ISLANDS AND TOWNS.

SAN JUAN ISLAND is the largest of the group, and its chief industries are farming, raising stock, salmon-fishing, and manufacturing lime.

Friday Harbor, on this island, is the county seat and largest town, with about 500 people. A telephone system is in operation throughout the island.

Roche Harbor is the home of great lime kilns.

ORCAS ISLAND is the leading fruit-growing district of the county.

East Sound, near the center of the island, at the foot of Mount Constitution, is a picturesque and charming fruit-growing section and summer resort.

Orcas is an important center of the fruit and sheep raising industries.

LOPEZ ISLAND is a beautiful stretch of fertile agricultural land, much of it under tillage, and is the home of a prosperous community of farmers and stock-growers.

Lopez is the chief commercial center, with a cannery and creamery.

SKAGIT COUNTY.