VOLUNTEER EIRE DIP’T FORI'ED
Tuesday evening saw the inaugu
ration of the Colonial Eire Tenart -
ment.
Father rulzman, Chief, presided
and Assistant Chief Rank Allman
read the new constitution which was
unanimously adopted. The election
of ^hil O’Neil as Secretary-Treasur
er completed the rostei of officers
and a list of all members will ap
pear in PIONEER shortly.
The next meeting is called for
Eonday evening, the 24th at the of
fice of the PIONEER.
William "Bellowing Bill" Taylor
vrill address the meeting, sotto
voce., on the condition of our pres
ent water sunnly.
The new Fire Department will be
affiliated with the National Fire
Protection Association.
Wonder which school teacher it
is who has just recently cancelled
her ticket reservations for return
to the r-'tates at the end of the
school year.
7/e understand that °kip Bouden
is sheaping for a house and exaects
to settle down for some tine in the
valley. May even get himself a autt
^utt , so we hear.
Bruno Bee ok (he’s the old timer
who hored a hole in the exast cen
ter of the bull’s eye to win a tur
key away from us by an inch) has
Just received a ehank from Sears
and Roebuck and the award for hav
ing sent in a arize winning tres
sed mink aelt. Bruno takes great
■c ride in the. manner he cares for
ail his skins.
The Ladies of the Legion Auxili
ary will hold a Bak^ ^le at the To
Commissary Saturday p.K. , February
19 th.
All Auxiliary members are asked
to send in contributions.
lbs. Single
Publicit y 0hairman
I'embers of Executive Council of
Protestant Community Chur *h met. at
the home of the Neil Billers’ on
Saturday night. The business of
the evening included ^lens for a
church building and aermanent or
ganization .
The resaense to the runday Wor
ship has been sufficient to encour
age the Council to make aIans for a
aermanent building.
Don’t forget to sign uu for your
r10NEEP subscriation, alease.
FANGUS PIONEER LINES
00 LG ILF PROJECT ^ET-IP5
JAck record arrived in the val
ley yesterday for his first visit
after eighteen years.
"^rejects are not new to Jaok. In
’15 he was instrumental in founding
the town of Livengood where he sunl
•the first hole onto real nay in the
Tclovana district.
In ’L2 he interested the Stan
dard Oil and Southern Pacific in
the petroleum pnssitilities of the
Alaska Peninsula. There, expendi
tures of over two million dollars
in roads and drilling onerations
brought into' being the town of Nan
atak.
In later years he established a
cattle and sheen industry on the
islands to the westward and founds,
the settlement of NcCord on Sitka
lidak Island where he has his ner
manent residence. On Sitkalidak
and Ohirikof Islands he and his as
sociate have fouteor. hundred head
of cattle and eleven hundred sheen•
I'^Oord has seen many settlements
established in the mining centers,
but wo were interested in what he
thought of our valley and the pro
jects Vhen questioned, he said:
I .at struck me most f o r ° ibly
when I first toured the valley yes
terday was the apparent permanency
of the community« Unlike mushroom
mining tcwn>, this place has Deer
built to stay.
"Tnese present , suDstantial
houses, barns and injurevements;
this fommunity hunter with its :
schools, hospital, gyrrmasiurn and
other useful tuillings, will last
for fifty years as they are.
"T «e fast that these heme tra°r.
are connected by good reads with
eaoh other and with the railroad,
Community Center, Willow freek T'in
Aatanuska, ’Vasilla an I Anchorage,
foretells for a certainty that the.
home tracts will always be cccurie
by someone, whether Alaskans er ow
siders.
"I believe the majority of thes
colonists w.il.1 stay, but if they i
not there will be plenty of Alask
ans tc take their places.
"These colonists, I notice, hav
children - lets cf them. They, re
doubt , are harry in the thought
that they arc building for the fu
ture safety of these children.
The youngsters will bo reared
with good food and shelter, near
solendid schools and medical at
tention, and in a land of orrer
tunity,
"T:.ese -people are living in an
amphitheater cf beauty and the com
ing generation will love the counts
and become a major asset of the Te,
ritory.
Eow about a name for the orchesti