FOR THE SECOND YEAR •
(The Little Thirds That Stick)
ALASKA HISTORICA
LIBRARY AMD MUfoftU
• in succession 'che Soldier 3&seball Team walked away with
the Whitehorse series * And made an easy job of it,-9 to 3 against Doug
ins, and 14 t.) 2 against -Vh it ahorse, oh e conquerors of Skagwav. Chilkoot
Bs.rrr.cks drew the toughest assignment right off the bat,when they went
up against Douglas in the first game.but thanks to Frank Rogers,there
. never was any doubt about the outaone of that game *
And then Clar ke,Myron 3® with everything depending on him,
went to the mcund for the second fraee.s, and delivered the 1st money
right into the waiting miti-s of his teammates. The Post pitching at
Whitehorse was pitching,we* 11 toil the world®
OUR OLD FRIEND "ANDY".,
• ’ , rie& Andruskiewi.cz, late of the Fort Seward outfit,-now
of Juneau ani points adjacent.(for baseball numoses) brought along a
special bat, with wnich lie orcposed to make history for the Douglas team.
But Fr^nh F.ogei s couldr/1 see it that way® .Indy was able to hit,-but
what are bungles if they don't count anything’: Andy's now polishing
up the said bludgeon v’or the 4th of July. If we have the same pitchers
. on the Chilkoot hurling stafffhe*s going to need it®
ROYAL ROOFER JACK dUTiiFRLAND,
another of those who have left Uncle Sam's bed
and board, was very mu eh in evidence at the utart of the Soldier-Douglas
. gajaie, ‘-yell ing f or a Douglas win# Rut where, 0 where/vas our friend John
after the 3rd inning,when the Army team, pushed across-those 3 runs??
THE MOST ORDERLY CRCTU OF EXCURSIONISTS
that the Inspectors• had seen in 16
years of Whitehorse Celebration parties’. i IRat. was the verdict and the
comment upon the people who weht from the Barracks and Haines to White
horse. And wo’l? say that that’s SOME commendation* But we knew that
we ha.ve men on the Post of a type that deser ves such a compliment, -and
we expected it* And at that,-it would be hard to find an excursionist
who didn’t have a wonderful time in the Yukon town. The people 02' the
northern city sure did themselves proud as cordial ho£tB,and we thank
them •
ONE OF OUR HAINES SUBSCRIBERS,
Urs.’/iliianson,has an interesting paper in her
possession.It is a copy of the "Daily Citizen",p h>Iiched at Vicksburg,
Mississippi, on July Bnd, J BSC. -• /hi.Ie Gen .Grant, at :he head of 'the Union
forces,was beseigirg Hie city. Tne Edit 01 , J .M-Owo^ ds, wrote the editorial
" The* Great Ulysses,-the Yankee Generalissimo, sui named Grant.-has ex
pressed his intention of dining in Vicksburg on Saturday next*When asked
ifl he would invite Gen. Jo Johnit on(Conf ederate) tc ti e dinner, he said, "He'"
"for fear there would be a row at the tabic -," Ulya, ac most get into the v.j .>
before hedines in it'l'Jk 3 way to cook a rabiit is first to catch ic"fetc<!
(2 days later the paper said) "Two lays bring about great changes.
• -The banner of the Union floats over Vicksburg.Gen.Grant has' caught his rau
bit.He has dined "in Vicksbmg.The ’Citizen' lives to see it. For the last
time it appears on "Ball paper" .No more wiil it imagine the luxury of muJc*
meat and fricaseed kitten,-or urge Southern warriors to such diet ever com
This is the last "wall paper" edition".