MOOSE PASS MINER
6Rv L. H. Allen
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1/HEM THE COOK-HOUSE SIREN BLOWS
By M. R. S.
Feeding the hungry men.'
What a joy it is when the day is done
To see them come trooping, tired,
Smelling of sweat, from the day's work
out in the sun,
Thinking of grub in the cook-house,
Seasoned, and served with an essence of
quiet fun.
See them lean over the wash-bench 5
How the lather they make bubbles, and
splashes and flies}
Soap trickles under their neck-bands,
It boils from their ears and stings when
it gets in their eyes,
While they josh and banter,
Planning their evening's fun of old, and
time-worn lies.
Later, down in the bunk-house,
They change from the soiled to fresher,
less crumpled clothes}
Shoe-pacs and boots are banished,
Leaving them free to wriggle and spread
their toes,
Stretched out, completely relaxed,
Yet, ready to run when the cook-house
siren blows.'
Alaska's delegate to Congress, Anthony
J. Dimond, can be depended upon to look
out for the welfare of Alaskans. He has
filed a statement with the Secretary of
the Navy urging the employment of Alaska
residents in construction of the naval air
bases at Sitka and Kodiak. In his state
ment, the delegate says: "We have plenty
of skilled mechanics and other good work
men in Alaska who would be glad to have
these jobs and who really need them."
Replying to Delegate Dimond's request,
Secretary Swanson said that it is planned
that the construction will be done thru
Public Works contracts andtthat the em
ploying will, therefore, be entirely in
the hands of the contractors to whom the
contracts are let. He said that sinceit
would be to their advantage financially
to employ as many skilled mechanics and
laborers at or as near the site of the
work as possible, he believed that full
usage will be made of the services of
qualified local workmen.
Mount Veniamen, volcano near Perryville
way down on Alaska Peninsula, has been in
eruption for more than a week. The com
mander of the coast guard cutter Morris,
which has been standing byat Perryville,
estimates that the flames are shooting in
the air 1500 feet and smoke and ashes are
rising 20,000 to 30,000 feet. The Morris
saw ashes 100 miles at sea while en route
to Perryville.
SEWING CLUB MEETS
Fifteen were present at the meeting of
the Sewing Club held with Mrs. Leora Roy
croft last Wednesday afternoons Mrs. Roy
Thurston, Mrs. E.L.Robbins, Mrs. Clarence
Scheiber, Mrs. Ralph Reid, Mrs. Will Estes,
Mrs. Fred Laubscher, Mrs. Sam Estes, Mrs.
Nellie Neal-Lawing and Mrs. W.J.Flynn of
Lawing, Mrs. Paul Williams, Mrs. John Nel
son, Mrs. Glen Collins, Miss Jean Flynn of
Lawing, Miss Jean Erickson of Seward and
the hostess. When the needlework was laid
aside, the hostess served three elegant
cakes with coffee and tea.
Mrs. Fred Miller of Seward has had for
her guest, Mrs. Axel Erickson of Seattle.
Mrs. Erickson came north on the Aleutian,
a member of the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce good-will tour group. She did not
return to Seattle on the Aleutian but.re
mained for a longer visit and will sail
next Tuesday on the Baranof.
Mrs. Miller took her guest to Hope last
Wednesday, Miss Agnes Anderson driving the
car. On their return trip to Seward they
paid the Moose Pass Miner a pleasant call.
Mrs. Erickson is so delighted with her
Alaska visit that she will no doubt return.
A snowstorm on the morning of June 91
Lots of wood still going up the flue - oh
me - oh my!
Mrs. Glen Collins and Mrs. James Pierce
drove to Seward Friday, returning Saturday.
Harry Johnson of Mile 45 was a Moose
Pass visitor two days this week.
John Dreyer this week sent his first
bear for 1939 into permanent hibernation.
Philip T. Rich, publisher of the Mid
land (Michigan) Daily News, visited Moose
Pass this week in company with Sidney V.
Denison and Robert Gillett. The woods
will be full of editors from June 18 to
22 when the National Editorial Association
(300 on the trip)will be in this vicinity.
As these editors will each go home and
write a "piece" for his paper about his
trip to Alaska, Alaska will cash in on the
best kind of advertising.
A daughter was born to Mr, and Mrs.E.W.
Rheingans of Hope, at Seward General hos
pital on the morning of June 5.
Some smart;y editor has thunk it up that
“there will be peace in Europe when Franco's
widow writes Stalin on his death-bed that
Hitler waB assassinated while attending
Mussolini's funeral."
"inhere will Hitler strike next?" iB a
question appearing in the daily press.
We don't know, but one more strike and
lie is out,
-Whitehorse (Y.T.)Star
George James of The Alaska Shop in Sew
ard is Outside on a combined Business and
pleasure trip. He will probably visit
ono or both Fairs,