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SCHOOL NOTES
McCarthy, Alaska,
March 5th, 192(>.
The Children’s
Orthopedic Hospital,
2107 Warren Avenue,
Seattle, Washington.
Dear Friends:
We are sending you a box of
toys, books, and candy, which
we hope you will enjoy. Perhaps
some of you are Alaskans your
selves, yet I think you would
be interested in what we do
here.
These toys and books are
some we received on Christmas
and our birthdays. Some are
not absolutely new, yet some
are just about.
Last year on Armistice Day
there was a big dance here. Our
teacher and another lady made
about thirty-six pounds ol’ candy.
We made a booth in the dance
hall, and decorated it with flags
and posters. It surely was very
pretty. We sold the candy and
that is how we received the
twenty live dollars.
Alaska is larger than Ger
many, although it hasn’t many
people. It is United States’ last
frontier. Many people think
Alaska is cold and barren, but
it’s not. i wish all you children
could see its tall majestic rugg
ed mountains, glistening glaciers
descending into the valleys, and
its dense fragrant forests. Yes,
I think Alaska is a wonderful
country, and hate to think of its
getting settled like all the other
frontiers. Perhaps you will think
just because i am an Alaskan I
say this, yet I think all the other
people who have been here would
say the same.
Alaska’s occupations a.e
fishing, mining, some agriculture,
trapping for animals, raising
reindeer, and lumbering.
Now I will tell .you about
myself. 1 am fourteen years old.
Just think, my birthday comes
on the 29th of February. Wasn’t
that tough luck? I have brown
I hair and grey eyes. I am Engli
1 sh, Irish and some Russian. 1
think I’m mostly Irish, because
l have an Irish temper. My pet
hobby is dogs, L just love dogs.
In the winter we have many
sports. My favorite is dog-mush
ing. Yesterday I hooked up two
dogs to a light sled. The dogs’
names were Rex and Nig. Both
are part mala mute and husky
We started out fine, but soon
they wouldn’t go fast. Then I
cut myself a switch. They would
n t go, so i turned them around
and started them for home. Say!
you should have seen those dogs
go! I never had a faster ride in
my lile. They didn’t want to go
away from home, that is why
they wouldn't go at first. Don’t
you think they’re smart?
We also go skiing, sliding
and skating. We all ski well
because we have all skied ever
since we were four or five yearr
old.
If any of you would like to
write to us, we w’ould always
answer your letters, and tell
you Iocs more about ourselves.
Hoping you will enjoy our
package, I am
Cordially yours,
Mariano Wills.
My address is:
Mariane Wills
McCarthy,
Alaska. Box 464
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McCarthy, Alaska
March 5, 1925
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and Northwestern Railway
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KENNECOTT
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On Second Street
CARD TABLES
CIGARETTES, CIGARS
TOBACCO and SOFT DRINKS
Neat—Clean—Newly Furnished —Rooms
For All Guests. Charley Chong Prop
Pasfims Cigar Store
LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
CANDIES SOFT DRIES CIGARS
CIGARETTES and TOBACCOS
Jack Schultz - - Proprietor
The Children's
Orthopedic Hospital,
2107 Warren Avenue,
Seattle Washington.
Dear Friends:
Under separate cover we
are sending you some gifts
which we hope you will enjoy.
All the children of the McCarthy
school are sending some toys.
Leonard Brenwick gave a toy
car and a toy builder. Margaret
Ahrens gave a doll and many
other things. Louise Ahrens sent
you some toys, too. We all sent
you some books, too.
We are sending to the Orth
opedic twenty five dollars. With
this twenty-five dollars they will
get you braces and crutches.
We got the money by selling
candy to the people. There was
a dance that night, so we made
much money.
In Alaska it isn’t much diff
erent than down in Seattle,
only it gets cold in winter, and
warm in summer. All the rivers
freeze up so you can’t see the
water run. In summer we farm
and things like that. In winter
, the trappers bring in furs and
sell them. Some of the furs are
mink, wolves, lynx, wolverine,
weasels and fox.
We do many things in the
summer time up here. We go
fishing, hunting, camping There
are ten farmers up here. We go
swimming out tc Boltoff Lake. It
is very warm in summer.
Our school up here isn’t very
big. There are only six children
going to school.
In summer I am going to
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