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CHAPTER THREE, “THE COGNAC CASK"
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NEW YORK.—Returns of a r
ligious census of Camp Logan,
1 Houston, Texas, show seventy-foi
denominations represented in tl
i total of 32,079 officers and men
the camp. A noticeable feature (
: the report is that some of those que
! tioned declared themselves “Socia
I 'sts,” and that was set down in th
i census as a religion.
Catholics easily led in the tota
with 10,786 men. There were 5,62
! Methodists, 3.487 Baptists, 2,75
| Lutherans, 1,370 Christians and 1
| 197 Episcopalians. Among other di
nominations listed were Mohan
medans, Holy Rollers, Theosophist
Moravians, Golden Rulers, Buddhist
Swenenborgians and Pentecostal:
The census takers in their round
| heard many interesting things. 1
; company were three brother
named Schmidt, and everythin
1 about them proved their blood t
| be German save the one element o
American patriotism. All were o
draft age, but all volunteered. Thei
father, a farmer, in Nebraska, callei
them before him and told them t<
go and fight. They were entitled t<
claim exemption as necessary agri
cultural workers, but their fathe:
told them: ‘‘I can hire men wh<
can’t fight to help me run the farm
You boys can fight, so go to it.'
And they went.
BOIL THE WATER
Dr. Malcolm E. Smith, health
officer of the town of Nenan, ha:
issued instructions to the public tc
boil all water used for drinking pur
poses. The general flooding of the
town has contaminated all wells in
the flooded J rea, and the use ol
this water, unless boiled, undoubt
edly would result in much sickness.
Dr. Smith directs that the boiling
process be continued until it has
been definitely determined that no
further danger exists.
A country wo«-th fighting for i.
a country worth sarin* for. Buy
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: IRK IS MOVING;
;j WATERJiS HIGH
Recent advices from Camp 102,
located on the northern bank of
]) Standard creek and in close prox
4 imity to the store established there,
21 indicate that although flood waters
covered a considerable portion of
the surrounding country, it did not
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• ress of the work. The piledriver
; crew, under Big Tom Blaylock, have
s 1 been steadily driving the piling for
! i the bridge which will span Standard
s creek and up to last night six of
». the forty-two bents required, had
3! been driven.
f A portion of the crew of Camp
f 102 had been engaged for the past
• few days in getting out piles, caps
[ and stringers from the woods ad
, | jacent to the camp and were obliged
, to work in about three feet of water
. all the time. The waters began to
.1 recede yesterday and when work for
i the day has ceased, there was only
a few inches of water left on the
’ ground and it was expected that the
! country would be dry when work
was resumed this morning.
A new camp, known as Camp 102,
has been recently formed and is, at
present, stationed near the end of
steel at Bartlett’s old camp, situated
i about 18 miles in a northerly di
rection from Camp 102. They are
at present reported to be getting
out piling and bridge material for
. use on the Tanana Valley railroad,
and later on, will probably follow
up and put the finishing touches to
the work done by the men of Camp
102 as they progress toward N'e
; nana.
Clarence Birs, one of the pass
engers of the wrecked Evans, while
, in Juneau discussed his plans for
; a universal trust for which he is
trying to promote a loan for a bil
; lion dollars. The gentleman in
question was featured on the front
! page of the P. I. which likewise
; states that he had been in trouble
; in Canada by forming the Hudson
; Bay company, a plan for buying
I farm lands and then placing them
with various families, the land and
' their improvements to be mortgaged
against the title until it could be
; reclaimed. He had very little suc
’ cess in Juneau.
BALLASTING IS
PROCEEDING IN
RAPID MANNED
A great deal of progress has bees
made lately in the neighborhood o
Camp 22 and beyond with the worl
of ballasting and surfacing, and, al
though the flat cars and the con
vertibles in use there have only beei
loaded with about half their capacit;
of material, the forces employee
have been kept busy on both the
day and night shifts. The flat car
when loaded to full capacity con
tain from 12 to 15 cubic yards, while
the convertibles from 30 to 35 cubie
yards of gravel. The convertible:
when used as center dump holdinf
the larger, and as side dump the
smaller quantity.
It was found that when the car:
were loaded at half capacity the
plow used for unloading them wa:
able to handle the loads with greatei
facility and the work actually pro
gressed more rapidly with a mini
mum of waste. When the Lidger
wood unloader and the Locomotive
N'o. 272 reaches the scene of acti
vities a very much larger quantity
of material will be handled and dis
tributed on the rack. For the past
few days an average of about 750
cubic yards of material was handled
daily.
The Bucyrus dragline excavator,
under the command of Walter Holl
erbach, has moved back a little way
from the original position taken at
■ the commencement of ballasting and
surfacing, and up to date has ex
cavated and loaded onto the cars
for use on the track, gravel, from
a space about 450 feet long by 75
feet broad and to a depth of about
four and one-half feet. The bed of
gravel on which she is at present
working is practically inexhaustible,
and as the need for more of this
material becomes greater she will
be moved farther back, parallel with
the spur track laid for the accom
modation of the work trains, and
will, to a considerable extent, add
to the size of the excavation made
so far.
Mr. Fred Craig, who was recently
appointed as general foreman of the
Camp 22, has assumed duties and
supervises the work of the excavator
and the gravel trains.
Locomotive No. 272, which had
been undergoing extensive repairs
for some time past under the super
vision of Machinist Foreman Pete
Gallagher, is now almost ready to
go into commission- A few minor
repairs to the feed pipes still re
main to be finished and it is ex
pected that she will be ready for
active service by tomorrow. She was
given a trial spin yesterday after
noon and behaved very satisfactorily.
The lidgerwood unloader was
hitched on to the 272 and the nec
essary steam connections made be
fore the trial spin took place. In
a few days both the locomotive and
the Lidgerwood will be sent out
on the line to the pl:/e where active
construction work is in progress,
and, it is predicted that with these
added facilities, the work of ballast
ing and surfacing the track will
be greatly accelerated
The trustees of the Alaska Pio
neer Home at Sitka recently held a
meeting at the governor’s office and
passed pensions in favor of the fol
lowing applicants: F. W. Ritter, of
Anchorage; J. D. Vickery, of Sew
ard; J. Lebrant, of Kasaan; Wm.
Shergen, of Sitka; David Englund,
uf Anchorage; Abbit H. Williams,
of Nome; and Matt Kauppiva, of
Fairbanks.
Victor von Arx was recently
swarded one dollar as damages that
he was claiming for illegal and false
detention. W. A. Schaffer was the
defendant in the case and was as
sessed the cost of the trial and
second trial attached. The trial
rose out of the suicide of Ed Hun
sicker, at Douglas, three years ago.
V’on Arx. owner of the house, ob
jected to some the actions of
Schaffer, then city marshal, and a
scuffle ensued. Von Arx was ar
■ested and then commenced his suit.
;he first trial resulted in a verdict
against him, but his appeal was in
dis favor.
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BRACE (Presbyterian) CHURCH
REV.ROBT.
JOSEPH DIVEN
D. D.
MINISTER
Morning Service
Sunday School . .12 M.
Evening Lecture, "Origin, Uses and
Abuses of the Priestly Office.”
a* . 7:30 p. m.
SUNDAY EVENING LECTURE
AT THE GRACE CHURCH
i The lecture announced for last
; Sunday evening was not given, ow
| ing to the flooded streets and the
j consequent inability of some of the
, parishioners to be present who wish
jed to hear it. The lecture will be
j given tomorrow evening. May 19th,
| at 7:30, the title is “Origin, Uses
and Abuses of the Priestly Office.”
Music begins at 7:1.5. Everybody
welcome.
FOR SALE OR RENT—National
Cash Registers. Inquire Simson’s. i
The city of Douglas recently pub
lished a tide book for the benefit
of its fishermen on the Channel and
Southeastern Alaska. Several
months have been spent in gather
ing the exact data and fishermen
can rest assurred that the figures in
the book are absolutely accurate.
Also buoys were made and the chan
nel staked.
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