Community
Calendar
Friday
BOY SCOUTS meet at United
Protestant Church at 5:30 p.m.
Saturday
BUTTE HOMEMAKER’S club
bake sale at Trading Post.
SHAMROCK-sponsored dance in
gymnasium at 10 p.m.
Sunday
SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT be
gins at Softball diamond at
noon.
TRAPSHOOT sponsored by
Matanuska Valley Sportsmen
begins at 2 o’clock.
CHILDREN’S RACES begin at
race track at 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday
CHAMBER O F COMMERCE
luncheon at St. John’s Luther
an Church at noon.
LADIES AID of St. John’s Luth
eran Church meets at parson
age at 8 p.m.
MATANUSKA VALLEY Sports
men meet at Grange Hall at 8
p.m.
VALLEY VOLUNTEER FIRE
MEN meet for drill at Fire
Hall at 8 p.m.
Thursday
BUTTE HOMEMAKER’S annual
picnic.
Another Soil Man
Comes To Palmer
Henry Fox, soil scientist for
the state of Nevada, arrived in
Palmer this week for a summer’s
tour of duty. He’s responsible to
three bosses while here, for he
was loaned to the territory
through the joint efforts of the
Agricultural Research Adminis
tration, Bureau of Land Man
agement and the Soil Conserva
tion Service.
It will be the soil scientist’s
job to inaugurate the survey
work of the Soil Conservation
Service in the Palmer district.
He will be headquartered in the
Palmer office of the Soil Con
servation Service during his stay
here, which is to last until Sep
tember.
Mr. Fox’s home is in Reno. His
family remained in Nevada.
Coffee Insures Everything—
Remember? —Adv.
M. D. Snodgrass
REAL ESTATE
Dairy and Vegetable farms
City Lots Acreage
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CLEAN UP THE TOWN
Garbage Collection
Ail kinds clean-up work
Call Brown's Cleaners for
BROWN'S GARBAGE
COLLECTION
Wertanen’s Tanker
Service
METERED DELIVERY
Gasoline, Diesel and Stove Oil
Ph. 6-23Y-ll Eino Wertanen
WANTED
SMALL CONCRETE JOBS
| See or write Frank Brown
P.O. Box 799
Ready to Plant
CABBAGE
SNAPDRAGONS
ASTERS
at
Matanuska Valley Gardens
Matanuska Electric
Association, Inc.
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For Power Distribution
NEW HUNTING RULES
ARE RELEASED BY FWS
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Both fishing and hunting li
censes expired yesterday for the
1947-1948 season. New licenses
for the season which opens to
day are now on sale at Bert’s
Drug Store in Palmer. Bert’s also
has copies of the new Fish and
Wild Life Service regulations
for this year.
Moose season in tne drainage
to Turnagain Arm from Mile 52
on The Alaska Railroad to Mile
72, will be open this year from
Sept. 1 to 20, and Dec. 1 to 10.
However, there will be no open
season in December in the Pal
mer area.
The Palmer area Is defined
in the regulations as that re
gion beginning at Knik River
bridge and including the en
tire Knik River and Mala
nuska River drainages to
Chickaloon River; thence up
stream along the Chickaloon
to the divide, across the divide
and downstream along the
Kashwitna River to Susitna
River and thence to its joining
with Cook Inlet; from that spot
along the western shore of
Cook Inlet and Knik Arm to
the place of beginning.
The limit for moose is fixed at j
one a year.
The season on mountain goats
has been extended this year,
with hunters allowed to shoot
them between Aug. 20 and Nov. i
15. The Sheep Mountain area
and Eklutna Lake area are closed
for goat. Resident hunters may
take 2 goats a season; non-resi
dents are limited to one.
The season on mountain sheep
extends from Aug. 20 to Aug. 31,
with the limit fixed at one ram
a season. The Sheep Mountain
and Eklutna areas are closed for j
sheep.
Black bear and rabbit sea- 1
sons remain open the year j
round in this area.
Grouse and ptarmigan may be
hunted from Aug. 20 to Feb. 28,
with limit bags fixed at 10
grouse and 10 ptarmigan, with
the aggregate not to exceed 10 a
day.
Caribou, which may be hunted
in two seasons—the first from ;
Aug. 20 to Sept. 30 and the sec- !
ond from Dec. 1 to 15, have been |
limited to one animal a year.
Complete 1948-1949 regula- ]
tions are available at either the j
Valley Frontiersman office or at
Bert’s Drug Store.
VALLEY
VISITORS
At the Lodge:
Mrs. Del Van Curler, Anchor
age; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Tur
ner, Palmer; Clarence Corl,
Michigan; E. T. Olson, Eska; H.
McElwain, Gil Rich, T. R. Curtis,
Fairbanks; Richard Ray, Ollie j
Smith, Jr., Washington, D.C.;
Mrs. Earl Briggs, Palmer; C. A.
Shomacher, Palmer.
NORTH PALMER COFFEE SHOP
for
FOUNTAIN SERVICE - - LIGHT LUNCHES
NORTH PALMER STORE
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT
of
★ Groceries ★ Meats
★ Fresh Vegetables ★ Case Goods
k Fresh Fruit k Ice Cream
Open Daily from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Valley Frontiersman Now on Sale at Our Counter
For All Your Refreshment Needs
in Palmer
VISIT
FRONTIER BAR
FRONTIER LIQUOR STORE
Both are open 24 hours daily,
seven days each week
BACK FROM TRIP
Jim Morris of the Shamrock
Bakery, who has been enjoying
Southern California sunshine for
the past few weeks, returned to
Palmer and his job at the bakery
last Monday.
AID TO MEET
! Members of the Ladies’ Aid of
; St. John’s Lutheran ChurcbJfivill
hold their July meeting* on
Wednesday, the seventh. They
will meet at the parsonage at 8
o’clock that evening. 9
There’s an O’HARRA bus leaving...
PALMER FOR ANCHORAGE
Daily at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
ANCHORAGE FOR PALMER
Daily at 10 aon. and 6 p.m.
(Except Sunday)
Sunday bus at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
PALMER FOR WASILLA
Daily at 1 and 8 p.m.
Connection* lor Gulkana, Fairbanks and Whitehorse
On Monday, Thursday, Saturday, 11 aon.
O’Harra Bus Lines
The Alaska Railroad
Offers Valley Residents a complete passenger and
freight service—daily except Sunday.
SCHEDULE
Leave Palmer .3:30 p.m.
Arrives Anchorage .5:30 p.m. ^
Leave Anchorage . 9:30 a.m.
Arrives Palmer .11:30 a.m.
RAILBUS SERVICE
Can be slopped at any point along the route
Leave Palmer .8:30 a.m.
Return from Anchorage at.4:30 p.m.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY
Fare—$2.55 one way; $3.40 round trip
FOR INFORMATION
Call Palmer Depot — or Anchorage, ARCO 11
You 11 meet your friends when you travel the Alaska
Line Relax, enjoy the magnificent scenery and
comfortable accommodations as you sail "outside”
THE FINEST FOOD
Elegantly prepared and expertly served to com
pletely satisfy your fancy.
SAILINGS ARE FREQUENT
Sailings from Seward alternate Fridays. Next
sailing SS BARANOF July 9, calling at Juneau.
Ketchikan and Seattle.
Sailings from Seward alternate Thursdays. Next
Sailing SS Aleutian July 15. calling at Valdez,
CordoTa, Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
All sailings subject to
change without
notice
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Serving All Alaska
Grasser’s Hardware & Sporting Goods
KITCHEN APPLIANCES STOVES REFRIGERATORS WASHING MACHINES
COMPLETE LINE OF PAINTS TOOLS OF ALL KINDS
Household Utensils Building Materials