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FIFTY-FIFTY
A man went to Louisiana on a
visit to a certain colonel there. It
was bedtime when he arrived at
the house, and as it happened that
there were no mosquito curtains to
his bed, he suffered severely all
night long. When the following
morning the negro servant came into
the room with water and towels,
the unhappy victim asked why there
were no mosquito-curtains in the
room.
“Doesn’t the colonel have any in
his rooms?” he finally inquired.
“No suh,” replied the negro.
“Well, how on earth can he stand
it?” said the visitor.
“Well, suh,” came the reply, “I
reckon it’s jes’ this way. In de
fo’ part ob the night de colonel’s
mos’ gen’ly so ’toxicated dat he don’
pay no attention to de skeeters; an’
in de last’ part ob de night de skeet
ers is gen’ly so ’toxicated dat dey
do’ pay no ’tention to de colonel.”
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EROM FRANCE
The Nenana New# is indebted to
Miss Mildred Anderson for the loan
of a paper entitled The Stars and
Stripes, which is believed to be the
only copy extant in the North.
The Stars and Stripes is the offi
cial paper of the American Expedi
tionary Forces, authorized by the
commander in chief, A. E. F., and is
published every Friday by and for
the men of the A. E. F., all profits
j to accrue to subscribers’ company
funds.
The editorial staff is composed of
Guy T. Viskniskki, 2nd lieut., Inf.,
N. A., editor and general manager;
Charles P. Cushing, 1st lieut. U. S.
M. C. R.; Hudson Hawley, pvt., M.
G. En-; A. A. Wa'lgren, pvt; U. S.
M. C.; John T. Winterich, pvt., A.
S.; II. W. Rose, pvt. Engrs., Ry.
The business end of the paper is
looked after by William K. Michael,
1st lieut., Inf. U. 3. R-; and Adolf
Ochs 2nd lieut. Cav, TJ. S. R.
The price of the paper is fifty
centimes per copy, the subscription
price to soldiers being 4 francs for
three months, and for civilians 5
francs for the same period. All ad
I vertising contracts are payable
monthly.
The printing office and head
quarters of the Stars and Stripes
are located at 10 Rue Sainte-Anne,
Paris, France.
The paper is a very newsy eight
page publication, containing much
cabled news of happenings in the
States, though it is principally com
posed of news of events transpiring
near the firing lines and the big
encampments.
It is also embellished with many
cartoons and a fairly large quan
tity of advertisements.
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HERSCHEL MAY ALL AND CHARLES E. RAY
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LAND OFFICE
LAUNCH HERE
SOUND DOWN
The new General Land office
launch Alaska, with Special Agent
Carlisle and R. I. Johnson on board,
arrived in Nenana yesterday, having
made the trip from the upper town
in five hours’ time.
The launch was specially built at
Fairbanks, according to plans and
specifications drawn up by Mr.
George Parks and approved by the
commissioner of the General Land
office, Washington, D. C.
Heretofore, it had been the cus
tom of the field force of the Gen
eral Land office to do the necessary
travelling by commercial boat, and
sometimes in poling boats, and while
traveling by this latter means, Tim
ber Cruiser Ralph Gilliland was lost
three years ago and has not been
heard of since.
The idea of building a suitable
launch for the use of the field ser
vice was a direct outcome of the
accident referred to and the Gen
eral Land office now has a launch
i that is a credit to the builders and
a very serviceable looking craft
She is very comfortably fitted in
the living quarters at the after end
of the boat, has electric cooking
apparatus and all the modern con
veniences for the comfort of the two
people she is built to accommodate. .
She has a Scripps 25-40 h. p. en-1
gine, which is placed at the fore part
of the boat, giving free room in the
living quarters aft. A set of neat
lockers running the entire length1
of the quarters aft, with a folding
shelf arrangement, makes two very
comfortable beds for the occupants,
the folding arrangement being used
at bed time only.
At the extreme after end is the
cooking arrangement and grub locker .
Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Johnson,
who will assist in running the boat
and looking after the engineroom,1
| expect to be on the Yukon and its
| tributaries all summer long, return-!
, ing to Fairbanks shortly before the
freezeup in the fall.
The launch Alaska left this morn
| ing and will go on up to Eagle and
from this point Mr. Carlisle will work
down river, visiting all the wood ;
camps enroute, and will then con-j
tinue down the Yukon to its mouth, j
On the return journey up the Yukon
river, the boat will go up the Innoko ^
and Iditarod rivers to Dikeman and
look over the land office business in ■
the Iditarod country. Mr. Carlisle!
then intends to take a trip up the j
Koyukuk river as far as Betties, re- I
turning finally to Fairbanks for the |
winter.
Mr. Carlisle stated that the en-;
gine was working very smoothly and j
he does not anticipate any trouble.
from this cause at any time. Ar
rangements have been made for re
plenishing the stock of gasoline at
different convenient places along the
river, and he expects to travel ac
cording to schedule all summer long.
Mr. Carlisle’s departure leaves
the field service of the General
Land office without a representative
in the Fairbanks district, as Timber
Cruiser Nelson Brigham, who is at
present in the Fairbanks district,
has been called to the colors and
will go to Fort Gibbon with the
rest of the Fairbanks quota sched
uled to leave the upper town on the
army transport on the 28th of the
current month.
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NENANA ..... ALASKA
CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP
It happened in the courtroom dur
ing the trial of a husky young man
who was charged with assault and
battery. Throughout an especially
severe cross-examination the defend
ant stoutly maintained that he had
merely pushed the plaintiff “a little
bit.”
“Well, about how hard?” queried
the prosecutor.
“Oh, just a little bit,” responded
the defendant.
“Now,” said the attorney, “for
the benefit of the judge and the
jury, you w'ill please step down here
and, with me for the subject, illus
trate just how hard you mean ”
Owing to the unmerciful badger
ing which the witness had just been
through, the prosecutor thought that
the young man would perhaps over
do the matter to get back at him,
and thus incriminate himself.
The defendant descended as per
schedule, and approached the wait
ing attorney. When he reached him
the spectators were astonished to
see him slap the lawyer in the face,
kick him in the shins, seize him
bodily, and, finally, with a supreme
effort lift him from the floor and
hurl him prostrate across the table.
Turning from the bewildered
prosecutor, he faced the court and
explained mildly:
“\our honor and gentlemen, about
one-tenth that hard!”
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you with him?
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