Geologic Survey To Have Only Lab
In Territory Located In Palmer
Sub-district offices of the U.
S. Geologic Survey, with Alaskan
headquarters at Juneau, opened
in Palmer’s Neal Wright Build
ing last week. Present office per
sonnel, although the staff is
still incomplete, includes Mar
vin J. Slaughter of the Surface
Water branch and R. T. Kiser of
the Quality of Water branch.
Mr. Kiser is on detached service,
and does not expect to be per
manently stationed at the Pal
mer office.
W. H. Krabler, on duty at An
chorage, also is attached to the
Palmer office.
The Palmer office will include
a laboratory for testing and
analysis of both ground and sur
face water. This laboratory,
which will not be ready for a
week or two yet, will be the only
one of its kind in the Territory.
It was explained that this
water analysis project will not
be conducted through indivi
duals, but will be carried on in
co-operation with the Territori
al Department of Health and
with municipalities.
Mr. Kiser said that although
the work of mapping the terri
tory is the job of Geologic Sur
vey crews, that work is not to be
conducted through the Palmer
office. Three work parties al
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ready are in the field, to con
tinue the mapping begun last
year. They are stationed at Taz
lina, Copper Center and Tok
Junction. It is expected that
several more years will be need
ed to finish the project.
The Palmer office of the Geo
logic Survey is to be permanent,
Mr. Slaughter stated. It has been
established as a part of the
Alaskan development program
now being pushed throughout
the territory.
Mrs. Slaughter is with her
husband in Palmer. The couple
have purchased the Stanley Bal
loun home in North Palmer, and
will make their home here.
Commissioner Finds
Records Aren't Complete
Valley folks are neglecting to
complete legal actions with re
spect to property, which have
been initiated in the commis
sioner’s records but never fol
lowed through to completion,
according to Mrs. Dorothy Sax
ton, U. S. Commissioner. Mrs.
Saxton reports that there are
many instances where real es
tate mortgages, chattel mort
gages, and conditional sales con
tracts have been recorded in her
office, but have never been re
newed or released.
“Anyone who has a release or
a satisfaction is asked to bring
it in,” Mrs. Saxton said. “I’ll be
more than happy to check it for
them, and help get the records
straight.”
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Mrs. June Granger and Albert
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of wedding intentions with Com
missioner Dorothy Saxton. It is
not known when the ceremony
will take place.
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