VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Published each Wednesday
' Palmer, Alaska
Entered aS second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post offi<
at Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Subscription rates.75c month, $8 a ye;
Viola Daniels .Edit<
Walter Freeman ..Associate Edit<
Beverly Larsh .Advertising Manager, Palm<
No printed material in the Valley Frontiersman may be
reproduced except by permission of the editor.
Mailed to all points in Alaska and the United States.
DANIELS -- In The Lion's Den
On Tuesday, Ott. 12, Alaskans again will be given the oppo
iunity to find out what it means to have been born on the rigl
side of the International Dateline. On that day, Alaskans go to tl
polls to express their choice in legislators.
We who live in Alaska openly and publicly resent the restri
tions imposed upon us by absentee government, in which we hat
small voice or choice of representation. We feel and say we mu
have more control of matters which affect our daily living.
We complain about the creaking machinery of a territori
government—in fact, the majority of us already have voted to put
that government out of existence. We feel strongly about ot
privilege of sharing in our government, or so we say.
Vet there’s often not much proof in the ballot box to back oi
stand. We cry for more voice in our government, and then st;
home on election day. We discredit things as they are and a
quick to suggest the changes we feel are necessary. Vet on a rail
election day, we find it easy to dismiss our profound opinions—x
shrug and go about our indoor business, comfortable in the thoug]
i hat ‘‘one vote isn’t going to make any difference anyway.”
We find the American way too easy, therefore we forego ot
Constitutional privilege of the ballot. No one parades our stree
to intimidate a minority group, whose opinion is not that of tl
group in power. No one requires that we vote in a certain way, n<
checks to find if the ballot cast is as instructed. There are nam
from which to choose on the American ballot, and parties wii
which to affiliate.
If Americans were forced to undergo hardship, to stifle und
an autocratic regime, to face imprisonment for an expresst
thought that does not conform with the thought of the ruin
power—then perhaps we could truly realize the privilege of th
ballot box we so carelessly evade.
Americans, Alaskans, must realize that every ballot not ca
next Tuesday is a pinprick that reaches deep into the lifeblood <
democracy. Put enough of those pricks together, and democrai
receives her deathblow. Thereafter Americans will not be bothen
Ijv the need to voice an opinion as to how they shall be governed
the matter will be decided for them. And when that time com
they need only to recall all the countless Novembers when castir
a ballot was too heavy a task, to find the guilty ones who brougl
about the downfall of democracy.
IT'S STILL NOT TOO LATE
But They Won’t Last Much Longer
THAT'S THOSE OH-SO-FEW VACANT
LOCKERS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
SIGN UP TODAY IF YOU’LL BE NEEDING A LOCKER
THIS SEASON
Palmer
Cold Storage & Locker Service
HARVEST TIME IS DOUGHNUT TIME
and
W'e’re right in season with our new specials
Glazed and Raised Doughnuts and Bismarcks
APPLE TURNOVERS JELLY ROLLS
CUP CAKES
SHAMROCK BAKERY
CLASSIFIED
FOR SALE
LOT with basement excavated;
e water, sewer, lights available;
three blocks from shopping
” center. Write Box E, Frontiers
- man, or inq. Frontiersman of
fice.
* MODERN one-bedroom house in
>r Palmer; full concrete base
- ment just completed. Inq. at
Frontier Bar or phone Bill
_ Roark.
GIRL’S BICYCLE, complete with
basket, $25. Inq. at Valley
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SPACE HEATER, good condition.
Inq. Valley Frontiersman.
ROADHOUSE, doing excellent
business, on Palmer Highway
at Mile 36. First-rate location
on trout stream. Must sell due
to ill health. Write P. O. Box
713, Palmer.
HYDRAULIC LOADER units; fit
Ford-Ferguson and McCor
mick-Deering tractors. Hartley
Bros. Motors.
r4irKAISER SEDAN; 2,500 miles;
like new; seat covers. Hartley
Bros. Motors.
FOR RENT
2-RM. HOUSE. Inq. at Frontiers
man office.
CABINS; located opposite Hart
ley Bros. Garage. See A. H.
Marsh.
FARGAIN—Good used washing
machine, $35. Hartley Bros.
TENT. 10x10, 3 ft. wall; good
condition. $20. See J. P. Loom
is at Don Irwin’s, or write to
Box 234.
SINGER SEWING machines, re
built; portable type; immedi
ate delivery. Contact Freeman
at Frontiersman or call Mr.
Schmidt in Anchorage, Main
165 .evenings.
NOTICE
THERE IS NO partnership
agreement existing between my
self and any other party. I will
not be responsible for any debttf,
liabilities, contracts or agree
ments entered into or contract
ed for by any person other than
myself and my wife, Leota F.
Langdon.
lSigned) ROGER F. LANGDON.
NOTICE ^
TRY OUR new Hess Hair Milk
treatment; excellent dandruff
remover, stops falling hair,
changes gray hair back to its
original color. For a dandy hair
cut, and a shave that’s closer
than the next second, it’s the
VALLEY BARBER SHOP
Daryl Meeks, Prop.
“ JOHN and CLARICE DRYDEN
I WILL NOT be responsible for
any debts incurred by the
Ron-Da-Voo Cafe after Sep
tember 15.
(Signed) PETE LUCEY.
NEW MATERIALS for sale;
men’s suiting, half price. Inq.
Valley Cleaners.
LESSONS IN PIANO
Accredited high school teacher;
students may receive credits.
Contact at Neal Wright’s.
MARY BAIRD STOECKLE
SAVE OUR SALMON!
ABOLISH
FISH THAPS
CKTS&Ete
FOR EXCHANGE
TWO OIL heaters for one good
coal heater. Inq. at Brown’s
Shop at North Palmer.
WORK WANTED
WILL CARE for children under
6 in my home. $2 to $2.50 daily
or 50c hr. Inq. third house
south of Adventist Church or
write Mrs. Carlos Driggers,
Gen. Del., Palmer.
POSITION WANTED
RELIABLE VETERAN, age 23,
wants responsible position;
high school grad.; have re
stricted radio tel. lie., also
priv. pilot’s lie; best of ref.;
willing to learn; will appear
for interview on request. Write
Clyde Clark, Palmer, or inq.
through Frontiersman off.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that Jo
seph S. Kaylor, entryman, of An
chorage. Alaska, together with
his witnesses, Howard Franklin
Estelle and Herbert Holstein, all
of Wasilla, Alaska, has made
final proof on his homestead,
Anchorage serial 011793, for the
S‘/2NW»/4, sec. 14, T. 17 N. R. 1 W.
S.M. containing 160 acres, and it
is now in the files of the District
Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska,
and if no protest is filed in the
local land office, within the pe
riod of publication or thirty days
thereafter, said final proof will
be accepted and final certificate
issued.
(SIGNEDi GEORGE A. LINGO,
Acting Manager.
Date first publication Sept. 29,
1948.
Date last publication October
27, 1948.
Wirtanen's Tanker
Service
Metered Delivered
Gasoline, Diesel and Stove Oil
Ph. 6-23Y-11 Eino Wirtanen
Green's Flying Service
• At Palmer Airport)
STUDENT INSTRUCTION
CHARTER FLIGHTS
GI TRAINING
M. D. SNODGRASS
REAL ESTATE
Dairy and Vegetable Farms
City Lots Acreage
Matanuska Electric
Association, Inc.
For Power Distribution
DON McKECHNIE
For all digging and
back-filling jobs
Write or phone him your
excavating orders
P. O. Box 796 Palmer