BUTTE FIREMEN
PLANNING DINNER;
PUBLIC INVITED
All residents of the Valley
have been invited to attend the
evening of entertainment to be
held at Butte Hall, June 12. Be
ginning with a ham dinner at
6:00 p.m., the program will con- j
tinue through the evening with
Alaska’s Favorite Game.
Proceeds from the program will
go toward the Butte Volunteer
Fire Association, sponsors of the
dinner.
Although ham will be the fea
tured meat on the full menu,
there will be other type meat
for those who do not care for
ham. Prices have been set at the
very nominal figure of $1.00 for
adults, and half price for chil
dren under 10 years of age. Din
ner will be served until 8:00 p.m.,
consisting of lots of food and a
good variety, committee memb
ers said this week.
Prizes for Alaska's Favorite
Game will include cash prizes as
well as valuable merchandise
awards.
JUNE 14 MARKS
100 YEARS OF
ENTOMOLOGY WORK
June 14 marks the 100th anni
versary of professional entomol
ogy says Richard H. Washburn. ;
entomologist of the University of
Alaska Agricultural Experiment
Station.
New York state hired the first j
entomologist in 1854. In Alaska ;
little work was done with insects
except for an investigation of 1
warbles in reindeer and caribou. !
In spite of numerous outbreaks
of maggots in vegetables for 40
years, it was in 1943 before en
tomologists were concerned with
agricultural insects.
When cutworms, aphids, turnip
beetles and others are Included,
damage costs climb higher. The
greatest loss, which is not realiz
ed by most people in the Terri
tory. is from the timber feeding
insects such as bark beetles and
hudworms. These insects are
more widespread each year,
Washburn warns. Evidence of the j
menace is the increasing numb- j
ers of spruce turning brown in- j
stead of green. During the past
several years birches have been
weakened and many killed by
Home Demonstration
Notes
By Maxylou Rideout
In the kitchen thorough clean
ing followed by an application
of a 5% DDT oil-base spray may
prevent trouble with weevils or
other pantry pests, likely to be
come numerous and active as the
weather warms up. Careful ap
plication of a 2 percent chlordane
oil-base spray is suggested
against cockroaches and ants.
First, clean out all crumbs and
bits of dry food from drawers,
cracks and corners and all traces
of grease or other spilled food
that may attarct insects. Be sure
all foods, dishes and utensils are
out of cupboards and that cup
boards are clean before applying
insecticide. A hand-sprayer is es
pecially helpful in getting in
secticide into cracks, crannies and
other hard-to-reach places where
insects hide. When only a small
surface is to be treated, such as
the underside of a cupboard
where insects have been seen
crawling, the liquid insecticide
or “spray” may be put on with
a small paint brush.
Thorough cleaning and spray
ing of clothes closets every six
months is recommended to curb
clothes moths and carpet betles.
Use an oil-base of 27c chlordane
spray against both clothes moths
and carpet beetles, or a 57cDDT
spray against clothes moths. Ap
ply after the closet is cleaned but
before clothing have been put
back, taking care to get the in
secticide in cracks and along
baseboards and shelves. Woolens,
too, may be sprayed with DDT.
whether they are to be stored or
put back into the closet. Easy
method: Hang woolens outdoors
on the clothes line on a still,
clear day, spray lightly and even
ly—to moisten the surface but
not soak fabric, and then dry.
For best results spray clean
clothes.
aphids.
During the week of June 14
to 18, the public is invited to
visit the entomology laboratory
in Palmer at the experiment sta
tion and or the Public Health
Service laboratories in Anchor
age to see what is being done
about the problem at the present
time.
There will be a 4-H Council
meeting, to which all 4-H leaders
are invited, on June 14 at 8 p.m.
at the Extension Service office.
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ADDRESS INQUIRIES TO
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Agent for
Box 509
Fairbanks. Alaska
Legislative Council
To Further Study
Program June 17-19
A three-day meeting oi the Al
iska Legislative Council will be
; held in Juneau June 17-19, it
was announced this week. The
Council will meet for the pur
pose of further discussion of its
study program. Major items to be
covered include . continued study
of the juvenile code, local gov
ernment problems, industrial tax
incentives, legislative aids and
procedures: and initial consider
ation of about 21 new requests for
Council study and examination
that have been submitted since
the last meeting of the Legisla
tive Council in December, 1953.
June 18 has been set aside by
the Council for public hearings
on the above-listed subjects and
the council’s study for Territorial
fiscal organization and highway
and road finance. All persons
wishing to be heard on any of
the subjects under study by the
council are invited to appear.
Meetings on Thursday and Satur
day are open to the public but
will be devoted to council con
sideration of the items on the
agenda for the meeting. All meet
ings, will be held in the Senate
chambers of the federal build
ing in Juneau.
STUDENTS URGED TO
REGISTER EARLY FOR
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA
With the University of Alaska
anticipating increased enroll
ment this fall, prospective stu
dents were urged to register early
and sign up for dormitory ac
i comodations. Registration appli
cation blanks may be obtained
by writing to the registrar at
College, Alaska.
University Dean Neil W. Hos
ley urges students to have suffi
cient funds available to carry
them through at least one semes
ter without taking an outside job.
He said two semesters of school
generally cost a student a total
of $900.
Freshmen should be at the Uni
versity September 10 for orien
tation. General registration will
be September 13 to 14.
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
THURSDAY, JUNE 10
NORTHLAND PIONEER GRAN
GE, Grange Hall, 8 p.m.
MAT. AIRMENS ASSOCIATION,
Co-Op club room, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, JUNE 11
MAT. CERAMICS CLUB, 8 p.m.
SQUARE DANCE CLUB. Moose
Hall, 8:30 p.m. Public invited
MONDAY, JUNE 14
I FLAG DAY, National flag adopt
ed 1777.
KIWANIS CLUB, Co-Op club
i room, 12:05 p.m.
BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL
WOMEN, S. C. S. office, 12:05
p.m.
PALMER CEMETERY ASSN., j
Moose Hall, 8 p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, Scout
Bldg., 7 p.m.
CARD PARTY. St, Michael’s j
basement. -
TUESDAY, JUNE 15
CITY COUNCIL, Clerk’s office, ;
7:30 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS, Scout Bldg., 7
p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16
.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
Co-Op club room, 12:05 p.m.
WELL BABY CLINIC, Health
Center, 2-4 p.m.
MAT. VALLEY O. E. STAR,
Carpenters’ Hall, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY, JUNE 16
, AMERICAN LEGION & AUXIL- j
IARY, Legion Bldg., 8 p.m.
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ENROLLMENT NEARLY 1.000
IN MINING SHORT COURSE
Enrollment in the University ■
)f Alaska school of mines’ min
ing extension short course dur
ng the 1953-54 academic year ■
was 928, Dean Earl H. Beistline ;
announced this week. This more ;
than doubled the 1952-53 enroll- ;
ment of 450. Anchorage topped |
the attendance list this year with ;
257 students. ;
Instructors of the courses which ■
will be offered again this fall j
are Eugene Erickson, Leo Mark 1;
Anthony, and Peter C. Sandvik.
Dean Beistline said the fall ,
schedule will be announced at a
later date. Quite some time ago
a request for a course in the !
Valley was turned down for the 1
past year but a course is expect
ed in the Palmer area this com- |
ing year. ; ;
SQUARE DANCERS
MEET FRIDAY EVE
Members of the local square !
dance club will hold a get-togeth- !;
er dance night this Friday, June
11 at Moose Hall, beginning at
8:30 p.m. Everyone interested in '
square dancing is invited to at
tend. “The more the merrier”, a
member said this week. !
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