The Alaska citizen., 1914-11-30
Town Gossip and Stories
By The Iattier.

Teacher Some school teachers in
Somewhat Canada evidently do not
Confused take kindly to the Span.
ish names of places in
some parts OF the United States,
and sometimes they are about as
uncertain in regard to the proper
pronunciation of them as are many
of us in regard to the way some
of the war names should be pro
nounced
This is explained in letter re-
ceiyed by a Fairbanks lady a few
days ago from her sister in a town
in Canada The writer of the letter
explained that her daughter had in
sisted on pronouncing San Joaquin,
the name of a valley in California.
San Wah-keen." but that her teach
er objected There are few Ameri-
cans. especially those of the Pacific
coast. who would dispute the girl
concerning the way she pronounced
the name. but the Canadian teacher
insisted that she was wrong.
You must pronounce the name
San Jo-kwin'" demanded the teach
nounced. and you must do as ! tell
you"
The little girl explained the case
to her mother, and wanted to know
If she should be compelled to pro-
nounCe the name wrong. just because
the teacher told her to do so The
motrer concluded to take hand
in the matter and reported the
- = - 10
school board who said:
Il should worry. The teacher isn't
teaching French"
Vote Is Sometimes people get
Cast BY votes who are not can
Accident didates for office. but it
is seldom that a person
is voted for through accident. But
this is what is said to have happen
cd to a man at Seward. named Joe
Morris.
When the votes We're counted at
Seward it was found that one vote
was recorded to the credit OF Mr..
Morris. 1t is not understood here
for what position Mr.. Morris was
boosted by his vote, but it developed
later that the way the vote happen
ed to be cast for him was through
a request on the part of some man
for information in regard to the
method employed in casting a ballot,
Mr.. Morris was showing the man
that he could either cast the bal
lot as il was printed or write in
new names, and in telling this he
wrote his own name on the ballot.
for the purpose of making the eX.
PLANTATION clear This ticket was
voted
Alaska Alaskan natives at Afog-
Natives max voted at the recent
Vote election according to ad-
vices from that place
Although Indians are cared for by
the government, they are not sup
posed to have citizenship rights,
and the news of the voting at Afog-
max is of peculiar interest for that
reason. 1t seems. according to the
following, taken from the Seward
Gateway, that the Afosnak natives
voted on the grounds that a treaty
between Russia and the United
States permitted them to have the
right:
The vote published yesterday from
Afognak also included the natives
who by the treaty with Russia are
regarded as having the privilege
The question that all Alaska natives
were made citizens by the treaty was
thrashed out some time ago but moth.
ing has been concluded about it.
It is said that Delegate Wicker
sham believes them to be citizens,
hn wi he
was on the bench 1t is also stated
however, that native woman who
marries an American citizen becomes
a citizen. In Afognak the natives
may enter saloons like white people"
Survey There seems to be much
Report uncertainty in regard to
Finished the time the Alaska En-
cheering commission will
file its report in Washington in re-
gard to the surveys of the new rail
road. 1t has been generally under
stood here that the report would
not be completed for a little time
yet, but according to the following,
taken from the Valdez Prospector,
the report has been completed, and
by this time is in the hands Of
the President:
"WASHINGTON, Nov 1.-Secre-
tary Lane of the department of the
interior announced today that the
members of the Alaska Railroad
Engineering commission would meet
in this city November Goth and that
the result of the Investigations Of
the commission would then be made
known to the President and the peo-
pie.
"The commission have also COM
pleted the report which they will
submit to the department of the
interiod No inclination of what the
investigation has disclosed is made
public or indicated by the secretary"
May Be Many of the greatest
Beauty discoveries in science
Doctor and invention have been
made by accident, and
now Fairbanks woman has dis
covered by accident how to eliminate
hair from the faces of the fair sex.
This lady. who declines to have
her name published, is something of
a humorist. She went to the Red
Cross dance recently disguised as a
man and it was while taking off her
makeup that she made her discov-
cry, so she asserts.
According to her story, she pasted
m her fare a false muStache uSin q