Word: mountains
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...John W. Weeks, United States Representative form the twelfth Massachusetts district, spoke in the Union last evening on "Forestry Legislation and the White Mountain Bill...
...Weeks, United States Representative from the twelfth Massachusetts district, will speak on "Forestry Legislation and the New White Mountain Bill," in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock. This lecture is open only to members of the Union...
...Weeks, United States Representative from the twelfth Massachusetts district, will speak on "Forestry Legislation and the New White Mountain Bill," in the Living Room of the Union tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. The bill which Mr. Weeks was instrumental in putting through Congress provides for the purchase by the government of forest lands at the head of navigable rivers in the mountains of Maine and New Hampshire. It is expected that the completion of the project will take five years...
...Weeks, congressman form the twelfth Massachusetts district, will speak on "Forestry Legislation" in the Living Room of the Union Tuesday evening. In discussing forestry legislation, Mr. Weeks will explain especially the bill concerning the White Mountain Reservation, which he recently put through Congress...
...Dolomites are not as dangerous as the Swiss snow-clad mountains. In the Tyrol they are from 10,000 to 12,000 feet high, and with one exception have a rocky surface. The climbing party is equipped with a rope and iron-nailed shoes. At 3 o'clock in the morning they start out and climb till noon. This is usually long enough to scale a mountain in the Tyrol. Before starting, the sky line is scanned closely. Clouds from the Italian horizon are a bad omen. Not until the clouds have parted from the mountain peaks, do the natives...