STOCKMEN USING
SUSITNA RANGE TO
MAKE APPLICATION
The Little Susitna Range Com
mittee this week asked that all
stockmen interested in sending
their cattle to the Little Susitna
Range this summer contact Wil
liam J. Sweetman at the Experi
ment Station as soon as possible
to obtain applications which must
be turned in to the range commit
tee on or before June 1. Copies of
the 1956 range rules and regula
tions are available at the Experi
ment Station in Palmer, on re
quest.
Stockmen are reminded that
•they must have health certificates
for each animal going to the ran
ge. Die certificates, along with
ear tags for each animal, are to
be taken to a meeting planned kfor
June 1 during which the certifi
cates and tags will be examined,
quotas assigned and fees collect
ed.
All necessary information is
contained in the application and
regulations which are obtainable
£rdm Mr. Sweetman.
flEW BEEF GRADE
M EFFECT JUNE I
Shoppers may see a new label
on their beef at the market after
June 1 when the beef grade of
■“Standard” goes into effect.
The U. S. Department of Agri
culture has-divided the Commer
cial grade of beef into Standard
and Commercial, Mrs. Lydia-Fohn
Hansen announced. Mrs. Fohn
Hansen is Alaska Extension Ser
vice associate directors for home
demonstrations work.
Present grades for beef are
Prime, Choice, Good, Commercial,
Utility, Cutter and Canner. The
division of the present Commer
cial grade is on the basis of ma
turity. Standard applies to beef
from younger animals of the
Commercial grade. After June 1,
Commercial will apply only to
beef from mature animals in the
dgrade.
The Prime, Choice and Good
grades are restricted to carcasses
from relatively young cattle.
Modern homemakers prefer
Choice to Prime because of the
-excessive fat in Prime cuts.
The change in grades was
made upon the recommendations
of the Cattle and Beef Industry
Committee.
CEA APPLIES FOR
COOPER LAKE
POWER PROJECT
The Chugach Electric Associa
tion, Inc. of Anchorage has filed
an application with the Federal
Power Commission for a license
for a proposed water-power pro
ject on Cooper Creek, Cooper
Lake and Kenai Lake, about 55
miles south of Anchorage, accord
ing to a public notice issued by
the Federal Power Commission.
Protests or petitions to inter
vene must be filed with the Fed
eral Power Commission, Wash
ington 25, D.C., by June 14, ac
cording to the notice.
The project would consist of an
earth fill dam 50 feet high on
Cooper Creek at the outlet of
Cooper Lake whichv would raise
the level of the lake 32 feet and
create 82,000 acre-feet of usable
power storage; a spillway; tun
nel, conduit and penstock having
a combined length of 10,300 feet;
a surge tank; a powerhouse on
Kenai lake at the elevation of
436 feet containing two 7500- kil
owatt generating units each con
nected to a 10,500-horsepower
turbine; transformers, a switch
yard; a 115-KV transmission line
to Anchorage, a 69-KV line to
the Kenai-Homer area, and a
12.5-KV line to the Cooper Land
ing area; and related facilities.
The notice states that provision
for diversion of Stetson Creek in
to Cooper Lake is also included
in the application.
This project, applied for by
CEA, is very similar to the power
project for which exploratory
work was conducted by the Cen
tral Alaska Power Asscoiation.
The Matanuska Electric Associa
tion is reported member of CAPA
but no mention was made of MEA
participation in the CEA project.
Publisher Allen fo Speak
At Press Club Banquet
William Prescott Allen, contro
versial newspaper publisher who
went to jail rather than reveal
the source of his information, will
be main speaker at the Fourth
Annual Alaska Press Club awards
banquet in Anchorage Maiy 29.
Allen will make his first trip
to Anchorage especially for the
major speech.
Del IMalkie, press club presi
dent, announced today that more
than 20 Alaskan individuals and
press media will receive awards
and citations at the banquet. Tex
DAIRYMEN ENCOURAGE
A proposal to encourage the
young farmers of the Matanuska
Valley to participate in agricul
ture was presented to the direc
tors of the Matanuska Valley Fair
during a meeting held on Tues
day of this week.
Hugh Adams of Watts and
Adams farm, told board members
that a group of local dairymen
are willing to work with thd
Fair Association, setting up prizes
for young farmers. Tentative
plans of the group include the
setting aside of $10 from each
heifer they sell to build up a
fund toward major prizes for the
outstanding youth farmer of the
valley.
In addition Adams requested
the cooperation of the Board in
outlining plans for a livestock
auction during the Fair at which
time the young farmers could of
Al Hagen—
(continued from page one)
nett, and Carl Wolfe, Hagen an
nounced. Shares are now avail
able to the public at a $10 mini
mum. The money would be used,
he explained, to purchase rides
which could be used during Col
ony Day, at the local Fairs, and
at other times during the summer
would be located at Wasilla Lake
where 800 feet of shoreline will
be designated as PLAYLAND.
The group plan the construction
of a building this year at the lake,
food, boats and swimming con
cessions would be operated. He
pointed out the advantages such
a play area would have for the
entire community.
Other Chamber business in
cluded the discussion of Colony
Day plans which are reported
elsewhere in this issue of The
Frontiersman.
Guest at the luncheon meeting
was Earl Sisk, REA engineer
from Seattle.
Noey will be master of ceremon
ies.
Publisher Allen purchased the
Juneau Empire last year. He also
owns the Laredo, Texas Times
and has an interest in the Mont
rose, Colorado Daily Press.
Allen’s arrest early in April
attracted nationwide attention.
On April 9 he was brought to
city court in Beaumont, Texas on
charges that he violated a city
anti-noise ordinance when he in
sisted on using his loudspeaker
equipped car on downtown Beau
mont streets to tell the public
about his anti-crime crusade. On
Feb. 21 he was jailed in Fort
Worth after refusing to tell a
grand jury where he got data for
a series of artices in the Laredo
Times. The articles blasted crime
conditions in Fort Worth and sur
rounding areas. After being fined
$100, Allen was released.
YOUTHFUL FARMERS
fer stock for sale. They would
also like to see a parade of live
stock added to this year’s Fair
program, he said.
All of Adam’s suggestions were
well received by the Directors
and further details will be work
ed out.
All organizations planning ex
hibits and concessions at the 1956
Valley Fair are urged to contact
the directors as soon as possible
so that adequate and convenient
space may be made available.
Several business firms have made
space reservations in the exhibi
tion building, A1 Hagen, Fair
secretary said.
Hagen also encouraged all Al
askans to begin to plan their ex
hibits at the Fair. “We are hop
ing that we will have more than
ever before”, he said.
Dr. LeRoy Good—
(Continued from page 1)
class who were named to thle top
ten were Jerene Stephan, Jen
netta Hughes, Carol Berry, Jud
ith Bryant, Carol Splettstoezer,
Norman Stadem, Betty Clark,
Marie Bennett, Barbara Bentti,
and Robert Barry.
Members of the 1956 Palmer
High School class are: Ronald P.
Aklestad, Robert B. Barry, Marie
Bennett, Barbara Hudgins Bentti,
William D. Bentti, Carol J. Berry,
Judith E. Bryant, Paul H. Camp
bell, Emmetta M. Caywood, Betty
J. Clark, Dale H. Clarke, James
A. Cottrell, Paul W. Davis, Joan
N. Fancher, Wilda M. Harris,
Richard W. Hendrickson, Laddie
P. Huntley, Judy L. James,
Helen M. Kurtz, Jennetta Lind
ser/ Hughes, Louise S. Loberg,
Sharon J. McCartney, Claus M.
Naske, Lane G. Rice, Carol J.
Splettstoezer, Norman P. Stadem,
Jeren F. Stephan, Warren W.
Woods, and Jack C. Worledge.
80 Promoted—
(Continued from page 1)
Hamlin, Frances Jackson, Nancy
Knutsen, Sharron Lovejoy, Fran
ces Montalbano, Audrey Parks,
Angelina Snigaroff, Delores
Whitt, Judith Everett, Norris
Cornelius. Barry Dearborn, Arvid
Dulak, William Kalmakoff, Alan
Lanion, Robert Lentz, Laverne
Lindsey, Ricky Loyer, Tommy
Merie. Earl Meyers, James Ska
han, James Shaginoff, Larry Sta
dem, Joseph Lawton, and James
Wright.
Also Gordon Aklestad, William
Boyd, Charlotte Campbell, Fran
ces Cottrill, Karen Cottrell, Edith
Corey, Larry Dearborn, Richard
Estelle, June Fancher, Geraald
Fogg, Douglas Hamilton, Patrick
King, Lief Kopperud, Robert Mc
Cartney, Sara Moffitt, LaVerne
Moonier, Judith Mrak, Robin Nie
M. D. Snodgrass—
(Continued from page I)
the depression and did not sur
vive. *
“With the coming of the Col
ony the Matanuska Fair was or
ganized in 1936 through the ef
forts of the Northland Pioneer
Grange No. 1. Beginning without
equipment or buildings, the Fair
was held in the basement of the
school and the community hall.
The north front walk was the
midway. The playground was
used for field events and the 4-W
livestock parade. .
“The second annual fair in
1937 was more favorable. The
ARFtC granted land and financial
aid in the construction of two
permanent buildings. From the
earnings of the Fair we a<*ded
several Quonset huts, the ball
ground and race track were un
der construction.
“The new permanent building,
put up two years ago, gives us
much needed exhibit space and
will give our people confidence
in further growth of our expand
ing agricultural development.
“We often wonder why we are
not included in the Foreign Aid
program at this most critical
period in the Nation’s history.
There is a potential agricultural
wealth here waiting the Ameri
can farmers who would come and
helD solve the problem of beef,
mutton, pork, poultry, dairy, and
grain production.
“We need grassded beef in our
menu as well as in the Fair ex
hibits. Give our youngsters vo
cational training in agricultural
projects—our Native youngstens
man, Donna Prewitt, Judith Rob
erts, Patricia Scheibl, Phil Scher
rer, Karl Schreiber, Larry Sharp,
Dennis Spangole, Nancy Stme
burg, and Robert Wimmer.
__- - ---- * ■ ■
get far better training than our
farm boys and girls—in shop and
nurses training at Edgecomb and
Wrangell.
“Our Fairs should help our
farmers to a fuller and richer
life on the farms. Let’s make
them so”. _
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