THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office a»
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A- J. DeJulio-—-._Owner-Manager
Editor-Virginia Gallant
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CHRISTMAS SEAL
RETURNS GOOD
Returns from the 1955 Christ- !
mas seal sale are coming in pretty j
well, according to Mrs. Rose j
Kirsch. local campaign chairman. |
“Our mailing list is not com- j
plete”, Mrs. Kirsch said this week.
Anyone who did not receive seals !
through the mail may get them !
at the Treasure Chest or at the
local Post Office.
All but six percent of the gross
receipts from the seal sales re- '
mains in Alaska, and is admin
istered by trained workers. The
money is used for case-finding
ar.d X-rays; films, records and
reading matter; occupational
therapy and rehabilitation and
countless other needs.
Ernest N. Patty, Alaska chair
man, asked the public to “please
purchase as many sheets of
stamps as you possibly can, fa
cause your dollars will do real
work in breaking the chain of
tuberculosis infection. The dol
lars you spend this Christmas for
these Seals may directly affect
your own family. Make your
check payable to the Alaska Tu
berculosis Association or to your
own local Seal Sale Chairman.” !
Valley Decorating
For Holiday Season
If Valley residents aren’t yet |
aware of how very close Christ
mas actually is, decorations go
ing up around the city will soon
remind them.
Yesterday members of the Co- 1
Op maintenance department were
busy erecting a huge Christmas
♦ree on the corner of the loading
*form in the Co-Op shopping
’’'he tree will be hung with
"fats and popular Christ-1
od music will soon
^ a speaker sys
of next
we<- Christ
ni3s ti "*'010
the Valle.,
trees will b<_
sidewalk arouii.
building. Business i.
city have already gaily
their stores and window,
many home owners have tn
doorway and windows lighted.
The Palmer Garden Club
Christmas lighting contest closes
this Saturday. Those who have
not yet registered are reminded
that the 13th is the last date for
getting in on the cash-awrard con
test. Registration blanks are
available at tile Flower Shop in
the Co-Op area.
Ladino Clover Makes
Good Poultry Range
Ladino is growing jn popularity j
as a range feed for poultry bee a ,.-:e
of its high vitamin A and B c.r
tent. It also supplies pr and
minerals, although not o; .. r. to
meet the birds' requirement::.
Second-summer ladino will bo
better range than first-year ana
will provide much forage, poultry r
specialists report. They caution
producers to avoid overstocking the
range early in the season.
An acre of ladino will usually
provide enough range for about 500
pullets.
A good practice is to use range
shelters and move them regularly
By moving feeders and water foun
tains farther away from the brood
er house and range shelters each
day it will prevent the chickens i
from scratching bare spots in the
pasture.
It is also important to keep the
old chickens separate from the
young, and follow a rotation plan
that will put the flock on clean
ground each year.
Ladino, of course, is only one of
several grass and legume crops
that can be used to help save feed
and produce sturdy, thrifty birds.
Make Them Eat More
Illinois livestock specialists re
port feeding antibiotics in hog ra
tions will help get hogs ready for
the best market price in August.
Antibiotics have the effect of
speeding gains in that they stimu
late the hogs to eat more feed. And
more feed intake means more pork
on the hog.
These specialists point out that
antibiotics will make your feed
cost more, but pay for themselves 1
in that the hog is ready for ma-ket
in a shorter time and with more
weight.
Nation's Farmers
Are Research Minded
E. E. Ferrin, head of the Uni
versity of Minnesota animal hus
bandry department, estimated re
cently that mid-west and western
hog raisers have cut their feed
bill 25 per cent since 1953 by apply
ing advances in swine nutrition.
It is. he reports, an indication
that the nation's farmers have be
come increasingly research-minded
in recent years and that this in
terest is apparently paying off in
profits.
This saving amounts to S54 mil
lion annually in Minnesota alone,
he said. But he indicated there's
still room for improvement.
Iowa experiment station scien
tists claim that if hog raisers used
all the feed information and guid
ance now available, they could
get 100 pounds of grain with only
four hundred pounds of feed. That
would be a saving of 67 pounds of
feed per hundred pounds of hog
over the Iowa average for 1950.
New Canned Milk
A new plant in Moorhead. Min
nesota, is turning out canned milk
without refrigeration. Manufactur
ers say the process permits steri
lizing the milk at lower tempera- 1
tures than was possible before and
there is no “cooked" taste to the
product. The new canning process
is expected to conserve milk dur
ing periods of over-production, and
can be used to fill the needs of the
Armed Forces and deficiency
areas. Several other plants are
under construction.
Shipping Fever
Calves can be effectively treat
ed for shipping fever by the use
of terramycin and serum in a
blunt, spinal-tvpe needle, it has
been reported.
Poultry Brooder
If your space is limited and
you want to raise a few chick
ens the brooder pictured above
is ideal. Anyone handy with a
hammer and saw can build it.
It is movable and the wire
bottom eliminates the cleaning
problem
Refueling Tractors
To simplify re-fueiing of gas
powered combines and tractors
used in his rice fieid. Clarence
Lilly, Lonoke, Arkansas,
mounted this 500-gallon tank
on a former Army half truck.
Lilly and his four sons farm
1700 acres of rice land and
have another 600 acres in lakes
for hunting and fishing.
Court Rules—
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the fire hall.
Inasmuch as Judge Mc-Carry
will be busy with the criminal
calendar for the next two or three
months, he said that possibly the
case-in-chief could be heard in
February, at which time Judge
George F. Folta will be in the
Third District Court.
PALMER ACT TO SHOW
"DREAMS OF LOVE"
“Dreams of Love”, the color
ful story of the Hungarian musi
cian, Franz Lizt, will be shown
by the Palmer ACT on Saturday
night, December 18, in the social
room at the United Protestant
Church.
The film takes its title from
Litz’s well loved “Liebestraume”.
The virtuosity of the talented
musician brought him before aud
iences of dukes and kings and
his handsome figure ar.d manner
brought him many lovers among
the most beautiful women of
Europe. His affairs of the heart,
however, were toUring with them
great tragedy and as a result,
Lizt gave up all worldly plea
sures at the end of his life to be
come a Catholic priest.
CD Official—
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are moved in here. The same ap
plies to the areas in Kenai—up
he highway—and other spots. We
ire limited in the number of
trucks available to move supplies
into this area. We know there is
a storage problem here but what
ever is put into this area in the
line of supplies and equipment
will be at no cost to the local
people.”
“The WARNING RED signal is
still in effect—you may never get
a dispersal signal here but you
must be prepared for any eventu
ality”, he added.
“This places a heavy burden on
your Greater Palmer CD Direc
tor. Edward Imme. He will need
a lot of help for the entire pro
gram. This is a community pro
blem and must be assumed by
every resident of the greater Pal
mer area”, he stated.
Further discussions brought out
suggestions, one of which was for
each householder to prepare a
food cache, ready to pick up and
take with them, if the occasion
ever arose. A suggested cache has
ben prepared by Lydia Fohn
Har.sen that would act as an em
ergency food supply for a family
of four for one week. The list
will be published, along with ad
ditional CD information in subse
quent issues of The Frontiersman.
Harvey Hiber, Jr. Is expected
home Monday from his studies at .
Stanford University, where he is 1
now in his senior year.
CHILDRENS' PARTY;
CHRISTMAS FLIGHT
PLANNED BY ELKS
The annual Palmer Elks Christ
mas party for Elks children has
been planned for Saturday after
noon, December 18 at Elks lodge.
All Elks children, up to 12 years
of age, are invited to attend. Due
to limited space the age group
had to be limited this year, it was
announced.
The party will get under way
at 2 p.m. and will include a beau
tifully decorated Christmas tree,
a visit from Santa Claus and gifts
| of candy and nuts. Special chil
| dren's movies w.ll be shown dur
| mg the afternoon of fun.
Plan Flight
; Weather permitting, members
| of the local Elks lodge will again
this year take on the role c.f Fly
ing Santa, and make delivery' of
Christmas baskets to families in
the Talkeetna area. The project
will be carried out through the
cooperation of the Matanuska
Valley' Airmens Association who
will act as pilots and furnish the
planes for the holiday' trek. The
BAPTIST CHURCH
TO PURCHASE
NEW CHURCH PEWS
A total of $725 was immediately
raised by those attending the re
j cent business conference of the
local Baptist Church when the
i need for new church pews was
presented.
During the meeting it wras sug
' gested that each family of the
church that could, would donate
| a pew to the church during this
Christmas season. Those who
I could not give for an entire pew
would give in a proportionate
amount as they felt able.
Fourteen pews, 11 feet in len
gth. will be needed. A committee
! was named of B. L. Cisco, chair
man; Lucius Ross, Glenn Hard
age, William Hale, Mrs. Carlos
Driggars, and Mrs. W. O. Sharp
The committee will make the pur
chase. Local carpenters interest
ed in making a bid to build the
pews are asked to contact the
j committee at once.
flight will be made on December
19.
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CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
PLANNED BY P-TA
The Christmas program at the
December 21 meeting of the Pal
mer P-TA meeting will be pre
sented by the Junior High School
chorus. An added attraction will
be accordian duet numbdrs. The
public is invited to attend. A short
business meeting will p receed
the program.
Steve Ward of Palmer is a pa
tient at Valley Presbyterian Hos
pital.
COMMERCIAL PERSONAL
PALMER ACT PRESENTS
"DREAMS OF LOVE"
Palmer ACT Presents.
Story of Franz Lizt
U. P. Church Social Room
Sat. Dec. 18 — 8 p.m.
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