The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-01-02

provided each year, and each hunt
er II allowed two deer. They are
easy to get, he said. Other good
hunting game includes the wild
geese and ducks, on which six
weeks season is granted. Other
game birds are grouse and ptar-
migan. The latter mentioned Is a
small bird similar to our pidgeon,
and its habitat Is in the snow at the
mountain tops. They are white In
color, with pink eyes, and are good
eating Black bear are found In
the community, however, one must
go about fifteen miles into the in
terror TO get the vicious brown
bear.
Airplane traffic is greater at Jun
eau than in any place in the
States, considering population, he
said. There are four large airliners
plying to and from Juneau each
week. They carry from Is to 2
passengers. The 22-passenger air
liners ply from Juneau to Seattle
AMI return. The 15-passenger planes
connect the cites Of Fairbanks, An
chorage and Nome with Juneau.
Juneau was the largest city in
Alaska, until the defense program
was started, and since then An
chorage has forged ahead.
Rainfall is plentiful. and they
experience no drouth in the Juneau
community. In 1889 the lacked
one inch Of having a 10-foot rain
fall during the year. This is 119
inches, or an average of better than
one-half inch daily. There Is no
particular rainy season, but 1t
rains at least twice a week, both
winter and summer, and each rain
averages from one and one-half
inches or better.
No grain farming is done in the
Juneau community, as the season
is not long enough to ripen the
grain, he said, However, there Is
some dairy farming. Practically
all farming Is Of the truck variety
as the soil is very adaptable to
the raising of garden produce, and
with the plentiful supply OF rain
they do very well.
Evan has been in Alaska for five
ears and he likes 1t. He saw Rod
Carpenter and Norbert Nathe when
they stopped at Juneau enroute to
Anchorage. They spent a short
time with Evan. Rod liked the
country by the time he arrived at
Juneau.
L-,,,n ,oJ,r, - ravo IN u THE cifv
until February LIST. He has a leave
of absence from his work with the
Federal highway department. All
road work along the coast, he said
is done by the Federal government
but in the interior they have a ter
ritorial road commissioner and the
work is done under the supervision
of that department.
Alaskans want Alaska to become
one Of the states Of the Union, and
practically all are in favor Of 1t.
However, they need greater popu-
ton to become a state. Their gov
ornamental units are practically the
same as ours. Juneau has a mayor
and a city council, with two-year
terms Of office. Although Alaskans
cannot vote for presidential cleo.
tors, as we do in the States, they
have political campaigns on the
presidential issue the same as we
do. They have radio speeches and
newspaper articles on the cam.
paign and interest runs high. The
Selective Service registration has
not yet been held in Alaska. All
men eligible for draft must regis.
ter on January %, 1871.
A National Guard unit was or
ganized in Alaska last September
the first ever organized. There are
four companies in the unit and
they are located at Juneau, Anchor
age, Fairbanks and Ketchikan
Plans include the organization OF
another company at Nome and one
at Sitka. in the near future, Evan
said. These companies will also be
taken into Federal service for a
years training-but they will not
leave Alaska, he said.
Up to the time Evan left Alaska
they had had seven or eight inch
{ es of snow, but that had melted be-
fore he left. The average temper
ature during the winter Is 30 de-
grees above zero. They have not
had below 81 above zero this year
For three years the temperature at
Juneau has not been below zero
The temperature in sum m r
months is also moderate, with
about 10 degrees as the average.
Eighty degrees is considered hot
weather.
Confer trees are the native var
ieties, with spruce and hemlock
predominating. There are few
! hardwood trees In Juneau.
Juneau slopes from the seacoast
up the mountain sides, and there
are very few flats of any size any
where. There are ii churches in the
city. Gambling is wide open. All
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