THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21. 1947. at the post office a’
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
A. J. DeJulio __-. Owner-Manager
Editor ____Virginia Gallant
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THE SEWER PROPOSAL
Property owners within the city limits, if they
choose to vote, will make a momentous decision at
next Tuesday's election when they either reject or
approve a $400,000.00 bonded indebtedness (APW
Funds) for the proposed new sewer system. This new
sewer will tie in with existing ARRC and MVFCA
systems which serve only a fraction of the city area.
The new sewage facility, if approved by the vot
ers will enhance the value of their real property. It
also assures all residents within the city a sanitary
sewage disposal project which should help restrain
harmful bacteria and the dreaded Polio virus which
is now afflicting the Palmer-Anchorage-Seward areas.
Some property owners are of the opinion that
assessments which might be levied against their
holdings for the new facility are too exhorbitant (ac
tually not over $360. per lot, according to city figures).
However, when a person takes into consideration*the
20-year repayment period which is allowed, the yearly
installment comes to a small sum, even with the
added 2% interest.
People should also remember that cesspools re
placed on an average of every 5 years will cost at least
$150.00 and up to $300.00 if you desire a good one.
In 20 years the property owner will have paid out
anywhere from $600 to nearly $1,000.00 for cesspools.
Yes sir, and he still has a cesspool!
All the foregoing facts seem fair enough. How
ever, we do hope our readers do not overlook the
cost of placing laterals from their property to the city
sewer line. No small item if you remember the stinging
we all received from the recently completed water
system. Remember too, that APW money is not as
cheap as it appears. All government loans require
reams of paper work which increase the cost of pro
duction.
Our old friend Etaoin Shrdlu also reminds us
that as a City Councilman we should keep our citizens
aware of the usually-known fact that APW supervisee
projects are considered costlier than private contract
ing operations.
Insofar as we are concerned, we don't like wha
we feel is an inequitable method of assessment. Foi
instance: Owners of 4 or 5 lots with one outlet are
going to be assessed 4 or 5 times as much as the one
lot holder, who has an equal sewage facility as the ~
lot owner.
We are of the opinion that lots held for gardening
purposes should not have to pay for more than one
outlet at full assessment fee. All lots used for garden
ing should have reduced assessment. When and i1
new outlets are required an additional assessment car
be levied.
Anyway, before you vote, study the questionnaire
appearing on the front page of this issue
And don't forget the hearig tonight at the Co-op Rec
Hall to voice your complaints. Then go to the polls
Tuesday and vote. Let your conscience be your guide.
rSMTOPlJ RARELY NOTICED IS
' L_---THE HUGE 14,985
BOUND STATUE OF FREEDOM WHICH SURMOUNTS
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL DOME. IT WAS DESIGNED
BY THOMAS CRAWFORD IN ROME, AND WAS CAST IN
'BRONZE IN THE US. AT A COST OF *20,796. CRAWFORD
MAS PAID *3.000 FOR THE PLASTER MODEL.
ALTHOUGH WE CALL THEM
SIDEBURNS, THE ORIGINAL AND CORRECT
FORM IS BURNSIDES! TH.S FACIAL
DECORATION WAS MADE POPULAR BY THE
DASHING AMBROSE BURNSIDE, A CIVIL
WAR GENERAL.
O S. SAVINGS BONDS ARE AS STRONG AS
OUR GOVERNMENT. THEY ARE SAFE... SURE...
AND PROFITABLE! YOU HELP YOURSELF AS
WELL AS YOUR COUNTRY BY INVESTING IN
(AS. SAVINGS BONDS!
‘H’hE LONGEST MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL GAME EVER PLAYED TOOK
PLACE BETWEEN THE DODGERS AND
BOSTON BRAVE5 ON MAY 1,1920
AND LASTED Zb INNINGS.'
GAME FINALLY CALLED ON
ACCOUNT OF DARKNESS.'
©|D YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN ENROLL IN
THE PAYROLL SAVINGS PLAN WHERE »U
WORK? AND FOR AS UTTLE AS *3.75 PER WEEKf
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
U. S. MINERAL PATENT
M. A. Serial No. Anchorage j
027772, U. S. Bureau of Land J
Management, Regional Land Dis- i
trict Office, Anchorage, Alaska, .
July 7, 1954.
Notice is hereuy given that Wil- j
low Creek Mines, a State of Wash
ington corporation, whose address j
is 1001-85 Richmond Street West,
Toronto, Canada, and whose At
torney in Fact, whose name and
address is below stated, is about
I to make Application for a min
ing patent to 21 contiguous lode
| claims and 2 contiguous mill sites,
J generally known as the Willow
Creek Mines, lying within the
; Wasilla Precinct, Third Judicial
! District, in the Territory of Alas
ka, about 80 miles north of the
city of Anchorage, on unsurveyed
j United States public lands. These
I claims and mill sites are includ
ed in three United States mineral
Surveys Nos. 1487, 2186 A and B,
| and 2187 A and B, and the loea
i tion notices are recorded as fol
! lows: 14 lode claims in Survey
I No. 1487 named "Brassel Frac
J tion Lode Ciaim”, “War Baby No.
i One Lode Claim”, “War Baby No.
■ Two Lode Claim”, “War Baby
i No. 3 Lode Claim”, “War Baby
] No. 4 Lode Claim”, “Lucky Shot
i Lode Claim”, “War Eagle No. I”,
j “War Eagle No. 2”, War Eagle
j Fraction”, “War Eagle No. 3”,
I “Lucky Shot No 5”, “Lucky Shot
j Lode Claim No. 3”, “Lucky Shot
! Lode Claim No. 2”, “Lucky Shot
l Lode Claim No. 1”, recorded res
| pectively in the Anchorage Pre
cinct (formerly Knik Precinct) of
said Third Judicial District, Al
aska, in Book 7 at pages 211, 194,
195, 195, 196, and Book 8 at pages
j 53, 107, 107, 333, 108, 89, 54, 54, and
i 88; also six lode claims and one
mill site in Survey 2186 A and B
named “Taylor Claim”, “Madison
Claim”, “War Eagle No. 4”, “War
Eagle No. 5 Claim”, “Wilson Lode
Claim”, “Coolidge Lode Claim",
ar.d “Lucky Shot Mill Site”, re
corded respectively in the Wasilla
Precinct of said Third Judicial
District, in Book 3 at pages 343,
343, 344, 344, Book 4 at pages 180,
180, the Mill Site in Book 3 page
18, amended in Book 10 at page
132; also one lode claim and one
mill site in Survey No. 2187 A and
B, named “War Eagle No. 6
Claim”, and “War Eagle Mill
. Site”, respectively in Book 3 page
345 and Book 3 page 19, Wasilla
I Precinct, an amended notice of
this mill site being recorded in
■ Book 10 at page 131, Wasilla Pre
cinct.
The exterior boundary of said
21 contiguous lode claims is as
■ described as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
1 Wilson lode Claim, Sur. No. 2186
A identical with Cor. No. 4 Tay
lor Claim, Sur. No. 2186 A and
also Cor. No. 4 Lucky Shot Lode
Claim No. 5, Sur. No. 1487 from
which U. S. L. M. No. 1487 bears
S. 59’ 39’ 30” E., 1278.07 ft. dist.
Thence N. 56° 12' E. 1288.07 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 Lucky Shot Lode
Claim No. 5;
Thence S. 29° 41' E. 070.00 rt. to
Cor. No. 2 Lucky Shot Lode
Claim No. 5 identical with Cor.
No. 3 Lucky Shot Lode No. 1, Sur.
No. 1487;
! Thence, along line 3-2 Lucky
Shot No. 1, S. 29° 41' E. 127.35 ft.,
identical with Cor. No. 4 Lucky
Shot Lode Claim Sur. No. 1487;
Thence N. 55° 40' E., 1460.46 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 Lucky Shot Lode
Claim;
! Thence, along line 3-2 Lucky
Shot Lode Claim S. 29' 41' E.,
334.63 ft. to a point on 1-4 line
i of War Baby No. 1 Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence N. 53° 35' E., 244.13 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 War Baby No. 1
Lode identical with Cor. No. 1
Brassel Fraction Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence N. 61° 45' E„ 1342.15 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 Brassel Fraction
Lode;
Thence S. 27' 20' E., 600.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 Brassel Fraction
Lode;
Thence S. 61° 45' W., 1342.15 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 Brassel Fraction
Lode; identical with Cor. No. 3
War Baby No. 1 Lode;
Thence S. 56° 57' W., 1438.24 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 War Baby No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 3 War
Baby No. 2 Lode Sur. No. 1487;
Thence S. 49' 29' W., 1145.34 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 War Baby No. 2
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 4
War Baby No. 3 Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence S. 52' 11' W„ 1500.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Baby No. 3
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 4
War Baby No. 4 Lode Sur. No.
1487;
Thence S. 74° 14' W., 1500.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Baby No. 4
Lode;
Thence N. 27' 20' W., 600.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 War Baby No. 4
Lode;
Thence along 2-1 line of War
Baby No. 4 Lode N. 74° 15' E.
406.53 ft., to a point on 3-4 line
of War Eagle No. 2 Lode Sur- No.
1487;
Thence S. 88' 29' W„ 661.30 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Eagle No. 2
Lode, identical with Cor. No. I
War Eagle No. 3 Lode Sur. No.
1487;
| Thence S. 78° OF W-, 1351.94 ft.
; to Cor. No. 4 War Eagle No. 3
, Lode, identical with Cor. No. 1
FOUR POLIO CASES
REPORTED THIS WEEK:
Four local cases of polioemy- ;
litis were reported to Dr. C. C. ;!
Bailey, city health officer dur
ing the past week. i;
A five-year old boy and a !;
15-month old girl were report- >
ed to be non-paralytic, a five
month old boy was reported f j
slightly paralized and a 17- \
year-old girl was also reported !
slightly paralized. : I
This brings the recent polio !;
incident total to 15 in the val- !;
ley, !;
War Eagle No. 6 Claim Sur. No.
2187 A;
Thence N. 84° 51'W.. 1374.07 ft.
to Cor. No. 2 War Eagle No. 6
Claim;
Thence North 29° 41' W., 600.11
ft. to Cor. No. 3 War Eagle No.
6 Claim, identical with Cor. No.
4 War Eagle Fraction Lode Sur.
No. 1487;
Thence N. 29° 41' W., 600.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Eagle Fraction
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 2
War Eagle No. 5 Claim Sur. No.
2186 A;
Thence N. 29c 41' W., 600.02 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 War Eagle No. 5
Claim;
Thence S. 84° 52’ E.. 1373.19 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 War Eagle No. 5
Claim, identical with Cor. No. 3
War Eagle No. 4 Claim Sur. No.
i 2186 A:
Thence N. 78° 00' E„ 1351.68 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 War Eagle No. 4
Claim, identical with Cor. No.
3 Madison Claim Sur No. 2186
A and Cor. No. 2 Coolidge Lode
Claim Sur. No. 2186A;
Thence N. 29° 41' W., 600.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 Coolidge Lode
Claim;
Thence N. 88° 27' E., 1476.37 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 Coolidge Lode
! Claim, identical with Cor. No. 3
! Wilson Lode Claim;
Thence N. 75° 11' E., 1454.30 ft.
i to Cor. No. 4 Wilson Lode Claim;
Thence S. 29° 41' E., 600-00 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 Wilson Lode Claim,
and place of beginning, which
closed traverse includes 2 un
claimed tracts lying within, which
! unclaimed tracts are described as
! follows:
Tract 1
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of War
Baby No. 4 Lode Sur. No. 1487,
; identical with Cor. No. 2 War
Baby No. 3 Sur. No. 1487, from
i which United States Location
Monument No. 1487 bears N-. 53"
40' 29" E., 1712.74 ft. dist.
Thence S. 74° 15' W., 353.35 ft.
to a point on 1-4 line of War
Eagle No. 2 Lode Sur. No. 1487;
Thence N. 29° 41' W., 394.08 ft
to Cor. No. 1 War Eagle No. 2
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 1
Lucky Shot Lode No. 3 Sur. No.
1487 and Cor. No. 4 Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 2 Sur. No. 1487;
Thence N. 73° 28' E., 1436.93
ft. to a point on 1-2 line of War
Baby No. 3 Lode;
Thence S. 52° 11' W., 1067.68
ft. to Cor. No. ’2 War Baby No.
3 Lode, identical with Cor. No.
1 War Baby No. 4 Lode, and the
place of beginning.
Tract 2.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of War
Eagle No. 2 Lode Sur. No. 1487,
identical with Cor. No. 1 of Lucky
Shot Lode No. 3 Sur. No. 1487 and
also Cor. No. 4 of Lucky Shot
Lode Claim No. 2 Sur. No. 1487
from which
U. S. L. M. No. 1487 bears
N. 68° 07' 08" E., 2063.41 ft. dist.
Thence S. 88° 26' W., 1476.50
ft. to Cor. No. 2 War Eagle No. 2
Lode, identical with Cor. No. 2
War Eagle No. 3 Lode Sur. No.
1487, Cor. No. 1 War Eagle No. 1
Lode Sur. No. 1487, and also Cor.
No. 4 Lucky Shot Lode No. 3
Sur. No. 1487;
Thence N. 75° 04' E., 533.74 ft.
to Cor. No. 5 Lucky Shot Lode
No. 3;
Thence S. 84° 13' E., 965.16 ft.
J to Cor. No. 1 Lucky Shot Lode
j No. 3, identical with Cor. No. 4
| Lucky Shot Lode Claim No. 2
| and Cor. No. 1 War Eagle No. 2
Lode, and the place of beginning.
The exterior boundary of said
two contiguous mill sites is des
j cribed as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Lucky Shot Mill Site, Sur. No.
2186 B, from which U.S.L.M. No
1487 bears N. 12' 25' W., 1713.46
ft. dist.
Thence S. 7° 39' E„ 465.00 ft. to
Cor. No. 2 of Lucky Shot Mill
Site;
Thence S. 64° 00' W., 489.80 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 of Lucky Shot Mill
Site, a point on the 1-2 line of
Sur. No. 2187 B. War Eagle Mill
Site;
Thence S. 7° 39' E„ 333.90 ft. to
Cor. No. 2 of War Eagle Mill Site;
Thence S. 58° 02' W„ 287.30 ft.
I to Cor. No. 3 of War Eagle Mill
Site;
Thence N. 6° 57’ W„ 885.05 ft.
to Cor. No. 4 of War Eagle Mill
Site;
Thence N. 75° 08' E., 253.10 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 of War Eagle Mill
Site, identical with Cor. No. 4 of
Luckv Shot Mill Site;
Thence N- 64' 00' E., 490.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 of Lucky Shot Mill
Site, and the place of beginning.
(Containing 9.911 acres)
Signed, July 7, 1954, at Seattle,
Washington.
Published September 16, 23, 30;
October 7, 14, 21, 28; Novem
ber 4, 11, 1954.
nuu^c. ur
ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that a special election will be
held in the City of Palmer^
Alaska on Tuesday, October 5,
1954, between the hours of 8
o’clock a.m. and 7 o’clock n.m.
on said day the polling place for
which shall be the Co-Op Rec
reation Hall, located near the
main offices of the Matanuska
Valley Farmers Cooperating As
sociation, near the Palmer High
School, near the main office of
the Matanuska Electric Associa
tion and more particularly locat
ed on the East side of the railroad
tracks approximately 150 yards
from the Alaska Railroad depot
in the City af Palmer. At said
election will be submitted to the
qualified electors of the City of
Palmer', and to those electors
whose names appear on the last
tax assessment roll for said City,
the following propositions:
Shall the City of Palmer incur
indebtedness in a sum not to ex
ceed $200,000.00 for the purpose
of acquiring the following public
work of a permanent nature: A
sewage collection and disposal
system, to be constructed by the
United States of America and to
be sold to the City of Palmer at
a price approximately one-half
the cost of said public works, the
purchase price which the City of
Palmer pays in no event to ex
ceed the sum of $200,000.00 said
indebtedness to bear interest at a
rate not exceeding 2% per an
num, to be evidenced by a pro
ject construction and sales agree
ment between the City of Palmer
and the United States and by gen
eral obligation bonds, with inter
est thereon at a rate not to ex
ceed 2% per annum, payable semi
annually if the United States so
requires, and secured primarily
by a pledge of the revenues of the
system from service charges or
by pledge of the revenues from
special assessments to be made
for such purpose, and by a pledge
of the full faith and credit of
the City of Palmer, all as provid
ed or to be provided by ordinance
of the City Council of the City
of Palmer, Alaska,
ana
Shall the Cily of Palmer incur
additional indebtedness in a sum
not to exceed 330,000 00 for the
purchase and improvement, if im
provement is required, of that
certain outfall sewer system from
the Matanuska Valley Farmers
Cooperating Association, which
the said association heretofore
constructed and acquired, the
same extending from within the
City of Palmer to the Matanuska
River, south of town, a distance
of approximately 2.4 miles, gen
eral obligation bonds to be issued
for said sum with interest there
on at a rate not to exceed 5% per
annum, payable semi-annually,
and secured primarily by a pledge
of the revenues of the said sew
age collection and disposal sys
tem from service charges or by
pledge of the revenues from
special assessments to be made for
such purpose over and above the
revenues required to be paid for
the purchase of the said sewage
collection and disposal system
from the United States as set
forth hereinabove, and by a
pledge of the full faith and credit
of the City of Palmer, all as pro
vided or to be provided by ordin
ance of the City Council of the
Cily of Palmer, Alaska.
The polls will be open at the
time and place above stated, and
all persons who are qualified el
ectors and also those whose nam
es appear on the last tax assess
ment roll of the City of Palmer,
who are otherwise qualified elec
tors of said city, shall be entitled
to vote at said special election.
This notice is given, in accor
dance with the Act of Congress
of May 28, 1936, an Act of Con
gress of March 6, 1946, and an Act
of Congress of August 24, 1949
-(48 U. S. C. 486-486J) and in ac
cordance ’with the laws of the
Territory of Alaska and the or
dinances of the City of Palmer.
Witness my hand and official
seal of the City of Palmer, Alas
ka this first day of July, 1954.
(City Seal)
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS
REQUIRED. A favorable vote of
65% of a special class of voters,
namely, taxpayers whose names
appear on the last tax assessment
roll or record and who have pre
viously registered for this elec
tion, is required, for the City tc
BAND TO PLAY
AT FT. RICHARDSON
Members of the Palmer
School band have been invited
to play at Fort Richardson on
October 16, according to sch
ool superintendent, William
Zahradnicek. Band numbers
which will be presented are
being worked on now, under
the direction of Lee Plumbley,
bandmaster.
incur bonded indebtedness as pro
vided in the propositions set forth
hereinabove.
Accordingly, registration books
will be kept open at the City
Clerk’s Office from September 2,
1954, to and including October 1,
1954, wherein all taxpayers of
the City of. Palmer, whose names
appear on the last tax assessment
roll or record must previously
register in order to be elegible to
vote on said propositions at said,
election as taxpayers of the City
i of Palmer.
The polls will be open at the
' time and place above stated, and
; all persons who are qualified elec
1 tors and also those who have reg
istered as hereinabove provided,
i and whose names appear on the
| last tax assessment roll of the
City of Palmer, who are other
wise qualified electors of said
city, shall be entitled to vote at
! said special election.
This notice is given, in accor
dance with the Act of Congress of
May 23, 1936, an Act of Congress
of March 6, 1946, and an Act of
Congress of August 24, 1949 (48
U.S.C. 486-486J) and in accord
ance with the laws of the Terri
tory of Alaska and the ordinances
of the City of Palmer.
Witness my hand and official
seal of the City of Palmer, Alaska,
this 2nd day of September, 1954.
(City Seal)
LENORE A MERMAN
Acting City Clerk
Published September 2, 9, 16, 23,
j 30, 1954.
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Scheduled from Seattle Fri.,
Oct. 8, calling at Seward
(ARR and San Juan docks),
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dova.
S. S. Iliamna
Scheduled from Seattle Tues.,
Oct. 12 calling at Valdez and
Seward (ARR dock only).
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Scheduled from Seattle Fri.,
Oct. 15, calling at Ketchikan,
Juneau and Seward (ARR
and San Juan docks).
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Scheduled from Seattle Tues.,
Oct. 19, calling at Valdez
and Seward (ARR dock
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