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FIRST PRESS PRINTED ISSu’E
MATANUSKA VALLEY PIONEER
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WOLFE-WILLI A M 5
WED DIN Cj SET
Miss Pearl V. Williams, Red Cross
Field Nurse, will beeome the bride
of Mr. Harry Wolfe, Assistant
Architect with the ARRC, at a
ceremony to be performed before
the attractive fireplace at the
dormitory on the evening of Novem
ber 7, according to an announcement
recently made by the pop daryoung
principals.
NEW MO I OR LAWS
NOW IN FORCE
All drivers of cars and motorcycles
on tlie highways of Alaska will have
to keep their eyes on the speed
ometers from now o-n, according to
Deputy Marshal Jack Hermon who
has been instruc:ed to enforce the
new regulations just recei ved.
According to Ihe ruling anyone
driving carelessly in wanton disre
gard for safety of others, or at a
speed likely to endanger any person
or property will be subject to a fine
of not less than $25, nor more than
$500, or by imprisonment in Federal
jail of not less than five days, nor
more than six months, or both such
fine and imprisonment.
For driving while intoxicated the
rap is much stiffer. Tne first offense
carries fines from $25 to $100, and
imprisonment of from five to ninety
days, or both.
For the second offense the time is j
from thirty days to nine months, '
aud the tine from $100 to $500, or
both. If convicted a third time a
year in the penitentiary is the
minimum, and you may get five.
Automatically, if convicted or if
having plead guilty to either of the
above offenses, your license will be
revoked for three months on the first
conviction, six months on the sec
ond, and a yearon the third. And
the time of suspension will com
mence at the expiration of your
jail term if one has been imposed,
otherwise, with the date of final j
judgment.
VALLEY ANIMAL
CENSUS GROWING
The other day a big Hampshire
sow and her litter of small pigs
rooted their way across the grassy
square of the Community Center.
Every once in a while a frisky team
stages a spectacular runaway, and
almost any day you are forced to
stop your car while a bunch of cows
or a flock of sheep clear the road.
Yes, the valley is taking on all the
aspects of real farming community.
The following figures form a cen
sus of the livestock and poultry that
has been shipped in and distributed
to the colony group.
Cows 210, Horses 245, Stallions 4,
Bulls 5, Bigs 500, Sheep 600, Chick
ens 8000, Geese 388, Ducks 337,
Turkeys 484.
This, of course, does not include
this year’s increase, nor privately
purchased colony poultry and stock
owned by old settlers. A complete
census would show that there is
little difference between the farmer
and stock ratio here and in small
farming communit ies in the States.
first valley fair
. A LUGE SUCCESS
The first Matanuska Valley Agri
cultural and Industrial Fair, under
the able direction of M. D. Snod
grass and committees, stands out as
the high light of the Matanuska
valley project’s second year.
Exhibits spoke for themselves. Be
sides displays from 1he Valley, there
were exhibits from Cordova, Valdez,
Seward, and Kodiak. Everything
from babies to beans, beets, and
berries were on display. The splen
did quality of the exhibits was evi
dent, not only in the agricultural
line but in domest ic arts, livestock,
poultry, handcrafts, floral displays,
amateur art, furs and minerals.
Among the notable displays were
those from the boys’ and girls’ 4-H
clubs.
Several thousand persons swung
through the Fair gates to inspect the
exposition and enjoy baseball
games, boxing matches, dances,
races, rodeo, side snows and other
events.
Odicers of the Fair Association
were: M. D. Snodgrass, president;
Joe Flakne, vice president; Ruth
DeArmond, sec’y; Luther VVeeda,
treasurer. Ross L. Sneely and the
officers formed the board of direc
tors.
Regional representatives wen
Wm. T. Murry, Anchorage; J. C.
Wingfield, Afognak; Mrs. H. I.
O’Neill. Cordova; G. W. Gasser,
Fairbanks; Mrs. B. Karft, Kodiak;
Nellie Neal-Lawing, Lawing; Tom
Jones, Nenana; and Eiwyn Swet
mann, Seward.
MORE COLONISTS
DRAW TRACTS
Eight vacated tracts are again oc
cupied as a result of the recent
drawings held to replace re
turned colonists.
On September 5, Virgil Wagner
and Kerwin Frank, both of Gosh
en, Indiana, were assigned by lot
to tracts No. 69 and No. 150. Ker
win Frank is a brother of Darrell
Frank who drew tract No. 187
when the project was started.
On September 12th Clell Bert
Ashby of Washington State drew
141 and Joe Hemmer, brother of
Pat who has No. 44 at the Butte,
drew the old Kalliosaari place
No. 46. At the same time Ernest
Septka of Sturgis, S. D., was
awarded the very desireable tract
No. 3, recently relinquished by
Oscar Engebretson.
On the 15th Mr. Roland Warner
drew tract No. 137, out near Camu
5, and on Ihe 26th James Bern of
Princeton, Minn., drew tract 117.
On Oct. 2nd Robert Risley, former
ARRC employee who hails from Red
Biuff, California, was awarded th
t ract abandoned by Walt er Manginon
when he ret urned to the states, num
ber 151.
Four more replacement families,
all chosen by “Stew” Campbell, left
Seattle for Palmer on the 14th.
At present there are 160 colonist
tracts occupied, and thirteen with
houses built; these latter to be
assigned as new families arrive.
PALMER TO HAVE
A THEATRE GUILD j
The Matanuska Valley Theater j
Guild was officially organized at
Palmer, on Monday, September
14, with C. A. Nichols presiding
as temporary chairman. The pur- i
pose of the organization is to
provide dramatic entertainment I
for the players and the Commun
ity and eventually to acquire
some permanent stage properties
for the Community Hail.
The charter members present
were: Mrs. Sally Barnhill, Mrs.
Frances Nichols, the Misses It.
DeArmond, J. M 11s, Vivian and
Fay Stoddard, A. Mikami. L.
Spencer, J. Borges, L. Ward, P.
Williams, Mr. C. A. Nichols, J.
Osseward, G. Sturdy, J. Stewart,
H. Telder and N. Nathe.
During the meeting the follow
ing officers for the Guild were
elected: President, Ruth DeAr
mond-; Vice President, C. A. Nich
ols; Secretary, Pearl V. Wil
liams; Treasurer, John Osseward. j
The executive committee made i
the following appointments for j
the first production: Director,
Peggy Pimperton; Assistant Di
rector, Lorinda Ward; Business
manager, C. A. Nichols; Stage
Managers, Harry Telder, Ai.ce
Mikami, Harry K. Wolfe; Costume
and Make-up Artists, Sally Barn
hill, Frances Nichols, and Vivian
Stoddard; Photographer, Gene
Sturdy.
Sponsors selected for the Guild
are Mr. Leo B. Jacobs and Dr. C
E. Albrecht.
Already, members of the Guild
are busy on their first play, “Say It
With Flowers,’’ a three act comedy
to be presented on Saturday even
ing October 24th. Stage scenery is
being constructed and the new cur
tain will be hung in place.
All members of the guild have
tickets for sale at the price of 50
cents for adults and 25 cents fm
children. A matinee for children
will be given on Friday afternoon,
the 23rd, with a 10 cent admission
charge.
Farmers Here May
Qualify Under Soil
Conservation Program
The 193(1 Federal Soil Conserva
tion Program might be applicable,
to a limited extent, to a number of
farms in Alaska. In order to re
ceive benefit payments it is ne
cessary that an application for
grant farm be filled out. Then an
inspector must visit each farm
for the purpose of “measuring
the performance of practice on
the farm, obtain the operator’s
signature on the application, and
execute the certification of per
formance.”
It is possible that a great many
farmers might qualify under the
following items of the Soil Con
servation Act:
(1) 'Permanent pasture $3.00 an
acre. Permanent pasture is de
scribed as “an acreage of
land planted to a perennial
variety of protective non-de
pleting cover crop which is
not turned under during the
year.”
(2) Application of fertilizer $2.50
an acre. “Per one hundred
pounds of chemical fertilizer
of which the principle con
stituents of value are any
form or combination of phos
phoric acid, nitrogen, or pot
ash, 50 cen.s; the payment not
to exceed $2.50 per acre.”
I There are several other condi
! tion.s under which beneficial pay
ments might be received but they
probably will not apply to farms
in Alaska this year.
Farmers who wish to apply for
benefit payments under the Soil
Conservation Act should make ap
plication at once to Lorin T. Gld
royd, Director of Extension, Col
lege, Alaska.
Bill Bouwens, local undertaker
is in charge of a detail moving the
old graveyard to the new ceme on
site North of town.
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