Show SIE ENDS NOTES FROM ALASKA historian of ketchikan legion pot post writes write in answer to letters letter of sympathy please note following the long auf buffering fering historian of the ketchikan post of the american legion in alaska has written la in answer to manx ann letters of sympathy from buddies back la in tile the states 1 there a gold miner in tile the post 2 the thermometer has haa never dropped lower than live he below 3 the deepest snow in recent years was three inches 4 some winters pass with practical ly no snow 6 5 overcoats are often a nuisance in january and february 0 6 raincoats and umbrellas are commonly worn 7 no one has even worn furs or snowshoes snow shoes to a post meeting 8 gold fishing Is in the principal industry 8 9 no one reads by the northern lights or the midnight sun the fact that people in ketchikan ride in automobiles and that the only dug dog sleds there are hot dog sleds la Is hard to get across according to the |