FROST HIT VALL£Y
Parts of the Valloy wore hit rathor hard
by frost tho first part of this rook as '
tho rain ceased and skios cloarcd.Hotrovor,
the damago varios in difforont parts. To
tho north and rrost tho potatoog woro hard
ly touched. To tho sduth of town tho
damage is more sovero, but according to
all vro can gathor tho potato vines wero
flattened bolow tho bonch in the &itto
aroa. »
Howovor," tho picturo is not so black as it
might bo. Earlier rains this year aided
in £ho oarly setting on of tho new potatoo,
and continuing rains have kept them grow
ing. llany farmers report that thoir po
tatoes had attained a good sizo anyway and
the frost Trill help cure them for digging.
Thorp may bo*some loss where potatoes "oro
planted lato, ’
HUNTERS HAVE RUGGED TRIP.
Many Caribou havo boon brought into Palmer
during the last wock. Sono hunters re
turned the next day with their kill while
other partios were out over Sunday. Somo ,
of the stories brought back by these hunt
ors roveal some rather rugged experiences.
One party consisting of Clair Patton.Frank
Gagnon, Dan Parks, Bill a ith and hi3 son,
Jerry, mas caught in a snow storm high up
on a mountain on Sunday. Thoy managed
to find their way down into a.valloy wherq
thoro was timber, but not bo fore thoy
woro soaked to the skin and half frozon.
at 1 night they tried to dry the ir cloth
ing over tho firo they built. In tho mornJ
ing they found their way back to comp,but
their horses had wondered off in tho nighlj
and had gone ten miles beyond the camp.
The group arrived back in Palmer on Mon
day nitc-tired but all 0.K.
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