The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16

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here-not a great many Of them, to
be sure, but many more than have
ever been here at one time before,
If not more than have been
here, all told, at any time or
times. 1t is to be regretted that
there were not more of them. A city
Of twenty-five or thirty thousand peo-
pie ought to be able to tax the pas
senger capacity of the steamer Islam
der to its utmost on such an occasion
and still leave some hundreds regret
ting that they could not secure pas
sage. But what the bunch lacked
in quantity it made up in quality, for
it was really quite a representative
crowd, including many substantial
citizens either at the head of or iden-
titled with many of the leading COM
mercial and industrial institutions of
"busy Bellinghsm.
The steamer arrived here shortly
after | p. m. Tuesday, having made
only one previous stop in the county,
at East Sound. No formal notice of
the partys coming had been received
here and no formal program was ar
ranged for the reception or entertain
ment of the gentlemen. but few pub
lie spirited citizens decorated their
places of business with flags and bunt-
ing and got together as many convey
ances as they could to take such as
cared to go out to the beautiful San
Juan valley. These little attentions
seemed to be cordially appreciated
by the visitors and many we're the ex-
pressions of astonishment and delight
which were heard when they saw the
fine farms and fine homes of the val
ley and were told that there were a
great many other fine places which
they could not See, within an hours
ride of Friday Harbor, which they
were surprised to find such an at
tractive and important town and
trading point. On the return trip
the party stopped about half an hour
at Lopez.
Among the party were: Robert L.
Kline, president of the chamber OF
commerce., member of the real estate
and Insurance firm of Eldridge, Kline
& VanWyck and for several terms a
member of the board of county COM
missioners; Frank Carleton Teck, Sec
retary of the chamber of commerce,
a member of the board of trustees of
the state normal school at Belling-
ham and one of the best known writ
ers in the state; w. D. Dodd, manag-
ing editor of the Bellingham Herald;
w. T. Prosser, managing editor OF
the Puget Sound American; G. z.
Chamberlain, proprietor of the Bel
lingham Reveille and George Turn
bull, it's. city editor; R. |. Morse, OF
the Morse Hardware Co.; W. E. Ter
riIl, manager of Stone, Fisher q
Lanes Fair Department Store, and
former mayor of Everett; Col. D..
Daun Egan, Of Gov. Mead's staff,
auditor of the Bellingham Bay and
British Columbia Railroad Co. and the
Bellingham Bay Improvement Go.
and principal stockholder in the Nook
sack Valley Canning Co.; S. A. D.
Glasscock, president and manager OF
the Washington Grocery Co. (whole-
sale); George E. Brand, president and
manager of the Brand-Lambert Co.,
wholesale groceries and feed; Samuel
Altshuler, proprietor Of the Red
Front Clothing House and 9 large
real estate owner; W. E. McCadden,
manager of John B. Agen's creamery;
|R. n. Garfield, manager OF the BEL
lingham branch of Fawcett Bros,
dealers in buggies, carriages, wag-
ons and farm ma -hinery; John =.
Thomas, of Thomas 4 Simpson, real
estate and loans; John Elwood, proml-
in the fishing business; Thns. Il. Dahl
ouist, proprietor Of the B. B. Groc-
ery: A. Mansfield, proprietor OF the
PEOPLES store; John Black, secretary
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