The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-08
Town Gossip and Stories
By The Iattler.

 line during the winter were given cold bath in the waters of the Cinema river last Thursday morning That Is they were made to swim across the river from Garden Island 10 the Fairbanks side, a landing &.a leit,,.s4 short distance b. low St. Matthew's hospital. From all appearances they stood the bath well. as they trotted off toward the barHs after they landed. seem ill., [. D" anxious 10 szt their hIoot in circulation after their plunge into tDe icy waters of the river.
 When the swimming caravan started. one of the horses was led iron a boat. with Jack Desmond on the tow line William Kilby, the local x (. barn superintendent, then drove the remainder of the animals into the water And all followed the lead animal directly across the river It took the horses about three minutes to cross.
 My, What A A passenger train con Difference duCtor on the Outside In Alaska. is usually one of the
 "doled up" person ages a traveller has occasion to meet, as everybody who has travelled well knows. \ conductor in Alaska, however, is much different, for he has dozens of other duties aside from punching tickets. And they necessitate that he be dressed in oyeralls when on duty But even at that. wouldn't it be nice to see Bill Christensen, the conductor on the Panama Valley, "dolled up in god braid and brass buttons such as Outside conductors wear pack ing wood from a nearby wood pile to supply the whereWithal which keeps the engine going. However, things may be better for Bill some of these days when the railroad locomotive burns coal or oil. Put we're getting away from the story.
 Duke" Thompson is express mes senger and news agent on the Panama Valley. And Duke" is a lover of those gems which always draw at tention Consequently, Duke wears diamonds even when in pursuit Of !, i1h rate daily between Fairbanks and Chatanika.
 Not long ago well travelled Eng lishman visited Fairbanks. And of course, during his visit here, he had occasion to take several trips to the creeks, making most of them on the Panama Valley train.
 In making the trips he quite nat urally saw both Bill and Duke , Therefore he showed his observing nature when he remarked to friend upon his return to town something like the following:
 Eve travelled the world over and
  my experience here beats every thing For this Is the first time that I ever saw the conductor on train wearing overalls, while the buddy news butcher was wearing diamonds
 He Didn't A returning Tananaite Like Ills met the marshals party Company. at a roadhouse, and, be
 ing well acquainted witA Dan Callahan, engaged him in con- versation. During the talk the homeward bound person expressed deep regret and sympathy to Dan in regard to his conviction and sentence, and asked him how he was standing the trip "Well' said Dan, q am enjoying the outing, eat and sleep well, and not worried over the twelve years. but I sure am in d--- bad company"
 Ills Pump Since the breakup took Failed To place there is hardly Work. cellar In Fairbanks
 which has not had more or less water in it. And of course it has taken considerable work to keep them clear should one wish to do so. In the residence district most of the people moved their per ishables up to a high place and let the water do it's worst, feeling con fident that it would soon go down but in the business district, where the basements are stocked with mer- chandise, it is necessary that the water be kept on the move. There fore, most of the business houses have pumps to handle the water.
 Marcus RosJnthal, the Second ave nue merchant, is one of those who has a pump. It is operated by cleo tricity and is guaranteed to handle so many gallons of water per hour exact number not known, but with capacity large enough to keep Mir. Rosenthal's cellar dry, even dur ing the high water.
 So when the high water came and the floor of his cellar was flooded over, MT, Rosenthal simply