Mr POSTLIASTEE AT HAINES:
Mrs. Anna B# Brown, for sous time assistant postmaster at Haines,
has been appointed Postmaster, succeeding Mrs. Charles 0. Ross# Mrs. Ross
resigned recently as she finds she has sufficient domestic duties to keep
her busy, especially broiling, frying and stewing the rabbits, ptarmigan,
ducks and snipe, etc#, which her husband, the sergeant-major, shoots after
office hours.
Local inhabitants are much pleased at the appointment of Mrs. Brown,
whose performance of the duties of assistant postmaster have given great sat
isf action*______________
DON1 T FORGET TO VOTE:
Election of municipal officers will be held in Kaines next iUesday.
Mr. Harry (Casey) Jones, of Haines, is at the Post Hospital suffer
ing from heart trouble.
Mr. Frank Saucer, a civilian, is in the post hospital for observa
tion and treatment.
Mr. Walton, the prominent dairyman of Haines, is expected back on
the next boat from the States, where he has been attending the funenal of
his wife. Mrs. Walton died recently at Ketchikan following a surgical op
eration.
SEVEN 1H INFANTRY WINS INDOOR SHOOT: HQgWOOD AMONG WINNERS:
The Seventh Infantry has again pushed its way to the front page of
national publicity by winning the National Rifle Association military cham
pionship competition, .22 caliber, for 1924, according t The Infantry School
News.
The ten man team, captained by 1st Lt# A. P.Kitson (formerly stationed
at Anchorage) made an average of 95.48 per cent for the six slow fire ranges
and 93.93 per cent for the three rapid fire ranges.
Ihe following officers and enlisted non composed the team, and are
named in the order in which they made scores, highest being first:
Sgt. John S'cofko, Hq. C0.; 1st Lieut. A.P. ICitson; Sgt. JOSEPH L.
H0GW00D> Company K. ; Sgt. Elijah H. Griffin, Company B.; Sgt. It avis T.
Bryah, C ompany C.; Sgt. John Roberts, Company A; Cpl. S.C. Ledford, Co. B;
Sgt. Max E. Graefe, Co. B.; Cpl. Watt W. Tolen, Co. 3.
The competition was shot over a 50-foot indoor range at Vancouver Bar
racks# The match was divided into four stages:(lst)lO shots prone and 10
shots sitting; (2nd) 10 shots prone and 10 shots kneeling; (3rd) 10 shots
prone and 10 shots standing; (4th) rapid fire, ten shots each prone, sitting
and kneeling#
The Vancouver Rifle Team and business men of Vancouver ('Washington)
were i.ii?-estei and enthusiastic over the match, and upon learning that the
team had won, entertained the Regimental Commander and team at a banquet at
the St# Elmo Hotel, Vancouver, on the evening of February 26th, 1924#
(That part of the regiment stationed at Chilkoot Barracks certainly
rejoices with the other units of the organization in this achievement, es
pecially as our old '’side-kick” Hogwood was third man on the winning team,
and as it was captained by Lt# ’’Perce" Kitson, known to many of us from the
days when he served at Anchorage. It all goes to show that the 7th Infantry,
where ever it is stationed, in Alaska or in the States, just can't be beat
in the handling d? a rifle. And the victory of the regipent in the States
is an incentive for us, at Chilkoot, to pep up for our forthcoming range
season. 7e want to help the Regiment to again lead all others, instead tf
being a hinderance, and for this we think we're "Volens et Potens."