The Alaska citizen., 1915-03-15

Medicine killed a cat once upon
Fails. time. and certain il
is that it nearly killed
couple OF chickens" or. more
properly. attractive young women.
in Fairbanks few days ago. The
experience of the two young women
is one that will probably stay with
them through life.
The young women mentioned are
employed in the federal courthouse,
and. like other young women. they
have great desire TO look as pleas
ing as possible Thus, when some
one told them recently that they
could make their eyes look lustrous
by dropping into them some bella
donna, their curiosity was aroused.
Wheeler it would be wise TO
tamper with the drug was matter
of some uncertainty at first, but
curiosity won out, and at last they
went to nearby drugstore and
had the medicine dropped into the
eyes.
Most people who know anything
about the effects of belladonna on
the eyes, know that it enlarges the
pupils, and therefore causes the
sight to be blurred, especially when
viewing anything near at hand.
Thus when the two young women
returned to their work. they were
Mortified to find that they could not
read. 1t was an awful predicament.
1t would not do to let the work suf
fer, so they made a big bluff at
working. One of them did accom-
plish something by borrowing a pair
.of spectacles from an old man, and
with these she managed to focus her
sig upon her work to some eX
tent.
1t took a couple of days for the
effects of the medicine to wear Off
and since then the two young wO-
men have determined that it would
be better to look well' through
their own eyes than to look we'll"
in the sight of others
New Mail Over at Seward they
Route are trying to promote
Suggested. a plan for having all the
mail intended for Nome
sent by way of the Gate City. AL
ready the mail intended for Idita-
rod has been routed through Sew
ard and sent inland over a trail
that was only recently cut through.
However, it is not evident that
the Nome people are enthused with
the plan. though the newspapers Of
the latter place are not objecting to
it. 1t is asserted by the Seward
Gateway that there is saving of
440 miles in the route from Seward
to Nome, compared with the present
route from Cordova to Nome by way
of Fairbanks.
Without mentioning the proposed
route by way of Seward, a Nome
newspaper has the following to say
concerning the dissatisfaction with
the mail service in Interior Alaska:
Judging from the exchanges
there is more general kicking regis
tered about the service this winter
in Alaska than ever before. In Ia
kotna the people are making their
sorrows known through the columns
If the Iditarod Pioneer. The Koyu
kuk is lamenting through the col
umns of the Fairbanks papers and
the Kantshna and the Chisana and
other remoter sections are wailing
that they are getting no mail at
all. The department YEARLY reiter-
ates the formidable fact that the
Alaska mail service is expensive and
does not begin to pay for itself"
Lots Real estate in Fair
To Be banks will probably
Sold change hands quite rap
idly soon. This does not
necessarily mean that there will be
great number of people come here
TO purchase real estate but 1t means
that the government will soon be
ready to sell at auction tie various
lots about the town Of Fairbanks
on which the necessary fees have
not been paid, and which are not
being legally held by anybody
Henry T. Ray, townsite trustee
for Fairbanks, declared few days
ago that there is only one thing
that is delaying the final settling
up Of his work, and that is the de-
cision Of the government regarding
the request Of the city of Fairbanks
for the title to the park. The re-
quest was partially rejected at one
time, or at least an objection was
raised to allowing the city to get
such a large amount Of land for a
park. But the matter is now up for
final decision, and as soon as that
question is out of the way, Mr.. Ray
will prepare to sell off the unclaim,
ed property at auction and close
up his office.