The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-20

p AN 'AAt VI A4N t'' NNANe WiIed things in this world i. Otherwise fate Some people cal
 II luck and such it ma, br to some extent, but there ar, many people who believe that ther, are no such things in the world a luyk and fate Others believe tn, exact opposite. while still others be l.eye that there is something il either one or the other,
 one thing is certain, however and that is that either bad luck Every bad indeed) or the Goddess Of Fate had something to do witt a recent misfortune which happened ta our honored marshal, l.. r Er win. The marshal has not yet beer inter ieWed as to whether he is a believer in either fate or luck, but at any rate ii can well be believed that the air was blue in a certain vicinity one afternoon last week
 This story also has something tl dc with chickens other than those oi the feathered variety. The marshal s failings in the chicken" line Gall kinds) are well known Well-bGt then he is human too.
 At any rate. so the story goes Marshal Erwin started d out on the afternoon in question with his two high stepping bays hitched to his light runabout He was on his way to take a certain well known young lady for a buggy ride. He had nearly reached her home from his stables Cthe Columbia barn) when the pole of the buggy broke and the marshal and the young lady were compelled to foreeo their ride. And il has been raining lever since
 Now was that fate or was it just pure case of bad luck?
 The Speaking of detention Government hospitals brings back to Hennery. my mind the first use
 that was made of the one located in Fairbanks Governor Strong came to the city two years ago for the express purpose of picking out a site and perfecting the small details.
 The site was selected by the mar shal of the division and a few other interested individuals and the city council paid the bills out of the funds belonging to the people of Fairbanks The building was erected and everything was lovely.
 Our beloved marshal was on the Outside at the time of it's comple- ton. and on his return brought in d shipment of chickens with which to compete with the local fowl mer chants of the city Being in need of a well furnished chicken coop and the new building not being otherwise engaged, he forthwith moved his stock to the premises which the citizens had purchased and the government had erected
 This gave the marshal another idea If he could utilize the premis- es as a hennery, why would it not be good idea to change his resi- dence, rent his home for which he had no further use, and move into the new hospital building, the site of which had been paid for with the money of the people of the city and the care of which was being paid for by the government? He would thus have his palace and servants without costing him cent,
 The idea was a good one and acted upon immediately. One of the rooms. Unfortunately, not one of the padded cells) was furnished for his occupancy and his honah' moved in.
 The first misfortune which befell his judgeship after taking posses sion of his new quarters, Was when the folding bed in which he inno- gently reposed took sudden notion to close up while he was nestling underneath the eiderdowns. He was rescued, however, by the at tendant, who was paid by the goy- ernment. and he lived to tell the story and pose as a hero by virtue of his narrow escape
 The sole occupant of the gov ernment detention hospital. paid for by the taxpayers of the city and the government of the United States, is still rooming (and perhaps board ing) in his castle on Tenth avenue. Their Aside from the free Masters room and shelterng care Voice. furnished by the tax
 payers of the city and the United States government he also has the fealty of at least a portion of the government employ ees to whom he has been generous enough to give easy jobs When he cracks the whip the puppets jump. All he has to do is to pass the word along that The Citizen must not be harbored because it is not