J U If EAU
HOMf; TOUR
SUNDAY AUGUST 17
EXTENSION SERVICE OFFICE
2 P. M.
PUBLIC INVITED
The Frontiersman
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MATANU8KA VALLEY
VOLUME II. NUMBER 41
PALMER, ALASKA THURSDAY, AUGUST 14. 1958
TRY A FRONTIERSMAN
CLASSIFIED AD far that item
you may have for sal*, rant or
PRICE 10 CENTS
Milk Leads Alaska
Aariculfure Production
Milk production again loads in
c.'mtiicriiii uwnniHiirc prod no
ion in Alaska, urenrding to the
I flit annual production report
p, s pared by the lexperimeul Sta
non and Department of Agneui
iua- Mdk accounted for 40 pir
; i ,1 of the total production in the
and of $1,010,0Ifi, followed
» Potato) 21)'.'r „ $H41,700; pool
ii product , I0V;., $240,70a, ant
n 11 pi oduel tm ludiitf? ranch fut,
'« $201,24!); and vegetables, 7%,
>.'t7 0110
Commetrial production by Mi**
, * ,i .show the Matanuska Val
h produ< < 55 pc:i o ld of (lit*
lai In 1 f#57 production amount
( i to $1,553,923 Ill lilt valley
I m Tanana Valley produced 10%
> >40 ni Ancliijj age; area, 12%
5-400,920; So:||l tie a .stern, 9%, $2Hi,
>1*4; K.t nai l*i nm.aila, 4% $139,
007; and the Kodiak and Alto
l e. anothei P. , $125,100
The total value of the 1957 pro
dul l am wa.> $4,559,313,
la the j-eport, which was re
jv a . d during the current AI
, ka Farm Mouth observance, it
v. a> noted that 1957 was a year
of uitmoi nod production because
of unusually dry. warm weather
wide-h wa only partially relieved
, tin lowei Kailbelf fiy late
July and lasted through ,Hesptern
la i in tin Tanana Valley. Ap
p: oa iinah ly 1,300 arie Of hi nine
iU.i winter killed in the Mat an
0 ka Valley inquiring reseeding
01 ubstitutjoii by annual crops
The value of coin me refit i produc
turn was up only a percent over
19. >6; 11 ow ever, value ol Image
.1 ,d gi ams foi fai m u i wa up
13 p i < * tit indicating a glowing
. < f sufficiency,
'Die total value ot I aim pro
duction in the Malanuka Valley
kid year Wa: well ovei two mil
non duilat <$2,095,007 i IT.* to
i. i include . the eommcreiai farm
o c'eipth mentioned previously as
well .* home ti e produets, and
hum use products.
Alaska Fai ill Month is being
Jaycees to Sponsor
Bi-Partisan (fleet
A hi partisan meet mg has been
. I a led for the Wa.illa (Tmmmity
hall tomorrow evening
The meeting, to which all can
ri.dates (loin this aiea are invit
< n to pat!iciapte will he open to
tin public and all vote) s are ui 0
.(I to at tend
The Matanu.-ka V'aliey Junior
Chamber ol < onum-rce is sport
soring the meeting, .tailing at ti
p m , to help voter., get answers
to then Statehood questions
A unular meeting is slated lor
Pa huei next week Friday
H AIN BOW GIHLS
WINDOW WASH
Monday, August 18
Call PI 4092 or PI 4025
it AM 5 P.M.
t 4
spcipspred by lhe Alaska Agfi
eiulturiil Extension Service and
the Alaska Department of Agri
culture Many special displays are
being conducted throughout AI
ask a, tea luring Alaskan produc
t»d products of agriculture. The
NUCKiET BUY is again this year
being featured m window and
shoe displays. Nugget Buy cards
| idi nti f y A! a s k a u ■ pi < id need it el ns.
[OFFERS SPACE FOR
EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
Wilson “Woody Wood has !
ojfejrcd the Employment A)' !;
iiny representative free space!;
in tils insurance office in the
new Suns Budding on a tern j;
poraiy basis In encourage the •;
permanent cxtttblishrijienl of
an < rnploynient office in this ;!
city. Woody urges employers ;!
and employees to u, * tin cm s
ploymenl service a. mueh ass
possible to warrant the estub- !;
lishnient oi a local office,
Valley Home Tour
Set for Sunday
The lour of several valley
home., to be held Sunday, August
17 by the Homemakers Counril
will start from the Extension
Service office at % pair, Frances
i lulbei’t, home demonst ration
agent slated tins week.
The toyi is open to the public
and ail interested persons are in
viti'd lo part jelpate
Among spots to be visited are
(in I, P Hoi i ison home where
i jeinodi ling project will be re
viewed, I he Ralph Ware home
md yard; the Harry Duff yard;
a fireplace and the house extenor
at Jane * Ht-rmoiis the house am?
yard ot the Paul Martin family;
the (renege (’rowtilers basement
rnd yaid and jiossihly others.
All interested persons ale cor
lially invited to attend
WOMEN VOTERS PLAN
TRANSPORTATION
TO POLLS AUG. 26
Ti an .pm tat inn to the polls on
August 2fl, will be furnished from
a numbi i of sect inn . ul the vat
ley it wa announced tin week
by the Palmer Provisional Lew
;me of Women Voters Persons
desiimg Iraiispnrl.dion, m baby
sitting services arc asked to call
Mr: Jane 'Payne at PI-21175 who
will have a list of drivers in the
various areas.
New voters are reminded that
no pre registration r necessary
in the August 2b election. Local
polls are located in the Co Op ret*
hall, acro,th from the erertmery.
Neighbors arc urged to pool rides
and baby silting services foi one
aunt In i wherevei possible
BILL EGAN HERE
NEXT FRIDAY
William A (Bill) Egan Demo
era tic candidate for the office of
Governor', will be a valley visitor
on Friday. August 27. It is ex
peeled that a public meeting will
tie scheduled and details wilt be
announced as soon a finalized
James J. Hurley
DEMOCRAT
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
9TH DISTHICT
Palmer - Wasilla - Talkeefnci I>(1 Adv
MEA TO BEGIN
SWITCHING AUG. 15;
EXPECT NU UUTAGE
At approximately 3 ami on
Friday, August 15 the Mal.mu.k.i
| Fleet nr Asaoeiat-ion will begin
switching operations designed to
parallel a section of new line be
! tween Maianu.ska and Palmer
| with lhe existing feed. If no
[trouble develops, no outage will
I occur, staled Ma >on Lazelle, sup
| rrmtrndenl The longest outage
| wthieh is contemplated would he
j less than one hour, il ti ouble or
| eui
MKA coiMJincr should under
; stand that we are operating on
I an emergency basis, La/die said.
'Conditions have not allowed re
building of the Bureau line from
: Fklutna which we are now us
| mg, il is carrying peak loads near
2500 KVA, and losses are quite
; high Also the system was nut
! designed for the direction of feed
now being used and equipment
i changes have to he made to main
j tain as neai to nonmil voltage
a.. possum
Tile new Ilia to be Used is
pari ol the new d4KV circuit
limit by Connolly Consti urlmn,
La/,die pointed out lb is will be
another temporary move to keep
voltages within operating limits
mihl permanent service can be
re established. The outage on
August 14 was ojiginully ealist'd
by a ieeloaer which did not hold
the load imposed on it. While the
circuit was being closed back in,
the mam breaker at Heed Sub
station was. kicked open by an
overctu i ent r elay The reason for
this has not been discovered as
yet, lie added.
The recent outage was caused
by a fault in the new line which
was being tested at the time.
Kvery effort will be made to
avoid unseheduled outages, but
they may occur, the superinl.cn
dept staled Outages on isolated
taps may also occur, sine# the
contractor on the new lines some
times, requires them while string
mg eonduetoi ;
I
Statehood Important Chapter In
American History Says Greuning
NO* 1 ABSENTEE
BALLOT GOES TO
LONG-TIME RESIDENT
Wilbur 0. Alien, much 1**1 !;
In known to his many local /
friends a;, “Cap" Allen, wa.> liu- jl
recipient ol Absentee Ballot /
No. I for the primary election 1
l«» bo bold August 2<:i. r
Absentee ballots numbered «;
one through 50 wen* ree< ived ]!■
by If. S. Commissioner Dorn /
Iliy Saxton this week and the/
first ballot was picked up by /
George Small who in turn sent !;
it on to “Cap", a long t um* 1;
friend who is now receiving
nurd Seal attention at Camp
Whip*, <)i *:g«.»11.. C-a|> atid j1
George have been correspond /
mg for some time and George
has sent clippings and articles \
regarding Statehood “Cap is
really interested in lh« State
hood election/' George said/
this week prior to the ineoi ;
poration of tin City of Pal
rner, Cap operated the night !
patrol service in the business !;
section of town. Three years':
ago he served as advertising i
sale sman for the Matunuska /
Valley Pair ;!
BOWLING, SQUARE
DANCING ADDED TO
ATHLETIC PROGRAM
Two new activities were aulh
onm d for the Palmer school phy
sical education program thus year
at the August Id meeting of the
Palmer Board of Education. They
are bowling and square dancing.
The two programs are expected
to provide tin opportunity for the
participation of a larger group of
both untie and female students in
,the athletir program.
[COUNCIL NOTES
| William Wakeland, tax asses
•or repqi lt d to tin* City Council
•it their meeting August 12 that
approximately 70 individuals are
delinquent m their payments of
IU5B lax* . Tins amounts to about
$7,000, la* added, beeau.se when
the lira I half ol the lax is delm
queut, the entire amount beeonies
due Jit- it ported that 02'.' of the
total City assessment has been
paid with a numbei ul taxpayers
paying hot it halvt in thin in
itial payment Wake land was
j aulhm i/ed to lake tin: necessary
I su ps lo collect the delinquent
; taxes. The first step, lie said, will
| he the mailing of delinquent no
ficus. Those taxpayers who do not
respond to the notice will then
reeeivc a let tei notifying them
of the deadline befote the delin
quency is published in the news
pa fie i Tile final step will be the
tiling of ..ml •
(’oiiiHil mendxT.e voted tit.it
where stiff! air uIf»*11*<i by the
city, no more than one culvert
will he installed by tin1 city in
d 11 v t * tv a y ,s 111»»id < • 1111 a 1 cm 1Ve i' t a
not to v;xeeed Hi feet; business
eulverts length to be determined
by the stive! do par Iment The city
will a. list m the eosts oi install
FAMILY DANCE
PUBLIC INVITED
SATURDAY, AUG. 16
Jeans & Calico
Moose Hall
9 P.M, - 2 A.M.
Sponsored by
INTER. ALASKA RODEO
' ing these < ulvt i t in uuproyo
ini'ii! rlif.lf H'ls«
It r voted to complete the deed
for the property being acquired
by the Cily of Lalmei from the
A H 1< C foi a park neat the ho:,
pita) amt that payment (which
amounted to tuxes paid on the
property by life A.H.Ii be paid.
A representative from General
Electric will lx* in Palmer on Sat
| m day ami lbs advice on various
type street lighting prog rants
will be sought. The service is be
ing offered to the city at no cost.
Proposed personnel regulations
were presented each membei of
the Council and to Mayor Lynn
for study. The report was prepar
'd by Council men Logsdon and
Cot ten following intensive stud
ies. Cullen stated the proposal
was more or less in skeleton form
tnd that following further study
by the Council, many changes
ould bu made Members ol the
Council commended rotten and
Logsdon tor their work in pre
paring the regulations.
Kin-)ioii judgt - were approved
bn the primary election to lit*
la Id August 2U and foi the city
< ■ It’d ion Ortolan 7
* * *
Maym Lynn appointed and the
Council approved time new
members oi the City Planning
Commission They art; James
Wilson, Neil Michael.son, and
(Continued on Pngt 8)
BUSINESS
IS BLOOMINGI!
Telegraph Delivery Service ;<
MAUD'S FLOWER SHOP
Former Governor Ernest Grue
rung termed the forturnming vote
on Sl.ih hoOii m Alaska as an im
l>oi taut i haptci in the great Am
rural) epic
Omening spoke before a group !
of valley residents Iasi Sunday j
evening his topic was State-|
hood He presented a history of;
Alaska to this listener's, leading;
up to the passage in the Senate
this year of the Statehood Bill 1
He told of the long struggle for
recognition made by leading AI
askans since the purchase of the
land from Russia, He spoke of
untiring wotk done by Delegates
to Congress Wiekei..ham, Dia
mood, and Bai tlett
In pointing out advantages
which Statehood would provide,
Gtuening reminded his listeners
of Hie uhfaii way in which AI
ask a has been excluded from
many, many beneficial Bills, de
signed lot the States and in some
eases included other possessions,
hut not Alaska He referred to
QUEEN CONTESTANTS
TO ATTEND DERBY
Tilt* six Matanuska Valley Fair
queen contestants will leave Pal
mei Saturday in a group to at
tend the Seward Silver Salmon
Derby in that city. While in Sew
ant the girls will eonduel ticket
sales foi the queen contest and
extend an invitation to Seward
residents to visit the T>tt Fair
The candidates will be aeeorn
pamed by Jayeees members and
then wives '|1ie group plans to |
remain in Sewaid overnight, re
turning to Pahnei on Sunday
On Wednesday of next week a
hum tin/’ i scheduled at the home
of Mi Alva Saxton for all queen
candidate:., a representative of
then sponsors, Mi and Mrs Jam*,
ex Wilson, official host and hos
less of the lair, and Fnola Seheibl,
1957 Valley Fail Queen How
aid McCall later, co-managei of
| last years fair, will assist m ar
Iquumting the girls with require*
merits and proeeedures lor radio,
television, and otliei public ap
pearances.
CANDIDATE REPORTS
STATEHOOD 2 to I
Frank (Swede) Soren • u,
Demon alit candidate foi Hie
House, District 9, has been tom
mg tile "'hush” and reports out
of 200 voter:., the count tor State
I hood is 2 to l in favot In most
1 cases, he reports after an explan
ation of the iiieoim to conn to
Alaska as a state which i not.
liilW I eei Ivrij, t IlO e opposed to
Statehood change then minds.
BAND CONCERT
WASILLA SCHOOL
Sunday, Aug. 17
2:00 P. M.
Director: RAY HOLTZ
BENEFIT OF WASH J. A
SCHOOL BAND
PUBLIC INVITED
tiif highway program which came
undci this <*lass if teat ion; he spoke
of transput all ion taxes; limit.i
turns; and other aettons that
“ . . . hell ay is! every Amcncaa
principal ”
“Should Alaskans turn down
Statehood, we will go hark to
second class cii i/cps and not. have
a change again in 100 years . .
we will he the laughing shirk of
the nation , we will gel nothing
from Congress many personal
will leave Alaska and taxes will
have to he home by those who
are left
lie urged that every voter vote
yes on the three* propositions
and prove that we are ready and
fit for self government
'I’Ih* meeting, which was spot)
sored by the Matanuska Valley
Chambei of Commerce drew a
good cross section of the jxditi
eal parties and one person attend
nig. admitted he was against,
statehood foi Alaska. When ques
honed by Gn umng In* stated he
“liked it the way it was." Gruen
mg admitted that was a good rea
lson to have, but added that Al
a .l,a ran never be “the way it;
was" m eithei ease; without
Statehood many of the advan
tages the Delegate to Congress
has in the past been able to get.
extended to Alaska wilt change
then will be a fi w it any new
ones, he added,
Visiting Palmer with Gruen
ing was Mrs Gunning and Mr
and Mi i, Kd Fischer and family
Radar lo Speak
At Wasilla Grange
'I'li*' Wasilla Grange No 2 wilt
hold an open meeting on Thors
flay, August, 21, at flu* Commun
ity Hall in Wasilla. Special guest
a! the meeting will be John Ha
ho ol Anchorage who will speak
on Statehood and answer any
|ijueslions concerning the sub
I jeet,
Tbp meeting is open to Hu* pub
lic and all inten ded persons are
urged to attend “Tins will be
an opportunity for those persons
j who want, to learn about Slate
j hood ”, a spokesman said today
The meeting which starts at ti
P m , will be held on a non par
; !i. an basis then will be no
campaigning for any office, the
spokesman added, and urged all
n.adenl especially those of the
Wasilla area, to allend the meet •
mg and get answers to then
ijia dmn, and to :.oim of the ru
mats that .m emulating through
nit Alaska.
SAVE!
ION YOUH
CLEANING
CERTAIN GARMENTS
1 for the 4
L price of ■
Cash and Carry
| BROWN’S CLEANERS
; WE GIVE GOLD STAMPS
I \ Closed Saturday Afternoons