cording the records of the Weather
Bare r,u0
The airplane heakon was expscielly
interesting, which produced three
million candle power, built up
mostly by reflecting lenses to
guide the traveling airplanes at
night,
There was an instrument by which
was rnado the record of the hours
or sunshine and the hours of cloudy
weather, thermometers and barome
ters as well as methods used to
record the wind currents and their
altitudes.
On June 12 the temperature at Fair
banks recorded 89'" while in January
the average temperature was 13° be
low, with very little wl na,
Sunday afternoon, a conducted 'tour
was made to inspect the Library.,&
the Physics Laboratory. This Lab
oratory was explained by Dr* E, E,
Bramhall, a member of Admiral Byrd’s
expedition to the South Pole. Ad
miral Byrd is known to have said
that -Dr. Bramhall was.'the greatest
scientist ho had ©vor rot'.
Dr, F, B. Gillea&ie gave an inter
esting talk cn health, in which he
explained good health habits, the
rapid increase of consumption in
Alaska compared with the States,
and steps v/hich are in the new pro
gram of Federal controll of con
sumption among the natives of Alas
ka.
Sunday evening included entertain
ment from the various clubs and a
report 0iven by some boy or girl
of each club. The poise and con
fidence of these club members was
really commendable and would dc
credit to many an older person.
After these reports, a beautiful
candle lighting service was per
formed, which was symbolic of the
4-H organization.
Monday morning was devoted to ath
letic contests tand a trip to Fair
banks for those who wished to shop.
Bill Bouwens and -^ick Warner ins
pected the airplane landing field
and were given a free trip in an
airplane,
Monday afternoon the entire group
was taken to Cleary Hill in two
busses, where a grand picnic supper
was served before returning to
the University late in the even
ing, On this crip to Cleary
Fill, the group had'a chance to
see erne of tiie large gold dredg
ir. operations in Alaska, have
the process carefully explained,
and to sec the place where g old
was first discovered.
Tuesday was spent.in a Hike to
the Experimental Farm 'and a detail
cd explanation was given of the
fanning, expo rime nt?s now in pr:
cess at the fan, by Mf.- Peter™
son, Farm Superintendent.
The present extremely dry season
had left its marked effects upon
the crops, yet they are remark
ably advanced in spite of this
fact.
At noon a picnic lunch was served
in a large grove? of birch trees
at the Experimental Farm. Songs
were sung and a mayor was elect
ed from the 4-H members. Lorin
Anderson was chosen mayor,having
six years of 4-H Club work to his
credit, the.most of'any member
oresent.
Wednesday way another day with so
many interesting chings on the
pro/ rum, -it seemed cl'most impos
sible not to.miss something* The
Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce
provided bus transportation from
the University out to the power
plant where it requires 100 ton3
of c'val per dry to produce 2.500:
volts of electricity* This power
plant furnishes electricity anu
water for the Fairbanks Exploration
Company’s dredges at Ester#
Three huge pipe lines carry 13,000
gallons of water per minute in
each pipe line. This water is pum-.
pad up a very steep hill.
From the power plant the boys and
girls were taken directly to Ester
where they wore shown one of the
very large F.E. dredges in oper
ation, Thi3 sight alone is one
well Worth traveling a long way
to see.
Then to see the second largest
dragline in the world, with bucket
attached, in which about 20 peo
ple had their pictures taken.
From a high point they looked down
in a new man-made valley where 4
(Continued to ^rge 40)