VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Published each Thursday
_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
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DANIELS — In The Lion's Den
At press-time, every man, every woman and every child of the
Matanuska Valley still was fortunate. Until then, there had been
no word of any hunting accident which might have killed or crip
pled someone’s husband or father. Yet even as you read this, that
may have changed.
Each year, for the past several years, there has been at least one
serious hunting accident in this general area. Usually that accident
has occurred during the early days of the season, when more hunt
ers apparently are afield. As the number of hunters increases, the
notmal precautions tor the protection ot life seem to diminish.
\early, the senseless risks continue to mount. Our sportsmen’s
otganizations teach proper use of firearms, and proper precautions
afield lor personal sately. Vet those teachings can do little to help,
when an untrained, trigger-happy hunter is aprowl near you.
Vet even as we discuss these mounting risks and recognize their
possibility, we persist in the blind beliel that “it couldn’t happen
to me.”
I his year, a practical plan was advanced for Valley hunters,
which would have done much to add to the safety ol their annual
outdoor excursions. I he local sportsmen's dub, apparently recog
nizing the need for closer attention to safety, put its thoughts into
action far enough to ask a physician to talk to the club’s member
ship on first aid and safety measures.
At that time, the physician discussed a plan which lie consid
ered would guarantee the greatest protection to all. He asked
met civ that hunters co-operate by locating their approximate hunt
ing atea in a map at his office. I his was to be done in order that
a doctor might be flown to the closest possible landing to that
atea, in the event ot an accident. It also would greatly facilitate
lescue operations ot the Army, should it become necessary to re
quest such rescue.
In addition, the doctor promised to issue some simple drugs
to tcsponsiblc persons, together with instructions for administering
the drugs, in the event of injury. This plan was devised by the
doctor to protect those Valley residents who go each fall to kill
their winter’s food supply.
However, at press-time, with the limiting season already font
days old, no person had offered the information requested regard
ing his hunting site. Only two hunters had appeared at the doc
tor's office to take advantage of his offer ot issue chugs for the
treatment of accident victims.
The sportsmen’s organization, which felt the doctor's plan to
he an excellent one, still was too indifferent to take club action to
put it into practice. We sincerely hope that the organization can
come to the end of this hunting season without cause for regret for
its inaction.
In the meantime, the physician’s offer stands. It was made
to all hunters, and not to the sportsmen’s organization alone. If
you saved your fall vacation until moose season, take advantage of
this plan. The five minutes of extra time it takes to drop in at the
doctor’s office may save a life-possibly yours.
Certainly there is no human life so valueless that it is not
worth five minutes of a fellow human’s time.
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4-H Demonstration
Teams Named For Fair
Final plans for 4-H Club dem
onstrations at the coming Mat
anuska Valley Fair on Sept. 3, 4
and 5 were the principal topic of
discussion at the 4-H Club Coun
cil meeting last Monday eve
ning.
Club leaders named a partial
list of demonstrators, and an
nounced that other participants
would be listed early next week.
These 4-H Club members have
agreed to act as demonstrators
in the following fields:
Arlene Benson—cake; Ne
ola Sandvik and Dorothy
Hoffman—yeast bread; Mar
ilyn Dragseth—nut bread;
Leeann Hoffman and Leona
Lucas—muffins; Judy Bry
a.nt—baking; Joyce Dinkel
and Jody Burford—pressing.
The 4-H Club demonstrations
are scheduled for Sunday, Sept.
4. They will be held in the 4-H
Club Quonset, between the hours
of 10 a. m. and 12 noon, and from
2 to 5 p. m.
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Cafe from Dick and Agnes
Brooks, effective Aug. 15, 1949, I
will not be responsible for any
debts contracted by the cafe be
fore that date. (Signed)
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