The Alaska citizen., 1915-08-09
Town Gossip and Stories
By The IattIer.


 Little and sometimes life, by Things. fire, is not generally the
 subject of faCetious com ment. but occasionally one can see the funny points in the disasters themselves. or in the newspaper re ports Of the same. This is proven in three-line item which appeared in the Valdez Prospector the day after the burning of the town when, under the head of news notes, that paper in all truth and seriousness stated that Mrs Charles Bush saved the baby and few other little things from her rooms in the Craw- ford building"
 Confusion Stanley Hess is author Worse ity for this story, and Confounded. if there are any inac-
 curacies connected win it the blame must rest on him. He says that couple of lady friends of his have been annoyed by mice in their residence and decided to get a mouser for the purpose of eXterminating them. One of the ladies suggested that they get two cats instead of one, thinking they would get rid of the pests that knew just where they could get the proper article, and as result d mother cat and one young offspring were secured.
 Peace reigned in the wee small hours for a couple of nights, when the playful antics commenced again and upon investigation it was dis covered that the kitten had made friends with the mice and was playing hide and seek with them while the mother cat sat calmly by and watched the scene.
 And then the cats went back. This Is have received the fol 4 Good lowing story from a Story. friend who sometimes
 sends me good one At first thought I would not print it, because I had heard it before but mainly because the wind-up of it strikes very nearly home. ire quently print stories l have never heard before, only to be told by John Kelly or some other professional jokesmth that the first time he heard that story he broke his milk bottle smashing it against the side of his crib in childish glee.
 Anyhow here is the story:
 A country editor wrote to a cata- logue house for some advertising. They replied that they would be glad to use his space, but would like to know what territory his pa per covered. whereupon he told them; This paper goes from New York to San Francisco, from Canada to the Gulf. and it keeps me working until two o'clock in the morning to keep it from going to he'll
 Ii Was There was a time when The Tom Gibson got quite Tin Can. peeyish whenever a new
 Ford joke was sprung. Those were the days when Tom was supposed to uphold the dignity of the name Ford during the ab- sence of Bobby Sheldon on his trips to Chitina One day he held a con versation with himself and decided that he would pass the buck up to Jimmie Barrack, inasmuch as he was the recognized agent of the car, and for the further good and sufficient reason that he was only being paid to repair the cars that came into Jmmie's place. and not worry over the jokes Since then he has been much happier.
 Recently bunch of would be funny men were telling Ford stories in Toms presence.
 "I heard one the other day, boys. said Tom, that caused me to smile. A man was going along one of the streets when big dog came run ming along and bowled him over Just as he got to his feet along came a Ford and again knocked him down. A friend came running out and picked him up.
 Did it hurt you much?' asked the friend.
 "'The dog didn't was the reply but that confounded tin can that was tied to his tail sprained my ankle'"
 Says He Peter Vidovich says that Ia Leaving he is going Outside For Good about the 18th of the
 present month and that Fairbanks will never see him again in business way; that he may come back some time just to sec how the old burg looks after taking on metropolitan airs when the rail road arrives, but that he is settling up all his business and is going out to get his old bones patched