The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-20
Town Gossip and Stories
By The Tattler.

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 The Pirate J o. Ellis. the Second Don't Dress avenue merchant. better That Way. known to Fairbank sans
 as The Pirate dis. claims all knowledge of how such good picture of him in piratical costume was obtained, as was run ming in the screen ads at Dick Thorne's last week When accused of posing for the picture in all of the "getup." The Pirate" stated that. while he was willing for illus trators to fit him out to suit them selves in pictures, there is net enough money in he world to get him to doll up" in that fashion.
 The truth of the matter is that the picture which has been appear ing at Thornes is the handiwork Of John Kelly, of the N C. company. MT. Kelly. be il known. is some artist. and after considerable effort he succeeded in making a pen and ink sketch of the features of The Pirate" from a snap shot. The cos tuning seen in the picture is the product of MT. Kelly's very versa tile mind.
 After the picture was drawn. it was taken to Johnson's studio and size wanted for picture slide. The work of reducing the picture to the glass of the slide was very diff cult for the reason that there are no reduction outfits of the necessary kind here After the photograph was transmitted to the glass. it was colored by Mrs. Peter Vachon. who has the only coloring outfit of the kind in Fairbanks.
 Another There are a number Of Ford small cabins in the city Joke. which have tin roofs
 made from coal oil cans During the high wind the other day the roof of one of these cabins was ripped off and rolled up in dis dressing looking bundle. And the owner, wanting it strengthened out, started acros the bridge win it. He passed the Samson Hardware company. Surely" he aid to him self, in a big place like that they will have some machinery for strengthening out tin. So he hunt ed up the foreman of the shop. The foreman gave his, bundle the once over.
 Looks pretty tough" said he, critically.
 T know it does" was the reply, Can it be fiXed?"
 Fix it," and the foreman drew himself to his full height My friend, never saw Ford used up so badly that I couldn't fix it Come around this afternoon and we will have it running as well as it ever did"
 Tom One day after Tom Mar Paid qnam came back from The Bill. the TOlOVana, he had
 his Ford car standing out in front of the Fairbanks block while he went up 10 his office Dur ing his absence team drove up with a load of wood, which was to be put in the cellar, and he could not get to the cellar door on ac- count of Toms car standing in the way. Several men standing near offered to help move the car. Push as hard as they could the car would not budge, when someone discover ed that the brake was set. In loos- ing it the car was thrown into high gear, and when they had pushed it several feet the engine caught and the car started across the street.
 Had it not brought up against the Horseshoe building there is no tell ing what would have happened to it. As it was the car received only minor injuries.
 Tom had the car taken to Jimmy Barrack, who said he would fix it.
 When Tom returned a couple of days later the job was finished. The car was all cleaned up, and it ran like new
 How much do I owe you?" asked the delighted Tom.
 T guess dollar and six bits would be about right said Jimmy.
 "A dollar and six bits yelled Tom. What in thunder did you do to it to make a bill like that put in a new engine?"
 Islanders Nobody feels the eff Subject feet of the bridge being To Graft out worse than do the
 residents of Garden Is land. The reason is that those who are inclined to be night owls or night hawks, as the case may be. are compelled to pay when the bridge out, for their incllnatlons to rove This is resented by those