R-17 TRIES l?unujfly
Last Saturday the Palmer Airport
was visited by a larre Army plane,
General Armstrong's P-17* The Gen'
eral was not aboard the plane as 11
was out cn an exploratory mission.
The Army officials wanted to know
whether It would be possible for a;
larre a plane as this one Is, to
land on the local strip. The
landing and take-off was accomp
lished without anv dlfftrult^, but.
as has been noted before, there
should be markers of some kind to
outline the strip, so th««t planes
will not <~et too far over and miss
the center of the strip.
when the field! is covered with
sn-v It is d*ff’cult to ascertain
the correct outline of the landing
ptr4p. The Airport officials have
enough landinr lights or. hard to
outline part of one str_p, but
ha*'e rot found it possible to in
sr-.il them as yet. Some people
hare sur,rested that even if small
spruce rnss were planted close to
tK: rut aide edre of the lend nr
s:e ’ ps, it would be of treat
assistance to the pilots.
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tREMERy GUSy PLACE
The creamery has been the scene
of oreat activity during the last
few weeks and the zero hour Is com
ing up soon, when the milk will be
sliding out of the Intricate mach
ine that takes paper, wax and wire
in one end, heats the wax, forms
the containers out of blank paper;
waxes them, then fills them full of
milk and seals them and pushes
them out of the machine into cases
for distribution. All of this is
simple to write about, but few per
sons realize how much time has been
put into the preparation for the
work it will have to do. One man
came from Seattle to vet the mach
inery ready to process the milk be
fore it goes into the bottler, a
nother man from Detroit will super
vise the .'inishin" touches that
will enable the biv machine to
start on it's job. Carpenters have
been buiid1 ncr the rooms to locate
the new machinery in; plumbers have
been running pipes to the steam
lines; water lines, refrigeration,
compressed air and electrical lines
are being installed. Yes, it takes
a lot of work. .11 of this is be
ing done so that the consumers can
*et pure sanitary milk in very
light n-n-returnable containers.
Heavy -’■lass bottles will bo dis
cont’nued and lighter cases will
be used. Even then, there will be
several tons of milk to transport
to market every day the T7ear round.
It might surprise a lot of p&opie
to know that this is the first win
ter since the dairy has been in op
eration, that there is sufficient
milk to supply the Anchorage marked
It a Is-' appears that there mav be
an increase after the first of the
year. However, we should have the
new paper container in use by that
time and we think that more milk
can be sold in the new containers,
so it will not mean any serious
surplus.
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nwHifey shortage’
Correspondence with farm machin
ery manufacturers indicate that
there may be difficulty in yet tiny
form machinery this vear. The
binch has not been felt yet, but
pearly everyone can see it coming,
hovernment officials have been
jloath to place strict controls on
jtMncs of this kind so far, but it
pay come soon. If you need any
thin?* of this kind, you had better
yet in touch with your supplier,
ri^ht away.
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