Certified Seed
Growers Urged to
Plan Market Sales
According to a recent news
letter of the Alaska Crop Im
provement Association, it ap
pears that there is in storage
at present 250 tons of certified
seed. Sales in past years have
not amounted to that figure,
but it is estimated there is a
potential market for 350 to
400 tons of certified seed.
The association plans to
'■tress to potato growers the im
portance of planting uniformly
good seed.
To sell the certified seed. Dr.
Charles Logsdon, who is in Nor
way working on a plant disease
project, urges the selling only
of a uniformly good product;
consider every ounce of seeds
to be planted as a potential
market and make every effort
to see that ounce is Certified
seed; present the product at a
reasonable price; watch pota
toes in storage for a good pro
duct at planting time; and en
courage the consumption of Al
aska table stock potatoes, since
the size of the seed market de
pends very directly on the
amount of Alaska potatoes eat
en.
ARMY SKI TROOPS
GOING THROUGH
STRENUOUS PHASE
Ski troops of the 1st Battle
Group, 9th Infantry (Manchu)
are going through a strenuous
training phase in skijoring in
preparation for the mid-Feb
ruary Exercise GREAT BEAR,
Skijoring is traveling by
skis by being pulled along on
a rope. Originally it was done
by horsepower, and there are a
good many Manchus who have
skijored by means of a rope
dallied from a saddle horn or
behind a Model T.
But in the Army skijoring
has gone modern. Anywhere
from a squad of infantry to a
platoon can be moved across
country, skijoring behind a
combat vehicle. Under good
conditions a full platoon can be
pulled down a road behind a
two-and-a-half ton truck. But
on GREAT BEAR conditions
aren’t expected to be that good.
The Manehus are practicing
the military version of the sport
behind weasels, otters, M-113
armored personnel carriers,
and the other full-tracked tact
ical vehicles they will be itsing
in the mansuver.
The skill will help the Alas
kan-trained soldiers in their
role as the Aggressor in the
maneuver. By skijoring they
will be able to move swiftly
cross-country, ready to drop
their ropes and take cover to
engage their manuver enemy
Urge Tratelfeis
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held in a foreign country if
they can’t show the proper cer
tification of immunization.”
He cited instances at the An
chorage International Airport
last summer when passengers
were held in rigid isolation for
seven days because of a diag
RECORD YEAR
FOR RECCRDS
Though official judging won’t
take place until February, it
appears that the 19H1 Alaska
hunting season may have been
the most successful trophy
hunting year on record, accord
ing to information released to
day bv the Alaska Department
of Fish and Game. At least
three, and very likely four, new
world big game animals were
taken in the State during the
year.
James W. Brooks, director of
the Department's division of
game, pointed out that it’s an
uncommon year when even one
new world’s record is taken of
any big game animal anywhere.
Four new records in one State
in a single year is unprecedent
ed. he said, adding that Alaska
is one of the few places in the
world where this could happen.
The apparent new records
are a polar bear taken in
March by Arthur Dubs of Med
ford, Oregon; a brown bear
taken by Erling Hansen of
Seattle; a Dali s-heep taken by
Harry Swank of Anchorage;
and a moose taken by Bert
Kleinberger of Seattle. The fin
al word on whether all of these
are actually new records will
not be available until the mea
surements are verified by the
Boone and Crockett Club in
February.
Brooks, while announcing
the four probable new records,
staled that this points up the
fact that, contrary to common
ly-held opinion, trophy-* etess
animals aren’t necessarily a
product of excessive protection
of a spicies. More often, a pro
perly harvested population will
result in better range and this,
rather than a prohibition on
hunting of females or of males
below a certain arbitrary size,
is conducive to the production
of trophy-class animals.
Alaska Promotion
Planned wi Tour
A three-weeks promotion
trip to focus attention upon Al
aska as a vacation land is being
sponsored by United Airlines,
Wien Alaska Airlines and Ar
ctic Alaska Tours. Those going
will be Hal Ryan, Southwest
manager for Arctic Alaska
Tours; Frank H. Whaley, inter
line and tour "manager for Wien
Alaska Airlines; and Chester
and Helen Seeveck, Wien Es
kimo guides at Kotzebue.
United Airlines offices are
cooperating at all stops on the
route, beginning with Chicago
February 12. Otner major cities
on the tour will be Detroit,
Cleveland. Pittsburgh, Wash
ington. D. C., Atlanta, Phila
delphia. Boston and New York.
Meetings are to he held with
travel agents and airline ticket
agents. Alaska films are to be
shown and questions will be
answered, on “Selling Alaska.”
The Seevecks have proven to
be popular performers on TV
programs and for newspaper
interviews during their stay in
Southern California.
nosis of suspected smallpox and
their lack of smallpox immuni
zation certificates.
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Strange Things ■ - -
By Heinie Snider
Doris Barnes, able Senator
j from Wrangell, told us that
i when they were running a can
! ner.v they had a lot of Chineese
: workers. One of them died, and
1 as the Chinese wanted to be
buried in their homeland, his
Chinese brothers put him in
one of the casks in which they
packed salmon and got him
; ready to ship back to China, by
adding a liberal application of
, salt . . . someway or another
, the casks were mixed up and
sometime l&ter the cannery re
j ceived a frantic telegram from
| an outfit in New York . . ask
1 leg for a refund on one SAI.T
! ED DEAD CHINAMAN1
Today Alaskans wear dark
glasses to prevent snow blind
ness. Son-* of the miners pr«
pectins >ft the Yukon used their ;
misquitoe nets over their faces 1
. . . Indians painted their faces i
with charcoal . . . but sun glas
ses, made of ivory were found
in the permafrost . . . where.
they had lain since before his- •
terry was written.
* * *
Dutch Harbor is named after
> Dutch ship that visited Alas- •
i ka many years ago. However,
the name of the ship, nor the
name of the camptain, was
never recorded.
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Before we became a State
the Territory of Alaska could
send one Delegate to the Legis
lature in Washington . . but
he had no vote.
JcJlrlftM, Strife ffrJir fall?
Business Fraternity
Initiated Into
Fairbanks Citizens
On Jauary 31 one of the Tan
ana Valley’s outstanding citiz
ens, Vernon D. Forbes, was
named the newest honorary i
member of the Alpha Kappa
Psi, nnt'onal professional husi-1
ness fraternity. He was in tint
ed in ceremonies conducted by
the University of Alaska chap
ter of AKP.’
Judge Forbes, as he is known
to most Alaskans, is chairman ,
of the board and president of \
the Alaska National Bank and
active in civic affairs, locally'
and on a statewide basis. He
has been a frequent visitor to
the Matanuska Valley and is
well-known among American
Legionnaires of this area.
Plan Kenai Road
Extension Work
Bids will be opened Febru
ary 28 fur the grading and
drainage of about five miles
of highway on the Kenai Pen
insula.
Thurman D. Sherard said
specifications call for a 32-foot
roadway that will add 5.3 miles
to the North Kenai highway.
The successful contractor will
be required to complete the
project within 170 working
days after receiving notice to
INITIATES CLASS
The ritual committee of the
Palmer Loyal Order of Moose
on January 23 traveled to An
chorage where they initiated a
class of 10 new members in the
Anchorage lodge.
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Wasilla Library
Group Names Oificert
ivl;... I.i.i -. . *.«* * *--* “ as 4
cently elected president of the
Wasilla Library Association for
the current year. Serving with
her will be Ken Hurd, vice
president and Mrs. Ken Gi’low
who was re-elected secretary
lira1 urer.
The extensive revision and
up-dating of the association’;
I constitution and by-laws v. -»s
accomplished at ti e meetinr
through the help and cooper
, t ion of those attending.
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People who think they are
'■•landing up for their rights ere
, often sitting on the rignls of
others
Find your true niche in ii&
and no one con crowd you. o’-t.
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We wish to thank our many friends for their patronage in the past year.
appreciation we are offering you PALMER’S SALE OF THE YEAR.
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