HUBER uRlTfrB FUh REURLHS EHCYCLOPEDI/A
The 1954 Yearbook ol \.l*e A uerican Beo
plo3 Encyclopedia has astern x/juxs i*.* Huber
of 1947 14th Ave# N., Beattie to prepare
its annual article on Alas ka«
Dorothy IS* Hopkins, editor of the geo
graphy section of the Encyclopedia# cited
Huber* s coverage of Alaska for the Christ
ian Scienoe Monitor as impellint her to
ask him to prepare the article, which will
chronicle 1953*8 most outstanding develop
ments in the territory*
H uber, special correspondent for the
Monitor with Alaska as his nbeatM since 19»
45, first visited the territory in *31
and has lived in Seward, Kodiak, and the
Aleutian Islands* In recent years he has
mad© prolonged trips to ell corners of the
northland for the Monitor en<^ for pro
duction of documentary films**
♦One of l&ese films ,“hfWlMGf NnRHP^is
now available for lorn to 16~millimeter
filir-viewing groups upon application to
Martin Van Lines, 34?,0 E‘*3t Marginal Way*
Seattle 4, Washington*
Miles Brandon sang ,'IQD on Easter
Sunday during the Presbyter?an Church Hour
~p^Jspectues
Two more non^metaiAic^Tuuustrial miner
als which warrant the prospector*s atteij*
tion in Alaska are vermiculite a$a perlite
These minerals are characterized by the
property of expanding greatly when heated.
After expansion they are excellently suit
ed for insulating buildings against the
cold and for making lightweight concrete
with an increased!* insulating valuo. Tho
vermiculite is aJmica mineral; porlito is
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Pd«Ad,
oosxuian, when heated the former expands
►into loii^, wurmij.ice forms, while the latter
puffs up xike popcorn ana turns white*
A good deposit of one of these minemlfc
might be a real money-makd-$ for someoneo
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