The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-01
Town Gossip and Stories
B> The Iattler.

The Meaning mark in the air regard Of This, ire certain happenings
 u Fairbanks That is. certain If tho Eossips are waiting fer Dame Numor to answer tho question. why is certain young man well known in newspaper cir cIcs. making such extensive propara u.n- to establish a home for him -ylfe"
 That sac' O. course. would not be sc terribly noteworthy But the prep arations are so elaborate as to cause the -ossips to pause and won der And d few of them are now trying to put two and two together which. of course. means one and one.
 l. is understood that the young man in question will occupy his new home early this month He ev- plains the preparations which are going on by saying that he is now branching out and that from this time forward he will occupy his leisure time at farming. his new ac- quisition having the advantage of a considerable quantity of ground around it In fact. he states that |, expects 10 supply the whole town of Fairbanks with spuds next wlntoT Signs Almost every person in or The Fairbanks who came Times. north during adult life
 remembers travelling on trains on the Outside They also remember the signs of entrance into every large city. And signs" they truly were. for, on nearly every main line of railroad entering city of importance on the Outside great signboards, advertising this. that or the other commodity, are to be seen.
 Well, Fairbanks will soon be like that That is, the coming of the railroad will bring the big signs for the outskirts of the city. How ever. it might be stated that the signs have arrived here ahead of the railroad as some of them are now being made here.
 Herman Anderson is doing the work He is making four larg" signs for the Albers company, dis pensers of breakfast foods. The ans represent a supposed pros, pector making" his breakfast They are being painted on tin discs. nine feet in diameter.
 Two of the signs are to be put up in Fairbanks. Another goes to Nenana, while the fourth will be put up at Tanana. Being large and in brilliant cOlors, they can be seen from a great distance. And they are reminders of the time to come when the traveller on the trains of the Alaska government railroad will be able to tell when he is entering 6 town or city by the presence of the signs along the railroad track. Fans Are The chief topics of con Waking Nersation among the Up Now sport enthusiasts of the
 city these days are ten his and baseball, For the time has now arrived when lovers of out door sports may enjoy their fayorite pastimes During the past week all signs have portended the opening of the tennis season, and it has been stated that the baseball en- thusiasts are now getting into line.
 In fact. according to all accounts a meeting of the baseball boys Is scheduled for this evening, It will probably be held a the city hall The object of the meeting is to see just how many players will be avail able for play during the coming summer. However, it is already a known fact that there will be enough for at least two good teams and possibly three It is probable that an election of managers and cap tains will also be held at the meeting tonight.
 The streets of Fairbanks are not yet very dry, but even now pros pective ball players may be seen on the streets at almost any time, trying out at catch. Nor are the bail grounds at Exposition park dry yet, although it is expected that they will soon be so that practice games, at least, can be played on them.
 It is understood that there is con siderable new timber for ball play ing in Fairbanks this summer, al though the names of the new play CTS have not yet been announced Later, it is stated, an attempt is to be made to have neighboring eff towns several hundred miles away can be called neighboring) ball teams come to Fairbanks for a series of games.
 Thinks Curious in the extreme They Grow are the ideas gained by On Trees Outsiders concerning