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FRPfTIERS' CO-0PERPTinG flSSTi
No .27
July 15, 1951
Or* Bari Graves
soc. 34. bo F.L. and K.;
U.S. POSTAGE
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PALMER, ALASKA j
Permit No. 3*
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CD-OP IIOTES
Mr. Loc Pryor, Sales Manager for
tho Lilly Seed Co. of Seattle, is a
visitor in the Valloy this week. He
is looking tho field over for tho
corning year. He is greatly concerned
about the Coast Guards' action in j
placing a ban on the shipping of an-j
monium nitrato to Alaska and is try-j
ing to find a' substitute that will
be acceptable to the farmers in A
laska or some way of getting ship
ments by truck.
Mr. Fryer has boon inspecting the
farms in the valley and was very im
pressed. After seeing one wcllknowr
gardnor's farm ho stated, ”Why,this
garden is just as far along as most
of the gardens arc in Washington and
Oregon."
Discussions wore held with A.R.A.
officials and several farmers, and
the advantage of high analysis fer
tilizers was demonstrated with the
disadvantage of high freight rates
from the States in mind. Mr. Fryer
will inspect the farms in Fairbanks
and then return for a trip down on
the Keni Feninsula with I.M.C. An
derson noxt week.
Some head lettuce will be on the
market this noxt week, and the green)
onion season is on full blast. Some
carrots are getting as large as lead
pencils, and hot house tomatoes arc
ripening during the last few hot
days. It appears that the new Far
mers Market v/ill have quite a bit
of good new produce for sale within
a few days.
The Co-op Dairy has boon having
thoir troubles lately. First fr-ie+it
congestion prevented tho securing
of much needed supplies—then the
Eklutna bridge washed out and de
layed shipment of milk and ico creamy
The extremely hot weather has made
it difficult to maintain sufficient!
refrigeration for the proper hand- |
ling of milk and ice cream.
Tho weather bureau reports that
tho tomperaturo recorded this last
week is the highest in the records
of the woathcr bureau in Anchorage.
It was 82 on tho hottest day. While
it is true that tho Valley needs
rain, tho crops arc not suffering un
duly as yet, although potatoc vines
wilt in tho hottest part of the day,
and somo grain is going to be rather
short.
The famous scIf-dumping Lake George
is located 50 air niles from Anchor
age, beyond the Chugach mountains.
Lake Gepr^e cuts a channel through
7 miles of Knik glacier to empty in
to Knik River and Cook Inlet.
During the past yoars records of
high water at Knik R. Bridge on the
Anchorage-Palmer Highway have been
kept by the Road Commission. Dates
for the past few years have boon:
1950* • .Aug. 2. . ,11:00p.m.
191+9» • »Aug.l6. . . 1+j00a.m.
191+8. . .Aug. 9* • • 6:00a.m.
191+7 • • »*+ug. 1. . . Q;00p.m.
I9I+6. . .Juiy28. . . 3s00a.m.
191+5* • • 5* • .,7s 00a .m.
Old Sol, shining steadily for 19
hours a day, is rapidly melting tho
Glacier ice. On July 9th, Mr. Ken
neth V/cstcnbargcr flew the first of
his check flights, which will be made
daily from now until the Lake dumps,
and reported that the water is rapid
ly growing higher in tho dammed up
lake. He states, "if the weather
continues warm, it would appear that
Lake George would go out in July."
The earliest date recorded in the
past 6 yoars is juiy 28.
This year this famous lake is going
to work for the Alaska Crippled Chil
dren's <*ss'n, and as the high water
it the Knik Bridge trips tho clock in
the watchtower, some lucky person or
persons will become eligible for an
iward at the Lake George Break-up
3a11. (Tickets are on sale whore
iver you soo the posters and the
closing date is shown on them.) The
ilaska Cripplod Children's associa
tion will receive an equivalent a
nount. So, warm weather moans bright
skiosfor Crippled Children.