61" 3o’ II. Latitude
149* li? W. Longitude
19bb
No. b
Vol. I
PALI1BR, ALASKA. SEPTEMBER 2b,
CONSTRUCTION OF LAST
HOUSE GETS UNDER WAY
On Tuesday the sills for Lloyd
Bell’ s house were laid, marking the
beginning of the end of the huge
home building program which the Col
ony faced last j'une.
A hundred and one houses have
been roofed and all others are In
various degrees of construction,
many almost completed.
Work on the barns is going ahead
and fifteen, some to hold as many as
twelve head of stock, are completely
finished.
Things still hum at the Commun
ity Center. The excavation for the
school basement is more than half
dug and the interior finishing of
the hospital has been started. The
bakery shop Is up, as is the cob
bler’s sliop, but there is work yet
to be done on both. The concrete
floor of the big garage has been
poured and trenehes to carry the
steam and water pipes network the
entire area.
nA city grows where once a
wilderness has stood,
"As Nature humbly bows her
head to will of man."
POWER PLANT GETS TEST
About eight o? c 1 ock Wodriesday
evening a small group of men shoul
dered into the windy darkness along
the road to the Center, inside the
power house a gasoline lantern was
lighted, throwing into weird shad
ows the rnany pieces of machinery .
Bill Sordine stood beside the
big red Diesel, turned a valve. Two
hundred pounds of compressed, air
slugged into the cylinder. Slowly
the big wheels turned. The huge en
gine harked, then purred to her
full speed while the whine of the
generator grew into a steady hum.
Lieutenant H. V. Martin, in
charge of engineering, stood be
fore a black panel covered with
gadgets. He threw in a switch.
Above his head three electric
bulbs glowed; at first they were
only a dull orange in color, then
brighter, brighter.
Electricity, with all its man
ifold uses in the life of man, has
LEGION DELEGATION ~ DRUM .CORPS
PAYS VALLEY A HURRIED VISIT
Because they had only four
hours from arrival until the de
parture of their train, there
were some expressions of disap
pointment among the forty odd
legionnaires, ladies of the Aux
iliary and Cordova Legion Drum
and Bugle Corps members who paid
the project a visit Thursday.
Every tiling possioie was ar
ranged for them by Mr. R. A. G.
Atwood* Russes met them at the
train and they were taken for a
tour around the loop, but as some
of them said: ,fWe saw just what,
is visible from the road; enough
to whet our appetites and make us
want to prowl back into the woods
and see more of those beautiful
homes.”
After the ride luncheon was
served and then the drum and bugle
corps, snappy in silver helmets,
white shirts and blue trousers,
marched the length of the camp,
playing snappy tunes that were
familiar to the many ex-service
men who stood on the sidelines.
Stanley J. Nichols, 2nd Vice
Commander of the Department of
Alaska, reports a fine turn-out
at the Seward convention. After
hearing the plans of the members
for an organization here he said
Palmer would have a post the whol<
Territory would be proud of.
WAR CLOUDS RATHER
OVER BLACK EMPIRE
Ethiopia hus closed to com
merce her frontier with Eritrea
and Haile Selassie has massed
all Ills troops in the northern
provinces along the border.
Italy’s government spokes
man has stated that Rome has
adopted a policy of patience
and that the next move is up to
the league.
If funds can be obtained
from the Works progress Admin
istration Alaska will be includ
ed in the proposed census of vo
cations and businesses, accord
ing to a report from Delegate
Dimond,