The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-26
Town Gossip and Stories
By The IattIer.

f Then l saw another stunt. IL was a couple l was not acquainted with. although a little inquiry on 1 my part elicited the information ] that they were man and wife, and ] that they. too, were recent arriy- als in Fairbanks Their stunt wa d new position in dancing That Is. ] it was a position never seen before i on public dance floor in Fairbanks. 1 The left hand of the lady, usually on the mans right shoulder or un. ] der his right arm, was placed just where it could get a good grip on i her husbands neck. l thought 1 maybe she only danced that way with her husband. but soon dIs- covered the new position would b" classed as an importation by FaT- banks dance lovers. for she dane | that way with all the men.
 i And it is no josh to say that the position looked good. Of course ] it looked queer to some. but that was because it is uncommon here. But it is undoubtedly quite as proper l in society circles on the Outside as are other dance positions.
 At any rate it was something new to Fairbanksans. And they are always looking for something in the way of novelty to mix into the common, ordinary, everyday affairs of life Therefore it is easy to sup pose that the new hold will be given it's trial just az have other pre- l ceding novelties.
 An Excuse Jack McCord is in town Was Easily And his arrival always Invented means a story of some kind to at least one of the newspaper men. For Mac is always doing something which makes good copy Sometimes he has sold claim for a good-sized bunch of money. Again, he has bought some i interests which hold big promises for the future Last winter he 1 took a trip to the Outside, with the result that when he returned the local newspapers were full of Mac for a week after his arrival.
 Mac" came to town this time from the Beaver country, He had been over there prospecting with three other fellows. He went ove. into the Beaver from the TolOvana country, having nothing else to do, as his ground in the Tolovana is either under option or let out on i leases. The members of the party took three packhorses with them. But therein lies the story. 1 would not tell it on Mac" if he hadn' [ told it himself.
 It seems that the party woke up one morning three days out from Livengood creek to find that the horses had all strayed away Ob- viously the thing to do was to look for them. Therefore, as soon as the breakfast dishes were all washed each of the four men in the party started out horsehunting.
 They didn't expect to have to hunt long, as three horses had bells on their necks and one of them, at least, was hobbled. Macs" di- rection to hunt was toward Chata nika He kept on going, but found no horses. And he acknowledges that his thoughts weren't extensive ly on horseflesh at all, although, of course, he would have recognized a horse had he seen one.
 When Mac" came to after the day dream he had been having while wandering along, supposed to be for tracks, the sun showed that it was past the noon hour. Therefore Mac" began to consider backtracE- ing for camp. Before he started however he took his bearings as to the position he then occupied
 discovering, after looking at the ;arious land marks. that he was closer to Chatanika than he was to his camp.
 So that's how Mac" came to be in town this trip. He doesn't know whether his partners found the lost horses or not. And they may be looking for him for all he knows.
 Anthony Out at the Eagle anti Ore Is mony mine, on 1rea
 Sluiced sure creek, the dump
 of ore taken out in the prospecting and preliminary opera tions on the ground before ore in commercial quantities was mined is now being handled. And some oI
 it is of much better quality than that mined from the regular vein according to those who are familiar
 with operations there.
 The ore on the dump is being
 handled in novel manner wher the fact that it is quartz rock Is taken into consideration. It is be | ;np sluicad like ordinary placer dirt