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The Frontiersman
HUNTING SEASON
OFF TO SLOW START
A number of valley hunters
have reported success during the
first two days of the hunting
season. One of the first local
Shunters to report in with a
moose was Allan Wilson who
took his tasty animal in the Sut
ton area. Bythel Compton got his
moose on Wednesday in the
■King River country. Also among
.successful hunters was Margaret
?Steele, Palmer school teacher,
dust Scheibl and his son were
among the very lucky ones. They
each got a nice bull moose prac
tically in their yard at Lazy
Mountain.
To date only four moose ‘and
part of one caribou have been
taken to the Piggly-Wiggly
locker for processing. Two addi
tional moose are being handled
by Bob Webb at his place of
business. However, it is believed
that many of the kills being re
ported to the Fish and Wildlife
checking station are being taken
by persons outside the valley
area.
The FWS station is set up
near the old Road Commission
camp on the Palmer Highway
and will be maintained at least
-until after the Labor Day week
end, according to Bob Rausch,
FWS wildlife management bio
logist who is in charge of the
station. The station will be main
lined as long as the flow of
hunters continues through this
section, he said.
This morning’s count showed
that 26 moose, 60 caribou, two
sheep, and two black bears have
heen reported at the checking
station. A facetious notation on
the check board shows six hunt
•crs, "half shot”. They appeared
sto have been disappointed with
"their hunting trips.
Ttausch said that hunters are
surged to stop at the check sta
tion and report their take. Jaw
bones and organs taken from
moose, sheep, and caribou will
she studied by the biologists to
determine age and other pertin
ent information regarding the
^condition of the herds.
A similar check station is be
ing' maintained on the Denali
highway where an additional 50
daribou and 6 moose have been
recorded.
--Assisting at the local check
Tfjtafoen are A1 Weinrich, of the
FWS wildlife management and
Ik-ee Miller, FWS biologist aid.
228 PERSONS ^ fit
DECEIVED POLIO V
VACCINE IN CLINIC
•' ’T’Fkr- /polio vaccine clinic held
' at Moose hall on Friday and Sat
ujfday of last week was reported
v ;ry successful with a total of
Ji 19 adults and 59 children receiv
jji g Salk polio vaccine.
The vaccine was made avail
~«a »3e to the public through the
Js ational Foundation of Infantile
.1* aralysis and was administered
.'ll i the adults and children by reg
rja tered nurses of the valley who
vedhrvated their time to the clinic.
lerical work was done by a
m timber of valley women, also on
-a volunteer basis.
Persons who received their first
ip smunization shot during the
•m® inic are reminded that the sec
rid one Should be secured in one
aponth, and the third and final
lot seven months later.
Coventor Names
$ew Tax Commissioner
Robert D. Stevenson, 37 year
qld Juneau resident, was yester
a ay appointed tax commissioner
»or Alaska by Governor Mike
3 Stepovich. Stevenson has been
'S citing -commissioner since April
«i f this year.
Stevenson succeeds Karl F.
3 )ewey m the $12,000 a year job.
” Tiis new commissioner has been
3 n tax work for the past 11 years
:«s md lived in the Territory for
•s ight years.
Bom and raised in Seattle,
i Jtevenson graduated from the
University of Washington \yith
BA. degree in business and
conofnics. He worked in the
iternal Revenue service in
Seattle from 1946 to 1949 and
>. ame to Alaska while with the
federal government. In May of
1953 Stevenson was appointed
acting .tax commissioner by Gov.
7 3. Frank Heintzleman and later
-Was deputy commissioner under
Pewey.
Stevenson is a veteran of
fWWII, serving with the Army
Signal Corps at Ft. Richardson
from 1942 to 1944.
The newly appointed tax com
lissioner is married and the
ather of two sons, William 8,
and James 6, both born in Jun
eau.
Thursday. August 22, 1957
Manager Plan—
(Continued from page 1)
either of the other two. The
strong mayor form automatically
corrects one of the most serious
defects of both the commission
form and the weak mayor form
—lack of a single responsible ex
ecutive. The council is respon
sible for legislation and policy
making, while the mayor’s job
is administrative except in his
power to recommend measures
and veto acts of council. How
f/er, it was shown, the strong
mayor form does not eliminate
other defects.
Mayor Wilson pointed out that
the trend of city government
forms have changed greatly
since 1917. The mavor-council
form of government in 1917 was
used by 59% of the cities. By
1955 this had dropped to 41%.
The commission form which was
used by 36% of the cities 40
years ago now rates only 19%.
The council-manager form of
government, which 40 years ago
was used by only five percent
of the cities is now used by 40%.
“Since the mayor-council form
of government is on the down
grade and the council-manager
‘form on the upgrade, it must be
concluded that the latter is the
better form of government. The
city manager-council form of
government operates similar to
a co-op, in that the city council
sets all policies as does a board
of directors, and the manager
carries them out. No business
can operate without a business
head,” the Mayor stated. “The
City of Palmer is trying to do
just that . . . city employees
work without control. Although
each city department has a com
mittee in the council, month
after month goes by without a
report on the status of these
departments from the commit
tees ... a very poor set-up.
“Some may think that a city
manager means just setting up
another job that the taxpayers
will have to support. This isn’t
so. Our type of government is
the most inefficient type. A city
manager supervises day to day.
work of city employees, which
are hired (and fired) by the man
ager. --
“In the States very few cities
have ever dropped the city man
ager form of government once
it was started. Petersburg is vot
ing this year on the city man
ager plan—Juneau, which has
operated many years on the
strong mayor-council plan (may
or paid) is setting up a special
election to vote on the city man
ager plan.”
Mayor Wilson stated that the
procedure for bringing city man
ager form of government to the
attention of voters is by petition.
This petition must be signed by
25% of the total number of votes
cast in the last municipal elec
tion (which in this case would
amount to between 50 and 60 sig
natures). The petition should
then be presented to the city
council which would have to
pass a resolution to have the
proposition put on the ballot.
This must be completed 30 days
prior to the election.
Thf mayor said that he hoped
that the proposition could re
ceive ample publicity — that
meetings could be held so that
the voters could become well ac
quainted with the pros and cons
of this type government. “I’m
reluctant to put in on the ballot
FLOWER EXHIBITS
MUST BE ENTERED
BY 9 A.M. AUGUST 30
General rules ana regulations
will govern entries in the flower
division at the Matanuska Val
ley Fair, according to Maud
Hosier, division superintendent.
All exhibits must be in place by
.9 a.m. Friday morning. Mrs. Hos
ier reported she and Mrs. Mar
garet McCartney, her assistant,
will be on the grounds at 7:30
a.m. to accept entries that morn
ing and will be there at 1:00 p.m.
on Thursday and remain as long
as entries are being brought in.
Mrs. Hosier reminded exhibit
ors that entries must follow
rules as described in the 1957
fair premium book. Persons de
siring books may stop at Maud’s
Flower Shop in the Theatre
building, or at the fair office
Entries made after 9 a.m. on
Friday will be considered for dis
play purposes only and will not
be judged for prizes.
Queen Contestant—
(Continued from page 1)
gram from the restuarant.
Mrs. Alva Saxton, consultant
to the queen candidates enter
tained the girls at her home this
past Tuesday during which time
various programs and plans were
discussed.
Participating in the contest
are Mary K. Hoffman, sponsor
ed by the Wasilla business es
tablishments, Grange and V.F.W.,
Gerda Kalwies, Alaska Dairy of
.Anchorage; Dorothy Loyer, Fron
tier Cafe and Hartley Motors
Inc., Sharon McCartney, Mac’s
Plumbing, and Heating, Grasser’s
Hardware and Shamrock Lounge,
Mary Beth Paey, Lovejoy Body
Shop; Audrey Parks, Matanuska
Valley Farmers Cooperating As
sociation, and Holiday Motors of
Anchorage; and Enola Scheibl,
Uncle Tom’s Cafe and Palmer
Baking Company.
until the voters understand wfial
they are voting for”, he said. “I’d
like' to see it on the ballot Oc
tober 1 if enough information
can be gotten out before that
time”.
Answering questions put to
him following his talk Mayor
Wilson said that he felt that a
city manager form of govern
ment would eliminate the ma
jority of inefficiencies in the
city. “Every business has to have
a head and supervision. Our
present form of government
provides for no supervisor. Each
city council member and the
mayor must give the city their ^
free time but this is not enough.
He pointed out that Valdez,
which is no larger than Palmer,
has a city manager. Also Cordo
va, very little larger. “We can’t
afford not to have one”, the may
or said.
It was pointed out that if the
proposition is put on the Octo
ber 1 ballot very little cost will
be involved in the election.
The Chamber of Commerce
went on record as backing the
proposition to the point of doing
everything within its means to
get the information to the pub
lic—through public meetings if,
desired, or arrangements for at
tendance at organization meet
ings.
Petitions are now being circu
lated in the city in an attempt to
start council action on the pro
position.
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BINDERS — LUNCH PAILS — FILLER PAPER
JUST ARRIVED — FALL SHIPMENT — BEAR
BRAND YARNS — TABLECLOTHS—TOWEL SETS
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Lee's Coal Yard
NOW RECEIVING ORDERS FOR COAL
• STEAM, LUMP AND NUT COAL
Prompt delivery any place in the valley
Yard
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Residence
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Pears «,. 22c
HALE
Peaches [h. 22c
Oranges sd99c
BROWN SUGAR
25 lt *3.39
GRANULATED SUGAR
100 VI0®
Cerlo
6 oz.
29c
Foil Rapp - 50x12
ALUMINUM FOIL
69c
LOCAL
Celery ». 19c
GREEN
Onions * 9c
LOCAL
Radishes * 9c
LOCAL
Tomatoes ft. 49c
MANNINGS
Coffee «. 89c
BETTY CROCKER
CAKE MIX
3 pfe.*1.00
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Stokley’s Sale
303 Green BEANS
303 Cream CORN
303 Sweet PEAS
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PORK &
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LOYAL
POTTED i 1/4 OCr
MEAT 4 tins 0
HUNT'S
CATSUP
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SUNNY JIM
20 OZ. ICE BOX JAR
SUNNY JIM — ASSORTED Mg rag
Preserves Sijc
20 OZ. JAR
FRENCH'S
Mustard15c
RfTZ
Crackers
I lb.
39c
HEINZ
BABY
FOOD
10 iS s95c
CENTENNIAL
Dry Baby
LIMAS I lb. ~Uo
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MACARONI
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