Vol. 1, No. 8
Palmer, Alaska, October 11, 1947
Ten Cents
Phone Service Extended To 24 Hours A Day
Dairymen Hear
Expert Explain
.Valley Needs
Dairymen of the Valley last
Wednesday evening met with Dr.
O. E. Reed, chief of the bureau
of dairy industry, Don Irwin,
director of Alaskan experiment
station work, and Parker Lester,
extension agent, to discuss prob
lems of Matanuska’s dairy indus
try.
Dr. Reed, who has been visit
ing farms in the area for the past
several weeks, told the farmers
that he saw as their chief prob
lems:
(1) That of raising more feed
adapted to Alaskan use;
(2) The problem of improving
existing herds so that the aver
age amount of milk produced per
;cow will be materially increased.
Dr. Reed said that through ex
perimentation in the states and
the selection of proved herd
sires, dairy farmers of the United
States now are producing more
milk with less cows.
Accurate Records
The need for complete and ac
curate records was reiterated by
Dr. Reed. He gave a detailed ac
count of results obtained in 27
years of experimental work at
the Beltsville Experiment Sta
llion in Maryland.
He stressed the need of proved
sires for an artificial insemina
tion program, which he said has
been widely adopted by dairy
men of the states. He recom
mended such a program to Val
ley herd owners and stated that
two bulls could be borrowed
from the Department of Agri
culture.
Dairymen must unite to form
a cattle-testing association, must
pay feed costs of the animals
w hich will be kept at the Experi
ment Station, and must keep re
quired government recoitfs.
He asked that a committee be
named to poll Valley dairymen
and find out their reaction. Rol
and Snodgrass, Frank McAllister,
E. Harrington, Victor Falk, Jr.,
and Arvid Johnson were select
ed to consult with Valley farm
ers prior to a second meeting
next Monday evening.
Farmers are expected to voice
their final decision for or against
the project at the Monday meet
ing.
Dr. Reed also summarized a
report of experimental work in
crpss-breeding now in progress
at'the Beltsville station. While
results are still incomplete, Dr.
r Reed said present trends indicate
that the hybrid animal is
healthier and apparently has a
longer life.
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Pupils To See
City At Work
WASILLA—Civics and social
studies students of Wasilla high
school will close their texts and
seek first-hand knowledge of
their subjects next Tuesday.
All students of the Wasilla
high school are planning to go to
Anchorage that day to study
municipal government at work.
Students will visit a session of
district court, will inspect the
federal jail and will tour the of
fices of Anchorage’s city hall.
They plan to leave Wasilla by
bus and private car on Tuesday
morning, returning that same
evening. They will be accom
panied by James Pendleton, su
perintendent.
Basketball Teams
Are Assigned
Practice Time
Tentative practice periods for
the men’s and women’s town
basketball squads have been as
signed, coach L. K. Gibson of
Palmer high school announced
this week.
Mr. Gibson said both teams
have been scheduled for an hour
and a half practice period each
Monday and Wednesday evening.
One team will be assigned the
hours between 7 and 8:30 p. m.
and the other will use the floor
from 8:30 until 10.
The gymnasium will be re
served for high school basket
ball practice each Tuesday and
Thursday evening and for league
games each Friday and Saturday
night.
Some time will be available!
after school hours, if add'tional
teams are organized, Mr. Gibson
said.
The coach explained that a
high school squad turnout of 40
candidates made evening prac
tices necessary.
New baskets are now being set
up in the gym. First floor prac
tice for the high school player*
was called early this week. Mr.
Gibson said his men will be
working hard for the next two
weeks, in preparation for their
Oct. 24 engagement with the
alumni.
A post team has asked for play
ing dates on Oct. 25, and while
that game has not yet been sched
uled, Mr. Gibson said he would
make a definite announcement
within the next few days.
There will be no further Sun
day church services in the Valley
Theatre at this time, it was an
nounced yesterday by Revere»d
Sullivan, Baptist minister.
King Building
Almost Ready
Still another concrete build
ing in the heart of Palmer’s bus
iness section is scheduled foi
completion soon, it was an
nounced today by A1 King. Mr
King set the date at Nov. 1.
The building, which is to hous<
a complete garage, is expectec
to be open for business by tha
time. With cold weather nearly
here, Mr. King modified origin
al plans to erect a two-storj
structure and decided to finisl
only the garage at this time.
A temporary roof has beer
constructed. Plumbing fixture:
are being installed. When doors
windows and interior finishing:
are completed, Palmer’s newes
garage will be ready to admin
ister to the mechanical ills o
Valley vehicles.
Mr. King said he planned t<
manage the garage himself. Hi
also will continue the operatioi
of his taxi business, which wil
be headquartered in the garage
The garage will handle the sale:
agency for a still-undecided lim
of automobiles.
When weather warms up ii
the spring, original constructioi
plans for a second floor in thi
building will §e /resumed. Tha
work is expected to be completer
by next summer. Plans for thi
second floor include both apart
ment and office space
Fineman Leaves
For Minneapolis
Dr. Z. M. Fineman, agronomis
at the Alaska Agricultural Ex
periment Station here, left th<
Valley Wednesday for an ex
tended stay in the states. Dr
Fineman flew to Minneapolis
where he joined his wife, wh<
has been Outside since last sum
mer.
He planned to vacation then
and then to take refreshe:
courses at the University of Min
nesota.
In December, Dr. Fineman wil
go to Chicago to attend th<
meetings of the American Societ]
of Horticultural Sciences an<
the American Potato Association
He also tentatively planned t<
be in Cincinnati in Novembe
for the meeting of the America]
Society of Agronomy.
Dr. and Mrs. Fineman will re
turn to the Valley early in 1948
Visits Mother
WASILLA — Miss Genevievi
Getzloff, daughter of Mrs. Glad
iolus Getzloff of Wasilla, spen
Sunday visiting with her moth
er, a local schoolteacher. Mis:
Getzloff is working at Fort Rich
ardson, where she is an employ]
of the District Engineer.
Mislaid-A Cow
At Lindsey Farm
Ever lose something right
from under your nose? You
know—put down the scissors
to answer the phone, turn
around and they're gone? Lay
a cuff-link somewhere, but
when you look, it isn't there?
Of course, you have. There's
nothing unusual in that. Nor
1 nothing unusual about the
hunt that turns the house up
■ side down looking for the lost
article.
Mrs. Gilman Lindsey had
1 that experience last week.
Only Mrs. Lindsey lost a lit
1 tie larger item. She misplaced
> a cow. One minute, there was
Bossy dining on Lindsey pas
’ ture in her usual contented
1 fashion. The next instant she
was gone.
Mrs. Lindsey poked and
( pried into all likely spots on
the farm with -no success. Then
, she enlarged her hunt to can
^ vass the neighborhood, but no
cow. Finally darkness and din
. her hour ended the search.
Mrs. Lindsey gave up and
turned her thoughts to dinner.
, Needing vegetables, she hur
, tied down the steps to the root
cellar, and there came face to
t face with the missing bovine.
I Bossy had strolled down the
. stairs, taken dessert from Lind
sey fruits and vegetables, and
cuddled down for the night
among the vegetable bins.
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Lodge rrowiers
Caught, Released
^ The prowlers who recentlj
' j were reported to have ran
! sacked rooms at the Lodge havt
been apprehended, Marshal Bill
• Bouwens announced this week
’ Since no complaint was issued
' the four, two of them soldiers
have been released.
, The men admitted entering
1 the Lodge but denied taking
money from any of the rooms.
' Church Spuds
1 Bring $760
! Nine and three-quarters ton;
, of potatoes harvested from th<
Lord’s Acre, agricultural projec
. of the United Protestant churcl
here, already have been market
ed. Total proceeds from th<
church-planted, cultivated anc
; harvested acre amounted to $760
! according to Rev. Victor Alfsen
t pastor of the church.
The money will be used in par
i in the Palmer church and a por
- tion will go toward the missior
: contribution of the United Pro
testant church.
Further Plans
For Expansion
Are Outlined
A new service was given to
Valley telephone owners this
week, when Dorothy and “San
dy” Sands of the Valley Tele
phone Exchange announced the
inauguration of 24-hour service,
beginning immediately.
The Sands announced their
increased service a little less than
a week after their ownership of
the Valley Telephone Exchange
became an actuality. Although
they have been operating the
telephone system for the past
two months, they did not become
owners until Oct. 2. They pur
chased the exchange from Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Arnold, who are
now in Anchorage.
, Service had been limited to 16
hours. Lack of personnel to man
the board has been the chief ob
stacle. That problem was solved
last weekend when Bob White
joined the phone company’s staff
as night operator.
Switchboard attendants at the
exchange now include: Eunice
Seitz, Mrs. Meryle Peterson, Mrs.
Sands and Mr. White.
Along with the announce
ment of round-the-clock serv
ice, the new owners told of
plans for future expansion. The
present control board has a
164-line capacity, designed to
take care of 200 phones. Mr.
Sands believes if the board
were operated at full load,
every Valley resident wanting
phone service would be sup
plied.
At present the board carries a
load of 29 lines which service 60
phones.
The Sands are looking toward
the rural areas as first to receive
the planned expansion. Already
there are a few phones reaching
; farms along the Glenn highway.
There will be more as soon as
materials and labor become
. available.
There have been many appli
cants for phones. Biggest handi
cap in filling these orders has
been the lack of available
phones. However the Sands say
i the prospect for an allotment of
! phones is good. A few phones,
: designed to fill the needs of
t Palmer business establishments,
■ are coming by air.
! Case Dismissed
Against Weber
The grand jury meeting Mon
. day in Anchorage returned a no
true bill in the case of Clifford
Weber of Palmer and this action
clears him of a charge of em
bezzlement.
Two true bills were return
ed by the grand jury and trials
will be set for action in the
third district court. In the first,
Jack H. Storm is accused of
manslaughter, reckless driving,
and driving on the wrong side of
the street. The charges are an
outgrowth of a traffic accident
on the Palmer-Wasilla highway
near Four Corners June 8.
The second true bill was re
turned against Martha Smith for
the alleged larceny of a revolver.
Advertise the Valley. Send a
Frontiersman back home.