iVIOOEjP'. PA88 MINER
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF MOOSE PASS AND KENAI PENINSULA
Vol. 1.
110088 Pass. Alaska - January 31, 1940
No. 43
FILE FOR ELECTION
Four declarations of candidacy were
filed this week with the Territorial audi
tor as a warm-up for the 1940 election ra
ces.
Filing for re-election were Anthony J.
Dimond, Democrat, territorial delegate to
Congress, and Auditor Frank Boyle, Democrat.
Harry McCain, Ketchican, Republican, and
Henry Roden, Juneau, Democrat, filed for
attorney general in their respective prim
aries.
The FRONTIER, No. 1, Volume 1, is a new
all-Alaska magazine. Jim Busey is pub
lisher and editor.
Every page of the magazine is interest
ing to read and outstanding articles are
"Stagnation in Alaska* a Solution," by
Donald MacDonald, father of the Internation
al Highway; "Scandinavia and Alaska," com
parison of those countries; an excellent
interpretation of the Slattery report; news,
editorials. The magazine is well worth
anybody's time and money.
Mr. Busey is employed at the Independence
Mine at Wasilla.
To promote good-will as well as to furth
er real Alaskan friendship, all airlines
operating out of Anchorage will carry 50
pounds of fur, free, for each trapper who
sends or takes his furs to the Fur Rendez
vous. This year's Rendezvous is the 4th
annual event and will open February 17 and
run thru the 21st,
tn addition to the auctioning off of
furs there will be winter entertainment
unsurpassed in Alaska heretofore.Dog racing,
ski-ing, hockey games, ice skating, boxing,
basketball, with prizes for excellence.
R. 2. McDonald, press relations, writes
that the big final celebration of the Ren
dezvous will be "Nalukatak" which means
"Whale F-estival" and will compare to the
New Orleans Mardi Gras as a street carni
val. A "hiyu" masquerade will be held
together with a trappers' ball, whisker
judging contest and other entertainment.
The motorship "Fern" this week is vis
iting for the first time as a mail boat
the settlements along the shores of Western
Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. Sailing
from Seward the second Saturday of each
month, the Fern will link many isolated
Alaska villages.. Daring the next six
months the "Fern" will also serve Bristol
Bay, Goodnews and Platinum. The "Fern's"
master is Captain B*n Aspen and she is
owned by Captain Peter Wold, Andy Anderson,
and Harold Arentsen» a corporation known
as Alaska Traders.
FARLEY FOR PRESIDENT
Declaring that James A. Farley is the
"best friend Alaska ever had" national
committeeman, Jack Hellenthal, in the
keynote speech to the Democratic Terri
torial convention just held at Juneau,
rur*r«a that the Alaska delegation to the
national convention should not be in
structed but that the convention should
pass a resolution naming Farley for pres
ident unless world conditions are such
that President Roosevelt should be draft
ed for a third term.
Speaker Hellenthal said* "The senti
ment of most all people is opposed to a
third term but if it is a question of
sentiment or country there should be
only one answer."
Dr. Herbert C. Hanson, formerly vice
director of the Agricultural Experiment
station at Fargo, N. Dak., has arrived
at Palmer to act as business agent for
the Farmers' Cooperative Association.
He is accompanied by his wife and three
children.
Finland is aided by the coldest weath
er it has known for 25 years, to fight
off the Russian invaders.
Russia has apologized to both Sweden
and Norway for violation of their terri
tory by Russian flyers. Sweden protested
against the alleged bombing of Kallaks
Island, on the far side of the Gulf of
Bothnia. Norway protested that Russian
planes had flown over Norwegian territory
on January 12 and 14.
Russia's reply failed to mention the
bombing outrage. Just acknowledged
that Russian aircraft had flown over the
island when "lost in a snowstorm."
It is a privilege to live in Alaska.
Temperatures ran below zero and stayed
there the last two weeks of January in
New York, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky,West
Virginia, Pennsylvania and. Maryland.
Vice president Garner opposes any
further financial aid to Finland lest
the United States become involved in the
war,
Herbert Hoover declares President
Roosevelt's recommendation to Congress
that credit be extended to Finland
"should be supported."
It is feared that the worst freeze
in Texas history will destroy its $100,
000,000 fruit crop.