The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-30
Town Gossip and Stories
B> The IattIer.

Ot me -E STILL l.. A. Jackson came omELLS recently from Ruby CHEESE. on launch He had
 been working for the road commission on the new road through the Kuskokwim country. Jack. son himself is a well known con noisseur i'll the matter Of dining and rather brides himself on that art
 It seems that the launch was not plentitully supplied with food. How eyer. there was in the stores piece Of very fragrant limburger cheese. The cook asked the passengers how they would like that Jackson and one other of the passengers said that they could not bear to think of eating such stuff Then they went on to analyze in no very flatterine way the mind of man who would eat such junk. Very likely Jackson called them bone heads"
 Finally the cook became slighuy peeved, and decided to try out Jack. sons knowledge. So he put the cheese into some soup and placed it upon the table for the gentlemen. They ate 1t with much gusto. and Jackson was one among the first to commend its delicate flavor.
 However. the cook was not satis- fled with that. Jackson was too bag We'll, the cook wonders what Jack" will do when he next opens It. "DAYLiGHT" An oldtimer tells GETS BACK story on Jack Lon AT LONDON. don. He came to
 Alaska during the stampede of 1893 At that time he was boy of seventeen or nineteen. and, of course, he had many expert ences.
 One time he went out on the river to get pail of water. As the river was covered with ice, he had to chop through that before he could get to chnrnnH a while and then exclaimed to the interested miners.
 "Ill be d-d, Look at the sparks fly out of the ice."
 He was chopping gravel
 HE WILL There is one young BE SOME man In town who can PLAYER. be found almost any
 time of the day play ing billiards in local club. He will be some player if he keeps it up. He has the old sharks at the game leary or him right now. Then he is practicing every moment he can spare from his business across the street.
 Now he gets so interested in the game that he talks to himself about the shot he is about to make. Hit her thin and put the english on that side" he will say. A little later he remarks Yes, I'll play another game" That's d follow shot" "Ill play 'er to that cushion this time" JUST A A few days ago MATTER OF clipping from Seat GOSSIP. tie paper was re-
 received here rela- tive to the supposed relations of a well known young couple of Fair banks. The clipping said that the young lady in question had been awarded decision in the courts for $2OOOO under breach of promise pro ceedings and that if she could find the young man she could collect. That is the extent of what Fair banks knows, despite reports to the contrary reflecting on both parties concerned.
 Both of the young people went Out side early in the summer. He went first, to be followed few weeks later by the young lady in question. He came back; she did not. There fore, if she is looking for him. to col lect that $2O,O00, she can find him at Nenana.
 TWO CAN Bears of Kodiak Is- PLAY AT land have become THE CAME famous for their fe
 rocity and gameness. In the big game hunting world they are put in the same class as the wild boars of Germany and the tigers of Bengal Therefore, since in certain times of the year they go hunting men, it takes no small amount of nerve and a good sized gun to face them They even come to the out skirts of the towns, and do not hesi- tate to attack men.