THE CHIL'K'OOT POST
An unofficial periodical published without expense to the U.S.
June 13.,1924
Volume 4
No. m % C
DOUBLE HEADER BALL GAiffi A T SKAGWAY SUNDAY:
Two garae3 of baseball will attract Chilkoot Barracks and Haines people to
Skagway next Sunday, the first being between the Boy Scouts of Juneau and the
Skagway boys’ team, and the second between the Post nine and the adult aggregation
of Skagway, .....
The Skagway team will be the sane one that playedthe Post in the final
uielee at ’-Vhitehorse, losing the big money by a margin of just one run. Dad Dutcherfe
pastimers have been aching for revenge ever since and there’s a fair show for thsia
to get it, 3ince all the Colony F players are scheduled for a shot in the arm (not
hop, just anti-typhoid prphylaxis) Saturday and may hawe glass biceps the following
p.nu, while the Company E folks are in the midst of range work* Be all this as it
may, the Kooties figure they can win, and if they ion't it’s all in the day’s work.
'The Boy Scouts’ game should be a joy to the spectators* Ihe Juneau young
sters have been working out morning, noon and night, but the Skagway kiddos will
have Bambino Ruth Seimer hitting for ’em and some more of the same breed, so the
kid game should be a real swat-fe3t, which is always a scream for the bleachers.
And don’t forget the grandstand mil be full of mothers and fathers and sisters
out to see the young hopefuls make home runs or something. It’s goin* to be a
big day in Skagtown-on-the*»Lynn,
Ihe Fornance leaves Chilkoot Barracks Sunday at 2:00 plm*, returning after
the games*
COMPANY E GETTING A GOOD START ON RANGE: ...
Company E expects to fire their fi^st class for record early next week.
Sc far they have gotten away with a good start. Weather conditions have been godd,
although the light and wind have left something to be desired. The Chilkoot Post
will print an extra edition giving the scores of each class firing.
KIDDOS CATCH TROUT, SHOOT TARGETS, AND EAT:
At tile end of their first week at Chilkoot Barracks, the twenty-four Boy
Scouts from Juneau and three from Skagway have distinguished themselves chiefly
for three things: Fishing, shooting and eating*
When they came they’d been deluded into believing that the Army n&bioned
on salt pok and baked beans# They know better now* Melons and fresh fruit, roast
beef, spagetti, spuds in all styles, and enough other substantial food to make
something different each meal (not to mention that ice cream last Sunday) have
been set before the kildos by Hess Stewart Russell and Cooks Jelineck and Price
of Company F. And gosh*. How the youngsters do hopt to it! Second helpings are
only a starter for most of 'em# ds/hen they get around to about the fourth plate
full, old Dad Jeliheck takes the cob pipe out of his mouth, shuffles his bath
slippers back from the kitchen stove a ways and grins like a Cheshire cat over
their appreciation of his cooking, ibid the kids are right, for itb some skookum
chow.
As for the fishing, they’re at it every afternoon or evening, either from
Lhe dock or from skiffs piloted, by one of the scoutmasters or some of the militi&ry
personnel. The weather’s been perfect for it this week hardly a ripple stir
ring the waters of Mission Cove. There have been a lot of casualties among the
local sea bass as a result. (Continued on next page.)