Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-12

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which had nothing but gold, but he expected
to put the two boxes back into the strong
room. Before he was able to do so. how
ever two drunken men came aboard. They
stumbled over the gold chests and realized
what they were. They concluded to steal
one, and picked up the lightest, in which was
the shot, and dropped it over the side of the
vessel. Later on they got it out and buried
1t IN the woods. All this happened that
night and while they were half drunk. After
burying the gold they went to sleep The
next morning one of them grew frightened
at what he had done and told the agent of
the steamship company about it. offering to.
show him where the gold was In the mean
time the loss had been discovered by the
! men on the steamer. They came ashore and
went with the agent to the woods and found
the box. They opened it and 10, it was two
thirds full OF shot. 1t was then remembered
that Miller had been buying shot and he was
arrested. He denied having stolen the gold.
but was convicted and sent to the peniten-
tlary At the end of his term he returned to
Fairbanks where he was carefully watched.
He had evidently hidden the gold he had
taken out Of the box. 1t is supposed that he
succeeded in getting it out of the country.
but to this day no one knows how it was
DONE
Fairbanks has long since become settled
community, but many of the customs of
early mining days are still in effect One is
the habit OF Mechanics. There are but few
'misters' and every one calls his fellow bv
his first name or nickname 1t is John anil
Jim and Tom Dick and Harry. The nick
names are striking Many of them are
founded on the sense OF humor that prevails
everywhere throughout the country One
character here is generally known as "the
man who talked the crow to DEATH" This is
a miner who talks SO much that his fellows
time and again have left him in diseusf.
They did SO one day leaving raven sitting
on the fence outside his cabin. AS the story
goes the man addressed his conversation to
the raven and talked to it until at last the
bird dropped.
Another man is known as "Short and
Dirty others "Skookum Bill" and "Sour
Dough Bill" and fourth "the Maamute
Kid The latter is noted for his fine mala-
mute dogs. He has 20 on hand at this
writing.
The Bear Kid is husky fellow who got
the title by wrestling with tame black bear
before an admiring crowd, and the Hungry
Kid is said to be able to eat at any time and
to never refuse meal. A very thin man is
named "the Evaporated Kid" One of his
friends says that he is human string beau
ha,, 1af+
owns cabin on the Tanana river, between
Fort Gibbon and Fairbanks, where he has a
little potato farm. He is called Eat EN-
up because when he gets drunk, which is
often, he shouts that he can eat up any man
in the crowd. He only weighs 100 pounds
Every one knows Frank as "Old Eat-'em-
up. 'Step-anda-half Johnson" has one leg
shorter than the other Nevertheless he is
fond of racing and can get over the ground
faster than the average Splinter. He is said
to insist that the race track be along the side
of a.hill, where the slope gives his short leg
the advantage.
Another striking character is "Two-step
Louie" Two-step got his title during the
gold rush at Dawson. He was successful
miner, who was accustomed to frequent the
dance halls night after night. The usual
charge was dollar dance, the man being
expected to treat his partner at the end. The
story is told how "Two-step Louie" once
sold a claim for $4,000, and with the under
standing that $500 was to be paid in Ala
n1ander Left>chips, each chip meaning one
dance. "Two-step" came with the stampede
to Fairbanks, where he still continued to
trim the 1ipht fantastic foe II is said he
would sometimes come into the dance halls