The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-01

' ore which bids fair to outrival any 2ther in tie camp as far as values Ire concerned.
 Job Seekers So many jobseekers ' Meet At Hooked to Judge Bun Courthouse nell's chambers the first day he spent in his of flee here, that he certainly must nave thought that half of the people )f Fairbanks were wanting positions It was only after he announced tha. | would be some time before he | would make appointments, that the judge found any kind of relief from he invading army of applicants, Many of those who are applying for jobs. are able to see the humor ous side of the afr and thus they are telling of the interesting coincidence of all the candidates fo- clerkship. with the exception of one, having met at the judges office at Dne time.
 According to some of the candi- iates it was a comedy to see how each candidate watched his rivals. One at a time they were admitted into the judges office. and as each one returned from 1t. the remaining candidates stretched their necks to get a view of the returning mans face. If he looked pleased, their own countenances fell. for they believed that he had been given encourage ment, and if he looked solemn, all f those remaining in the ante-room seemed to brighten up.
 If any of the candidates received much encouragement at that first meeting, he has never confided in the pubic, and it seems that the whole army of candidates are as much in the dark now as they were before MT. Bunnell arrived.
 Was One of the first persons Political to pay his respects to Leader Judge Bunnell after the latter arrived in Fair banks was John Gonna, the colored politician. In telling of his visit to the judges chambers later, the local Socialist leader called forth the remark from a bystander that the | call from the only colored politi. elan in Fairbanks. This brought out the following story concerning Congressman A. w. Lafferty of Ore 1 gon:
 Tt was when Mir Lafferty was campaigning the first time for office that he made a speech to the voters of Grant County. Oregon, at the little town of Canyon City. After he had finished speaking, several of the audience came forward to shake hands with him.
 i Among those who went forward to speak to the candidate was a aolored man, who said:
 "'Mr Lafferty, control the entire colored vote of Grant county, and am in position to pledge it to you at the coming election
 Indeed exclaimed the candidate How many colored voters are there in this county?'
 "'There is only one suh, and Pm r. was the reply"
 Gas Stove Alaska is SO young that
 Bothers there are few grown peo' Fairbanksan pie who have lived here
 the major parts of their lives, and thus there are feW ndee0
 who do not easily fall into the ways of things Outside. However there are a few young people who can remember but little of importance
 in their lives that did not transpire in Alaska. One of these is Mrs.
 Leslie Bennett, formerly of Fair
 banks who went Outside win her
 husband last summer.
 In letters recently received in
 Fairbanks from Mrs. Bennett, she
 explains how she likes her apartment
 in Portland and it's conveniences
 and then she explains that the hard
 ast thing for her to get accustomed
 to is the necessity of cooking with
 gas. It is the first time in hel
 life that she ever used gas fol
 cooking purposes. and it bothers her
 Delayed In two more days il
 Returns will he just three months
 Arrive since the last election and still the returns
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