/alley FRONTIERSMAN
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Palmer, Alaska
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947 at the post office
t Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
ubscription rates .75c month, $8 a year
iola Daniels .Editor
von DeLand .Advertising Manager, Palmer
No printed material in the Valley Frontiersman may be
reproduced except by permission of the editor.
Mailed to all points in Alaska and the United States
Daniels —In the Lion’s Den
The first of July is to bring about some minor changes in the
ffice and policy of the Valley Frontiersman.
On that date, the Frontiersman editor will begin a full-time
b in the office of Palmer school. However, this position will in
io way affect the publication dates of the Valley Frontiersman,
vhich will continue to reach you on each Tuesday and Friday,
’he new position will, however, necessitate new deadline dates
Dr advertising and news stories. Hereafter it will not be pos
ible to place ads or report news stories for the next edition after
Vednesday and Sunday nights. However material may be sub
mitted at the paper office on those nights, as late as anyone wishes
d bring it in.
Beginning July 1st, the office of the Valley Frontiersman will
e closed each morning, but will open for business at 1 o’clock,
von DeLand will be at her desk each afternoon from 1 until 5,
/hen the editor will return to take over for the remainder of the
vening.
Evon will be happy to take your money, discuss your adver
sing, or report your news stories. If you wish to see the editor,
he will make appointments for that purpose. Evon has a thorough
Knowledge of advertising rates and policies, as well as a good
kground in Frontiersman policy and ideas. For the most part,
will be an able substitute for the editor.
There will be times during the afternoon and evening, when
he office unavoidably must be closed. When there are meetings
jr interviews scheduled, that’s where you’ll find members of the
-■'rontiersman staff. If there’s a news story that requires an after
noon’s work outside of the office to trace facts and details, then
ihat afternoon the office will be locked.
We know there has been criticism of the paper in the past, be
cause the office is not always open at regular hours throughout
the business day. That cannot be helped on a small, under-staffed
lewspaper, such as we are. We feel our first concern is to get the
ews for you. That news rarely comes to us in the office. Rather
is our responsibility to go and dig it out. That’s our job. While
e’re always glad to get your money, still it’s a secondary matter
'ith us, and we feel if we don’t get it today, then tomorrow will do.
If you do come to the office and find it closed, or if you’re
ot sure that we’ll be on hand when you come, why not give
.s a call on the phone first? We do try to keep appointments,
,^hen we have them. There is to be a telephone installed in the
:ditor’s apartment this week, so if a call to the office is unanswered,
nen try the home phone. We’ll promise to go anywhere, at any
ime, outside of school office hours, if there’s a news story in
volved.
We’re indeed sorry that the Frontiersman is compelled to
imp along in this manner, but we do feel that a limping Fron
iersman is better than one that’s dead and buried. We have no
hoice—either we must turn to another source of income for
he coming year, or we must close our doors.
We look forward to this coming year. We hope that in an
ther 12 months the Valley Frontiersman will be established firm
iy enough that we again can return to a full-time job of news
paper publishing. In the meantime, we’re going to make it our job
to see that the paper you get in these 12 months is the paper you
want to read.
We don’t intend to lessen our efforts toward making the
Frontiersman a better paper. We try to make every paper the
oest paper we can do. That’s going to continue to be our policy,
[f we find the Frontiersman drifting into careless ways, then we’ll
amply shut up shop and write thirty to our publication efforts
in the Valley, for it is never our intention to put out a poor paper.
That’s not saying that we don’t have poor editions more often
han we care to think about. However they don’t start out as
Door papers, and we’ll get out of newspaper publication when
/e come to the place where our choice is either a poor paper or
d paper. We feel no paper is still a better bet than a poor one.
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READ YOUR FRONTIERSMAN
CLASSIFIEDS
VALLEY CLEANERS
For Pick-Up and Delivery Service
Call 6Y3
Open Monday lo Friday ONLY
See
DON McKECHNIE
For all digging and back-filling jobs
Write or phone him your excavating orders
P. O. Box 796 Palmer
Classified Ads
FOR SALE
88-ACRE farm, 7 rm. house,
water, lights; 30 acres cleared;
4V6 mil. north of Palmer. Inq.
David Bryant, Box 1848, Pal
mer.
ARMCHAIR, exc. cond. Mrs. E.
F. Graves, P.O. Box H.
FOLEY automatic saw filer w/
bench; retoother w/five car
riers; Foley model saw set No.
281 w/bench. Sandvik’s Cabi
net Shop.
APPROXIMATELY 25 acres of
land, 20 under cultivation;
priced for quick sale; located
three mi. so. of Palmer on
good road. Inq. Palmer Photo
graphic Center.
LOT, house to be moved; 4 rms.,
bath, utility room, lge. garage;
$1,200. Write Box C, Valley
Frontiersman.
LOT, basement excavated; light,
water, sewer available. Write
Box C, Valley Frontiersman.
HYDRAULIC LOADER unit; fits
Ford-Ferguson and McCor
mick-Deering tractors. Hartley
Bros. Motors.
TRAILER, 2-wheel, steel body;
good condition. Hartley Broth
ers Motors.
’38 GMC 1-ton pickup; A-l con
dition. Palmer Automotive
Service.
’38 DODGE panel; A-l condition.
Palmer Automotive Service.
COMFORTABLE HOME, by
owner; city water, electricity;
complete except siding; terms.
Also some furniture. Mrs. Sten
son, first st. north on Anchor
age Highway, third house.
TAPP AN gas stoves and regu
lators. Hartley Bros. Motors.
HELP WANTED
WOMAN to do cleaning for sev
eral hours, 1 day week. Inq. at
Valley Frontiersman office.
NOTICE
To Whom It Might Concern:
Contrary to the apparent conception
currently in use by many of my con
temporaries in the Valley as to what
constitutes a gentleman, the follow
ing rules of behaviour are generally
held in high esteem by conscientious
and enlightened people:
I. Neither anger nor self-pity
brings desirous results when we
hear of otiiers having made of
fensive remarks.
II. Retaliation nearly always brings
defeat and disappointment.
III. It is not a sign of weakness to
overlook or forgive offensive
and deprecating remarks — on
the contrary, it is an indication
of inner strength and intelli
gence.
And lastly, it is in gross poor taste
to form an opinion when not in full
possession of all the evidence perti
nent to any controversial matter.
(Signed)
OSCAR DOWNING
Barber Is Here
On Saturday Only
Until the services of another
barber can be secured, the Val
ley Barber Shop will be open
on Saturdays only, proprietor
Daryl Meeks announced this
week. Mr. Meeks is now em
ployed as barber at the Officers’
Club at Fort Richardson, but
comes to the Valley on Saturday.
Mr. Meeks had hoped that
Charles Quinton, former Valley
barber, would assume his chores
in the Valley Barber Shop. How
ever Mr. Quinton, who has been
Outside for some time, found
Palmer too cold for his comfort.
Mr. Meeks says that his broth
er, who graduates from barber
school in August, is planning to
come to Palmer. However he
hopes that another barber can be
found who will take care of the
shop until that time.
Former Barber Visits
Charles Quinton, who formerly
was proprietor of the Co-Op
barbershop for four years, re
turned to the Valley for a short
visit here last week. Mr. Quin
ton was here only on Friday aft
ernoon. He has recently returned
to Anchorage from a winter
?pent in California.
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STILL CONTINUING
Our summer clearance sale
Items on our bargain list include
Skirts and Sweaters
Cameron Blouses
VARIETY VOGUES
When You Repair or Build Use WOODLIFE
Water Repellent Rot Proof
Keeps wood from swelling, shrinking,
checking, warping
Now On Display
CHAMPION Outboard Motors
RELIANCE Conversion Cookstove Burners
GRAHAM SERVICE
Machine Work Welding Repair
Gas Oil
Something New Has Been Added
We’ve thought of several new items to augment !
our long list of desserts and pastries.
Delicious Fancy CUP CAKES {
Chewy COCOANUT DATE SQUARES
PETIT FOURS {
SHAMROCK BAKERY !
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