CHAMBER Of COMMERCE
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
At the regular meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce held on Monday evening December
the 3rd in the Grange'Hall the following
officers’ were elected.
President-- W.C, Mau
Vice President Don L. Irwin
Sec, & Froas. A1 Hagen
The'Executive officers arcs'
Rev, Victor Alfson and E.C. Christensen
The new officers will tako over at tho
next meeting to be held the first Monday
in January.
The Matanuska Valloy Chamber of Commcrco'
is anxious to get pictures of the Valley,
These may be sconic, farm picturos or
hunting & fishing. Those may be handed'to
Mrs. Wnltjr Huntloy at the Post Office.
If parties giving picturos to be used by ‘
tho Chamber of .Commerce wish them returned,
*hcy will bo,'and the Chnmbor guaranttoes
ir return, 1
COL. O.F. OHLSON LEAVING THE EMPLOY OF .
THE ALASKA RAILROAD FIRST OF ffiE YEAR.
Col. 0.*F. Ohlson will retire from the ARB
management the first of the year. Ho is
being replaced by Col. Johnson, who left
Seattlb by plane the first part of tho
week.
Col. Ohlson, who has served many years as
manager of the Alaska Railroad, will make
a trip to Sweden in the Spring.
COMMISSIONER OF AOTICTJLTURE EXPECTS TO
BE IN THE VALLEY NEXT T"EEK.
Comnissionor of Agriculture George W.
Gasser expects to be in Palmer this coming
wook. He Trill discuss with the faimers of
the Valley tho subject, of certifying
potatoes for'sood and also Market Grades
of Potatoes. Those interested in raising
Certified Sood watch for later announce
ments as to when Conmisoioncr Gassor will
be here and any mootings that nijsfrt bo
held. .
e opportunity for raising cortified seed
.* tho statos seems to be oponing up to
.e 'farmers of Alaska. m \ ■
EKLUTNA VERSUS PALMER
Tho Eklutna basketball toam visited Palmor
High School Tuesday and Wednesday of this
nock.
The boys played two games. ' The first gamo
nas played on Tuesday night when the Eklutna
second string won over the Palmer seaond
string 12-9.
Tho second game was'- tho Palmor High fjlrst
string versus the Eklutna first string.Tho
game ended in Palmer’s favor 49-27.
In the Tuesday nights game the players were
as follows:
Palmor
Dragscth
Carlson
Chambers
Linn
Graham
Parks
Eklutna
St on vail
Pagano
Vinbcrg
Solomon
Gregoriff
Dosettc
Munson
Hunter
Pagano
In tnc second gamo the players wore:
. Palmer
DolPriost
Horraon
Winc«k
Iruin
Billot
Eklutna
Stcnvall
Pazclle
Pagano
Vinbcrg
Pagano
Munson
ANCHORAGE versus PALMER at'PALMER
SATURDAY NIGHT DECEMBER 15,COMMUNITY HALL
There wi 11 be a.Basket Ball Gome in the
Palmer Community Hall and Gymnasium noxt
Saturday night boginning at 7:15 with a
Girls’ Gome. Boys’ Gama will follow.
COLE OUT AND SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BIG® SCHOLL
CORPORATION GETTING CERTIFIED NETTED GEMS
FROM WASHINGTON IUR CERTIFIED SEED.
The AHRC has ordered 1200 lb. of netted
Goms from the State* of Washington with
the idea of growing them here in ordor to
clean up disoaso and then shipping,thorn
back to Washington for resale.as scod.
It will probably take ono to two years to
do this. This practice has been recom»
mondod by Kenneth McClarty,•who is now
soed and crop specialist' for tho Stnto
-Department-of-A.gricultdro for the Stato of
Washington.
The nodtedAGems have boon rocOmmcndcd as
the best and cleanest scod available in
The State Of Washington for this practici
TEAM