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P A S S MINER
m_Bv L. H. Allen_
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BUSINESS CONCERNS AS '.TELL AS
PEOPLE WOULD COLS TO ALASKA
The plan submitted by Harry Slattery,
undersecretary to Secretary of the Inter
ior, Harold L, Ickes, to grubstake in Al
aska with private capital equal numbers of
native Americans and political refugees
from Central Europe, met with widespread
response. The Slattery report said Al
askan colonists could build a new empire
of opportunity, with private corporations
similar to historic Hudson's 3ay Colony -
financing selected workers skilled in non
competive industries of the Old World.
Business houses quickly wrote for de
tails. Prospective settlers expre:sed
oersonal ambitions, cesire for a new
chance at life, eagerness to become pion
eers. The department re oorts that the
response this project is even greater than
when Matanuska Valley was opened to colon
ization in 1935.
Seward showed commendable spirit when
it refused to join Juneau in protesting
the Slattery plan. Seward knows that
most of Alaska's citizens of today - many
of her outstanding ones - are emigres from
northern Europe who have proved to be
distinct assets to the Territory.
Juneau, of course, hasn't room for many
more people and Juneau isn’t IN Alaska
anyhow. Seward is the logical site for
the capital of Alaska. For one thing -
the Territory could be saved thousands of
dollars on the fares of legislators and
bureau officials if the capital were cen
trally located in a coast town and on a
railroad. Seward is built on solid
ground with plenty of acreage to become a
city of many million population, an acre
age the capital of Alaska will require in
a not far distant day.
The Changing World
Life works in a peculiar way,
And trouble none should borrow;
Your enemy of yesterday
May be your friend tomorrow.
— C. S. Monitor
Hitler's peace terms will be presented
at Stockholm today. Unless it has sudden*
ly become possible for the leopard to
change its skin there is not any ground
for hope that his terms can be accepted.
Thru his mouthpieces, Nazi newspapers, he
now announces that he is master of the air,
the sea and the western front.
Opposition to German aggression stretch
es from Pole to Pole.-Greensboro(N.C.)News.
LOCAL NEWS
The Sewing Club met with Mrs. Leora
Roycroft and Mrs. E.L,Robbins last Wed
nesday at the home of Mrs. Roycroft. The
members in attendance were Mrs. Harry L.
Smith, Mr8. Roy Thurston, Mrs. Fred Laub
scher, Mrs, Sam Estes, Mrs. Will Estes,
Mrs. John L. Nelson, Mrs. Ralph Reid, Mrs.
Glen Collins and the hostesses. When the
needlework was laid aside the hostesses
served a variety of sandwiches that were
toasted,including cheese, chicken, ham,
with olives and salad. A second course
was cake - both chocolate and white cake
with coffee oe tea.
A special meeting of the club will be
held this afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Roy Thurston to discuss plans for raising
money to buy playground equipment for
Moose Pass school children. Every mem
ber is urged to attend.
Mrs, Ralph Reid drove to Seward Sunday
with Mrs. J.H.Flickinger, remaining over
night. On Monday she returned with Bill
Rager and Charles Tecklenberg and was their
hostess at luncheon.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Collins sailed for
Juneau Saturday on the ss Yukon, They
plan to remain in southeast Alaska all of
the winter months,
Mrs. Nellie Neal-Lawing sailed Satur
day on the ss Yukon for the States. She
goes direct to Hollywood to make the sound
track for the picture "Alaska's Nellie"
which was made at Lawing last summer by
Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer. The picture will be
released in January. Mrs. Lawing will
go as far east as Washington, D.C. before
she returns to Alaska.
Mrs. Tho Hatten of Seward, is visiting
Mrs. Bob McEachern at the Oracle mine.
On a prospecting trip to Lynx creek,
Mr. and Mrs. Bob McEachern, "Chuck" Whit
marsh and Roland Paul saw a number of
mountain goats.
Frank Hielo is building a new cabin at
Mile 44 on one of the newly surveyed home
sites across the road from his former lo
cation.
Trains are coming from the north coat
ed with snow. Bob McEachern reports six
inches of snow on the level at the Oracle
mine property.
J. H. Sands has contracted with Mr,
Hatcher to drive 100 feet of tunnel at
the mine of the United Mining & Milling
company during this winter. Mr. Sands
and Trank Case have closed the property
they are mining>for the winter.
DANCE NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT AT HIEDO'S
ROADHOUSE.