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Vol. X
June 4, 1936
Palmer, Alaska
WISCONSIN WELFARE RULES NO
RETURN EXPENSES TO BE PAID
The following notice has been
received from the Public Welfare
Department of the State of Wiscon
sin:
"On Way 14, 1936 one year will
have elapsed since the departure of
the YUsconsin families for their
new homes in Alaska,
"Under Wisconsin law we can nei
ther acknowledge their legal set
tlement, authorize their return nor
honor the expenses in connection
with their return as a proper
charge upon Wisconsin, after that
date,"
First to be affected by this new
'•"Tiling are August Raschke and Frank
ness, both of whom have severed
their connections with the project.
Colonist reaction to this an
nouncement has its varied slants.
"Good,” said one Wisconsin wo
man. "Now, if we do make up our
minds to quit the corporation we
//on’t be forced to leave Alaska."
CAR OWNERS FUST T’AV3
LICENSES P.Y JUNE 15th
Anyone driving a privately owned
cruck or passenger automobile with
out license plates after June 15th
will be subject to arrest, accord
ing to a notice received by Deputy
"arshal Jack T-Termon.
Licenses may be obtained from
Mr. Wilmuth, U. 3. Commissioner at
Wasilla. Fees are: 510*00 for a
private Passenger vehicle, $15.00
for a taxi or truck for private
use and $50.00 for a truck with a
transfer license.
MANAGER WAUGH GETTING TEAM
UNTYPED INTO GOOD 3ttaPE
Practice every evening on the
newly constructed diamond in the
Community Center ^ark Area is rap
idly developing a ball team of
which ^almer may be proud.
Our-first game is scheduled for
Sunday, June 14, to be played with
Anchorage at Palmer. The following
Sunday there will be another game -
between the two teams at Anchorage,
with a special train leaving here
in the morning and returning the
same evening. Special rates will
he in effect.
Snappy uniforms, blue striked
gray with red lettering and red
socks, have been ordered and will
be here for the first game. Suits
were donated by Calmer business
men. Two suits each were sunulied,
by Bert’s Drugs, Uoslcskys, Sallys
Cafe and Hewitt’s Hhoto Shoo. The
Calmer Cafe, Tiling’s Taxi, A. A.
Shonbeck and Jack’s Barber Shoo
each donated one suit.
An effort was made by Manager
VJaugh to schedule a game with
Fairbanks for June 21st, when the
inland city nuts on its Midnight
Series, but no definite answer.has
as yet been received and time is
now so short that the whole thing
will probably fall by the board for
this year.
The Palmer team, sponsored by
the Colonial Volunteer Fire De
nartment and local business men,
is a good one, Let’s all get be
hind them and show the rest of Al
aska that we are on our toes.
135 TOURISTS TO ARRIVE 13th
AS SEASON’S FIRST GROU^
A oarty of 135 under the banner
of the Los Angeles Chamber of Com
merce will arrive at Palmer on
the thirteenth.
Arrangements are being made by
taxi owners and the corooration -
through use of the school busses -
to take the entire grouo around
the valley by car during their
short stay here.
MILAM SPENCER TO RECEIVE
SPECIAL MEDICAL TREATIAEFT
A hearing will be held some timf
this coming week to decide just
where Colonist Milan Soencer will
be sent for treatment of mental
disorders brought about by shot
nerves* ^almer is not equipped t_
give nrooer care in cases of this
kind.
If taken outside Spencer will
be leaving many friends as he war
an industrious colonist and seri
ously worked at the business of
establishing a home here for him
self snd family*