MOOSE PASS MINER
By L. H. Allen
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ONE WAY TO GET PA ICKESf MIND
OFF CONSERVATION IN ALASKA
Conservation is damnation for Alaska*
Conservation policies of the government
keep Alaska from having cities of 100f000
population like those bordering Russia's
arctic rim. All of those Russian cities
of 100,000 population and over that were
named in the article we quoted last week,
were built in less than six years. After
72 years of ownership by the United States
Alaska's largest city has 6,000 population.
The following, taken from the Chicago
Daily News, would make the hackles rise on
a husky - if he read it - but it points a
way to get Conservation side-tracked in
Alaska:
''Because of the heroic lengths to which
its people seem determined to go in defend
ing it, world attention is currently en
grossed by a piece of barren, ice-incrust
ed real estate hung pendant-wise from the
Arctic Circle; a land possessing almost
nothing in the line of natural resources,
and able to furnish its population only
with a few potatoes and cereals and a lit
tle fish as the principal items of a hard
won subsistence.
"To appreciate Finland s relative pov
erty as a habitable country, and to make
the patriotic ardor of the Finns even more
difficult for some persons t comprehend,
it is only necessary to compare it with
Alaska.
"Such geographic, geologic and climatic
differences as exist very much favor
Alaska over Finland. Alaska's area is
590,884 square miles; Finland's is 150,000.
Alaska is larger than Finland, Sweden and
Norway combined.
"The reference works say Finland is 'an
agricultural country,' 60/£ of whose people
win their living from farming and allied
pursuits. Yet the country possesses only
8.000 square miles of farm and grazing
lands. In contrast, estimates put the
total of Alaska's cultivable area at
94.000 square miles, and Alaska farm land
is much more fertile and productive than j
Finland's.
"Alaska's fisheries resources are im
mensely richer than those of the Swedes
and Finns. So are her forest resources,
Alaska hao 180,000 square miles of forest
land, while Sweden and Finland together
have only 160,000. Alaska is rich in
coal, petroleum and mineral resources that
are either scarce or nonexistent in the
Scandinavian countries. Alaska is abund
antly blessed with potential supplies of
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NEWS
LOCAL
A delightful social event of last week
was the afternoon party given by Mrs, Hay
Stafford to announce the forthcoming
marriage of her daughter, Miss Mary Staf
ford to Charles Clement a. The wedding
will take place on March 17.
A Valentine motif was very appropriate
ly carried out in games and decorations.
A game of darts won for Mrs. Ralph Reid
the high score and a prize for piercing
a paper heart which was the target by
throwing the feathered darts from about
14 paces. Papers were next passed on
5iighb’fia[tshtosli1?!i?eafiS sss”tt°.st8ry
names of songs which Mrs. Stafford played
on the piano. Mrs. Harry L. Smith was
given the prize for excellence in this
game. A third game was a race to make
as many words as possible from the word
HEARTS and Mrs. Roy Thurston made 45
words in double quick time.
Following the games a two-course lunch
eon was served, the first course including
salad, rolls, cheese straws and olives;
the second course included ice cream and
Valentine-shaped cakes and cookies,mints,
salted nut8, coffee or tea. The Valen
tine doilies on the plates when the sec
ond course was served reads
"February, month of hearts,
Another pretty tale imparts;
Cupid's dart again has strayed,
Captivating man and maid;
Taking them, without defense,
Mary Stafford, Charles Clements.
Present were Mrs. Leora Roycroft,Mrs.
E. L. Robbins, Mrs. Ralph Reid, Mrs. Roy
Thurston, Mrs. Oscar Plowman of Lawing,
Mrs. Jake Laubscher, Mrs. '.V.H.Flynn of
Lawing, Mrs. Antoine Velanis, Mrs. Harry
L. Smith, Mrs. Roy Luckey, Mrs. San Estes,
Mrs. Kilmurry of Lawing, Mrs. Warren Neil
of Lawing, Mrs. Bob Saxton and Mrs. John
Nelson.
Mrs. Leora Roycroft will be hostess
tomorrow at a luncheon in compliment to
Mi8s Mary Stafford, bride-to-be.
Mrs. Harry L. Smith has announced a
shower for Miss Mary Stafford to be held
February 23 at the Smith cabin.
Mrs. J.H.Flickinger and Mrs. Earl
March of Seward, visited Mrs, Ralph Reid
in Moose Pass Monday of last week. On
Wednesday, Mrs. Flickinger was so unfort
unate as to fall on the ice over the ground
at her Seward home and break her left
forearm.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gillis of Lawing,
visited Moose Pass Saturday. They are
newcomers to Alaska and express themselves
as delighted to be in such a beautiful- -•
and hospitable land.