THE LISTENING POST:
how much Bin he slip the reporter?:
(From the “Juneau Daily Empire”)
“Major EfJ*McClung,Commanding Officer of the United
States army troop stations in Alaska,arrived here on the Victo
ria from the Westward, and left on the Harbor Boat “Fornance”
for Fort Seward. He has been on a tour of inspection in the
Territory
APR0BOS OF THE ABOVE we’ll say that the Major is a hard worker.He even
drills nights.
PRIVATE 1 Cl. GROVES has returned from furlough,where he has been for the
last two months. He's been improving his claims,(thafy he can get
away with more home produce than any other soldier in Fort Seward.
IF THE BASKETBALL SEASON lasts long enough, one of the Company teams MAY be
able to squeeze out a win over Haines. 0,'veil,-when baseball
starts we’ll have Haines faied. They'd have an awful job digging
up nine ball-players in the nearby village#
I.D.R.-REVISED :(BY (JEN. PETITTI).
"At the Gorinand-’FORWARD-MARCH’-lift both feet from the
ground, andL step off smartly 30 paces with the right foot.”
IN AGIN--OFF AOIN;
We understand that the Limping Corporal from "E” is
off again on one of his furloughs,-or maybe it would be more ac
curate to say-on his one furlough.. Gee,how DOES that guy work it?
WHEREAT IS ALL THEM bowlers, basketeers, and other athaleets that showed up
"E” Company so well last winter,when ’’F” was still at Liscum? Nary
a 3ign this year,brother, nary a sign. All alibis carefully filed
for future use.
WE HAVE IT C>N HIS OWN WORD that the Sarge-Hajor has been captured by one of
the Sub-debs from our heighboring hamlet. 3ut the S.M.already has
014E income-divider,and he knows that we know he’s no Mormon. There
ie a miscue somewhere,-but he’ll have to name it*
OUR NEW FIRM of artistic photographers,-Russell and Nyberg,-were out shoot
ing the moon the other evening,and we’ll say that they did a swell
job. For evidence-see the P.X.clerks,-and get three proofs for the
small sum of two(2)bits. (Note-how about a commission on this ad
Christmas is in the near future.)
AND ”F** PLAYS HAINES again tonight. With the addition of Cole our latest
company is out to make the Civies stop.After last week’s 22-16
score, tonight* s game ought to be a whiz. Capt.Rdwards will handle
the whistle,which fact is in itself an assurance that the melee
will show some real basketball. Unless basketball is handled ef
ficiently^ -and played clean,-the usual Harvard-Yale football match
is a pink tea in comparison.