The Alaska citizen., 1914-08-31

tAiAu -'iI .. i>st4 lS N- Jd4ii'SciiH .NS th' theatre was crowded the party was directed through an unused hallway to get to their seats In the dim light Mrs. Clark tripped on step and plunged headlong down the stairway several feet"
 Insane Word was received by Man Loyal Marshal l. T. Erwin To His Dog Wednesday that John
 Flamand an insane pa tient who had been brought 10 Tana ma from lditarod had died. The following pathetic incident concern ing the unfortunate man and his dog was printed in the Iditarod Pioneer the day after he left that place on his way to Ruby:
 "A pathetic incident in connec- ton with t1e sailing of the White Seal last night was the devotion shown to his long by John Flamand, one of the poor unfortunates whom Deputy Charles is taking to Ruby for transfer to the sanatorium at Mornineside dog which has been his constant companion on the trail and in camp at the different places in Alaska where he lad worked until his mind gave way followed him on board the vessel, and the assurances of sympathizers that they would not induce him to part with it. At one time he did relent. on being assured that he would have to part with his pet at Ruby in any event. and consented to let Cyril Wood take him MT Woods assur- ance that the animal would be well taken care of seemed 10 impress him. But when the time came to part with him. Flamand clung to his canine friend with fierceness and refused to part with him. The poor fellow is in the habit of talking to his dumb friend just as one would to human being"
 Sitka What is believed to be Gets the first shipment of Goats Swiss goats to Alaska
 for milking purposes, was received recently at Sitka from California. If they prove a success at Sitka, they may be imported to other parts of Alaska. and it would not be surprising if goat milk is sold in Fairbanks at no far distant time.
 Concerning the goats shipped to Sitka, The Seattle Times contains the following:
 Three Swiss milch goats. believed to be the first ever shipped to Alaska. will leave for Sitka tonight on the steamship Al-Ki. of the Northland Steamship company, to form the nucleus of new industry in that region. The goats, pretty and graceful as lawns were purchas-
 
 mercantile house from a California concern. One is valued at sS5 and the others at $50 each. All have pedigrees of the bluest Swiss goat blood. They are guaranteed to give more than 2.6O0 pounds of milk season. It is believed they will thrive on the Southeastern Alaska hills"
 Gardner When you call. call Liked In him Ellis. This is iditarod the almost affectionate
 heading appearing in the Idtarod Pioneer over an art icle highly complimentary to G.. Ellis Gardner. assistant district at torney. The article is as follows:
 With the departure of the court crowd last evening. none of the party will be missed in our little community more than the genial assistant district attorney. e. Ellis Gardner of Rutherford county, Nor Car'lina, sah.' who has endeared him self to this frontier settlement by his amiable good fellowship.
 "On two occasions when MT. Gardner consented to deliver public addresses in this precinct the hap py occasions were like pleasant waits of sweet memories of the Southland In delightful phrases. in | speaking of the old north state, he referred to the Commingling of the blue, Of the violet and the gray of the lily the intertwining Of the white rose of the North and the red rose of the South, whose fra grance and beauty tell of peace never again to be broken by warning sections:' where the Confederate jessamne. bravely clinging. reaches to kiss with perfumed breath the folds of the sheltering flag where the morning glories in sweet ac- cord point their purple bugles to the skies to greet the roseate dawn, and where the mocking bird-the trim Shakespeare of the South year after year builds it's nest and rears it's young and thrills in sweet