Douglas Island news., 1917-02-02

tlsp the Tact m ucMepdpcIes HN i"- .timated Co a few friends few days |alter Christmas that he was about Ito open what might properly be termed a Christmas Present Exchange Bureau. The iutimation was suf- .ucicut for he now has the greatest .couccuou of diversified Christmas presents ever seen In one place out .sidc ol general present supply store.
 Needless Co say. ninc-tenths Of .the Christmas presents left with Che . Stroller for exchange were brought .ln by mem and they embrace practi- 'caly everything from silk hose. pre- scented mostly Co young men by their .swccthcarts. Co "Four-tor-a-Quarter" .ueckucs and rope cigars. presented to hdsbands by their wives. One man .Ieft a box of Che latter brand ot ci- rars and said he would exchange them an and throw in seven neck .ucs Cor one decent cigar.
 Mayor OCouuor, who does not smoke. Ieft two boxes of cigars which Inc is willing Co exchange for any thing from a dog license to slab of bacon
 ! Alex Nelson would like Co ex- change a fine pair Of cuff links for la bale of hay.
 William Stubhius and Police Mag .istrate Erie are cuch filling the EX- change Bureau with all kinds Of junk which they wish Co exchange for a toDc. As only one of the latter has been brought Iu and as it is sorrel .iu color. the Stroller has decided Co .Iet stubbius have it-mless Dave Kiuzie wants it. It he can get a .rolu. it win go Co Erie.
 -. An Gurr win exchange practically .cycrythur he received for something 'that win draw interest.
 Somebody sent Judge Henson a bottle of hair dye which he offers leo swap for a mustard plaster or a .Ivcrpad. He says he don't need .eithcr. but don't know how soon he may.
 ! Eat-Raw-Dog Jackson, a native. wants Go know what chance there is leo exchange a family Bible for a jug .of whisky.
 An elderly man. rheumatic, hip shot and spawned. desires to trade a good blackthoru walking stick, sent 'him from Ireland. for a red neckue the old fool
 Grover Kcrtis. thc basketball ar- |tst. would exchange six pairs Of silk hose for a crop ot alfalfa a Ia Pullen. Elmer smith lcft a wrist watch at |the exchange bureau. Anyone leav- ling a pair of ice creepers can take |the watch
 A man who says he will lose his position at home unless he smokes la wife-g.yen cigar every evening af- |ter dinner. offers the remainder Of |thc box and S4OO in cash as an in- 'duccment Co a burglar He says he Twin IeayS Che box and money just Inside au open window as soon as 'thc weather moderates. In the mean time he is turning yellow behind the ears The Stroller has promised the loan or his private burglar Co turn Che trick.
 A woman who has lost an sense of romance believed Co be the only one living. is desirous of leaving a bottle of pcrfumery In exchange for bag of rolled oats and four dozen clothcspins. She says the bairns need Che porridge and she can find use for Che clothcspius.
 The only other woman patron Of Che Bureau writes Could ! ex- change a tub and washboard for a a China yaws?"
 The above are just a few of the articles which have either been left with the Stroller. or written about, and which can be had in exchange for almost anything else. Christmas presents are in the same class wite wedding presents. Some are ap- prcciated and others are passed on Co Che next victims The Stroller we'll remembers a pair of newlyweds .in Dawson some years ago who re- ce,yed nine clocks and seven chafing dishes. A year later they swapped eight clocks and six chafing dishes
 for a crib for snookums.