~ - THE cii'ILKOCT POST. - -
_Chi 1■'*.uu c barracks , __Haines, Alaska._
_Published without expense ~to the Government
Wl. VI --Friday, August SlstTT 1925
500 quarterly.
-No. 35
$2.00 Yearly,
dEWS OF THE WEEK.
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The reservoir is rapidly being completed* Every available man in
-be post ..s doing hie bit; Major Maddox expects everything to be
completed jn about two weeks*
As a. result of the recent visit of Gen, Harry Taylor to the
Territory, "first hand and aggressive support" may be expected
from the War Department by Alaskans to matters presented to Con
gressby the Department *s representatives in the Territory*
Secretary of War Weeks may rot re-turn to his post this fall,
according to reports after his conference with President Coolidge
His return depends upon his health.
Three convicts are still at large after the big penintentary
break at Salem, Oregon this week* Two guards were murdered in
their sleep. Should any of the three men be captured they will
automatically go to the gallows.
Two men were found guilty of attempting to kidnap Mary Pickford
and hold'her for $200,000 ransom.
A ligering silvery note on the bugle sounded by an Army Trump
eter, closed the last earthly chapter of William Jennings Bryan
as the body was lowered into a grave at Arlington Cemetery, Wash
ington, I). C. to sleep with the Nations warrior dead.
Five thousand rebel tribesmen have surrendered to the French
in Morocco*
A group of resolute French aviators have set a non-stop record
of over 2500 miles and at latest reports had enough fuel for
seven more hours in the air.
Anti-Klansmen and Klansmen, totalling 1700 clashed last week
at Reading Mass. A minature war was enacted, weapons of all
kinds, stones, clubs and tear-gas bombs being used.
The German Ambassador has presented a formal communication to
Secretary of State Kellogg asking the return of German property
seized by the U. S, during the war.
The criminal is.having a hard life now in the U.S, Big business
concerns all over the east and central states are forming their
own guards* Large rewards are offered for every criminal killed.
At last Henry Ford has found a car that will go over the bump
iest roads. He has gone in*cc the aeroplane business.