The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-03-21
Gown and County News.

'OuHly NEWS, s
Wall Paper, Trunks and new goods
sixteen Photos for 25c, this week
only. The old Gallery.
April Argosy and Ainslee,s inst 70.
ceiVeo. islander Company.
Norman Frazier is reported quite III
IN one OF the Seattle hospitals.
Try Madrona tomatoes. 3 cans for OK
cents, at the s. ]. T.. Co. Is store.
Oscar P. Oliver, of Seattle, is visiting
ms brother-in-law, August Wold.
Just until after Sunday to have your
picture taken-l6 for Csc, at the old
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hold.
ing, Roche Harbor, Sunday, March II,
daughter.
Dr. Capron has disposed of an inter-
est in his telephone system to Robert
Finn, of Mitchell hay.
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The latest periodicals at THE ISL
AMBER office, exclusive agency for
Puget Sound News Co.
DIR. Martin closed his office here Sat.
urday and left Wednesday. He ex-
poets to leave Seattle for Alaska on the
Doth.
Mrs. John Briggs is dangerously in
with pneumonia. Doctors CaprOn and
Wright were both called to see her
Monday.
Six mineral contracts covering prop
erty in the vicinity of Richardson and
Otis have been recorded by the county
auditor this week.
}. w. SandisOn, photographer, will
be i'm East Sound on or about Wednes-
day, March q. For a few DAYS only.
l6 pictures for Is cents.
Wanted-A good reliable hoy, or
young man, for farm and orchard work.
Steady employment and good home
Apply at this office.
Mrs. w. HI. Parsons, of Seattle, will.
be In Friday Harbor by April LIST with
large assortment of trimmed and un-.
trimmed hats; at East Sound about
April 10th, and April Goth at Lopez
island. 9--z
The Whatcom teacher engaged to
teach a three months term i'm the Doe
Bay district, beginning last Monday,
failed to- put i'm an appearance. The
former teacher, who had no certificate
and taught OH permit, skipped out
when her permit expired and engaged
in other occupation at Whatcom.
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County Assessor Buxton says he has
been instructed to assess tbs steamers
Counselman and Cudahy, as we'll as
the Michigan, i'm this county. Friday
Harbor is to be the hailing port. The
legislature passed u bill eXeinpting1
steamers from taxation, but at last ae-
counts it had not been signed by the
governor aud there doesn't appear to
be any sensible reason why it should
he.
Note the new advertisement of the
Groll Lumber Company on the second
page of this issue. The large increase
i'm the size of the advertisement over
the modest little announcement which
Mr.. Groll has hitherto had in, the
ISLANDER. and which he found paid
him we'll, is merely indicative of the
increase which has taken place in his
business and of his greatly improved
facilities for handling it. He will give
prompt and careful attention to any
order, whether it's for chicken house
or q mansion. b n Gf
The custom house flag was displayed
at halfInast a short time Sunday ia
token of respect for ex-President Har-
rison whose funeral occurred OH that
day at indianapolis. AS no order has
been received from the collector OF the
district TO display the flag at hall mast
for thirty days, in accorda nee with the
proclamation OF the president, II Is pre-
sumed that the order applies only to
buildings which the government owns
land which are the only ones for which
it furnishes United States fags) and to
foreign consulates and war vessels OF
the government In all ports or at sea.
Mr.. Culver, now deputy collector here,
attended the national convention at
Chicago which nominated General
Harrison for president in 1888 and in
the following year he was nominated
by the president to be register of the
United States land Office for the north.
ern district of Idaho, but declined the
appointment to engage in business IN
this state.