Slocked Lak es ,
Offer OpjMrtmHies
To JUI Fishermen
A number of lakes throughout
*he valley area that will be open
Star fishing on May 28, promise
She anglers a good time. Several:
«f the lakes now contain fish
-flree and four years old and
should provide a size well worth
.'.fishing for.
According to Alex McRa,e of
^the Alaska Department of Fish
and Game the following stocked
lakes will be open for both adult
and iuvenile fishing: Bradley,
stocked three years ago, Echo,
four years ago, and Kepler, three
ryears ago. These three lakes arc
located just south of Palmer off
the Matanuska highway.
Other lakes open include Long
Xake, Upper Borfnie, Lower Bon
nie, all located up the Glenn
highway; Matanuska Lake in
hack of the Experiment farm,
•open for the first time this year.
"Little Ravine Lake on the
Bonnie Lake road; open first
'time; Rocky Lake, on the Pittman
road, stocked four years ago;
Sharron Lake on the1 turn off to
Big Lake road; and Weiner Lake
mt Mile 90.
Closed lakes include l^ong
Lake, located back of the Experi
ment Farm which will be opened
an 1958; Lucille Lake in Wasilla,
■«»pen in ’58. McRae said testing
On Lucille give good indications.
.About 150,000 fry were planted
an this lake. Another closed lake
as a small unnamed lake locat
back of the Experiment farm.
• Falk Lake in the Butte section
if. still carried as limited to juven
ile fishing.
‘ McRae said the Department
Will continue their planting and
.'rehabilitation program again
’this year. The hatchery was open
*d on March 31 earlier than in
previous years and as a result, he
said, work will be that much ad
vanced this year.
The hatchery, located in the
Tire Lake section, is open to the
public and visitors are welcome
anytime from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
seven days a week.
McRae reminded fishermen
that the Territorial sports fishing
stamp must be purchased and
siiftxed. to the federal fishing li
tchhatr. Three eiifbfcemerit ‘ agents
"ftfcm the Alaska Department of
Valley $e$—
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be' accompanied by the" stirring
music of an Army band from
Fort Richardson. Cash prizes
will be given in the adults’ and
childrens’ sections of floats. All
organizations are invited to enter
floats in the parade.
Meat for the- barbeque will be
valley beef, prepared by L. C.
Stock, who also will prepare the
special barbeque sauce that
makes these Colony Day barbe
ques so famous.
In addition to the free barbe
que several local organizations
are planning to operate food con
cessions on the fairgrounds, in
cluding the Tri-Square Club
which will operate a dessert
bpoth where homemade cakes,
and pies, doughnuts, strawberry
sundaes, ice cream, coffee, and
orange or lemonade, made from
fresh frozen juice may be pur
chased. The club plans to use
their proceeds for their building
fund. Hot dogs will be offered
by the Palmer Kiwanis Club
from a booth they plan to oper
ate at Colony Park.
vmo ocouis oi me vauey wm
be' selling pop com from vari
ous stations throughout Palmer
on Colony Day. They plan to do
nate their proceeds to the travel
expenses of the swimming pro
gram being planned for the Cubs
this summer.
A museum will be open on
the fairgrounds and will feature
items used in this area during the
early colony days.
All colonists and settlers of the
Matanuska Valley will be honor
ed during the day which observes
the colonization of the valley in
1935. Palmer has grown from the
Fish, and Game will be in the
field this year, he said.
ELKS PLAN DINNER,
DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT
Palmer Elks will observe Col
ony Day* this Saturday night
when a Cordova crab feed and
dance will be held at the Elks
home for all Elks and their ladies.
The crab will be served buffet
style from 8 to 10 p.m., with
dancing to fellow.
tent city of ’35 to the first-class
city of today. Modem cultivated
dairy, produce and poyltry farms
dot the valley; new schools-,
homes, churches and business es
tablishments have been built to
accommodate the growth of the
area, as well as a modem 24-bed
hospital. This summer street pav
ing will begin in .'the city. High
ways which surround the valley
have gone from the early days of
tote roads to wide hardtop sur
faced highways. A modem dial
telephone system encompasses
the, entire valley area and be
yond. The electric system covers
an even greater area. Modern
deep wells supply the city with
water and more than 35 organiza
tions are active in the valley area.
Many of these conditions of to
day may be traced back to the
hardy families who came to the
raw valley in 35 and stuck it out,
adding their contributions to the
county as they could.
A cordial invitation is extend
ed, not only to the visitors in the
valley on Sunday, but to the area
residents, to tour around the val
ley and city and observe this
growth.
ST BARTHOLOMEW
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
SERVICES EACH SUNDAY
11 AM. LEGION SSMT.
Caterpillar Work
See BILL NELSON for D-8 “Cal” work,
have giant breaker disc, scarifier and
angle blade
Will DO GOOD WORK AT REASONABLE RATES
INQUIRE CO-OP OREAMERY
Valley Honored*-—
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illustrated just how that amount,
realized from the dairy industry,
is spent, troth here and in the
States. He showed that about 17
percent of this goes to the peo
ple who market the product; 22
percent to the processors; and the
balance to the farmer. This good
sized balance was soon shaved to
a very small percentage as Wili
son showed that the average in
come for farmers is $4600 per
dairy unit, with another $1,000
in products consumed by the
family, making roughly an in
come of only $5600 per year. The
large percentage of difference^, is
spent on farm equipment, sup
plies, fertilizer and machinery,
with nearly all of this part of the
annual income-going to the Stat
es. Wilson referred to the grain
drying and storage facilities be
ing planned by the Co-Op which
he said will keep part of this
“■Stateside” money at home.
The commissioner of agricul
ture pointed out that in 1945
about 2 Yz million pounds of milk
rare produced in tne vauey ana
tSat in 1956 this figure had risen
to 11% million pounds. He re
ported there are 13,771 acres of
cultivated land in the valley area.
Attending from palmer were
Don Irwin, I5r. and Mrs. ^Allan
Mick, (Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mach
antanz, Mr. and Mrs. James Hur
ley, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Dur
rant, Marvin Slaughter, H. P.
Gazaway, Jack Flint, James
Wilson and Richard Jones.
FOR FAST RESULTS TRY A
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
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Palmer Kiwanis Club
BENEOT YOUTH SERVICES
Hamburger-Hot Dog
Drive-In
COLONY PARK - NEXT TO PALMER DRUG
Sizzling Hot Dogs and Hamburgers
Coffee and Cold Drinks
Colony Day, Sunday, May 26
from 12 noon till 3 P.M.
ONE DAY STAND ONLY
Sunday, May 26
Palmer Fairgrounds
Free Barbequed Beef
... Bring Your Family and Friends...
• 1 P.M. - PARADE
• colony day ceremonies
• U. S. ARMY RANO CONCERT
Pnacyvam....
• 2 TO 3 P.M. FREE BARBEQUE
• CHILDREN’S CONTESTS - RACING
• RIDING EVENTS
by Arctic Riding Club
Ft. Richardson
• 23RD INFANTRY REGIMENT
DRILL MANEUVERS
• FOOD CONCESSIONS
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