The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-02
Local News Briefs

s Local News Briefs
Don't forget the library entertain
ment tomorrow evening.
James Scribner is building kitchen
addition to his house.
Rev. Thos. Boyd has been quite i'll
during the past week with the grippe.
The new board of county commits
sioners will hold its first session next
week.
E. e. Ainsworth has resigned as
general manager of the Pacific Packing
and Navigation Company.
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Assessor Court has finished making
his first personal assessment on Orcas
island and is now at work Oh Lopez.
S. Baer, of Seattle, whose illness was
reported in the ISLANDER last week,
died at the Bay View hotel Wednesday
evening. The body was shipped to
Seattle Thursday.
Wm. Munro and VIM. Derrinberg
were over from Sidney, b. c., the first
Of the week. Mr.. and Mrs. Derrinberg
have moved to their farm at Turgose,
between Sidney and Victoria.
"Jack" Slattery, of Fairhaven, who
formerly lived near Doe Bay, was the
leader of the State University debating
team" adjudged the winners of the
recent interstate contest with Idaho.
John Kelly is spending few days in
town with his daughter, Mrs. Nash,
recuperating from severe attack of
grippe, which first got grip upon him
at Olympia, where he was one of the
legislative watchmen.
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Sheriff McCrary and family have
moved to the Murray place, which
they have leased. Mr. Monnett and
his mother, who had been living there
for several months, have moved to the
Rethlefsen place, vacated by Mr.. Nc
Crary.
Judge Thacker returned home last
week, having spent some time since
the adjournment of the legislature
visiting his daughter at Arlington and
friends at other places. He is looking
we'll and says that he enjoyed the ser
sion and feels that much desirable leg
islation was enacted, although, as is
always the case, many very meritori-
Gus measures failed of passage.
When the U. S. survey boats were
crossing the strait from Port Townsend
last week, en- route to Friday Harbor,
one of the men, Mr.. Brisman, was
sitting OH top OF the house Of the larger
vessel when it gave sudden heave
and he fell overheard. Fortunately the
launch Vixen was steaming along
about 100 yards in the rear and picked
him up. A high sea was running at
the time and it took about five minutes
to get him aboard. He undoubtedly
owes his life to the fact that he is an
expert swimmer.
Last Sunday morning at the M. E.
church Mr.. Harpst spoke on the sub
ject, "The World for Christ" taking as
a text Mark 1915, Luke N-47. He re-
called the time when with his churches
in New York state he labored to send
money for the establishment of
churches in the west. Even now the
churches here receive more missionary
money than they give. He spoke of
the good accomplished in the South
sea islands mainly through the efforts
of Mr.. Williams, who was one of the
first to risk being eaten by the savages,
and of the work Of DIR. Livingston in
Africa. Missionary work in China,
though begun very early, has been
slow because the first Christians to 60
there were Catholics. The Chinese
found that they sought for the Pope
temporal power as well as spiritual.
This has made them suspicious also Of
Protestant missionaries. In Japan the
work has been more successful. He