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6 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1940 . PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT EDITION —_——mm e - - -rMe M- s e - e T 65 Miles of Foot Trails NEW TYPE SHELTER CABIN BUILT IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA Yes, Buffulo in Aloshe At Juneau’s Front Door % ' (all: 'Come, Take a Hike' <=0t oo TR Pt hevioe Pre- Fubnmtml at Sawmill ‘Strange Fish s Seen South 8. Forest S . - £ ~ |2njoy recreational a at | etchikan [y SRR By . PARKE the way. Most of them BaVe|ine’ many beautiful but out-of-t S = U. S Service been built jointly by the Forest| gy places throughout our N j A huge and graceful fish, re- |§ is there to do around here | Service and the CCC. The ‘”‘"'}' rests to be served? Construction | |sembling closely the salmon type | recreation?” is a com- | Forest Service office has a booklet|,rews at these places are usu | ' but far larger, and an undoubted \ of many people; for free distribution entitlzd “Boot | jigficuit to install and B! [stranger th nerth coast waters, Was s or residents, with Trails Near Juneau” which 1iSts| phose and other adverse con seen last fall in Whale Channel, ure time their all trails in this \'r'f"‘»-l\ and de-| neant that building the t Campania Sound, off Princess Royal types of recreation scribes the striking features of each.| peiter the public use den Island, south of Prince Rupert special equipment, These trails include the following: | yould be prohibitive in cost 1| Those who sighted the fish make avel expenses, Trails Near Juneau | Presented with these problems a ‘ no strange sea serpent or Ogopogo bt of rcereation ) i Miles | 5jan was evolved to pre-cut claims regarding it. Nor was it a . 4 is free, Mt. Roberts Trail—{rom Ju- re-fabricate practically all par whale, porpoise, basking shark or 1 fit enough to| neau to Gastineau Peak 4 151 a number of cabins at a cel anything like that. A huge salmon njos Thane-DuPont Trail — from hcp near town. The Mo was the best way it could be de- | 7 S Fo Alaska person| ‘Thane to DuPant powder- = |3reek Cairp of the Civilian Con scribed, they say 3 aska Game Commission photo f € eshold and with- house 3 | vaticn Corps was selected as ti Plainly Seen L, ¢ &% J 2 2 in a few m rub elbows with | Sheep Creek Trail — from | ‘hop sit> for all those cabins to be It was on a fine sunny afternoon | A hierG of buffaio iives, and thrives, in Alaska at Big nature regardless of the season, and | Than 2 |later installed in the north end of ! that the great fish came close Delta on the Richardson Highway. he actions | Basin Road—{rom Juneau to. | Southeast Alaska. alongside the forest branch cruiser e - pI Wit [ i ot s ~ Compact and Rugged s e I g | |Alpine Fir to be plainly scen for JUNEAU G"u 'S [ Oluband rconsistently tums in 98, it n: stion ob- | Salmon Hf"‘k _H — from 3 | Designs were then prepared for " bt ” i f some time by Ranger Carman Gib- Fo6: s 100 onthe.16-Toot, kAl Bate [ miles north ,nu'l(\rlrl High- | 1 small, compact and cc ely y . Borist SO TRl on and En er Ole Urseth as SURE SHOI w"H | range. ation foot | way to Reservoir . B 48 | nelesed shelter cabin which would 2 % 4 4 i well as by Harry Scott, hand logger, | Her father, Oscar Mangsoll, is one Nati Forests | Lemon U"”k‘ T{Al."(‘llrllll’ | narmonize ~ with the 'his drawing by Architect Linn Forrest of the U. S. whe was also in the neighborhood SMA”. BORE GUN of the Juneau Rifle Club’s experts e I '!’d‘)‘«\\ ““I” | ;‘{“1‘}“ “‘“'v‘( ""‘ )”“ s 54 ountry and be sufficiently ruzzed| i rest Service shows the type of cabin which it is planned with his boat U'l»"‘ ; land evidently he has taught Ada veled t rough- ghway to lacier 3 | ) rac Vi A Ty . A A : 3 The sl ras pscribed as g Bl N e e e e n character fo withstand ou to construet this year at scenic points throughout South- The fish was described s peirs | considerable—but if Ada's shooting [ hem the botani 1gget Cre B rous climate. This stand east Aldsia about 40 feet long and possibly six | ypig xomr\l)nnu nt a feat for the continues to improve, Dad is likely level a flora common | get Creek P toend 7 |5 14 feet by 24 feet in dimensions frei i KAy Ty feet in width. It was Swimming gyerage target rifleman to score a|to be taking lessons from daughter n, while a few | Mendenhall Trail ind alpine in architectural desicr d about six feet below the surface of |«possible” — ten consecutive bulls. | £ (R a few thousand feet | from Rifle R; > to end of ft can be maintained with a mi he Montana Creek Camp where opportunity to stop over and leis- |ty water in leisurely fashion and eyes—even from a prone shooting; It was an American ship that e is interested to see what the| trail - ; 35 | mum of upkeep expense mal be cut into pr el v’:iwflhvi “f:“'k{.‘”"mlml:“ unafraid, so it could be quite easily | position, but it isn't at all uncom- | transported the Russian survivors ation has changed to Arctic| Montana Crec from The first floor plan includes a | sized items. Walls of 0 B e ls, n apoooh seen. It was of a silver grey color | mon for Ada Mangsoll, Juneau High |of the “Sifka massacre” to Kodiak, pe p end o ['IJH Herbert Gla- z ocm, 14 feet by 16 feet ¥ ters will be of \q‘uaw.l hx.lhl'v ':11; ‘,‘.z Iy\”m]-" ‘”w "N‘ o AII- and even had markings resembling gchool Senior. knpd charged Governor Baranof a Hhiprent v ol e 13| s placed the range for h And ) puriheon, (LA firiin Hndl S L Rl e Ada is President of the Girls Rifle | fat sum for doing it. The geologist, the isherman. | Herbert River-Windfall Lake ookinz, the sink and wsually used in Alaska jaska's outstandi ationa Graceful Fish 3 s Ly PR hunter apher and others Trail—from Herbert River nd a table and chairs for eigl Abins is to be of han i It was a graceful fish with none any these foot Bridge to lake 18 | serscns. Two smalier rooms, each -plit red cedar s T of the freakish characteristics so n que ir prizes. Around a [Spaulding Trail—from 13 miles raving double-decked single b Triumph of Loral Woed Use ( l l R ’ often attributed to so-called sea- bend of a trail one might encounter | north on Glacier Highway to | emplete the ground floor arra The entirs building will be »yOU( usi serpents. Tts movements were en- a bear, or a dcer, or o native grouse | _end 20 | nent. -Addikcruiuspane. with. on | construction and wil demon- | tirely those of a normal fish, Tts C"M')'J'MFNTG or come upon an inspiring view. | Peterson Creek Trail—from 24 louble and two single bunks in the | (rate the logical use of local Wo i ]‘l Y enormous size was the unusual fea- Such unexpected incidents ma miles north on Glacier High- Sniihed: attic: & SR ed by an at- pleasing exterior and_interio | n | "l'( S biies one emphasize once more “také way to Peterson Lake ractive rustic- stairs at the sablc | inishes. The niture such Trollers thereabouts are also re- hike Amalga Trail—from end Glac- nd of the building. The roof at| unks, cupboards, tables and cha Almost ported to have seen it Juncau and Douglas are particu- | ier Highway to the Amalza his end is projected over the stai 1l also be constructed at the ca LY The generally accepted theory ap- larly well supplied with foot trails.| Mine 85 | osafford shelter. | vorkshop. Al of prefabricatec . | pears to be that it may have been “ Some of the trails start literally | Yankee Basin-Echo Cove Trail Logs Cut at Site | wil be carried « of the first movie camerasisome kind of a tropical fish which frem the ends of the city streets from Eagle River to Echo The only materials required | n fat scow building si e nde is m\’l“.‘:fl by ;;“ Ala had come thus far north in pursuit others branch off from points along | Cove 53 | he building which are to be ny of be 50 m I. A. Ives, of Wrange! of tuna which have been reported yre-cut are: (1) the log | n e site the « The cam made by the L. Gau- jn considerable numbers in waters - vhich will extend down from the | ins can ssembled br | nont Company in Paris, was ordered | off the Northern British Columbia ® Ine ummer omes an e to the groghoMtoiardvide. ad- | mskilled . A. Haig, a Bellingham photo- | const litional strensth: (2) the log pur ‘ T'hese designed bu | r}l‘l;{).m ‘m take ‘ij‘ ’~”-lrm ::y]k:))(\‘.! B " " ins which these rafters support an: | vexpensive rustic sheliers will be f Clondik ok vt ol then| There are six ranges of tall moun- ie [ s oo s e | htate martabn units, T} ass in 1898, Moving pictures then are six ranges of (all mour “f «a ir.(/'ld uneau s a(ler I wa 1l sawmill is being set uj | \fford tourlsts to Alaska ar | vere only four years old and few |tains in Alaska, most of them con- i all s d L ameras had been constructed centrated in Southeast Alaska, but Haig paid $1800 for the camera the tallest being in the Interior "" A , WILLIA AR | > l’ rom (fli el md it was delivered to him at |sections . By WILLIAM N. PARK and bays, affording boat landin kagway in time for the gold rush | > 1 Forest Se 3 in frent and ingress from well lo s sictures but the manufacturers Precious ms s to the value of Have you ever strolled through | cated roads in the rear. The many | ‘ailed to send film. Tt is said that|$786,000000 have been mined in A L A S K A the forest and come upon an ideal homes constructed here range from Ha 4 at this blunder was be- |Alaska since the Territory’s pur- cott ite with a stream, lake or| inexpensive cabins built by thei yond description chase from the Rus ns. ocean beach in front and trees tc|owners, to elaborate residence: | Used At Nome | >+ insure sufficient screen from neigh- | which show the professional archi Film lafer arrived but not in time| Polar bears have an exceptionally bors and shade from the sun, and | tect’s touch, as well as the hirec for Ohilkoot scenss thouzh the ca-|acute sense of smell. thought to yourself — here’s the | carpenter’s and stone m: y fbra Was liled’ TVe has bBeei to1d. { place I'd like to build my summer | manship. Other imp: in getting pictures of Nome when home? Then your mind wand ings of summer homes the stampede was on in that camp. a bit and you find yourself plan-| he vicinity of Ketchi Wran- | The most noteworthy of the Nome ning the living room with fireplace | 3ell, Petersburg, Sitka, Cordova anc | moving pictures were those showing | here, bedroom there, porch over | Seward landings through the surf here and garage in the back. If Money No Object The camera is all of hand cor 3 | you have done these things you| A nice feature about summe struction, but while Beautitully fash joined the great fraternity of | \ome ownership in Alaska is tha ioned better onzs can be purchased a ance r home planners—dreamers— heir enjoyment is not measurec to y for $9.75, than | dreams have a way of becom-| iy the monstary cost to the owner his $1800 model novie = 3 { ing realities for active persons. 3uilding a cottage with one's owr cameras created so much static | ' The building of summer home: | ‘ands is, to many persons, a sat- that pictures flickered and the light | -— er a es. in the National Forests has bscome | sfaction beyond measure, and man; spots were hard on the eye: . a strong reality among Alaskans.| vage-earning Alaskans are nov Haig later started a photography It cannot be said they are built oud cwners of summer homes whe | business in Cordova. The man to here, as in the States, to serve as| crmerly thought that only the rict | whom he sold out got into financial retrea from the stifling heat of [ suld afford thom. straits and Ives bought his outfit F; the summer's sun, They furnish| Aside from their attractive set througn the bank. He recognized with a place g0, an alternate n2s, summer home tracts are als its value as a memento of the past home, in a country where a lack o’ | aviting because of the various rec and intends some day to take it to : intercennecting roads precludes lon caticn activities that can usuall A % Hellyweod for display » i week end visits by to distan Pishing, hunting “m‘ reen- i i hemes of frd or to faraway | rui and hiking are perhap | land and are hn . 1e) : Fisheries are Alaska’s most im- { cities. nore readily accessible than i Island in Bering Se portant industry. ¢ For Recreation st parts of the United Statw : g & The summer home is a recogni: vhile such top-notch features a: | o type of recreation use in the Na lacier exploration, alpine climbing | 1 Forests the supervising | \nd hunting the giant Alaska o | 661 a A 99 | cfficers make larze numbers of lots | rizzly bear with camera or gur | Oflrlsts lo uneau available for that purpose, bu'| wre available within a day's tr | -————.————_ campzrow nd picnic areas corac - | o vy : first in considering how a beautiful | | . e irea is to be used because of the | ' Bo RE A ED | ’ 1 Bl By Bemo Bl | z EXACTLY FHE RIGHT AMQUNT OF BATTER-ACTION— be accommodated by these latter | i MOUNT BRAD[EV | EXACTLY THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF OVEN-ACTION { The development of a summer | heme lot entails a certain amount N M il Wh | | 3 2 8 | of clearing, landscaping, and the FOR M'"E HEAD 0 a er ere | EJOICE! For there is a baking powder you don't have | gon (.":z.fi of :\."‘:rxx(lr\)v'.;" 3 :;m Y w l i | to handle with gloves. A baking powder that works with 2 SR e S VR v Memory of Alaska Juneam ou want 1o | you all the fimel That baking powder is Crescent—the ;m;w'\.um‘ s e made by the per- D Io i Hofioré i . 1 balanced baking powder. miitee and because they are of a eve rH d n d h, J SOy SN Seml-permanent nature, and oftan v p Mounfai 1ae roin Juneau: How important this balance is to youl For it fakes the | of considerable value, there must d Mounfain be some assurance that ‘the per- ugge 0 risk out of h,hngl Too much batter-action means a cake Lle nlerests » safeguare - :x/]; m‘]lnl\l 1!'\"[‘?\“\“]:)]"})" \.\x‘flr;:\cx The naime bt 1o RiBRESt peaic of that's over-light when it goes in the oven, a cake that will “special use” permit which may. be | POUS!as Island, which MN':: sym- fall. Too much oven-action means a cake with coarse grain, gt R e . | etrically over Gastineau Channel 7 - from Mt. Jumbo to Mt. Bradley s o < 3 o p :1"\;’ gt Lllx:‘l'“»\xm‘?)l:l ‘llu\(;x\( | e change Wia TR Y requast MENDENH[‘HJHJ Glaeiel‘ But, in Crescent Baking Powder, you get exactly the right ype as s er an gives | 4 i Bl Oham: B : . P ) r 1 ample protection providing the sim- | °f the Juneau and Douglas, Cham T amount of batter-action, exactly thé right amount of ‘Gven- | Bl Weatrictions ‘dedignsd’ ¢ " {bers of Commerce and other civic X e A i I;um“..l‘mm el u”v'x“\l":'] bodies and was officially ordered i Th a HIGIIW action. This balance makes it pow o for you to mix yeur i of a neighbor’s rights are observ- ‘("'_’U‘p‘,f‘]’l‘,‘h:";‘;‘r‘n”;s“' SRS Ot @ ] A ‘ cake whenever you want to, bike at once or hours later. It 4 ea. i Honored by thb:mpb ABIMe of the » means that Crescent Baking Powder gives 'nefly th same’ b4 Sledon unta > lal 1 W. Brad- —w ! Summer home tricts being for | Joo e 1 U0 Jale Fred W Bract D“LGL As results summer or winter—whaen your utensils and matgrialy 3 xl:l(:t:::]x!r‘r’\‘ “* :,( “"‘h“:(f:(’dl"‘(‘: D' land Alaska Juneau mines. Mt are warm as when they're all cgol. Laagh °" | Bradley is 3,333 feet high and its llhfl'-:iziv:;:‘ififl out one -;.rm;’n; ACTe | peak lies about three and one half R Discover the new ease of baking, “’" ioy of perfact cales, 2 5 per year ' i 1 " g miles s reau by air line. 5 bodd " Omersilp ot the 1o¢ | les nufh of Juneau by al = muffins, biscuits—with Crescent Balung k\gdgt Qrd.rwduyl remains with the National Govern- ment, the land not being subject| Prior to the purchase in 1867, a anne us lnes to patent. Lots are usually laid number of American vessels were o o ; E out in groups in advance of any confiscated by the Russians for il- i 3 . v | | clearing or building so that the legal fishing in Alaska waters. “/ ll » 4 ,. g | f FAMOUS fract can be subdivided in a way - L T“"" ‘ ou T ere } Alsé’sregfigl{s OCOFFEE that will assure fair treatment to| From the time of Lhe purchase : : S{F}APELINE SPICES e all in the matter of views, beaches, in 1867 to the end of 1938 Alaska A . . i ase ifs 3 frontage and other desirable fea-l‘h.sh(-rms produced $1,173,000,000. Dally and HOUI’IY Tl'lpS Made to Douglas and nghway . FLA\LORI%%RNS"I!“E.% A : eived. i SODA . . . “ " The la grouping of summer| The first real stampede to Alaska TELEPHONE 108 .. LAUNDRY STARCH . . \ E s fil is found north of | Territory occurred with the discov- BLUING . . AMMONIA .. \ /4 lu on the Glacier mxhwny ery of placer gold on Anvil Creek . i sovaiad and BIRD SEED. Me mu &lfl the weu near Nome in 1898. | A A U i b m, . I

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