The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19
Town Gossip and Stories
By The TattIer.

hls sister-in-law Miss Lillian No walker. of Seattle
 When he went to the boat he failed to see the lady in question Naturally he wondered why she hadn't arrived as expected. but the mystery was solved when the mail brought by the boat was distributed. For letter came saying that just as she got on the boat the young lady in question listened favoraby to the argument of a young man on the question of matrimony and decided to remain Outside.
 Rats Are Capt Henry Gohres. of Caught On the Fairbanks fire de Fish Line. partment, now claims to
 hold the record as T fisherman For he can catch ra'S on line as well as fish. He does not have much time for fishing. being continuously on duty. there fore he whiles away an occasional minute or hour catching rats with his hook and line.
 Rats have been very plentiful al the fire hall during the winter. Numbers of them were trapped. but there still seemed to be plenty. This spring they were pretty hun gry for anything new in the way of grub consequently they Dit" easily at a bait of cheese on barbed hook
 Seven rats were caught in this manner in the course of a half-hour one evening, and two more took the bait, but got loose. The dog mascot at the fire lall killed tho rats after they were hooked, the only wonder being that the dog was not hooked in the operation. Dollar There is lead dollar Goes The in Fairbanks going tko Rounds. rounds. And it has
 been the cause of con siderable controversy, several fistic encounters being narrowly avoided. It has also served its purpose in a jocular way, as at least one mer- chant who is too fond of free ad vertising for his name to be men toned, has had it handed to him twice, and was some sore thereat Taking A It Is a we'll known fact Trip To that when anyone takes Country vacation from their
 labors they usually have something set aside to do during the time that they are not work ing. Most of the time it is a trip they expect to take.
 Berny Carr took a vacation not long ago. And just after laying off he announced his intention of going to the creeks for week. But Berny has evidently been on the night shift too long for the depar- ture of the early morning train never saw him out of bed on a single morning during that week. Conse- quently Berny Is now back to work without having taken that trip.
 Harry Brown also intended to go to the creeks, But he will prob ably go back to work this morn ing without having taken his trip, having put it off from time to time. Familiar The opening of naviga- Faces ton and the coming of Back Again. steamers always brings
 old northerners back to former haunts. And among those who come are the steamboat men who spend the winter on the Out side and come north again in the summer to resume their labors.
 J. c. McCann, Jules Oliver, Jack Green and Bert Newcomb were among those who showed up here last week, but who have now de- parted on their respective boats, the Panama and the Yukon, Of these, Captains McCann and Oliver are perhaps the best known in Fair banks as they have made this city their headquarters for number of years.
 Captain McCann states that his family will not come north this summer, but that they will probably be here next spring. Captain Oli- yer is not feeling we'll He took sick shortly before leaving the Out side, and had to go into the hospital at Whitehorse, staying there until the Panama pulled out on this trip. q . . e . . q Q Q . . . . . . . q BASEBALL STANDINGS. q