ARA Gets Okay
On 42 Project Study
> There are now 42 projects ap
proved for study by the Agricul
tural Research Administration it
was announced this week by Don
L. .Irwin, ARA head. These 42
projects are broken into the prin
* cipal classifications of:
Soils classification, horticul
ture, animal and dairy produc
tion, agricultural engineering, ag
ricultural economics and field
crops
First project to be undertaken
in the agricultural engineering
field is that of the relation of con
struction to interior warmth.
Model houses will be built of va
rious types of material available
here, and then a study of the cost
of heating each will be made.
To fully inform interested Alas
kan farmers, Mr- Irwin said the
ARA soon would begin a system
of mailing press releases, report
ing research findings, to all Alas
kan newspapers.
Spends Christmas With Mother
Louis Loberg and his daughter
Louise, left the Valley last Friday
to go Outside. They planned to
travel by boat to Tacoma, Wash.,
where Mr. Loberg’s mother, Mrs.
Thorberg Loberg, is living This
is the first time Louise has seen
her grandmother.
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successfully for that date. New
play-dates will be offered for
games at a later date.
The Valdez basketeers plan to
drive to Palmer by way of the
Richardson Highway, which is
being kept open to traffic this,
year.
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New Development Plan
Is Sounder, Kadow Says
The present hitch in a devel
opment plan for Alaska has been
caused by “premature publica
tion of the corporation plan,” ac
cording to Kenneth Kadow, head
of the Alaska Field Committee.
Mr. Kadow, speaking in Juneau,
said that plan was not accept
able even to those who had form
ulated it. He added that the new
bill carries none of the former
one’s debated points.
The Department of Interior
goal for Alaska is 300.000 persons
here in 10 years, the field com
mittee head told Juneau-ites. That
plan is impossible without some
type of development plan, he
said
Need Reservations For
Holiday Phone Ca!!s
Reservations are needed for
holiday telephone calls to the
states, Maynard Sands of the
Valley Telephone Exchange re
minded this week. Valley resi
dents planning to make calls Out
side at either Christmas or New
Year’s are asked to get their res
ervation booked as early as pos
sible,' in order to avoid disap
pointment- Only a limited num
ber of calls is possible. Mr. Sands
said, and when this number has
been reached no more calls can
be accepted.
Telephone calls this year can
be made from any subscriber's
phone and will appear on the
regular monthly bill.
Pulp Mill Still Pending
Sitka’s still hoping to land a
$25,000,000 pulp mill, it was re
ported last week in the Alaska
Daily Empire, Juneau newspaper.
Roy W. Johnson, vice-president
of the Alaska Industrial Corpor
ation. who passed through Juneau
on his way Outside, said, “Every
one who’s studied reports on the
proposal has said it is economical
ly feasible ” Mr. Johnson planned
to go to Seattle and then to New
York to seek further financial
backing for the project.
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Christmas
"Christmas is upon us once more with all
its tender memories. Essentially the children’s
Festival — yet few can fail to catch its spirit in
spite of all our trials and tribulations.
' Cheerfulness is the spirit of Christmas.
Once all men have learned to show good will
to all their fellows, universal peace will follow
naturally as daylight follows the dawn.
' The fault of the world’s condition lies with
man not with God. The heart of the world is
too small as yet to take in that little child who
came to visit us in great humility.
The song of the angels Peace on Earth is
not out of date. Peace always comes at the end
of strife.”
From a Christmas message delivered in 1915 by
The Right Reverend Peter Trimble Rowe, Bishop
of Alaska for the Episcopal Church. During his
forty-five years as a missionary the late Bishop
Rowe served Alaska and parts of the Yukon
Territory. (Reprinted from Man of Alaska-Peter
I rimble Rowe” by Thomas Jenkins through cour
tesy of Morehouse Gorham Company, publishers.)
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