HAINES ITEMS •
Credit is due Mrs, Joseph KJChisel for the success of the entertainment at
the new school house Saturday night, The program was as follows*- Piano solo by.
Mrs. Chisel;’ sons by Mrs ; N:;ciirls accompanied by Mr. Nichols on the violin; singing
by the Priory school under the direction of Mrs. McLean; songs and dancing by the
Intermediate grades coached by Mrs .Chisel; a negro comndian stunt by Mr. Sheldon.
Jjdns Stout, Rev. Bromley ard Mr. Chisel gave short talks. Coffee and cake were
serred free in the basement after the performance.
Klucxwan reports a highly successful rabbit roast on Thanksgiving night.
The native orchestra was present, the school children sang, and everbody joined in
playing games .
A basket social took place Monday night at James Klanot's home in the native
village in Haines, Sixty dollars was cleared which sum will be used for the pur
chase of additional shingles for the A.N.B. Hall.
Mr. Sheldon found the road to Klukwan free of enow and ice when he brought Mr.
Hawkesworth, the school inspector, back Monday.
Mrs - Shepard and Miss Pippereit conducted a house to house canvass for the Red
Cross during th6 week. Every school child was enrolled in the Junior Red Cross
League.
(THE NATHS NATIVE SCHOOL - Continued from page 5)
Our school was first opened in 1907 and has a steadily increasing enrollment,
at present we have fifty students# Mrs .N.A -Pyne and myself constitute the teaching
staff. Mrs. Pyne has been in the work for several years and is largely responsible
for the growth of the school. A cordial invitation is extended to anyone interested
in visiting the school.
NEVIS OF THE WEEK» (Continued from ist. page)
Georpe Dedrtan, proprietor of "The Golden North Hotel, in Skagway, reports
that res of that town have invested $12.00 in "The Eternal Frontier" which was late, y
filmed there by G.E .Lewis*
At eight o'clock Monday niplit, snowfall in various Alaskan towns registert
as follows:- Anchorage 6 inches; Eagle 20 inches; Fairbanks 8 inches and Tanana 12
inches. The hottest place on the earth's surface last week was the Ltalian set*le
ment at Azizia, south of Tripoli, in north of Africa where the thermometer register ^
130 Fahr* IN THE SHADE'. , ^
Mr* E.P.Walker, Chief Alaska Agent of U.S .Biological Survey, has left
Juneau for the states, where he will be gone until February 1st.
The Fornance made a trip to Skagway yesterday to get stotes mail left
there by the "Princess Mary". .
The "admiral Rodgers” is a day late this week. She will arrive Monday
instead of Sunday. , .
Sergeant Berhens, Gompany "F" raffed a five tuoe radio
belonging to Captain Loving which was won by Private Bennet, Company a, and sold to
Private Walker of Company "E", for $50*00. . nH . ,
The Elks held a dance in Ska^.y on the night before Thanksgiving* A .p..l
•Times Dance” will be held tomorrow night at the Elks Hall in Skagway under the au^ ~.
ces of the Alpine Club*
For the fourth time the United States Geographic Board has refused to
change the name of Mount Rainier to the Indian name, ”Mouni Tacoma « .
HEARD BY RADIO. - Walter Camp says Notre Dame had the greatest football team xn tie
country this season.
At Flagstaff, Arizona, a herd of 15,000 deer will be rounded up this we.*
and driven to a new game preserve on the south side of the Grand Canyon*
President Coolidge’s message to congress, delivered on the day °e^ore
yesterday, stressed eleven points:- 1 .Adequate Arny. 2* Entrance into woild *
3. Continued separation from the League of Nations. 4.Imigr?tion laws mouifie
permit those already in this country to bring in their families* 5.Transfer of
Muscle Shoals to private interests. 6-Consolidation of railroads to fewer systems -
7.Revision of election laws. 8-Development of waterways* 9 Extension of War Loan.
10.Modification of the Judiciary* 11-Help for United States veterans*