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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



AFTER A FOOTBALL GAME 



Football at Murmansk in four feet of snow in April seems rather out 

 of place, but the American and two British officers are returning from 

 such a game played by British soldiers. 



estimated to be about 25,000, mostly Russians brought 

 in by the railroad. This population is mainly along the 

 In the interior about the only inhabitants are the 

 Lapps, a pastoral people, who live for the most part on 

 their reindeer and on fish. They live mostly in sod- 

 ed huts, near the lakes while fishing, and in the 

 bark and brush "wickie-ups" (much resembling those of 

 the Apache Indians of Arizona) while in the highlands 

 herding their reindeer. The Finns have somewhat dif- 

 ferent modes of livelihood, being principally engaged 

 in hunting, some farming, lumbering and packing. 



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Murmansk, when the writer was there, was a very 

 cosmopolitan place. There were English, Canadian, 

 Scottish, French, Polish, Serbian, Italian, Russian, and 

 American officers and men, and a civilian population of 

 Lapps, Finns, Russians and Chinese. He recalls a box- 

 ing match one night there, between American sailors and 

 British sailors, in a Y hut. Verily, it seemed as if the 

 ends of the earth were met. Each announcement during 

 the match had to be made in three languages, Russian, 

 English and French and then it is doubtful if half of 

 the audience understood. The matches were refereed 

 by a British Admiral whose decisions were short, sharp. 

 just, and admitted of no argument. Following the British 



A SEAL ON WHITE. SKA ICE 



g directly down on 'a seal from the deck of the "Galveston,' 

 in the White Sea. 



RUSSIAN PEASANTS NEAR MURMANSK 



The "Sacha" is trying to give the American salute. The forest growth 

 is indicated by the scrubby birch in the background. 



custom, and much to the disgust of the Americans pres- 

 ent, no cheering nor "heckling" whatever was allowed 

 except between rounds. 



Murmansk, being a new town, was laid oiu in a most 

 sensible manner, and evidently with the expectation that 

 it would be a large and important port. The city was 

 planned to have a port district, naval base, market, labor, 

 service, and administration districts, but the revolution of 

 course put an end to further development. The town 

 in April, 1919, consisted of some 300 buildings, all of 

 logs, and mostly one-story in height. There were ex- 

 tensive railroad sidings and yards, shops, large wan 

 houses and barracks, a fire department, church, a 

 Y. M. C. A., wireless station, and several foreign con- 

 sulates. Most of the buildings were used as barracks or 



