Vol. 3
l’HI CHILKIIOT POST
J^Hbli she; i without expense to the U.S* Government
..._ November 0. .1923
No. 45.
WHITEHORSE TO CELEBRATE ARMISTICE DAY, ALSO CANADIAN THANKSGIVING 2
Ah armistice Day falls on Sunday this year, the citizens of Whitehorse,Y*I*
will celebrate the victory on Mon lay, and the coiaroanding officer, Major F.M.Mad
dox, is r vC.pient cf a letter from the V/kite Pass & Yukon Route asking how many
of the re^j. ionts of this post will make the trip in case a rate of $5*00 for the
ro’uid trip on the railway is orferei.
Monday will not only be celebrated as Armistice Day, but is also the Cana
lan Thanksgiving, on account of which the government liquor store is to be
closed all day. .
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DANCE 10 BE HELD IN SKAG7AY NEXT SATURDAY EVENING:
A dance will be given in Elxs11 Hall at okajpvay next Saturday evening,
and the U«3.H*3* Fornanco will renain in Skag'ray until ll:3GTp*n« in order to
accomodate visitors from this post who may attend the function* The affair ie
being given by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks*
BIGGER TURN-OUT FOR BASKETBALL TEA! DESIRED:
Private Myron Clarke, captain of the Kooties Basket 111 Team, states thfct
^iHi2u§ip the prospects for the team cure bright from the raah&er in which the vet
erans Ox laBt season s team are showing upj there should be a much larger turn
^which to select material* Captain U.P. Cook, E u R officer, states that
a^'i&eam wilx be selectei until everyone has had an opportunity to show what they
can do. Practice is held every evening after ness in the Artie Brotherhood Hall
Haines. The renting of this hall gives the team an advantage they have not had in
former years, that of practicing in a hall free from obstructions and full sized*
Tne commanding officer is working on plans whereby each squad of the line compan
ies swill organise a team of five men with three substitutes, to play a team from
the correepondiiTg squad of the other company. In this 'way it is hoped to develope
additional material for the cost team*
BASKETBALL BENEFIT 1ANCE NEXT WEEK:
A week from tomorrow oveing tlie Artie Brotherhood Hall in Haines will be
the scene of a benefit dance for the Post Basketball team. Funds raised ’.Till be
used to pay -he rent on the hall used by the team for practice and £ames« Admis
sion /vill be Gents, one dollar, Ladies, free*" Canteen checks may be used in
place of cash for the purchase of tickets which will be on sale at the P.X. The
U*S.H*B*Fornance will bring a party of guests from Skagway for the occasion, so
_usual _scarcity_of_f euinine ^daiicing^partners jYill_be_3oraewhat_alleviated,
CORPORALS MAR00NE3 ON R0CIC3 ALL NIGHT. LOSE EQUIPMENT IN ’/KECK OF ROW BOAT:
Corporals Roger son and Bunbar, of’Company E. while returning Wednesday
afternoon irom a furlough spent on Chilkoot Inlet, were wrecked north of Mission
Point. The high wind drove the row boat (belonging to Bgt. Robert V. Loftin) in
which they were navigating, upon Che rocks. The craft sunk under them, carrying
their rifles, a shotgun and other equipment, to the bottom* Their bedding rolls
floated, and clinging to these, the two corporals swam to shoiro. as it 'ms too
late to return to the post by lan i that night, they were forced to spend the night
on the rocks. Yesterday and today they inve been engaged in salvaging operation
attempting to regain possessioi of their rifles and other lost property. In this
they nave been hampered by extremely alJi tides and a gale of wind.