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Chilkoot Barracks,
Alaska,
(Published ^i_th_out_ expense Jbo. Jihe^ JLtiLsSSXSHinsn&i
_'Ey i day , June 22nd^ 1923__
Vol,3
No,25
MAIL BOAT SCHEDULE:
Sun*-lion* (June 24-25) ..... S*S."Queen”
(Direct States nail),
'Tuesday, June 26 G.B.”E3tebeth"
(Alaskan nail only)*
Wednesday,June 27 ••.*•«•*• USHB*”Fornance"
(States mail from "Princess Alice",)*
MR. CHARLES GODDARD DR O'WED:
A very sal fatality occurred on Ihesday of this
week* Mr.Charles Goddard,who resided on a ranch at Sunshine Hill,juat
beyond Veils,but was a frequent visitor to the Post,where he was well
loved by everybody,was drowned in the Klehina River,about four miles
north of Porcupine*
Mr.Godddnd,in company with Lt*E*W.Gruhn of the
Post and Pvt*Moyer of Co."E,,lw&£*$ just starting on an extended trip
into » the Interior. In attempting to ford the Klehina, which was in
flood,Mr•Goddard slipped in nidstrean,and was carried away by the
raging water sfunder the very eyes of his companions who were power
less to help him. 'Vord of the fatality was brought quickly to the
camp of the Roai Commission,about 12 miles away,but an extended
search has failed to recover the body up to the time of writing*
The victim of the sad accident had libed long
in these parts,-having resided at Sunshine Hill about 15 years* He
was the owner of a mine on the Little Salmon,and had other interests
in the locality. His sudden death is a source of great shock to his
many friends on the Post, for he "was a nan-foursquare".
GOIN1 TO JUNEAU???:
i
AIN’
The Commanding Officer has received a request from
the Mayor of Juneau to allow a company from the Post to take part
in the Fourth of July Parade in the Capital City* Whether or not
the request can be granted is not definitely known as yet,but ar
rangements are in progress that may give some of our high and hand
some steppers a chance to gain glory in Juneau on the Fourth* Shine
'em up;-if any go, it will .have to be the piclP of the Posti*1*
IT A GRAND AN* GLORIOUS FEELING??:
The Q.H.advises us that the shipment of coal on the
«Cordova", now unloading, is very likely the last of the season* How’s
that for news??
And the Commanding Officer,Major Maddox,decrees that
every man who works on the coal-line will have three days off next
week,-half the command at a time* Nov/ cheer11 •