The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-01
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Learning cashier of the local sig Rapidly. nal corps office. is a
 cheechaco and he does not deny it And of course, as such. he has to live and learn. He .urws almos, all there is to know concerning telegraph lines. instru- ments and o.her dope connected with his office. but. on account of t.e f. t that he has been busy at his work, and because he is a chee- chaco. he neglected until a short time ago to take CognizanCe of the northern lights which almost nightly play in the sky.
 On the evening in question. Ser geant Coleman. with two of his sol dier companions, started out for a stroll. The three had just stepped out of the signal corps headquarters when a shaft of light darted across the sky
 One of the boys noticed that the light was particularly brilliant and remarked upon the same. It was jus; then that Sergeant Coleman saw the light. and he remarked . Why l didn't know that there was that kind of a searchlight in Fair banks"
 His companions, of course. laughed at the joke, one of them who had been long enough in the country to cut his eye teeth, explaining that, although the lights are now bright at times, when it gets colder they will be particularly brilliant and that their hiss can be heard on a very still. cold night, Thereupon the Sergeant remarked T suppose we will be able to see almost C Valdez then"
 There will be more about Se-- seant Coleman and his ability as a swimmer next week.
 Carl Now It is a well known fac. Wears His that "frashmen" at every Green Cap. college are compelled to
 undergo various indigni ties before they are admitted to the brotherhood of students. That is, they call their ha~'~hiDs indign ties, for the reason that they feel that they are being shamefully treated Later, however, when they become 'sophs,' or the boys who do the work, and have a chance to "come back" at some other poor freshman lad, they do not waste any time doing so.
 And the Oregon Agricultural Col lege is no exception to the gener- al rule. according tn the report ren- dered by the Fairbanks boys who are now attending school there Some of them have had to walk the chalk line pretty straight for the benefit of the eXacting sophomores. and were among these who suffered said indignities if they failed to obey the edicts of the sophomores set forth in posters placed at various points in the college grounds.
 Carl Fleischman is stated to have been one of those who was com pelled to take a bath in the cold water of Mary's river, because he refused to wear the "evergreen '" or the green postage stamp cap Now however, he wears the ever green like all the remainder of the freshmen.
 The report concerning the duck ing of the freshmen including Carl was sent to Fairbanks in a copy of the o. A. C. BarCmcter Carl's name was not mentioned in the article but the sender of the paper. "Fritzie" Van Raes, former linotype man on The Citizen, writes that he was one of the unfortunates-
 Tfn statement cGgses Foxy Frit zie's' Fairbanks friends to wonder what he and the other Fairbanks boys were doing all the time. How ever. it is safe to say that if they did not get their ducking along with Carl, they wore their caps like lir- tie men when ordered to do so by the sophomores
 Is Going Patrons Of the Eagle Into Drug Barber shop will miss Business. the welcoming smile Of
 Joe Smith, the genial colored man who has acted as DOT ter and shine artist at the shop for the past three years, for Joe has gone Outside, never to return, ac- ccTdinS tc a statement made by him before he departed last Thursday over the trail. Joe is going back to Chicago where he will engage in the drug business, having been in formed that business opening awaits him there
 Few people in Fairbanks know that Joe Is a graduate physician, al Ihoueh He HdS never pracLlceO ms profession. He made his own way through the Rush Medical school, in Chicago, by working at odd jobs after school hours. and so he Sc cured his education. His object io coming north was to make enough money to take post graduate course. Whether or net he intends to do so is not known. At any rate, he is Doctor Joseph Smith
 Reverend" Elliott Donnelly, now located in Missouri, was also a DOT ter at the Eagle Barber shop Al ter he went Outside he entered a theological school and shortly after ward became a minister of the gos- pei, which profession he is now fol lowing, according to all reports The Eagle Barber shop therefore has the record in Fairbanks for turning out professional men.
 Just who will be the next DOT ter at the Eagle is not known. May be it will be Dave And if 1t is, it is probable that Newton & Sher- man, the proprietors of the popular tonsorial emporium, will make law yer out of him.
 For it's cinch that if you want to learn something about almost anything in the world, all you have to do is to listen to the arguments in barber shop.
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