Douglas Island news., 1910-11-02
TREADWELL TOPICS

everybody had a good time. A large crowd from Juneau came over Tn the Grace E. W. and the launch from the revenue cutter Rush. Wasterlain's or chestra furnished the music. 1t is the intention to have the Club dances every two weeks providing they do not con- Aict with other dances on the Island.
 Fred Purinton has resigned from the electrical force and is now working in DoaglGs.
 George Drew has been laid up few days with grip.
 There will be a bowling match at the Club tonight which promises to be very exciting The foundry team and the famous "Greaser" team from the Mexican mine will meet to bowl for the trophy now held by the MeXlcans. Chili con carni and hot tamales will be served by James Daniels, the captain of the Mexican team. The teams will line up as follows: Mexican team-A. w. Christoe, James Davis, John Rich ards, w. Smith and A. N. Other. The foundry team will be Henry Hedstrom, l M. J. Kelly, x. Corpwell, c. Blain and Otto Wicklander. The two teams are very evenly matched and good game l may be expected. The foundry team are favorites at odds of 3 to 2.
 Ed Ninnis, the engineer at the Mexi- 1 can compressor, received the sad news ! last week that his mother had died last week at Nevada City, California. She was so years of age and had been allInG for long time.
 1 The Webster piledriver was moved down to the Bullion wharf by the steamer Peerless on Monday afternoon and will finish driving the remainder of : the piles necessary to finish the new dock
 Mr. and Mrs. L. $. Ferris entertained 1 a number of their friends to a500 party on Halloween night.
 i John Reid, of the foundry force, is laid up with an attack of rheumatism 1 in his arms.
 Frank Peltygrove bas started tc work lu the Treadgell mine rNnning ns. cbiue,
 Mrs. Fred Tatom retWrned from the South on the City of Seattle, where she weut to undergo an operation which was very successful. She has fully re- covered her healCh and her many friends are pleased 10 see her back at the Pines" once more
 The men who are doiog the eXcaVs- tion work for the uew zoo hoist house ueay the 700 mill have started sluicing and are tearing the &r01nd up at a great rate rate and runuing jt into the 1 bay. The work will soon be finished 1 and the carpenters will be able to start in to build the hoist and engine houses.
 The Treadwell band had practice 1 last Thursdays night and played over : lot of music just received freaa New i York.
 The cyanide plant is soon to be fitted out with new contrivance for dump ing the sulphuret cars. The cars will ! be hoisted up to the plant by the elec- tric hoist and will be taken into the bins at the top of the plant and will 1 run on to frame which will hold the car while it turns upside down, clears itself of its ceRtents and then rights it. self. It will be a great saver of time, as we'll as empty the cars thoroughly
 Jack Henson has resigned his posi- l tion as engineer of the Mexican tram ! car line aud bis place has been filled 1 by w. Ayerst. Jack will confne him. self to writing up business for the Ju- neau Record.
 w. F. Taylor, who went to Idaho re- gently, is expected back soon. |
 The new system of paying the men of at Treadwell has proved very success ful and man does not have to wait around two or three hours for his pay. There are two lines, one starting at the letter A and running to M aud the other starting with N and running to z. Every man gets into the line ac- 1 cording to the initial of his last name | James Christoe does all the handling of the money, while his two assistants, [ c. McKinnon and B. Datson, do the making out of the receipts. It is a great improvement over the old system.
 The new nan hoist at Treadwell is completed and will soon be used for hoisting the men.
 BoRN-To MT. and Mrs. Nick VuaVich on phursday, Octo Der 2z, boy, weight i 1215 pounds. Mother and child are do- ing nicely.
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