The Frontiersman
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
PALMER, ALASKA Thursday, August 29, 1957
RIDING CLUB PLANS
RACES DURING FAIR
Members of the Arctic Trails
Riding Club of Palmer, the only
organized riding club in Alaska,
■will stage.track races during the
Fair. The racing events will be
staged just prior to the rodeo
and will be open to all riders.
Those interested in entering
the races must pay entry fees at
the time of registration. Fees
will run $1.00 for children up to
14 years of age;.$10 for women
and $15 for men. Prizes will be
awarded to winners of the vari
ous races. Races are being plan
ned for at least two days of the
three-day rod^o and have defin
itely been planned for Saturday
and • Monday afternoons, with
other possible races to be work
ed into the program.
The ATRC also plans to enter
the big Fair parade on Friday
afternoon and will participate
in the Grand Entry throughout
the rodeo, carrying their club
flags.
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FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
Local Legion Plans
Memorial Flag Pole
Although the American and
Territory flags will fly from a
temporary standard at this year’s
fair, the Matanuska Valley Am
erican Legion Post No. 15 has
announced their three-year plan
to build a permanent monument
flag pole at the fairgrounds.
The three-year project will be
started before the 1958 valley
fair and when completed will
include walks, concrete base for
• The fall meeting of the Alas
ka Visitors Association board o:
directors will be held Sept. 2(
through 22 in Ketchikan, it has
been annuounced by Everett W
Patton, AVA president. Business
to be taken up will include a re
view of the past season, mem
bership drive, and plans for ad
vertising and promotion for the
coming season.
flowers, and other attractive
features.
EXHIBITORS INVITED TO DISPLAY
PRODUCTS IN ’57 MATANUSKA VALLEY FAIR
Pair-goers will again this year
see thousands of items exhibit
ed at one time when they visit
the 1957 four-day Matanuska
Valley Fair in Palmer. Exhibit
ors from the entire Territory
have been invited to enter items
in the numerous classifications
provided in the premium book
for 1957.
Anyone who has not yet re
I ceived a premium book may do
so by stopping at the fair office.
In 1885 Standard began a tradition of...
Planning ahead to serve Alaska better
Standard’s faith in Alaska’s future began in 1885
... long before the Gold Rush. A Standard man was among
the first at Dawson in ’98 ... building a pier for our stem
wheeler Oil City which was steaming up the Yukon with
urgently needed mining candles and kerosene.
As the Territory grew, Standard’s facilities kept pace.
Fishing fleets and canneries, shipping and aviation, mines
and mills, lumbering and farming found our products ready
to help them grow. From this tradition of planning ahead
has come a vast network of storage and dock facilities, ma
rine stations, bulk plants and service stations... proof of
Standard’s confidence in the Territory and its future, f
How Standard serves Alaska today...
44 bulk plants
42 independent heating oil
distributors
206 independent Chevron
dealers
16 independent airport
dealers
27 marine stations
1808 Alaskans who derive
their living from distributing
Standard’s products
STANDARD OIL COM PA N Y OF. CALIFORNIA
The book is needed by exhibit
ors so they may comply with
regulations concerning entries in
the various departments.
Agriculture
In Department A, with M. D.
Snodgrass as agricultural manag
er, there will be four divisions:
Potatoes (tray of 24); under the
supervision of Dr. C. H. Dear
born; Vegetables, Dr. Charles E.
Logsdon, supervisor; Largest
Vegetables; and Small Fruit,
under the supervision of Dr.
C. H, Dearborn. No exhibitor
may make more than one entry
in any one class. All articles
must be grown by exhibitor and
must be clean and free from
disease. All vegetables should be
true to type and variety, medium
in size, uniform and good quality.
No article will be allowed to
compete *for more than one cash
premium.
Farm Displays
Division One individual farm
displays will be in charge of
M. D. Snodgrass. Products ex
hibited must have been grown in
the valley, or have been made by
the exhibitor and his immediate
family. Displays will be scored
separately, with the judges rat
ing like products against like
only but total points will deter
mine the winner. First prize in
this display will be $50; second
$37.50; third $25; fourth, $15; and
fifth,' $10.
Organisational farm displays
will abidq by the same rules.
Prizes in this division will be
$25; $20; and $15.
Livestock
The livestock department (C)
will be under the supervision of
Byron J. Hollenbaek. Health
regulations in this department
will be strictly enforced. All
dairy and beef cattle over the
age of six months must be test
ed • for Bangs disease within 90
days of the date of show and
found to be free as a result of a
blooql agglutination test. Cattle
which have been officially vac
cinated between the ages of four
and eight months with strain 19
vaccine are exempt from the
provision. Cattle may be exhib
ited without a test for tubercu
losis if from an accredited herd
or modified accredited area;
otherwise a negative test within
60 days is. required. Attractive
signs showing ownership and
breeding are encouraged and
may be put up after the judging
has been completed.
Dairy cattle will be under the
supervision of Dr. A1 L. Brun
dage. Eugene Kirsch will be in
charge of beef cattle, and Dr.
R. A. Washburn will supervise
the horse division. Other divi
sions will include sheep, goats,
and swine.
A livestock parade of cham
pions will be held during the
fair. The time and place to be
announced in the fair program.
All livestock (open class as well
as 4-H) are asked to participate.
All training and preparation of
the animal, both prior to and
during the fair is to be done by
contestant. Merchandise prizes,
contributed by Alaska merchants
and stateside suppliers, will be
awarded.
Dairy Products
Glen McNeese, V. Louise Kel
logg and Don Morrile will sup
ervise this department, which
will be open to both private and
corporate entrants, using terri
torial dairy products only. Pri
vate entries will be judged sep
arately from those of corpora
tions.
Entries will include butter,
cheese, milk and cream, ice
cream, goat milk products, as
well as a Matanuska Valley egg
show. This division is offered in
an effort to show both produc
er and consumer the character
istics of good quality market
eggs. One dozen eggs will be ex
hibited in cartons. Commercial
pack eggs will be shown in new
cases with fillers and flats com
plete and with only six dozen
eggs on the top filler. This di
vision is open to any producer.
Eggs must l>e the product of
birds owned by exhibitor.
Poultry and Rabbits
Fowls will be judged by the
latest Revised Edition of Aimeri
. can Standard of perfection, copy
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