The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-08-15

ounty c0lIlmlSSlDuci iioh TIC AoPcl
district, visited friends here the hrst Of
the week.
u0S Ada Mullis has taken the
,,sncy of the Dunbar System Tonic
Ssd the medicines can be obtained
srom her at her home.
Today the latest styles in Shirts
uasiary Mems and Bays CORDUROY
pa"ts blue, brown and black Overall.
viii arrive for Will Fowle's store.
The steamer Majestic, belonging Il
hs Thompson Steamboat Company
Sss been leased to Dodwell Il Co. AND
nisced on the Tacoma-Seattle-Victoris
route.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lichtenberg re
turned last week from their wedding
Trim They spent Sunday at the home
Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Buckley.
Watches repaired by E. F. Harpst
Twenty years experience. All work
guaranteed. l also have a Bike and
tinn shop in connection Next door t.
bank, Friday Harbor, Washington.*
The steamer Buckeye had quite 9
large excursion party from AnacOrtes
on board Tuesday. They were going
through to Whatcom and thence to
Anacortes by the evening steamer fol
Seattle.
Rev. w. J. Dickson, writing from
Chehalis under date of August IL, re
quests the ISLANDER to announce that
he will hold services at West Sound
Sunday at IL o'clock and ut East Sound
at 2and 7:3O p. III.
Mrs. Knowles, stepmother of Mrs
Frank Wilson, died Thursday at thu
home of her son, Mr.. Dix, at Roche
Harbor, aud WAS buried Saturday in
the valley cemetery. She had been i'll
a long time with stomach trouble.
II is a warm climate where farmers
have to feed their hens cracked ice t.
keep them from laying hard boiled
eggs, as gentleman writing to the
Whatcom Reveille from MattOrn, Ills.
says they are doing in that locality.
S.H. Gross has received thorough
bred shropshire ram from the LadG
stock farm near Portland, Oregon, and
DIR, Capron and Alex Hall have bar
gained for a thoroughbred OxfOrt
Down from the Cloverdale stock farm
in British Columbia.
II is reported that awards Of 2O'
fishermen left Richardson the first o
the week and returned to Seattle. A
long line of boats i'm tow of tug passed
down San Juan channel Saturday
probably Ell route up-SOund, leaving
the fishing grounds because the enOrm
GUS supply has glutted the market.
There were only three applicant
who took the examination for teach
er's certificates last Week.-Mrs. Spen
Ger, Miss Lawrence and Mr.. w. +
Clark. Mr.. f. n. Leavens applied fol
acertificate on a Minnesota state di
ploma, being required only to take tn
examination here OIL state school law
Eastman & Cary finished fine jol
OF papering at &. Rosters new hous
last Friday. Fine paper was used ant
what is called a 'cove ceiling" was pu
IN the dining room-the first job of TIT
Kind on the island. This week the.
papered several rooms in the Farms
worth house occupied by F. A. SimT
son and family.
DR.. Muscott, of Lopez, was i'm tow
Monday. He has gained considerable.
IN weight since he came to the county
iooks brown and hearty and says he
well satisfied with his location. HI
mas bought from. the Groll Lumbe
company the lumber for q new hous'
which he intends to build iinmediatel,
on Oh The place he purchased from K. N
Eastman.
work commenced at NewhalI TIL
week on new steamer to be built Ia
MI Newhall to take the place OF tn
buckeye OH the Whatcom-AnacOrte
mail route. The new vessel is to hav
all SO-fOot keel and will be about 8
leet over all aud will be fitted up wit
special reference to the needs Of tn
,slahd route. James Scribner, the wei
Anown shipcarpeater Of this place, hs
charge of the wood work.
Tue picnic and ball given by tt
ladies' of the Catholic church Ia!
thursday were both very successft
ana enjoyable in every way.
~ reported that the net receipts wei
aoout 500, which will he used to pc
asmail debt on the church propert
anu make some needed improvement
i Ine ladies' wish to express through T
ISLANDER their heartfelt thanks to Il
people OF the island for their atten'
a"ce and generous help.
The revenue launch "Ecout" can
uoWn from Blaine Monday and =
surhed Tuesday. Lieut.. johnson w
accompanied by his wife and he sH.
,na. they both regret that his orde
aaue IT necessary for them to be ava
nun here during the fishing seaso
, tmey will be glad when they can 7
urn urn 70 the station here and establis
ae,r headquarters. Mr.. Johnson 60,
plat the traps In Boundary bay and
ss Jlnt Roberts have been crowded vii
n "sa since the big run began and th
July lack of sufficient help has pr
eateo the operation of the canneri
M m .helr full capacity day and nigh
s ne product Of the traps has been
no. that great many Of the 81
AsHen have len the fishing grounds.