1G SLED RACES
:t for wasilla
iSRUARY I
. *' - res lents will have the
opportu.. -<f viev/icgra;a Alas
kan sled dog . ■' . * 'it*- >ut travel
ing into Anchorage. dor per J
mittmg. the Alaskan Sleu . '.nndj
Racing Association will conu.
a speed race in the Wasilia area
Sunday. February 1, according to
Bob Bacon, one of the partici
pants. >,■' .
The twelve mile race will orig
inate near Wasilia, run .around
the King’s Lake road and back
to Wasilia. There will probably
be at least ten teams racing,-,Ba
con said, with Earl and Natalie
Norris, Clem Tillman, A1 Hebert,
Mara Lee Columbia. Dee Haes,
Charles McGinnis, “Wimpy”
Meier and Bacon indicating their
wishes to race on that date.
Also racing will be two popular
Junior members of the club, Jim
my Dowlan and Billy Sullivan
who will be racing against their
seniors with no handicaps. They
will be racing the club mirmhnum
of five dogs. Dacon said racers
may not use less than five dogs
but may run more than that at ’
the discretion of the judges.
Starting time will probably be
at 1 p.m., Bacon said, with racers
caving at one minute intervals.
Winner will be the team with the
fastest elapsed time. Judges will
be Roger Gidney, Nevin Hayes
and Lucille Gibson who have been
acting as judges in the races held
in Anchorage the past few weeks.
A few non-members may want
to race, Bacon said. If so, they
may pay an entry fee of $4.00,
Bacon said.
WASILLA VFW ACTflVE
IN BOY-GIRL SCOUTS
Wasilla Boy Scout Troop 619 is
being re-sponsored by the Wasilla ;
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post
9365. it was recently announced.
Frank. Sorrison, scout leader, ac- i
companied the Explorer. unit on i
an overnight winter hike recently i
an 10 below zero weather and re- !
ported a “fine time by all.”
The young girls of Wasilla are
now able to enjoy the activities
of the Girl Scout program. The
VFW Auxiliary are sponsoring the
recently formed troop and several
..•girls have enrolled with many
more expected soon.
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NOTES FROM YOUR
EXTENSION SERVICE
By Richard Blue
Nine Alaskans will direct the
1953 Agricultural Conservation
-rogram on the county level un
der the Production and Marketing
Administration newly organized
in the territory, said Bert Stimple,
chairman of the state PMA com
mittee.
The men are Claire Patten of
Irving Evenson of Anch
orage q. d R. F. Davis of Wasilla,
all in Palmer county; Emil Bar
tolowitz of Clam Gulch, Gust Lol
gren of Homer and Carl Spetz of
Kasilof, of Homer county, and Joe
Lawlor of College, Robert John
son of Steel Creek and George
Wall of Badger Road, in Fairbanks
county.
The area included in Palmer
county is all of the first and third
Judicial divisions with the excep
tion of the area designated as
Homer county which is the section
encompassing the Kenai Penin
sula and Kodiak Island. Fairbanks
county includes all of the second
and fourth judicial divisions.
Elections were conducted re
cently by members of the state
committee: John Newcomb of
Palmer Edward Liebenthal of
Homer, and Stimple of Fairbanks.
Eligible farm voters who received
ballots by mail were those who
participated in the ACP program
for 1950-51-52 or, had been ap
proved for payment under the
1953 program
The first committee members
will serve until September 1 when
a new committee will be elected
to serve a full year. Future elec
tions will be held prior to Septem
ber 1, Stimple said.
The Production and Marketing
Administration county commit
tees and the state committee will
continue to administer the agri
cultural conservation program in
cooperation with other federal
agencies, such as the extension
service, soil conservation service
and forest service. Any farmer in
.erested in the ACP program may
contact his county committee
nembers for information, Stimple
ner December 16 to schedule elec
;aid.
The state committee met in Pal
mer December 16 to schedule |
elections, set county boundaries, !
qualifications of voters, terms of
office, and plan future work.
Present in addition to the three
state committeemen were Lynn
Hollis, Richard Blue, John Hard
Hospital Heads lo
Held Two-Day Meet
O. K. Kincaid, Valley Hospital
manager, will attend a meeting
to all hospital administrators for
non-federal hospitals to be held
in Anchorage Januray 26 and 27.
The meeting is being held under
the direction of the Alaska De
partment of Health.
F''b.i»ets to be discussed in
olude: Hospital legislature in the
iu.. .tory u AiasK.^; person--' acj_
ministration; hospit-.. ... sta
tion and hospital .tes. Also the
formation of an iaska hospital
association will < discussed.
A represent' from the stai*
of Washingto- _» Cross will be
present to di' Blue Cross par
ticipation ir ska. The associa
tion has re ized the need for
revision in ne of the benefits
allowed, citi. +he higher cost of
living here 1. 'laska than in
Washington
One of the pro. .ms to be dis
cussed will be hospital rates which
the Blue Cross has found flucuate
from $14 to $33 per day in Alaska.
Kincaid pointed out that the
average cost Der dav +he Val
ley Hospital is about $18.
castle and Dan Bemis, all of the
Extension Service, and Charles
W. Wilson, territorial conserva
tionist of the Soil Conservation
Service. Hollist, associate direc
tor of the Extension Service, was
elected Secretary-Treasurer of the
state committee.
CONSERVATION
NOTES
I have been reading some re- j
cent releases from the States on I
dairy feeding. Farmers there, by
feeding '>11 the good grass silaee I
cows will eat, have been able to
maintain milk production with a
very modest feeding of grain or
concentrates. Recommended feed
ing ratios may run as ldw as one
pound of grain per eight pounds
milk, he higher the quality of j
hay or silage fed, the lower the
protein content of your grain con- i
cent:, ate can be.
One local farmer has started the
practice of cutting two crops a
year from an oat and pea hay
seeding. He seeds and fertilizes
just as early as possible. The crop
is cut in late June for hay or sil
age and again fertilized, r'he sec-!
ond crop is taken off in Septem-!
ber. This early cut crop will give j
a high protein content roughage.
The practice is well worth trying.
It might pay well to follow this
procedume with a nurse crop
when seeding in grass and clover.
When cut the second time on the
newly seeded grass a high stubble
should be left. This will furnish
winter protection for the next
years crop.
To get a good crop of clover
it is almost essential that a nurse
crop stubble be left. The new
Alaskland clover should do very
well under ttys (treatment. It
should also do very well in pro
ducing higher quality forage.
<*-TA MEMBERS HEAR
SKI INSTRUCTOR;
ENJOY SHORT PLAY
A lengthy business meeting of
the Palmer P-TA was brought to
a . complimentary close Tuesday
night with the presentation of a
skit, "Scattered Showers" by a
very able cast. Most outstanding
characters were the juniors, Billy
Wimmer and Patty Schaefer who
took their parts in a true proies- j
sional manner. Also very capable i
were Kather.yn Wilson, Katheline
.Woore ana Lucms Koss whose j
roles as parents were sincerely j
presented. A discussion period,
Jed by Mrs. Lucille Mick, was j
held following the presentation.
Richard Mekkelesen, ski in- j
structor, was introduced tb the i
group by Recreation Chairman, i
Lucille Mick. Mekkelesen spoke;
briefly on equipment needed by
juniors planning to participate in i
the ski instruction program plan-1
ned by the P-TA. Mrs. Mick
brought out the need of transpor
tation for the junior skiers and
asked any who could to offer
their services to the group.
An invitation to participate in
a proposed health bill (detailed
elsewhere in this issue) to be pre
sented for the legislature by the
Matanuska Valley Health Coun
cil was referred to the P-TA leg
islature committee for discussion
with the executive board. Their
recommendations will be present
ed at the next regular meeting
to be held February 17.
At the next meeting, all organi
COURT NEWS
John C. Ortega 29, was fined
MOO following a plea of guilty to
a charge of unlawful conduct in
the city of Palmer on January 18
The complaint was signed by
William Garberding following a
iisturbance in a local bar. Placed
under arrest, Ortega was held in
city jail for a 10 a.m. hearing
January 19 before Acting City
Magistrate Larry Mooers.
zations in the Valley that are
sponsored by the Palmer P-TA
will present programs. This will
include Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts
and introduction of Miss Dolores
Mahila, new Public Health Nurse
in the Valley.
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