THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A. J. DeJulio-Owner-Manager
Editor -Virginia Gallant
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Brian Jones, 412-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jones is
still convelescing at Valley Pres
byterian Hospital where he has
been confined from burns re
ceived five weeks ago. Doctors
have promised Brian he will be
out in time to eat Thanksgiving
turkey at home.
Mrs. O. E. Griffith of Bremer
ton, Washington arrived in Pal
mer yesterday for a visit with her
daughter, Mrs. C. C. Bailey, and
grandchildren. This is Mrs. Grif
fith’s fourth visit to the Valley.
Kathleen Browning, represent
ing Lou Jacobson of the Guide to
Alaska, was in Palmer today col
lecting current information on the
city of Palmer and the Matanus
ka Valley. The popular guide is
issued each year.
Girl Scouts of Troop No. 2 had
a Hallowe’en party Wednesday af
ternoon at the home of Mrs.
Richard Jones. The party was
held for members of the troop and
their invited guests. The guest
prize was won by Barbara Rice.
Games and refreshments were
enjoyed by the more than 20 girls
attending. Mrs. Barbara Skok at
tended the party and led the girls
in singing games.
Mrs. Clara King and son John
King plan to begin moving fix
tures and stock to their new lo
cation in the Theatre building the
first of the month, they said this
week. Until they are fully mov
ed they will continue to operate
Clara’s Variety at their present
location in the Shamrock build
ing. The new store will be open
before the holidays, they said,
with a wider and larger line of
merchandise planned.
Dr. Everett Perry of the Pres
byterian National Board of Mis
sions office of survey in children’s
work visited the United Protes
tant Church and the Lazy Moun
tain Children’s Home this week,
while in Palmer.
New Palmer school librarian is
John R. Aper frm Champagne,
Illinois. Mr. Aper began his new
duties last Friday. He schooled at
the College of Idaho, University
of Illinois prior to a librarian post
at Cody, Wyoming last year.
Dr. C. C. Bailey is still a pa
tient in the 5005th Air Force Hos
pital at Elmendorf and will not
be receiving visitors for a few
days. Mrs. Bailey has suggested
that before anyone plans a visit
that they check with her first.
Territorial Commissioner of
Agriculture James Wilson left
Palmer this week for Juneau
where he will accompany Dr.
Fred Honsinger, territorial vet
erinarian, on his annual testing
trips through southeast Alaskan
towns. From there Wilson will
proceed to the National Market
Service Conference to be held in
Milling Course
Ends Next Tuesday
Tonight, students at the Min
ing Extension Course being held
at the Palmer School, will study
mineral markets and promotion,
to be followed tomorrow night by
a study of mineral review. On
Monday night Leo Mark Anth
ony, instructor will show how to
stake a claim. Other phases of
the mining laws will conclude
the course which started on Oc
tober 6. Students who have com
pleted the 20-night course will
receive certificates. '
Columbus, Ohio. Wilson expects
to return to the valley around
the first of December.
Oliver Onkka, fox-eman of the
local Alaska Road Commission
office, goes on annual leave next
week. His vacation time will run
to about 25 days and he said he’s
not going on a trip—just “vaca
tioning” around home.
James Wilson, commissioner of
agriculture, addressed the Alas
ka Territorial Federation of La
bor on opening day in Anchorage
on Monday of this week. The
annual convention of the labor
group.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Braman
of Seattle have been visiting with
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Johnson of
Jor,esville. Although Mr. Bram
an has returned to Seattle, Mrs.
Braman will be remaining for a
longer visit.
Mrs. Lillian Kirkpatrick, who
has spent the summer with her
sister Mrs. Loren McKechnie,
left Monday by car with her
son Blair Kirkpatrick and wife
Alma for their home in Detroit.
She said she hopes t" return in the
near future for another summer
as she likes Alaska very much
and met so many nice people,
each and every one to whom she
wishes the best of luck.
SPORTS EQUIPMENT
BOOTH PLANNED AT
SCHOOL CARNIVAL
Rooms, hallways and the gym
nasium this week began to take
on a colorful arid gay carnival
air as posters and signs appear
ed advertising the annual Palmer
School Carnival being held at
Central School tomorrow night.
The yearly event, sponsored by
the student council, will feature
all the old carnival favorites and
several new numbers, carnival
manager, Dale Clark said this
week. “We have box after box
of prizes that will be awarded
through our more than 20 en
tertainment booths,” he said.
In addition to the favorite skill
concessions, Alaska’s Favorite
Game, and fish ponds, will be the
annual P-TA sports equipment
sale and exchange booth.
Bill Benyish, P-TA recreation
chairman will be in charge
Each year at this time the P-TA
group sponsors the booth to en
able youngsters and adults to sell
and/or buy used sports equip
ment. Anyone having extra equip
ment stored around the house is
urged to take it to the booth for
re-sale. Especially popular at the
booth are shoe skates, skiis and
.other winter sports equipment.
Those taking items for sale are
asked to mark them with name
of owner and price desired. The
entire selling price goes to the
owner of the equipment. Those
families who will need larger
sized equipment this year are
urged to look over the equipment
at the booth where “bargains”
is the slogan.
Following the carnival Friday
night will be a public Hallowe’en
dance in the school gymnasium
on Saturday night. Schaefer’s or
chestra will furnish music for
dancing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Low. • . and behold!
The motormic Chevrolet for 55
t
Chevrolet and General Motors took a whole new look at the low-cost car
'Sr51*” —and just look what happened! NOW BEING SHOWN!
The valve-in-head V8 as only the valve-in
head leader can build it!
Now Chevrolet introduces the "Turbo-Fire
V8”! High horsepower (162), high-compression
(8 to 1), high performance and surprisingly
high gas mileage! Available with standard
transmission, or with the extra-cost options
of Overdrive or Powerglide.
You can choose from
two new sixes, too!
The last word in six-cylinder performance!
New "Blue-Flame 136” teamed with Power
glide and a new "Blue-Flame 123” with
standard transmission or Overdrive.
A.
Now Chevrolet and General Motors have come
up with a completely new idea: to build a car
that offers the very newrest styling, the most
modern features, and the finest performance.
It’s something that took a lot of doing and
that only the world’s leading car builders could
do. Everything’s new in this Motoramic Chev
rolet from its lower top right down to its
tubeless tires. Come see it!
The motommic
Chevrolet
More than a new car—a new concept of low-cost motoring!
On Display Friday, October 29 at
Kirk's Sales and Service
Authorized Chevrolet Dealer for the Valley
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
U. S. MINERAL PATENT
M. A. Serial No. Anchorage
027772, U. S. Bureau of Land
Management, Regional Land Dis
trict Office, Anchorage, Alaska,
July 7, 1954. •
Notice is hereoy given that Wil
low Creek Mines, a State of Wash
ington corporation, whose address
is 1001-85-Richmond Street West,
Toronto, Canada, and whose At
torney in Fact, whose name and
address is below stated, is about
to make Application for a min
ing patent to 21 contiguous lode
claims and 2 contiguous mill sites,
generally known as the Willow
Creek Mines, lying within the
Wasilla Precinct, Third Judicial
District, in the Territory of Alas
; ka, about 80 miles north of the
| city of Anchorage, on unsurveyed
United States public lands. These
claims and mill sites are includ
ed in three United States mineral
Surveys Nos. 1487, 2186 A and B,
and 2187 A and B, and the loca
j tion notices are recorded as fol
j lows: 14 lode claims in Survey
! No. 1487 named "Brassel Frac
j tion Lode Claim”, ‘War Baby No.
j One Lode Claim”, ‘War Baby No.
Two Lode Claim”, ‘‘War Baby
No. 3 Lode Claim”, ‘‘War Baby
No. 4 Lode Claim”, “Lucky Shot
Lode Claim”, “War Eagle No. I”,
“War Eagle No. 2”, War Eagle
Fraction”, “War Eagle No. 3”,
“Lucky Shot No 5”, “Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 3”, “Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 2”, “Lucky Shot
| Lode Claim No. 1”, recorded res
pectively in the Anchorage Pre
cinct (formerly Knik Precinct) of
said Third Judicial District, Al
aska, in Book 7 at pages 211, 194,
195, 195, 196, and Book 8 at pages
53, 107, 107, 333, 108, 89, 54, 54, and
88; also six lode claims and one
mill site in Survey 2186 A and B
named “Taylor Claim”, “Madison
Claim”, “War Eagle No. 4”, “War
Eagle No. 5 Claim”, “Wilson Lode
Claim”, “Coolidge Lode Claim”,
and “Lucky Shot Mill Site”, re
corded respectively in the Wasilla
Precinct of said Third Judicial
District, in Book 3 at pages 343,
343, 344, 344, Book 4 at pages 180,
180, the Mill Site in Book 3 page
18, amended in Book 10 at page
132; also one lode claim and one
mill site in Survey No. 2187 A and
B, named “War Eagle No. 6
Claim”, and “War Eagle Mill
Site”, respectively in Book 3 page
345 and Book 3 page 19, Wasilla
Precinct, an amended notice of
this mill site being recorded in
Book 10 at page 131, Wasilla Pre
cinct.
The exterior boundary of said
21 contiguous lode claims is as
described as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Wilson lode Claim, Sur. No. 2186
A identical with Cor. No. 4 Tay
lor Claim, Sur. No. 2186 A and
also Cor. No. 4 Lucky Shot Lode
Claim No. 5, Sur. No. 1487 from
which U. S. L. M. No. 1487 bears
S. 59° 39' 30" E., 1278.07 ft. dist.
Thence N. 56° 12' E. 1288.07 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 Lucky Shot Lode
Claim No. 5;
Thence S. 29° 41' E. 370.00 ft. to
Cor. No. 2 Lucky Shot Lode
Claim No. 5 identical with Cor.
No. 3 Lucky Shot Lode No. 1, Sur.
No. 1487;
Thence, along line 3-2 Lucky
Shot No. 1, S. 29° 41' E. 127.35 ft.,
identical with Cor. No. 4 Lucky
Shot Lode Claim Sur. No. 1487;
Thence N. 55° 40' E., 1460.46 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 Lucky Shot Lode
Claim;
Thence, along line 3-2 Lucky
Shot Lode Claim S. 29° 41' E.,
334.63 ft. to a point on 1-4 line
of War Baby No. 1 Lode Sur. No.
1437;
Thence N. 53° 35' E., 244.13 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 War Baby No. 1
Lode identical with Cor. No. 1
Brassel Fraction Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence N. 61° 45' E., 1342.15 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 Brassel Fraction
Lode;
Thence S. 27° 20' E„ 600.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 Brassel Fraction
Lode;
Thence S. 61° 45' W., 1342.15 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 Brassel Fraction
Lode; identical with Cor. No. 3
War Baby No. 1 Lode;
Thence S. 56° 57' W., 1438.24 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 War Baby No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 3 War
Baby No. 2 Lode Sur. No. 1487;
Thence S. 49° 29' W., 1145.34 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 War Baby No. 2
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 4
War Baby No. 3 Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence S. 52° 11' W., 1500.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Baby No. 3
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 4
War Baby No. 4 Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence S. 74° 14' W„ 1500.00 ft. i
to Cor. No. 3 War Baby No. 4
Lode;
Thence N. 27° 20' W„ 600.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 War Baby No. 4
Lode;
Thence along 2-1 line of War
Baby No. 4 Lode N. 74° 15' E.
406.53 ft., to a point on 3-4 line
of War Eagle No. 2 Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence S. 88° 29' W., 661.30 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Eagle No. 2
Lode, identical with Cor. No. I
Nelson McCrary, U. S. deputy
marshal, is reported as slowly im'
proving this week at Valley Hos
pital. Mrs. McCrary, who is stay
ing in Palmer to be near her hus
band, reported his progress as
slow, but steady. McCrary w?3
severely injured two weeks ago
when beaten and kicked by a
Native at Copper Center.
War Eagle No. 3 Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence S. 78° 01' W-, 1^51.94 ft.,
to Cor. No. 4 War Eagle No. 3
| Lode, identical with Cor. No. 1
! War Eagle No. 6 Claim Sur. No..
2187 A;
Thence N. 84° 51'W„ 1374.07 ft.
I to Cor. No. 2 War Eagle No. 6
Claim;
! Whence North 29° 41’ W., 600.11
I ft. to Cor. No. 3 War Eagle No.
j 6 Claim, identical with Cor. No.
; 4 War Eagle Fraction Lode Sur.
I No. 148f;
Thence N. 29° 41' W., 600.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Eagle Fraction
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 2
War Eagle No. 5 Claim Sur. No.
2186 A;
Ther.ce N. 29° 41' W., 600.02 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Eagle No. 5
Claim;
Thence S. 84° 52' E„ 1373.19 ft.
| to Cor. No. 4 War Eagle No. 5
Claim, identical with Cor. No. 3
War Eagle No. 4 Claim Sur. No.
2186 A:
Thence N. 78° 00' E., 1351.68 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 War Eagle No. 4
Claim, identical with Cor. No.
3 Madison Claim Sur No. 2186
A and Cor. No. 2 Coolidge Lode
Claim Sur. No. 2186A;
Thence N. 29° 41' W., 600.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 Coolidge Lode
Claim;
Thence N. 88° 27' E., 1476.37 ft
to Cor. No. 4 Coolidge Lode
Claim, identical with Cor. No. 3
Wilson Lode Claim;
Thence N. 75° 11' E., 1454.30 ft
to Cor. No. 4 Wilson Lode Claim;
Thence S. 29° 41' E., 600 00 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 Wilson Lode Claim,
and place of beginning, which
closed traverse includes 2 un
claimed tracts lying within, which
unclaimed tracts are described as
| follows:
Tract 1
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of War
Baby No. 4 Lode Sur. No. 1487,
identical with Cor. No. 2 War
Baby No. 3 Sur. No. 1487, from
which United States Location
Monument No. 1487 bears N-. 53°
40' 29" E„ 1712.74 ft. dist.
Thence S. 74° 15' W., 353.35 ft,
to a point on 1-4 line of War
Eagle No. 2 Lode Sur. No. 1487;
Thence N. 29° 41' W., 394.08 ft
to Cor. No. 1 War Eagle No. 2
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 1
Lucky Shot Lode No. 3 Sur. No.
1487 and Cor. No. 4 Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 2 Sur. No. 1487;
Thence N. 73° 28' E., 1436.93
ft. to a point on 1-2 line of War
Baby No. 3 Lode;
Thence S. 52° 11' W., 1067 68
ft. to Cor. No. 2 War Baby No.
3 Lode, identical with Cor. No.
1 War Baby No. 4 Lode, and the
place of beginning.
Tract 2.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of War
Eagle No. 2 Lode Sur. No. 1487,.
identical with Cor. No. 1 ot Lucky
Shot Lode No. 3 Sur. No. 1487 and
also Cor. No. 4 of Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 2 Sur. No. 1487
from which.
U. S. L. M. No. 1487 bears
N. 68° 07' 08" E., 2063.41 ft. dist.
Thence S. 88° 26' W., 1476.50
ft. to Cor. No. 2 War Eagle No. 2
Lode, identical \vith Cor. No. 2
War Eagle No. 3 Lode Sur. No.
1487, Cor. No. 1 War Eagle No. 1
Lode Sur. No. 1487, and also Cor.
No. 4 Lucky Shot Lode No. 3
Sur. No. 1487;
Thence N. 75° 04' E„ 533.74 ft.
to Cor. No. 5 Lucky Shot Lode
No. 3;
Thence S. 84° 13' E., 965.18 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 Lucky Shot Lode
No. 3, identical with Cor. No. 4
Lucky Shot Lode Claim No. 2.
and Cor. No. 1 War Eagle No. 2
Lode, and the place of beginning.
The exterior boundary of said
two contiguous mill sites is des
cribed as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Lucky Shot Mill Site, Sur. No.
2186 B, from which U.S.L.M. No.
1487 bears N. 12° 25' W., 1713.46
ft. dist.
Thence S. 7° 39' E„ 465.00 ft. to
Cor. No. 2 of Lucky Shot Mill
Site;
Thence S. 64° 00' W., 489.80 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 of Lucky Shot Mill
Site, a point on the 1-2 line of
Sur. No. 2187 B. War Eagle Mill
Site;
Thence S. 7° 39' E., 333.90 ft. to
Cor. No. 2 of War Eagle Mill Site;
Thence S. 58° 02' W„ 287.30 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 of War Eagle Mill
Site;
Thence N. 6° 57’ W„ 885.05 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 of War Eagle Mill
Site;
Thence N. 75° 08' E„ 253.10 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 of War Eagle Mill
Site, identical with Cor. No. 4 of
Lucky Shot Mill Site;
Thence N. 64° 00' E., 490.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 of Lucky Shot Mill
Site, and the place of beginning.
(Containing 9.911 acres)
Signed, July 7, 1954, at Seattle,
Washington.
Published September 16, 23, 30;.
October 7, 14, 21, 28; Novem
ber 4, 11, 1954.