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David :D,;,r-k'r.'sn ,• Apsi.stf.nt■ Etdtor ;
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Dubscrintion rates.** -:,->b0 yearly,,.
It by nai 1 add '-b^ tor oobtaje;.,/
Single coni or otf locally bid ,100
eIs-v"*i ere. L’_ek iconics' f red i /.
Vo. 1 to date , in books of * 10 v.
consecutive; r.unbers at ’1,00 each,
postpaid, Ad rape.3 upon request.
PALI'S?. rLUL LA’VS
It is against the law to row a
boat across a river in Connecticut
on Sunday. That i£, of course, an
unrevolted..statute handod down from
the time when equally asinine '-laVvs
wrere common. >, \ i
”e laugh at them today, but it t
isn't necessary to ro back into
history for a laugh at foolish rul
ings. V.'ere it not that we all dis
like being.; treated as children we
could get a broad grin out of some
of' the local rulings governing o;ur
every day life. For instance:
In any other town in Alaska one
can walk into a dace, get a drink
of beer, and walk out without• being'
forced, by law, to buy something
that he probably doesn't want.
In Primer there is a ruling --
the Lord only knows why ‘—■that the
only beer-selling hermit -obtainable'
is what is known as a 'restaurant
license. • This means that if you
want a drink of beer you must our
-hase and have before you while
drinking, an edible sandwich or
otiier food. If anyone thinks this
is a deterrent to drinking he
should watch the effect of such a
ruling. *
A Palmerite pays for his sand
wich when he buys his first beer,
then, so as not- to snend any more
foolish money during „the evening,
he sits there and drinks when he
might otherwise get up, circulate
around, and find some other inter
est.
T^ere are those who make it a
practice to have a cooling d*rink
when they come off shift.- It’is
only 45 minutes till mess, and one
doesn't like to snoil a meal with
a sandwich. Result: He spend's
double the money.
Another equally foolish ruling .
is that under the set-up we have
here one cannot buy a bottle of
beer and take it home; it has to
be consumed on the -premises.
If one wants a bottle of whiskey
or wine he takes ’’aimer money to
Matanuska or Has ilia and buys' it.
Or he can send to Anchorage and pay
an extra sixty-five cents express.
T' e great experiment with the
well-known 18th amendment oroved r
that lack of legalized availability
does not make for control. Those
who y/anted liquor got it, thus mak
ing a farce cf urohibition_an.d. fur
. n'ili)‘ nh« oriel o.f thefsttionigeSsi* argu
ments \Lco.a\ti4 to ! repeal •} • fvj }
!\' ‘’ly-1, (hlvity. frhe ii'olVibjitfian ihere
at Palmer? is it supposed-‘that a
small community will react any dif-^,.
Terentiy,tp binhibition than did
trie natTbriu i
. : Kbenjing: liquor out of .Calmer • in
the first nlac-e was, ’.’we believe,
the idea of Mr. Frank''Ui"-BMss«-- A
„ood idea at the time, too. The
valley was full of transients''last
summer and among them uncontrolled
drinking was the rule rather than
the exception.•
3ut. that was last; summer i Now
Calmer ie made up of Steady, hard
working pooy.le who., in the main,
dislike being .treated as children.
why is special legislation nec
essary for Pulinerites? Doe's1 Jii
neau or Washington.think We'are
different from the" .people /of. other
towns throughout ’ Alaska? \
They must have a neW: sheriff or
some,thing down there at, Jucksonr
Fole, Wyoming. • Jiiiv Simpson-says
he has word that-more are? coming
from that district, which/irs' per*
hans the best retires ented. town •'
in the vall-ey.'' Jackson* Holers; w
here are : Jim and Eula Simpson;,
Helen and -Jack L«ek; :; ■’•AbieH-and
Louis Curtis ;■ Mrs it E.1, JSl&zabefch
and Irvin., Lozier; Hurry Skiers;
Bill Gardner; Lou Eyner' and Ray
Ferrin. - ■
U>1
It hasn’t taken .long.'far the
Misses Peck and tie Arino.nd ’to‘.get
things . rolling in their’ .particular
lines of education, ,, 1 . 5
Tuts idoruing they organized, two
4-R, Clubs v.i.th 37. boy and girl mem
bers at Wasilla.. . This, afternoon
another club ,pf 20 mehbers was
forced here at Palmar, and tonight
they are to whip a Homemakers’ Clut^
■into 'shaoe at the Butte.' ’rr7
; Busy ;,irls, those two jRuthsi
During the Week1 Miss' Williams t
Red Gross public Health Nurse/v'and
Doctor Albrecht’ gave practically
every studen at the Palmer school
a thorough physical examination;
recording weight’ and heighti; and
the condition of ears, -eyes, teeth
and throat.' A check-hrp 'was also
made on lung and' heart conditions.
’ !-p.’Ur.rk
Frank Ring,1 Tract 93;,?vhas been
appointed to succeed Father Merrill
Suizmen .as Fire Warden ;o£vbhe Val
ley Forest Service/'i ln;.fehpj next
issue of the PIONEER Frank will
have some advice t.o:..give.-in-.-the
matter :cf burning over-rryppp: slashed
ground, With these -highryflnds,.rip
ping up and down the valley? it is
important to usp. .g^3&tc,b%re * r j