KOOTIES”
(The Little Things That Stick)
CIRCULATION MANAGER McLEOD of the "Rost" has received a letter from our old
friend Jack Sutherland,former Associate Editor of the paper,-and like any
thing that Jack ever wrote,it*s well worth reading# So we’ll give it-entire:
Jualin, Alaska#
Dear Mac;
Received your letter some time ago,but have been moving
around, and so was unable to answer# Worked for the Alaska-Juneau about
two months,-along came a 40-horse power Swede,who undertook to bawl me
out. I looked at his collar,-he didn’t have'any bars on,-so I left him
talking to himself. They can hire ne and fire me nowadays,-but they
can’t bawl ne out# Howell and Groves are still working for the A.-J#
Andy and Hook are laboring on the outside,for the sane outfit.
Cantrell is here with ne at Jualin# He is conductor on the
Alaska Flyer,an all-steel modern train,-pulled by the latest design in
one mule-power Diesel triple-expansion engines# I myself perform nightly
on the stormy end of a number two, for about five hours# Itfs a great
life,if you don’t weaken# Cantrell sure has a political job,-he’s get
ting so lazy that he cuts his cigarettes in two,so he won’t have to
draw the smoke all the way through# .
By the way,-old ,fE” Co# ought to be a Wright-goode outfit
now,eben if it is a little Kinky.
Howell has become one of the shining lights in the social
life of Douglas. Me-the extent of ray social activities has been a movie
once or twice a week# Give ray best to the bunch,-and tell ’em not to
soldier too hard. My address is Box 2, Juneau, Alaska#
Yours,
Jack#
*® ARE TOLD
that "E" Co.is seriously considering the purchase of a company wig.
Messrs.McLeod and Patch are the pronotors in the transaction. Get your res
ervations in early. •
BELIEVE IT OR NOT:
Ihis is what we ran across in the "Dearborn Independent".
"A U.S.Marshal was taken ill with appendicitis while bringing an Indian
accused of murder from Fort Gibbon to Fairbanks,Alaska# The Indian prisoner
placed the officer on the sled,and mushed more than 100 miles with him to
a hospital,where an'operation was performed."
WE'LL LEAVE IT '10 SGT. MARTIN
if it isn't a hard thing to stand stiffly at atten
tion during Parade when little Jinmie Klein decides to inspect the company,
and starts to play'"I saw you first" with the Top Kick. But the kids,Top
mar, and all,-not forgetting an impromptu iance by little Dot Harney,-made
Tuesday night’s Parade a real treat# ,
HEADQUARTERS BOSS COLE I
is sure one fast dresser when a party is in prospect,and ]
a boat has to be caught. At least he gets all of his rigging on,even if it
does need a little re-adjustment later oni
"MIGO'S BAND" HAS BEEN STRENGTHENED
by the addition of Master Musician Baker,
the latest member of "F" Co.,for Edgar F. surely hoots a mean bugle.But
then,Taps or Reveille doesn't mean much now. tfho wants to sleep,when it's
sunlight all night!