The Alaska citizen., 1914-07-13

quarter, three nickels and one cop
per penny.
When asked to explain why the
small change was given out. the OBJ
liging clerk said that it was in &C
cordance with orders from the heat
office, and was necessary in order
to keep the books properly balanc
ed
THE old N N Co. never used less
than a quarter" he said. but this
company has established new
rule"
There are plans on foot, so
understand. of opening In Fairbanks
soon saloon that will sell drinks
for bit each.
CHENA'S Some time ago my at
OLD tention was called to the
NAME fact that the name of
Cinema was originally Che
noa, and If it were not against the
law to gamble, would be willing
to bet that not one out of every
dozen people who read this know
how the name came to be changed
The story Of the change in the
name of Cinema dates back to the
time when certain enterprising
man concluded to start a newspaper
in that town. When he looked over
the limited amount of type at his
command, he found that he did not
have the big letters necessary to
spell the name of the town, to be
used as a part of the name of his
publication.
The letter that he lacked was an
o, and not one of that size could be
obtained. At last he decided to
spell the name without the missing
letter, and it was not long until the
public began to call the town Cinema,
instead of Chenoa, and even the
name of the slough has been chang
ed on account of that shortage in
type in the first printing office in
the place.
CRoSSLEY With the return from
STILL IN the Outside of District
OFFICE Attorney Crossley is re-
yivad tho story IF how
a private telegram from Washington
was wrongly interpreted SO that it
appeared that Mr.. Crossley had been
dismissed from his office few
days after he left here to go to San
Francisco on official business.
Since that time, the sender Of the
telegram that caused so much COM
ment and misstatements in the morn
ing paper has returned. He does
not seem to be quite clear how the
mistake was made, for he says that
it was not intended to convey the
information that it was purported
by the morning paper to convey.
1t will be remembered that The
Citizen Strengthened the matter out
in its issue following the receipt of
the telegram from Washington, for
the sensational story of the Times
announcing Mr.. Crossley's dismissal
did not look logical, and The Citizen
wired at once to Washington for
the truth of the matter.
The whole affair seemed to worry
Mr.. Crossley much less than it did
the Republican newspaper which
was evidently rejoicing over his re-
ported removal.
KINDNESS If l were a preacher
OF JAIL l would devote several
MATRON sermons to the power
Of human kindness. A
few days ago. when happened to
drop into the court Of Commissioner
Dillon, saw something that made
deep impression on me, and I
think that almost everyone in the
court room who noticed it appreciat-
cd it.
A poor old negro woman was being
tested for her sanity, which was
evidently deranged. She had been
telling how some invisible spirits
had tormented her and how they had
tried to burn off her hair. At least
the recitation of her troubles brought
her to tears, and in spite of the
fact that she was not mentally re-
sponsible and that she had dark
skin. the Jail matron who had charge
of her. stepped forward, and taking
out her own handkerchief, wiped
the poor old colored woman's eyes,
and tried to soothe her in truly
kindly manner.
The incident stayed with me. and
later I took occasion to ask the
name of the matron, for one likes
to remember the identity Of really