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The Frontiersman
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
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VOLUME 11, NUMBER 4
PALMER, ALASKA THURSDAY. NOV. 21. 1957
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Luncheon Planned
For Farm-City Week
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- Farm-City Week which offi
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. 'Z Alaska tomorrow, will be observ
“ a 3o by the Palmer Kiwanis Club
J Sat their noon luncheon meeting
C «J November 25.
Special guests gt the meeting
■will be Matanuska Valley farm
ers. Invitation letters were mail
ed to all persons actively engaged
in Palmer and to date reserva
tions indicate, that there will be
a sizeable turn-out. Also invited
are members of the Matanuska
Valley Chamber of Commerce,
city officials and all other inter
ested persons.
Guest speaker at the meeting
will be James W. Wilson, terri
torial commissioner of agricul
ture.
Kiwanis International spon
sors the Farm-City Week thro
ughout their many chapters and
the Palmer club has observed
this special week in some special
manner for the past three years.
In place of the evening dinner
meeting held in past years, the
Palmer club this year has plan
ned this noon meeting. Governor
Mike Stepovich proclaimed the
Volunteers Needed
For Fire Department
A re-organization meeting of
the Palmer Volunteer Fire De
partment will be held Monday
evening November 25 at 8 p.m.
All men, 21 years of age or older,
who are interested in serving in
this very important community
service are urged to attend the
meeting which will last from one
and one half to two hours. It will
be a regular training sessiofi.
Volunteers are very much need
ed, said Bernard Bouwens, who
was recently appointed by Mayor
Kenneth Lynn to the combined
position of fire and police chief.
If sufficient interest is shown in
the organization he said that fire
.fighting personnel from the An
chorage area will come to P'almer
to assist with future meetings.
Forester Michael Leach of the
Palmer Fire Guard Station, re
cently attended the Bureau of
Land Management annual meet
ing held in Fairbanks. The re
cent fire season was the main
topic of discussion at the meeting.
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Children must be accompanied
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REAL ALASKAN
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
New Ones Every Day
HAND-CARVED FIGURINES
By Rosalee Stewart
Exclusive at
MAUD'S FLOWER SHOP
Theatre Bldg. Phone 3601
week of November 22-29 Farm
City Week and asks for proper
observances.
Persons who have not yet
made reservations for the lunch
eon are asked to contact Charles
Marsh by Friday November 22.
The luncheon meeting will be
held in Grange Hall on Fairview
Avenue at noon.
City League Report
Given by Secretary
Mrs. Lucy Mick, executive sec
retary with the. League of Alas
kan Cities, spoke briefly on the
recent League convention during
the November 26 meeting of the
M&Jtanuska Valley Chamber of
Commerce
Hitting on some of the high
lights of the convention Mrs,
Mick reported the League re
questing an extension of the Al
aska Public Works Act to 1964
(an additional five years) and
requesting $50 million for the
program She pointed out the $17
million appropriated in 1949 is
nearly expended with only $5
million left for the 1959 season. -
The League asks the inclusion
of Alaska in the National sys
tem of interstate and defense
highway act in which Alaska was
excluded in the 1956 Act. Of the
$50 billion authorized under this
Act for highways (over a 13-year
period), $27.5 billion was ear
marked for interstate systems.
For these systems one cent of the
gas, tires, etc. tax is imposed.
Alaska receives nothing under
this part of the Act.
League members also seek the
inclusion of a ferry system to
serve Southeast cities within the
territorial highway network;
also that the ’57 Act allocating
Territorial funds used as match
ing funds with federal funds
available for National Guard
Armories be extended to other
communities not included in the
Act (Palmer was not included).
Mrs. Mick stated the League’s
legislative program is slated to
begin early so that the public
may be acquainted with special
legislation to be presented next
Fall. Among the larger items
to be considered will be home
rule for Alaskan cities, she point
ed out.
PALMER KEY CLUB
NAMES OFFICERS
The first organizational meet
ing of the Palmer Key Club,
which is sponsored by the Pal
mer Kiwanis Club, was held No
vember 14 at the high school.
Mickey Leek was named presi
dent of the organization; Jerry
Nelson vice president; Roy Felix,
secreary, and Larry Lucas, trea
surer. Sixteen members were
present for the first meeting and
Felix stated the group is seeking
additional members.
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MAKE APPOINTMENTS
EARLY for THANKSGIVING
HAIR-DOS
VALLEY BEAUTY SHOP
LAVONNE JOHNSON
Phone 2041
BOB AND RUTH BURGESS
RETURNING FOR
WEEKEND ENGAGEMENT
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23
Palmer Bar
SCHOOL DISTRICT
SELLING 6NE LOT
The Palmer Independent
School District is offering for
sale one lot which was not
bid on during the recent tax
sale. According to a notice ap
pearing on the classified page
of this newspaper the proper
ty is described as being Lot 8;
Block 2, Matanuska Town
site. The sale price is $42.18,
plus 15 percent per annum in
terest from October 23, 1957.
The property will be sold to
the first person paying the
amount to the tax assessor
after 8 a.m. tomorrow. The
purchaser will be given a cer
tificate of sale, subject to re
demption within two years. If
not redeemed, a deed will be
issued by the School District.
FALL CONCERT
TO BE PRESENTED
TOMORROW NIGHT
Students of the Palmer school
band departments will present
their fall concert tomorrow night
at 8 p.m. in the Central school
gymnasium. The concert, post
poned because of influenza last
month, will include presentations
by the sixth grade students, the
junior high school section, the
drum corps, and the senior Pion
eer band. The entire program will
be under the direction of Lee
Plumbley, band master.
Numbers to be presented in the
opening half of the concert in
clude “Crusader’s Hymn”; K. L.
King’s “Avenger March”; Foster’s
“Aura Lee”; “Jubilio” by H. C.
Work and “Minka”, a Rusisan
folk song in which various sec
tions of the band will be featured;
“Kentucky Home” will feature
a cornet trio with theme and vari
ations. The flute section will be
featured in “Wayfaring Stranger”
and a medly of American folk
dances will be presented in “Hus
kin’ Bee”.
Rita Nelson, playing the bari
tone, saxaphone, will be featured
in “Rock In the Cradle of the
Deep”; the “Trumpeters Lullaby”
by Leroy Anderson will feature
J. C. Harder.
The 16-girl drum corp will pre
sent their part of the program
followed by the second half
which is of a “heavier” nature,
Plumbley said.
The second half of the pro
gram will open with Huffine’s
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Short Course Response
Shows Local Interest
In Agriculture
Thirty-one persons were in
attendance at the opening session
of the Agricultural Short Course
being offered twice weekly as a
joint venture of the Palmer
Schools and the University of Al
aska Extension Service. The turn
out would indicate an untold in
terest in agricultural work, said
Charles S. Allen, agricultural vo
cation teacher in the high school.
Dairy management was the
session topic this past Monday
night and was presented by Wil
liam Sweetman of the dairy hus
bandry department of the Alaska
Agriculture Experiment Station.
Mr. Sweetman will present a
program on Feeding Dairy Cattle
at the next session which is to
be held tomorrow night.
The courses are being held ia
Room 72 at the east end of the
high school. There is no charge
made for any of the courses. Eacl»
session is geared for a complete
presentation in one evening. Clas
ses begin at 8 p.m. and continue
to 9:30 p.m.
All persons interested in the
agricultural short course are in
vited to attend any and all ses
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ATTENTION!
CERTAIN GARMENTS
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ON LIKE GARMENTS
Cash and Carry
BROWN’S cleaners;
CO-OP SEEKING
TAX EXEMPTION
FOR GRAIN ELEVATOR
AI Anderson, director of the
Resource Development Board and
of the Territorial tax incentive
program ,has announced a public
meeting in Palmer tonight to hear
of the Matanuska Valley Farm
ers Cooperating Association ap
plication for tax exemption from
Alaska’s taxes under terms of the
new industrial incentive law.
The meeting will be held in the
Co-Op office meeting room at 8
p.m. and representatives of the
Co-Op, Palmer Independent
School Board, City of Palmer, the
Tax Assessor and others are ex
pected to attend. James Wilson,
territorial commissioner of agri
culture has been requested by An
derson to sit in as a consultant.
The Co-Op has made applica*
nun xur uenems xor me new
000 grain elevator completed and
put in operation this Fall.
The Co-Op application is the
second one to be announced under
this new Act. Earlier the Sitka
Pulp Company made application
for exemption for the mill being
constructed in Sitka. The Act
provides an incentive for new in
dutries in Aiaska providing a
period of relief during the early
and costly periods of operation.
Locally it was pointed out by a
Co-Op official that the exemp
tion would not'truly deprive the
area of taxes because during the
limited period of exemption
farmers who are producing the
grain will be expanding their
real and personal property and
thereby paying more taxes. A
tax exempt period would pro
vide time for the establishment
of the grain elevator which can
not in it’s infancy be operated at
an adequate profit because of its
natux-e.
The Co-Op application for ex
emption comes under “The Al
aska Industrial Incentive Act of
1957”, Chapter 129 ASL 1957.
FARM FORUM SET
FOR MARCH I AND 2
Plans for the annual Farm For
um, which will be held in Pal
mer this year on March 1 and 2,
were announced by Law Hanks,
Extension Service district agent,
at the Chamber of Commerce
meeting this week.
The Forum will be held on
Saturday and Sunday and can be
expanded to include Friday if
necessary, Hanks said. Again
this year the high school cafe
teria will be the main meeting
room, with other rooms in the
school used as needed.
Hanks pointed out that in past
years the Forum has been of the
informative type, with various
subjects presented and discussed.
“It is hoped this year that we will
be able to change the type pro
gram to present it on more of
a community level,” he said. Sub
ects that have been suggested for
this year’s Forum include discus
sions of the Matanuska Valley
Fair; formation of an irrigation
district, and others. As Hanks
pointed out, none of the program
has yet been firmed up but it is
hoped that this year the program
may be broadened and the assis
tance of the Matanuska Valley
Chamber of Commerce will be
requested.
One Purple Cow
I would less mind!
Then two— —
Of any other kind.
—Bob Klem
THANKSGIVING EVE
DANCE
WED.. NOV. 27—9 P.M.
Entire Eamily Invited
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Benefit Building Fund
Plan Court Action
On DelinquentTaxes
Publication of the names of
delinquent personal property tax
payers, followed by mass filing
of complaints in the U. S. Com
missioner’s Court, was recom
mended by a joint tax committee
which met with the local tax as
sessor and attorney on Tuesday
evening of this week.
Present were Richard Jones
and A1 J. DeJulio of the Palmer
Board of Education; Jan Koslosky
and Charles Logsdon, members
of the Palmer City Council; John
Ghas. Wilson Gives
All-Alaska Chamber
Meeting Report
Among reports given at the
Chamber of Commerce meeting
this week was one on the All
Alaska Chamber of Commerce
meeting recently held in Juneau.
Charles W. Wilson, representing
the local Chamber, attended a
number of meetings held dur
ing the convention.
_ His report showed the All-Al
aska members voted to amend
the by-laws to prohibit political
participation; establishment of a
permanent address for the All
Alaska Chamber in Juneau; a
resolution of not supporting any
thing carrying only a local value,
that proposals be supported only
if they affect the entire territory;'
voted to request $10 million for
the next five years from the
federal government to speed up
road development; urged the con
flict between wildlife and oil
interests be resolved.
Mr. Wilson, who is territorial
soil conservationist, reported a
conference with Governor Mike
Stepovich following the meeting
in which they discussed the need
for water use laws in Alaska.
Wilson pointed out that as time
goes on the need for water, es
pecially for irrigation purposes,
will become more acute. “If an
individual wants to set up an ir
rigating system today, there are
no legal means through which
he may secure the rights to do
that”, Wilson pointed out. He ad
ded there are persons using river,
lake, and pond waters for irriga
tion purposes, but that Alaska
has no laws protecting such a
person and his investment. As a
result of the discussion Gov. Step
ovich requested that Wilson
write up his ideas and submit
them to him. Gov. Stepovich has
since notified Wilson that proper
steps will be taken to bring the
problem to the attention of the
next legislature.
Wilson also told of having talk
ed with Dutch Dorr, head of the
Alaska Visitors Association and
of their discussion in putting the
tourist dollar to work in Alaska.
“So many Alaskans take this
tourist dollar and go Outside for
their vacation . . . there’s lots of
good vacation country right here
in Alaska”, he pointed out.
Shaw, attorney for both the Pah
rrier School District and the City
.of Palmer, and William Wake
land, tax assessor-collector.
Pending the outcome of this
meeting, no suits had been filed
by the assessor since warning
letters were sent to many delin
quents early in October.
Under this new plan, persons
who have received a red delin
quent tax bill and a notice ask
ing payment within 10 days will
receive no further notices. Let
ters will be sent to all others
warning of publication and even
tual’ suit.
The next step will be publica
tion of names in The Frontiers
man, with public announcement
, that those persons will be dealt
with in Court by the City of Pal
mer and Palmer Independent
School District, respectively.
Finally, complaints will be
prepared by the attorney and tax
collector and filed in Court when
directed to do so by the Council
and School Board.
! The committee pointed out that
most of the people whose names
;appear on the studied lists are
delinquent for 1957 taxes only—
and many of these persons may
be ignorant of the new law de
claring the whole tax delinquent
if the first half is not paid on or
'before August 1. Several persons
have already been sued for 1957
'taxes. Even though a first half
payment was made late, the bal
ance is delinquent and can be
'collected by suit.
In all cases, a red tax bill,
marked delinquent across the
face, was mailed out in early
September to all persons delin
quent in their tax payments.
A suit for collection of person
al property taxes is a civil action
in Commissioner's Court, leading
to adjudgement whidh can em
power the U. S. Marshal to im
pound and sell any or all per
sonal property or other property,
or attach wages sufficient to pay
the tax, penalty, interest and
court costs. It is a serious matter,
and an expensive one, financed
by the defendent ,the tax collect
or pointed out.
The above information applies
only to personal property, except
that real property holders who
have received a red delinquent
bill will not receive any further
notice until foreclosure is adver
tised.
Persons who paid the first half
of either personal or real property
taxes by August 1, will receive
’ a second half notice early in Jan
uary.
The assessor urges anyone who
cannot pay all his delinquent tax
to contact him anyway and a
method will be found to keep
.the account out of court.
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