The Alaska citizen., 1914-07-20

many OF the auto bugs 10 make
different arrangements as far as
fuel is concerned. When questioned
the past week as to what caused
this latest raise | was informed that
there was a 20 per cent exception
in the freight rates on this commod-
ity. 1t is understood that the ex-
ception raised by the users of the
fuel is much greater than 20 per
cent. 1t Is unanimous.
TELLS THE Once upon a time
WHOLE STORY the president Of
the White Pass
& Yukon route saw fit to tell the
good people who were forced to
patronize his road how much he
thought of them and what he was
going to do for them even though
he did not make a cent for the
stockholders of the concern. In fact
Ole is given to that class Of Bull
and peddles it out annually, just as
he did to the residents of the Tanana
valley this spring wheI he took over
the holdings of the N N company
and put the yoke on the necks of
everyone in the camp. In the in
stance referred to the Whitehorse
Star. owned and edited by Stroller
White, Of Limping Grouse fame in
the early Dawson days. swallowed
bait, hook and sinker and printed
the entire line of rot handed out by
Ole. After filling up the better part
OF two columns with the promises
which were never kept. the Stroll
er ended up with footnote, which
ran something like this: Then he
stuck his fork in the wagon and
drove on" huff sed.
ERWiN'S office where l have not
MOTTO been previously. al
ways look around to see
II there is any printed proverb or
wise saying on the wall, for by them
l seem to get an understanding Of
the man who occupies the office.
1t was just the other day that !
noticed for the first time a little
printed slip on the wall of the office
of L. T. Erwin, United States marshal,
which indicates, 1t seems, that the
marshal has made a pretty careful
study of womankind. The slip reads
as follows:
1.-THE way to argue with woman
is to get a large bath towel and
gag yourself"
WANT Some of the people
EVERYTHING who write for infor-
IN SIGHT nation about Alaska
seem to have the
idea that they can come up here
and get a monopoly on everything
in sight, as far as land and water
rights are concerned. Some of the
letters received by the local land
office are striking illustration of
the selfishness of some of the writ
ers.
One of the letters recently receiv-
ed contains more questions than a
4 in,
time, and most Of them can be
learned from any land office, for they
involve information about the land
laws of the United States to a large
extent
Following is a sample Of the ques-
tions asked by the writer OF this
letter
Can l, by acquiring the land on
non-navigable river near falls,
under any one of the agricultural
acts, acquire sole rights to the falls
and prevent all others from the use
of the water from the falls?"
EASTMANS Almost everybody in
ARE TO Fairbanks must have
60 AWAY felt disappointed to
learn that Lieutenant
and Mrs. Eastman are scheduled to
leave Fairbanks in the near future.
Lieutenant Eastman has been Or
dered to FIT. Leayenworth, Kansas,
where he will enter the school for
officers of the army, and he will be
relieved here by Lieutenant Mason,
who has been serving on the MeX1-
can border. 1t is not often that
army officers take an interest in the
people and the conditions Of the
places where they are posted. but 1T
was different with Lieutenant East
man. who, with Mrs. Eastman, has
entered heartily into the social life
of Fairbanks. So identified have
they become with this community
that they will be noticeable by their
absence for a long time.
Lieutenant Eastman declared re-
Gently that he was never before In
place where he liked the people
and the climate better than in Fair
banks. Let up hope that his duties
will bring him back here at some