enough keep thu mi Mt observing
explorer busy. I’Mfwr tfriggB it
enthusiastic in general scientific ob
servation outside of bit profession,
botany, and is a skilled iuterpr. ter of
evidence*, allowing few detail* toes
cape careful attention
I'he thrills of real achievement
were our* when, after long and te
dious ascent over eeh, pumice, drain
age ditches, glacier ice and Bin*
ti,* 1 < 1 a we could stand on the very rim
,,f Kafiuai crater the depth of which
must be measured in thousands of
feet and the diameter in miles, know
ing we were th-first human beings
t,. look into tile tr« mendoti* ho e from
e lu ll had collie the immeasurable
mass of ash and pumice which was
distributed over hundreds of square
mile*, and is still floating in large
quantities down the streams into the
Word* < 'innot th« fHfiing:
,,f,,„„wlw stands fur tho first tim«
nn thr rrry rim of a rrsl I y li t»* rr^ti-r
mi.l s p» below him » sputtering.
Steaming, «•■*>!himf, blur frmi hik-,
fringed with hi*sii « cmvic* and
sending its sulphurous rap r rl mils
right into his facie. F.spmtiellv does
<hip uvirv^l wh**n h<»,»*** *»'li th«M*,r>it**r
f I > >r p i t(*h»*s • 'f i<*«» mid lino v at thi*
v«*ry Ink**** **dtf* mid p«T*t* of th«*
ci*m,ti r whI I* !• »mp i8'<1 ' f ic**
H'Ov*-vor, thisiiH Tuan* mtjjf « »rion
,.f vhat *.v*» H i w that hud iii'vit b»M*n
itiM'MVHi d or d^Horil»-d and }‘r ft****- r
Hri; :i 'ill pr--** lit in t ha N I'innal
(t i:i'hph’r IPI'L" '-Vlth tli« p« I)
and • * in*’ "t th« r»»■ 'Sf iirir
v. i- h if, !< ik ■ f tl*n \ h la w rid
s- 11 i si *»N*i 11 hi id mI< i 111 r. 1 is \ n I u t'H
111 ?•» i> »ii >»'*< tlu* d . mutfi d"iM- t
vi, i him* , f her n vn MiijuH'MH Ut', in
th** vviiy *f eri'ptioiig a«<d ^ostrucMvi*
floods th it pi hi* mid niiiniiil 1 if«*
maybe restore*! in it decade nr two
and the habitation of man made png
sible, an before, where now is only
desolation and ruin.
Not the least interesting: study wm
that of the destroyed Tillage of Kat
inai with its numerons evideneesi»f
native life and activity.
Donovan Church, a student of (\»
lumhus, was a member of the party ha
photographer this year, it being his
first trip west. He is an enthusiastie
geographer and geologist, n§ well as
a good photographer. Walter Me
troken, of Kodiak, a well known bea r
hunter, went with us as packer this
year and proved himself a valuable
assistant as well as a good entertainer
with his aeconiits of hunt no with
‘•white men and Knglishnmn ” Walt
er is a native Kussian We broilght ..or
arm s full of relics aid sou \ * n i rs, and
many good pictures, but tin* fie nds
and sch- nl might enjoy in a inc isure
the fruits of the vacation extiaord
inarv.
Katin ii bay is uhout 130 miles by
water from Kodiak ai d Katin n v. 1
cairn is *Jd mi’es from tin* b ach.
DRY AND FRfct.
Thn star of empire assured ly silines
with special brilliance over North
Atn•*ri• • i ’* wesh rn sen bon nl. A I r< nil y
in Al'iska. British (’ lunihi i, Wash
ington, Orep« n and Cnliforni • worn# n
have been uiven civic freeilom, hihJ
with Alaska Mini California voting
• rv «'»» N"vc*n l.«-r 7 the Fitcirti Coast,
from far'lnst loTtn tnth** goutluin
niost ho*»ii 1 • rv > f tin* lTn t.il States,
w 11 ho f: • from the le^a]j/,liqm r
tr.t'i —. r t million and •• quarter
up >re mil»*H in • i»m iimiroK»-n hivm,
w ; h rn >r • *h in f nr million him! a
half p >puIstion, under prohibition
and • <[uai sn ffrii^e’