THE CHILKDOT PCST
__Chilkoot Barracks, Haines, Alaska, _
Published without expense to the Government,
Vol. V. - Friday, August 14th., 1925. -No. 52.
50jd Quarterly. $2.00 Yearly.
NEWS OP THE WEEK.
EIRE IN POST HEADQUARTERS SATURDAY MORNING.
While the night watchman was making his rounds of the Post
about six o'clock Saturday morning, fire was discovered in the tel
ephone exchange at Headquarters and had gained considerable headway
by the time Company ” F" responded to the alarm. Company "E” was on
the target range firing record and did not hear the alarm, but Com
pany " F" handled the blaze easily and succeeded in putting out the
fire with but little damage to the building.
Some inconvenience was caused to the occupants of the offices
below on account of having to move the Sergeant Major's records and
THE CHILKOOT POST to another part of the building, otherwise the fire
loss was negligible. The cause of the fire is unknown.
THE EXCAVATING OE THE NEW RESERVOIR HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
.The big job of digging and connecting the pipe of the new res
ervoir has been completed.
The mixing and pouring of the concrete will begin Monday and it
is expected the reservoir will be ready to be filled by September
15th. All the labor has been done by members of Companies ”E" and
"F" assisted by a few mien of the : Quartermaster Corps, and the men
are to be congratulated for their loyal efforts to complete the job
before winter sets in. When the reservoir is completed it will
hold sufficient water to supply the Post for a number of days in
case of a break in the pipe line.
President Coolidge has decided to prolong his vacation another
month at Swampscott, Mass, confining his erercise to morning and
evening strolls along'the rocky shore.
Luther C.White, Superintendent of Federal Prisons, when he in
spected McNeil Island recently said: "Federal Prisons should be more
nearly self supporting". He pointed out that the Federal prison pop
ulation had increased largely in recent years, and that the burden
of the taxpayers could be alleviated by the establishment of proper
industries.
The Stout Metal Airplane Company has been purchased by the Ford
Motor Company. One million dollars is involved in the deal.
Henry Ford announced that the building of the Stout all metal
planes will hence forth be carried on by the Stout Metal Airplane,
a division of the Ford Motor Company,
"I would like to come back to Alaska to live", said Gen.W.P.
Richardson before sailing on the Alaska last week for the South.
"I feel more at home in Alaska than anywhere else, really I am an
Alaskan, I have enjoyed my trip thamughqut a large part of the Ter
ritory and my association with old friends more than words can tell.
It has been another prodigal son homecoming".
For more than 20 years, the-most active years of his life, Gen,
Richardson lived and'worked in Alaska - most of the time in South
eastern Alaska. He is the father of Alaska1 s road system and for 15
years the sole builder of the roads and trails in the Territory.