4.
STOCK REPORTS
QH HOSPITAL
(;"We ’ d like to come
beck vend say we got
it, but we can't say
that." That was the
substance of the re
port Clare Stock made
at Wednesday's Cham
ber meeting concern
ing chances of locat
ing the ANS hospital
here. Mr. Stock and
Clayton Esslinger
have just returned
from a trip to Wash
ington, D. C.
Mr. Stock \;rent on
to say that Congress
men were almost unan
imous in their agree
ment that the Valley
was a. better location
than Anchorage, but
all felt themselves
powerless to act in
the face of a medical
board's decision to
locate the structure
in Anchorage.
However the repre
sentatives did bring
back the encouraging
word that the Goose
Lake site in Anchor
age is. not favored in
the capital, and that
if the present -down
town location cannot
be utilized, then
Palmer has an excell
ent opportunity to
pet the structure
h^re.
Both Dr. C. Eari
Albrecht, territorial
commissioner .of he
alth,- and Don Foster,
superintendent of the
Alaska Native Service
have recommended that
the building be loca
ted in Anchorage.
The Pelmer delega
tion at- first planned
the introduction of a
bill into Congress,
calling for a change
in location, but ab
andoned the plan when
they decided it might
result in losing the
appropriation for
this year.
In the meantime,
Congressmen in Wash
ington reported that
it was very probable
Palmer would be fav
orably considered as
the site for a prop
osed mental hospital
and for the re-loca
tion of Eklutna
school.
merchant's shoot
Because!'i of the illness of secretary
Claud Cdrroll, scores for the March 24 comp
etition in the Merchants! shoot were not re
ceiver!. The scores listed below are for the
March 31 contest.
To avoid conflict with other shooting
schedules, the merchants’ shoot has been
shifted to Friday right„
Last Thursday's scores: *
G. Lewis
B. Smith
Prone 98
c o o
-L ' / .J
Kneel 80
Stwnd „?8
Prone
Sit
Kneel
Stand
98 Prone
68 Sit
68 Kneel
38 Stand
272
91
81
76'
Handicap
Total team score -- 1158
Palmer Fountain
R. Brock D7"Fl<3aing~" M. Anderson
Prone 100 Prone ICO Prone 100
Sit 94 Sit 94 Sit 94
Kneel . . 90 Kneel 92 Kneel 96
Stand! •• 81, Stand • 75 Stand 82
3^ ■ ’ 3ci 372'
Handicap 42 3 9 30
407 - > 400 402
Total team score -- 1200
West Side Service
B, Walker J. Leppanen A. Brager
Prone 94 Prone 93 Prone
Sit 95 Sit
Kneel 89 Kneel
Stand 88 Stand
36T
Handicap 51
‘ ^17
87 Sit
75 Kneel
43 Stand
298
41..
369
94
89
78
.21
351
Total team score — 1137
W. Mayr
, Prone
Sit
Kneel
Stand
Handicap
Drift
J. Ca
84 Prone
84 Sit
73 Kneel
44 Stand.
2F5"
84
3^9
Inn
rroll
94
95
83
_18
330
itZ.
377
C. Carroll
Prone
Sit
Kneel
Stand
99
97
90
Total team score -- 1139
’It was pointed out,
-when the men were ap
athetic toward the
suggestion of the
mental hospital, that
the institution could
be served by a separ
ate postoffice and
need not be .located
in the immediate vic
inity of Palmer.
Messrs. Stock and
Esslinper also visit
ed CLk offices in the
- capital, seeking add
Vitional Federal funds
to finish construc
tion of the local
airport. They were
able to reactivate a
former application
for $60,000. These
fund1 s were frozen
when the 19*+7 legis
lature failed! to pass
enabling legislation
permitting the money
to., be used for air
ports in Alaska. That
legislation was pass
ed in the session
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