The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-03-03

the impressive Master Mason's de-
gree was conferred upon Capt. N.
T. Hodgson, Of Richardson. After
the work Of the evening fine lunch
was served in the rooms over the
Islander Office.
A certain store on Elk street
near Holly in Bellingham is selling
new Rugs at ridicuously low prices
ana IS either losing lot of money,
or tney have an advantage in buying
IN the east that no other store
possesses. The supply Of large, per-
IecI SMITHS Administer Rugs at
SlO.f5 seems to be inexhaustible.
VIM. Buchanan, who recently
SOLD his fine farm in the San Juan
valley to Mr.. Wiley has taken up a
temporary residence, with his family
at Argyle. They will reside there
during the time Mr.. Buchanan is
touring the northwest in search of
permanent location. He has been
considering the purchase Of fine
farm near Chehalis but is yet un-
decided as to what he, will do.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. ]. Woodhurst,
who purchased the Jas. Tulloch
place near East Sound about four
years ago.. for $1,000, have sold
the farm to ]. B. Lockwood, of Port
land, Oregon, who will take poss-
esslon at once and reside there with
his family. The consideration is
not reported but the sale is said to
have been made at a considerable
advance over the price paid by Mr..
Woodhurst. Mr.. and Mrs. Wood
hurst expect to take up their resi-
dence in Seattle.
The Arlee brought ten tons of
clover hay down from the Crook
tarm, on English bay, the first of
the week for the San Juan Agricul-
tural Co. 1t is selling at S14.OO a
ton. Timothy and timothy and Glow
er mixed bring more. E. Erickson
has large quantity of the latter
which heis offering in ten-ton lots
at $3.50, and in ton and a half lots
at $500.
There was travelling man in town
Wednesday who was asked in Jeffer-
son county the first of the week to
sign petition of travelling men to
the county commissioners asking
them to re-license the bar operated
in connection with the hotel at Quill
Gene, an unincorporated town.
Though not an absolute tetotaller
he refused and he remarked here
that in his opinion not many travel
ing men would sign it, for most Of
the men ION the road" ale convinced
that the no-license policy improves
trade as well as moral conditions.
He said that the trade of the house
he represents has increased fully
twenty percent throughout the
"dry" part of the territory that
the firm covers.
Canadian launch owners who vio-
late either the Canadian or United
States laws are likely to be sum-
marily dealt with at Victoria. The
deputy collector here recently re-
ported to Capt. Bittancourt, Of the
Canadian patrol launch Winamac,
that large launch from one of the
Victoria boat houses had few days
before landed two passengers on the
west coast of this island without
making any report on this side. as
the law requires. The matter was
promptly investigated and the launch
owners were heavily fined by the
collector in Victoria.
Walter E. Larson, of the shrimp
steamer Orlou, has contracted with
VIM. H. F. Reed, of the Decatur
shipyard, for the constr uction of a
new tugboat to be completed and
delivered to Mr.. Larson in about 80
days. The new boat is to be 60
feet long, IA feet beam and will
have load draft of IL feet. She
will be equipped with an so horse
power engine (steam) and is to de-
velop speed Of about twelve miles
when running light. She is to be
used for general towing and will be
operated in the vicinity Of Tacoma.
Mrs. Darcy Andrew, who recently
bought the John Whitley place, in
Groll's addition, has had The cottage
nicely finished inside, has most
tastefully furnished it and is now
''at home there to her friends, for
whose entertainment she has pur-
chased handsome" player"
piano. the first one of the kind
brought to Friday Harbor. After