MORE SETTLERS ARRIVE FROM STATES ,
Mr. and Mrs* 77. D. Parker and four sons,
ranging in age from 5 to 14, arrived in
Palmer Monday noon. They drove over the
Alcan Highway from St. Anthony, Idaho. Mrs,
Parker said that the road was very good,
but that due to curves and mountains it
would he impossible to'maintain a speed of
50 to 70 miles an hour. The Parkers were
next door neighbors to Mrs. Ray Fcrrin’s
mother in St. Anthony.
Mrs. Parker said that they planned to
settle somewhere here or on the Kenai
Peninsula and farm. She said that .she was
not disappointed in the country, but'found
it much as she had expected it to bo. They
had visited Fairbanks before coming into
the Matanuska Valley and wore disappointed
in not finding mountains near the city.
/mother family was also reported as arriv
ing from the States this week. This second
family came from Texas and brought a few
chickons with them. They stopped at
Graham’s Service Station on their way thru
Palmer.
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