Valley FRONTIERSMAN
Published each Tuesday and Friday
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.
Subscription rates .75c month, $8 a year
Viola Daniels .Editor
Evon DeLand .Advertising Manager, Palmer
No printed material in the Valley Frontiersman may be
reproduced except by permission of the editor.
Mailed to all points in Alaska and the United States
Daniels—In the Lion’s Den
The power of the printed word was amply demonstrated to
Valley folks last week. That nations rise and fall, men come to
•power or fall to desrepute because of little black and white symbols
traced across white paper, is not so puzzling, when the repercus
sions that one small error can make in one small corner of the
world are so violent.
The words in question made up a news story dealing with the
Valley’s principal source of income—its agriculture. Through a
misinterpretation of facts or through misunderstanding, erroneous
reports appeared with regard to Valley crops. The error was
immediately apparent and the statement was retracted on the day
following its publication.
But not so the misunderstanding and indignation that mush
roomed through the Valley with the speed of an atomic explosion.
Those first small words had been recorded; no amount of retraction
apparently will suffice to erase the impression they gave.
We now are brooding over the nestegg of wrongs. Soon they
will hatch into dozens more. Time will only increase the width
of the gulf they have caused between ourselves and our neighbor.
The error was serious, but we can’t believe that it was quite
« that important. There are very few mistakes that are inexcusable,
and the publication of false facts, which are not libelous, still is
not a criminal action. Too, there are a number of factors to be
considered further—long distance telephone conversations make
accurate reporting doubly difficult; persons without a farming
background may very easily misinterpret what appears to be a
^simple statement to the farmer who makes it.
We’re not trying to make a case for inaccurate reporting.
What we’re getting at is that we think that we Valley folks are
hurting ourselves more than anyone else, when we seize that as
an opportunity for carrying a grudge against our nearest neighbor.
It doesn’t do us any good to hate, or even to heartily dislike.
There’s a lot more damage to ourselves than to the object of that
feeling.
All of us who dare look ahead into the future are greatly con-'
cerned about the problem of a world peace now. At times it seems
that peace is an impossible dream, as long as man lives in this
world.
But we don’t think so. We have a theory about peace. We
think peace starts with the individual and works outward. We
think it will start with a tiny ripple no bigger than that caused
by the splash of a pebble, and that it can grow into a tidal wave
that will encircle the globe, if we’ll just let it.
We don’t think that peace starts at a conference table sur
rounded by delegates of the nations of the world. It starts inside of
me and you and you and you. Our biggest job is to let it start
there. Once we’ve learned to live with ourselves, we think this
■peace of ours should reach out to include our neighbor. After
all, if all of us just learned that much—to live at peace with the
man next to us, then we’d have the answer to the world’s most
critical problem.
That’s all peace is—just me getting along with you, and you
getting along with Joe next door. Put that way, it doesn’t seem
absolutely impossible, does it?
That’s why we think that we of the Valley ought to abandon
our grudges and try a few peace-talks with our nearest neighbor.
We may get kicked around a bit while we’re peace-practicing;
that’s all right. Nothing worth while comes easily. Besides those
kicks will give us the chance to practice that much harder. We’re
going to need lots of practice, for so far we haven’t had much!
experience at this peace-making.
READ YOUR FRONTIERSMAN
CLASSIFIEDS
The
Frontier Cafe
welcomes your patronage
DICK AND AGNES BROOKS, Proprietors
DON McKECHNIE
For all digging and back-filling jobs
Write or phone him your excavating orders
P. O. Box 796 Palmer
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Classified Ads
FOR SALE
’37 BUICK, recently overhauled
motor, new tires; exceptionally
good condition. Hartley Broth
ers Motors.
MUST SELL $4,600 home; elec
tricity, city water; complete
except siding; lot 75 x 140.
$3,500 full price, $2,000 down,
bal. terms. Will consider car
or pickup with house trailer
part payment. Stensen, first St.
north of Anchorage Highway,
third house.
88-ACRE farm, 7 rm. house,
water, lights; 30 acres cleared;
4V2 mil. north of Palmer. Inq.
David Bryant, Box 1848, Pal
mer.
ARMCHAIR, exc. cond. Mrs. E.
F. Graves, P.O. Box H.
APPROXIMATELY 25 acres of
land, 20 under cultivation;
priced for quick sale; located
three mi. so. of Palmer on
good road. Inq. Palmer Photo
graphic Center.
LOT, house to be moved; 4 rms.,
bath, utility room, lge. garage;
$1,200. Write Box C, Valley
Frontiersman.
LOT, basement excavated; light,
water, sewer available. Write
Box C, Valley Frontiersman.
HYDRAULIC LOADER units; fit
Ford-Ferguson and McCor
mick-Deering tractors. Hartley
Bros. Motors.
’38 GMC 1-ton pickup; A-l con
dition. Palmer Automotive
Service.
’38 DODGE panel; A-l condition.
Palmer Automotive Service.
TAPP AN gas stoves and regu
lators. Hartley Bros. Motors.
HELP WANTED
WOMAN to do cleaning for sev
eral hours, 1 day week. Inq. at
' Valley Frontiersman office.
Former School Head
Married Here Monday
Kay Ann Carll of Iron Moun
tain, Mich., became the bride of
Carl Snelling, former Palmer
superintendent of schools, at a
quiet ceremony held in the E. F.
Graves home last Monday after
noon. The marriage service was
performed by Walter E. Hunt
ley, United States Commissioner.
The newlyweds left Palmer
immediately to honeymoon in
Kodiak, where they will make
their future home.
Mrs. Snelling had motored to
the territory over the Alaska
Highway, arriving here shortly
before the Monday wedding.
Miner Is Flown
To Hospital Outside
Louis Poluck, Jonesville miner
injured in a recent shooting fray
at the mine, has been sent to a
veterans’ hospital in the States
for surgery. Three bullets en
tered Poluck’s head. One of them
severed muscles supporting his
left eye and the eye has col
lapsed. However, surgeons be
lieve that a delicate operation
will restore sight to the eye.
Carpenters Pick Sandvik
For Another Term
Chek Sandvik was re-elected
head of the Valley carpenter’s
union, at last Tuesday’s election.
Officers picked to serve with him
for another year included:
Bill Roark, secretary; Bill Cur
tis, treasurer; Joe Loyer, trustee.
Chamber Meets July 7
The next regular meeting of
the Valley Chamber of Com
merce will be held on Wednes
day, July 7, at St. John’s Luther
an Church. Because of the busi
ness which must be placed be
fore the membership, there will
be no speaker that day, accord
ing to president Jack Maze.
Coifev-m HTTilhlna
BRYANT & CO.
BULLDOZING CARRYALL WORK
' GENERAL LAND CLEARING
Write Box 1848
McCOOL’S BARBER SHOP
(In Rec Hall)
_ SPECIALIZING IN
HAIRCUTTING. SHAVING, SHAMPOOS AND MASSAGE
Weekday business hours from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
_Saturday business hours from 10 a.m. to 10 pjn.
W. B. BARNHARDT
Dimension Lumber House Logs
Write Box 682. Palmer
(Mill located on Lower Butte road)
A Friendly Place to Spend Your Time
Come, Bring Your Friends
The drinks are fine!
With RUSS and BOB
On the Job
To Serve
YOU
The SOURDOUGH CLUB at Palmer
J. VIC BROWN & SONS
“The Live Jewelers”
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ALASKA RAILROAD WATCH INSPECTORS
Across from City Hall Anchorage
FOURTH OF JULY TIME
IS PLAYTIME
We have the exact outfit you need to put
you in the proper holiday mood
Three-Piece Playsuits
Pedalpushers
Head Scarves
Sundresses
Slacks
We have dress-up garb for town dates, too
VARIETY VOGUES
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Planning a Picnic for the Fourth?
We’ve just the desserts to fit easily in the
picnic basket without crushing
or smearing
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CINNAMON ROLLS
FANCY CUP CAKES
JELLY ROLLS
SHAMROCK BAKERY