MOOSE PASS MINER
By L. H. Allen
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SIBERIA
We have always thought of Siberia as a
"frozen waste-land." Other people, of
course, are better informed but if there
are a few who had the same idea that we
had - the same idea that many people in
the States have of Alaska - they will be
interested in the following facts which
we have taken from an article by John Lear
and American who has spent many years on
an engineering project in Siberia.In fact,
if Siberia is as Mr. Lear describes it, we
cannot see any possible reason why Russia
would fight the United States to regain
Alaska:
"Siberia, once a dreadful prison for
exiles, has been made a land of promise
for all who believe in the ultimate tri
umph of Soviet Socialism.
"Along a vast ice-locked frontier two
thirds the size of the United States, 233
scientific experiment stations drag new
treasures from a hitherto useless region
almost everv dav.
"Gold, the dream of all adventurers,has
been found in the far northeast in a lode
more precious than the richest strikes of
Alaska's heyday.
"Iron has been dug out from under the
snow in tremendous amounts. So has coal.
Oil wells spout on the rim of the polar
basin. Salt has been mined. Copper,too
and lead, zinc, tin,graphite, mica, and
asbestos. Silver and platinum have been
uncovered along with peat, asphalt and
fluorite.
"Incredible things have been made to
grow in this land of the frozen sun.Wheat
as tall as a man. Strawberries, planted
in June, ripe and an inch in diameter in
September. Cabbages as big as elephants'
heads. Vegetables crossed to grow quick
ly, because the arctic summer is short.
Apple trees trained to grow flat on the
ground to escape the arctic blasts. Flow
ers grown the year round, by electricity
in hothouses, generated by windmills turn
ed by the freezing gales.
"Eleven thousand miles of airlines -
and planes met by natives on reindeer
sleds. Automobiles on skis. Sleds dri
ven by propellers and built to cross ice,
snow and water equally well. Engines
which generate power from the difference
in heat between polar air and water.
"Steamships struggling thru perilous
ice - with cargoes of pianos, phonographs,
guitars, violins and Soviet literature
for the frontier 'heroes'.
(Continued on last page).
LOCAL NEWS
Mrs. Leora Roycroft presided over an
elaborate dinner party on January 24, to
celebrate the second wedding anniversary
of Ur. and Mrs. Sam Estes and also Sam's
birthday. Enjoying the occasion were Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Estes, Mr. and Mrs. Will Es- .
tes, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Luckey, Mr. and Mrs. ‘
Paul Williams, Ed and Bob Estes, Roy Luckey,
Jr.,Donna Lee and Billie Estes, Kethryn
Louise Estes and the hostess.
Miss Alex Carlson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Carlson of Anchorage and a niece
of Mrs. Charles Lean of Cooper's Landing,
was married recently in Anchorage to A. B.
White of Anchorage. The bride is well
known and has many friends in Moose Pass.
Mrs. Lean and her son, Nick, went to An
chorage to attend the wedding. Nick has
returned but his mother is making a longer
stay.
A skating party on Trail Lake Friday
night included Mr. and Mrs. Sam Estes,Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Williams, Miss Mary Stafford,
"Chuck" Clements and Roy Luckey, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray James of Seward, were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reid.
Mr, and Mrs. Tom Jones, who are spending (
the winter at Mile 52, drove to Moose Pass
last Sunday and called on the Ralph Reids,
Miss Kathryn Louise Estes, seven months
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Estes,
cut her first tooth on January 26, which
pleased her young uncle, Roy Luckey,Jr.,
so much that he reported the event to the
Weakly Scream.
Helen Velanis attained the highest av
erage in school in January. Her rating
was S for superior. The letter H indi
cates high and N is normal.
Jon Thurston won the January 4th grade
spelling contest. Spelling contests will
be held once each month.
The interior of the Harry L. Smith cabin
has been improved with wall paper.
Joanne Nelson suffered a stiff neck dur
ing several days last week whicli kept her
out of school.
Mrs. Irene Holden of Lawing, visited ^
in Moose Pass Sunday.
Another jibe at Franksgiving is this
sign in New England storesj "Shopt Today
for Tomorrow May Be ChristmasI"
DANCE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT HIELO'S
ROADHOUSE. ALWAYS A GOOD TIME AT HIELO'S.