The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1908-08-13
AMONG THE ISLANDS
Randall and Cross Favor The
Tribune With a Letter
N CAMP ON ORCAS ISLAND.
TO THE LYNDEN TRIBUNE.

| TO THE LYNDEN TRIBUNE:
July %. Everything is lovely, and
| lie goose hangs high-iust out oi
Zach. However the salmon are in
Zach and want TO say that ii takes
i pretty good sized one 10 satisfy our
| edrnlVOrous appetltes, even for one
| neal | think | hear some of the
| readers of The TrlbLne saying, That
fish story" They are certainly
ght IL is fish | am writing aboll.
te are catching some very fine sal
! 'pn nowadays.
4 Tuesday afternoon the Baldwin and
}SlHg families, Miss Plank and yo,r
umble correspondent took a trip Ill
ay sloop DELTA B. 10 Matte Island.
The Island is Government Light
house Reserve but an old batch by
ue name Of Smith resides there. The
stand contains about 40 acres, the
Il usL of which is covered with brush
nd woods, however he keeps nice
iluck Of sheep and has a small garden
IS Plank look a snapshot Of the
felhaps you have heard of the old
saying, AS deaf as a bat, | would
dge him 10 be as deaf as all the
las banded together
We got back to camp about supper
me and | want to tell you, that the
CUB suffered.
Yesterday morning the Baldwins an
AXhngs and Miss Plank slowed Their
dtfle" aboard the Delta B., pull I'd
anchor and started westward arou I'd
rcas Island. If all goes well, they
hope TO be back to our camp by Aug.
FIRST.
Thursday, July 60 All is o. x.
, camp today as usual, however the
Wild - h.cnil.g up quite dust on the
wafer. So much so, in fact, that small
,rafjs had better keep their wealth er
Eve open. The mail must have mis-
carried, for mailed the correspon-
dence i'll time to get in the paper
each week. We get the Tribune reg
.ularly and are glad TO note the im-
.povement. There don't seem to he
very many boats in sight today, how
'cger- looking over the Bay-l do see
n .i:.se,,s se,s Barge making her way north-
ward. We have neighbors both east
and west of us. West of us one mile
re three tents of campers from Fern
uale, and east of us are two camps
If Siwash Indians, hunting and fishing
There sounds the "Hurrah" for diI-
nor. Board here is $500 per day,
Which includes the soft side of the
gravelly beach TO sleep on and all the
Bay water you want 10 bathe IN.
Friday, July 81. We are happy to-
day as We took trip TO Twin Islands
Il is morning and returned with a
good supply of CLAIMS. Now We can
Ike our choice of boiled CLANS. fried
clans, clam soup or just common
every day clans. Come over Nj.
Editor and get good square meal of
cams If you want roast CLAIMS. we
VIII allow you to roast them, pro
lded, you cut your own wood, see
We will take trip up the Sound
this evening for the mail, and ! hope
we will not be disappointed. Well
t suppose, today is the great day III
Lynden We want you To take IN
some Of the sights for us, if you get
more than you want for yourselves.
Saturday, Aug. l. The Delta j.
r,turned on scheduled time this after
noon about p. NJ. with all on board
Well and happy. On their trip around
ercas Island. they stopped at Olga,
nd, after landing, all climbed up old
Mt. Constitution. From its summit
lney had an excellent view Of the
Sound and say they were well repaid
for the labor done in climbing.
They report very pleasant journey
around the Island.
Sunday. Aug. 2. To-day being Sun
uuy IL WcS spent III SAlOiliiiS tioAAt, N4-N
sea-shore, gathering shells and visit
ing. For dinner we had a clam-bake
During the day we have seen three
large steamers and many small crafts
on the sound.
Monday, Aug. 3. The wind was
hard this morning SO the Baldwin
and Axling party did not get away
quite as early as they intended
However at noon. as the wind and
sea were Gained considerably, they
pulled anchor and stood away ial
Birch Bay. They will probably reach
Birch Bay before night-fall, when Mr..
Axling will take a bike and go nome
after his team to haul them and the
boat home.
If you could look across the Bay
from Lynden. you would see two old
buffers at their camp this evening"
but just the same, We are monarchs
of all We survey,--see? Again We say
goodbye Ever respectfully yours,
RANDALL & CROSS.