The Alaska citizen., 1916-09-04
Town Gossip and Stories
By The Iattier.

 Zen To The Citizen. through The Ends or The Gossip Man, is The Earth. now going 10 do a
 little braggin< regard ing its circulation on the Outside The circulation in Alaska does not need our brags. for it is well known fact hat it Is the largest of any paper in Fairbanks. ani, We think, in the territory. And we wouldn't brag about the Outside circulation did We not want to show that the paper reaches to the utter most ends of the earth.
 A woman in Dallas. Texas, read Mrs Ferne Johnsons Fourth of July ad in The Citizen. She no- ticed of course. that Mrs Johnson was advertising d millinery busi- ness and being in that business herself. as we'll as being fancy work maker. she thought that she would write and see if Mrs Johnson could not use some fancy work. She de sired particularly 10 sell dress she had made according to her letter to Mrs. Johnson.
 The other testimonial of the eX- tent of the circulation of The Citi- zen came from Berue Switzerland IL arrived here some time ago, but We have hesitated to mention it before now, for the reason that lt called us down" In fact, the com muniCation in question related to war dispatch printed in this paper in June of 1915. In it the dispatch was quoted and the correction made The name of the communicant had evidently been erased by the Brit ish censor. as had part of the com muncation itself
 It Was Several months ago Too Much there was a wreck on For Tom. the Panama Valley rail
 road The wreck took place on one of the high trestlcs on curve, several cars falling from the track. It was caused by the derailment of the trucks of a freight car.
 Now there has always been war between the automobile men operat- ins cars between Fairbanks and creeks points and the railroad, on account of the passenger traffic. Therefore, when the wreck took place the automobile men started to advertise it as a good business getting proposition for themselves. Tom Gibson even caused a picture of the wreck to be made and thrown upon the screen at Thornes show house for advertising purposes.
 Not very long ago there was an bridge on the trail to Ester which went down. And the wreck took place while an automobile load of men were crossing the bridge.
 The Haunting of the railroad wreck on a movie" screen had of course been a thorn in the side of Wade Panama Valley railroad. According ly. when the latter wreck on the government trail took place, he de. cIded he would even things up with Tom Gibson. Consequently, he had picture made of the wreck and thrown upon the screen immedi- ment which had been running all summer The reading matter on the railroad ad said: Travel on the T. V. R. R.-Safety First"
 The manner of the advertis ing of course. caused much mirth among the movie fans" And, of course it was good advertising for both the automobile drivers and for the railroad. But the railroad ad was too much for Tom Gibson, whC hauled off his picture of the rail road wreck in bury.
 Chicken Since he went out of Thief Is the saloon business out Discovered al Fox Ralph WaechteI
 has gone into ranching to certain extent And last spring about the time that the first boat bringing live stock from the Out side arrived, he took a notion that first class ranch Is not complete unless it has its complement ol barnyard fowls. Accordingly he re solved to make the purchase of a number of chickens.
 The chickens arrived at Fox ir due time and were placed on the Waechter place. Of course, they were an object of considerable curi osity to the creek people who hap pened along. And they also caused Mr Waechter considerable concern by reason of the fact that his friends promised to rob the roost," so tc speak. But the chickens lived calmly on, passing their lives as only good chickens can.
 One morning not long ago, how ever, when MT. Waechter went ou