THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second ''lass matter on Oct. 21. 1947. at the post office
at Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3 18*Tfl
T. O. SCHMIDTKE
Publisher
VIRGINIA GALLANT
News Editor
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A DWINDLING SUPPLY
An industry that has in past years been of great
importance to the Valley and all of Alaska, may once
again within the next few years rear up and become a
major force in Alaska's economy.
With the continual drain of gold from Fort Knox
by foreign countries the supply has dwindled until it
row totals only $16 billion dollars. Down from 24 billion
a few years ago, the United States is behind the eight
ball.
Control of the America dollar has left that great
and glorious city of Washington, and is now held by
foreign powers-who, a number of years ago were flat
on their backs.
Through fiscal irresponsibility, including the
greatest give-a-way programs in history, the dollar is now 1
in definite trouble.
By iaw, approximately 11 billion dollars is required
to back the paper money now outstanding, which leaves
5 billion dollars in so-called "free" supply. At present the j
foreign holdings of paper dollars total $21 billion dollars,
which, if they so wish to turn into gold, would take us j
off the present gold standard and gold would rise
materially in price.
So, our present obligations are more than our total
gold stock, even including what, by law, is required to
back up our paper money.
The "New Frontier" has shown no inclination to cut
spending, that would in turn balance the budget, and
put us back on the right road.
President Kennedy will undoubtedly be blamed for 1
*he entire mess, but it goes on back to that alleged Re
publican, D. Eisenhower, who perhaps should have never
left the barracks; H. S. Truman, who, from a fiscal angle,
would have done us a b*g favor by joining up with Liber
ace to make a duet, rather than lead us down the road to
disaster, and finally that great paragon of the fireside
chat, F. D. Roosevelt, who started it all, by taking the
United States off the gold standard.
Be he Democrat or Republican seems to make no dif
ference, they all keep pouring money down a bottomless
Rat holt, and, of course, the poor old taxpayer has to keep
shelling out more, more and more.
The propaganda mills in Washington are working
overtime, putting out reassuring statements of various
kinds. We have borrowed over $2 billion from the In
ternational Monetary Fund, which is not peanuts. We
rather imagine that the New Frontier already has a plan
to control wages and prices, once the dollar is forced
into devaluation, which is not the remotest possibility.
As states go, Alaska will probably benefit more
than any other state in the urtion, with the price of gold
•■going higher. The gold industry at one time employed
over 4,000 men, but has now dwindled to less than five
’hundred. The impact of 3 or 4 thousand more jobs would
oe tremendous—assuming of course, that those bunch of
‘ellows that take a yearly trip to Southeastern wouldn't
dissipate the added tax take.
Hit is not a pleasant subject to talk about continual
erosion of the dollar, and to think that the great country
we live in, abundant in raw materials and natural re
sources that God gave any one area of the world, would
find itself in the monetary mess that looms on the horizon.
How long will the American public be fooled?
State Surveying Harbor Conditions
A three-man survey crew
from the Alaska Division of
Water and Harbors is making
a week-long study of harbor
conditions at Seldovia. Homer,
.Ninilchik and Kodiak.
Cor! Howard, division di
rector. said surveys will be
made in all four areas in con
nection with future construc
tion of harbor facilities.
At Ninilchik and Seldovia
the crew will use its jet pump
to prove the basin bottoms.
There is coal in the bottom at
Ninilchik and rock under the
harbor at Seldovia, Howard
said. He said the probes will
show what pile penetrations
will be, and so will help the di- I
! vision to determine the align
ment of floats to be installed.
At Homer. Howard said, the
team will make an on-site
study to determine the location j
for the approach, and at Kod- j
iak the survey will be made i
two miles south of the city at i
a Navy-owned location where
the city has indicated it hopes ■
to obtain a 20-year lease. How- j
ard said the team will deter-,
mine what would be involved |
in installing a harbor facility i
there, and said that the exist- j
ing harbor installation in Kod
iak will be studied also to |
learn what improvements c a n |
be made there.
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ALASKA
Alaska1 land of the ice and snow
Land of the bear and Eskimo
Land of the dog teams racing
by
Land of the wild wolf's lone
some cry
A place where your work is
never done
And you see the stars and the
midnight sun
A shining so clear in the black,
black night
As you sit in your chair and
watch them in spite
The dreams of the miners as
they hunt for their gold
In good weather, bad weather,
hot and cold
Their dreams are so hopeless
as day after day
They bend o'er the streams to
hope and to pray
That just this once they'll find
some gold
But they always go home dis
couraged and old.
The Eskimo thinks and does
what he can
Not quite like the arduous me- j
chanical tnan
The dog sled he uses is most
made by hand
And he's proud of his huskys
that brave little land
So you see that Alaska has in
teresting things
A place where that famous bell
rings and rings
A place where your life is free
and wild
For all grown up people for
every small child
Alaska the place of all pioneer
Alaska a truly great frontier.
—Linda DeJulio
LIBRARY ADDS
MANY NEW BOOKS
Several new books have'
been added to the shelves at the
Palmer Public Library during
the past month.
Included in adult fiction are
the following: “Decision at Del
phi” by Madness; Fourteen
Stories”, Buck; “The Grove”,
Bernstein; “Mila 18", Aris; and
Not to the Swift”, Coffin. Non
fiction books include: “No High
Ground”, Knebel; “The 27th
Wife”, Wallace; and “Korea
and the Fall of MacArthur”,
Higgins.
Children and junior books in
both fiction and non-fiction in
clude: “Race to the Golden
Spike,” Wellman; “Life’s Key—
DNA”, Hutchins; “Fun With
Greeting Cards”, Leeming;
"Adventure in the Desert”,
Kaufmann; “The Mysterious
Sea”, Del Rey; “See Along the
Shore”, Selsam; and “Once
There Was A Rabbit”, Dolch.
INITIATIVE
Learn to reason things out—
new ideas are the best capital^
a man can have.
April, 1952
The second week in May was
designated as Palmer’s Clean
Up Week by the City Council
last night.
Palmer’s city curfew is now
in effect for youths under 17.
The curfew ordinance was
automatically adopted follow
ing the third and final reading
at the City Council meeting.
Palmer Moose Lodge will
hold installation of officers
Tuesday evening. Installing of
ficer will be Don Ingalls, Past
Governor of the local lodge.
One third of the total goal of
fifteen thousand dollars need
ed to build St. Michael's base
ment has been pledged to date,
according to Rev. James P.
Snead, pastor. A large num
ber of parishoners still have
not been contacted personally
by members of the committee
for various reasons.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Olson
announced the engegement of
their niece, Agnes Bolokken to
John Mark Colberg, son of
Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Colberg.
The City of Palmer has been
arrested! The offense was driv
ing the city truck on Glenn
highway with a load exceeding
50 per cent load limitation that
went into effect this week. All
WOMEN BOWLERS
PLAN MEETING
The annual meeting of the
Palmer Woman's Bowling
Association will be held at 2
p.m„ April 28 in Moose hall,
it was announced this week.
Annual election of officers
will be held and members
will be asked to vote on a
proposed change in the by
laws.
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
8ev. It. H. Fritz, poito<
Palmer, Alaska
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Keep the road ahead clear
of financial losses...
Will you be involved
in an auto accident?
We hope not. but
they do happen. Ade
quate auto insurance
prevents financial
loss.
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city work has been stopped un
til some agreement can be
worked out with the Alaska
Road Commission.
The Bureau of Reclamation
Board of Appraisers will be in
♦his area April 24 to examine
;he old Eklutna power plant
^preparatory to early purchase
of the facilities from Anchor
age Public Utilities.
TWO 4-H LEADERS
NAMED LAST WEEK _
William Cheney itets been ap
pointed State 4-H dob Lead
er and Mrs. Carol Winey of
Anchorage has been appointed
4-H agent, according to Dr. Ar
thur S. Buswell, dean of the Di
vision of Statewide Services
and director of the Coopera
tive Extension Service of the
University of Alaska.
Dr. Buswell said the appoint
ment of Cheney was made by
Dr. William R. Wood, president
of the University. Cheney is ex
pected on campus in early May
at which time he will assume
his duties. He fills the vacancy
created when Marion Larson
retired this past Fall.
Mrs. Winey will work in the
greater Anchorage area and
will be working with Mrs. Hul
dah Samuelson, home econom
ics agent of that area.
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Rainbow Girls
Name Assembly
Representatives
Janie Hanks and Beth Estelle
will represent the Palmer As
sembly Order of Rainbow for
Girls at the Washington, Idaho
and Alaska Grand Assembly to
be held June 10 and 12 in
Spokane, Washington. Miss
Hanks was elected Grand Choir
member and Miss Estell was
named Miss Service designate.
Three girls were initiated in
to the Palmer Assembly at the
March 26 meeting. They are
Pam Webb, Sharon Marple and
Sandy Wiederkehr.
Mary Lou Johnson has been
honored by her selection as
correspondant from Alaska to
correspond with a Grand Re
presentative from North Caro
lina.
EGG HUNT SET
AT SKATELAND
At the Saturday matinee
skating session at Palmer
Skateland, there will be an
Easter egg hunt for all chil
dren, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m„ it
was announced this week.
Special dishes
TO BE FEATURED
AT EASTER DINNER
Roger Brager, who recently
received national publicity for
his part in helping prepare one
of the world’s largest cakes to
be displayed at Seattle World's
Fair, is preparing some special
items which will be served at
the Frontier Cafe Easter Sun
day.
The cafe is offering an Eas
ter-style French Buffet and
among selected items on the
menu which Brager will pre
pare are Turkey DePlice,
Chaud Froid ham and tulips
and Easter lilies made from
royal icing.
Christian Science
Services
Wasilla Library
Sunday School_10:30 ejn.
Church Service_11:00 a.m.
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Monday
Philippians
2:1-11
Tuesday
Colossians
1:3-14
Wednesday
Colossians
I Corinthians
1:18-25
Thursday
Friday
I Peter
1:3-9
Saturday
I Peter
1:13-21
Hebrews
12:1-6
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Since the first Easter,
the Cross has remained
the one great and endur
ing symbol of Christian
ity because it best ex
presses the meaning of
faith. Like a precious
jewel, the Cross shines
with many facets of
truth.
+ The Cross signifies the
hope of faith. It reveals
God’s love for us in the
sacrifice of His Son. It is
our assurance of His
promise of salvation.
"I" The Cross signifies the
challenge of faith. It re
veals God’s love for all
men which we must
share. It is the motiva
tion of Christian action.
The Cross signifies the
victory of faith. It is the
pledge of God’s loving
purpose in saving the
world. It is the source
of peace.
What does the Cross
mean to you? On Easter
— this greatest festival
of our Faith, will you
come to Church and dis
cover its message?
THE CHURCH FOR ALL . . .
ALL FOR THE CHURCH
The Church is the greatest factor on
earth for the building of character and
good citizenship. it is a storehouse of
spiritual values. Without a strong
Church, neither democracy nor civilira*
tion can survive. There are four sound
reasons why every person should at
tend services regularly and support the
Church. They are: (1) For his own sake.
(2) For his children’s sake. (3) For the
sake of his community and nation. (4)
For the sake of the Church itself, which
needs his moral and material support.
Plan to go to church regularly and read
your Bible daily.
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