The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-09-28

Mistake banks. and there are
probably more brides in
the city now than at any previous
time 50 near the end of navigation.
The young women Of Fairbanks.
however like those OF other places.
who have just started to keep house
for themselves. find much difficulty
al times III shopping for the house
hold AID are credited with some
really humorous mistakes.
Uefe is a good story that is be
is told about town, supposed to
b. the experience of local bride:
Jpon certain occasion a short
time ago she was afraid she would
forget to order the chickens in time.
Al day to guard against it she
would keep repeating TO herself:
"ChicEens -butcher-chicken butch
er"
Finally. a, the time she was &C
customed to call the butcher, she
went to the phone and asked:
Have you any nice young butch
ers."
Why er'er, yes, ma am" said \
surprised voice al the other end of
the line
This is Mrs b talking. 80
she went on. and want you TO
send me a couple. dressed"
Send you a couple dressed?" gasp
ed the butcher.
"Well-no; you had better send
them undressed, and then when my
husband comes home he'll wiring their
necks and the cook can dress them
Fish Trap This has been a great
C7tches season for bear stories.
A Bear but the latest comes
from the coast and is
one of the most novel Of the season.
II was printed in a recent issue of
the Seward Gateway, and involves
the capture of a bear in the fish
trap. The Gateway story is as fol
lows:
That a big brown bear was re-
Gently caught in a fish trap al West
Point is the strange story brought to
the city by J. c. Tolman who re-
turned last night with his sons,
Chef and Crit Mr. Tolman says
that there are lots of moose down
the Kenai river and lots of bear on
the Alaska peninsula this year. The
bear that got caught in the trap was
Berg and Wick He was tearing the
whole thing to pieces. Mr. Tolman
says that everything that could not
fly has been caught in that same
trap Even seals have fallen vic
tins to it"
Story OF That the average coun-
A Country try newspaper published
Newspaper on the outside is usual
ly not very profitable is
freely admitted, and many stories
Of such newspapers would be making
better livings at other occupations.
A story about country newspaper
was told the other day in Fairbanks,
and il is good enough TO be reproduc-
ed here
One of the members OF a travelling
,l in,
town. and went to the office of the
little paper published there to ad-
vertise for it Entering the shop, he
said to the editor:
I've lost dog. I'd like to have
you insert this ad for me:
'Seventyfive dollars reward for
the return of French bulldog, an
swering to the name of Darwin
Last seen on Golddust Pike"
We're just goin' to press" said
the editor, but l calclate mebbe we
kin hold the 'dition fer your ad."
After returning to the hotel the
owner of the dog decided it might be
best TO add to his ad, "No questions
asked" He returned to the office
only to find the place entirely de
serted, save for a redhaired youth
who sat gazing intently out of the
window
Where is everybody" asked the
actor
Gone t. hunt tn dawg," replied
the kid, still gazing into the distant
fields.
Alaska What Alaska Needs
Scenery and What Seattle Car
Boosted do for the North" il
the title of an article
covering the entire front page Of
the bulletin issued by the Seattle
Commercial club on August %. II
is in the form Of an interview witt
Colonel Otto A. Case, secretary OF
the club, who had just returned
from an extended trip along the
Alaska coast.
The most important part OF Mr.
Cases interview is that dealing witt
the necessity of advertising Alaska!