The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-19
Town Gossip and Stories
By The Iattler.

not meet with the wants of the department.
 Some time ago MT. Pratt received a letter from the department of jus would be necessary for him to have District Attorney Roth approve MT. Pratt's approval of the title to the land.
 Another feature of the red tape" in connection with this land is the slow way the government architects trict Attorneys office, the map of the ground was sent some time ago, and more recently a blue print of the map was returned here, with the request that after the district attorneys office had inspected it. it should be sent to the attorney general of the United States
 It seems that back in Washington they do not realize how far away from them Fairbanks really is, and that they are doing many things that could be avoided if the officials there realized how much time must be spent each time letter of in quiry is sent here.
 Dyea Is When the first rush was Now A made by the gold-seekers Farm. to the Klondike there
 sprung into existance mushroom city, not far from Skag way, known as Dyea. At that time it was tent city, but it has since died and where there once was what promised to become a thriving mu- nicipalty, a woman is growing a profitable agricultural crop. The death of Dyea is believed to be one of the most striking illustrations ever known in the North of the un- certainty of the future of new towns
 Concerning the new owner of the site of Dyea. the Juneau Empire of June 12, contains the following:
 Mrs. Harriet s. Pullen, proprietor of the Pullen House at Skagway, was Juneau visitor yesterday. She came to this city to take the pre- liminary steps to perfect her title to the townsite of Dyea She re- gently purchased the interests of those who have occupied that town site as farm for the years since Dyea has ceased to be a city.
 Mrs, Pullen has planted an exten- sive crop at Dyea. including about 40 acres of oats She has the farm stocked with COWS. hogs, horses and chickens.
 Tn addition to making a farm at Dyea, Mrs. Pullen is planning to erect number of cottages at that place and to make a summer resort of it."
 Sympathy William F. Thompson, Is the sourdoush newspa- Unearned. per man who is going
 to spend a few months Outside, has reputation in this community for his humor, His ed itorials have been enjoyed by many, largely on account of his ability to write them in a humorous manner.
 But it seems that on one occasion, MT. Thompson let his imagination work overtime in order to get a sub however, was quite satisfactory, as the editorial was good.
 This editorial was descriptive of MT. Thompson's ability as a nurse. It seems that Mrs. Thompson had been induced to go to women's political meeting, and the next day the News-Miner came out with a de- cidedly interesting editorial on how the editor had been compelled to serve as nurse while his wife was at the meeting. The editorial ex- plained how he had walked the floor with baby, how pins had penetrated his hands, and indeed the article seems to have aroused the sympathy of half the fathers and mothers in Fairbanks and the surrounding coun- try.
 It was some time after this editor ial appeared that Mrs. Thompson was at an entertainment at the Auditorium one evening, and a lady sitting near her asked her what she had done with the baby She re- piled that she had left it in charge of woman who had been hired to care for it for the evening,
 "Why does not MT, Thompson take care of it?" she was asked.
 He's no good as a nurse,' was the reply. 'I wouldn't trust the baby with him, because he's so ab- sent minded 1 never leave him to care for it."
 But he wrote a very interesting editorial some time ago about the trouble he had with the baby while you were at a meeting" the friend declared.
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