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Vol. II No. 6
PALMER, ALASKA, DECEMBER 19, 1936
PRICE 10 CENTS
Father Sulzman Is On
Way To States
With rumors of the USCG Cut
ter Morris being pounded on the
rocks, much concern was felt here
for the safety of Father Sulzman
until word was received that he
is still in Seward where fye was
guest pastor at his former church i
last Sunday.
Father Sulzman’s trip will take I
him back to his home in Troy’
N.Y., and from there on a lecture
tour which it is hoped will net
enough earnings to finish his un
completed log church here. For
his lecture he has thousands of
feet of film taken by Father Hub
bard’s cameraman,Nick Cavaliere,
last summer.
During Father Su'zman’saba.nce
services will be conducted here j
by Father O’Fiannagan of Anch- j
orage.
Sund Pinch Hitting !
For Ted McRoberts
George Sund. formerly with the
warehouse crew, has taken over
the management of the Colony
BarberShop while Ted McRoberts
takes a well-earned vacation.
Ted says there is a chance of him
taking a trip outside for a visit
to his old home at Nampa, Idaho,
but first he is going to do some
hunting.
Egg - Butter Prices
Creamery quotations are 42
cents for butter fat and 45 cents
a dozer, for mixed eggs.
Speaking of eggs, have you seen
that 5 ounce egg F. S. Lee brot
into town? Laid by one of this
year’s pullets, too. It looks more
like a turkey egg than anything
else except that it is pure white.
By shaking it you can hear a dull
thump that Mr. Deal says indi
cates it is one of those freaks
where a whole egg with shell and
all is formed inside another.
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Boomerang
The recent price cutting by
colonists on individual sales has
had its boomerang effect in a
memorandum from the head
office dated Dei ember 16. Under
this ruling colonists are no longer
permitted to sell eggs, butter,
meat, wocd, vegetables or other
products except through the
ARRC. Milk alone is excepted
until such time as it shall be
marketed through the creamery.
Homemakers Club
Organized '
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Even though the ladies of Camp
9 were a little slow forming a
Homemakers Club they lack
n o t h i n g in wholehearted en
thusiasm now that they are orga
nized. The club has been named
“The Spruce Grove Homemakers’
Club.’
A few interested members of
the community met with Mrs.
Clarence Sorenson early in Nov.,
however the club was formally
organized on Nov., 18th at the
home of Mrs. Lee Marshall with
Mrs Thos. Lepak, Mrs. F. S. Lee
and Mrs. Chester Deise assisting
hostesses.
Officers elected at this time are:
Mrs. Clarence Sorenson, Pres.,
Mrs Kenneth Foster, Vice Pres.,
and Mrs. Lee Marshall, Secretary.
Project work was given by Miss
Ruth DeArmond, H. D. A. on The
Sewing Machine and its attach
ments.
The December meeting was
held on December 1st at the home
of Mrs. John Pfeiff with Mesdames
Allen Fredrick and Chester Deiss
I assisting hostesses. This meeting
was in'erupted due to the fact
that the members wished to be
present at the voting sponsored
by Paramount News Service.
After a cold but jolly ride in a
truck to and from Palmer the
work of the day was resumed.
The making of bias tape, study
of folk songs and exchange of
Christmas gifts were features of
the program. A new member,
Mrs. Lawrence Uubert joined at
this meeting.
Charter members of the organ
ization are as follows:
Mesdames Chester Deiss, Allen
Fredrick, Waldo Fox, Kenneth
Foster, Katherine Hoag, F. S. Lee,
Thos. Lepak, Lee Marshall, Jeff
Morley, John Pfeiff, Clarence
Sorenson, C. F. Sullivan, and
Virgil Wagner.
The January meeting will be
with Mrs. C. F. Sullivan.
Old Timer Passes
Away Outside
Martin Leekwold, oldtimer with
a farm out near the Four Corners,
passed away at the Marine Hos
pital in Seattle of a dangerous
lung condition recently. He had
gone out for treatment last Sep
tember.
Mr. Leckwold homesteaded
here in the valley in 1913, but
has spent much of the time since
in the employ of the Alaska Rail
road. He is survived by his
widow and three children, all
residents of Anchorage.
Cupid Clicks At
Cafe Counter
Horton is seriously considering
running his cafe as a matrimonial
ag ncy. He has reasons for such
thoughts The first of the girls
to work there who married away
from the job was Martha Ervin,
the next was Eula Simpson, then
Zoe Anderson and in quick suc
cession Billy Martin and Bertha
Munson. The last romance to
develop across the Horton
counter came to a happy end
recently when Judy Brooks was
united in marriage to Dick Rut
ledge.
The young couple are ifow liv
ing in Wasilla where Dick is
running Pat Hart’s old place.
They would be glad to have their
friends drop in on them.
Apple Crop Is
Good At Hope
George Johnson, who has been
taking Paramount news reel
pictures here with which to an
swer Senator (Doubting)
Thomas’ remarks about the
colony, was in the office with a
letter from his friend George Roll
of Hope, just across Turnagain
Arm from Anchorage.
Mr. Roll wrote in his letter:
“We had lots of tomatoes and a
big apple crop this year, selling
quite a lot of both.”
Help For Someone
The following excerpt from a
letter of inquiry that came to
Miss Lois Spencer’s desk might
be of interest to someone. Mr.
Hubbs had evidently seen some
literature on the valley, for he
writes:
“In the folder describing lands
to he homesteaded in the Mata
nuska Valley it stated there were
a few farms for sale that the
owners were too old to work their
farms, and mostly all single men.
If there is a nice old roan among
them who would like to live on
his place the remainder of his
life I would take care of him for
a deed to his homestead provid
ing he had had a house and about
15 acres of land cleared. I can
give the best of references. In
my family is my wife, 2 children
and myself.”
Einar Hubbs
Roekhold, Ky.
Increase In Autos
Oscar Olsen, Territorial Treas
urer, reports sale of licenses dur
ing 1936 as 972 for trucks and
2435 for passenger cars, a sub
stantial increase over those sold
in 1935.
It Can’t Be Done j
It is impossible to get out a
regular paper on this antiqua
ted ard rickety equipment of
ours. The old press won’t
stand the gaff. Too often the
fatigued metal snaps under the
strain of steady pounding, and
repairs are expensive.
A year ago in November we
announced that we would pub
lish a press printed paper. We
remarked, editorially, that if
we made a go of it we would
be considered smart, whereas,
if we lost our shirt there would
be many to tell us how foolish
we were. Well, we’ve lost our
shirt.
Since there is no construc
tion force to sell to, the half
dozen merchants here can’t
he expected to supply us with
enough advertising to keep us
going.
1 With this issue about three
i quarters of our subscription
\ llist terminates and interest in 1
I the project has dropped to such
a point that it is questionable
if many renewals can be ex
pected from the States. It
will be much less expensive
to refund the unearned bal
! lances of the live subscriptions
I than to continue losing about
fifty dollars a week. Besides,
we haven’t got it to lose. These
refunds will be made from ac
counts due, as collected.
Changes in project set-up
make it necessary for us to
move. We will find a new
home, try to get out some job
work, maybe get out a special
issue now and then and, if
things look good in the spring,
get other equipment and re
sume publication. And when
we do we will continue to be
on the wrong side of the fence.
By that we mean that we will
continue to tell the truth about
the agricultural possibilities of
the valley. We have written
many reams of laudatory (yet
truthful) articles on the sub
ject, but that wasn’t what they
were paying money for Out
side.
It was the senseless drivel
of the Pledge Browns and the
well written but wholly un
truthful writings of the Rex
Beaches that dragged down the
big dough. Yes, decidedly, we
were on the wrong side of the
fence, but we still think we
are right.
The PIONEER isn’t exactly
dead, but it is awful sick.
Alaska Stamp Soon
Commemorative stamps which
will publicize Alaska are soon to
be issued by the post office
authorities according to word re
cently received from Washington