The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-06-26
Local Newe Briefs

The steamer Sehome brought about
800 excursionists from the bay cities to
East Sound last Sunday.
Silas Casey Post, G. A. r., is repre-
sented, at the state encampment, at
Everett this week by Post Commander
A. S. Hall.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Gene c. Gould are
home again, having visited the Yellow
stone National Park and spent several
days in Seattle. where Mr.. Gould
attend ed the bankers convention.
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| Mrs. O. III. Culver and children
reached Gaysville, Vermont, where
they will spend the summer, on the
18th inst. They started from here, on
the 10th and spent one day in Seattle.
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E. G. Woodin, who is soliciting orders
for nursery stock on Orcas island for
Brown Bros. Company, of Rochester,
N. Y, reports excellent success. He
came over from Olga Monday, return-
ing Tuesday.
There is to be ball at the Odd Eel
lows hall Friday evening July 4th, to
which every one is invited. Supper
will be served at the Bay View hotel.
Tickets to ball and supper $1.5O, each
admitting one couple.
Mrs. G. E. Hackett and children
have returned from their visit with
Mrs Robt Smith at Tumwater. Mrs.
Smith accompanied them and they are
now visiting the Guard families at
their homes near town.
The steamer Messenger, which has
been chartered for the season by the
Wales Island Packing Company, left
Saturday for the company's fishing
grounds on Dixon Entrance, about 100
miles from Ketchikan, Alaska.
The Puget Sound Navigation Comp
any has made one fare round trip rate
Oh all of its steamers between all points,
good from July 2nd to 9Th, inclusive.
The usual Fourth of July rate hereto
fore on the Thompson has been one fare
and fifth, to terminal points only.
G. K. Hackett, who is in Portland,
was witness of the recent great fire
there which destroyed property valued
at several hundred thousand dollars.
In note to the editor of the ISLANDER
Mr.. Hackett says: at would be quite
difficult to describe the awful grandeur
of the scene."
The Seattle papers of last Sunday
reported that Mrs. Worth, wife of Capt.
Frank Worth, had been granted a
divorce i'm one of the courts the previous
day, Mrs. Worth testifying that. upon
her return from trip east to visit her
parents she found that the captain had
transferred his affections to another
woman.
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Bids are desired by the clerk of
school district No. 0 for furnishing rs
rick cords of good sound fir wood, "A
inches in length and split for stove use.
At least five cords must be delivered
by Oct Goth and the remainder by
December 10th. Bids should be in by
July |. The right to reject any or all
bids is reserved by the board.
The Buckeyes new boiler was cover
ed with thick coating of asbestos al
Whatcom Sunday. Mr.. Newhall had
expected to put on new and larger
wheel at the same time but was unable
to beach the vessel where he had hopel
to. The new machinery is working
very smoothly and satisfactorily now
and when the new wheel is on 1t is sx-
pecred that the steamer Will make con-
siderably better time.
Capt. II. r. Gawley, of Lummi island,
was i'm town little while Friday. He
Is interested with Whatcom men in an
effort to organize new steamboat
company to operate steamers between
Whatcom, the San Juan islands,
Blaine, Point Roberts and Victoria.
He is also a hearty supporter of the
efforts which the ISLANDER has been
making to secure the establishment of