SCEMIC WAIVES*
(By Arsenia Brunei! 7th. Grale - Haines Public School)
Haines is a little town in Alaska
It is full' of health an! "bliss,
And when you go up the river road
The seenery you ’ll novcr miss.
The mountains ar° high and lofty
You see the peaks from afar,
And you know that life’s worth living
When you travel that roau m a car.
The water "by the road is rippling
And the glaciers you see Depend,
Creates with you and Alaska a never dying oond.
The mountains with flowtrs are covered,
And each mile that you travel alone
You wonder if God intended
That His works should thus "be 'shown ;
When you look up s■ t Yt, ?d pin sky,
You wonder if God ordained
That these lofty peaks in Alaska
Should alwa3rs remain the same.
The mountains are covered with timber
And the streams are full of trout,
Waiting for a summer tourist
To come and fish them out.
The scene ry re sem"ble s Swi tzcrl and
Since the country is nearly the same,
And a person more than feels
That Alaska surpasses in fame.
(The above poem won second prize in Essay Contest recently hel )
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WRITES ARTICLE OR S.3, ALASKA.
An interesting article on the Haines district, in oou-neas
tern Alaska has "been written by Lieutenant Clyde Grady, stationed
at Chilkoot Barracks and appears in the Larch issue of the -Hunter
Trapper-Trader, magazine. The article is called "Fried ^nickcn ,
the title being built from a detailed description of the grouse,
bird, known to old timers as "chickens’1.
The article is narrative in style and describes a trip from.
Haines to Pleasant Camp, about thirty two miles into the hills, in
the fall of the year. The style is good and the facts authentic.
Signtoen photographs illustrate the article.
_ The Alaska Daily empire.
ALASKA TC HAVE AIR FAIL LIRE.
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce has been informed by the
National Aeronautical Association that an air mail route line to
all Alaska coast cities, with Seattle, has been promoted.
AIR ROUTE OVER NORTH POLE AROUSES INTEREST IN JAPAN.
Germany, the Scandinavian countries and Japan, are^all showing
interest in a proposal to operate an air route over tne North Pole
area from the coast of Russia to Alaska., The idea is not particu
larly new, but it has been revived recently because of the improve
ments, of late years, in air ship construction. It is understood
that Dr. Eridtjof Nansen has offered to lead such an interprise,
under international support. -Exchange.