The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-02

"oiu 0no Alex LlghtheArt.
"Watch-night" services were held q,
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Frank
land Tuesday night.
| Mrs. F. A. Simpson goes to Seattle
today to spend number Of weeks with
her daughter, Mn. Gene e. Gould.
/ 49,
James Scribner received . letter Z
few days ago from brother in Wal.
than, Mass, from whom he had NOT
heard directly for twenty-five year.
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County superintendent Allen and
family returned u their home on Wal
dron island Sunday, Lieut.. Batteries.
OF tho revenue launch Scout, having
kindly taken them over from Anacor.
tes.
The burden Of testimony from plum
growers Is to the effect that WHARF
poultry IL kept In the plum orchard
the tress are more thrifty, the fruit Of
better size and freer from insect pests
and the yield larger.
Captain Basford, Of the steamer
buckeye, and Mrs. Laird, Of What
com, went to Victoria Tuesday to be
married there New Years day. Capt.
J. w. Tarte, of Whatcom, is taking
Captain Basford's place OH the Buck
eye for two weeks.
The price of grain bags manufactured
at the Walla Walla penitentiary dur
ing 1902 has been fixed at $685. per 100
by the state board Of control. This is
an increase Of As cents. The product
for 1902 is estimated at 400, 900 sacks.
The price Of hop cloth has been fixed
at IL cents yard.
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Cheap clover seed is almost invaria-
bly, adulterated seed. Some tests made
by the department at Washington
showed that seed selling for So bushel
contained no less than 2O,928 weed
seeds to tho pound. The most COM
mon adulterants are foxtail, sorrel, plan
tain, dodder and Hungarian grass. Seed
which cost 81. 20 per bushel had but 226
weed seeds to the pound.
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The Bleaching crew Of the Pacific
Packing and Navigation Company fin
ished Bleaching the company's feet last
week. Eleven pile-drivers, five pile
pullers, sixty star scows, sixty trap or
pot scows, over 125 dories and seven
steamboats, and tugs are high and dry
on Eliza island, some of the vessels be-
ing propped up from six to twelve feet
from the ground. Six or seven steam
ers are still in the water, including the
big steamers Cudahy, Counselman and
Michigan, which will not be beached
this winter.-Fairhaven Times.
The necessity Of issuing last weeks
paper on Christmas day and the natur-
al desire of the 'sforce" to close up the
forms rs nearly as possible the previous
evening prevented more than a very
brief mention of the interesting and
highly appreciated exercises at Odd
Fellows hall Christmas eve. The chill
dren aud young people who took part
all acquitted themselves most credit
ably, and the thanks of the local pub
lie are due to Mrs. briggs and Miss
Thacker and their assistants for the
labor bestowed upon the preparations
which made the entertainment SO sue
cessful aud enjoyable.
J. IS. Trigg, the well known Iowa
writer on agricultural topics, repeats
an old and always good suggestion, a.
follows: "Let us not neglect the social
and intellectual side of life during the
winter season. The farm work during
the busy time is 80 pressing in its de.
|nands that but little time is left fol
mental Improvement and social inter-
Icourse. Have at least one good house
warming during the winter, inviting
all your friends and neighbos. Have
your good wife invite AL the ladies fol
an afternoon tea, and let the young
folks have candy pull. Invite out
some Of your town friends some even
ling and give them taste Of good farm
flare and hospitality. Anyhow, DOM
crawl into your shell and just MILL
cows, feed hogs and stun stoves al
winter"
; Why nav moro when you can buy
cheaper at Martin & Jensen's?
II We are making special low prices OF
, heating stoves.-Morse Hdw. Co
4 Advertised Letters.
II list Of letters remaining unclaimet
|, in the Friday Harbor postomoe ior In
, month ending December 81, 1901:
, Peter Aspiund. Mrs. Fisher.
81. A. Peterson, Frank 0uimby'
la. 81. Rae. II. G. Rae.
i Persons calling for any Of the allow
( l1efters please say ssadvorttsed.
j. e. TUCKER, r. n.
or Interest - reaehers
Il The state superintendent Of publ
! | instruction. has bean advised BY tn
! lattornsy-general that he il strongly e
! clinsd to the opinion that section =
i az the Code Of Public fnstFuction doe