The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-31
Town Gossip and Stories
5, The Tsttier.

normal person.
 The old gentleman was in Dawson | .n early days He became acquaint- l ed with MT Clark in Montana many ] years ago. Mrs. Clark he has known since she was small child. He made the trip to Alaska especially to see Mir and Mrs. Clark and Depu, 1 ty Marshal C. w. Vawter. of Panama, i He was one of the outgoing pas sengers on the mail automobile last ] Tuesday night
 Afraid "Old Man" Eddie Suter | Of The Is home again, after l Old Man. having spent the past
 six months on the great 1 Outside With Mrs. Suter he took l in a grand circle of the towns and cities of the southern and eastern i part of the United States, but he also spent considerable time in the marts of the east laying in a new stock of jewelry for his store here. People who have been passing l the store during the past week have l been wondering at the more than usual amount of activity there. Ev- erything seemed to be torn up, the stock being strewn all around.
 But an investigation on the part of those most curious developed the fact that Hjalmar Larson. the manager of the establishment in the absence of MT. Suter, was merely engaged in cleaning up. He had good sized corps of assistants and all were busy for several days. The reason. of course, was that the "old man" was coming home.
 This Might A bishop was travelling | Have Been in a mining country and In Alaska. he encountered an old
 Irishman turning a wind lass which hauled ore up out of a shaft It was his work to do this all day long. His hat was off, and the sun was pouring down on his unprotected head.
 Don't you know the sun will in jure your brain if you expose 1t l like that" said the bishop.
 The Irishman wiped the sweat off his forehead and looked at the clergyman. Do you think I'd be doing this all day if had any brains?" he said.
 That "Nena na-the New Nenana Noise"
 Slogan. That is the slogan of
 the new railroad town at Nenana And in order that it may be properly chronicled for the benefit of the future generations who will probabl populate the beau tiful homes and towering sky crap CTS of the town which is in it's in fancy at the present time, it is proper that the time that the new slogan was adopted and the reason therefor, should now be given.
 A small crowd of people were as sembled at Mrs. Bishops store on the evening of Tuesday July 25, af- ter the days work was done. The chief topic of conversation was the slogan with which the Nenanaites would greet the Fairbanksans when they stepped off the dock on the excursion on Sunday, July 30. All their brains to get something which would fit the occasion. Many phras. es were suggested as slogans, only to go down to defeat when vote was taken.
 | While the Nenanaites were delib- erating the chug-chug of motor boat was heard out on the river. It was seemingly very distant, but in the excitement which prevails at all | IlNeT lO"nS over llle CollllS ol d boat, the slogan was forgotten. There | fore all who were assembled hurried down to the river bank to watch the boat coming in from Fairbanks.
 Tt is the Elmer G., remarked Game Warden Andy Hoey as he stood with the rest of the bunch watching the little craft approaching. T don't like the way her machinery is pounding Sounds like she has some new parts that are working stiffly, for she is making a new Ha, l have it!" he continued, shout ing loudly. "Nenana. the New Noise, "
 And so "Nenana the New Noise is the slogan of the new railroad town For 1t was voted as such by the Nenanaites when they returned to their deliberations at Mrs. Bish- ops store after the Elmer G. ar rived And the name originated in the mind of an experienced gas boat engineer because he thought he could detect foreign sound in the machinery of motor boat when she was some distance away from her landing place.
 By The If the people of Fail