Coffee, Cream
To Be Mixed
At The Source
A substitute feed instead of
corn has been developed for mdk
production. it was announced
recently by the U. S Depart
ments of State and Agriculture
"Tie new food is developed from
the waste nu’o of »h'' coffee
bean, and has been tes.ed exie.i
tively at an agricultural experi
ment station in El Salvador.
El Salvador tests report tnal
the coffee pulp can be substi
tuted, pound for pound, for corn
as^eattle feed for milk produc- i
tion.
Additional tests, some of them
at the research center at Belts
villc, Md., will attempt to de
termine the relative feed value
of the coffee pulp. It also will
be tested as a possible poultry
feed.
It is estimated that if all the
available pulp of coffee-produc
ing countries in the western
hemisphere were converted into
feed, it would result in a feed
value equivalent to 34,000,000
bushels of corn. This is slightly
more than one percent of the
average 1943-47 corn production
in the states.
The new discovery is consid
ered important because of its
possible effect on the economy
of coffee-producing countries in
America and because of the
world-wide shortage of corn. The
process by which the coffee pulp
is converted into feed is said to
be both simple and practical.
Plenty Of Basketball
Planned For High School j
Basketball schedules are be- j
ginning to be unpacked from!
thefr wrappings for the current
playing season.
Palmer s team has several con
ference play-dates booked for the
next three weeks, and possibly
will sandwich in a practice game
or two, just to keep in trim.
The local squad already has
one conference engagement un
der its belt, having recently
taken two victories from Seward
on the Seward home courts. Next
conference stop for Palmer is a
one-game altercation with An
chorage Friday evening. That
game will be played in Anchor
age.
Next week, a holiday week for
Palmer students, is still not def
initely marked for a basketball
game. However coach L. K. Gib
son hopes to schedule a practice
game with an Army team from
Fort Richardson’s 183rd Gen
eral Hospital. If played, that
game probably will be in the
Palmer gym next Wednesday
evening.
A pair of conference duels
with Fairbanks is next on the
Pdimer schedule. Those games,
still only tentatively scheduled,
probably will be played here on
Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec.
2 and 3. Fairbanks then expects
to continue on to Anchorage for
a two - game weekend series
there.
Seward will return Palmer’s
visit in a two-game appearance
at the local gym sometime early
in^ December. Further announce
ments of those dates will be
made very shortly.
Name-Band Dance
To Be Conntinued
Although attendance at Sat
ulday’s “name band” dance at
Palmer’s gymnasium was limited
because of another dance at
Wasilla, the experiment was con
sidered successful enough to
merit another try, sponsoring
faculty members announced. The
amplification system for broad
casting recorded music was pro
nounced a “complete success.”
It is planned to schedule this
type of dance every two weeks,
James Gray, Jr., high school
principal, said. These student
sponsored dances are open to the
public. Announcement of the
band music planne dfor the eve
ning’s dancing will be published
before the dance, Mr. Gray said.
Anyway, It Is Food
Members who attended the
meeting of King’s Lake Camp
at the United Protestant church
next Monday evening may “eat'’
but they won’t “dine,” Rev. Vic
tor A If sen corrected today. The
Valley Frontiersman mistakenly
scheduled the Monday meeting as
a dinner meeting.
Buy The Frontiersman
It
Music Date Advanced
Since the regular Thursday
meeting of the Music Appercia
tioo Ciu j falls on Thanksgiving,
the group will meet Tuesday,
ne- t week Father James Snead
announced today. Father Snead
is plann u,g a special program of
Th nksgiving music. An an
nouncement of recordings plan
ned will be announced in the
v xt issue of the Frontiersman.
Lack Quorum
Because only three board
members were present at Mon
day’s meeting of the library as
sociation, no business was con
ducted. Hereafter the group will
meet on the first Tuesday of
each month, in order to avoid
conflict with other scheduled
meetings. Next meetings is Dec.
9
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OFFICE HOURS
During the two weeks’ vaca
tion of Mrs. Bernice Johnson,
secretary in the Extension Of
fice, office hours will be main
tained for haf-days only, Parker
Lester, district agent, announced.
Mrs. Johnson’s vacation beg s
next Monday. She will return to
her desk on Tuesday, Dec. 9.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember? —Aclv.
FACTS « FABLES
Freight Rates—Wolf at Alaska’s Door” was the recently published quotation from
proceedings at the rate hearing. This accusation wasn’t really surprising. We knew in
advance the nature of charges to be expected; we feel Alaskans have listened to such
fables long enough and it is time they were given the facts.
For this purpose Dr. Henry A. Burd, Professor of Marketing at the University of
Washington, made a special trip to Alaska during October. After analyzing freight
rate-price relationships in Ketchikan, Juneau, Anchorage and Fairbanks, he declared
that there is no appreciable connection between freight rates and the high cost of living
in Alaska. To bear out this statement, we invite your examination of the following data,
a reproduction in part of Dr. Burd’s report (Alaska Steamship Company’s proportion
of Anchorage and Fairbanks freight charges have been added as well as Seattle prices
from stores offering service comparable to that of Alaskan stores).
KETCHIKAN
Retail
JUNEAU
ITEM Price
Bacon (piece, lb.)—$0.90
Butter
(Darigold, lb.)— .91
Canned Milk
(Darigold)_ .11
Canned Soup
(Campbell).
Coffee (lb.)—
Dry Beans (lb.),
tggs
(large, doz.).
Flour (49 lbs.)_
Lard (lb.)_
Macaroni (lb.)_
Sugar (lb.)_
.18
.20
.53
.57
.24
_* .90
_ 5.55
_* .38
_ .24
_ .11
Freight
9/10e
4/5e
5/5*
l/2e
1-9/10e
3/5*
4-l/10e
29-2/5e
1-1/lOe
l-3/10e
8/5e
Retail
Price
$0.90
.93
.16
.20
.23
Freight
le
le
4/5e
3/5*
ANCHORAGE
Retail Steamship Retail
Price Freight Portion Price
$1.00 3-9/1 Oe 2-l/5e $1.00
1.08 4-9/lOe 1-1/lOe 1.10
FAIRBANKS
Steamship
Freight Portion
I-l/2e 2-3/5*
7-l/lOc 1-1/10*
.17 2-3/5* 1-1/10* .18 4-1/5* 1-2/B*
.57
.59 2-1/2*
.20
.25 2*
.55
.60 3-2/5c
.29
7/10* • .33 2-2/5c
9/10*
1-4/5*
1-3/10*
a-i/5* i«
.57
.60
.24
5-2/5C
3-4/5*
1-4/5*
1-5/10*
.84 5*
5.75 36-7/10*
30 1-2/5*
.25 1-3/5*
.11 Vi 7/10*
• .95 7-3/10e 3-9/10*
6.50 84-1/5c 56-1/5*
• .55 2-7/1 Oc 1-2/5*
35 2-2/5c 1-3/10c
.13 Vi 2-2/5c 1-5/10*
.95 12c 5-9/10*
6.75 1.14-1/10 56-1/5*
.55 4-1/5c 1-2/5*
.28 3-4/5e 1-3/10*
.14 3-4/5* 1-3/10*
IEATTLI
Retail
Price
$0.85
37
•IB
.25
.87
4.70
.37
.19
.09
Bold fac* typ* Indicates only r*venu« received by Alaska Steamship Company.
Because of the longer haul, freight rates are naturally higher to Juneau than Ketchikan,
and to Fairbanks than Anchorage, but if you will notice the prices of those items marked
with an asterisk (* ) you will see that in some instances the Ketchikan prices are the same
or higher than Juneau prices and some Anchorage prices the same or higher than Fairbanks
prices. This is a definite indication that local market conditions actually play the major
role in determining prices of food. This is further borne out by a recent Territorial
Department of Labor report published in Alaska papers to the effect that for the
period June to September, of this year, Anchorage food prices rose 10% while Fairbanks
prices rose but 6%.
There are many factors which make up local market conditions such as wage and salary
levels, rentals, delivery costs, credit practices. We are not trying to cover this subject in
detail, but merely mention these items by way of explanation. However, from the data
shown, including Seattle prices, we believe you will agree that freight rates are not a
"Wolf at Alaska’s Door” and that such statements are most misleading and contribute
nothing to the solution of Alaska's problems.
Sincerely,
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Serving All Alaska