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_devoted to the interests of moose pass and KENAI PENINSULA
Vol. I
Moot* Paoo, Alaska - April 7> 1939
No, 14
TABLOID NEWS
Th§ Alaska Steamship Company reported
April 1 that six sailings on th# Seattle
Alaska run were canceled because of the la*
tor dispute in Seattle which has tied up
the entire salmon canning industry. The
Mount McKinley scheduled to sail last Wed
nesday and the Denali scheduled to sail
next Tuesday are the latest sailings affec
ted. The laying up of these vessels makes
400 men idle. Meanwhile picketing of the
cannery tenders and fishing gear plants is
continued.
Fire at Nome the 29th destroyed Nome’s
new hotel and the Nome Motors building at
an estimated loss of $50,000. The fire
started when a gas pump lifting oil into
tanks backfired. An explosion occurred
and fire spread rapidly thruout the entire
building and occupants had to flee for
their lives. The caterpillars, auto parts
and other motor equipment lost in the fire
were covered by insurance.
Like the fire of five years ago, this
disaster leaves Nome with only the Pioneer
and Lincoln hotels to take care of the an
nual Spring influx of miners and prospec
tors from the States. The Lincoln hotel
was partially wrecked by a storm last year.
Bob 3uzby of Fairbanks and Bergman Ko
krine of Tanana were winners in the 1939
Dog Derby held at Fairbanks during the Ice
Carnival. In windy raw weather over a
badly drifted trail, Buzby made the best
time recorded on the 30-mile course during
the three heats of the Derby-2*49:55.
Kokrine had the best average time for
the three heats-3:00:01.
Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were
married at Kingman, Ariz., on Thursday of
last week. The marriage was the third
for Gable and the second for his bride.He
gave his age as 38 and Miss Lombard as 31.
The new concrete fireproof hotel,The
Baranof, at Juneau is open. It has 96
rooms and 28 apartments, three of the lat
ter being pent houses on the roof. The
second, third, and fourth floors of the
hotel have single rooms and the fifth and
sixth floors are divided into apartments.
There are two passenger elevators.
President Roosevelt’s ninth grandson
was born Thursday of last week to Mr. and
Mrs. John Boettiger in Seattle. Grand
mother Roosevelt flew from San Francisco
where she was visiting the Golden Gate ex
position to be with her daughter, the for
mer Anna Roosevelt.
A tramway will be built and a large
tonnage mill will be installed on the Gil
patrick hard reck property of United Min
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TOWN MEETING SUNDAY NIGHT
REJECTS INCORPORATION IDEA
At a town meeting held last Sunday
light at the echoolhouse - called by the
sommittee appointed to investigate possi
bility of obtaining PWA funds to erect a
Community Building in Moose Pass - the
committee reported that to obtain PWA as
sistance it would be necessary for Moose
Pass to incorporate as a second class vil
lage* after which IF the project to erect
s $10,000 Community Hall was accepted -
lioose Pass residents would be required to
furnish 45/2 of $10,000.
Paul Danzig, attorney of Seward, lately
secerns associated with L. V. Ray, attended
the meeting and explained in detail the
srocess Moose Pass would have to go thru
bo obtain articles of incorporation.
Sidney Denison, supervisor for the For
sst Service in this district, attended the
nesting and upon being asked some exceed
ingly important questions, proved that he
cnew all the answers. The result was that
the Moose Pass citizens present promptly
rejected all idea of incorporation at this
time as it would entail a long and involved
jffort to withdraw from the Forest Service
irea - the disadvantage of such a move far
)ut-weighing any advantage that would ac
srue to Moose Pass.
It is now apparent that with Mr. Deni
son’s aid - Moose Pass can return to -its
sriginal idea of a modest,but large, log
Jommunity building with CCC boys getting
>ut the logs and public spirited men of
loose Pass erecting the building. Women
>f the town would share in the work by
•aising funds to buy roofing, floor, win
lows and doors. The building once floor
id and under roof could be used for plays,
lances, roller skating rink, basketball
;ames, parties, carnivals and thus provide
'unds for its improvement and maintenance,
loose Pass as a whole would derive pride
md fun from such an undertaking.
Lyman Graves presided at the meeting
.nd Charles Clements acted as secretary,
'hose in attendance were Ralph Reid, Frank
lielo, Howard Brooks, Will Estes, Charles
'lynn, Aletha Laubscher, Jake Laubscher,
larry L.SmSth, Eunice K. Smith, Ray Staf
'ord, Grace Stafford, Mary Stafford, Fred
aubscher, Ethel Laubscher, Wesley Laub
icher, Lyman Graves, Charles Clements,
,yle Saxton, E. L. Robbins, James H. Pierce’,
'red Holley and the visiters, Ur. Denison,
[r. Danzig, Mrs. Jack Ives and daughter.
The Committee is now investigating the
'orest Service plan and will report to the
omraunity in open meeting as soon as they
re in possession of all the facts and a
efinite answer has been received from the
runeau office of the Forest Service.
DANCE TOMORROW NIGHT AT HIELO'S ROADHOUSE