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Vol. II No.4
PALMER, ALASKA, NOVEMBER 19, 1936
PRICE 10 CENTS
Legion Auxiliary
To Handle Seals
A meeting of
ladies of the local1
Legion Auxiliary
met recently at
the heme of Mrs.
Ross L. Sheely and
discussed plans for
the sale Christmas
seals.
Those presentj
were Mrs. Chris
Anderson, Mrs
Einer Huseby,
Mrs. Francis Biggs and Mrs.
Sheely.
It is not likely that there will
be a concerted drive on the seal
sale if those receiving their stamp
sheets through the mails respond
w^h purchases.
FIGHT
TUBERCULOSIS
Buy and Use
CHRISTMAS
SEALS
North-End Palmer
Out For Honors
Though they are both on the
“wrong side of the track,”
Downtown Palmer and the
North end are vieing with each
other for trade. Up there by the
old depot a new building shat
ters the sky-line. Mr. Felton is
constructing an 8 room resi
dence with large rooms upstairs
for renting.
The log cabin, now containing
five roomers, will be torn down.
Vic Chopman has contracted
the construction of the building
which will cost in the neighbor
hood of $8000 furnished, and ex
pects to have it completed with
in two months. A large hot-air
furnace will furnish heat for
the structure. Mr. Felton plans
eventually upon having a green
house near by.
The building will be wired for
electricity and have all modern
conveniences. Later, Mr. Felton
plans upon constructing a dutch
windmill with a water supply
tank.
And on the ground he has sold
between the store and the Fish
hook Road many smaller places
; re being built. A quick lunch
counter has opened for busi
ness and many private cabins
have been constructed.
Downtown Palmer better look
to her laurels. Of course, we
have that new bakery down here.
What, you haven’t heard of it?
Yes. sir, fresh bread, cookies,
cakes and pastries . . . where-. . .
why. at the .Colony Bakery Shop
. . .Joe Jany and William Gus
sie. props.
And Harry O’Neill’s new
grocery, The Palmer Trading
< ompany. Boy, have you been
there yet'? Got everything in the
way of food . . . good old sour-.
Colonists Now To Pay
All Labor They Hire
A new ruling states that funds
will no longer be available for
paying half cash on purely inter
colonist transactions.
In other words if Colonist
Brown hires Colonist Black to do
some work for him Colonist Black
will have to look to his employer
for whatever money he is to get
for his Labor. The corporation
has no further funds for advanc
ing the half cash-half credit pay
as has been the former policy.
Bill And Billy
Now Bill And Coo
Sneaking a march on all their
friends, Bill Hallett and Billy
Martin went to Wasilla last
Saturday evening and had Com
missioner Wilmuth tie the knot.
When the news leaked out
Bill denied it stoutly, but the
boys put the bee on him pretty
heavily . . . and . . . well, Biil
finally kicked through in a
manner that precluded any pos
sibility of a charivari that night
at their new home. Most of the
boys couldn’t walk and it was
too far to crawl on hands and
knees through the snow.
Rutledges Now
Proud Parents
Word has b?en received here
that Mrs Frank Rutledge, the
former Martha Ervin, became
the mother of a six and one-half
pound baby girl at the Anchor
age Hospital last Tuesday. Mrs.
Rutledge was married here
early last fall while working at
the Valley City Cafe.
Corp Makes Own Tile
Down by the kraut tanks under
the cannery unit two crews of men
are making 90 feet of 12 inch con
crete sewage-tile per day. Harry
Curlette, who has charge of the
work under Hank Colish, reports
that the number of failures has
dropped off to pretty nearly noth
ing. At first there was a little
trouble getting the 200 pound tiles
to stand up under their own
weight while the rich and almost
dry mixture set. The tile is be
ing made to carry away the
Community Center sewage._
dough brands, too.
And some day Horton will
finish his hotel . . . and Ken
Johnson will get his laundry go
ing sometime. And maybe Hew
itt’s will put in farm machinery
along with their radios . . . and
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Smoker Is Held
Despite Storm
A little more tough luck does
not down the C.V.F.D. When
the big storm came up last Sat
urday afternoon and kept the
crowd from attending the smok
er that night the boys counted
audience noses and realized
that they were in for it. How
ever, the fighters and a few
others had driven up from An
chorage, and it was decided to
hold the bouts even at a loss.
They went ahead with a darned
good show and dug into their
pockets to make up the big def
icit.
It was a real card. In the
opener the two McRoberts boys,
135 pounds, went three fast
rounds. Referee Montie Morris
and 1toe fudges. Gus Gelles and
Frank Allen, called it a draw.
Archie Betts was timekeeper.
In the second stanza Roy
Morrison of Wasilla took Wal
ter Jackinsky with a K.O. in
the second round. They weigh
ed in at 160 and it was 320
pounds of milling flesh and
bone every second. Walter was
considerably over-matched, but
it was the best pair-up that
Matchmaker Bill Young could
get with the talent on hand.
* The third bout was a sock
sock affair from the start to a
draw finish between Jack Knee
bone of Palmer and Jack Lar
son of Anchorage, both at 150
pounds. This was Larson’s first
time in the ring, but no one
knew it till Bill Falconer an
nounced the fact.
The next on the card was an
exhibition between Carl Neilson
and John Walsh Jr. John was
the only fellow Bill Young
could get to fill in a cancella
tion. He had been suffering
from stomach flu and had no
desire to fight, but offered to
substitute. Carl was outweighed
by many pounds, but was in
the pink and put up a fine ex
hibition. Jack Rose refereed
this one and with the judges de
cided that Neilson had earned
the decision.
Rose also refereed the main
event which was a return match
between Jack Tapper of An
chorage and Ed Borders of Pal
mer. Jack weighed 180 and Ed
179 pounds.
Like their bout on Labor
Day, they mixed fast right
from the start and telling blows
were delivered on both sides. A
stiff one rocked Borders in the
first, but he came back strong
and in the second round scored
a knock-down after which the
fight was his. Before the bell he
had Tapper down for the count
of ten.
“Matanuska Maid”
Butter Rates High
November 7th the first Mata
nuska Maid Butter appeared on
the market and was in demand
faster than it could be cut out.
All of those iu a group who sam
pled it, highly praised the quality
of the product. As scored by a
group, it met the requirements
of 91 score butter, scored on the
following score card:
Flavor and aroma 40 45
Body and texture 25 30
Color - 10 15
Salt 10
Finish 5
From now on, churnings will
be made weekly *and a ready
market is available. The
creamery is modernly equipped.
The interior is finished in gleam
ing white enamel with a gray
enamel base band. All cream is
pasteurized and only cream of
j quality is accepted.
C. C. Deal. Manager, Matanuska
i Valley Creamery.
Beatrice McNally
Operated Upon
Beatrice McNally, who works
in the accounting office, went
into Anchorage Saturday feel
ing pretty well under the
weather. On Monday she was
operated upon for appendicitis.
At last reports she is doing
splendidly.
Hurst Builds Duplex
Morris Hurst is erecting a
structure which will have two
four-room duplex apartments
on the first floor and eight
rooms upstairs when finished.
It is located on a lot in the
Snodgrass Addition which he
recently purchased. The ex
cavation is already completed
and forms for the concrete base
ment are now going into place.
Hurst says that he will go
right ahead with construction
regardless of weather.
Worthwhile Tip
Joe Flakne calls attention to
the fact that just because the
winter of ’35-’36 was so mild
there is no guarantee that this
one won’t be more severe. It
has certainly started out dif
ferently, anyway, and it has
been known to reach forty-three
below.
Joe suggests that unless your
; barn is full of stock it will be
a good idea to partition off the
unused portion with a tarp or
something Be sure, though,
that your ventilator will take
1 care of the part being used.