LCCAL NEWS
Buddy (Edward) Bouwens has been j
£T" nted q 30 day furlough which he I
is spending in Rhinelander, Wiscon
sin, his former hometown before
coming to Alaska.
Molly Klem has received a Swas
tika Arm pand from her brother Bob,
who is in the Quarter Masters Corps
on the 'Western Front in Europe. He
took the band from a sniper which
he had shot.
Walter xippel was a visitor
from Anchorage this week,Wednesday,
Walter is a Grandpa now, but he
says he doesn't feel any older,
Z.J, Loussac and Harold Kosloskj
were callers in Palmer Wednesday.
Mrs. Mat Mulloney has returned
to -Palmer after a visit in the
States. She suffered a bad acci**
^ent while visiting, but has re
covered nicely. Matt blamed the
accident on "these new fangled,
houses,"
Mrs, Ernest Kling and'children I
left for the States this'week.They ’
plan to live on the West Coast for.
a time at least.
Cpl. John Grille from the Post
sp-pt his 15-day furlough in Palmer
gr-ding potatoes, cabbages, and
hauling gravel. He came from
Br oklvn and this farming business
was something new to'him. ’Incident
ly he also helped the Editor put
out last, week's Valley- Settler.
HERE a nr1 THERE
According to reports, 50 to P0#
of the Apple crop of the North 1 t
lantic Coast was blown to the g- 'mnrt
In the mid-September hurricane#
This Is the latest—reports have
It that we are the best fed pernle
In the Hrixted States and Territories
A land of milk and honey and the
bread basket of the north. One
housewife says that if we offered
our guests second steaks, wo would
have to woirk a- double shift for a
week to pay for it.
INDIAN CLAIMS ON S.E. ALi-SKA
The •'claims being filet’, on S.E.
Alaska have become a serious pro
blem. Petitions filed in Washington
recently claim the townsites of
Ketchikan, Wrangell, Sitka, touglas
Juneau, Skagway, Saxman, Angoon and
Klukwan, besides thousands of s uare
miles of waterways.
Attorneys said fr.;m all appear
ances nothing was left for the in
habitants of Alaska but to mov ; out.
Under similar circumstances Indians
could claim the whole of Manhattan
and its billions of dollars in rich*
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