MOOSE
PASS
MINER
Bv L. H. Allen. .....
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*From the Congressional Record»April 14
A joint memorial of th4 Legislature of
Alaska* to the Committee on Post Offices
and Roads:
"To the Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States of America,
and the Congress of the United States:
"Your memorialist, the Legislature of
the Territory of Alaska, in 15th regular
session assembled, respectfully submits:
"■Whereas word has come that the House
of Representatives of the United States
has accepted the recommendation of the
War Department to transfer the terminus
of The Alaska Railroad from Seward to
Passage Canal, sometimes known as Portage
Bay, where a new port is to be establishec
and
"Whereas it may be anticipated that tm
United States Senate will shortly concur
and the transfer thereby become law after
signature by the President} and
"Whereas this move was recommended on
the basis of a national-defense need, in
that the shorter haul from Passage Canal
to the new Army base at Fort Richardson
would give the United States armed forces
and supplies surer ingress and egress to
the interior, with diminished danger from
interruption of said traffic} and
"Whereas this change will spell ruin
for the people of Seward since they will
be deprived of virtually the only industr;
the town now possesses, namely, the load
ing and unloading of steamships} and
"Whereas it is clearly desirable from
the standpoint of national defense that a
road connection be established between
Seward and Anchorage} and
"Whereas such road connection would
tend to alleviate the economic disaster
which will come to the people of Seward
when their access to the interior is cut
off, as it will be as soon as the connec
tion by rail no longer exists} and
"Whereas the road from Seward to Sun
rise and Hope, on Turnagain Arm, some 75
miles in length, built by the United
States Bureau of Public Roads, already ex
ists} and
"Whereas continuation of this road by
bridge across Turnagain Arm from Sunrise
to Bird and thence to Anchorage has been
pronounced a wholly feasible project by
competent engineers, which can be con
structed at a cost roughly estimated to
be $1,250,000} and
"Whereas the cost of this project is
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The Sewing club was entertained June 4
)by Mrs. E. L. Robbins and Mrs. Max Foster
I at the Roycroft home. Those in attendance
were Mrs. Ralph Reed, Mrs. Frank Hielo,
Mrs. Roy Thurston, Mrs. Kenneth Condit and
Mrs. Homer Hooker,
On June 11, the club was entertained by
Mrs. Thurston. Members present were Mrs.
Robbins, Mrs. Hielo, Mrs. Foster, Mrs.
Hooker and Mrs. Condit.
On June 18 the club will meet with Mrs.
Hooker.
, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lehman of Kodiak,
[have located at Sunrise and are going to
|work the 32 claims of the Mike Connolly
property. They are rebuilding and other
wise improving the late Mr. Connolly's
home, to lire in.
Before her marriage, Mrs. Lehman was
luiss Helen Allen, daughter of Gene Allen,
Jwho founded The Klondike Nugget, The Teller
[News and The Nome Mugget.
A jolly picnic party spent laBt Sunday
lit Russian Lake, including Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Condit, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hooker,
Mrs. Zoe Smith, Charles Chestnut and Jay
Hunt. The fishing experts of the party
caught 15 salmon. A picnic dinner with
campfire coffee glorified the occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Schindler arrived on
the Aleutian from California and have taken
the Meyers cottage to live in. They are
newlyweds. Mr. Schindler is a nephew of
Mr8. Oscar Plowman at Lawing.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Laubscher returned
0n the Aleutian from their trip to the
'St at e s.
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Lyman Graves has returned to Moose Pass
'and is preparing the basement for the new
ilocation of Estes Bros, Tavern. He is
assisted by Harry L. Smith.
Bob Hall of Seward, had Mr. and Mrs.
!Walter Lachelt and Miss Alice Calhoun for
|his guest8 at Snug Harbor Monday.
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J. P. Anderson of Juneau,botanist and
member of the staff of The Alaska Sportsman,
is a guest at the Moose Pass tavern while
studying the flora of this section. Mr.
Anderson found 90 varieties of vegetation
in and around Hope.
Oscar Christensen is tearing down his
old Mile 29 roadhouse, the firtft building
in Moose Pass. He will build a smaller
cabin on the same location.
Mrs. John Graves of Ouzinkie, with her
two-months old baby, Elmira, visited Satur
day and Sunday with her aunt, Mrs. Anton
Velanis and family.
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