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gust 2iHh, 1923, at the postoflice at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of j
March 3, 1879.
Takotna, Alaska, May 4, 1929.
PRIZES FOR BEST ESSAYS ON
FORESTRY SUBJECTS TO BE
AWARDED SCHOOL PUPILS
JUNEAU, April 15.—As an out
growth of American Forest Week ac -
tivitics during the past several year.:,'
the pin: to distribute an “Outline for j
Study of Alaska Forests’ to tell the j
schools in the Territory was devised j
by the committee in charge, with j
Governor Parks as chairman. This
was accomplished Last fall. It was 1
contemplated that each school would j
ovde eat least one hour each week to
the study of the 21 lessons contained
in the outline which was prepared in j
the office of the District Forester atl
Juneau. As a stimulus to the study
of these lessons, prizes are being of
fered for the best essays submitted
by pupils wh ohave taken the course.
A gold medal will be given to each
pupil furnishing the best essay in
each of the four divisions, both in the
Territorial and Federal schools, mak
ing eight medals in all. From these
will be chosen the best essay in the
Territory and a special gold medal
will be awarded the school from which
it is submitted, this award to be kept
if won three years in succession. The
medals are being offered through the j
American Forestry Association, and
were made especially for this contest.!
They were viewed by Governor Parks i
in Washington this winter, and he I
states they are a fine example of the I
medalist’s art and that Alaska pupils j
are fortunate in having the oppor-,
tunity to compete for them.
The lessons cover such subjects as i
Alaskan forest land, kinds of frees i
and how to identify them, seeds and j
how they germinate, reproduction and j
early growth of trees, age of trees, i
local use of timber, forest fires and j
fire damage, preventing fires, fires
and scenery, erosion and streamflow,
co-operation in fire prevention, ex
tinguishing fires, trees and shrubs as
age resources, Alaskan reindeer in
ornamentals, forest land, Alaska for
dustry, fires and grazing. In addi
tion to the lessons, the pamphlet con
t nioassme informative items, such
as a list of Alaska tree species, with
their common and scientific names
and with their reported range, key
for identification of Alaska trees, an
article on the forest resources of
Alaska, and various poems having
trees as their theme.
The subject of the essay can be se
lected by the pupil, but must cover
some phase of Alaska forestry
touched by the lessons. To be eligi
ble for entry in the contest the pupil
must be a regular student, eighth
grade or under, who has taken at
least ten lessons and made at least
two field trips under the direction of
the teacher. The essay must contain
approximately not more than 700
words and must be composed without
help from any teacher or instructor
in the school. Before the close of the
school year the teacher or the super
intendent of each school will select
Ah best essays from his or her
school AinO -send .them to the -person
designated for the division, aR fol
lows:
First Division—Governor George
A. Parks, Juneau, Alaska.
Second Division, Thomas Jlemseq,
Nome, Alaska.
Third Division—Forest Ranger, ,U.
S. Forest Service. A nchorage, Alaska.
Fourth Division—Dr. ,Chas. E. .Bun
nell, College, Alaska.
Three judges for each division and
three judges for the entire Territory
will be appointed by Gov. Parks, the
former to select the best essay for
the divisional gold medal. This and
the three best essays -will be sent to
the Territorial judges for selection
for the best in the Territory. The
awards will be made at the opening
of school the following fall.
Great interest in the contest is
being shown by the teachers and
school officials as well as by the pu
pils. The various American Legion
posts throughout Alaska have also
interested tbemsetves and are indi
vidually and collectively furthering
the contest as best they can in their
respective communities. Gov. Parks
expeetts to announce the personnel of
the judges in a few days and will fur
nish a detailed description of the
medals.
“CRIMINAL CLASS” 'INCREASES.
It is rather surprising, when you
stop to think about it, that a nation
which prides itsel fon its efficiency as
much as the United States does
should pay so little attention to the
matter of remedying its crime situa
tion.
The current “crime wave” is a good
many different things; but mostly it
is tragic, costly waste. Much, if not
all of it, could be prevented. Yet prac
tically nothing is done to set the sit
uation right.
A graphic illustration of what is
happening is revealed in -a current
report from tl]^.Department of Com
merce—a report concerning results of
the 1927 census of state pisons in
Michigan.
In 1927 there were 3610 persons
sent to prison in Michigan, and at
the end of the year the state’s prison
population was 6338L
But in 1910 the State sent only 669
men to prison, and the prison popu
lation was only 1596.
Michigan has grown rapidly in pop
ulation since 1910; yet, as the De
partment’s bulletin pointts out, its
growth h as been nowhere near as
rapid as the growth in its criminal
population. In 1910 the prisoners re
ceived from the courts numbered 19.9
per 100,000 of pupulation; in 1927 the
ratio had soared to 78.2 per 100,000.
Add to all of this the undeniable
fact tha tthere is probably <even less
efficiency today in the matter of
catching and convicting law-breakers
than in 1910, and you get the -full
force of the appalling situation.
Just what the factors are that
make men criminals are not known.
Economic, social and psychological
forces are involved which are not
quite clear. But people who have
studied the situation know much more
than was known formerly. They have
made a pretty definite advance in this
field. Yet their findings are not used.
Great sums are paid out to maintain
police, courts and prisons but the ad
vice of the experts is ignored.
The crime situatio nis worse than
a disgrace. When are prejudice and
indifference to be set aftde and the
problem solved by the use nf scien
tific methods?—Ex.
PRESS SQUIBS.
The nature sharps tell us half of
every tree is under ground. Nearly
all of a family tree is.—La Grange
Reporter.
“You can learn to write in six
weeks,” says an ad. So that explains
the new novels.—Publishers Syndi
cate (Chicago).
Mr. Edison’s friendB have always
been distressed by his taste for ill
smllist Now we know where
he cot the idea that weeds contain
rubber. The New Yorker.
Our notion of an embarrassing
question .would be to ask an alienist
how it was; .that ithe lunatic who es
caped from.a nil Eastern asylum and
posed as. an. alinatst. for months be
i fgre being exposed got away with it
as lone as be. did.—iMacon.Telegraph.
While Yale . will devote $7,500,000
IS “study of mankind," some of us
i have acquired considerable data at
far less. cost.—rSt. Louis Globe-Demo
crat.
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If /you. bet ,on ithree kings, that-’s
gambling; if; you bet you can make
j three spades, that’s entertainment; if
j you bet wheat will go up. that’s big
business.—Lincoln Star.
i A court has. decided that a-cow. in,
the road always has.the right of way.
That indicates that the.eourts are just
learning what the cews have-always
known.—San. Diego. Union. '
The first edition of - one bf Edgar
Allan Poe’s books, published in. 1848
to sell for 12 h-2 cents .'was found in
a rubbish heap recently* and sold, for
$25,000. Poe himself - could scarcely
have thought out a better ending for
a stats.—^Christian Science Monitor.
Wit an good-authority that
everybody has gone to Florida. ,It is
now. possible to erossapy New York
street in comfort and safety by dig
ging a. tunnel.—The New Yorker.
A railway company 'is installing a
plant for extracting .'oil from fire
men’s clothes. This is regarded as an
j admission that nothing more can be
squeezed out of passengers. Another
railway company t? conducting exper
iments with the object of finding out
what it is that. passengers want. Of
ficials -have lopg been, perplexed by
, the beseeming look in the eyes of
these dumb creatures.—Punch.
Wall, one thing, the alky boys may
1 lug machine guns around the street in
-Chicago, but we’re; not going to let
| them use cannon or siege artillery.
' There’s certain limits to almost
1 everything.—Chicago Tribune.
On her last trip westward the Mau
i retania carried 792 passengers anil
18,700,600 ni gold. To those who have
trawc&ad ia Europe7 it will not be nec
essary to explain that the passengers'
had no connection with the gold.—
; Marion, Star.
Prince Nikita, who has been receiv-,
ing $60 a. month as:a bank clerk in
PaxivpihBa been designated heir to the
fallen throne i>£ the Romanoffs. The
prince basht quit at the bank yet,
hough.—ochenectAdy Union-StaT.
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