Douglas Island news., 1900-11-21
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 Mir Fred Weedin, after an enjoyable vacation of nearly two months in Ia coma. returned on the Cottage City the 14th inst. Fred speaks in glowing terms of the thriving times about the Sound country. He is back again at his post as engineer in the Ready Bull lion mill and looks about ten years younger as the result of being back again. While Washington is all right, there are those that know the Island is better.
 It looks like old times again to see Mir. c. J. Neil in the Mexican engine room. He had severe attack of the fever that for time cast such shadow over this otherwise restful community. Neil is we'll pleased with the treatment he received in St. Ann's Hospital. The constant attention and patient solici- tude of the Sisters in attending to the sick impressed him very much. Dr. Simpson always comes to mind when the boys give accounts of their illness, and never without the expression of a happy thought.
 Mir. Kirk Gilbert, former mill man of the Island, when about to leave on the last tip of the Al-Ki of a recent date, was obliged to abandon his going on account of symptoms of a relapse of the fever from which he had lately re- covered. Kirk is first class fellow and the boys sympathize with him in his dark hours of hard luck.
 Mir. William Champion is expecting an immense consignment of sbet-set- ting books on the next return trip of the AI-ki. Owing to the tardiness of the craft in question, Billy will be enabled to refrain for sometime the substraction of fifty dollars from his gold reserve fund. Anything from Homer to Hoyle, including Burns, will be disposed of at short notice.
 Are the out.of-town boys to have a sidewalk into town" is the topic of a good deal of sensible conversation up the line at present. Already a com mencement has been made along by the Mexican mill, an extension of which is reported. or at least hoped to improve travel to Treadwell. The Ready Bull lion men look hopefully forward to the day when something of this kind will make danger of colliding with loco motive or a hand car a thing of the past. With the many improvements already brought about by Supt. Week, it's not assuring too much for any one to say that whatever is reasonable will be forthcoming.
 The calm seclusion,of cabin life gave Mr. Chas. Baldwin great appetite for literature. So he began the study of Shakespeare. Everything went smooth ly with little Charlie and the great dramatist until the words "The bangs of despised affection" bobbed up in Hamlet's soliloquy, and that was de- clared to be too much like meddling with the delicate affairs of others.
 MT. Al Stevens reported for work again at the "7O0" Saturday after two weeks of compulsory furlough caused by touch of mercurial poisoning on the October cleanup.
 Forty stamps of the "7OO" mill are still hung up for want of ore. The glory hole was depended on largely for rock supply, and when it turned out somewhat disappointing, and without the necessary development work in the mine, shortage of output consequent, Iy followed.
 Mir. Compressor McCaul is looking for a book entitled "The Bettor's ] Guide" Bill Davis perhaps has it. [ Mir. James Gamble is now nicely along on his way to join his brother at Rossland, B. c. They are interested in contracts in mines there.
 Mir. Peter Lought is one of the latest victims out of the hospital and is at, tending to pipe-ftting about the Ready | Bullion. He tells the usual story oi good treatment there, and is now rap. i idly recuperating.