The Alaska citizen., 1914-08-10
Town Gossip and Stories
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Averted European wars that
 people of this city felt no uneasiness when war was declared there But when they awohe Thursday morning to find that a section of the bridge had been taken out il did seem as though some hostile power had visited the city
 However. the whole thing was eN- plained little later when it was found that the bridge had been talk en apart 10 allow the steamer Dan to pass through. and the bridge committee. finding that the bridge was open, determined to operate the ferry for awhile ill order to make good some indebtedness charged against the city.
 II developed that there was some feeling between members of the council and the members of the bridge committee concerning the bill presented by the latter at the last council meeting. The street com mittee of the council had approved the bill but some of the members of the council Were opposed to paying 1t without further consideration.
 Assurances made by the bridge committee of the council, to the effect that the bill would be paid, had the effect of inducing the bridge committee to replace the bridge span Thursday night.
 Thus ended the threatened civil war in Fairbanks.
 Democr ats Politics in Fairbanks To Make will begin to get inter- Ticket esting tomorrow even-
 ing. il is expected, at the meeting of the Panama Valley Democratic club, when it is planned to nominate a local ticket.
 It is understood that there will be several candidates for Territor- fal senator. but these are nearly all keeping under cover for the pres ent Of course, Dan Callahan. who has not returned from the conven- ton at Juneau. will be candidate for senator, but as he does not be- long to the club. he will 7anot be nominated by that organization.
 nf IT. cluding E. w Griffin, met at Mar shal Erwins office Thursday even ing and sent message to Presi- dent Wilson, assuring him of the sympathy of the members in his bereavement.
 Biq Just imagine Fairbanks Building is going to have new Assured federal building that will
 cover an entire block of ground Delegate Wickersham has wired from Washington to District Attorney Crossley that the sundly civil appropriation bill which con- tains an appropriation of s15,o0o for the purchase of the west half of the courthouse block in Fairbanks had been approved
 The purpose of the appropriation is to provide a site large enough for the construction of new federal building and another bill now before congress provides for an appropria- tion of $250 ,000 for new court house that will be erected on the site.
 Among the things that will serve to anchor the railroad terminus to Fairbanks will be the expenditure of lot of money by the government for buildings in this city.
 
 Boy My experience with Was children has taught me Sincere to avoid using sarcasm
 in speaking to them" a Fairbanks school teacher told some of her friends few days ago, SC I am told Continuing the young ldQy IS EtpOIltu u ud'c oeaid.
 q remember one time when l was teaching school in Seattle how a little sarcasm was taken too literal ly by little boy, and the result was humorous in the extreme.
 The little fellow was dreamer and I had tried first one way and then another to get him to concen trate his attention on his studies but with little success l noticed that wherever I went, his eyes would follow me, and at last l said to him "'Johnnie, do you think l am beau Iiful?'
 "'No, ma'am, I don't, he replied with such evident sincerity that was forced to laugh in spite of his frank criticism of my looks"
 Dates Set The big celebration For Big scheduled for Fairbanks Celebration for the fall season is
 the combined Agricul' tural and Mining fair and Labor day celebration to be held in this city September and 8. The date o1