MOOSE PASS MINER
By L, H. Allen
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Somebody once asked Andrew Carnegie
which he considered the most important
factor in industry* labor, capital or
brains. He replied,"Which is the most
important leg of a three-legged stool?"
An American eagle is more than a match
for a Japanese vulture. That was proved
by Lieut. George S. Welch, U. S. army air
corps, of Wilmington, Del., who shot down
four enemy planes during the surprise at
tack on Pearl Harbor. His amazing
achievement was revealed in a war depart
ment communique which cited six young Am
erican pilots for their valor at Oahu.
The.Philippine archipelago is made up
of 7,o83 islands. Their combined area is
114>400 square miles. Only 406 of the
islands cover as much as one square mile
apiece. The island of Luzon on which
Manila is located, embraces 40»814 square
riles | Mindanao, 36,906 square miles,and
they comprise, more than two-thirds of the
area of all of the islands.
The Philippine Islands are around 7,500
miles from San Francisco.
The 1940 census gave them 16,000,300
inhabitants. Manila, capital of Luzon
island was given a population of 623,362.
Americans, other than men in the armed
forces and their families, numbered 4,144,
The census enumerated 117,461 Chinese and
29,262 Japanese. In and around Davao on
Mindanao island, live 17,888 Japanese.
The island of Luzon has 700 miles of
railway.
Tagaiog, tne naxive language, was de
clared the official language in 1937.Only
one in eight are estimated to have some
knowledge of the English language, and one
in 16 of Spanish.
The Roman Catholic church has the lar
gest religious affiliation. An indepen
dent Filipino church(Christian) has many
worshipers. Mohammedans number approxi
mately half a million. The total strength
of Protestant denominations is wstimated
at one quarter of a million.
Chief exports from the Philippines are
sugar, coconuts, hemp and a variety of
tropical fruits, ttheat flour is about the
only food necessity the islands have to
import.
Gold in the amount of $35,840,000 in U.
S. money was mined in the islands in IS39.
Iron and chromium ores are also produced.
Mineral fuels, textiles, machinery and
fabricated goods have to be imported and
that trade is waged with the United States.
local news
E. R. Foster went to Seward Tuesday and
spent several days in the hospital while
he underwent a minor operation.
Everett Hooker is now in Bairoil, Wyo.
Word has been received that Ur. and Mrs.
Homer Hooker arrived safe at Rawlins.
Charles Flynn stayed in Seward a month
before sailing for the States on the Mount
McKinley.
Bob Estes was assigned to the Air Corps
at Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Tex.
Radio announcement was that Ralph Reed,
Harry Johnson and one other had been made
custodians at Mount McKinley Park hotel
for the winter.
Gordon L. Picotte of the University of
Alaska Mining Extension school arrived to
conduct a school in Moose Pass. He is a
guest at Trail lake Inn.
R. A. Paul la employed in Seward.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Runt moved to Seward
recently.
Mr. and Mrs. "Bud" Schindler moved to
Seward to live there for a while.
The Sam Grieses are living in Seward
while Mr. Griese is working there.
Floyd Wolfe enjoyed a birthday dinner
on January 14 with turkey and the good
eata that go with turkey, a birthday angel
food cake and ice cream. Dining with him
were Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Foster, Mr. and
Mrs. Max Foster and baby, Larryjhis parents
and his brothers, Delbert and Bob. He
received a number of handsome gifts.
Roy Luokey,Jr., has obtained a job at
Tunnel working on the section.
Lewis Tulare is said to be employed at
the Portland(Ore.) shipyards.
It is reported that the feminine members
of the families of workers on the Alaska
defense bases are to be evacuated if they
have lived in Alaska lees than a year.
Bill Carden was ill and spent several
days in Seward General hospital recently.
Those who visit Will Watkins at the
hospital say that he is quite cheerful and
looking forward to being released from the
hospital in the near future. Ur. Watkins
was seriously injured in a truck accident
early in December.