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Vol. II
March 31? 19'+ 9
I/ALLEY STILL SEEKS ANS HOSPITAL HERE
HUNTLEY BLAMES
BUS1NESSMEN FOR
BUILDING LOSS
"Palmer has only
its own people to
blame for the defeat
of the recent legis
lative bill calling
for the appropriation
of money to build
state office build
ings here, ’-’Senator
Walter E. Huntley
told the Valley Fron
tiersman upon his re
turn here this week.
"Recent action of
Palmer’s businessmen
killed the Mil," he
continued. "It orig
inally passed the
Hoi;so by a vote df
17-6, and when
came to the Senate
there were 10 votes
promised for it. But
it took about three
weeks to come out of
committee, and those
three weeks killed
it."
Mr. Huntley then,
told of the activi
ties of the.. Juneau
,tciv-Gces, who hired a
full-timo secretary
to supply material
arguing against the
Palmer site. "Every
thing that we have
done here recently
all came out on the
Senate floor," Mr.
.. Huntley stated. "Th"y
told of the business
men 1s fiaht against
incorporation, they
rep ated that Palmer
had, time and again,
failed to support its
own school -- in
short, they dug. up
every instance where
Palmer had failed in
its civic responsi
bilities and used it
agninst us. That ’ s
what killed the bill,"
Asked if there
might still be. some,
chance that the ter
ritorial board of ad
ministration would
select Palmer, Mr.
(Cont. Pa '-e 13)
STOCK AND ESS LINGER CO TO WASH / KCTON
TO PLACE VALLEY PLEAS !N HIC-H PLACES
Even though re-proseritafiyes Clayton Ess
lingor and Glare Stock of the Valley Chamber
of Commerce had not yet returned from Wash
ington, D. C., at press-time, nev:s of their
activities there was- beginning to filter
hack to Palmer by letter -nd. wire. The trip
representing the Chamber of Commerce, flew
to Washington last week to cress the V-lioy 3
advantages as a site for a planned territor
ial Alaska Native Service hospital.
SPORTSMEN TO SEE
BROWN BEAR PIX
i 1
The April meeting
cf the Motenuskr Val
ley Sportsmen will be *
held r. t the club's
indoor r-ngo in the.
Rcc ihll brsement
next Wednesday even
ing'rt 8 o'clock; Bob
Reeve, recently recor
ded recognition for
the king-s’ze brown
berr he shot lost
sonson, will show mo
vies of that hunt,
fir. and Mrs. Russell
Fc: 1 zi on ore in chargc
of refreshments for
the evening.
FAIR BOARD
MEETS MONDAY
The board of dir
. cctors of the M-tnn
uska Valley F„ir Ass
oc irtion will'meet in
the former library
‘ quarters rt the Rcc
Hr 11 next Monday ev
ening. Ch-virman M.D.
Snodgrass hr s fixod8
o’clock 1 as meeting
time, ^nd he hr s ero
mis cd thet business
will be brief.
The dinner planned
by the Mo:se Lodge
for 5 turday evening
hr s been postponed,
because of conflict
with' Grange activi
ties, it was announ
ced this week. A new
date ’ will -be- fixed.
DON'T FORGET
APRIL 9 CONCERT
The men went armed
with rll Vr11 ey f-cts
and figures r crew of
Chamber of Commerce
volunteers found it
oossiblo to collect.
They bed mops, graphs
pic tur e s 9 . a nd f i Fur e s
by the mouthful. They
went prepared not on
ly to point out the
■advantages of the,
Vs],ley site, but to
show some of the dis
ad vrntag e• s of t he
propos d 1 oc*. •' 5 on’ ia
Anchorage. Tie y had
pictures of. thc Anch
orage site, ~s well
'-5 other pictures
s h 0* i rt a ‘ t hutVa 11 c y
location.
First news of the
capital - tr*-veil4ng
pair was received
early 1* st ok, \h n
a wir e r eported that
they had arrived in
Washington to find,
indications that Dr.
C. Earl Albrecht,
territorial commiss
ioner of health, dis-r
apurev-d of the Val
ley a5 - location.
Chamber of Commerce
r e p r e sentatives.
chiefly Mrs. Betty
Me a r s, Jack Maze, Don
Irwin, M. D. Snod
grass, Charles Wil
son, and A1 Ha Fen,
gathered more f^cr^
and figures concern
ing Palmer's sewer
mains, capable of ca
ring for ft town of
4,000 now and with a
potential capacity to
serve n city of Pf,
000, water supply and
. (Cont. Paj*c 8)