The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-10-10

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Manted-Fifty good ewes. not n,or.
. void 'our years old. A. D. Tit, Gris
voters should remember thai .o.a
S,.c.ions Will be held Saturday. Octo
Il I: understood that Cupid Il 10 h.
gin ms fall harvesting in the valley n
Buchanan q WRIGHT have cort-.....
IN IT, r .o .nre;:nlng on twenty-three places
/ Mrs. J. w. Firth is now prenarad =,
take orders for ladies' ready-made suits
capes, cloaks, furs, etc.
Former Commissioner William (3r..
nam was in town this week from his
nne home at Richardson.
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we carry complete line Of Toilet
articles. Call and hear our prices
Friday Harbor Drug Co.
The steamer Lydia Thompson took
anout 800 boxes Of apples from Orcas
island 70 Seattle Tuesday.
We will fill your prescriptions cor.
rectly for less money than Seattle druo
companies. Friday Harbor Drug Go. :
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| Mrs. 9. E. Erickson and little dauph.
ter Mildred returned to Roche Harbor
yesterday from Toledo, Lewis county.
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A nne Percheron stallion for Alfred
lawson arrived yesterday from Iowa.
he is dark gray, eighteen months
old. va
Are you going to paint? IF 80. use
best goods. Send postal to the Morse
Hdw. Go. for Sherwin- Williams paint
color cards.
J. E. Mellen's house and its contents.
recently destroyed by fire, were we'll
insured, the policy having been written
in Seattle.
DR.. Lee Baker, of Port Townsend,
announces that he intends to spend
several days here each month, prepared
to do all kinds Of dental work.
The Blue Front Store has Just re-
ceived new supply Of Mems, Ladies'
and Children's Rubbers and Rubber
Boots-iots Of them and cheap, too.
There is to be ball at Odd Fellows
hall Friday evening Of this week under
the direction of Will Handles and Will
Sweeney aud to which everyone is
cordially invited. Tickets only so
cents.
Mr.. Brown, the lighthouse keeper on
Smiths island, has purchased lot of
sheep from Joseph Sweeney and has
contracted tn have them lowed on y
scow to the island by the steamer
Arthur G..
Bear in mind that copies Of the
IsLANDER's illustrated supplement
may be obtained at ISLANDER Office
for fifteen cents, aud IL desired they
will he mailed from the Office to any
address in the United States or Canada
without extra charge.
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The county commissioners have liked
the county tax levy for this year at
mills, making the total state and
county levy only l4.15 mills, or l,S2
mills lower than last year, when the
la~, 1Nsu fhon in,
year of the county's history. The new
levy is said to be the lowest IN the
state, with possibly one exception.
The total assessed valuation is 81, O64,-
52S.
| l.. p. Dorviller, Of East Sound, has
been appointed county game warden
for term of six months at the nominal
compensation of 81 a month. It Is to
be hoped that Mr.. Dorviller will have
no hesitancy about exercising. the au.
thority which the law gives him and
that he will be able to stop the ruthless
slaughter of deer on Orcas island and
especially the frequent and aggravat-
ing violations Of the law by non resi-.
dent hunters.
Two of the Chase brothers and their
uncle, of Little Rock, Washington,
| were in town few days ago In their
i fiue gasoline launch "Hermosa, which
they built themselves at Little Rock
and had transported by rail to Olym-
/ pia. where it was launched and the
machinery installed. The Hermosa
has a fine model for practical service
and is very staunchly built. She 10 AZ
feet in length, IL feet beam and about
In tons burden, aud is equipped with q
24-horse power gasoline engine OF the
most approved design and travels ~
the rate Of nine to ten miles IN hour.
She is to be employed BY the owners III
doug q general jObbing and tracing
business, with West Sound - ner
home port.
On petition of number Of residents
of East Sound and the immediate Vi
cinity the county commissioner nave
appointed James III. Nichols, former
commissioner from the Orcas isiano
district, county fruit inspector. az
compensation Is liked ~ st9!uee =
tS2.56 per day for time actually sm-
ployed IN the discharge OF n1 uu.'o 4:
Il Apart therefore from the que:tion q
afRciencv Il was important that the
appointment should be given 20 2 con.
scientious man, who would not impose
mon the county by running up z
salary bill for time Unnecessarily OF
unprofltably employed. The countyea
fnrfunate in having secured the services
.. IN this important position Of . man .
! competent and reliable as Mr.. Nicnois
and II he performs his duties etrictly
=. eha Ia ron tam nlatA9 much 0en0uV