Douglas Island news., 1910-08-24
TREADWELL TOPICS

we'll company went up to Salmon creek after trout. They travelled up the creek and when night settled down they were long way from tide water where they had left their boat in charge of young man who acted as both pilot and engineer. He waited until nearly midnight for them to return and then set out with lantern to look for them. He found them on on a point almost surrounded by water, and although they were wet to the skin and chilled through and through they were singing SScots Wha Hae Wi Wallace Bled" to keep their spirits up, and when the lantern hove in sight they gave a "mighty British cheer" apd cried, "We are saved, but weiost all our fish," It is needless to state that the next time they go fishing they will go in daylight. The man with the lantern was hailed as a hero by the five men for braving the darkness where so many bears are known to abound.
 Charles Frenburg, commonly called "Spots," arrived from Cordova, where he has been for the past year. He ex- poets to go to work at Treadwell.
 On Sunday evening between 6 and 2 o'clock fire broke out in the stables on the 1850 level of the Bullion mine. On account of 1t being supper hour there were no men in the mine, and the stables, along with two horses, were burned. No one knows just how the fire started. One of the horses had been in the mine for the past ten years and was about to be pensioned off, and he certainly was in hard luck.
 w. W. Casey, jr., of Juneau, has se- cured the position of construction clerk at TreadweIl and started to work last week. He will nc doubt be Valu. able addition to the Treadwell band, as he is a good solo cornet player.
 The Treadwell company is having plans drawn for large wharf to be built below the Bullion mine to allow steamers to land powder and oil, and large oil tank will also be built there and will be used as a storage tank upon which the other tanks can draw when oil is needed.
 The machinery in the new electric plant was being turned over today and will soon be in operation.
 The Kigling house has been secured by Andrew Lagergren.
 A crew of men are busy cutting down the brush between the cyanide plant and the track.
 Mir. and Mrs. T. J. Lafey and party were travellers up to Mount Jumbo on Sunday.
 On Wednesday morning last week sn alarm of fire was sounded from the 7GO mill and was responded to promptly by the members of the foundry company, No. 3, who succeeded in extinguishing the blaze in short order. As general alarm was not sounded, DO other com pauies appeared on the scene. The new chief just happened to be passing and was able to say that he was on the ground for his first fire as soon as any body.
 There will be fire meeting tonight at the Club to which all members are requested to attend.
 The Aileen is being pat into commis- sion by stock company of young men and will be valuable addition to the gas boat fleet.
 The TreadweIl band will practice to- morrow night.
 Water was beginning to be scarce article around Treadwen and in conse. quence only part of the 300 mill has been in operation the last few days.
 Besides being many other undesir- able thiugs-a cough is both an ex- baustant and an irritaut. So try