The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-08
THE ISLANDER
AS OTHERS SEE IT
SOME EXPRESSIONS FROM COM.
PETENT CRITICS
Considered One of the Very Hest
Weekly Newspapers in the Pacific
Northwest "--The Publisher and
the County Congratulated.

The improvements lately made in
the ISLANDER have called forth many
cordial and kindly expressions of
commendation from friends of the
paper and of the publisher, and these
expressions of friendly interest and
appreciation have not come alto
gether from readers in this county.
Among the letters received during
the past week are the following from
well-knOwn citizens of Bellingham,
prominently identified with the
growth of the city and the develop
ment of it's naturally tributary area.
Mr.. Teck was for years in the news
paper business and is one of the best
known writer's in the state and Mr..
Clark was the first president of the
Whatcom Commercial Club, now the
Chamber of Commerce, and is at the
head of the great Fair Department
Store.
BELLINGHAM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Bellingham, October 3, 1904.
Editor SAN JUAN ISLANDER,
Friday Harbor, Washington.
Dear Sir: Please accept my con-
gratulations upon the enlargement
and significant improvement of the
ISLANDER. 1t is now one of the very
best weekly newspapers in the Pa
cific Northwest and trust the peo-
pie of San Juan county will give it
the hearty and liberal support w@ich
it's increasing Importance and service
to their vital interests deserve.
What particularly admire in the
ISLANDER is the very striking and
effective way in which it presents
the geographical position, the ex-
tent, the resources and the industries
of the county. This is the best kind
of advertising, not only for the land
ed interests of the islands but for the
products of the lands as we'll 1t is
convincing because the man back
east who receives the paper knows
that it is a regular edition of news
paper whose subscribers and readers
are practically all citizens of the
county described and who would
naturally resent the introduction OF
any false statements in any such de-
scriptions of San Juan county.
1 am logically interested in such
efforts, and in your noteworthy en-
terprise specially, because in my
work as secretary of the Bellingham
Chamber of Commerce l receive
many inquiries about the fertile is
lands of San Juan county, which we
always include in a general way in
our advertising of the Bellingham
Bay country. l am therefore very
glad to get hold of so effective and
comprehensive description OF San
Juan county as that contained in the
new ISLANDER, because your inter
ests are naturally shared by the peo-
ple of Bellingham and vice versa, and
we shall do all we can to help build
you up because the more you develop
the better it will be for Bellingham,
and the growth of large city on
Bellingham bay will add to your con-
veniences of transportation, improve
the market for your products and in
crease the value of your property.
l think that it would be a good
thing for every property owner in
San Juan county to send out copies
of the ISLANDER to eastern friends,
and it certainly would be good in
vestment to have supply OF them
here in this Office for general distri-
button throughout the country.
Sincerely yours,
FRANK G. TECK.
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