Hunting Season Opens;
Sportsmen Take Otf
For Favorite Areas
Hunters, hunters and more
hunters took to the hills this week
as the big game hunting season
opened September, 1 for caribou,
moose, goats, brown and grizzly
bear. The season follows the clos
ure of the 12-day sheep hunting
season.
As early as Sunday morning,
August 30, vehicles of all types,
laden with hunting and camping
equipment, were seen heading
north on the Glenn highway, pre
sumedly toward the caribou coun
try around Eureka. Caribou hunt
ing will continue in this area
until September 30. Again this
year only bulls may be taken. A
check station will be manned by
FWS agents at Lila Lake, Mile
122 on the Glenn highway.
Moose hunters, not traveling
as far a distance, held off until
Monday. At all hours of the day,
groups and individuals were seen
preparing for their trips. Grocery
and hardware stores reported
brisk business in camping sup
plies during the past three days.
Moose season will remain open
in this area only until September
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20 and only bulls witn iorKea an
tlers or better may be taken.
For those hunters who do not
mind the rigors of mountain
climbing, goat season is open in
this area from September 1 until
October 31.
Shooting hours for the 1953
duck season which also began
September 1 in this area were an
nounced by the Fish and Wildlife
Service.
Shooting is permitted from half
hour before sunrise to an hour
before sunset, except for opening
day when hunting is permitted
from noon on. Hunters are advis
ed to check with FWS for official
shooting hours, which very from
day to day. The season lasts this
year, until November 14.
KIWANIS TO MEET
SEPTEMBER 9
The meeting date for the next
Kiwanis regular meeting has
been postponed from September
7 to September 9 because of the
holiday and fair. The meeting
will be held in the Co-Op club
room at noon.
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io the
1953 MATANUSKA VALLEY FAIR
We will be closed Saturday, Sunday
and Labor Day
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THE MATANUSKA VALLEY FARMERS
COOPERATING ASSOCIATION
Has received the following contributions from
business firms — These will be given at the
Valley Fair
GLENN CARRINGTON .$100.00 cash
CHARLES LILLY. 50.00 cash
HUNT and MOTTE . 25.00 cash
SEATTLE HARDWARE . 25.00 cash
CONSOLIDATED DAIRY PRODUCTS Co. 15.00
Consolidated Dairy Products Co. 15.00 cash
MONROE DAIRY MACHINERY, INC.
No. 3 Western Farm Milk Cooler
value . $75.00
ALBERS FEED — value. 50.00
GOOD YEAR TIRE and RUBBER Co.,
Inc., Merchandise value . 150.00
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Sportsmen Plan
Sixth Game Dinner
The menu for the Matanuska
Valley Sportsmens’ sixth annual
game dinner is starting to sound
interesting with porpoise, beaver
tails, moose nose and several
other surprise dishes coming in
each day. The dinner will be held
in the Palmer school gymnasium
Saturday night, October 17.
The local sportsmen’s associa
tion was formed in the Valley in
January 28, 1948 with Dr. Foster
Sims as its first president. Meet
ings were held in the basement
of the Matanuska Hotel, which at
that time had not been complet
ed. An interest in skiing started
the building of a ski tow which
has since been turned over to the
Matanuska Ski club. A lively in
terest in trap shooting the first
summer has built up into the
present rifle club which shoots in
matches against some of the high
est Stateside teams.
Annual affairs include the
summer fish fry, held each year
during the month of July.
Their first game dinner was in
stigated by Bruce Graham and
Clair Stock. For that dinner mem
bers were not asked what they
would bring, but rather were giv
en assignments that resulted in
some hard work and scrambling
to fill the orders. This year mem
bers were asked to send in the
name of the game dish they wish
to furnish. Ninety-percent of the
club membership is this week out
trying to fill their assignments.
The organization has worked
hard toward conservation of game
and fish. Its first and ver effec
tive project was “no shooting of
ducks during Spring migration.”
This summer several members
aided in the restocking of many
lakes in the Valley area.
Presidents of the association
have been, in addition to Sims,
Clair Stock, Roy Brock and pres
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Grange lo Serve
Meals During Fair
Members of the Northland
Pioneer Grange, No. 1 will serve
meals for the public during the
Valley Fair, it was announced
this week. All women of the or
ganization have been asked to
take a pie. The public is invited
to take their meals at the Grange
Hall, located on the corner of
Springer Road and Fairview Ave
nue.
The next regular Grange meet
ing will be held September 11 at
which time the new lecturer,
Wanda Wilson, will present a
program.
OFFICIALS TO CHECK
TAX DELINQUENTS
William E. Frank, district di
rector, announced this week that
Internal Revenue Agents in this
district have begun a drive to
locate taxpayers who are delin
quent in meeting their require
ment to file tax returns.
The drive at present is being
conducted in Seattle and Tacoma
but in due course will be extend
ed throughout the state of Wash
ington and Alaska. This search
for delinquents is part of a na
tional program instituted by U. S.
Commissioner of Internal Reve
nue T. Coleman Andrews.
ent president, Ken Westenbarger.
The Sportsmen will have their
annual exhibit at the 13th Valley
Fair. Marie Westenbarger is com
mittee-woman for care of the ex
hibit and A1 Dickow is head of
the committee to arrange the ex
hibits.
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Carpenters Local 2251
Meets 2nd end 4th Wednesday
Each Month
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