The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-22
Town Gossip and Stories
By The TattIer.

this one seems more pronounced than usual Many of AleX's friends are attributing his smile to the lact that his brother Ben is on his way to Fairbanks, being due to arrive here within the next few days. all of which means that Alex will go Outside shortly afterward,
 That, of course, is part of the story, as Alex enjoys a change of scene occasionally, and such will be welcomed by him after one o' his periodical two-year sojourns in the north. However. that is not the whole" reason for Alex's smile, as he, in burst of confidence, re
 ently told the Gossip Man that when he returns north, it will not be alone.
 In other words, Alex intends to hitch up while Outside. His con fidences have not extended to thn name of the young lady, but he states that she lives in New York city. and therefore that is probably the first place that Alex will hit out for after he reaches Seattle regardless of whether or not the San Fran. cisco and San Diego fairs keep their gates open for him.
 Alex expects to return to Fair banks over the trail in April. He loeS not like to think of his return, as that means worries and cares of business. However, he likewise expects to attend to a few matters of business cn the Outside, one Of them being the picking and shipping os 250 new suits of mems clothing for the Fairbanks trade, ard he states that when he gets the stock picked out, there will be no two suits alike, and aN will be of the latest style.
 Deal Is Marshal Erwin was for The Big merly the boss of every Boss Now. thing pertaining to Dem
 ocratc party politics here At least he posed as such, and on account of the fact that he usually made his word good in re gard to all of the statements made by him in regard to what "he' would do, he was generally recog- nized as the Big I AM"
 Things, apparently, have changed now The first intimation that there would be a change came when T. H. Deal the local postmaster, received the appointment as GUS todian of the WA. Bank property. Marshal Erwin had formerly claim ed that honor. But that is not all.
 On the last mail from the Out side Mr Deal received a letter. IL was from the treasury department and was addressed to him as GUS todian of the postoffice, other fed eral property and the court house"
 MT Deal, however, has not re- ceived official notification of his ap- pointment as custodian of the court house, He will therefore deliberate for a while before throwing all oc the rascals out.
 Bull Had The bulls of Mexico and Nothing old Spain, maddened by On Them. the sight of red cape
 in the hands of a pro- fessional toreador, have nothing on certain pair Of mules belonging to a Tolovana teamster, according to ali reports, the only difference is that while a bull becomes more angry when anything of a red color ap pears in his line of vision, these mules become more frightened,
 However, as the incident about to be related happened when the mules were coming down one of the many steep places on the Tolovana trail they were unable to turn around They therefore had to keep coming pressed on as they were by the load behind, and as consequence, nearly ran over the "muleador."
 Fred Pauli is partial to bright colors. Therefore, just before he left town he purchased the bright est of scarlet macklnaw shirts. IL was this shirt which caused the mules to run away, the report re ceived in town being to the effect that they nearly ran over Fred in their frantic efforts to get away from the color which apparently was very obnoxious to their sense of sight. In fact, Freds shirt is so red that it can be seen from the top of one summit on the trail to another, and is quite a matter of curiosity to the traveller who sees it from a distance.
 Other reports are to the effect that Fred does most of his travel ing at night, the shirt affording plenty of light to guide him on his way.
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