Douglas Island news., 1910-10-12
TREADWELL TOPICS

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 David Legatt, who recently returned from Scotland, Las commenced work in the Mexican mill.
 | Mrs. Monte Benson entertained in honor of Mrs. Leo Demytt, on Satur- day afternoon of last week.
 James Stoody, foreman of the Bull ion mill, is expected home from the Sitka Hot Springs at an early date.
 Mir. Pierson, Of Fairbanks, cousin of c. w. Johnson, is stopping over a few days visiting old friends and will go south on the Jefferson.
 The machine shop has had one of the large mercury electric lights installed and it is a great improvement on the old arc lights which were iu use there.
 The Aileeu has been moved from the !. zoo over to the back of Mayfower Is- land, to be away from the Taku winds, which may be expected any day soon.
 Roy Walsh will be one of the two men who are to have charge of the Sheep Creek power plant. He expects to move his family over there very soon.
 The railway trestle running up to the 700 coal buukers has been torn down to make way for the improvements which are being made in connection with the new 700 hoist.
 Charles Osterberg, Jr., has had his launch, "The Friday" drawn out Of the water and now has it housed back of the Mexican blacksmith shop, where he intends to install a new engine in it very soon.
 The ladies of St. Luke's Guild met at the home of Mrs. James Daniels, of The Pines, on Tuesday afternoon. The next meeting of the Guild will be held at the home of Mrs. l. D. Carpenter, of Treadwell, on Oct. 18th.
 Bobby Denard, of the 300 mill, was made happy man last Thursday by the arrival of his wife aud two children from Bells Hill, Lanarkshire, Scotland. They are making their home in the Casheu cottage on Third street.
 
 David Leggatt, wife and five chil- dren, arrived on the Princess Beatrice from Barrhead, Renfrewshire Scotland, and have taken up their residence on St. Ann avenue, in the Gordon house opposite the Congregational church.
 There will be a basket ball match in the Club tonight after the fire meeting. The clubs contesting will be Treadwell and Juneau. A meeting will be held soon to draw up schedule of games between Treadwell, Douglas aud Ja- neau. Douglas has the making of a very fast team and will be in the rum hing all the time.
 The Treadwell Mining Go. has re- ceived machine from Chicago for the purpose of making sand plugs of about 12% inches ia diameter and seven incAes long for the purpose of plugging up the holes after the powder has been dropped in. It will save the company a good many dollars in a year, as we'll as giving better results in blasting.
 The carpenters are busy building @ trestle from the Mexican mill up the grade to the foundry for the purpose of cutting off the curves which make | it bad for the train hauling concen trates up to the cyanide plant. At the present time the track is all curves and i the new track will give the engineer an almost straight run up the grade with his heavy load.
 During the evening of the Foundry dance at the Club, some mean sneak got away with four of the cut glass punch goblets. Any person who can stoop so low as to steal glass goblets from few boys who try to give every one who comes to their dance gooG time, should certainly feel ashamed oi themselves. The parties who took then are under suspicion and the best thing they can do is either return them or il they are ashamed to do that, all they have to do is to go to the Foundry anc Mark Smith will give them an order which they can present to the manager of the Club and get the punch bowl SC fba sat will not ba brolyen No aues