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Chugiak
Comment
By JUSTINE M. PARKS
CHUGIAK—The new com
munity on the Palmer highway
between Eagle river and Eklut
na is Chugiak. Alaska. There is
a postoffice, coffee shop, trad
ing post and lodge, in addition
to nearly 30 homes there.
The growth of this communi
ty has been very rapid. Three
years ago, when the land was
first opened for homesteading,
there was only the Briggs hog
ranch. Nyberg’s yellow house,
Fire lake roadhouse, an empty
cabin at Mile I8V2 and a roof
less cabin at Mile 18. Now there
are cabins on almost every 5
acre tract from Mirror lake to
Fire lake.
One of the community’s ma
jor problems at present is that
of a school. There are 24 chil
k dren in Chugiak of school age.
Light and power is also a prob
lem, but it is hoped that the
Rural Eiectrification Association
will be supplying power to the
area by next year.
Last February a Community
Club was organized with Paul
Swanson of Mile 19V2 as presi
dent. The club meets once each
month at homes of the members.
The group discusses community
problems at these meetings,
which are concluded with a
social hour.
Chugiak Community Club
met last Sept. 20 at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Haik at
Mile 20. The school problem was
discussed at this meeting. The
next regular meeting of the club
will be held at the Moosehorn
’Trading Post. Mr. and Mrs.
James McDowell will be hosts
to the group. That meeting is
scheduled to be held on Octo
ber 18. All residents of Chugiak
are urged to attend.
Mr, and Mrs. Pele Merriman I
of Fire lake lodge are in Port
land, Ore., on a business trip.
The lodge is closed while they
are away, but Mrs. Merriman
writes that they will be return
ing soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hilleary
of Mile 14 have leased their
house and are spending the win
ter Outside. They expect to be
back in six or eight months.
Reese Tatro has been very
busy in the last week doing doz
ing chores up and down the
road with his new HD-5 trac
tor. One of the new projects is
a drive through Chugiak park.
Another is a basement for a
building which may later be
used for a school house and
’ community meeting place.
Chugiak offers its sympathy
to all recent sufferers who have
bogged down in the mudhole at
Mile 19. Sympathy may not
help much when it’s midnight
and the mud is inches deep. '
but at least there is consolation
in the fact that one more dan- <
gerous curve has been eliminat
* ed from the Palmer highway.
The entire Chugiak district ’
from Eagle river .to the Knik
bridge is in the Eklutna Wildlife 1
Refuge. Passing motorists enjoy '
watching the black bears and
the moose near the highway in
this area. Hunters are reminded
that only wolves and coyotes
can be taken in the refuge. *
Coffee Insures Everything 1
Remember —Adv. £
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Flo Alice Dinkel,
Lynn Sandvik Honored
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her project she sewed for
younger sister, completed th
necessary requirements a n
made 13 articles of clothing
Her entries at the Fair indue
ed a slip, a dickey, a skirt, an*
a blouse. She won one blue rit
bon and three reds.
The Dinkel family believes ii
4-H wox-k as proved by the fac
that four of the six children ar<
4-H’ers. Mrs. Dinkel began he
4-H work as a club leader eigh
years ago when Flo Alice joine<
her first 4-H club.
LYNN'S RECORD
‘ Lynn Sandvik, son of Mr. anc
Mrs. I. M. Sandvik, arrived ir
Alaska as a small child. His par
ents were also Valley colonists
When the boy was old enougl
for 4-H club work, he joiriec
the Garden Club and plantec
nine different varieties of plant:
in a one-quarter acre patch
Lynn had a theory. The besi
way “to make the best better’
was to stick to gardening untii
he had mastered the business
Se he persevered with garden
ing and did not switch to an
other project and has steadil>
[kept up with gardening for sev
en years.
Each year he increases the
number of varieties and the size
of the plot. This year he planted
27 varieties in a three and a
half acre plot.
Garden Sales
His excellent products, exhib
ited at the Matanuska Valley
Fair, won him a trip to Port
land for the best garden dis
plan. He had 23 varieties on ex
hibit. Lynn has received $2400
from his garden sales during
the seven years, plus $60 in
prizes and an additional $500
as an esimated value for the
garden products he has grown
which his family has enjoyed.
Significantly, Lynn’s work
cannot be measured only in
dollars. For example, in his
sixth year of gardening, the
youth received eight pounds of
Finnish potatoes direct from
Finland and planted them. He
tended them carefully and when
harvested found they yielded
about 50 potatoes to a hill. From
the eight pounds he harvested
over 300 pounds. This record
beats any other he has heard
of. Such work earns the youth
the title of “Alaska’s youngest
experimental farmer” and is a
job from which the entire terri
tory can benefit.
Besides gardening, Lynn
joined the poultry, rabbit, and
REA Clubs and acted as a 4-H
Club leader for younger chil
dren in his community.
DICK'S ACHIEVEMENT
Fifteen-year-old Richard Dan
gler has been an outstanding 4
H Club boy in Seward. His work
illustrates the courage dis
played by many of these youth
ful 4-H’ers throughout Alaska,
ro make a successs of poultry
'aising, the boy had to clear
stumps from his land and level
t off with pick and shovel. He
.hen built a chicken house and
fenced the yard in with mesh
vire.
Because he couldn’t get a
>rooder, day-old chicks from
Dutside, or setting eggs from
m Alaskan hatchery, he hunted
iround town until he found five
;etting hens and 47 eggs. “Su
ie” and “Albert” were set
:arly in June. A few days la
er a neighbor who offered two
lens and 32 eggs made it pos
ible to set three more, al
a
though these eggs were not
guaranteed to hatch because the
membrane was very strong.
i Dear Diary
In Dick's own words in his
diary he wrote:
“June 23rd was the day! In
the morning when I went out
t to feed and water the hens. I
j. heard Susie clucking to 10
j chicks. When I looked under
' her I found that one was dead
' and the other was feeble, so I
j killed it. The next day Susie
had two more chicks and one
unhatched egg. Albert by that
time got busy and hatched out
[ 11 chicks. I now had 23 chicks
i to take care of and for an am
. ateur that is quite a few
chicks ....
“June 25th brought more ex
1 citement. I found 15 more
' chicks, five of which were dead,
: leaving me 33 chicks. With the
last two settings I had very poor
luck. The egg membrane was
too strong and about two days
before hatching time the shell
broke off half the eggs, leaving
the membrane.
“One hen broke three eggs
and two chicks hatched, leav
ing six eggs that were rotten.
On June 2nd my older chicks
had their first appearance of
feather and were eating like a
horse. On July 3rd five more
chicks hatched, two of which I
had to help out of the shell. On
July 4 th one more chick
hatched, leaving five rotten
eggs. That made just 41 chicks
and all settings were off. The
mother hen refused to adopt
her chicks and so I had to trade
her for one of the borrowed
hens ....
“On July 8th my youngest
chick showed some signs of con
stipation. I washed it off and
gave it Epsom salts water
which was made from one
quarter ounce of Epsom salts to
five-eighths of a cup of water.
Next day the chick died. Every
thing ran like clock work until
the night of July 20th when
my dog dug under the fence at
11:30 p.m. nd got into the hen
house.
“I was working on the night
shift and didn’t get home until
12. It was very lucky for me
that my mother was up or I
would not have any chickens
now. Within the time it took
mother to get in the chicken
! yard, my dog had killed nine
chicks and crippled two, which
became better in the following
two or htree days. ...”
Kitchen Katie
Tells Valley
Aluminum foil papers are be
ing used to keep refrigerated
greens and vegetables fresh for
a week or more.
If you have a new paint
brush, be sure not to dip it in
to the paint before you have
struck it against the palm of
your hand two or three times
to remove every particle of dust.
To waterproof wall paper
take one part shellac, one of bo
rax and eleven of water. Mix
well and strain. Apply to the
wall paper. When this is dry
brush softly with a dry brush.
Beds that stand 20 to 24 inch
es from the floor require much
less effort to make than the
newer lower beds,. reports the
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture.
To remove acid stains from
clothing, sprinkle baking soda
on each side of the stain, moist
en it with water, and let it stand
for several minutes. When the
M. D. Snodgrass
REAL ESTATE
Dairy and Vegetable farms
City lots acreage
bubbling action stops rinse the
spot thoroughly.
If you’ve groaned over a skirt
band that stretches even before
you put it on the skirt, here’s a
remedy local sewing center ex
perts suggest: Stretch the band
taut, and pin it down to the iron
ing board securely at both ends.
Then use a damp cloth and
steam the band. It should fit the
skirt.
No More Leaks
WASILLA—The local post
office has been tucked in for
the winter under a new green
composition roof. Postmaster
Thomas Carter finished his roof
ing job late last Monday after
noon.
OOPS—SORRY!
Somebody’s fingers just gol
crossed. We didn’t really mean tc
promote seven-year-olds to the
teen-age group. Eligible mem
bers in the Photography Clufc
planned by Bill Rempel and
Irwin Plitt must be between the
ages of 16 and 20. Even if this
Twentieth Century is an era oi
speed, you seven-year-olds are
going to have to wait a year or
two yet.
Back In School
Angus McKechnie, Valley resi
dent, resumed his war-interrupt
ed educatiort recently. Mr. Mc
Kechnie is a freshman at the
TTnivPr^itv nf
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