LOST—ONE WIND
Deports of a high mind approaching -the Val
ley and -due to arrive sometime before the
close of school on Tuesday afternoon caus
ed' school authorities to Send children hon<
on'busses that, morning. The snowfall of
the previous evening of around 10 to 12 in
ches- mas more to blame than the "ind for
had there beep no new .snom no stems to
close school --ould have been taken. How
ever, it mas feared that the -combination
Of the light fluffy snom plus high minds
mould soon block all roads and might cause
considerable difficulty in getting the
children to the.ir homes later in the day.
But—someone mas mrong and it must have
been the- reather man. All day Palmeri-tes
naited for the mind—(me don’t like to say
"in vain" for everyone mas glad it did
not blom,) but no mind arrived. During the
meantime every hour made the possibility
of a mind lifting the snom more unlikely
because the sun glared at it relentlessly
and it settled and melted all day. "’ednes
day morning broke mith all the sno” in
place and no -ind. The crisis is o-ver.
WHERE'LL WE l:UT 'EM
Predictions of an influx of tourists this
cummer keep mounting, J, 0. ! "orris of
Anchorage just returned from the States
recently -ith the statement that it is
safe to-shy that 15,000 to 20,000 cars
"ill arrive hero this year. As is true of
all Alaskansr !*r, Ilorris is greatly con
cerned over the housing accommodations for
"these invading hordes."
SUES TO COLLECT PAYMENT
A suit has been filed recently in Third
District Court by Arnold Air Service charg
ing that the L.V.- Castner Company, Cold'
Storage firm ores the Air Service ">1000,00»
According to- the complaint, a promissory
note mas dram or. Sept. ‘8, 1S47, calling
for "prompt Payment" of this amount. The
-Arnold Air Service asks for )4000 plus
*500 Attorney fees.
GAGNON'S RETURN
Hr. and Hrs. Prank Gagnon and children re
turned to the Valley last reek after an
extended visit in the State’s. Hrs. Gagnon
ar.d the children rent out last fall and Hr.
Gagnon around the first’of the ye ar.
FLIES SON JO AID
Rev* Franklin Sfciith, rho is nor at Dilling
ham, Alaska, fler his om son from their
home in Dillingham to Anchorage for med
ical attention.
NEW USE rC c ICE CREAM
The rational Dairy Council says that ice
cream is nor being used in novel non-op
erative treatment.
It. Digin, Illinois, three children rho had
s rail ore. d safety nins, oven ones at that,
-ere fed small balls of cotton covered
T.’ith ic cream every tro hours. This-ice
cream covered cotton rent dom easily, and
in the stomache the-•otton matted over the
nins, j>oint. and all, and-the pins'-ere el
iminated rithout any injury.
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