The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-08-29

W .I;sE nhd Crockery, Trunks and
| we carry complete line of To;,et
articles. Call aud hear our prices
Friday Harbor Drug Co.
II you appreciate q good smoke trv
one OF our Little Brunswick scent
cigars.-Martin & Jensen.
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San Juan county Is to be given a
nearing before the state board Of equal.
izatlon at Olympia September IL.
| Your bread may he good now, but will
De better II you use Majestic steel
range. Morse Hdw. Co., Whatcom.
we will fill your prescriptions cor
rectly for less money than Seattle DRUG
companies. Friday Harbor Drug Co.
Summers brothers caught a BIG devil
fish Tuesday on Minnesota reef. below
Browns island. II measured over ten
feet in breadth.
Frank and Albert Jensen are soon to
begin the building q new steamer al
Grifiin bay. They intend to have it
considerably larger than the Griffin.
Mrs. A. NJ. Currier, of La Conner.
mother of Miss Susan Lord Currier.
superintendent Of Skagit county
schools. Is visiting Mr.. aud Mrs. w. e.
Clark.
Majestic malleal,le and iron steel
range Ia q permanent fixture, savings
bank In fuel, food and repair bills.
Send postal card to the Morse Hdw. Co.
for illustrated catalogue.
We are carrying fine line of mems,
ladies' and children's fine dress shoes.
If you will call aud inspect them you
| will not 0e likely to purchase else
where.-Martin & Jensen.
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Because of the dry season the crop of
| oats and peas, especially OH upland i'm
this county, will be rather below the
average. The song of the reaper is
heard throughout the valley now.
Mrs. Stevens, wife of the gentleman
engaged AZ principal of the Friday
Harb0r school, has been engaged rs
teacher of the intermediate depart
ment. School is to begin September 8.
Capt. r. e. Davis was in town yes
terday en- route to Wnatcom. He sailed
about 400 barrels of fish at Richardson
and sold about 500, 900 sockeys from his
two traps. which caught over million.
Mrs. I. A. Nadeau and daughter
MadOlin, of Seattle, are visiting Mrs.
G.. b. briggs. Mr.. Nadeau has been
the general agent of the Northern Pa.
| cific railway in Seattle for quite q
number Of years.
! San Juan county still maintains its
position as the chief sheep producing
county in western Washington, having
about 1900 more than Whatc0m county,
according to the latest assessment re-
turns of the two counties.
C.L. French, of Mitchell bay, the
well known cooper, who has been en-
ployed for a lOng time at the Cowell
lime works, left Monday for Oakland,
CAL, to visit his father, whom he has
not seen for many years.
Mr.. Broder is arranging to start q
fruit cannery in connection with the
creamery here. He Is also much inter.
ested I'm the proposition to establish q
local salmon cannery and Will 90 all ne
can to in .erest capital IN the enterprise
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In letter to his wife Lieut.. Ballin-
ger. executive officer Of the revenue
cutter Grant, says that when the Grant
few days ago passed the scene OF the
wreck Of the steamer Islander the
waters were "full of icebergs," which
are dangerous menace to navigation
| I'm that region.
1 County Auditor Clark Is In receipt OF
A communication from an official OF the
state board of horticulture from which
n appears that q demand, or request, Is
/ TO be made upon the county commits
sioners to appoint u county fruit in-
snector. The law provides for the APP
/ ointment of such an official In every
county and fixes the compensation az
$3.50 day.
Beef cattle, which were rather scarce
a few months ago, are reported quite
nlentiful and prices are lower than
! have ruled for good while. A great
many cattle have been shipped INTO
southeastern Washington from the
drought stricken sections o: Kansas anG
Nebraska. There has been matelial
falling off also in the price OF mutton
sheep and lambs.
/ n. L. Betten, of Alameda, CAL, one
of the trainers OF the Pacific Northwest
Field Trial Club, which Is to hold ite
annual trial of dogs 1t CoupeviIle!
Whidby island, October "A, arrived
Monday with twelve fine English set
ters which he Is training. He came
here because of having been advised
that the San Juan valley is one OF tne
finest localities In western Warrington
for training hunting dogs. The metn.
DDS Of the club are entirely harmless q
game: no birds are shot, blank car,
; fridpes only being used in rineS OF
cali6er, when the game ts scared Up ~
the do9s. Mr.. Betten wishes IL 20 q
mndefstood that he Is in no sense
treanaseer and thst he trains over IaIIn
lands only by permission OF the oWneis
what most people want Is something
mild and semitic. when In need Of = yslc
: Chamberiain's Stomach and Liver tsDI9u
ill the bill to dot They are eesy - s -
and pleasant ia effect. For sale ~ TN
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