IFYE YOUTH WRITES
' HOME FROM ECUADOR
(Editor's Note: Roger Woods
son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Wood:
of Palmer has been sending in
leresting, informative letters t<
his parents pertaining to his visi
at Ecuador as an Internationa
Farm Youth Exchange delegate
From time to time, parts of lhes<
letters will be printed in The
Frontiersman through the cour
tesy of Mr. and Mrs. Woods. Th«
following installment is from the
first of his letters, following his
arrival in June.)
June 18, 1953
Adios Estadios Unidos buenos
nocher Guayaquil!
We arrived at 8:15 p.m. this
evening. Good flying all the way.
The three of us, Goodrich (“Goo
dy”) Simmons, from California,
Stan Dreyer from Colorado and
myself got off the plane and were
walking toward the building
when several Ecquadorianos
shouted “Como era su viaje”
“how was your trip” — and start
ed pumping our hands. There
were three gringos from point 4
headquarters, who have nothing
to do with the program, and four
Ecuadorian wheels from their
“Chamber” of agriculture. Also
one man from the American Con
sulate. The Ecuadorians were
Carlos Merello, vice-president of
the Chamber of Agriculture,
Ramon Espinel, president, (both
of whom are the greatest of po
wers in agriculture here, their
lawyer Miguel Anjel, and San
tiago Franco, the agronomist.
There was also Cabeza de Vaca,
the head of the Pan American
Union in the area from Panama
throughout the west coast of
South America. I was complimen
ted on mi espanol by the presi
dent and veep, who speak no
English. Keenan is the head of
“point 4-’ here, and has several
technical assistants. My Spanish
is better than that of the other
two, so I get more than my share
of attention.
The bugs are terrible here.
They are big crickets—can’t re
member the Spanish name—they
are everywhere on the streets,
in the rooms, like the fish flies in
Little Falls in May. It is near
the end of the rainy season here
cool in the evenings about 75°,
not too much humidity. We are
to look around with the point
4 boys tomorrow, then Saturday
with the Chamber of agriculture,
then the first of the week we
will go to our respective farms.
The country of Ecuador has two
zones of agriculture. Each has its
own “chamber,” and are like
two separate organizations com
pletely, as far as I can see. The
second zone is the Literal (low
lands) Sierra (highlands) around
Quito where we will be the first
few months. We were informed
that ex-president of Ecuador
Galaplaza is exDecting us at his
farms in the Sierra sooner or
later.
(To be Continued)
GLENALLEN TO BUILD
SMALL HOSPITAL
AND HEALTH CENTER
A resolution of the Alaska
Board of Health at its annual fall
meeting approved use of federal
funds available on a matching
basis for hospital and health cen
ter buildings at Glenallen, Cor
dova and Homer.
The total cost of the small hos
pital and health center at Glen
allen is put at $150,000 in that
community’s application for mat
ching funds. Sponsoring the rais
ing of community funds to the
amount of $40,000 is the Central
Alaskan Missions, Inc., with $35,
000 to be furnished from terri
torial funds and $75,000 from
Hill-Burton funds.
Gerry Kindgren, PHS '53 is
a member of the Polar Star,
University of Alaska weekly
paper. Gary Davey, also of the
1953 class, is sports editor.
RECORD PLYWOOD SHIPMENT FROM ALASKA
s ~ii iir'" $
One bundle of spruce plywood in the largest shipment ever
to leave Alaska is seen being unloaded at Pier 42 in Seattle
worn the Alaska Steamship Company’s motorship Susitna.
2ihfnnnnnmaini,i 14£, *°ns of "sPruce P1^" »s from the new
51,500,000 Alaska Plywood Corporation mill in Juneau which
commenced production July 20.
The corporation is the only plywood producer in Alaska. Its
15oimplo£eesCaPaCi*Y °f 3'000’000 square fee* a month has
Kay Pippel
'JnHuraurp
Bob
BOX 221
PALMER, ALASKA
FIRE — AUTO — LIFE — CASUALTY
PHONE 83 NEAL WRIGHT BLDG.
fit IBetty’s
SPECIAL
CLEARANCE
BETTER DRESSES.$10.00 and $15.00
COTTON DRESSES . ;.$5.00 and $7.00
CORD JACKETS IN SIZES 2 — 44 AT
'A off
One Weele
Only
October 29th, thru November 5th
Wildlife Violation
Convictions Show
Marked Increase
The greatest number of con- i
victions t^r game law violations
ever reported for any one year i
by game management agents of j
the Fish and Wildlife Service I
was recenty announced by Secre- I
tary of the Interior Douglas Me-!
Kay.
A record total of 6,225 convic
tions during the fiscal year 1953
reveals an increase of 1,296 over
the 4,929 convictions reported for
fiscal year 1952. Jail sentences
imposed totaled 268 days, as com
pared with 306 last year.
The increase in apprehensions
and convictions, over previous
years, is due chiefly to the acti
vities of a larger Fish and Wild
life Service enforcement staff. The
expansion was made possible by
congressional action which autho
rized an increase from 10 percent
to 15 percent in expenditure of
Federal “duck stamp” funds for ,
law enforcement. Since Public '
u*aw 1828 authorizing the increase
was passed late in 1951 twenty-one
game management agents have
been added to the force. As a re
sult, the over-all effectiveness of
the enforcement program has
benefited proportionately.
~mmmm ■ ■■■ T7i~i
Earl Comas of Wasilla has
returned to his home from Val
iev HosD’tal where he was a
pneumonia patient.
Sheet Metal Work
Furnaces Stokers Pre-tab Chimneys
Stainless Steel Work
— Free Estimates —
PALMER SHEET METAL & HEATING
Box 1797 John Weisenberger Palmer
Phone: 62J3
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Alaska’s 1953 salmon season will
go down in the record books as the
worst in 32 years. No one knows exactly
why the catches in practically all districts
of Alaska were so poor this year.
Nothing can be done to make up
those losses—felt by everyone in Alaska.
Right now the industry, through sales
manship, advertising and cooperative
publicity campaigns, is attempting to sell
the meager 1953 pack. In the last anal
ysis, the housewife will decide whether
i
or not she will buy Alaska canned sal
mon in competition with other fish prod
ucts, meat or jxoultry.
As the market becomes more compe
titive, everything possible must be done
to keep the price of canned salmon down
through lower operating costs. This will
require the cooperation of everyone con
nected with the industry.
The full story of Alaska’s most im
portant industry has been published in a
booklet, ''Alaska’s Salmon Industry.” It
has 16 pages crammed with information
about the industry plus many delicious
canned salmon recipes. This is also an
ideal time to send your friends outside
"Welcome to Alaska.” Address inquiries
for both booklets to the Alaska Salmoa
Institute, Box 893, Ketchikan.
LISTEN TO SAM HAYES, over
your favorite radio station, each Sunday
evening.
Alaska Salmon Institute
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