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.
Owner-Manager
Virginia Gallant ]
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Mailed to all points in Alaska and the United States
A. J. DeJulio
Editor_
Letters io the Editor
This talk of Commonwealth
status for Alaska makes more
sense in a minute than our pea
nut politicians have come up
with in years.
We will trade two future Con
gressmen and two future Sena
tors for $40,000,000.00 a year.
I don’t want to be a Senator,
man. I say trade.
Bob Klem
WASILLA BOYS
WIN RELAY RAGE
Eight Palmer boys accepted the
bicycle race challenge issued by
12 Wasilla pedalists, and although
they came out on the short end
of the prize money, they had lots
of fun and worked hard for their
consolation prize.
The 12-mile relay race began at
Teeland’s Shopping Center in
Wasilla and concluded at the
fairgrounds where pie-eating con
tests, races and other events were
being staged. Members of the
winning Walsilla team were
Wally Teeland, Erling Nelson,
Jimmy Vickarvous, Sonny Vick
aryous, Gilbert Hjellen and Jim
my HLlburn. The fastest mile,
riden by Hjellen. was 3 min., 15
sec., starting at the hill near the
Valley Christian Children Home.
The Wasilla team received $24
prize money, plus an extra dol
lar apiece, given by Mr. TeelanJf.
Palmer racers were: John Med
ford, Randy Frank. Mike Kalleigh,
Robert Larson. Roger Brager,
Charles Hodgson, Bert Verral,
and Henry Gallant. Some of the
Palmer boys rode extra miles to
make up the 12-mile course. Those
who rode one mile received a
prize of $1, those who pedalled
two miles got the extra dollars.
Three days of rodeo fun was ad
; Reporters—
Notebook
Gerald Flanders, fire control
aid at the Palmer Station this j
past season, left for the States
on Tuesday of this week. He
plans a visit in Wisconsin and
then on to Iowa State where he
will enter his second year, major- I
; mg in forestry. Gerry said he’ll j
be back to Alaska, first chance
he gets.
Terry Trudell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbert Trudell, has return
ed to his home at the Butte fol
lowing hospitalization in Provi
I dende Hospital.
The Bureau of Mines health
j and safety rescue car which was
located in Palmer throughout the
Fair for public inspection, will be
located at the Evan-Jones Coal
! mine the next two weeks where
Raymond L. Ellis will offer first
aid and accident prevention cour
ses to all interested miners. The
car will later be brought back to
Palmer for a similar course.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hess, par
ents of Mrs. Richard Demmir.g
of Palmer, returned to their
home in Montgomery, N. Y. via
Stratocruiser this week. While in
the valley Mrs. Hess participated
in the Anchorage dog show as
' a judge on Labor Day.
. Jed to the Fair this year. A heavy
rain shower dampened the spec
tators enthusiasm on Saturday
but grandstands were full for the
Sunday and Monday performan
ces.
Polio victims need help NOW!
t MARCH OF DIMES
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Machentanz' Leave
For Unalakeet Friday
Fred and Sara Marc'nentr«iz be
gin their trip to Unalakeet Fri
day of this week when they
leave Palmer for Anchorage
where they will board a plane
for Unalakeet. The local artists
plan a year’s documentary work
on sled dogs and will remain in
the Eskimo village until next
September when they plan to re
turn to their home at High Ridge
for a short time before leaving
for a Stateside lecture tour.
During their stay at Unalakeet
the Machentanz’ will live in a
10- by 12-foot sod-covered log
cabin, the smallest in the village.
The cabin will be heated by drift
wood gathered along the beach,
supplimented by wood brought in
from the forest. The Eskimos are
embarrassed that I will take my
wife to such a small cabin, Mr.
Machentanz said. They feel he
is “losing face” not having a
much larger home. Thermopane
windows have been installed in
the cabin to permit a constant
study of the sled dogs.
iseego, tne Macnentanz iam
ous white sled dog, will soon be
father of a litter of pups. The
female is being flown to Unala
keet, prior to the great event,
and a year’s study of the pups
growth, habits, and work will be
made.
In addition an adult team of
dogs, being used as they have
during the past 50 years will be
studied. This use of the sled dog
is fast disappearing in the north
land. Fred said.
Twenty-five hundred pounds
of dog feed has been shipped to
the village, for the dogs the
couple will be using. In addition
food supplies for themselves has
been shipped. The food includes
staples which will be augmented
with fish, seal liver and other i
game.
The couple’s latest book,
“Where Else but Alaska”, with
the story by Sara Machentanz
and the illustrations by Fred, is
being well received and was re- ;
cently given New York publicity j
by Scribner’s, who published the
book.
FURNITURE AND SALVAGE
Wiihey Bldg. Phone 2672 j
MARCH OF DIMES
GOES OVER $3,000
Answering the emergency call
for assistance to the National
Foundation l'or Infantile Paraly
sis, valley residents to date have
contributed $3,152-24, Ed Smith,
?mergency fund campaign official,
announced today.
In addition to this gratifying
figure is a sum of $101.94 which
Mrs. Mary Schlesinger of the
Butte area ar.nounced she will
turn over to the emergency fund.
‘A little child shall lead them”
was dramatically proven during
the 1954 Valley Fair. Mrs. Sch
lesinger displayed four model
houses, all made of candy, with
a sign indicating she would give
whatever sum of money was paid
for the houses to the emergency
fun'4. A little b^y visitor rgreted
he didn’t have mough money to
buy a house, but offered to give
a few pennies toward the emer
gency fund. He dropped his pen
nies through the wire pinned
around the display and started
the sum that finally totaled over
$100 at the close of the fair. Mrs.
uuucoingci ouii nao me uuujco
and said she would like to find
another place to display them in
order to raise additional money
for the fund.
Money contributed this week
came from: The Experiment Sta
tion office, $57; Velveteen 4-H
Club, $15; Eska area, collected by
Mrs. Harvey Hiber, $28. Also con
tributions from Mr. and Mrs. Oli
ver Onkka, Mr. and Mrs. George
Brewster, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Estelle; John Bugge, Rev. and
Mrs. Brian Cleworth, Mr. and
Mrs. R. J. Heddles, Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Moffitt, Mr. and Mrs. Marve
Slaughter, Mr. and Mrs. Merritt
C. Long, the Beaters 4-H club,
and Dolores Cottrill.
Collection bottles set out in
various points in the city have
not yet been picked up, Smith
said. Money from these will be ad
ded to the total, along with addi
tional sums yet to come in. A
final total is expected by next
week.
Al’s Taxi has donated a lot in
the Felton Subdivision which will
be awarded at the Halloween
dance next month. Proceeds from
the lot will go toward the fund.
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL
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 p.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 of 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 it tne 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
tor 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 oi the City
of Palmer, Alaska,
and
Shall the City of Palmer incur
additional indebtedness in a sum
not to exceed $30,000-00 for the
purchase and improvement, if im
provement is required, of that
certain outfall sewer system from
the Matanuska Valley Farmers
Cooperating Association, which
tl'.e 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 Stales as set
forth hereinabove, and by a
pledge of the full faith and credit
tKo Pitv Palmpr. all as Dro
vided or to be provided by ordin
ance of the City Council of the
City 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 to
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
of Palmer.
The polls will be open at the
For What It's Worth
NAA^WNA
Grayson E. Murphy
District Agriculture Agent
FAIR
The 14th Annual Fair was very
successful. Everybody I have
talked to said it was the best
fair to date. Ther-r were lots of
nice exhibits and more interest
ing commercial displays than be
fore.
Congratulations to the Fair
Board; Fair Manager, Gene Kfr
sch: and all others that helped to
make this fair a success.
I heard many favorable com
ments on the new building. Hope
the Fair Board can keep on with
their rebuilding program.
DAIRY MEETING
Dr. O. E. Reed of the Bureau
of Dairy Industry, Washington,
D. C., is again visiting valley
dairymen and the Experiment
Station. Many of the dairymen
have met Dr. R^ed on his pre
vious visits to the Valley.
There will be a meeting of all
dairymen Friday evening, Sep
tember 10, at 8:30. The meeting
will be held at the Agriculture
Research Administration build
ing. Dr. Reed will speak at this
meeting.
"PALMER HOUR"
BEING PLANNED
BY RADIO STATION
Members of the Matanuska Val
ley Chamber of Commerce this
week received a format for the
“Palmer Hour’’ radio program.
oeing piannea ov radio station
KFQD. The program, as proposed
by the radio stations representa
tives, Irving W. Lusk and Vic
Hochee, was approved by Cham
ber members as a radio vehicle
which could befiei'it the commun
ity in various v/ays.
It was felt that it could bring
more commercial traffic to the
area; bring about a better un
derstanding of the community to
the neighboring areas, and pro
vide the community with the ser
vice of a radio station to be used
for civic needs.
The “Palmer Hour” program
"would be aired for a period of 18
weeks, with four programs each
week. Each program would be
of 25 minute duration, from 3:05
to 8:30 p.m.
Mr. Hochee of KFQD will b£
in Palmer on Tuesday, Septem
ber 14, and will call on Valiev
merchants at that time. In ad
dition, the program will be fully
discussed at the September 15
Chamber of Commerce meeting.
All merchants are urged to at
tend.
Road Development—
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Valley and was honored at a
small dinner part at Williwaw
Lodge on Saturday night, just
prior to the Coronation Ball. Dur
ing the dinner Gov. Heintzleman
spoke highly of the accomplish
ments of the Matanuska Valley
Fair Association and paid tribute
lu uepi tristrubctui vtr ivi. lj. onuu
grass whose work on the legisla
tive bill made the territorial fair
grants possible. From Palmer the
governor went to Anchorage
where he attended the opening
day of the fifth Alaskan science
conference.
Petrified Forest National Monu
ment, in Arizona, contains the
greatest and most colorful con
centration of petrified wood
known in the world. There are
six separate “forests” within the
monument. In 1953, the monu
ment attracted more than 400.000
visitors.
time and place above stated, and
all persons who are qualified elec
tors and also those who have reg
istered as hereinabove provided,
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 28, 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 AMERMAN
Acting City Clerk
Published September 2, 9, 16, 23,
30, 1954.