FORREST RESEARCH CfNTf.il
Increased funds for agricultural research :
in Alaska, including a forest research
center are included in the 1949 fiscal
year apprdpriat ion bill for the Agricultur ■
al ^Department that has passed the House, j
according to delegate Bob Bartlett.
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Included in the bill is >50,000 for the
forest research center, >340,000 for nat- 1
ional forest protection and management,
• >145,DOC for forest development Ion-grade
roads.
The agricultural research program for Al.- |
aska calls for an. appropriation of '-185,
940, rjhich is an increase of $41,000 over -
the budget request. The House appropria
tions committee also authorized contracts
not to exceed $300,000 for construction of i
buildings and equipment in connection
rith the program. An appropriation of
$23,950 is contained in the bill for ex
tension service in Alaska.
T U RNA CAIN ARM RCA C
Public Roads Administration personnel re
cently inspected the proposed Turnagain
Arm road route in order to have an idea
of construction problems involved in case
Congress appropriates money for the com
pletion of this link betreen Anchorage
and the Henai Peninsula.
.DON'T EAT THOSE' PIUS
Capsules containing a.small folded paper
’•'ere being dies^ensed at stores and the
Post Office this reel: by the :’;alth Coun
cil. Don’t srallor then. They contain
in place of medicine an invitation to the
Bingo and Basket social planned for the
evening of April 10th at 8:00 ''.r. , in
the Gymnasium of the Palmer School. The
money raised on that evening vill go to
make up the deficit of )600 in the funds
needed to operate this year. The Commun
ity Fund share ’"as only -''169.00.
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. • PALME l<-WASILLA LINK EC
"asilia mas linked to Palmer by telephone
last Triday afternoon by Maynard Sands of .
the Valley Telephone Exchange, As soon as
the connection mas made Mayor Borden of
Anchorage, Jack Maze of Palmer and C. L.
Cadralder of ’"asilia carried on a three
* ra^y conversation. This is the first time
that Palmer has been directly connected
ri.th ’"asilla. Heretofore it has been nec
essary to call through Anchorage via the
•Bailroad lines to reach ’Vasilla, Then all
calls mere handled at the "'asilla Depot.
Attend the FOOD t DIPZLAGS SAIT SATURDAY.
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