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The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
ABOUT THE MAIL

Mail for the coast and for the Out side is dispatched from Fairbanks at X NJ. on Sundays and Wednesdays. l. closes at the pOstOttce at 6 A. NJ on Sundays and Wednesdays.
 Mails for Fairbanks and other points in Interior Alaska leave Cor dova on Mondays and Thursdays. They are scheduled to arrive here in twelve days after they start, or on Fridays and Mondays.
 Mails for lower river points are scheduled to leave Fairbanks once per week after the close of navigation. They now leave by every boat. They leave the next day following the ar rival of the first mail of the week from the coast.
 Creek mails are dispatched from the local office every day.
 The BrooksLivengood mail leaves Fairbanks every Tuesday morning. The incoming mail is due every Monday evening.
 Nenana mail is dispatched on ev- cry outgoing steamer.
 Incoming mail from the Outside will reach Fairbanks this afternoon on the Northern Commercial com pany's stage. It left Richardson yes terday morning.
 Outgoing mail for the Outside from Fairbanks will leave here Wednes- day morning on the x. C. Go. stage. The mail closes at 6 o'clock Wed nesday morning.
 Outgoing mail for the lower river from Fairbanks will leave tomorrow morning through the agency of the N. C. Co.,
 Incoming mail from the lower river for Fairbanks will reach here some time tomorrow
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
TRAIL BULLETIN

Salcha-30 above. Cloudy, Trail rough. l auto by south 10 A. NJ. 2lst. Brogan and Moore north A. NJ to- day.
 Richardson -13 above Road good. Mail north A. NJ.
 McCarty-40 above. Clear. Trail fair. autos, 15 passengers, leave this A. M mushers south ' A. NJ.
 Donnelly-38 above. Cloudy. High south wind Trail heavy South mail 7.30 A. NJ. mushers south A NJ.
 McCallum-25 above. Cloudy. Snow II inches Trail heavy. No traffic.
 Paxson-3O above Cloudy. North mail out 8 A. M.
 Hogun-36 above Clear Trail bad. No traffic.
 Gulkana 40 above. Cloudy, Trail fair Scanlon south 4 autos 6 passen- gers. Stage north ' A. M.
 'OpItl NtUlCI dDONt NlOuuy Trail fair. Mail north noon yesterday Wilson's two teams south A. M Will make upper Tonsina.
 Tonsina-35 above. Cloudy. Trail fair No traffic.
 Teikhell-34 above. Raining. Trail muddy. Big storm blew lots trees on road. No traffic.
 Beaver Dam-3O above Showing hard Trail heavy. No traffic.
 Thompson Pass-22 above. Trail drifted 37 inches snow. Road Com. teams leave for Drop 6:45 A. M. Moore and Callins driving.
 Wortman-36 above. Raining. Trail bad Cashman stuck one mile south. Hoyt and Day still stuck.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
THAT KID OF YOURS.

That kid of yours is a wonder but so are all of them. All kids are wonders; they would not be kids if they were not; they have been wonders since the commencement of time, and they will continue to be to the end of time. In fact, there is not anything in the world more wonderful than a boy, unless it is a girl.
 But that kid of yours-isn't he the finest ever? Why, folks say he looks like you. and that's all that Is necessary. Besides, he has such old ways; he is a regular little man. He knows more than anyone would over dream of his knowing-and he Is never at fault. The other boys pick on him; that's why he fights at times. Sure. your kid never was to
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23

blame m scrap. That nasty Jones boy across the street or around the corner started it. he is d terror but your kid why he would be marvel of perfection if # were not for other kids
 Then your own kid Is so full of enthusiasm and energy; il Is almost impossible for him to keep his cloth ing clean You dress him and start him out and he returns with his shoes muddy and his clothes torn. or course. he never went into the mud: those nasty kids pushed him in. and h. never tore his clothes; those other kids tore them for him If if were not for the kids he plays with your kid would be model of neatness.
 But for the moment, let us b" honest and forget it k your own kid Let Us consider that il is any kid. For, know ye, all of them are holy terrors. That's why they make great men and great women after they grow up That's why they are worth while If your own kid was as clever and as good as you be. lieye him to be he would not amount 10 d cuss. If he was kept as clean as you would like him to be he would die of cleanliness If he did not wear out his clothes, and fight and scratch his brothers and sisters and tear holes in a sawdust doll just to see the sawdust run out he would be abnormal That is why you should have great deal of charity for the other fellows kid; because the chances are he is just exactly like your own kid Exchange.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
Meet Your Friends
 AT THE New California

sects in season to earn the best of treatment.
 Of course, housekeepers are nv expected to allow spiders to ly" ana make webs in their living re9rs. LHt if there chances to be a number of spiders in the celiarway, down in the basement, in the laundry, and yspa- cially in the corners of the little garbage houses, care should be taken not to kill them or disturb then. SJ: will not bite except in self defense. Make no attempt to harm the or dinary spider and he will run across your hand or arm a dozen times and make no attempt to bite
 Even those little weather prophet spiders that build their nests in the grass are of great value. It is claimed that if many such webs are seen in the morning on the lawn It Will not rain, as these spiders know enough not to build them when it is about to rain These same spiders capture hundreds of flies, and they are espe- cially valuable in catching mosqul- toes The webs are harmless, as are the SDjderS and ShOuId never be de- stroyed
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
WHO ARE THEY !?

Now the time draws nearer at which Americans will exercise the great prerogative that belongs to them as citizens of this nation. EN- cry one of them who is eager that the best interests of the country be advanced is face to face with the problem of who is the right man to vote for Political parties in the past have attempted to solve that question. The result of that has been boss rule.
 Nothing has yet been devised to take the place of the party platform method. But no person will deny that something must be secured that will present the candidate fairly and impartially to the voter, This is nor so necessary in regard to the men who are candidates for the greater offices, since the newspapers present them fairly well to the public. By reading both sides and using little common sense the voter is moi likely to go far astray.
 But it is in the choosing of the lesser officers that some method should be devised. How many of the voters in Fairbanks have a knowledge of even part of those men whose names appear on the local ballot?
 In Oregon a committee was chosen, we think. by the commercial club, for the purpose of putting the various candidates names before the public at certain election. This commit tee looked up the records of the can didates and published the same in the newspapers of the city This was done in one of the city elections. They even went so far to recommend the men to be voted for.
 That. perhaps, was going step too far. But some such body ought to do a like duty for the voters of Al aska. That is, it ought to give a fair impartial record of the candidates and present also a statement signed by the candidate, of his political principles. This is a duty that the territory or national government can not very well undertake. Some of the citizens ought to have public spirit enough to so far give their services to the commonwealth.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23

ton of an increase of thousands of flies during the summer, and all the flies one spider catches in season is of far greater benefit than man kind realizes.
 A spider is a clean lovable pet compared with the house fly. The spi- der does not go into places where filth is located; he does not live on filthy things, but on other insects, and there are probably more deadly found in d thousand spiders.
 The spider sets good example in patience and industry. Further more. all the insects he preys upon and devours are of the germ bearing sort and certainly should be killed The average spider will kill from three to four hundred flies in season. by catching them in his web, while he also gets a quantity of other insects tASt do not fly, but crawl about theAouse.
 Spiders are also fond of mosqui- toes and get quantities of them both indoors and out of doors Chats and other bothersome and dangerous little insects are also game for the little spidef and in this manner he destroys enough germ laden in
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
WHY THE SPIDER SHOULD
 BE A WELCOME GUEST

Almost everyone dislikes a spider Probably there is nothing else except ing snake that is so widely dis liked, and this is no doubt due to the ugly appearance of the spider It cannot be because of his bite, for there are but few spiders with a deadly bite, while the bite of the average spider isn't half as danger ous as the bite of a mosquito or the crawling of a fly about your face.
 sect. His web is greatly disliked by neat housekeepers, but, notwithstand, ing all this. instead of being some thing to shudder at, he should be welcomed in every home.
 Wont you walk into my parlor?
 Said the spider to the fly"
 did great deal to get the spider in bad favor. This insect Is looked upon by children (and the belief held in after life) that spider is a sort of terrible insect ogre to be dreaded, feared and summed
 Nowadays we know better, or should know better The very fact that the spider lures the fly into his web should be sufficient to endear the spider to everyone. The killing of only one fly means the proven
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
SHELDON AUTOS
 0FF FUR CH|T|NA

This afternoon at two o'clock two Sheldon automobiles will leave Fair banks for Chitina. The passenger list is not complete as yet How ever, many people wish to leave at this time, and the list is not likely to be incomplete long.
 It seems now that the weather is the roads will be in fairly good shape.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
ALL IT AMOUNTS TO.

If you don't do your work better, said the lady of the house, 'I shall discharge you immediately"
 "I wouldn't dare say that to my cook" remarked visitor.
 Well, I dare say it to mine, and frequently, too. guess I've said that every day for a year"
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
Town Gossip and Stories
8, The IattIer.

TEACHERS Did you ever meet OF GAMES up with individuals WE PLAY. who will give advice
 on the game you are trying to play" Of course. it isn't likely that sou have. for they are ,pch rare persons They are easily recognized, for they always know exactly the right play to make.
 Then. too. if the game, say. is pool or billiards. they always know such cunning trick shots. Ever see them make those shots? They don't make them every time. but they can show how the shots should be made Then. too they are always right in the method of making difficult shot. How anxiously are they afraid that the pupil will not make an incorrect tetumate'
 Las. night al one of the tables in local pool hall one fellow was jealous in his efforts to show an other fellow just the angle to Use in making billiards in bottle pool. Indeed, he stopped the game in or der to show his opponent the right way. It takes considerable patience on the part of the greener player to be polite under such circumstances.
 And the card fiend who tells eV. cry one what the proper lead is un- der the circumstances. Of course. this all occurs after the progress of the game has revealed the position of the cards Did you ever have one of those gentlemen sit at your elbow ana tell you where your mistakes are after the play? Did you ever have one of them tell you how to play and then when your partner missed your ! hand on account of your lead and have him explain how 1t would not have happened if the cards had been 90 and so?
 It isn't possible to get into a card game where there are a number of men present without having one or two of these self-set-up teachers on hand. Then when things do turn out as they predetermine, ever notice how chesty they get? Of course, the games are those that demand skill and brains A greenhorn ought to be glad to have a little help-and they usually are. Confound it, They ought not to rub salt in fresh wounds. NEW USE NeWspa P Q fiji 6 s l FOR NEWS are used for great 1 OFFICE. many things. They
 are even understood i to be used for a great many things | ludl SOulu tACttulHSlS strange. l tO- pie like to advertise themselves through it's columns in many strange ways.
 They want the paper to take up i some particular grievance of their own and give it to the air. They tell inmost secrets, in the hope of seeing them in print the next morn ing. They stop newspaper men on l the streets to tell them how someone has tried to defraud them
 But not long ago a man capped the climax, especially when he came
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

For President:
 WOODROW WILSON, For Presidents:
 THOS. R. MARSHALL For Delegate to Congress; CHARLES A. SULZER For Attorney General:
 GEORGE B. GRIGSsY. For Territorial representatives. For Senator:
 THOMAS A. MCGOWAN. For Representatives:
 VIM. r. BURNS.
 JOHN w. DUNN.
 LUTHER C. HESS.
 A. M. klLGORE.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
ADVERTISING RATES.

ADVER ISlNG RA IS. Single issue up to 5 inches, per inch, s1.
 Three issues for same space at rate Of 75c per inch
 Up to 10 inches, per inch, 75c. Less than 100 inches any month, 35 cents on large advertising. Minimum rate any advertisement, per inch, 25c.
 Local lines 25c per line first in sertion, 15c per line each subsequent insertion.
 Legal advertising same rate as above.
 Outside advertising 50 per cent higher than above rates.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23
Classified Advertisements

With the exception of Situations Wanted" and Help Wanted notices under this heading will be charged for at the rate ol , cents per line, each publication the minimum charge of 25 cents. The exceptions noted above will be printed free of charge
 ACCOMMODATIONS WANTED-Young lady wishes work of any kind. Inquire at The Citi- zen office
 WANTED-Young American woman wants work here or in Nenana. Alp ply Citizen Office. ~~~~~~~~--~~-~~-~~~~~~~~-~>- WANTED-Competent woman wants general housework or messhouse work on the creeks References furnished If wanted.-Apply at Citi- zen Office
 "~~~~~~~~~-~~~~~~~-~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~o~~~~o~~~~~~~-~ WANTED-EXperienced roadhOuse and restaurant cook would like f position. Will also accept d posi-. ton in a private home Apply Citizen
 '~>~~~-~~~~~"~~~>~""o WOMEN wanting work call at 210 Tenth Avenue
 >~>~.o~~~~~~~~>~~~~>~~ WANTED A sheet metal worker Good job to right party Apply \ X W. Shop. Second and Lacy.
 
 WANTED-W Work of any character by lady. Rebekahs and |, 0. O. <. kindly assist. Address this office or call 22S Seventh street. --~~>~~~~>--~~~->~~~--~ WANTED-GOo lady cook desires position of any character from 2 A NJ. to : F. NJ. Inquire this office ~r~~~~-~~~o~o~~~~ WANTED Winter job as tlunkey around camp or roadhouse. Will ing to do chores also Will work for small wages. Apply Citizen. 
 WANTED -Saleslady, who under stands the altering of mems wear to go to Nenana Call immediate ly. The Fair
 --~-~~--~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WANTED-W Wood to saw. Leave or- der at Imperial Cigar store and get wood sawed the same day. Prices same as last winter D. l.. Squire= -~~~~~~~~~~~ FOR SALE-Residence of three rooms, large cellar, Outside fur mace, in choice part of town. Price reasonable Address this of flee
 >~>~~~~~->~>~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~"~~~~>"~~-~~ FOR SALE-4,000 feet of flooring and shiplap; 5000 feet of 1x10, 2x4 and 2x6 rough, second hand lumber, new last year. One pool table, four and one-half by nine; one fivefoot show case for coun- ter; three teams of horses, weights 3,400, 3,200 and 2,700.
 Apply Eagan & Griffin, Fairbanks Creek.
 ~~>>~~~~>~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~-~~-0~o~~~~~~~~~ FOR SALE Cheap. Piano in thor ough condition. See Mente ~~~>~~~~~-.--,.-s-~~~>~ >~~-~~~~~~~ FOR SALE Beautiful ermine huff Inquire Lavery x Bailey. -~>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~~ LAYS TO LET-Virgin ground on Cleary creek at 90 per cent Ap- ply C. N. Creamer, GraehI. 1t
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23

to d morning paper that never sleeps. He came to the door of the office and asked. "Aint this a lodging house."
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23

house."
 FAIRBANKS Not long ago two GIRLS ARE well known Fair PIONEERING. banks young ladies
 went down to the new railroad town of Nenana to go to work. And. according to all re ports. they are now comfortably sci tied, although they did some rough ing it' and pioneering when they first landed.
 They spent their first night in tent. It had floor in it and was otherwise as comfortable as tent could be expected to be on a chilly night. But there wasn't an oyerabun- dance of covering for them, and as a consequence their first night at Ne, mana was not an overly pleasant one. They fared better the next night. however, as the good people of the new burg, learning of their plight, came to their rescue. The result was that on their second nights stay at Nenana they had enough bed clothing to start a lodg- ing house
 Now these two young ladies have always been home bodies. That is, they have always lived at home with mother" to look after their every want. But mother" wasn't at Ne mana to cook breakfast for "daugh- ter before she went to work, con seQuently daughter had to get up at o'clock and eat breakfast at the engineering commissions mess or go to a restaurant and eat break fast. And o'clock in the morning entertaining the night before.
 The latest report on the breakfast proposition is that the two girls have decided to get their own breakfasts at any hour they please. And it is understood that they are being fiber, ally supplied with all kinds of break fast dainties from home Mother" has to come in on the deal some where, so she sends down the bacon an" from Fairbanks
 GRAVEYARD E. M Keys and his OF THE sons, George and ANClENTS. Ralph are sinking Vault creek. They are down sixty feet now. And they rep@rt that they struck at that depth what is appar- ently burying ground of the an cents. For the shaft at it's bottom is full of the bones of a prehistoric animal, probably mammoth
 Such finds as this are frequent in the interior. Which statement can be evidenced by the many well pre- served tusks and teeth of prehistoric animals which are to be seen around. The bones found by the Keys on Vault were in state of decomposi- tion, but the one tusk found showed that the animal, whatever it was, must have been a very large speci- men.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23

Subscribers will confer favor by promptly notifying this office of fail. ure to receive their paper.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23

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 Newspa p e I o fiji c 6 s are used for a great many things. They are even understood
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23

WANTED A sheet metal worker Good job to right party. Apply X w. Shop Second and Lacy
The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-23

WANTED-Young lady wishes work of any kind Inquire at The Citi- zen office.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-05-12
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
May 12.

1621-First wedding in the Ply mouth colony took place, uniting Ed ward Winslow and Susanna White.
 17S9-Tammany Society was form ed in New York.
 1S09-Napoleon captured Vienna, the capital of Austria.
 1S20-Birthday of Florence Night ingale, heroine of the Crimea, known as the greatest nurse in history. She died in 1910.
 1870-Province of Manitoba formed.
 1S74-Women admitted to degrees by the University of London.
 1S94-Torpedo boat Erickson, first war vessel built in inland waters, was launched at Dubuque, Ia.
 1914-Premier Asquith pledges gov ernment to amend home rule bill if measure becomes a law.
 1914-Popular elections of United States senators provided in bill passed by United States Senate. 1915-The war:
 Bryce commission reported on Ger man atrocities in Belgium. French retain net positions north of Arras, in face of heavy fire.
 Austrians cross the River San and claim Russians in rout.
 British battleship Goliath torpedoed and sunk at Dardanelles; 300 lives lost.
 British submarine penetrates the straits and sinks three Turkish ships.
 Gen. Botha captures Windhook, capital of German Southwest Africa.
 Dr. Dernburg "sent home;" sailed with British safe conduct
The Prescott daily news., 1916-05-12
ENGLAND TO ACCEPT
 PLAN OF NELSON PAGE

London, May 1.-The British gov ernment has just announced its accep- tance of the plans submitted last Feb ruary by Walter Hines Page, the American ambassador for feeding the civilian population of Poland by an American commission. The accept ance carried rather difficult stipu- lation for the central powers, namely, that the relief must be applied al so to that portion of Poland in Aus trian occupation, and not confined as Germany desires to that occupied by Germany. It is stipulated that the food is to be shipped from the United States in German ships under a neu- tral flag, and Germany and Austria agree as part of the scheme, to care for the populations of Serbia, Albania and Montenegro.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-05-12
RAILWAY MAIL PAY SCORED.

New Orleans, May 11.-Vigorous
 criticism of the postoffice department
 relative to extension of the parcel post
 weights and railway mail pay gener- ally, was made here today by S. s. Ashbaugh, general counsel for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad at Boston, before the con- vention of the Southern Short Line Railroad Association. The conven-
 ton adopted resolutions urging Con- gess to pass legislation authorizing the Interstate Commerce Commission 10 fix and establish such compensation i0r carrying mails "as shall be just
 and reasonable under conditions pre- nlllng on each post route,' and that the commission make classifcations for parcel post packages, fix definite weights and rates of postage.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-05-12
POSITION OF FRENCH
 IS FORWARDED
Hard Fighting Takes Place Be- tween British and Germans, Russians and Germans and Italians and AuStrians.

London, May 1.-The infantry ac- tions in the region of Verdun have again given way to artillery bom- bardments, the most violent being directed against the French positions in the Gailette wodd and the second lines on the right bank of the Meuse Bombardments have taken place along the Belgian front and mining and artillery duels have predominant ed on the British front. A severe ar tillery duel is in progress around Hohenzollern between the British and Germans.
 The Russians and Germans on the western line are keeping up mutual bombardments and similar conditions exist on the Italian front.
 Constantinople reports that in the Caucasus around Mount Rope the Turks drove out the Russians from positions about nine and a half miles in extent, and forced them to retreat eastward, and likewise southeast of Mamaktun put the Russians to flight
 The Germans who were defeated recently in the a-Irangi dis trict of east Africa have been rein forced, and now are advancing on the British. A dispatch from the British commander says his troops are Ollite sufficient to deal with the Germans.