SOME OLD TIMERS —BACK IN 1911
C me nil you 98’ers and listen to my song,
>- < so very pretty, but it won’t take long;
.it a lew oldtimers around the town
< them are up and some of them are down.
Musselshell Frank and old Staghound Bill,
itified Pete, all with us still
a Bill still sticks around,
;irit Mountain and Limber Brown.
( • >at Sam is here to stay,
:e and Rats won’t leave, they say,
)a' light Kid has gone away
on like Dan has left to stay.
Grade Charley and Go-Get-Em Jack
Fiddler Bob will soon come back,
! r ode Jack has passed beyond,
or Bill to Peru has gone,
vp .Jack has gone over the hill
Fmis Smith and Gasoline Bill.
( ,,ke Johnson is looking fine
Pontius is down at the mine;
F Squareface Sam, whom we can’t forget,
! Govute Jack at Cook’s Inlet;
:!<_•] Skate Kid and Hard Rock Ben,
ooth come back when they get thin.
Gila Monster’s got gold to dig,
; Bill and Paddy the Pig;
Charley and Little Hank,
- u i Charlie and Yakima Frank.
Old Man Prunes, the boys all know,
. Turk and Zither Joe,
Fa Andy and Colored Snow;
■ ipah Andy, he wants a bride,
i 1 Big Louie, who knows how to ride.
; .iiing Ole, you all know him,
H .milton and Ham Grease Jim:
Smith at Teikhell. IMukluk Dick is gone,
: .y it a blue ticket for doing wrong.
: Slop Jake and the Gambler’s Ghost,
; Daddy Beck, who’s at the Post,
i .iia Man Harvey with his one-man drill,
ing Pan Smith out on the hill;
i a > p Hole Charley and his little pack,
K< d-Headed Chris and Dynamite Jack.
Old Red Ellis, whom you know,
Formation Jack and Powerful Joe;
V iling Jim Brennan, with nothing to do,
Andspit Kid and Blackie, too.
d d-Headed Chris with no hair on his pate,
Aces and Klondike Kate.
• C. S. Louie and Jimmy the Jug,
.'me Charles and the Boston Pug,
-Km-up Johnson and Fancy Frank,
< ve all got money for the faro bank,
are hard workers, some like their ease.
F a they’re all oldtimers around Valdez.
—Reprinted from the Valdez Miner.
Mine Sweepers
Preparing For
Alaska Cruise
(By The Associated Press)
BREMERTON’ Feb. 23—Navy of
ficials said that the mine sweepers
, Oglalla. Tanager, Quail, and King
! fisher, are to come to the navy yards
i iiere for outfitting preparatory to
' continuing the Aleutian Island sur
i vey begun two years ago..
The Oglalla and Tanager are at
Pearl Harbor The others are at San
Diego. They are to come here in
about a month before steaming
north.
Congress Listens
To Washington’s
Farewell Address
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO Feb 23—A sharp
gust of wind exerting a strain on
the "structurally weak frame” sent
the U S Navy airship “Macon" to
the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, a
Naval Board of Inquiry, was told
by Judge Advocate Commander T.
L Gatch, Thursday.,
Naval Board Of
Inquiry On Th°
“Macon” Finished
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Feb . 23rd—The
Senate and the House listened to
Washington’s Farewell Address, fol
lowing one of its oldest traditions.
Senator Austin of Vermont, was
chosen to read the eight thousand
word message, before the Senate.
Speaker B>rns of the House read
the address to his fellow colleagues.
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