Valley FRONTIERSMAN
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Palmer ^\laska
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947 at the post office
at Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Subscription rates .75c month, $8 a year
Viola Daniels ..Editor
Evon 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 long-promised revision of the Chamber of Commerce leaf
let will be a reality next week. We think that the Valley organi
sation is fulfilling one of its most important functions in this
compiling and publication of factual material concerning the
Matanuska Valley.
Every effort has been made to avoid the typical Chamber of
Commerce tendency toward exaggeration. A true picture has
been attempted in this leaflet, and we think that the facts pre
sented there have been denuded of fiction. Too many prospective
settlers have been lured to the north by the rose-colored glasses
kind of information which reaches the states. A disappointed visi
tor or settler, returning to the states with the other side of the
story, can do the Matanuska Valley more harm than a dozen leaf
lets can undo.
With the accomplishment of the leaflet’s publication behind
them, we think that the Chamber of Commerce should turn its
attention to a more immediate problem of Valley promotion and
good will. There’s a tremendous selling job to be done in our own
backyard, if we are to move further ahead in the next few years.
We would like to see the Chamber, in co-operation with the
^VTatanuska Valley Farmer’s Co-operating Association, attempt an
other kind of job within the next few weeks. It is our belief that
the Matanuska Valley and its products should be much more wide
ly advertised throughout the Anchorage area.
Why not make the next project the publication of placards,
suitable for window display in Anchorage stores? We’d like to
see every store in Anchorage, which does handle Valley produce,
shout that fact to the skies. Why can’t we help them shout, by
providing the advertising material with which to do it? The
placards need not be elaborate. Perhaps only a printed sign saying
“We sell Matanuska Valley produce” would do the trick.
Why not prepare the placards and then invite the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce to a noon-time luncheon with the Valley
Chamber, in order to present the idea to them? Good will and
friendliness were pledged at the recent Anchorage meeting which
was attended by a delegation of Valley representatives. Let’s put
the idea to the test right now.
It’s our belief that once an Anchorage housewife begins to
buy Matanuska lettuce, celery or other garden produce, and
knows that’s the produce she’s getting, it won’t be long before
sale’ll be unwilling to accept any substitute from her grocer. There
are markets in Anchorage, if we can create the demand for our
produce, and we think it can be done.
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Valley Frontiersman Now on Sale at Our Counter
Classified Ads
FOR SALE
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.
OIL WATER HEATER, new;
vacuum cleaner. See or write
Saxton, Box 1847, Palmer.
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.
NOTICE
FOR BREAKER PLOWING, disc
ing or general field plowing,
..write or see Wallace Moffitt,
Box 741, Palmer.
BAZAAR and Pie Social at base
ment of First Church of God,
June 25; from 2 to 9 p.m.
Catholics To Picnic Sunday
The annual picnic of St.
Michael’s Catholic Church is to
be held Sunday, Father James'
Snead announced this week. The
picnic will be held at the Peck
farm on Lake Wasilla, immedi
ately following morning church
services. Lunch will be served at
1 o’clock. All church members
and their friends are invited to
attend.
Maritime Commission
Suspends Nome Tariff
The U. S. Maritime Commis
sion last week suspended por
tions of the Nome lighterage
tariffs of the Lomen Commercial
Co., at the request of the terri
tory of Alaska and the Alaska
Development Board. The new
tariff purportedly reduced exces
sive rates, but in reality boosted
Lighterage costs on groceries, to
bacco items and bulk oil.
TRIGGER DIES
Genevieve DeLand, whose
coll Trigger has been the. pet
of all the Valley children for
the past year, wishes to an
nounce that the little horse
is dead. She thanks hex
friends who have expressed
their sympathy at his loss.
Anchorage Lodge Installs WOTM
Members of the Anchorage
Lodge of Women of The Moose
irove to Palmer by bus last
ruesday evening, to assist in the
nstallation of new officers of
he Palmer lodge. There were
10 women in the Anchorage
iarty.
Charlies Have Girl
A baby daughter was bom to
Mrs. Walter Charlie at the Val
ey Hospital last Tuesday. The
lew little girl weighed seven
lounds, eight ounces at birth.
Coffee Insures Everything
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Adv.
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BRYANT & CO.
BULLDOZING CARRYALL WORK
GENERAL LAND CLEARING
Write Box 1848
McCOOL’S BARBER SHOP
(In Rec Hall)
„ . „ SPECIALIZING IN
HAIRCUTTING, SHAVING, SHAMPOOS AND MASSAGE
Weekday business hours from 10 a.m. to 8 nm.
Saturday business hours from 10 a.m. to 10 pjm.
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W. B. BARNHARDT
Dimension Lumber House Logs
Write Box 882. Palmer
(Mill located on Lower Butte road)
A Friendly Place to Spend Your Time
Come, Bring Your Friends
The drinks are fine!
Wilh RUSS and BOB
On the Job
To Serve
YOU
The SOURDOUGH CLUB at Palmer
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“The Live Jewelers”
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