The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-20

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Lawson Bros, shipped 1873 sheep and
lambs-mostly lambs, to Fairhaven
yesterday.
H. w, Templin of Templln's Fair,
East Sound. was visitor to the county
seat this week.
H. Harrington. of Nashon, principal
owner of the Eag!e lime works, on
Orcas, was in town. Tuesday and Wed
nesday on legal business.
The social event of next week will be
the annual ball and supper of the Re-
bekah lodge, to be given Thanksgiving
evening at Odd Fellows hall.
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Dr. Harpst will be present at all the
services Of the Methodist church next
Sunday. Sunday school at 10 a. m;
preaching at II a. m aud 7:30 p. m.
The Santa Juani,a Club met Novem-
ber Is at the home of Mrs. Sweeney.
Ten members were present. The club
is to meet with Mrs. Phacker Novem-
ber 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Firth left Mon
day for trip east Of the mountains, in
tending to stop at various points along
the Great Northern between Wenat-
chez and Spokane.
The quarterly apporlopmeat of state
school funds, made few days ago, is
the smallest made for a good while,
amounting to only SS9, ,533 for the entire
state. This county's portion is $3S2.94.
Miss Mile Purchase, niece of Mrs.
Geo. Mullis, and Mr.. Hicks of Ellens-
burg, left last week for the formers
home in Kansas, where they are to be
married soon and return to Ellensbnrg
to reside.
There were only three teachers in at
tendance at the quarterly examination
held last week. The examination had
been advertised to be held this week,
there having been gIisunderstapding
as TO the dates.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Ballinger have re-
Gently changed their place of residence
from Whatcom to Fairhaven and are
now keeping house at 1907 Twelfth
street. They will he at home the first
and third Thursday of sach month";
Fairhaven Herald, 4
T. s. Emerson, manager Of the firm
Of E. l.. Dwyer & Co, Whatcom, spent
Thursday and Friday at East Sound
and bought 1900 boxes of apples for
the Pacific Cold Storage Co, ,'Whatcom,
and 1000 boxes for the firm at What
com, for Alaska shipment. 4
Miss Pearl Conaway, formerly resi-
dent Of Argyle and who recently visit
ed Miss Amelia Jensen there, was ser-
Onsly injured in Seattle few days ago
by being struck by butchers cart.
Her right foot was crushed, lower
rib broken and her bodily badly bruised.
George Gibbs, the we'll known horti.
culturist, formerly Of this county, has
moved from, old Fort Bellingham out
to Clearbrook, twenty miles from
Whatcom, where he says he has fine
location for bulb growing, having
"choice, sandy, virgin soil, with best
natural drainage"
The county auditor has received a
letter from Ole n. Hendrickson, of
Northland, Mimi, expressing anxiety
about his brother, James n. Hendrick-
son, from whom he has, heard nothing
since last March. James Hendrickson,
the brother says, owns land in tn
county and fused to be in the woods
working.
State, School Superintendent Bryan
says it Is not probable that any teach
ers' examination will be held I'm Febru-
ary owing to lack of funds, and he also
says that returns from the November
examination must not be expected as
promptly as heretofore, for the same
reason, funds not being available for
the employment of needed extra help