"ROOTIES”
(Hie little..things tliat stick)
PFC« LEBERIUN,Ex-?.M., Librarian, Movie Magnate, etc., etc., j oined the Chilkat
Lake Club this past week, and is nor/ sojourning at their Country Club
house in the mountains#
VHICH REMINDS TJ3 THAT it ]oo!:s a3 though we'd have to change either the now,
at present Post Postmaster,or else the Postmaster of the neighboring
village. The present combination seems to be unworkable.,-that is,as
regards the prompt delivery of our postcaris, etc•
THE POST i/AS RECENTLY AROUSED by the appeanance of 4 members of the Soviet
Army on the brow of Mission Hill. The sentry on duty was sure that
that- Bolsheviks had jumped the Barracks, but on investigation, recogni
zed, beneath a luxuriant growth of Russki spinach,our old pals Parrish,
Hoss, Parr, and Strong,who have been rusticating in the hills for the
past two months. Shave d, shorn, and slicked up once more,they are now
enjoyings the thrills of -General Fatigue.
PVT."TONY" KUHNE, Caterer to Co. k’E”, accompanie 1 by Pvts. Simmons and Forestier,
of the same outfit,have entered the Fish Business, and started south
recently to stalk the elusive sock-eye. If they are unable to sQck
’im they figure there’s lots of gold in the Hills* Anyhow,we know that
they won’t walk back. >
AbX VILdQN-MVhy is two dollars!";
.VE KNO,V A CERTAIN CURLY-HEADED 6ERGEANT, who dreamed that ’Arry’s lady friend
arrived fron the States,and that he beat Harry’s time, ’.^hereupon such
dream,he got so excited that he put only one-sheet on his bed,and ran
around all day with but one shoe on. M/e wonder why?
THE ?OSi jiXoURSI ONI STS to the Capital were the guests of the management of
the Alaska-Castineau Goll Mining Company while in the big town. General
Manager Jack Sutherland,Assistant Jlgr.Al Mock,and Transportation Expert
Andruszkiewicz headed the Reception Committee,while Messrs.Knorr,Ritz,
Daniels,Thatcher,and numerous others of our.old friends were noted
among the vast throng that greeted the "Fornance". Messrs. Cantrell
and Groves,late of Haines,Alaska,have accepted lucrative positions in
the Bulldozing Department of the A.-G.G.H.Co,and are sure" to rise
very soon,-especially if they stick to their jobs.
"FIGHTING FORD" Butler,who is far from being a Flivver, departed fron Juneau
on the "Admiral Evans" for Anchorage,where he is to annex more scalps
to his Champion’s Crown, and incidentally more shekels. "But" was due
to mingle with the Pride of Anchorage,Davies, on April 9th,but was un
able to get transportation to uhe Westward in time. Accorlingly,the
Butler-Davies match has been postponed unti.l ~pril 20th«
'JE UNDERSTAND THAT A ONE-ARMED CHAMPION of the Doughboys has recently come
to light. If he can do that much for the honor of the Infants with
one wing in a sling,what a bird he’ll be when he recovers from his
attack of the Hospital. Go to it, Mac .-the gang is with you’. I!
AND OUR FRIEND, THE SKAGVAY SHAJCESPEARE SUBMITS:
A oit of paint,
A cunning curl,
A dust of powder,
A pretty girl.
but
A drop of rain,
Away it goes;
A homely girl,
’7ith a freckled nose,"