The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-10

ness for the ladies. In fact. according to the story told he has such fondness for them that he is willing to give them almost anything he has. Therefore, when he recently announced his decision to go to the Tolovana country and that he was going to give every thing he possessed in his bachelor apartments to the ladies, he had numerous callers, all requesting this or that little knickknack, the apart
 Just when he thought that all of his lady friends had been around and he was packing up what little remained and what he wished to take with him. two more ladies called. One of them asked for certain little thing that he had al said: What are you going to do with that washboard? It's just what want"
 Whereupon the cavalier, of course. presented the lady with the wash board
 Before he started on his trip to to go and take dinner at certain messhouse He did not know that the matter of his presenting one of his lady friends with wash board had been nosed about the creeks and so was unprepared for W hat followed.
 Say. Jim,' said one of the men at the table. Pm going to town in the next few days to attend the Fourth of July celebration. And while Pm there I'm goin' to get my girl a present What would you advise me to get?'
 Jim, of course, hummed and hawed with qualification at being asked what was a nice present for lady. but was not going to tell anybody just what he would do under the circumstances, so he told his inquisitor that he could think of nothing in the way of presents in particular "I did not know" then remarked the interrogatOr. but thought that would get a nice new washtub. l noticed that she had a new washboard when was down to see her last night
 Jim has decided to remain indeti- nitely in the Tolovana. according to all reports. He didn't eat much during the remainder of that par tcular dinner.
 The Blooms For the second time in Went Down their history Herman To Defeat. and Charles Bloom went
 down to defeat in the tug-of-war contest pulled off here during the Fourth of July celebra- ton. And that their defeat at the hands of team of foreigners was galling is evidenced by the fact that Herman Bloom has challenged any team in the Panama Valley to meet team picked by him for a side bet of $1,000 Herman, although now we'll over 50 years of age. is therefore of the opinion that he can come back
 As the story is told by oldtimers of California, four of the Bloom boys including both Herman and Charlie, with their father as anchor man. and two cousins with them on the cleats, formed an invincible tug-of-war team, which defeated all corners in California between 20 and 30 years ago, In fact, the Bloom team was the recognized champion tug-ofwar seven in the west Again in Dawson the Blooms | formed team composed of the four Bloom boys and three other | equally good men. and that team | likewise, was never defeated. Herman Bloom did not want to pull during the Fourth of July cele- | bration, according to the reports. ! He said he was too old and could not stand the strain as he had done | in his younger days. But he was prevailed upon to come to town and enter the contest.
 After the pull MT Bloom stated that he had been in 97 matches in 1 his time In IS of the matches he | has been anchor man. the defeat of last Tuesday night being the first sustained by him in that ca pacity.
 Nenana When Captain Francis Boys Are Rotch, of the Engineer | Kicking. ing commission launch Midnight Sun, was in town just before the Fourth of July he announced his intention of re- turning to Nenana and bringing the boys up for a holiday. Amog others | who intended to come were the members of the Nenana baseball team. They had intended to par ticipate in the Fourth of July base ball series and drag down the prize money Of $1O0 and share of the gate receipts If possible