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.