Show I Alaskan Moose Attack Trains Tins Governor Defends Antics A a I I W WASHINGTON Although Although moose I are one of the major handicaps to railroading in Alaska the militant animals have a staunch defender in Gov Ernest Gruening In re that moose who make pests of themselves be reduced to Col John P. P Johnson John John- con son manager of the Alaskan railroad rail rail- railroad road pointed out that the animals attack trains cause derailments and lope along ahead of oC the engines to i t Ii 5 L make a farce of railroad schedules Governor Gruening rejecting the request in a n reproving telegram to the interior department said The delay is not sufficiently serious seri serf ous to warrant killing these noble animals whose presence on the railroad railroad rail rail- road while an occasional handicap t to speedy transportation is more than a compensating feature as ns an attraction to tourists in the summer sum sum- m mer iner r time They should be consid consid- ered cred one of the haz hazards as well as one of the delights of railroading In Alaska Johnson obviously not at all delighted delighted delighted de de- de- de lighted by antics of the wayward beasts complained that on a n single day last winter they caused M 4 schedule schedule schedule sched sched- ule delays and one derailment Principal complaint is that the moose find their way into deep cuts made by snowplows through ugh heavy drifts and then nl n Ge et el out outI I |