Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hacking and their
children will sail for the States on Dec
ember 8.
The S8 Aleutian, Alaska-bound, struck
Ripple Rock in Seymour Narrows last Wed
nesday. Pumps handled the inflowing
water resultant from damage to the hull
and the steamer returned to Seattle.Hund
reds of ton6 of supplies for Alaska mer
chants were in the hold.
Mrs. Helen Troy Bender, daughter of
former-governor Troy, was married at Jun
eau early this month to Captain Al. N.
Monsen, of Pacific Airways. The cere*
mony was held in the hospital room of
Governor John W. Troy at St. Ann’s hospi
tal.
The bride is president of the Empire
Publishing Company and will continue her
active duties in publishing the Juneau
Daily Alaska Empire.
Captain Monsen flies between Seattle
and Juneau.
Among those enjoying Sunday dinner at
Trail Lake Inn were Mr. and Mrs. Bud
Schindler, Miss Orah Dee Clark, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Hielo and Mr. and Mrs. George
Lindsay.
The White Mountain school for Eskimos,
at Nome, burned last Sunday night. The
35 pupils will be divided among other
schools, most of them at Eklutna.
Miss Orah Dee Clark* teacher, has re
ceived a letter from Mise Marilyn Howe,
pupil of Central Park school, Schenectady,
N. Y.asking that a 15-year-old Alaska girl
correspond with her. Her school has or
ganized a Correspondence Club, which is a
very good idea. Moose Pass has no 15
year old girls - perhaps a Seward girl
will write to Marilyn, care of Central
Park Junior High School, Schenectady, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dahl, proprietors of
the recently burned SEWARD HOTEL, are liv
ing at their cabin-home at Mile 48 and
very glad they owned such a comfortable
home to go to.
The following is from a Washington(D.C)
newspaperi
'•You know the old saw about ice for the
Eskimos? Well, it's not so funny - it's
true. Up in Anchorage, Alaska, where
there are plenty of Eskimos, ice is selling
for $80 a ton'. Alaska isn't as cold in
fall and early winter months as general
American opinion thinks it is. There's a
terrible shortage of ice in Anchorage now,
jerking the price to the $80 a ton level."
That, ladies and gentlemen, was promul
gated from Alaska's more or less seat of
government. No wonder etci
In the current issue of THE ALASKA
SPORTSMAN is an interesting article about
i trip into the mountains of Southeastern
U.aska for mountain sheep> written by
John Dorsch, who conducted a mining school
in Moose Pass for five weeks two years
igo.
Pauline Farr of Seward was a guest re
cently at the Clyde Smith home in Moose
Pass.
A way to make larrupin’ good sweet
pickles from dill pickles follows. This
recipe is for two gallons and may be div
ided by those who are mathematically in
clined!
Cut up 2 gallons dill pickles in shapes
desired. That is - halved or bread-and
butter sliced.
Heat 2 quarts vinegar
1 pound brown sugar
3 ttbsps mixed pickling spices
or
\ cup white mustard seed
2 tsp pepper
3 tsp cinnamon
3 tsp allspice
3 tsp whole cloves
Add pickles, Bring uoxiaihj
don't cook - seal in sterelizod jars*
DAYS OF REAL SPORT -
She frovmed on him
And called him Mr,
Because in fun he nearly Kr,
And then in spite
The following night,
The naughty Mr. Kr, Sr.
- The Washington Farmer -
Young man in hospital - "Nurse, I ve
fallen in love with you. If I get well
I'll have to leave, so I don't want to
get well."
Pretty nurse -"Dont worry, you wont.
The doctor's in love with me too and he
saw you kissing me this morning.'
Dr. Stitcher - "Frequent water drinking
will prevent you getting stiff in the
joints."
Patient - "Yes, Doc, but some of the
joints don't serve water."
•TWAS A DEAL
A little, old, battered fliver chugged
up to the gate of a race track. The gate
keeper demanded the usual fee for parking
space, calling outi
"A dollar for the car."
"Sold," said the owner with a sigh of
relief.
Mrs. Shannon Jaggers, editor of the Ad
vance-Monticellonian, Monticello, Ark.car
ries this line under the name of the papers
"Devoted to the interests of Drew county
and of the editor." She's honest, eh?