The Alaska citizen., 1915-12-20
Town Gossip and Stories
By The Tattier.

1 The Best There is an old saying Of Friends that the best of friends Must Part. must part It does not usually mean, how ever, that those who are friend } should fall out over some trivial matter and thereafter not be on speaking terms. Such things hap pen occasionally, an example being l connected with the story about to bc related.
 It seems that a well known gen tleman of Fairbanks who owns an automobile started to take a lady friend a few miles out the Valdez trail several days ago. All went well until they met a big truck G' was on their return trip) and then cur automobiIist had to give up part of the road. The result was that his Ford got stuck In the snowdrifte at the side of the road
 Every effort to move the machine was of no avail Therefore, the 1 lady got out and started to push About that time the driver discov- cred that he could run the machine backwards, and one of the lady's feet suffered. She prOmrtly scream 
 forward again and this time stopped one of the rear wheels Of the auto directly on the lady's foot
 According to all reports there was considerable blue" in the air about that time. The two people how ever, stayed with the ship. but pretty soon something snapped.
 They therefore had to come to town r,-if hA Jo. and it is authorltatively stated that they did not speak each other for the entire distance. Nor have they spoken since. according to all ~eports.
 Another result of thelr little auto ride is that they have quit getting their mail in the samo box Metzoar Johnny Metzgar, the Fov Running City merchant, is now Garage. running a garage. but he doesn't know it. That is, his store was temporarily turne3 'nto a garage one evening last weo1, one of the little Metz automobiles which operates about this city and vicinity having taken a notion that it wanted to invade MT Metzgar's store
 And it kept the notion, too. for it climbed right up the steps in front of the store and broke throueh the windows In the door of the N"i1ding. Roy Porter was at the wheel of the machine but of course hat does not account for the ac, tions of the crazy automobile which mistook store for a garage when f wanted 10 take a rest
 The fact of the matter is that poy. In trying to make turn from the main road into the street in front of the store, failed to take into account the skiddine of his uto. and the machine was therefore
 brown LID On the store platform Tt is stated that Roy and Sam Dum- Nolton. who was with him. footed ''n bill in the matter of fixing up Netzgar's glass front.
 '"oloott When Ed Woleott TO 's Good turned to Fairbanks from terder one of his numerous
 trips to the Outside sev eral years ago. he brought back medal which read "Chicken Insnnct- Nr No 23 He n'nnod thIa badge :" bis manly chest and, under au- tNoritv thus granted him by the Nationel Commission of Chicken In snectors. he nrnceeded to inspect tNe local product
 On his laet trip to the Ontsid, Mir. Wolcott faiIed to bring back "0nnwal of his credentials Nothino dannted however, he usod his o1' commission and as rnsult has col 'ected quite flock under his broad '"''o ntin'nnrica" wing
 For Wolcott now has a job he likes. for he is supervising the wort If transcrihine the To'ovana renord" Tt started Saturday evening and tNn 'f""k" was working Saturday night And all reports are to thC effeo' that Wolcott makes az good q 'her3 ar" as he does a single driver.