BOY SCOUTS <JLK3 t^K
A group of Boy Scouts, -j oador
ship of Rev. Victor I. Alfsen, climbed Pin
nacle Peak, located about 7 nilos Hast of
Palmer, on July 10. 'Ihe group included
Uouy Rains and Richard Sutherland of Anch
or ago, "Edison Thurna, Vernon Pridley, 'Ilyles
I.yland, Duane Huntley, Clinton Jones, and
Rev, Alfsen, all of Fairer.
They left Palmer Wednesday afternoon and
spent the night on the Seat slope of Lacy
Fountain. Thursday morning was spent in
establishing a base comp at the 3,000 ft.
level. The climb was begun at 1:00 P.H.
and the peak was attained at about 5:00 F.]
Climbing was made difficult because of so
much loose rock and also the•presence'of
thick mist during the last 2,000 feet.
Only five climbers were able to reach the'
top, hut clouds shut out most of the view.
Only about 1-'- hours was spent in returning
to base canto, for they were able to slide
suite a distance using show filled crevicei
After supper, they started back and hiked
down HcRobert’s Creek through thick brush
and along the water’s edge. Camp was made
at 11:00 P.H. near Hie Roberts cabin. Prida;
morning they returned to Palmer.
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HRS. DOROTHY BULL, editor uf the Valley
Settler, sold her farm to Dr. Lee He Kin
ley of Anchorage and is by this time hao
pily visiting relatives La Finnesota, She
left Anchorage^by plane Tuesday afternoon.
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HOMRC'EIADIUG ?0R VETERANS
The Lerake bill, to provide "or the settle
ment -of certain parts of Alaska by war vet
ranc, has been unanimously approved b" the
Public Lands cornittee of the House Public
Lands Comitte f olio ring extensive'hearings
conducted over the past few months.
The Pill provides that southeastern Alaska,
portions of south central Alaska, are is 30
miles on both sides of the Alaska Hiyhray,
•the Richardson Hi-hray and The Alaska Rail
road and the islands lying 200 miles off
southwest and south central Alaska would
be thrown open for settlement. A Veterans
•Alaska Homestead Claim is created in the
measure not less than 320 acres in size and
up to and including 1920 acres. These
claims would be for tracts of land "suf
ficient to sun ort a family of seven on an
American standard of living", and would he
classified as farming, grazing,'timber or
mixed agricultural, fur farming, granin;
and timber claims.
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