The Alaska citizen., 1915-01-18

appear. but 1t is quite sure that the ! Fair banks people who will greet the
 popular players when they return
 here next summer, will enjoy the i novelty of seeing the Tango Maid
 and the characters bearing the names of the former residents of this city The Bostonians are now touring the Western States. Copies of the program of the Tango Maid" and some of the other plays in which the l Bostonians are appearing were re
 cieved few days ago by The Citi- zen.
 Coal Mined That Alaska contained
 Here In rich deposits of good
 1894 coal has been known to sailors for more than 30 years according to Tom Dudley,
 who first sailed along the Alaska
 coast in 1884
 It was while taking supplies to a
 whaling fleet in the vicinity of Pt 1 Barrow. Mir. Dudley says. in the
 year mentioned. that the scnooner ! on which he was employed as
 sailor put in to some point along the Alaska coast and took aboard a supply of excellent coal. Just
 where the coal was found, he is un-
 able to remember. but he ayers
 that it was of excellent quality 1 That there are vast deposits Cf i coal in Alaska that are still un-
 known is the opinion of many mon
 familiar with the country. An in
 spection of the United States Ge ol
 has been located in almost every
 section of the Territory. This means l that sometime in the distant past, 1 Alaska had tropical climate which
 promoted the production of rapidly ! growing trees
 1 The They say that child's Children perceptive powers are i Knew more active than those 1 Cl grown pets, |. ..np
 that they can more quickly read l character than can an adult. In this way it is explained wfy some
 school children on the creeks seem
 ed to realize that the Rev. H. II. 1 -umpNin Wa mister ..o suol :, 1 they looked at him.
 i It was while MT Lumpkin was | recently making a trip to the creeks 1 that he visited a school. As is 1 always the case when a stranger enters school room, the children began to size him up," and just 1 while e was listening to the teach ! CT make some explanations, one of i the little fellows suddenly raised 1 his hand The teacher paused in i her conversation to find out what | the child wanted, and much 10 : her embarrassment and to the 1 evident amusement of the visitor the
 child said:
 ! Teacher. what does p-i-o-u-s spell?" 1 It seemed quite evident that the i 'hildren had determined that the 1 isitor was a minister and the little one who asked the question had | heard another spell the word "pious' 1 in referring to MT. Lumpkin How
 ever, MT Lumpkin seemed 10 ap- l neciate the incident.
 Wood There are so few thefts in
 Being Alaska that peopel seldom ! Stolen lock their cabins, and l everybody is considered 1 honest. It is thus quite a surprise 1 to discover that right here in Fair | ,anks there is somebody so dishon- 1 est as to steal wood from piles on ! the streets. It is understood that ] he authorities will make a special i fort to find the men who are do- l ing that kind of thing. and to have nem properly punished
 1 Some of these wood borrowers" i were caught in the act few days l go, so the story about town goes and it is not altogether certain that i complaint will not yet be lodged 1 against them.
 1 It seems that the other day a cer
 tain groceryman of Fairbanks hap 1 pened to come to his store consid erably earlier than hado been his
 custom. He usually gets there about 1 7:30 in the morning, but on this l occasion it was much earlier. and
 much to his surprise, and more to 1 the surprise of the wood robbers," 1 the groceryman found some men | helping themselves to his fuel sup | ply. So just keep a watch on your
 wood pile if you don't want it to 1 disappear.
 Candidate It seems from an item
 ignorant published in the Idita- | Of Defeat rod Pioneer of Decem- 1 Der 12, that A. K. Maltby 1 is under the impression that he is
 one of tFe successful candidates for
 seat in the lower house of the
 legislature from this division. It
 was reported the day after election
 that MT. Maltby was elected but
 later returns prove that he was de- 1 feated. as C. K. Snow has boiled
 everal more votes than he. The item in the Pioneer states
 that MT. and Mrs. Maltby had left
 for the Outside by way of the Sew lrd trail and that after reaching 1 Seattle, Mir. Maltby would arrange | 70 return to Alaska in time to at
 end tEe coming session of t e legis-
 'aiure. By the time he reaches Seat l le he will probably learn of his de 1 feat.
 There are still some precincts ill
 this division from which no election
 returns have been received but
 Jerk Mcbride of the federal court believes that perhaps the election ! boards have made the error of hay ing sent the returns directly to the
 governor instead of sending them | 2 Fairbanks.