The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-03

penetration of plainly worded tele- gram. or anything else. for that mat, ter. This affair is so good that the public must bear with it. 1t so hap pened that the firm of Green and Rodrigue. who are doing business at one of the lower river camps in which the elusive bingle is required had business man there telegraph The Citizen for the same. The mes sage was as follows:
 Hot Springs. April 29, 1918.
 Alaska Citizen. Fairbanks. Please make up one hundred each twenty five cents. fifty cents and one dol lar bingles green and rodrigue good for tobacco candy and soft drinks send first chance also year subscrip- tion daily paper to same firm.
 MORRISON & CO.,"
 The bingles were run off accord ing to the interpretation of the mes sage with one eXception--the printer could not find the color ''rodrigue'' and affixed the name of the senders of the telegram on the binsles print ed as the proprietors of the pool hall. There was also sent letter with the request for sample of the "rOdrigue" color. the printing being done on substitute color On re- ceipt of the bingles at the lower river camp the following message was received by the printer:
 Hot Springs. May s, 1918.
 Alaska Citizen. Fairbanks. Bingles received should read green and rod rigue make new set per our wire April twenty-ninth and forward first mail.
 MORRISON & CO.,"
 In the meantime the letter had been delayed in transmission and the party at the lower end did not re- ceive it. in time to understand the dilemma the printer was in, The ship ment of the second lot of bingles was also delayed and before their arrival the letter was received by the sender of the order. In response to the letter the following message was received. which cleared up the mystery of the unknown color:
 Hot Springs, May 25, 1918.
 Alaska Citizen, Fairbanks. Your letter sixteenth. MT. Leo Rodrigue is white. also Dan Green. Rodrigue Is a single man and has no children, therefore we cannot send a sample of him. Rodrigue and Green are run ming a pool room at this place and bingles are to be printed with their firm name instead of Morrison and Company. Your colors are D. K. Not necessary to create any new one
 MORRISON & CO.," MAN The present flood IS created many situa- MIGHTY tions that bordered
 on the ludicrous. It is we'll stated that man, although a pigmy compared to the elements and some of the wonders of the world can achieve wonderful re- suits. but it remained for Fair. banks woman to set task for her husband that no power in the uni verse could accomplish. It so hap pened that the residence occupied by thecouple had cellar and that cellar only followed the custom acquired by others of the same build in town--it leaked when the river was high. Much alarmed, the lady of the house sent a messenger hurriedly to find her husband with the request to come home and keep the water out"
 GASOLINE The peculiarities of QUEER the fluid known as ANIMAL gasoline are many
 but one attribute that 1t never had Is "inexhaustibil. ity." It so happened that well known auto man had "bug" that he wished to dispose of and in an. ticipation Of giving a demonstration ftIlad tho tank With tha "kiokv VI fluid, leaving the car where 1t would be handy when the prospective GUS. toner had time to take ride. The customer happening along during the absence of the owner decided to try the car out himself and did so, riding for many hours with his fam. fly taking in the sights along the trail. The owner, later on. decided to give one of the fair sex buggy" ride and went out the trail for some distance wholly absorbed with his fair charge and paying no attention to the "bug." which had expired for the want of stimulation. The deep reveries of the occupants were rude. Iy shocked by hail from another auto driver that wanted to pass and could not do so on account of the road being blocked by the expired bug. A vain effort to revive the corpse revealed that the tank was