■Valley FRONTIERSMAN
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Palmer, Alaska
^Entered as second class matter on Oct 21, 1947 at the post office
at Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Viola Daniels ...Editor
Evon DeLand.Advertising Manager, Palmer
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Daniels—In the Lion’s Den
A great deal of disappointment has been expressed on the
part of Valley residents in the last day or two, because of the an
nounced decision of the Valley Hospital Association to get along
in temporary quarters for still another winter.
That decision, reached only after hours of long discussion and
deliberation, is one which the hospital board was as reluctant to
make as many Valley residents are to accept. Yet they had no
alternative.
The board has done everything possible to attempt to get a
building fund large enough to start a new hospital. They were
elected, by all of you members of the Hospital Association, on the
premise that they would do everything possible to get that fund.
They have done so. but still the fund is not large enough.
After considering every possible means of getting together
the necessary money, it was the board’s decision that the sale of
bonds was the only feasible answer. Once that decision was reached,
they made their plans public immediately.
They budgeted and figured and pared costs to the bone, and
at length arrived at the figure of $20,000 as the amount necessary
' to launch construction this year. They planned a drive, planned
it well with canvassers appointed to cover every area of the
Valley. They named drive dates and they made bond payments
as easy as possible, by instituting a pledge system of payment.
All possible publicity was given to the campaign, which was
launched at a special bond rally to which all of the Valley was in
vited. Special invitations also went out to key officials in Anchorage
unions and businesses.
That campaign is history now. It fell far short of its an
nounced goal of $20,000. Today there is about $11,000 on deposit
in the hospital building account, and not all of that money came
through bond sales. About 90 bonds have been purchased, with
probably 100 others pledged.
The hospital board was just as disappointed with the out
come of that bond campaign as any of us were. In their disappoint
ment it would have been easy to blame the rest of us, for what
apparently was our failure to live up to our responsibility toward
the Valley’s hospital.
However the hospital board has blamed no one. They’ve dis
missed the campaign’s failure with the expressed opinion that
^People did the best they could. They just don’t have the money
now.” And they turned to other plans, began to seek other
sources of income to get the money they needed.
One of the makeshifts they’ve been forced to put up with is
the added remodeling at the temporary building to see us through
another winter. They don’t like it, but they, too, are doing the
best they can. A temporary hospital, enlarged by Quonset ad
ditions, is better than roofless walls of a permanent structure, for
which there are no funds available, they reason. The temporary
quarters will house patients. A half-finished permanent building
•will be of no use to anyone.
There certainly is not one among us so foolish as to give
up his out-moded and uncomfortable home, when he has no new
shelter in which to move. It’s a situation many of us have faced,
at one time or another. We’d like to exchange our old-fashioned
cabin for an attractive and modern home; but if we find we’re
several thousand dollars short of the purchase price of that home,
we go right on doing our best with the old one, at least for the
time being.
That’s what the hospital board has been forced to do. They
should be congratulated for their sound business sense in the
matter and not criticized for failing to chase the rosy rainbow of the
building that is still beyond their means. Their action undoubtedly
has saved the Valley a hospital again.
• Mac’s Plumbing and Heating Shop
(Basement of Ward Bldg*)
For Plumbing Supplies and Repairs
ALL WORK GUARANTEED—PHONE 33
JUST IN—Another Fine Shipment Of
DAN RIVER Gingham Dresses
The prettiest of cottons in the newest of
summer styles
There’s still a good range of sizes
Also some crinklecrepe housecoats
in flower bright colors
VARIETY VOGUES
Ckarified Afc
FOR SALE
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.
PORTABLE HANDIHOT elec
tric washer. Koslosky’s De
partment Store.
TRACTOR TIRES, two, size
10:28; will fit Ford-Ferguson;
bargain. Hartley Bros. Motors.
5-RM. house; semi-modern; can
be moved. $1,250. Write Box
709, Palmer, or inq. at Valley
Frontiersman.
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.
HOT WATER tank, galvanized;
30-gal.; w/stand. See A. W.
Pierson.
PLANTS; cabbage, cauliflower,
tomatoes, celery. Inq. 2 mi.
north on Fairbanks Highway.
PAINT SPRAYER OUTFIT, port
able; new; $235. Hartley
Brothers Motors.
TAME STRAWBERRY plants.
See Mrs. L. Z. Scott or Evon
DeLand at Frontiersman of
fice.
150 - FOOT ROLLS 17 - gauge
chicken wire; limited quantity.
Hartley Bros. Motors.
’37 FORD pickup with ’41 100
h.p. Mercury motor; A-l condi
tion. Tost’s Service.
’42 PONTIAC, rebored engine,
excellent paint. Hartley Bros.
Motors.
FLAMO gas water heaters. Hart
ley Bros. Motors.
'33 PLYMOUTH 4-door sedan;
new tires and battery, new
paint job and upholstery. Hart
ley Bros. Motors.
ROTO-TILLERS, the power tool
of a thousand uses. Hartley
Bros. Motors.
TAPP AN gas stoves and regu
lators. Hartley Bros. Motors.
NOTICE
BUNDLES of old newspapers
available at Valley Frontiers
man office. They’re yours for
the asking.
NOTICE
FOR BREAKER PLOWING, disc
ing or general field plowing,
..write or see Wallace Moffitt,
Box 741, Palmer.
NOTICE
NEW BEDROOM furniture is
now on display at Koslosky’s
Department Store.
LOST OR STOLEN, 16 mm. Key
stone movie camera, serial
130444. Reward. Palmer Photo
graphic Center.
KOSLOSKY’S DEPARTMENT
STORE has just received a
new shipment of linoleum;
both print and inlaid patterns.
HAVE YOU SEEN the Culligan
water softeners at Koslosky’s?
HELP WANTED
WOMAN to do light housework.
See Mrs. Brown at Brown’s
Cleaners.
Information Sought
Regarding Marie Ritchie
Information concerning Marie
Ritchie this week was requested
by the Office of the Governor of
Alaska. Miss Ritchie is described
as being 47 years of age, five
feet, one inch in height, with
dark brown hair and dark blue
eyes. She has an American
Beauty rose with the initials L.
G. D. below tattooed on her
back.
Miss Ritchie also is known
under the stage names of Babe
Delaney, Yvonne Lamarr and
Mrs. C. T Buchanan.
Soil Conservation Forms
Ready At Extension Office
The 1948 application blanks
for Soil Conservation payments
have arrived in the Extension
Office, it was announced this
week by Parker Lester, agent.
Because the current forms are
somewhat complicated, farmers
are asked to come to the Exten
tion Office and fill them out.
They will not be placed in the
mail, as they have been in previ
ous years.
These applications must be
filled out and be ready for re
turn by not later than early
August, Mr. Lester said.
Coffey nuum Everything—
Remember r —Adv„
Folks Visit Dyes
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dye of
Napa, Idaho, parents of Ralph
Dye of Palmer, arrived here last
week for a summer-long visit
with their son. They will com
plete a basement home near the
Dyes for their summer residence.
Mr. Dye, who has been at work
in McKinley Park for the past
three weeks, returned to Palmer
in time to greet his parents.
Fair Board Meets Tonight
The next regular meeting of
the board of directors of the Val
ley Fair Association will be held
tonight, board president Parker
Lester announced this week. The
meeting will get under way at 8
o’clock in the Extension Office.
BRYANT & CO.
BULLDOZING CARRYALL WOU
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 9 p.m.
[_Saturday business hours from 10 a.m. to 10 pun.
W. B. BARNHARDT
Dimension Lumber House Logs
Write Box 682. Palmer
(Mill located on Lower Butte road)
You’ll Find BRUNSWICK’S Finest Pool Tables
as well as good drinks
at the
SOURDOUGH CLUB
It’s the place where you meet ALL your friends.
J. VIC BROWN & SONS
“The Live Jewelers”
★
ALASKA RAILROAD WATCH INSPECTORS
Acroia from City Hall Anchor age
When Yon Repair or Build Use WOODUFE
Water Repellent Rot Proof
Keeps wood from swelling, shrinking,
checking, warping
Now On Display
CHAMPION Outboard Motors
RELIANCE Conversion Cookstove Burners
GRAHAM SERVICE
Rolls for breakfast start the day off right
Butterhorns Pineapple Rolls
Cinnamon Rolls
DOUGHNUTS
CAKE GLAZED POWDERED SUGAR
at the
SHAMROCK BAKERY