yalley FRONTIERSMAN
* Published each Tuesday and Friday
Palmer ^^laska
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947 at the post office
at Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Subscription rates .75c month, $8 a year
Viola Daniels ..^Editor
Evon DeLand .Advertising Manager, Palmer
No printed material in the Valley Frontiersman may be
reproduced except by permission of the editor.
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Daniels —In the Lions Den
Anchorage's clean-up campaign, the crusade against vice which
was inaugurated last week, is likely to have far-reaching effects.
So far as Palmer is concerned, those effects are apt to have un
pleasant consequences locally.
Anchorage is exercising its municipal powers in enforcing the
ordinances on its statute books in an attempt to curb vice. That
is the right of every city which has a government. It will do
much to rectify immoral conditions within city boundaries.
•* But Palmer, a city without a government except for the inade
quate control an overworked territorial government can extend,
lies helplessly in the path of the Anchorage program. That city’s
clean-up campaign can be expected to result in a more wide-open
Palmer. We, without any municipal code, will be helpless to halt
the wholesale Anchorage exodus from that city to this, where there
are no local laws and the coast seems invitingly clear to those who
make their living outside of the law.
It’s happened in years past, and will happen again. When
Anchorage begins to clean house, the rag-tag and bobtail of those
swept out in the effort fall on their feet in Palmer. Why not?
It's conveniently close to the larger city, and with only an assistant
"marshal to stand for law7 and order, there are not many stumbling
blocks placed in the wTay of the law violators. And that’s not the
fault of the marshal—his territory is large and his powers, at best,
are limited. A territorial marshal was never intended to do too
much policing within the bounds of a city.
Again it’s another proof to Palmer, that we can’t expect much
ift the w7ay of a better place in which to live, until we organize
and formulate a code for our own protection. If we want a clean
er, more orderly town as our home, we must make the plans for
it ourselves. There is no one else who can impose regulations up
on us—we must regulate ourselves. And we can do that only un
der an incorporated form of municipal government.
FRONTIERSMAN ADS BRING RESULTS
Don't wait until cold weather to have your
motor overhauled or re-built.
Do it now, before it’s Anti-Freeze time
CRANKSHAFT GRINDING
REBORE SERVICE
MOORE’S GARAGE
1 mile south of Palmer on Palmer-Matanuska Road
Phone 81Y1
A Hearty Lunch Is a Necessity on Those
Berry-Picking Excursions
We Have All of the Makings
HOT DOGS — PICKLES AND RELISHES
Wide Selection of COLD CUTS
Your Choice of Several Varieties of Cheese
PALMW COLD STORAGE & LOCKER SERVICE
2.
Therf s an O’HARRA bus leaving...
PALMER FOR ANCHORAGE
Daily at 8:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
ANCHORAGE FOR PALMER
Daily at 10:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
One-way fare $2.50 plus tax
Round-trip fare $3 plus lax
Connections for Gulkana, Valdez, Fairbanks and Whitehorse
a Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday each week. Return trip
.e following day.
Palmer to Valdez $14.40 plus tax
Palmer to Fairbanks $17 plus tax
Palmer to Whitehouse $35 plus tax
Through bus to Haines with connections to Sealle leaves
‘ ' . . three times each month.
\RRA BUS LINES
Classified Ads
FOR SALE
5-ROOM house at Independence
Mine; $750. Box 709, Palmer
or inq. Valley Frontiersman.
’48 KAISER SEDAN; 2,500 .
miles; like new; seat covers. J
Hartley Bros. Motors.
’36 GMC PICKUP. Good condi- |
tion. Hartley Bros. Motors.
’41 FORD pickup. See Alvin J
Weil or write Box 1802.
STEEL GUITAR, elec.; automatic
oil heater; 60 tons barnyard
manure; all-metal jeep trailer.
Phone 23J31, Palmer.
DODGE P o w e r Wagon; four
wheel drive w/winch. See Mel
Clements, Box 237, Anchorage
or inq. Anchorage Motors.
SILVER MUSKRAT coat, size
14; excellent condition; tuxedo
style. $300. See Mrs. R. A. Mor
rison, Wasilla.
ONE FARMALL Super A; one
11.1 cu. ft. International Har
vester Home Freezer; full line
Goodyear tires. Co-op Garage. |
1940 FORD V-8 coach; A-l mech
chanical condition; motor re
cently overhauled; new brakes;
$950. Victor Carlson, Box 906,
Palmer.
HOUSE LOGS; delivered or at
mill. Phone 50Y12 or write
Box 682, Palmer.
88-ACRE farm, 7 rm. house,
water, lights; 30 acres cleared;
4 Vis mil. north of Palmer. Inq.
David Bryant, Box 1848, Pal
mer.
HYDRAULIC LOADER units; fit
Ford-Ferguson and McCor
mick-Deering tractors. Hartley
Bros. Motors.
FOR RENT |
CABINS; located opposite Hart- <
ley Bros. Garage. See A. H. |
Marsh. <
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NOTICE j
LESSONS IN PIANO
Accredited high school teacher; \
students may receive credits. j
Contact at Neal Wright’s.
MARY BAIRD STOECKLE
Shipping Strike
Set For Sept. 3
Three ship’s unions will go on
strike Sept. 3, their spokesmen
announced this week. The union
heads delivered their ultimatum
to a fact-finding board appointed
by President Truman. An injunc
tion has prohibited a maritime
strike before the Sept. 3 dead
line.
The unions involved, CIO long
shoremen, marine cooks and
stewards, and independent ma
rine firemen, ask substantial
wage increases which have not
been granted. The owners have
offered some increases, all con
siderably below union demands.
The strike will tie up all Pa
cific Coast shipping, ending Alas
kan ship movements until an
agreement is reached.
Canada To Ship Beef
The Canadian embargo on the
export of beef has been lifted, it
was announced this week by J. G.
Gardiner, minister of agriculture.
The new regulation became ef
fective yesterday. It allows the
export of beef and veal products,
and of on-the-hoof livestock, to
all U. S. markets. It will mean
an increased, supply. Jor the
American meateater' and higher
prices for the Canadian farmer.
BACK IN PALMER
The Jack Tyler family has re
turned from a summer at their
mining property.
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BRYANT & CO.
BULLDOZING CARRYALL WORK
GENERAL LAND CLEARING
Write Box 1848
McCOOL’S BARBER SHOP
(In Rec Hall)
SPECIALIZING IN
HAIRCUTTING, SHAVING, SHAMPOOS AND MASSAGE
Weekday business hours from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday business hours from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
The
Frontier Cafe
welcomes your patronage
DICK AND AGNES BROOKS, Proprietors
We’re now serving ice cream, too.
Also packed in bulk to take out.
TAKE YOUR CLEANING
to
BROWN'S SHOP
It will get the best possible care there.
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When You Repair or Build Use W00DL1FE
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Keeps wood from swelling, shrinking,
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Coming Soon
GATES Batteries
GRAHAM SERVICE
Machine Work
Gas
Welding
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SAILINGS ARE FREQUENT
Sailings from Seward alternate Fridays. Next
sailing SS BARANOF Aug. 20, calling at Ju
neau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Sailings from Seward alternate Thursdays.
Next sailing SS Aleutian Aug. 26, calling at
Valdez, Cordova, Juneau, Ketchikan and Se
attle.
All sailings subject to
change without
notice
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Serving s4tl /Uga&z
MAC’S PLUMBING AND HEATING SHOP
(Basement of Ward Building)
For Plumbing Supplies and Repairs
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