TC NGASS TIMBER
UP FOR BIO
With the presi
dents- signature
scarcely dry on the
bill which will cre
ate a newsprint in
dustry within the
territory, the U« .S*
Forest Service, has
already offered for
'sale an initial block
*of timber in .the Ton
gass forest near Pet*1*
"ersberg.
Timber which will
-go int>o the making of
-newsprint expected to
•fill - 25 percent of
"the 'nation *s demand
-is estimated .at 1,
5,00,000,000 cubic
feet in this initial
block.
The timber -in: this
Tongass block will
insure a 50-year op
eration for a mill
turning out 525 tons
of newsprint daily.
Bidders must sub
mit information on
'•financial responsi
bility and pulp-mak
ing experience before
Sept. 8 and bids must
be in by Oct. 1.
;k successful.bid
~der will be required
to build a pulp mill
costing between $20,
000,000 and $30,000,
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MaTANUSKA PLANS FAIR
*>N LABOR C’AV WEEKEND
Plans for the
first fair to bo hold
in the Matanuska Val
ley since 1941 were
reported progressing
rapidly in Palmer
-this week. The Val
ley farmers are seek
ing competitive exhi
bits from Kodiak, So
ward and Homer, as
well as from anchor
000 as well as a com
munity for the mill*s
workers* town of
-6f000 or more in pop
ulation is expected
to grow up around
-each‘pulp mill#
-Revenue .from tim
ber ? sales is * tp. be
held in a special
-fund, until Congress
reaches ^a decision
-on timber rights, now
-disputed by native
Indians.
age.
Fair dates are set
for the Labor day
.weekend on ^ug. 3p
and 31 and Sept. 1.
It is . the hope of
the fair*s managers
that enough interest
can be aroused in the
fair to lead toward
..the future building
of a territorial fair
.to be - held annually
at Palmer 4 . .
Events , .on this
.yearns program inc
lude livestock and
farm produce exhibit's,
athletic competitions
and baseball and
softball games r a.ro
;deo,- trained animal
exhibitions, horse
racing, a Scout exhi
bition, musical en
tertainment, dances
and a climactic even
ing of fireworks*
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