The Alaska citizen., 1916-04-03
Town Gossip and Stories
By The TattIer.

 Freedom Puck the well known Of The periodical. which seems Press. to be published in the
 interest of nothing in particular unless it be in the inter. est of fun. now has a department called. Freedom of the Press" This particular department deals with wit ticisms and mistakes commonly tcund. chiefly in poorly edited coun- try newspapers and prints a great many of the more conspicuous ones.
 And in the issue of February 26 iS to b. found one concerning our own Assistant District Attorney Harry [. Pratt and his wife, who were married early in the year at Boulder Colorado. and whose honey moon trip was to their future Con now prescnt home in Fairbanks The item implies that Mr. Pratt was having his eyes treated in Denver on account of having paid a visit L. his fiancee. It is published under the head of "Sampling Natrimony" and is as follows:
 Harry Pratt returned to Denver this morning after a visit with his ttancoe Miss Katherine Mckenzie He js receiving treatment for one ot his eyes The Boulder (Colo) Camera
 Prices Arthur Williams the well Mfny And known local restaurant Varied. man was discoursiug
 one day last week to party of his friends concerning the price of grub on the Outside. And everybody was listening to Arthur. for they all know that as an cpi cure he is second to none
 There was considerable opposition, however, to Arthur's argument from other raople who have also been Outside during the past winter For. while Arthur argued that ham and eggs in Seattle and other coast cities bring g cents per order, and oysters s1 IeI order, other parties stated that they could be secured for 15 cents and 90 cents respect ively. But then, Arthur was doing things" SO to speak, and never went near any but the best places any way.
 Just as tha argument was getting good. Leroy Tozier. himself an epi- cure n his own particular way hap pened along He listened attentive ly to the argument for a moment, and then, tuning to those who were talking. said: None of your arguments have anything on Fair banks. for Tc can get chicken" here at prices ranging from 25 cents to 5000
 Oddities There is no doubt but In The that the advertisement Press, quoted herein was !egiti-
 mately printed. But it is a little il}ustrat ton of how hard it is at times to go into matter which is under discussion without going all the way round Robin Hoods Barn" so to speak. It is a. follows:
 For $5.oo per year, We will keep your typewriter (machine) in good condition. Inspection monthly. Rem ington Typewriter CO. Ill Third Ave Phone Elliott 4o0l -Advor- tiscment. "-Seattle Argus
 Callahan Regardless ot the fact Peacefully that he has been convict Dreams. o6 of a serious crime
 and faces term of years in tha pnnitentiary Dan Callahan can still peacefully dream. At least it would seem so from the stories which are being circulated about the court house and, from there, about town. For Dan is not afraid to tell of his dreams and, although rule, he would like to ind a dream interpreter to tell him whether or not this particular dream will come true
 According to the story told. Dan is not sure whether he was in the penitentiary in his dream, or even more distant bournes of a like na, turc Nor is he sure whether it was rock nr f.0al which he was en.