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king's lake camps
The Young Peoples* Summer Conference was
held at King's Lake from June 9 to 16 ttitl
delegates'in atteildar.ee from Fairbanks,
Anchorage, Seward, Healy and Palmer.Some
also attended from Destruction Bay,Canada.
Cf the'total 60 delegates, 7 were from
Palmer.
PARKER LESTER' IN EEKAI PENINSULA
Parker Lester, Agriculture Extension
Agent, is spending two weeks on'the KCnai
Peninsula at the towns of Iienai)Homer,
Seldovia, Ninilchik and Kasilof. He is
doing Soil Conservation York and conduc
ting interviews and meetings with the
farmers on agricultural problems.
HRS. LYDIA FOHN-KANSEN was in Palmer for
a few days this week. She arrived here
Friday of last week and remained here unti
I'onday when she left for Anchorage. ..
NOTES FROM THE CHAMBER
Of COMMERCE
Seventeen persons attended the Matanuska
Valley Chamber of Commerce meeting on
Wednesday noon of this’week'in the basement
of the Lutheran Church. I.E.C,Anderson,PSA
Agent, was a guest speaker. He pointed
out the favorable change in the attitude
toward agriculture as compared to ten or
more years ago.
Mr. Don L, Irwin reported on the Passenger
service to aiid from Anchorage on the new
diesel drive. According to his report the
promise of this service was not iyery bright.
Several letters were read which included:
one from Joe Flaknei who is now tith the
Interior Department, in which sent'his re
gards to his friends in the Valley.
Another letter from George Sundborg was
read in regard to ~\ilp Hills'in Alaska.
Two such mills are under way, but the pro
blem of aboriginal rights has caused some
difficulty and has necessitated legislation
in Congress.
The measurb in the form of a House Joint
Resolution; Ms been introduced by Congress
man C.R. Hope, who is chairman of the House
Committee on Agriculture. This measure
does not attempt to make a determination
or aboriginal possessory rignxs vo vne artas
selected for pulp timber cutting but pro
vides that monetary proceeds from the tim
ber cutting will be placed in escrow to be
distributed either to the Indians or to be
turned into the United States Treasury
•whenever a conclusion as to aboriginal
claims is reached.
A similar measure has beeii introduced in
the Senate by Hugh Butler, Chairman of the
Senate Public Lands Committee,
Another letter from Lloyd C. Olsen was
read which stated that the Pan Pacific
■Tour was due to arrived in the'Valley, July
16. Among those in the tour is a photog
rapher from Pennsylvania who is interested
in making a travelogue of Alaska.’
Don.1. Irwin, Dave Harmon and M.D.Snodgrass
were put on the Committee of Entertainment
to sponsor a Good Pill Tour of the Valley.
The Chamber also instructed the Secretary
to write to Delegate Bartlett supporting
his action on the f:-the~15$' tra
vel tax to Alaska and Hawaii,
A letter from the Seattle Chamb er of Com
merce was read in which that Chamber said
they would do everything in their power to
lielp^the shipping situation to Alaska,
improve
The schedule of comparative freight rates
to Ala :ka was read and discussed. The in
formation received from the Attorney Gen
eral's Jffics was turned ^ver to the Valley
jSettler for publication.