No. 9
ANOTHER COLONY HOME
DESTROYED BY F!RE:
Last Friday evening during the show the
Firo thistle blew announcing a fire in the
rural area. All Volunteer Fire Fighters
left'the ©hour and many others left to
heIn. It was, by this tine, too late,to
save anything and the house belonging to
the G.H. Carlson family was completely
destroyed.
The origin of the fire is hot known. Both
stoves burned coal.
SCHOOL VLICTION HaLD MONDAY MARCH 4th.
•The Annual School ^lection Was held in
Palmer on Monday March -4th in the entrance
to the ralmcr Community Hall. 113, ballots
rote cast for the two candidates: • Mrs.
Don L. Irwin and Gerogc Shall. Mrs. Don
Irwin led by five votes receiving 59 votes
while George Sr.all pulled 54.
Mrs. Irwin will replaco Mrs. Frank Linn on
the io"al school board. -The other members'
arc Dr. Ha.rl Graves end Carl '^ilson.
FREIGHT RATH TESTING ETLD IN COt.JTUNTTY
HILL Snay.Y PARCH 3rd.
About 20 people attended the Freight Rato
mootins held In -the Community Hall on
Sunday afternoon for the purpose- of dis
cussing freight rates and problems of
shinning confronting the Valley* :
Members of the- Investigating Comr;ittce rho
more here r-cra: V.J. Thoron, Special
Advisor to the Alaska Railroad; George
Sandborg, rho is connected vith the'Nat
ional Resources Planning Alaska Division;
fir. ilarglo; and Piss Sacks, Secretary.
Tonics discussed included: Rates of Com
modities shipped in from the states and
the nercentags of rate collected by the’
Alaska Railroad and by the Steamship Co.
Intra-Territcrial rates on agricultural
comoditie.s such as potatoes and other
vegetables. It mas explained that the
rata on Dairy Animals coming in from the
States was on the Steamship Co.
Farmers expressed themselves to the effect
that thdy shodld haFe-better rdtes on hay
(baled), feed, seed,fertilizer, and as
good a .rate as possible on'potatoes used
for seed.
PALMER ENJOYS GAME --
FAIRBANKS' VERSUS PALMER
The JPalmer Community Hall was almost pack
ed Inst Monday evening when the Fairbanks
Mal'oiuutc s met the Palmer Team for a
Basket Ball gome. Mr. Rock, Coach from
Fairbanks, agreed to a game with Palmer
at Palmer before leaving'for Fairbanks
with his team, on Tuesday.
Don Irwin started the Palmer team out in
the lead with a basket. The Palmer teem
swung into line and kept the load up to
the end. of the first half when the score
stood 10 to 13 in favor of Palmer. Jack
Herman led in points-with 9 during the
first half while on the Fairbanks team
the 13 scores wore scattered among 6
players. Ray Wincck with his height and
long arms kept the Fairbanks score'down
considerable during the first half.
EUring the last half of the gamo Agababa
on the Fairbanks team got into the swing
of the gamo and collected for Fairbanks
10 poijits. The Palmer team with one
player suffering from an injured leg and
another not too well, fell behind from the
start of the second half. The gome ended
with a score of 43 to 30 in favor of
Fairbanks.
The grime was roll played all the way
through and immensely enjoyed by the audi
ence.' Very few fowls were called and yet
the game did not got'fough which tolls
a lot for both teams. Palmer hopes that
more games with Fairbanks can bo onjoyed
in the future when transnortation Improve'
Ttic box score r;as:
J. ”?ilson(f)‘'
Burnett (f)
Andorson (f)
Filson (f)
Agobaba (c)
Black (c)
/♦rend (g)
Morton (g)
Groudon (g)
DePriost (f)
Hennon (f)
CTincck (c)
Irv;in (g)
Carlson (g)
Billot (g)
Points only.
FAIRBANKS 43
2 Point s
3 "
0
8 ”
18 " .
6 "
0
1 " . : _
5 " TOTAL
PALMER 30
7 "
11 "
3 "
9 "
0
0
43
TOTAL 30