Valley FRONTIERSMAN
Published each Wednesday a jd Saturday
Palmer, Alaska
Entered as second class matter on Oct 21, 1947 at the post office
at Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Subscription rates.75c month, $8 a year
Viola Daniels .Editor
Evon DeLand .Advertising Manager, Palmer
No printed material in the Valley Frontiersman may be
reproduced except by permission of the editor.
Delivered by carrier in Palmer. Mailed to all points in
Alaska and the United States
Daniels — In the Lion’s Den
More than 1,400,000 acres of Alaska’s forests were destroyed
by fire last year.
l Nearly all of that destruction was caused by you. The cigarette
you flipped from the window of your car as you drove down the
highway—the fire you left burning when you broke camp after
that weekend fishing trip—the fire you set to burn off the brush
piles on your farm without first waiting for burning weather.
Those were the blazes that blackened more than a million acres of
Alaska in 1948.
Your carelessness has robbed you and yours of their timber
land birthright for many years to come. Perhaps it will not prove
ts>o noticeable in our lifetime, for Alaska’s timber resources still
are vast, but today’s careless fire may destroy the home your
children would build tomorrow.
Alaska’s fires are insidious enemies. They creep underground
to smoulder and penetrate at the roots and to spring into new life
with the first favorable wind. They are among the most difficult
fires to extinguish, once they gain headway, for a line of flame can
travel through moss roots and peat bogs to break out in heavy forest
cover again far in advance of struggling firefighters.
Fire damage has been materially lessened in the past eight
years, according to a recent statement of a regional forester. Not
more than 10 years ago, Alaska’s forests were being destroyed at
the rate of three to eight million acres a year. But the primary cause
in those fires remains unchanged. Then, as it is today, nearly all
fires were caused by man.
To help protect man from his own criminal carelessness a care
ful program of fire prevention and fire fighting has been estab
lished by the territory's legislature. The period between April 15
and September 30 of each year has been designated the fire season.
Those dates may be extended at either end of the season, if local
conaiuons warrant.
During this first sason you are asked to remember these facts:
It is illegal to toss away any lighted matches, cigarettes,
cigars or burning tobacco, firecrackers or any inflammable
material in any area containing timber, brush, grass or grain
lands.
All vehicles driving through these areas, or flying over
them, are required by law to carry ash trays for the disposition
of such materials.
Copies of the territory's fire prevention act. Senate Bill 33,
must be displayed in all saw mills, logging camps and in the
smoking compartment of all public conveyances.
Anyone building a fire on timber, brush or grassland not
owned by him, without first clearing the ground around it
so that fire will not carry, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Any person leaving such a fire without totally extinguish
ing it is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Any person setting a fire on such land, without first obtain
ing the owner's permission is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Any person who allows a fire to escape through his own
* negligence is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Any person who is requested to assist in fighting a fire by
an officer or employe of either the Federal or territorial gov
ernment is guilty of a misdemeanor if he fails to render such
assistance.
All persons convicted of misdemeanors under this act
shall be punished by a fine of not less than S25 or not more
than S500, or shall be jailed for not less than 10 days or more
than six months, or both.
Any person who maliciously or wantonly sets timber,
brush, grain or grass afire, on land not owned by him, shall
be guilty of a felony, to be punished by a fine of not less than
SI00 or more than $1,000, or shall be imprisoned for not less
than one year or more than 10 years, or both.
We are living in the dangerous period of the fire season today.
This spring, drier than in other years, is to be doubly feared.
Already there have been several small grass and forest fires in
the Matanuska Valley.
Therefore let it be the personal responsibility of you and
me, each working together in a spirit of helpfulness and not as
malicious watchmen of one another, to make certain that there will
be no more major fires in the Valley this year.
A million acres of timber need not burn in Alaska this season
if we are determined not to let it burn.
FRONTIERSMAN ADS BRING RESULTS
Oar New Equipment Is Now All Installed
Get all cleaned up the new way
for Colony Day
at
BROWN'S SHOP
FOR RENT
OFFICE SPACE, Koslosky Bldg.
Inq. Jan Koslosky.
FOR SALE
FOR SALE
CIGARETTES: Minimum 5 ctns.
Delivered prices: Old Golds,
$1.40 per ctn.; Pall Malls,
$1.35; Kools, $1.30; Raleighs,
$1.25. Write box 194, Anchor
age Times, Anchorage.
’37 FORD pickup with ’41 100
h.p. Mercury motor; A-l condi
tion. Tost’s Service.
HOME, beautifully furnished, by
owner; very reasonable. Desir
able neighborhood; city water;
lot 75 x 140. See Mrs. George
Stenson, first St. N. of and
parallel to Anchorage high
way, third house, No. side of
St.
’41 PONTIAC, rebored engine,
excellent paint. Hartley Bros.
Motors.
CERTIFIED Arctic Seedling seed
potatoes. H. S. Bauer, 2 mi.
so., V2 mi. east of Palmer.
CABIN, 2 lots, 50 x 200; located
in North Palmer. Inq. Valley
Frontiersman.
FLAMO gas water heaters. Hart
ley Bros. Motors.
’33 PLYMOUTH 4-door sedan;
new tires and battery, new
paint job and upholstery. Hart
ley Bros. Motors.
ROTO-TILLERS, the power tool
of a thousand uses. Hartley
Bros. Motors.
TAPP AN gas stoves and regu
lators. Hartley Bros. Motors.
88-ACRE farm, 7-rm. house,
water, lights; 30 acres cleared;
4Va mi. north of Palmer. Inq.
David Bryant, Box 1848, Pal
mer.
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127-ACRES good farming land;
approximately 8,000 feet sea
soned lumber; large lake suit
able for small plane landing.
See George Small, Palmer, be
tween 5 and 7 p.m.
POSITION WANTED
PART-TIME stenographic work,
mornings; secretarial experi
ence, good knowledge of short
hand, typing. Inq. at office of
Valley Frontiersman.
NOTICE
FOR BREAKER PLOWING, disc
ing or general field plowing,
..write or see Wallace Moffitt,
Box 741, Palmer.
CATTLE OWNERS desiring arti
ficial insemination service for
their herds may sign up at the
Extension Office. MATANUS
KA VALLEY DAIRYMEN’S
ASSOCIATION.
Webbs Have Daughter
A baby daughter was bom to
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Webb of
Palmer at the Valley hospital
last week. She arrived on Sun
day, May 23.
PALMER, ALASKA YARD
OF
Ketchikan Spruce Mills
Alaska owned and operated
NOW AVAILABLE
Nu-Wood Planks
10" x 8' 12" x 8' 16" x 8'
Ceiling Tile
16" x 16" 16" x 32"
Craveneer Board
4* x 8' x 5/32"
Fir Beaded Ceiling
Fir Crating Material
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PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
Beautifully Bound
Priced from $2.25 to $2.65
PALMER PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER
and
PALMER ART AND GIFT SHOPPE
B & C SUPPLY
Electrical Contracting and Engineering
Appliance Repair General Wiring
Ironing Cords Made to Order
LJght Globes
Bonded and Licensed Contractor
Phone 55 A1 King Bldg. Box 665
Palmer
W. B. BARNHARDT
Dimension Lumber House Logs
Write Box 682, Palmer *
(Mill located on Lower Butte road) I
YOU CAN DROP IN ANYTIME
You’ll find us
always ready to serve you
For good fun and refreshments
visit the
SOURDOUGH CLUB
Russ and Gertrude Felzien
Proprietors
J. VIC BROWN & SONS
“The Live Jewelers”
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ALASKA RAILROAD WATCH INSPECTORS
Acrou from City Hall Anchorage
When Yon Repair or Build Use WOODUFE
Water Repellent Rot Proof
Keeps wood from swelling, shrinking,
checking, warping
Now On Display
CHAMPION Outboard Motors
RELIANCE Conversion Cookstove Burners
at
GRAHAM SERVICE
Machine Work Welding Repair
Oaa OU
For a sweet snack that’s quick,
we recommend
Any of our many varieties of doughnuts
FRUIT PERSIANS CINNAMON TWISTS
SHAMROCK BAKERY