The Alaska citizen., 1911-07-10
FAIRBANKS LOOKS
 GOOD ID HIM
HAS HAD ALL RE WANTS OF LOWER CAMP AND HANK
 FRS FOR TOWN.

Fairly expressive of the tough lower camp during the past winter Is the letter received by one of the proprietors of this paper from a well known old Fairbanksan. The letter tells its own story:
 Dikeman, June I. 1911.
 Mir George l.. Bellows
 Friend George - This country is a paradise compared with other places. such as H- IL faZes any thing ever marked on the map. The climate Is fascinating and very va ried. in fact you could write long story about it entitled Iditarod, the have never seen Dikeman. the man who discovered this country. but would like to: also l would like to feel his bumps He must either have been crazy or a Canadian, be cause they, either of them, only would pick out such salubrlous spot as this 10 prospect in. I'm not saying that the gold isn't here, because 1t is here, mostly all in one place on one creek called Flat. and most of the silver here is in one saloon called Casey's. If some phy. siognomist could see any of the men face. and his verdict would be Iditarodits. i. e.-meaning no grub The water was so high here that 1t worked havoc with the poor little mice You see 1t was foot high in each house Most of the boys here stayed home on top of their beds and done nothing all day but shoot mice swimming around on the floors. Bill Johnson was marooDed for seven days in his cabin. l assure you we had delightful time. l had lots of fun with the cheechakos on the White Seal. when she came est. They did not like the looks of 1t. told them the farther up they went the worse 1t got. but could not get them to stick here; their motto was Excelsior" and If il keeps up like the outlook is al present they will be eating their motto before fall, that's providing it's not all made into beds The Panama was loaded with passengers from the Sarah when she went through here. lssy Stein told me that Sammy was q Jew comedian in San Francisco and making hit at a real te-a-ter l am coming back 10 good old Fairbanks after a while and theyll never get me away from 1t again. If you could only see me now. What picture for tableauX vivants Call 1t the Prodigal Son, on the eve of his departure for home. No that wouldn't do. because, if had the swine l could sell them for pork at one Big Bone per. No the only hog here is the one I'm liding. think better name for it would be button, button, or will he ever get the mazuma. Quite bunch is leaving lditarod for the Melozi and Good News bay. Rich reports are coming here from both places. The steamer Samson has been built over for E. H. & K; new bow and big hurricane deck, texas, etc, to accom- modate passengers. She is a swell craft now Cy Attwell has made u modern boat out of the Little Delta. Tom Markuson has built a nice pool hall here. Jim Fullerton is part owner of Dubins hotel. Mrs. Myrick has rebuilt her restaurant and fixed 1t up fine The N c. Co, has d swell store here and also fine fel- low in charge, MT. Jim Mulligan. The White Seal just came in from lditarod and has about 50 passengers for Ruby creek and some of them say the whole country up above Iditarod is going to leave for there Great stuff these stampedes, eh? l think l am getting the fever myself, My partner, Billy Roberts, who used to be in the fire department, has got it already. You see he has been here longer than l have. He put in last summer. He calls it the time of the Deluge, as it rained all the time, here, last summer. George, on the square, Ili have to show signs of speed if ever intend leaving this place. I've handed out all my spare mitts, but none of them are full. Every one is wise. I've laid awake five nights now trying to think out a scheme for to grab some of these live ones coming up the river, but no go think l have gone clean through my whole repertoire. Pm afraid nothing but lead pipe would loosen up some of these cheechakos, but l still live in hopes. There Is absolutely no chance to spend your money here, because there ain't any. hear the Guggenheims are coming here, that's good. Gee. but I'd like to grab Simon for chunk. don't know what l have done wrong, but It's cinch bet l don't get any of the coin, If do some gonof gets 1t away from me. Well, George, l will conclude now, as l have to find out more about this Ruby creek l am getting kind of feversh myself
 So long for the present, from your