HAINES ITEMS.
The Haines Public School closes today, with the annual picnic.
Scene of the festivilities, near Jones* Point. And everyone
is welcome to come out and enjoy the fun. Races and a baseball
game are on the card, AND plenty of eats. The ball game will be
between the school kids and the Old Stagers of Haines.
Monday,May the 22nd has been designated by the City Council
as CLEAN TJ? DAY, and it behooves us to stir around and put our
premises in a sightly condition.
The school faculty leaves on the next trip of the Princess Mary
or Luiset^r .Cray to put in the next two years attending Chenyy
Normal and the University of Washington, to abtain his MasterS
Degree, and Miss Omie Cochran will attend the summer session in
Post Graduate work at Stanford University.
Teachers for the next term of school have been engaged by the
School Board. Mrs. McLean will return to Haines and will have
charge of the primary grades. The teachers for the intermediate
and high school have teen teaching at Kenai for the past two
years and have had very successful terms, and come to us highly
recommended.
The big freighter ’’Skagway" was in port last Tuesday morning,
and besides delivering four horses and some gasoline at the Post
dock, delivered four big trail wagons for the Maid of Erin Min
ing Company at the Haines dock. The trailers are to be used for
freighting ore from Rainy Hollow to tide-water.
Jean Morris, Robert iValkley, and Mike Barnett are the ’’Sweet
Graduates” from the High School this year, and it is expected
that all will seek higher knowledge at schools in the States,
next year.
The real sunshiny weather that we have been having the past
week has stirred the ranchers into activity, and much plowing
and planting has been gotten under way.
The cannery tender ’’Frances E”, of the Tee Harbor Packing
Company, was in port during the week, seeking help for the
cannery. "Curly" Gibson is going to the cannery to do some
pile driving, and a number of Natives are also leaving to
do cannery work.
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