From Our Exchanges
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: Fairbanks News: The obstruction
to the “reappointment of Wickersham,
Brady, and Hoyt is advanced by Sena
tor Penrose of Pennsylvania. He is
backed by a strong delegation.
Gold Digger, Nome: The Alaska
Forum seems to be making a just fight
otr the corrupt Federal officials of their
district. We trust that they will be as
successful in their worthy efforts as we
have been in ours. The Gold Digger
wishes the Forum luck and congratu
lates the miners of Rampart in having
such a fearless champion.
HE TOOK-THE HINT
A few months ago, says the Los An
Times, the son of a railway director
was, through his father's influence, giv
en a position of some importance on a
- large railway. He was* fresh from
Cambridge, and in the orders, which he
from time to time issued to the men
under him, always made use of the long
est, most unusualwords. This habit
led to some rather expensive blunders,
.. _ A*4jd the matter eoming before the gen.
? eral manager, he wrote, .the young of
ficial the following letter.;
. ^ “in promulgating your esoteric cqgi
.. tations and in articulating your super
ficial sentimentalities -and amicable
philosophical or psychological observa
tions, beware of platitudinous ponder
• osity. I^et your conversational com
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finunication possess a clarified concise
ness, a compacted comprehensibleness,
a coalescent consistency, and a concat
renated pogency. Eschew all conglom
eration ■ of flatulent garrulity, jejune
babblement and asinine affectation. Let
your extemporaneous descantings and
. conversation have intelligibility and
' veracious vivacity without rhodomon
~ tade or thrasonical bombast. Sedulous
ly.avoid all polysyllabic profundity, pom
•’fsros prolixity, psittaceous vacuity, ven
,triloquial verbosity and vaniloquent va
pidity. Shun double entendre, purient
^ jocosity, and pestiferous profanity; obs
. qurant or apparent. In other words,
talk plainly, briefly, naturally, sensib
ly, purely and truthfully, Don’t put
. on airs; say what you mean; mean what
^you say, and don’t use big^words.”
The young official took the gentle
hint ahd changed his style. '
Around and About
Judge Knapp is in. town. He has
been working for the Big Minook Co.
Chas. Myers arrived on a business
trip from Tanana Wednesday last. He
returned yesterday morning.
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Morris Farrell and A. Bederman are
chopping wood at a camp on the river
above Mike Hess.
The subject for tomorrow evening’s
sermon by Laymen Chilson at St. An
drew’s chapel will be, “The church’s
duty to non-attending Christians. ’ ’
Dr. Gibbons is expected back from
Thanksgiving today. The doctor has
been with his patient continuously the
past week.
Horace Boucher is no longer with the
Big Minook company. He will make
the trip to Fairbanks and return with
Sundborg.
A stampede is on from Tanana to the
•Tozikakat. Prospects found about 75
miles from the mouth. Plenty staKing
but little-prospecting being done.
Ledger & Jack are sinking on Gunni
son creek.' Mr. -Stevenson has sold his
^provisions on: the creek to Anderson,
and will be in town in a few days.
Frank SteVens returned to Glen last
Wednesday. Stevens reports splendid
outlook for a big gold output across
the divide next summer. He is taking
exceptionally good pay on 4a Glen.
A. Liebes, formerly agent for the A.
E. Co. at Rampart some years ago, is
town from Fairbanks. Mr. Liebes and
Geo. Ketterer sent a big shipment of
freight with Walter Sundborg.
Lieut. Fitzpatrick U. S. signal corpse
is credited with recommending that the
present telegraph tolls be cut in two.
The lieutenant is deserving of the best
the people of Alaska can give him—
hearty thanks. N j
J. Allen, a new arrival from Fair
banks, and an experienced pipe-hand,
has accepted a position with tfie Big
Minook company. John Dufries, also
from Fairbanks, is working for the hy
draulic-concern.
Cy Noble- returned from Fairbanks
Thursday night. He reports every
thing plenty at the boom camp but
money. He made 35c per pound on his
nails, but lost money on the balance of
his hardware.
Assortment of the Finest - -
Brands of Imported and Do
mestic WINES
...LIQUORS and CIGARS
RAMPART
TANANA
JOE ANICICH
Proprietor
HOIEL FLORENCE
Barber Shop
SHAVING AND HAIRCUTTING
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JIM CARPENTER
McMillan Fur & Wool Co.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
WRITE F'O R C I RCUL A R S
Location flanks porum Office
SUNDAY SERVICES
Morning: Prayer 11 o’clock
Evening Prayer 7:30 o'clock"
Fridays Litany 4 o'clock
Gfeo. W. Chilson, Layman in charge.
St. Andrew’s Mission
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