The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-10-05


Tom and Jerry.
| Crackers and cheese
Shoes and stockings.
Nuts and rasins.
Chocolates and bon bons
Adam and Eve.
Stars and Stripes.
Cat and fiddle.
Fish and game
Death and taxes
Bride and groom.
Sock and buskin.
Before and after
If the list had been prepared for
Fairbanks readers the following would
probably have been added:
Alaska and Democracy.
Fairbanks and prosperity.
Spasm and the dollar mark
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Governor People living in the
Saves Chsana district were
Postoffice threatened with loss
of postoffice facilities,
but just as the office was going to
be removed, Governor Strong came
to the rescue, and succeeded in get
ting the government to allow it to
remain How the governor saved the
office is told as follows in the Jul
neau Empire:
THE Chisana postoffice is not to
be discontinued. Today Gov. j. F. A.
Strong received cable advices from
Washington, D. c., stating that the
order to discontinue the office had
been rescinded by the department
"Only a short while ago the COVER
nor's Office received notice that the
office would be discontinued after
September IS Gov Strong entered
strong protest against the discon-
tinuance Of the postoffice at this
time, urging that the service be con-
ttinued at least until the end of the
year. If the order had not been re-
scinded there would have been no
way to get mail in or out of the
Chisana section except by private
service because the order discon-
tinung the postoffice would have
carried with it the discontinuance
of the emergency fund which sup
ports the mail service to Chisana.
--latest reports from that section
are that upwards of 200 men will
spend the winter in the Chisana and
these men would have been put to
the hardship of maintaining their
own service or to go without any if
the order had prevailed"
Mistakes Here in Alaska where
In War the war news comes
News over the wires in con-
densed form, and must
be rewritten before being printed.
there is always more or less danger
Of making serious errors. Some Of
these errors are due to a misunder-
standing of the kilograms, and some
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names that get into the writer's
heads
Here in Fairbanks some people
have obtained the opinion that Aus
tralia is operating a navy OF her
own. the mistake arising from
statement in one Of the local papers
that Australian warships" were look
ing for German vessels on the Paci-
fic. But a greater mistake than the
foregoing is related as follows in
a Ketchikan newspaper that was
received here a few days ago:
wednesdays Miner says: Another
great victory is reported from Cali
cha, where the Germans captured
thirty thousand Austrians after
siege of many hours
This reminds us of the time the
Dutch captured Holland. 1t wouldn't
surprise us much If the English sue
ceeded in capturing Great Britain
before this war is over. 1t is like
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the old sow ate up her pigs"
Picture How the postmaster at
Is Good Nome used picture
Argument with good effect to prove
to the postoffice depart
ment that he was not at fault for
a delay in sending his official report
to Washington. is told in a recent
issue of the Washington Times.
A few months ago, the postoffice
department sent a letter to S. ]
Bake, postmaster at Nome. calling
the attention of the latter to the
fact that his report for the quarter
ending March 81, had been receiv-
ed long time after it was due to
reach Washington. An explanation
was demanded.
In reply to this, the Nome
postmaster sent picture of
the revenue cutter Bear, pushing