fRESH SALMON
DINNER PLANNED
BY SPORTSMEN
Fresh-caught salmon, the first
of the season, will be featured on
the menu of the Matanuska Val
ley Sportsmen baked-salmon din
ner being planned for Friday
evening, May 28 at Moose Hall.
Ken Westenbarger and A1
Dickow of the association plan to
fly to Kenai just before the 28th
to pick up the salmon which has
already been arranged for. Wo
men of the association will pre
pare the fish, along with baked
potatoes, green salads, relishes,
cakes and ice cream that will be
included on the menu. All wo
men of the association are ask
ed to contact Midge Hudgins,
food chairman.
Serving will begin at 5:00 p.m.
and continue until 8:00 or 8:30
p.m., with everything served
family style. Prices have been
set to meet the family budget,
with adults at SI.75 each and
children at S1.00 “All you can
eat”, members added. Tickets
will be on sale the first of next
week and may be obtained from
members; in various stores
around town, or at Moose Hall
the night of the dinner.
As soon as a sizable group as
sembles Alaska's Favorite Game
will be played in Moose Hall
basement. Prizes will be donated
by club members and will in
clude many home-made items. A
grand prize of $25 gift certificate
at Bert’s Drug store will be
awarded sometime during the
evening.
Proceeds from the dinner and
game will go toward the associa
tion’s building fund.
Old Fort Seward, popularity
known as Chilkoot Barracks, at
Haines passed into history with
the signing of an order by Sec
retary of the Interior Douglas
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CONSERVATION
NOTES
By Lew Hanks
The Palmer Soil Conservation
Sub-district has rented a Brillion
grass seeder for use in the local
area. This machine is a 5 ft. 6 in.
model with a three point hitch on
it. It mounts on a Ford or similar
type tractor. Arrangements to
rent the machine can be made at
Howard Estelle’s farm where it
will be kept. The rate is S5 per
day. The seeder was loaned to
the Sub-district through the
courtesy of John DeVries, our
agriculture teacher at the high
school.
This Friday, May 14. has been
designated as Alaska Arbor Day.
If there is anything we could
use in our area it is some wind
breaks an ornamental plantings.
You can count on the finger of
one hand the number of places
that have had some improvement
olantings made. If you intend to
lo some tree planting you better
| get to it.
White birch and also white
spruce planted in the open make
lice ornamentals. Get small
stock. A tree over 3 years old
md a foot high cannot usually
be successfully transplanted.
Jaragana is the imported shrub
species that can usually be suc
cessfully grown. Trees imported
:rom outside have not been any
great success so far. Colorado
ilue spruce shows some promise.
vVe have tried a number of others
such as Russian olive, Siberian
elm and Western red cedar. Sur
vival was very poor. To start
with I would stick to native
species. Dig them young, keep
, :hem moist, and plant them soon.
. Vater them after, not before,
j slanting. Get to planting. Pro
| vide some shade for your old
»ge.
McKay authorizing the restora
tion to public domain of 2,291
acres of land no longer needed
for military purposes.
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BROWN’S SHOP
Private Contractors To
Do Road Construction,
Wherever Possible
A policy requiring that where
ever possible, road construction
and maintenance in Alaska be
performed by private contractors, !
rather than the department’s Al
aska Road Commission, was an
nounced this week by Secretary
of the Interior Douglas McKay.
As outlined by Sec. McKay, the
future policy of the department
will limit force account work to:
(1) pioneer roads; (2) road in
permafrost areas requiring stage
construction over several years;
[ (3) small construction or recon
struction or reconstruction pro
jects in areas to which contractor
equipment cannot be transported
without excessive cost; (4) small
construction and reconstruction
projects no one of which shall ex
ceed $20,000 in total cost and !
which can be accomplished with
maintenance equipment kept at
or near the site at a substantial
saving compared \^itn contract
ing such jobs on a bid basis.
The new policy also requires
that larger jobs may not be brok
en up to produce two or more
units that would fall within the
$20,000 limitation.
Within the next few weeks
Territorial Police officers will be
wearing their new badges, A. P.
Brandt, superintendent of the
department announced this week.
The badges have arrived and will
be distributed soon. They carry
a design pcituring a brown bear
rearing over the official seal of
the Territory, which was select
ed in a territory-wide contest.
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AMERICAN LEGION
DISTRIBUTING
GRACE CARDS IN AREA
The demand for the American
Legion’s grace-before-meals cards
has been so great that National
Emblem Sales has places its
third order for 50,000 of these
table cards.
The local American Legion
Post have purchased 2,000 cards
and are distributing them to
other local organizations and in
restaurants, hotels, and other
gathering spots.
The cards, containing ‘'words
of grace by men of God” repre
senting the Protestant, Catholic,
and Jewish faiths, and bearing
the American Legion emblem in
color on both sides, are being
placed by departments and posts
over the nation.
BAKE SALE PLANNED
FOR SATURDAY
A bake sale wll be held this
Saturday at the Trading Post be
ginning at 10:00 a.m. by women
of the United Protestant Church.
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and GLADIOLA,
TUBEROUS BEGONIA,
AND
DAY LILY BULBS
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or writing care of Frontiersman, Key A,
Palmer, Alaska
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Begin Construction
Of Sheldon Jackson
Library Building
Construction on the Leslie Yaw
library and classroom building at
Sheldon Jackson Junior College
at Sitka, was started on May 1,
it was announced this week.
The building will be of frame
construction, 46 feet by 161 feet,
located on a new quadrangle
which will be approximately
landscaped when the building is
completed. Several years ago
many individuals and business
firms in Alaska and church
groups throughout the states
gave contributions which has
made this new building possible.
The building has been named
in honor of Leslie Yaw, who was
connected with Sheldon Jackson
for over 25 years as a teacher,
>
superintendent, and president. It
is planned that the building will
be ready for occupancy for the
fall term of 1955.
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