Palmer Personalities
A good lesson in how to start
a farm can be obtained by a visit
to Tract No. 175 where Scotty
1Lawrence to you) Dreghorn
and his family have settled.
Scotty comes from Wolverine,
Michigan, and No. 175 is the
tract he was awarded at the
original drawing. Scotty is 43,
which was high in the ages of
the original colony group, and
with (draco, his wife, there are
eight in the family. William, the
oldest boy, is 14; Gordon, 12;
Mary, 11; Lawrence Jr., 9;
Ilamish, 1%, and a brand new |
baby girl born October 18.
Scotty was born at Peterhead,'
in Aberdeenshire on the east
coast of Scotland, and you’d j
never doubt the country once
you hear him roll his r-r-r rs.
1 here is still a lot of thistle
down on his tongue.
Peterhead is one of the larg
est fishing ports in the world,
boasting three straight miles of
market wharves.
Scotty came to America as a
lad and was naturalized when
he attained his majority. He
was back in Scotland for a visit
when the war broke out and he
joined up, serving with the ‘‘kil
ties” in a regiment of the justly
famous Gordon Highlanders,
those of the flashy green and
yellow tartans.
Scotty isn’t very large, but
he’s physically a pretty tough!
specimen. He had to be to go
through four years of battling
in France, interspersed with
campaigns in both Italy and
Egypt. Proof of a grateful gov
ernment’s appreciation of Scot
ty’s soldiering can be seen in
the medals he is entitled to
wear—six of them. Scotty does
not have to look at the medals
to remember he was in the war,
though. A shrapnel wound is a
constant reminder of those
tough years.
And after the war was over
Scotty came back to America.
He was trying to make a living
with dairy cows and a raspberry
patch when the chance came to
sign up for the colonization
project here. It didn’t take the
Dreghorns long to make up their
minds.
Once on his tract the plans
for a new home began to take
definite shape. Now he has a
comfortable house, a barn, hog
house and other buildings, lie
has 26 acres all plowed and a
total of thirty cleared. This win
ter, he says, will see the clean
ing up of the first forty. His,
like most of the others in the
Butte section, is an 80-acre
tract.
His plans are for dairying.
Already he has eight cows and
heifers, five of which he raised
himself. He bought only three
cows, and they were the cheap
FOR SALE |
Young mink from the Cas
well Lake Fur Farm. Olson
and Overby-Largest Fur
Ranchers in Alaska.
Caswell Lake, Aaa.
('hit. the corporation had to soli.
This Wasn’t because he was
Scotch, but because Scotty can
tell a good milker when he sees
one even if they are poor and
badly run down after a long
ocean trip. He soon had his
stock right up in fine shape, and
with Donald Parks, his neigh
bor, was the first, to attempt
commercial production of cream
They shipped to Anchorage over
a year ago, but this was a fail
ure due to the transportation
costs. Now that the creamery is
open he will soon be realizing on
his investment in cows. In fact,
he is right now. Scotty is sup
plying the hospital, the dormi
tory and a number of the staff
families with milk. William
Brings it to town with him on
the school bus each morning.
Scotty sees independence in
his new farm and says “Just try
and run me out of this coun
try. ’ ’ He says he is here to stay.
We believe him.
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Eggs - And How!
Out oi the 18 to 25 eggs Mrs.
Frank Worden of tract 10 gets
from her hens every day she finds
at least two and sometimes three
double yolkers.
FOR SALE
Two Room House - Furnished
Built-in Features - - Celotexed
Perch
A fine house built entirely of
‘Outside” Lumber.
Price $350.00
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On Skids And Easy To Move
See Jack Allman, PIONEER OFFICE
KROGH’S STORE
MATANUSKA. ALASKA
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
QUALITY ALWAYS"
Pontiac Dealer
Pontiac DeLuxe Touring Sedan
Just nicely broken in. Nearly at cost.
Pioneer Store
Of Palmer
Clothing, Notions, Candies, Tobaccos
Wines and Beer
Of AU Kinds
J. W. Felton
Classified Ads
RATES: Fifteen cents per line
for first fnsert ion; ten cents per line
each subsequent insertion. Count 5
words to the line. Minimum charge
fifty cents.
WANTED—100 eight foot, and
100 six foot fence posts. See
Walter Pipple, Tract 106.
FOR SALE—Fifty-seven acres of
fine land near Wasilla. Right on
the highway and railroad, with
Cottonwood Creek running across
one corner. A wonderful loca
tion. $450.00. See Allman, PIO
NEER office.
WOOD’BUZZING—Good portable
rig and prices reasonable. Bill
Hynek. Tract 91.
FOUND—A “Flood Control” book
by J. A. Loyer, Tract 62.
WANTED—Will pay cash for gas
oline washer. Must be in good
condition. Inquire at PIONEER
office.
FOR SALE—1931 Chevrolet Sedan.
Recently overhauled at cost of
$102.00. In fine shape. Been run
only 25,000 miles. Gus Swanson,
Wasilla.
LOST—A topcoat with Wm. H.
Black Co. the maker. Light
gray in color. See Fritz Her
mon.
FOR SALE—1931 Studebaker Dic
tator. Good shape. New battery.
New heater. Good rubber. A
bargain. See Ed Coffey or Jack
Allman.
TRADE—firearms, telescope sight,
weaning pigs, Leghorn pullets
for cash, or what have you. J. V.
Kirsch, Tract 64.
BOAR SERVICE-Fine big boned.
; large bodied Duroc. J. V. Kirsch,
Tract 64. N12
WANTED—Paper hanger to do two
rooms. Everything, including
tools, on the place. J. V. Kirsch,
Tract 64. N12
FOR SALE or TRADE—Model T
Ford pick-up. Good shape.
$100.00 or Piano. Harold
Davis. t3D3
FOR SALE—Cleaning fluid, 50c
per gallon. Bring your own
containers. Felton’s Store.
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FOUND—Red Plaid Cruiser be
tween Camp 9 and Palmer.
Owner call at Pioneer Office, tt
COLONY COBBLER SHOP—Now
open from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m.,
six days a week. Lawrence
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Dunklee Building
Palmer, Alaska
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