The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-04-25

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MISS Ida Larson left Yesterday -
WISH her aunt in Skagit county. -
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we carry a complete line of Toilet
Er;Ga.s IT Call and hear our prices.
mere was pleasant little party of
young people at the home of r. ~.
Larstn Tuesday evening.
Have look at our $3.50 and 81 line
OF ladies' shoes. You will be pleased
with them. Martin & Jensen.
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You may miss something of special
interest and Importance if you fail to
read 1.-The Fair" adj every week.
Chas. Fleming::is working at Barker.
VILE, =. c., for the Carriboos Gold
Fields Company, OH Williams creek.
The PA. +. Co.'s pile driver No. q
Is driving the big trap at Mitchell nav
the work having commenced Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stone, of Boston wera
passengers on the Thompson for OLGA
yesterday, going to visit Mrs. Stones
mother, Mrs. l.. E. Cox. at Cascade
lake.
There will be dance at Odd Eel.
lows ball Friday evening, May 8, fol-
mweo by an oyster supper at the Bay
View hotel. Tickets, including supper.
81 per couple.
+. N. Christianson, Of the Turn Point
Light station, went to Mud BAY, Lopez
island, Tuesday to see the small vessel
which Schruder & Son designed for a
launch, but rugged as sail boat.
Messrs. ChristiansOn and Brooks want
hull for steamer, for which they al.
ready have the machinery.
FOR SALE-SOme choice ram lambs
Oxford-Down, Sc per
head. Orders should be i'm by Nav ist.
Also half Morgan horses, years old,
1850 pounds weight, well broken. sound
and reliable; prices, SIS and $40; and
cayuses at $40 and $50, the cheaper one
well broken to work or saddle. Isaac
Sandwich, Roche Harbor.
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w. j. Court has received quite
number of nice exhibits of grain from
some Of the valley farmers for exhibi.
ton at the Buffalo exposition. The
first shipment of exhibits from this
county will be made today and will
include peas, oats, wheat, tobacco raised
by County Commissioner BOstian, dried
fruits packed at East Sound driers,
samples of pottery clay and quartz.
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At the meeting of the Young PEG
pies Debating Society Friday after
noon the following program was rem
dered: Song, "Home, Sweet Home;;"
current events, Allie Anderson; recita.
ton, Louise Wright and Lettie Carter;
reading, Nellie Noftsger; essay, Dora
Brown; debate, Resolved, that women
and girls do more work than men and
boys" The judges decided in favor of
the negative.
A report comes from California that
r. A. BOggess, who was bookkeeper
for the Roche Harbor Lime Company
some years ago, has just sold the Alb
bolt quicksilver mine, of which he had
become sole owner, for ST 900, 900. The
ISLANDER learned some months ago
through E. p. Newhall, who is also
interested in mining property in Cali
fornia, that Mr.. Borgess. had refused an
offer of 100000 for his mine, but he
believed there were "milliOns i'm it"
and it seems that he has got million
out of it.
A unique entertainment called the
"Spinsters' Convention" il to be given
under the auspices of the Santa Juanita
Club at Odd Fellows hall next Tues
day evening, April 80. Owing to the
expenses necessarily connected with
the production a small admission fee
will be charged-25 cents for adults and
Is cents for children under IL. The
gentlemen, especially, who have been
so frequently and so pleasantly enter.
tanned at the CAT Homes" given by
the club during the past two years
should be glad of the opportunity at.
torded to buy tickets to the "Spinsters'
Convention"
The new road law provides in the
first six sections, for cash payment and
collection of poll tax. The following
twelve sections authorize county COM
missioners to divide the county into
not more than four districts, to be
changed not oftener than one year;
provides for certain tax levies and for
the letting of road and bridge con-
tracts. The remaining two sections
authorize commissioners to call
special election on petition of one-tenth
of the voters, for the purpose OF voting
on the adoption of the law, ana II a
majority of votes cast are in favor, IL
shall be adopted.
Carpenters Mullis and Scribner have
been making some little repairs to the
court house this week. 1t is doubtful
if the county officers and public records
in any other county in the state. are
housed i'm such rickety old rookery
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