The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-12

Indian At the conference held Tongue few days ago between Changes several Indian chiefs Of
 the Panama tribes and federal officials in Fairbanks, it de yeloped that although the natives and their ancestors had lived and hunted for unknown centuries within a comparatively short distance of each other. there were some who were unable to understand each other dialect.
 This is considered proof of the accepted theory that lack of social intercourse has a tendency 10 cause people of the same nationality to drift apart in language and habits. Paul Williams. the interpreter at the conferences held between the Indians and the officials, had to eN- plain to some of the chiefs what others said. for he has familiarized himself with all their dialects.
 Had it not been for the invention of locomotives and the building of railroads. the soeiologists declare that the people of the Southern states and those of the North would soon have been unable to understand each other. But easy transportation means have kept the language unified.
 
 Racing, When man loses in Not motorboat race which Fishing he feels confident of
 winning, he naturally expects to be joked about it by dis interested people, but when one ol his own family makes a joke ot 1t, it certainly is discouraging.
 James G. Moore entered his motor boat in the races last Monday eve ming. and as il is a good boat he had much confidence of success. The start was good, and it seemed that his boat would certainly carry off the honors or be 50 close 10 the winning craft that it would receive general compliments.
 But while the boat was down be low town, something went wrons with the engine, which caused a long delay. In the meantime, his son, James Moore, Jr., became quite anxious, and as his father brought the boat slowly back to the dock for repairs. the boy called to him, with evident sarcasm:
 70, papa, how many fish did you catch?"
 Makes Many a man in Fair Serious banks, both young and Mistake old longed for a chance
 to make favorable i'm pression on some one of the attrac- tive young ladies of the Juvenile Bostonians while they were in Fair banks, and some of the more ven turesome found way to convey their compliments to one or more of the young girls.
 A certain man who had attended the show only once or twice took advantage of an opportunity of talk ing to one of the girls about a week ago, but instead of making favor able impression, as he had hoped to do, he accomplished quite the reverse This was because he was unable to recognize her off the stage.
 Miss Doris Garfield and another of the young ladies of the company were visiting The Citizen office last Sunday and while they were there the man referred to entered the office He saw Miss Garfield sitting a little apart from anyone else and mistaking her for Miss Dixie White, he approached her. In his hand was one of the ballots used in voting for the most popular of the members of the company to decide which should get a lot at the new town of Brooks in the ToloVana camp. He had marked the ballot for vote for Miss White, and when he approached Miss Garfield, whom he mistook for Miss White, he held the ballot toward her and explained that he would vote it as marked that evening.
 Miss Garfield looked at the ticket, and then with a twinkle in her eyes looked at the man holding it. Then she said:
 What do you want me to look at that for, when you are not going to vote for me?'
 Then the man, realizing his mis- take, became embarrassed. and eX- plained that he was mistaken in the identity of Miss Garfield, and asked for her name that he might vote for her. But it was quite evident that this did not make much impress sion on Miss Garfield.
 See Fire Men working on the 250 Miles Upgrade mine, at the Away. head of Flat creek, not
 far from Iditarod are quite positive that they saw the