Valley FRONTIERSMAN
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Palmer, Alaska
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
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Daniels — In the Lion’s Den
For an hour or two last Monday evening, most of us lived as
nearly perfect an existence as it is possible for humans to live. We
hflped one another without thought of price or even of whom we
were helping.
We reassured the anxious, lent a hand wherever we could to
make someone's load easier, and we encouraged and applauded the
efforts of others, when we reached the end of our own ability to
serve.
We lived on a mountaintop of human experience, in which we
held no selfish thought. We shared a fear, but it was fear for one
another, a bigger fear than the selfish personal feeling that chills
us"tvhen only our own welfare is at stake.
Men accustomed to giving orders worked willingly at the
bidding of others. Each of us did the job at hand and there was no
thought of another’s responsibility—we did what was to be done
and then went on to look for another task.
How unfortunate it is that those peaks of living lasted such a
little time for us all—and that on the descent back to normal living,
some of us climbed down to even lower levels than those from
which we began.
» The flames were scarcely cooling into embers before our nor
mal, everyday dispositions were asserting themselves. Tongues
began chattering at an even greater than normal speed as delicious
morsels of rumor were savored and wrung dry.
Mildly slanderous remarks grew in their degree of malice as
Monday gave way to Tuesday and Tuesday to Wednesday. Many
were the stories about the “somebody,” never quite identified, who
used Monday's disaster for personal profit. At least every other
person met on the street could tell tales about “some man in town”
whose merchandise was pilfered or whose cash tills were emptied
during the height of the flames.
The unavoidable, and very slight, handling damage incurred
to merchandise vacated from the block threatened by the fire had
grown to purposeful neglect and malicious mischief within the
short space of hours. Items of stock and personal papers, misplaced
in the confusion of moving, were listed as “stolen” by the end
of the next day.
Monday’s heroic faithfulness on the part of firefighters was
merely incompetence on Tuesday evening, as armchair volunteers
told any listeners they could get "How I’d have done it.”
The air on a mountain is rare, and not to be breathed for any
great period of time, but it is a pity that not more of the atmosphere
of Palmer’s heights could have been dragged dowm for our use in
day to day living.
We could use much more of the great spirit of helpfullness
and consideration for one another that moved us Monday night.
It is useful in time of tragedy but a little of it would go well in
all the days we face.
* Mac’s Plumbing and Heating Shop
(Basement of Ward Bldg.)
For Plumbing Supplies and Repairs
ALL WORK GUARANTEED—PHONE 33
PALMER RADIO SERVICE
Records and Supplies
JUST RECEIVED
Two large shipments of records
They include both late hits and old favorites
Get yours while they last
Are you a “long-hair” fan?
Then come in and hear some of our classics
NOW IN STOCK
Record Players Radios
Both portable and standard models
Open daily from noon until 8 p.m.
We take this opportunity to express our apprecia
tion to the people of the Valley, for the help they
gave us in evacuating our merchandise last Mon
day.
We also wish to thank the men of the Valley Volun
teer Fire Department who battled to save our
store and the rest of the business block from the
*fire.
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VARIETY VOGUES
Classified Ads
FOR RENT
OFFICE SPACE, Koslosky Bldg.
Inq. Jan Koslosky.
FOR SALE
PORTABLE RANDIHOT elec
tric washer. Koslosky’s De
partment Store.
TRACTOR TIRES, two, size
10:28; will fit Ford-Ferguson;
bargain. Hartley Bros. Motors.
5-RM. house; semi-modern; can
be moved. $1,250. Write Box
709, Palmer, or inq. at Valley
Frontiersman.
LOT. house to be moved; 4 rms.,
bath, utility room, lge. garage;
SI,200. Write Box C, Valley
Frontiersman.
LOT, basement excavated; light,
water, sewer available. Write
Box C. Valley Frontiersman.
HOT WATER tank, galvanized;
30-gal.; w/stand. See A. W.
Pierson.
PLANTS; cabbage, cauliflower,
tomatoes, celery. Inq. 2 mi.
north on Fairbanks Highway.
PAINT SPRAYER OUTFIT, port
able; new; $235. Hartley
Brothers Motors.
TAME STRAWBERRY plants.
See Mrs. L. Z. Scott or Evon
DeLand at Frontiersman of
fice.
COMFORTABLE HOME, partly
furnished, by owner; very rea
sonable. See Mrs. Geo. Sten
son, first St. N. and parallel
with Anchorage Highway,
third house N. side of street.
Also some furniture for sale.
150-FOOT ROLLS 17 - gauge
chicken wire; limited quantity.
Hartley Bros. Motors.
’37 FORD pickup with '41 100
h.p. Mercury motor; A-l condi
tion. Tost’s Service.
’42 PONTIAC, rebored engine,
excellent paint. Hartley Bros.
Motors.
CERTIFIED Arctic Seedling seed
potatoes. H. S. Bauer, 2 mi.
so., Vz mi. east of Palmer.
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CABIN, 2 lots, 50 x 200; located
in North Palmer. Inq. Valley
Frontiersman.
FLAMO gas water heaters. Hart
ley Bros. Motors.
’33 PLYMOUTH 4-door sedan;
new tires and battery, new
paint job and upholstery. Hart
ley Bros. Motors.
ROTO-TILLERS, the power tool
of a thousand uses. Hartley
Bros. Motors.
TAPPAN gas stoves and regu
lators. Hartley Bros. Motors.
NOTICE
FOR BREAKER PLOWING, disc
ing or general field plowing,
..write or see Wallace Moffitt,
Box 741, Palmer.
BY ALL ME ANSI
On your next trip down town,
drop into the tonsorial depart
ment of the Valley Barber Shop
and have your ears lowered or
your whiskers removed in a
fast, dependable manner.
VALLEY BARBER SHOP
D. S. MEEKS.
NOTICE
NEW BEDROOM furniture is
now on display at Koslosky’s
Department Store.
LOST OR STOLEN, 16 mm. Key
stone movie camera, serial
130444. Reward. Palmer Photo
graphic Center.
KOSLOSKY’S DEPARTMENT
STORE has just received a
new shipment of linoleum;
both print and inlaid patterns.
WILL PERSON seen picking up
house jack which fell from
truck going through ARC
yards Monday night during
fire, please return to Rusty
Dow Freight Office. .
Unions Sponsor
Labor Program
For Coming Fair
The Valley’s first official La
bor Day celebration in many
years will be held this year on
Sept. 6, the closing day of the
Matanuska Valley Fair, it was
announced this week by Park
er Lester, president of the fair’s
board of directors.
The Palmer Carpenter’s Union,
Local 2251, last week accepted
the fair board’s invitation to act
as host to Alaska’s labor unions
on that day. Oscar Kindgren
was named chairman of the
Palmer Labor Day committee
by union president Chek Sand
vik, and will be in charge of
labor plans for the day.
President Ted Erickson of the
Anchorage Central Labor Coun
cil has appointed a committee
headed by John Ferko, to formu
late plans for participation in
the day’s program. President Lou
Taylor of the Alaska Territorial
Federation of Labor has en
HAVE YOU SEEN the Culligan
water softeners at Koslosky’s?
HELP WANTED
WOMAN to do light housework.
See Mrs. Brown at Brown’s
Cleaners.
dorsed the project, which is ex
pected to draw huge delegation
of wage earners to Palmer on
Sept. 6.
Tentative projects for the La
bor Day celebration include a
barbecue, public speaking and
various sports events and con
tests. Tom Lepak, master of
Northland Pioneer Grange, has
suggested the Valley farmers
challenge labor to a tug of war.
C of C Board To Meet
The board of directors of the
Valley Chamber of Commerce
will hold its regular meeting at
8 o’clock next Monday evening
at the Matanuska Valley Bank.
All directors are urged to be pres
ent.
FAIR MEETING TONIGHT
Stockholders of the Matanuska
Volley Fair Association are re
minded of the scheduled meeting
this evening in the Grange Hall.
The meeting will begin promptly
at 8 o'clock. All superintendents
appointed for the coming fair
are urged to be present.
GO OUTSIDE
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Morton
and son left the Valley this week
to go Outside. Aside from a pro
longed vacation, they have no
definite plans, they said.
W. B. BARNHARDT
Dimension Lumber House Logs
Write Box 682, Palmer
(Mill located on Lower Butte road)
You’ll Find BRUNSWICK’S Finest Pool Tables
as well as good drinks
at the
SOURDOUGH CLUB
It’s the place where you meet ALL your friends.
J. VIC BROWN & SONS
“The Live Jewelers”
★
ALASKA RAILROAD WATCH INSPECTORS
Acrou from CUy Hall Anchorage
When Yon Repair or Build Use WOODLIFE
Water Repellent Rot Proof
Keeps wood from swelling, shrinking,
checking, warping
Now On Display
CHAMPION Outboard Motors
RELIANCE Conversion Cookstove Burners
ai
GRAHAM SERVICE
Machine Work
Gas
Welding
OU
Repair
We Have Breads and Desserts for Your
Every Need
TEA ROLLS FRENCH ROLLS FRENCH BREAD
PIES CAKES COOKIES
DOUGHNUTS AND PASTRIES
at the
SHAMROCK BAKERY j
Closed Daily After 8 p.m.