FARMERS HAIL
RAIN, WHILE
WORKERS SWEAR
Last week’s downpours may
have been nothing but dirty
words to Alaska Road Commis
sion and Alaska Railroad work
men, but it was liquid gold to
Valley farmers, according to
Glenn Woods. He pointed out
that lack of rain in June has
been one of the big farming
headaches in the Matanuska
Valley. Last week erased even
the slightest twinge for the
growing season of 1949.
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road crews, there wasn’t enough
aspirin in existence to ease their
wet weather troubles. Beginning
on Tuesday, following Monday’s
celestial hosing, work gangs
really ran into trouble. The
Brille's right-of-way dispute
with a landslide on the way into
Anchorage Tuesday morning,
was only a minor incident in
comparison to what happened
on the line from Palmer north
to Jonesville.
Crews worked a straight 36
hours to clear two separate two
mile stretches of slide over the
tracks. The slide areas occurred
between miles seven and nine,
and between miles ten and
twelve beyond Moose Creek. The
fact that the mixture coating
the tracks was semi-liquid and
slithered and oozed from shov
els and road-clearing equipment
didn’t make the lot of an ARR
-orker any happier.
There was no train to the
Jonesville mine from Tuesday
until Friday. The mine was
closed for a three-day period be
cause there were no coal cars to
fill.
The lot of an Alaska Road
Commission was a little happier.
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Instead of one big headache on
roadwork, ARC men were con
tent with dozens of little ones.
Small slides occurred at a num
ber of places, according to Clyde
King, Sr., ARC foreman for this
district. However the road blocks
either occurred at a spot where
traffic might easily be detoured,
or they only partially closed the
roads.
Most serious washout was at
the Eagle River fill, according to
Mr. King. However traffic was
diverted into the old highway
there. Mountain roads washed
out deeply at both sides, but a
narrow strip of solid highway
down the center made them
passable at all times.
Mr. King said that by Monday
storm damage had been almost
entirely cleared up on the roads
in this area.
ARR Will Send
Special North
For Emeritus Day
Expecting a good turnout from
Anchorage and the southern
Railbelt on the Emeritus Day
celebration for retiring presi
dent Charles E. Bunnell, the
Alaska Railroad today announc
ed that it will run a special
train for the event.
The train will run from Sew
ard to Fairbanks. The Railroad,
moreover, is to provide troop
sleepers or sleeping cars in Fair
banks to relieve the heavy crush
of visitors. Fairbanks expects
several thousand persons to at
tend the ceremony at the Uni
versity of Alaska the morning of
July 1.
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Territory are coming and offi
cials from Outside will also wit
ness the ceremony.
To provide accommodations in
crowded Fairbanks, the Railroad
tentatively plans to bring the
“Sportsman” and the “Woods
man” to Fairbanks and park
them on a siding. A iolw rate
will be offered for beds aboard
the cars. Bedding and blankets
will be furnished by the ARR.
New Bridge at Goat Creek
Construction began this week
on a new bridge at Goat Creek
on the Palmer-Anchorage high
way. Traffic is being routed over
a temporary bridge, so that
there is no hitch in transporta
tion there.
HITS PARKED CAR
Charged with hit and run driv
ing, involving a parked vehicle
rather than an individual, John
Hadden was fined $25 in the
court of U. S. Commissioner
Dorothy Saxton this week. Mr.
Hadden, a driver for Larry
Starns of Gulkana. backed into
a parked car owned by Mrs.
Dorothy Graham. He inspected
the damage following the acci
dent, but failed to report it to
the authorities. Mr. Hadden, who
has never been charged with a
traffic violation before, agreed
to pay for all repairs to the Gra
ham vehicle.
Zimoskwes Have Girl
A daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. John Zimoskwe of
Palmer at the Valley Hospital
on June 22. The baby is the sec
ond for the couple.
New Bus Schedule
WASILLA—A new bus sched
ule now serves Wasilla. It be
came effective on June 16, when
buses began leaving at 7:30 a.
m. and returning at 8:40 p. m.
daily.
COFFEY INSURES EVERY
THING — REMEMBER?
For the first time this summer
Alaska Road Commission chores
on the main highways in the
Valley this week had lessened
enough to allow long-promised
construction to begin on farm
roads, Clyde King, Sr., said.
Early in the week ARC crews
went to work on the access road
to the Shrock farm, which is off
the Wasilla-Fishhook road.
Loren McKechnie of Palmer
last week was found guilty in
the court of Commissioner Dor
othy Saxton of driving under the
influence of liquor. He was fined
$50, and his driver’s license was
revoked for a 30-day period.
BOB RISLEY'S VULCANIZING SHOP
Radiators Repaired Batteries Rebuilt
Reasonable Rates Open Evenings
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GAS — OIL
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