Carter ALWAYS
pays the top price for what 1 have Ia
sell, and he doesn't give hooter
whether | take cash or trade,
County Clerk FARMLAND has race;vod
notice from the Western Washington
f1ospitai Tor the Insane, at SteiL,coon,
.nat VIM. II. Stewart had escaped from,
that institution. Mr.. Stewert was adj.
mitted by order of the Superior court
OF San Juan county, March IL, 1899.
"Say, Fred, you remember those So 81
pair Of shoes you bought at Carfer,s
two years ago, and I kicked IN the
price? Well, they are lust now about
gone, ana as ! am going to town today.
L would IKE $3.50 to get another pair.D
All right, old girl; [ told you Carter's
shoes were all right"
Judge Houser has been confined IN
his bed for seven weeks and unable to
attend to any kind of business. and for
that reason was unable to hold the reU.
ular term Of court here on the 10Th
inst. He has advised the clerk that he
hopes to he able to have a session. of
court the first Monday in October.
School opened here Monday will, an
enrolment of 100 even, distributed as
follows: Primary department IS. inter.
mediate department 80, grammar de.
partment 80. There are still a few
more to come in. Most of the first day
was taken up in organization and in
formulating plans for the years work.
The Democratic committee held a
meeting the l2ih inst. and decided to
hold their primaries SATURDAY., Sep.
TENDER ~ and their convention Tues.
day evening at 1880, September Is, for
the purpose Of nominating county
ticket aid transacting such other bust.
ness as may come before the conven.
ton.
Monday last Mr.. John Sweeney. of
the Valley, received two OF the finest
rams we have ever had the pleasure Of
seeing. They are full blOOded, regis
tered, Shropshire stock and came from
the celebrated Oak Hill stock farm. at
North Yamhill, Oregon, which is
owned by Mr. Chas. f. Ladd, Port
land banker.
Willie Wakefield. of West Sound,
who went to Kitchikan, Alaska, last
November, returned home Saturday.
He reports his brother, Lee, as well
and doing fine mercantile business.
Mr.. Young, also formerly Of this coun.
ty, is enjoying good health and is pros
porous. He is running three or four
stores i'm that locality.
Louie C:,yon, aged about eighty
years, died Friday noon, September I,
at his home near Deer Harl,Or, Orcas
island. He claimed to lie the frs.
white man that crossed the Rocky
mountains for settlement. After being
on the coast for sOnie years lie settled
on Ortz.s island, fOrty-twO years ago,
where he resided at his death.
II. S. King rcturtied from Olympia
yesterday. Mr.. King succeeded in get
ting the states valuation on our unim
proved lands re,ttscesl from 81 90 per
acre To 81 50, and the state board raised
the valuation on our improved lands
from SO $l2.58 per acre. Stunning up
the whole thing, however, il will lower
our state valuation by about 500.
Attorney George A. Joiner, of Ana
cOrtes, Republican, candidate for su.
perior judge for Skagit and San Juan
counties, arrived in the HarbOr last
Saturday. Mr.. Joiner has spent most
of his time in getting acquainted with
the people here and hooking over the
farms Of the Valley. He remained here
until today so as to attend the rally last
evening.
The Alaska Fuckers Association
ceased fishing last Saturday aud will
Immediately begin to pull out It's re-
manning traps at Point Roberts. The
Seiniahmoo cannery has been closed
down for some weeks and the few fall
fish caught have been put up at the
Point Roberts plant. The work of
pulling traps will be completed within
a few weeks. The pack Of the two
canneries this season amounts to be-
tween IS, 900 and 10000 cases, and the
company is well satisfied, since this is
light year.
"Mr. John Slattery, the young man
who delivered the Grafton at the clos
ing of the High school exercises in this
city last June, left recently for Seattle,
where he will euter the University OF
Washington to complete his education.
Mr.. Slattery has fine future before
him and will make his mark in the
world before the turn Of the tide in his
life. As All orator he now has but few
equals and no peers. The Times wishes
him All abundance of good luck in his
new sphere. - Fairhaven Times. john
ME was for some years resident OF
this county, residing near Doe Bay,
Orcas island.
E. P. Newhall, who has been look.
ing after some of his mining interests
in California for the past few months.
returned home Saturday. Mr.. Newha!l
is interested with Alvfnza Hayward,
one Of the wealthy mining men of San
Francisco, in the development OF q
quicksilver mine on the divide between
Santa Clara and Stanislaus counties.
Mr.. Newhall secured a patent to por-
ton of the land now included in the
company's property twenty years ago.
He says that Mr.. Borgess., who was
accountant for the Lime company al
Roche Barbor about six years ago, has
made fortune in o quicksilver mine
for which he recently refused $5OO,oOO
in cash.
Deputy Collector Collier, of the Ia