Douglas Island news., 1910-03-23
T.READWELL TOPICS

| as the 22nd Infantry band of Fort Wm. H. Seward. They came, they saw, they captured the people of Douglas Island. They played concert to crowded house on Friday afternoon and on Fri day night the standing room" sign was put out long before the time for the concert to start It was without doubt the finest musical program ever presented to a Southeastern Alaska audience. The band consisted of "A men who are frst-class musicians and who do nothing else but practice good music-not perhaps because they love to practice, but because it IS part Of their daily routine of work. They are required to practice several hours every day whether they like it or not, and it seems that practice makes perfect, as the musical program given by them could not have been played any better had it been played by Sousa's, Ellery's or Liberatti's bands. The 22nd Infantry band will receive hearty welcome any time they ever come this way again and every person on the Island hopes that the Club will not let this be the only concert they will give before they go South again. If the Treadwell band had the same advantage of practice and were looked after as we'll as this band, there is no doubt but what they would also have frst.class concert band, as they have the men and leader, but have not the time to practice. We hope the Treadwell company will find it's way clear to get few good musicians to add to the band and help keep 1t in frst-class shape. Give the boys show and they will 'make good"
 Steward Fred Henson has returned from a trip to Seattle, Victoria and other Sound cities. He reports fine weather and everything booming.
 News was received on Saturday of death of the father of Edward Cashel, of the foundry force. The news was month reaching Douglas from Simon oski, an island west of Unga. He was 70 years old and was born in New York state and had been in Western Alaska for the past forty years. He leaves three children to mourn his loss. They are Mrs. Wm. McBIain, Mrs. A. w. Garn and Eddie Cashel, all residents of Douglas. They have the sympathy of the residents of Douglas in their severe loss.
 Work is rapidly being pushed for ward on the cyanide plant and the foundry force is working night and day getting out orders for the fitting up of plant.
 The funeral of Thomas Jones took place from the Pines on Sunday after noon and was attended by large crowd of friends. MT. Jones had been sufferer from cancer of the stomach and had only been laid up for about three weeks when he passed away. He left a wife and family to mourn his loss.
 The machine shop crew has been busy fixing the Mexican compressor and now have it in running order again.
 After the band concert on Friday night there were several rolls of moving pictures shown and Mir. and Mrs. Laffey repeated the sketch from the opera of Said Pasha in very creditable manner and received several encores.
 Jack Mccormack has crew at work erecting the smoke stack at the MeXi- can which was blown down last Novem- Der.
 Frank Pettigrove has resigned from the TOO mill and taken position in the Treadwell mine running tram engine.
 The 300 mill is now doing business at the same old stand. Tom Donaghy and Billy Prentice are two new men on the crew.
 ] Tom Carmony, Jr., and his mother, Mrs. T. Carmony, arrived from Seattle on the Jefferson.
 There will be no dance at the Club this week, as was Announced, on ac- count of this being the last week in Lent.
 Wm. Burke, mayor of Sheep creek, arrived from Seattle on the Jefferson. He looks sunburned and says the heat in Seattle is awful, as it makes you spend too much money in "ice cream soda" trying to keep cool. He was