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| J. H. ROMIG, M. !>•
Ollice oil Broadaay
Residence Third Ave.
Phones: Office, Adama 8- -1*
dome, Adaiu* *'
tic'p.l 5. Ed nb rgh
l. K. P. JC S.. Glasgow.
J. M. SLOAN. M. D., C. M.
Van Gilder Building
office hours: l to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m
Formerly of Nome.
FRATERNAL |
a 6
L. O. O. M, No. U2»
Meet* every Tuesday 8 P M,, at
A. B. Hall. Vtmting Brother*
invited.
J. M. Sloan, D'ctatoi
K. E. RUDOLPH. Secretary.
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PIONEER* OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. t
meet* oo 2nd nud 4th Saturday
each month, h p. Pioneer Hall
HEAD
THE . i
GATEWAY
ANTON JOHSNSEN
Se I do via, AlaaTi »
First-cla®* merchandise at rc*
•enable oricea. rromut aervlc - a
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TWO SIDES OF
WORK OF THE
U. S. ENGINEERS
new von;, Doc., t>— :>ch uu>
be« n written regarding the woundor
fill work of the American Eng no-*r.
in Fiance both at the bases of the
I United States Army and along tin
many connecting lines which hook-up
| the front lines with the sources oi
! supply. There is , however, anoth» i
:,iUe lo tneir activity which is just as
'■ remarkable and praiseworthy especia,
iy since it is gratuitus and done afioi
| ordinary working hours. It is the pr'
j paring of field* or cnclosurors lor the
j soldier athletes and without which U
! would be impossible to play hoi.
! many of tin* games and contests
Stories of the helpiul work of tin
engineers in this direction aie con
l stantly being sent baek across tlu
: seas along the follow ing lines. Kccent
j iy a V. M. C. A. athletic director witt
an Engiueei r. g meat in the center «>.
France felt discouraged regarding,
outlook for sports. There was uo fieU
' fit for baseball football or i veil bash
et-balt. To relieve his mind he told hT
trouble to a sergeant, “it its a base
ball field you want” quoth the sei;,
rant. “We'll have it.”
A rocky, uneven and gencially d<*s
ola‘e pasture was selected as the u i.y
possible place upon which a bail pais
could be built. The physical directo.
thought that possible, alter a yea.
work, something might b? made of it
That was before he knew thi
Engineers well. It took just three da\
to “skin” off the field, level it, roll :*
and put it in condition for play, even
to * he building of a fine wire-netting
backstop ;ft\d marking out the foul
lines with flags* The jobs were done!
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by the men after they had put in a
hard day at their regular tasks. Prac
tically the whole'regiment assisted at
one time or another.
With the baseball field in operation,
it was decided to promote boxing. Th»
drawback was that there was no plac
to stage bouts except the floor of th
hut, anil the men who wanted to retd
or write or listen to the music inn
chine would't stand for that. Again
the sergeant was consulted. In three
days he had put up, n^ar the h it. as
good a ring as ever staged a chan
pionship bout. It has a well-construct
ed platform, ropes arranged in th
proper manner, padded floor and a
time-keeper’s gong. Thev didn’t say
where they got the boards and no
body seemed to care because the off c
ers who might have been fussy were
too busy crowding into ringside seat;
for the opening performance. Th« .**«
are hut two isolated incidents of v b. 4
‘.he Engineers did when their help v.vj
needed to keep the sport spirit aliv '
L
i A carrier pigeon was one of tin* In
| jos of the most sti iking epis »Co>
| the battle of Verdun. During th
| siege of the fort of Yaux Gomman*!
ant Kay mil had no other means c
communicating with the extern):
During the fierce fighting around u
Thiuumont farm, co'Ptradictory r«
ports reached the rear as to the o<
cupaGon of the position. The carr.e
pigeon was the only means by whi
(he officers in command could lear:
the « xact situation.
While the Germans were makii
one of their strongest attacks, all 1
telephone lines were destroyed am.
the enemy’s curtain fire made the* u •
f
of couriers impossible. Reinforce
ments were required to bold a posit
ion with no in cutis of communicating
with the rear until Lieutenant Colonel j
1 Girardin sent several pigeon:-: back to
' the headquarters where they arrive 1
■ in twenty to twenty five minutes an
! the reinforcements were prompt'v
sent up.
When the Germans made a violent
j effort to take the position of Foid- i
1 terre. Captain Dartigcs, in command
there, was cut off from the rear. At
nine o'clock in the morning he sent a
pigeon hack to announce that the en
emy was within 500 yards of the
works. At ten o'clock he announced 1 v
the same means that the position was j
1 surrounded by the enemy. At eleven :
I he informed the staff that the -ituat
ion was critical hut that the garrison
( would fight to the last man. Thua j
kept in touch with the situation thejj
i staff was able to take steps that *
suited in the breaking of the line;;
around the position.’
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PITTSBURGH. Pec., 6— Grading
streets and giving them marks as *
j don*' with pupils in the public schoulr
is the plan used in the city’s petition
to fo:ce the Pittsburgh Railways C .
to .spend $020,447 in track and eqirp- j
ment improvements. Some of the j
•omp: ny’s tracks are graded as lo * j
as °,0 per cent, this representing fhr •
worst stretches of road The receive
of the company insist that further ir
creases in fare will he necessitated ii
they are forced to improve their equip
-ment. *»
4
- a general tldng, Father would !
rather do without* fruit salad than !
help peel it.
Maybe you al -o have notice ’ ho-’
unprofitable it is for a women to dress
like a chicken and waddle like a duel: f
Silence may he golden, huts therer 1
an auful howl for the precious metal. |
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H. V. HoiiKN* A. K r>AV*«
ALASKA TRANSFER
H. V. HOBEN, MANAOKK
Coal, Wood and Ice
General Transfer* n Phones, Main 17 and 81
HOTEL OVERLAND
Whittemore & Margules — Proprietors
SEWARD ALASKA
SEWARD WATER and POWER COMPANY
JOHN A. NELSON, Manager
Office—Bart of Saward Buildir*
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