The Alaska citizen., 1914-12-14
Town Gossip and Stories
By The TattIer.

does Fairbanks get its just share.
When the stage was bringing only
500 pounds week. Fairbanks re-
ceived on an average of but from
800 to 400 pounds of mail week.
II would seem that the clerk at
Cordova should be advised of the
comparative populations of interior
points and try to deal justly with
them. If the Commercial club takes
the matter up with the government,
perhaps the clerk at Cordoya will get
official orders to see that Fairbanks
is treated justly.
Religious That there are some
Training children who have never
Lacking had any religious train
ing was made evident in
a local school recently. when the
teacher took a small boy of the
primary grade to task for swearing.
The little fellow is a child of for
eigners, and though he never used
bad language in school. he was fire.
Quently overheard using profanity on
the Fairgrounds.
One day the teacher called him
aside and talked to him about it,
Don't you know that you should
not use the name of Jesus when
YOU are angry" she said, for it is
swearing Jesus was a good man
who lived on earth long time ago.
and it is wrong to use his name the
way you do. Didn't your mother
ever tell you about Jesus"
Nope" he replied seriously, Il
-yn
heard of him"
"silence" Francis Roch. who was
Writes Of employed last summer
Wedding by the Alaska Engineer
ing commission to serve
as pilot on the launch Midnight Sun.
was married recently in Seattle, at
least It is supposed that the we'd
ding took place in Seattle for it was
from there that the letter came an
nouncing his marriage.
The letter announcing Mr. RoCh's
marriage was received a few days
ago by w. S. Raeburn. who has
charge Of the local office Of the
Alaska Engineering commission. 1t
might be stated, incidentally. that Mr..
Roch is known among his associates
as "Silence," and it seems that the
nickname is we'll deserved. for he
is certainly limited in his use of
words. The letter announcing his
wedding simply says. in regard to
his marriage
II am married Now what do you
think Of that ?"
In regard to any further detail of
the wedding, Mr. Roch was silent,
and his friends here are wondering
who is the bride and when and
where the wedding took place. Sill
ence may be golden sometimes, &C
Cording to what the sages say, but
in this instance it, or he, is GER
tainly a problem to many people
here.
Josln In letter to R. c.
Writes OF Wood, president of the
Railroad First National bank. Fal-
con Joslin writing from
Washington, D. c., says that he has
been assured by one of the mem
bers of the Alaska Engineering com
mission that every effort will be
made by the commission to get the
government to start construction of
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same time.
Mr. Joslin's letter was decidedly
optimistic about the railroad, and
it was evident that he believes that
work will start from the Fairbanks
end of the line next year.
Financial conditions of the coun-
try are improving. Mr.. Joslin stated,
since the new federal reserve banks
have been opened, This, however,
is about the same assurance that
has been received from the Outside
in Geographic reports of late.
c. w. Joynt, manager of the Tana-
ma Valley railroad, who went Out
side on the same boat with Mr.
Joslin, was very sick en- route, Mr.
Joslin states, and it was feared that
he would die before Seattle was
reached. 1t is not believed that he
will spend another winter in Alaska
on account of his health.
North Is In a healthful country
Too Healthy like Interior Alaska,
For Doctors doctors seem to be out
of luck, unless there are
enough accidents in the mines to
Keep them from starving to death
One doctor, at least, is finding it
quite hard to keep busy here, and
that is DR.. McCallum. now of Ruby
When Doctor McCallum was liv
ing in Fairbanks, he, like other
physicians here, found times rath-
er dull. Then the people Of Ruby
who had lost their only doctor be-
cause he could not find enough to
do there, asked Dr. McCallum to go
20 their town and open an office.
This looked good to him. and he
left here for Ruby some months
ago.
In letter received in Fairbanks
from a lady in Ruby few days
ago, it is explained that DR.. Nc
Callum has found Ruby too health
full for him. Dr. McCallum was
getting tired Of sitting around his
office day after day in Ruby. look
| ing out of the windows at the healthy
looking people. and had made up
his mind to come back to Fairbanks.
He was just getting ready to re-
| turn here when he had couple
Of calls for his services. and &C.
| tor will remain Ruby's doctor, at
least until everybody there is well
again.
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