The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-11-07
Gown and County News

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Grain sacks Il Churchill,s.
re sell the old reliable Jewell .tov.,
suo fanges.-Morse Hdw. %. 's'
/ The Ladies' Guild ma r,,..a.
ternoon with Mrs. o. III. Cniver -
rev. Mr.. Harpst was i'll SUNDAY ana
c IhaO.e 70 bold services At the II. ia
Judge Joiner was In town thi. 49,
sna disposed Of some probate and fs1
:. "; Firth has opened meat mar.
Ket IN the old Ross building. lately va
Gated by Wilson q Carter.
a. y. TIT has purchased forty more
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and now has about 100 head. ~"
Just drop In the Blue Front Store
ana take look at those Meme Water.
PROOF Working Jackets; they are just
The cottage prayer meeting It Mr.
omootS Tuesday evening was laroeIv
attenoed and was very interesting.
several went out from town.
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.
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| J. +. Baggs, q former resident Of
Orcas island, reported at the custom
house Monday en- route from Nelson
island, b. c., to Deer Harbor to visit
friends.
We are carrying fine line Of mems.
iadies' and chlldren's fine dress shoes.
IlXou Will cal! and inspect them you
VIII not De likely to purchase else.
There will be services at the M. e.
church next Sabbath, both morning
and evening. In the morning after
the sermon the communion Of the
Lords supper will be administered.
superintendent Potter, Of the Che
mawa, Oregon, Indian school, has
been spending q few days in the coun-
ty. Three of the late Lewis Cayou's
children, of Deer Harbor-two girls
and one bOy-returned to the school
with him.
The San Juan County Bank has
made arrangements with "The Bank
ers Money Order Association" whereby
1t can now issue money orders payable
at any hank in the United States, and
in a few days it will be able also to
issue drafts payable In European cities.
The Fairhaven Herald says that ~.
M. Simpson, who has served the Her
aid faithfully and well, while In charge
of it's circulation department for several
months past, has resigned to engage in
other business" He il q brother Of f.
A. Simpson, Of this place, and an old
friend Of the IsLANDER's editor.
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The regular semi-monthly meeting
Of the Santa Juanita Club was held at
the San Juan Club rooms Saturday AZ
ternoon, fourteen members responding
to roll call with "war "reminiscences"
Final arrangements were made for the
"birthday sOcial' to be given by the
club November Is, of which other
mention Is made in this issue.
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J. A. Scribner was over from New
hall this week for little rest and short
visit with his family. He says that the
work on Mr.. Newhall's new steamer.
| of which he has charge and which Is
being built from his designs, is pro-
crossing nicely and that the vessel will
probably be launched in February.
Blk men are employed on tho work,
besides those engaged In the mill in
getting out material.
The prune product Of the Pacific
northwest IL the largest this season Tor
many years: A single washington
county, Clarke, will market 200 car
loads Of the dried product, while both
| W6yulukIOu 6uO OAS&OA oAO CSss~AssR
out record breaking quantity Of cured
prunes of very excellent quality. The
| industry is yielding increased revenues
and while hardly coming up to the ex-
pectations of some ten year, ago, the
expansion of production and Of markets
gives promise for . bright future for
prune growing.-West Coast Trade.
r. p. Rithet 4 Co., Of Victoria, have
bought 255 sheep on this island and
ffty more on Lopez which are e be
shipped to Ladner's Landing, on the
i Fraser river, upon largo British Sow
in tow Of the tug Flyer, Of New West,
minister. Rithet 4 Co. have several
hundred acres Of bottom land there on
which there is abundant feed. q the
sheep shipped from here Joseph Sand
with sold 100, e. ]. Zeigler 81, M;
Frazier 80, Mr.. Osborn 30, q. Roster ~
and Donald Ross Is. Rthet = Co.'S
buyer, Mr.. MAckIin, says that most OF
i the ranges are overlooked and that
the condition Of the sheep 10 rather
/ Door I'm consequences.