THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct 21. 1947. at the post office
at Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879
T. O. SCHMIDTKE MILDRED JOHNSON
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A CATHOLIC VIEW OF THE PEACE CORP
From the Indianapolis News
R Sargent Shriver, brother-in-law to President
■Kennedy and director of the Peace Corps, recently took
^atholic universities to task for not providing enough
recruits for his agency.
This aspersion did not sit well with the Rev. John
■v_oogan, S. J., of West Baden College here in Indiana,
who gets off a telling re,omder in the current issue of
Our Sunday Visitor, the Catholic weekly. Father
Coogan's remarks read in part as follows:
"As to Mr. Shriver's charge that we Catholics are
not proportionately supporting his Peace Corps, serv
eral things should be said.
First, his Corps is a political venture. One may
question its desirability without being the less Ameri
can. Moreover. Mr. Shnver's plans for the Corps have
changed much since the plans were iaunched, and per
haps for the worse.
His first prospectus pictured the Corps as a group
of p.ioneers, prepared to go to the most primitive parts
of the world and there iive dangerously,' blood-broth
ers of the natives. Soon we learned that the Corps was
not to be so primitive after all. Thirty million dollars
were asked to support if; then 40. Now more than
S60 million is being asked. Surely that sum would give
quite a plush lining to native living
To date the Corps has enrolled 1,350 volunteers,
^he original estimate was that it would cost the very
considerable sum of $9,000 a year to train and main
tain each of them. Now we find that the first year's
budget provided for them more than $22,000 each. Were
humanitarian efforts ever before so subsidized? What
will the bonus' be when the budget is raised to the
"equested $64 million?
Meanwhile, we Catholics have ourselves been sup
plying lay volunteers for such foreign services through
our own agencies, such as the Papal Volunteers and the
international Catholic Auxiliaries. The Grail, centered
n Loveland, Ohio, has been sending out volunteers for
many years. All this without a wholesale outpouring of
runds. It has been estimated that our Catholic lay work
ers are being trained, supported, transported to and from
Latin America for three years of service at a total cost of
$2,800 (apiece)."
FREEZING WONT HURT SILAGE,
MAY AFFECT CATTLE, SILOS
'Silage commonly freezes
' during the winter in the north
' er»j United States, and there is
no type of silo in which silage
>vont freeze to some extent.
What is the effect of frozen
silage on animals, on the silage
itself, and on silos?
ft current Farm Quarterly
■magazine report says if cattle
are fed frozen silage, especially
tn large lumps, they may scour
tout this is less likely to happen
»f the frozen silage is chipped
fid fluffy and mixed with a
fair amount of unfrozen ma
terial .
Large pieces of frozen silage
ignored by cattle and left to
alternately freeze and thaw in
the feedbunk will spoil. This
TWO DEPARTMENTS
ANSWER SUNDAY CALL
No serious damage was
<vaused by an electrical fire in
"he John Hornur.g barn on
'lower Matunuska Road Sun
day, Nov. 25. Both Palmer and
Wasilia fire departments ans
"wered the call at about *3:45
p.m Noel Woods, Palmer fire
■chief, estimated the damage at
about S300.
has caused the myth that froz
en silage is no good, but the
! spoilage begins because the j
lump is unpalatable and spoil- i
age is a result, not a cause.
Frozen silage is not chemically
changed by the freezing.
Mechanical unloaders do a
creditable job of removing fro-1
zen silage, fluffing it up and
mixing it with unfrozen crop,!
generally solving the frozen j
silage problem. Heating the sil-'
age in the silo to thaw it is not
economically practical and can j
be dangerous.
Epoxy or polyurethane coats
on the inside walls of the silo
will aid the removal of silage
and reduce bonding of the sil
age to the silo. Filling the silo
evenly is important.
Freezing causes little dam
age to horizontal silos but can
be destructive in towers.
The best protection against
freezing is to make good silage
because the low moisture con
tent of well-made silage gives
more prevention against freez
ing than any other factor, in
cluding silo construction and
placement.
THE AMERICAN WAY
SOCIALIST
AMERICA
START
HERE
UlGtiER TAXES ON
THE SUCCESSFUL
FEDERAL INVASION
OF STATES' RIGHTS
GOVERNMENT
I OWNED
POWER plant:
INHE2ITAN C£
TAXES
GOVERNMENT
IN BUSINESS
SUBSIDIZES
public i
HOUSING
we're:
6ETTINO
THERE/
MORE
GOVERNMENT
CONTROLS ,
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Time To Reverse The Trend
The Independent Record, of
Helena, Montana. recently
commented on railroad prob
lems. In its view, those oppos
ing relief for this industry
“fight the plan which would
keep the iron horse as an effi
cient instrument for work, de
manding that it give up part of
its feed to its competitors and
that it be turned into an iron
cow to provide milk in the form
of taxes for local governments,
wages for too many 'employees,
support for the economy of the
communities through which it
passes by forcing it to spend
more than it earns, and that it
cater to the egotism of these
same communities by provid
ing trains which they do not
use but demand just so they
can brag that they ‘enjoy the
service.’ ”
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Says Henry Hazlill in
Newsweek, "Many Swedes
tell you they are getting their
extensive social-welfare ser
vices 'free'—education, un
employment insurance, old
age pensions, medical care.
But the Taxpayers' Associa
tion study makes it doubtful
that there is even much re
distribution of income or wel
fare from the 'rich' to the
'poor'. Half of the pecula
tion now pay 30 to 40 per
cent of their income in tax
es. Two-thirds of the tax
money levied for redistribu
tion purposes in effect re
turns as social services' to
the identical income groups
that paid it, after an enor
mous merry-go-round."
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Investment in the U.S. econ
omy has failed for the past 10
years to keep up with the ex
pansion of population, accord
ing to President Dunlop of the
Sun Oil Company. Unless in
vestment catches up. he added,
the country will continue to be
plague.d by unemployment and
an unsatisfactory rate of econ
omic growth. Significantly, in
this connection, the rate of cor
porate profits has suffered a
declining trend throughout the
last 15-year period.
Dii)£i] am
IN THE
mivi
Thursday, December 3, 1947
It's official now. The keys of
the Valley’s new firetruck are
in the hands of Palmer’s vol
unteer firemen, the contract
which requires that the Val
ley provide adequate storage,
maintenance and manpower
for the truck is signed and de
livered and insurance has been
written which fully covers the
vehicle. The stipulations were
part of a gentlemen’s agree
ment between The Alaska Rail
road and the Valley Volunteer
Fireman's Association, whereby
the railroad loaned an equip
ped truck for firefighting and
the Valley promised fire pro
tection for all local homes and
businesses, and all railroad
property.
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There will be an increase
in the rates of the Valley
Telephone Exchange, effec
tive Dec. 1, it was announced
today by owner Maynard
Sands. The average over-all
increase will amount to ap
proximately 80 cents for each
phone.
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Encouraged by the excellent
showing it is making only four
months after opening, the Ma
tanuska Valley Bank has de
cided to capitalize for a greater
sum. Directors Stanley McCut
cheon and Buell Nesbett said
today. It was also decided to
sell stock to residents of the
Valley, McCutcheon said. About
$180,000 is on deposit in the
bank.
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The long-awaited opening
of the soda fountain in Bert’s
Drug Store became an actu
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Rev. R. H. Fritz, postor
Palmer, Alaska
1-5-2E45
Divine Services 11 400 A. M.
Sunday School 9:45 A.M.
QUESTION — What are the outward differences
between Christianity and Baha'i?
ANSWER — Similar to those between Judaism and
Christianity. Outwardly they are different in name,
in founder, and time of their appearance. Inwardly
they are identical in their purpose. Judaism, Christian
ity and the Baha'i Faith are progressive stages in the
unfoldment of a single developing religious faith.
SUTTON COMMUNITY
CHURCH OF GOO
Sunday School and Worship Service
each Sunday Morning at 10:30
EVERYONE WELCOME
JOHN MARSHALL, Pastor
Discover the
wonders ef
planet, Earth!
jrnmm
See the world . . . but see
us first! Our service costs
you nothing and we take
care of everything . . .
down to minute details.
Come in soon for full in
formation.
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KNIGHTS ARE GONE, BUT
THEIR CASTLES REMAIN.
WRIGHT
TRAVEL AGENCY
Wright Building
PI 5-4500- PI 5-4515 Palmer
ality last Wednesday. Foun
tain attendants Mrs. Marie
Wright and Mrs. Barbara
Meiers first began spooning
syrups and fruits over ice
cream sundaes early that
morning. Neal Wright, owner
of the drug store, said plan
ned improvements in the
building were almost com
plete, but it was impossible
to say when all new construc
tion would be finished.
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A breaker tripped open at the
Eklutna plant, source of the
Valley’s electrical supply, and
plunged parts of the Valley
into darkness for five hours last
Monday.
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Plans for camp improve
ment were discussed at the
recent meeting of stockhold
ers of King's Lake camp. No
decision was made, but a
long-range construction and
improvement program was
outlined for consideration.
Last obstacles in the way of
a March 1 opening date for the
Matanuska Hotel have been re
moved. it was declared this
week by William Head, Anch
orage stockholder here on an
inspection of building progress
last Saturday. Hotel furniture
is now being custom-built in
Seattle and Portland. The man
ufacturer has promised work
will be complete by Feb. 1.
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Wasilla
Assembly of God
Rev Paul E. Riley,
Pastor
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Church Serv. 11 a.m.*
*Even. Serv. ^._.7:30 pun.*
* Prayer and Bible *
* Study, Wednesday 7:30 p.m.*
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FORESTERS PUN
ANCHORAGE MEET
The Association of State For
esters, a national organization
composed of the heads of all
state forestry organizations,
will hold its annual conference
in Anchorage next July 21-26,
Governor William A. Egan
said today.
Selection of Anchorage as
the meeting site followed asso
ciation acceptance at its last
meeting of Governor Egan’s in
vitation to hold its 1963 confer
ence in Alaska.
“Alaska welcomes this op
portunity to host the top for
estry executives from each
State of the Union and of the
federal agencies,” the Governor
said. "It will provide us with
an excellent forum to familiar
ize these men with Alaska’s
vast timber resources and the
grow'th which our State is
experiencing.”
State Forester A. Earl Plour
de said the conference agenda
would include discussions on
problems of mutual interests,
promoting cooperation in fores
try matters between states and
with the federal Government
and other matters to promote
the practice of forestry and use
of forest products.
Arrangements are also being
made, he said, for tours of
other parts of Alaska both be
fore and after the Anchorage
conference.
THOUGHTS
OF A
LAYMAN
The Origin of Speech
God gave Adam his mode
of speech, and supervised him
when he named the animals,
plants and other objects about
him. In those days there was
only one language in the
world. After the Deluge peo
ple began building the tower
of Babel, and God gave them
a confusion or “babel of ton
gues”, and the people were
widely dispersed. A number
of ancient languages were
done in cuneiform on clay
tablets, and remain as a rec
ord of this time.
During the early days of
the Christian church people
of seventeen different nations
were able to understand the
apostles as they spoke. God
not only understands all the
thoughts and intents of the
heart even before a single
word is spoken. We may,
therefore, pray to Him in any
language.
REBEKAHS HOLD
CARD PARTY
The Gold Star Rebekah Lodge
will hold a card party Friday,
Nov. 30, at 8 p.m. in Carpen
ters Hall. The public is invited
to attend.
4 FREE 4
TURKEYS
GIVEN AWAY EACH WEEK
NOV. 26 TO DEC. 22
Get Your Tickets Now at
MOTOR-IN
SERVICE
PI 5-2400
Palmer
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THE CHURCH FOR ALL ’ . .
ALL FOR THE CHURCH
The Church is the greatest factor
on earlh for the building of char
acter and good citizenship. It is a
storehouse of spiritual values. With
out a strong Church, neither de
mocracy nor civilization can sur
vive. There are four sound reasons
why every person should attend
services regularly and support the
Church. They are: (I) For his
own sake. (2) For his children's
sake. (3) For the sake of his com
munity and nation. (4) For the
sake of the Church itself, which
needs his moral and material sup
port. Plan to go to church regu
larly and read your Bible daily.
Time was when it took
a month for a letter to
get from one city to an
other, and such things as
radio and television were
unheard of.
Now we don’t think in
terms of miles — we
think in terms of the
time it takes to span
them, and it doesn’t take
long to get around the
world.
As for communica
tions — well, they’re in
stantaneous, these days.
But for all of that, we
seem to find it just as
hard to understand one
another as we ever did.
Only one form of
communication hasn’t
changed . . . God’s meth
od of communication. He
speaks to you through
His Church, and through
a Bible that has survived
the centuries. Go to
church this Sunday, ev
ery Sunday, and hear
His message for yourself.
Sunday
Isaiah
■ 40:9-15
Monday
Pri.lir.s
33:5-15
Tuesday
Acts
2:1-6
Wednesday
Acta
2:7-12
Thursday
Romans
10:5-11
Friday
Ror-Tiis
10:17-20
Saturday
I Corinthians
1:18-25
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the Churches of Matanuska Valley
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A LOCAL CITIZEN
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