Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office a»
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of Maroh 3, 1879.
A. J. DeJulio _ Owner-Manager
Editor _-__-. Virginia Gallant
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PIGGLY WIGGLY
the entire store, providing sun
shine light, day or night. Wide
store-front thermopane windows
stretch across the entire front of
the building. Modern, efficient
check stands and wheeled self
service carts are features of the
new store that combine for cus
tomer’s ease.
The store is under the general
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management of Chet Miller, who
will continue in that capacity un
til the first of the year, after
which Everett Adams, store em
ployee and former Palmerite, wTill
become manager. Ken Lynn,
manager of the meat department
since its opening this past sum
mer will continue in this position'.
Other employees are: A1 Kirsch,
THANK YOU NOTICE
Nelson J. McCrary was releas
ed from the Valley Presbyterian
Hospital in Palmer November 11
and has returned to his home in
Copper Center but he and his
family would like to take this op
portunity to thank the many,
many friends who were so kind
and helpful during his recent ill
ness. Such expressions of sym
pathy and friendship, together
with the wonderful care given
him by the staff of the Valley
Hospital, certainly speeded his re
’ covery and are greatly appreciat
ed by the Mr. and Mrs. McCrary
and their family.
Andy Hoffman, Earl Barry, Betty
Roth, and Adelard Belund, the
latter a part-time employe.
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Interior Work this Winter!
YOU MAY STILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR
Home Improvement Loans
Up to 36 Months to Repay
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FINISHING MATERIAL
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CORDIALLY INVITES THE RESIDENTS OF PALMER
AND MATANUSKA VALLEY TO THE SHOWING
OF THE
1955 Chryslers & Ply mouths
Wednesday, Nov. 17
Open Until 9 p.m. Balance
ol Week
Sundays, 12 - 5 p.m.
Council Notes
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chasing a city business license.
Councilman Hagen asked that
he be relieved as chairman of the
temporary telephone committee
on grounds that he feels it is the
mayor’s responsibility to super
vise city operations and also that
pipe estimated at two cents a
foot will cost about 40 cents a
toot. A discussion followed among
councilmen, with the majority of
those voicing an opinion stating
they felt the interpretation of the
ordinance indicated the supervis
ion should be carried out through
committees. Acting Mayor Hears
stated the pipe will not cost 40
cents a foot.
* * *
Under old business: Election of
Mayor — Councilman Peterson
nominated a city business man
for mayor. No further nomina
tios were offered and a roll call
vote resulted in the following:
Hagen, for; Peterson, for; Mears,
against, Mick, against; DeJulio,
for; Zahradnicek, against. The
nomination required four affir
mative votes to carry. Acting
Mayor Mears stated the election
of mayor would appear on the
agenda each week until the of
fice is filled. ,
* * *
Acting Mayor Mears stated the
proposed budget for the city is
being set up and will be present
ed for discussion at next week’s
meeting.
* * *
Members of the citizen’s com
mittee who are making a water
rate study reported they plan an
other meeting within two weeks.
In the meantime further studies
will be made. Councilwoman
Mick stated that APW Director
Houston has stated that a 30-year
amortization is possible on APW
projects and by unanimous vote
councilmen instructed the city
clerk to write a letter to APW
asking the local wat.er project be
put on 30-year ammortization.
* * *
Auditor’s requests for decisions
on items were acted upon by the
: council. By unanimous vote the
city assessor will be advised to
set up a separate account for pro
perty taxes received within the
City of Palmer. Also by unani
mous vote the city clerk was in
structed to write the Palmer In
dependent School District board
requesting the city’s tax liability
on 1954 property taxes be limit
ed to the amount of tax collected
under the 10 mill levy.
* * *
Under new business a brief re
! port on the League of Alaska
I Cities convention was given by
Councilwoman Mick who was
j elected vice-president of the lea
gue. A complete report will be
i given next week.
* * *
By motion William Zahrad
nicek will be permitted to buy
used plywood from fire hall
construction for $4 per sheet.
Councilman Zahradnicek abstain
ed from voting on the motion.
* * *
Another unanimous motion
passed was that all motorized
equipment owned by the city be
moved to the city fire hall and
be left there at the end of each
day. Also that equipment oper
erators report at the hall each
morning and that the city pur
chase a time clock, as soon as
funds are available. The new
building will be kept locked at
times when no one is on the
premises, with responsible per
sons to have keys, as well as a
key to be left in the telephone
office.
* * *
A motion by Councilwoman
Mick to borrow $8,000 from the
water fund, to be placed in the
general fund, to be repaid in a
12-month period of equal install
ments and that the following list
ed bills be paid, was passed by a
4-2 vote of the council. An amend
ment to the motion by Council
man Hagen was ruled out of or
der and did not receive a second.
Voting for the motion were Coun
cilmembers Zahradnicek, De
Julio, Mears, and Mick. Voting
against were Councilmembers
Hagen and Peterson. The follow
ing bills were authorized for pay
ment: Seven labors bills, total,
$905.73: Ketchikan Spruce Mills,
$1,909.34; Armco Drainage, $2,
230.05; Alaska Telephone Corp.,
$1,084.37; Kay Pippel Insurance,
$411.55, and M. V. F. Co-Op,
$460.87.
Will your flag fly tomorrow?
It is Veterans Day, observed for
the first time throughout our
great land in tribute to Ameri
can’s veterans of all wars. Let us
all join with The American Le
gion in observing it fittingly. Let
your flag fly proudly.
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ]
U. S. MINERAL PATENT
M. A. Serial No. Anchorage <
027772, U. S. Bureau of Land
Management, Regional Land Dis- ■
trict Office, Anchorage, Alaska, <
July 7, 1954.
Notice is hereoy given that Wil
low Creek Mines, a State of Wash- 1
ington corporation, whose address 1;
is 1001-85 Richmond Street West,
Toronto, Canada, and whose At
torney in Fact, whose name and I
address is below stated, is about j
to make Application for a min
ing patent to 21 ccntiguous lode
claims and 2 contiguous mill sites, i
generally known as the Willow j
Creek Mines, lying within the j
Wasilla Precinct, Third Judicial
District, in the Territory of Alas- |
ka, about 80 miles north of the j
city of Anchorage, on unsurveyed i
United States public lands. These j
claims and mill sites are includ- j
ed in three United States mineral j
Surveys Nos. 1487, 2186 A and B,j
and 2187 A and B, and the loca
tion notices are recorded as fol
lows: 14 lode claims in Survey
No. 1487 named “Brassel Frac
tion Lode Claim”, “War Baby No.
One Lode Claim”, ‘‘War Baby No.
Two Lode Claim”, ‘‘War Baby
No. 3 Lode Claim”, “War Baby
No. 4 Lode Claim”, “Lucky Shot
Lode Claim”, ‘‘War Eagle No. I”,
“War Eagle No. 2”, War Eagle
Fraction”, “War Eagle No. 3”,
“Lucky Shot No 5”, “Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 3”, "Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 2”, “Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 1”, recorded res
pectively in the Anchorage Pre
cinct (formerly Knik Precinct) of
said Third Judicial District, Al
aska, in Book 7 at pages 211, 194,
195, 195, 196, and Book 8 at pages
53, 107, 107, 333, 108, 89, 54, 54, and
88; also six lode claims and one
mill site in Survey 2186 A and B
named “Taylor Claim”, “Madison
Claim”, “War Eagle No. 4”, “War
Eagle No. 5 Claim”, “Wilson Lode
Claim”, “Coolidge Lode Claim”,
and “Lucky Shot Mill Site”, re
corded respectively in the Wasilla
Precinct of said Third Judicial
District, in Book 3 at pages 343,
343, 344, 344, Book 4 at pages 180, i
180, the Mill Site in Book 3 page |
18, amended in Book 10 at page
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mill site in Survey No. 2187 A and
B, named “War Eagle No. 6 j
Claim”, and “War Eagle Mill
Site”, respectively in Book 3 page
345 and Book 3 page 19, Wasilla
Precinct, an amended notice of
this mill site being recorded in
Book 10 at page 131, Wasilla Pre
cinct.
The exterior boundary of said
21 contiguous lode claims is as
described as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Wilson lode Claim, Sur. No. 2186
A identical with Cor. No. 4 Tay
lor Claim, Sur. No. 2186 A and
also Cor. No. 4 Lucky Shot Lode
Claim No. 5, Sur. No. 1487 from
which U. 5. L. M. No. 1487 bears
S. 59° 39' 30" E., 1278.07 ft. dist.
Thence N. 56° 12' E. 1288.07 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 Lucky Shot Lode
Claim No. 5;
Thence S. 29= 41' E. 570.00 ft. to
Cor. No. 2 Lucky Shot Lode
Claim No. 5 identical with Cor.
No. 3 Lucky Shot Lode No. 1, Sur.
No. 1487;
Thence, along line 3-2 Lucky
Shot No. 1, S. 29° 41' E. 127.35 ft.,
identical with Cor. No. 4 Lucky
Shot Lode Claim Sur. No. 1487;
Thence N. 55° 40' E., 1460.46 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 Lucky Shot Lode
Claim;
Thence, along line 3-2 Lucky
Shot Lode Claim S. 29° 41' E.,
334.63 ft. to a point on 1-4 line
of War Baby No. 1 Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence N. 53° 35’ E., 244.13 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 War Baby No. 1
Lode identical with Cor. No. 1
Brassel Fraction Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence N. 61° 45' E„ 1342.15 ft.
I to Cor. No. 4 Brassel Fraction
iLode;
i Thence S. 27° 20' E., 600.00 ft.
: to Cor. No. 3 Brassel Fraction
Lode;
Thence S. 61° 45' W., 1342.15 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 Brassel Fraction
Lode; identical with Cor. No. 3
War Baby No. 1 Lode;
Thence S. 56° 57' W„ 1438.24 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 War Baby No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 3 War
Baby No. 2 Lode Sur. No. 1487;
l Thence S. 49° 29'W., 1145.34 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 War Baby No. 2
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 4
War Baby No. 3 Lode Sur. No.
I 1487;
Thence S. 52° 11' W., 1500.00 ft.
j to Cor. No. 3 War Baby No. 3
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 4
War Baby No. 4 Lode Sur. No.
11487;
Thence S. 74° 14' W., 1500.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Baby No. 4
Lode;
Thence N. 27° 20' W., 600.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 War Baby No. 4
Lode;
Thence along 2-1 line of War
Baby No. 4 Lode N. 74° 15' E.
406.53 ft., to a point on 3-4 line
of War Eagle No. 2 Lode Sur- No.
1487;
Thence S. 88° 29’ W., 661.30 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Eagle No. 2
Lode, identical with Cor. No. I
Var Eagle No. 3 Lode Sur. No.
487;
[■hence S. 78° 01' W., 1351.94 ft.
o Cor. No. 4 War Eagle No. 3
_,ode, identical with Cor. No. 1
Var Eagle No. 6 Claim Sur. No.
:187 A;
Thence N. 84° 51'W„ 1374.07 ft.
0 Cor. No. 2 War Eagle No. 6
Naim;
^hence North 29° 4T W., 600.11
rt. to Cor. No. 3 War Eagle No.
> Claim, identical with Cor. No.
1 War Eagle Fraction Lode Sur.
^o. 148^;
Thence N. 29° 41' W„ 600.00 ft.
:o Cor. No. 3 War Eagle Fraction
L,ode, identical with Cor. No. 2
Var Eagle No. 5 Claim Sur. No.
>136 A;
Ther.ce N. 29° 41' W.. 600.02 ft.
lo Cor. No. 3 War Eagle No. 5
Naim;
Thence S. 84° 52' E.. 1373.19 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 War Eagle No. 5
Naim, identical with Cor. No. 3
Var Eagle No. 4 Claim Sur. No.
2186 A:
Thence N. 78° 00' E., 1351.68 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 War Eagle No. 4
Naim, identical with Cor. No.
3 Madison Claim Sur No. 2186
A and Cor. No. 2 Coolidge Lode
Naim Sur. No. 2186A;
Thence N. 29° 41' W„ 600.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 Coolidge Lode
Naim;
Thence N. 88° 27' E„ 1476.37 ft
to Cor. No. 4 Coolidge Lode
Naim, identical with Cor. No. 3
Wilson Lode Claim;
Thence N. 75° 11' E„ 1454.30 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 Wilson Lode Claim;
Thence S. 29° 41' E., 600 00 ft.
to Cor No. 1 Wilson Lode Claim,
and place of beginning, which
closed traverse includes 2 un
claimed tracts lying within, which,
unclaimed tracts are described as
follows:
Tract 1
Beginning at Cor. Wo. l ot war
Baby No. 4 Lode Sur. No. 1487.,
identical with Cor. No. 2 War
Baby No. 3 Sur. No. 1487, from
which United States Location.
Monument No. 1487 bears N.. 53’
40' 29" E., 1712.74 ft. dist.
Thence S. 74° 15' W., 353.35 ft,
to a point on 1-4 line of War
Eagle No. 2 Lode Sur. No. 1487;
Thence N. 29“ 41' W., 394.08 ft
to Cor. No. 1 War Eagle No. 2
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 1
Lucky Shot Lode No. 3 Sur. No.
1487 and Cor. No. 4 Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 2 Sur. No. 1487;
Thence N. 73“ 28’ E„ 1436.93
ft. to a point on 1-2 line of- War
Baby No. 3 Lode;
Thence S. 52“ 11’ W„ 1067-68
ft. to Cor. No. 2 War Baby No.
3 Lode, identical with Cor. No.
1 War Baby No. 4 Lode, and the
place of beginning.
Tract 2.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of War
Eagle No. 2 Lode Sur. No. 1487,
identical with Cor. No. 1 of Lucky
Shot Lode No. 3 Sur. No. 1487 and
also Cor. No. 4 of Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 2 Sur. No. 1487
from which
U. S. L. M. No. 1487 bears
N. 68° 07' 08" E., 2063.41 ft. dist.
Thence S. 88“ 26' W., 1476.50
ft. to Cor. No. 2 War Eagle No. 2
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 2
War Eagle No. 3 Lode Sur. No
1487, Cor. No. 1 War Eagle No. 1
Lode Sur. No. 1487, and also Cor.
No. 4 Lucky Shot Lode No. 3
Sur. No. 1487;
Thence N. 75° 04' E., 533.74 ft.
to Cor. No. 5 Lucky Shot Lode
No. 3;
Thence S. 84° 13’ E„ 965.16 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 Lucky Shot Lode
No. 3, identical with Cor. No. 4
Lucky Shot Lode Claim No. 2
and Cor. No. 1 War Eagle No. 2
Lode, and the place of beginning
The exterior boundary of said,
two contiguous mill sites is des
cribed as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Lucky Shot Mill Site, Sur. No.
2186 B, from which U.S.L.M. No
1487 bears N. 12“ 25' W., 1713.46
ft. dist.
Thence S. 7° 39' E„ 465.00 ft. to
Cor. No. 2 of Lucky Shot Mill
Site;
Thence S. 64° 00' W„ 489.80 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 of Lucky Shot Mill
Site, a point on the 1-2 line of
Sur. No. 2187 B. War Eagle Mill
Site;
Thence S. 7“ 39' E„ 333.90 ft. to
Cor. No. 2 of War Eagle Mill Site;
Thence S. 58“ 02' W„ 287.30 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 of War Eagle Mill
Site;
Thence N. 6° 57’ W„ 885.05 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 of War Eagle Mill
Site;
Thence N. 75° 08' E., 253.10 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 of War Eagle Mill
Site, identical with Cor. No. 4 of
Lucky Shot Mill Site;
Thence N. 64“ 00' E„ 490.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 of Lucky Shot Mill
Site, and the place of beginning.
(Containing 9.911 acres)
Signed, July 7, 1954, at Seattle,
Washington.
Published September 16, 23, 30;
October 7, 14, 21, 28; Novem
ber 4, 11, 1954.
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