Valley FRONTIERSMAN
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Palmer, Alaska
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947 at the post office
at Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Viola Daniels ....Editor
Evon DeLand .Advertising Manager, Palmer
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Daniels —In the Lion’s Den
Last weekend in Palmer was just one more proof of the
city’s nedd for some internal law and order. Army payday, com
bined with what was apparently a general holiday for Post and
Whittier GIs, brought a number of men to Palmer whose sole con
cern appeared to be to “lose a weekend.” Several of them creat
ed minor disturbances before they left.
It is ir. these instances that Palmer’s helplessness is most ap
parent. We have no regular police officer, other than our own
merchant patrolman who now holds a courtesy appointment under
tfte territorial highway patrol, and our assistant United States
marshal. Both of them have limited powers only, at best.
In addition to their limitation of power, these men are handi
capped by the fact that Palmer, in its present state, has no facili
ties where disturbers may be imprisoned. MPs, even though they
patrol our streets nightly, which they do not at present, would be
hampered in their work without some type of jail. Under pre
sent conditions, all out-of-town transportation is cut off at 6
o’clock, which eliminates the weak-kneed solution of send
ing an undesirable on his way. There’s no way for them to leave
town, and no place to lock them up. Therefore there’s not much
law and order in Palmer. Right now there’s not any solution
"to that problem until we take some steps to organize a municipal
government.
But the minute we make that first effort to help ourselves,
it appears that assistance from other sources will be immediately
forthcoming. Officials of The Alaska Railroad have promised,
.tentatively, that a refrigerator car could be secured on loan, for
conversion to jail quarters. The initial cost of that conversion
would not be great. Once the jail was completed, a municipality
would be required to pay the wages of a jailer. However, there
is no reason why the duties of jailer and municipal policeman
might not be combined, especially during the first months of a
young city’s existence.
With a jail as a talking point in our move toward law and
order, the question of help in the policing our our town comes
next. Here again it seems that we have only to take the first
step, and we will be met by assistance from other sources. Army
officials have not promised, but they have indicated they would
give favorable consideration to establishing a permanent MP de
tail in Palmer. Their help would be most welcome in a new city
whose wallet will necessarily be slim.
Finally, a municipality would be able to impose regulations upon
businesses within its limits whch would go far toward preventing
such wholesale drunkeness as there was in Palmer last weekend.
That regulation need not be onerous, but should be helpful to
businessmen and residents alike, in the establishment of a more
orderly town.
* Palmer as it was last Saturday and Sunday was not a pretty
sight. Alaska’s ability to outdo every other spot in the United
States in per-capita liquor consumption is not an enviable record.
Yet Palmer, at times, seems to try to outdo every other spot in
Alaska. That’s not going to be particularly helpful in drawing
the new families and settlers we need, if we are to attain the
place in Alaska’s future that we believe is ours. If we want new
homeowners, new merchants and businesses, then we’re going to
have to present a little more of a family-town portrait.
As Anchorage Chamber of Commerce President Bob Atwood
said this week, “Alaska is the land of greatest opportunity in the
whole United States. What we make of it is squarely up to
Alaskans.” We feel he might have gone even farther and cited
Palmer as the spot with the most golden future in this land of
great opportunity. It is within our power to achieve that future.
The path is marked ahead of us — but we cannot ignore the sign
posts which direct us toward the stature of city-hood. There is no
shortcut in that future. We must take the steps ahead of us, one
by one.
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The provision of proper municipal ordinances and regulations
is one of those steps. Is is possible only under an organized city
form of government.
YOU WRECK ’EM . . . WE’LL FIX ’EM
24-HOUR SERVICE
We Go Anywhere, Any Time
PALMER BODY & PAINT SHOP
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We’re still testing those new and different
desserts for summer sweet-teeth
Have you tried our cloud-fluffy angelfoods lately?
—also
JELLY ROLLS ORANGE ROLLS
COCOANUT BARS HONEY BARS
SHAMROCK BAKERY
Classified Ads
FOR SALE
ONE FARMALL Super A; one
11.1 cu. ft. International Har
vester Home Freezer; full line
Goodyear tires. Co-op Garage.
1940 FORD V-8 coach; A-l mech
chanical condition; motor re
cently overhauled; new brakes;
#950. Victor Carlson, Box 906,
Palmer.
TRUCK FARM, 40 acres, 5 acres
cleared; 3 rm. house and base
ment; $3,500; will consider
terms. See Jack Maze, Mata
nuska Valley Bank.
SPARK oil heater, large; good
condition; reasonable. See
Evei’ett Peterson at Shamrock
Bakery.
TABLE MODEL Spartan combin
ation radio-phonograph; almost
new. See Asta SKOubo, Room
3, Dorm.
MAKE OFFER: 12 inch bench
model elec. saw. See — A1
Hagen.
HOUSE LOGS; delivered or at
mill. Phone 50Y12 or write
Box 682, Palmer.
’37 BUICK, recently overhauled
motor, new tires; exceptionally
good condition. Hartley Broth
ers Motors.
88-ACRE farm, 7 rm. house,
water, lights; 30 acres cleared;
4Vk mil. north of Palmer. Inq.
David Bryant, Box 1848, Pal
mer.
HYDRAULIC LOADER units; fit
Ford-Ferguson and McCor
mick-Deering tractors. Hartley
Bros. Motors.
FOR RENT
CABINS; located opposite Hart
ley Bros. Garage. See A. H.
Marsh.
WANTED TO BUY
BABY PLAY PEN, buggy and
car seat. See Bill Hecker.
NOTICE
LESSONS IN PIANO
Accredited high school teacher;
students may receive credits.
Contact at Neal Wright’s.
MARY BAIRD SAOECKLE
BRING YOUR fuzzy problems to
us. Two barbers on duty on
Saturday. VALLEY BARBER
SHOP, Kenneth and Daryl
Meeks.
INVITATION TO BID
Bids will be accepted for the
property formerly known as Val
ley Chapel, located on the Wa
silla Road 2Vz blocks west of
Main Street, until noon, Aug. 14.
We reserve the right to reject
any or all bids. See George
Geiwitz to inspect property or
submit bid.
Published Aug. 3, Aug. 6, Aug.
10 and Aug. 13.
INVITATION TO BID
UNITED STATES DEPART
MENT OF THE INTERIOR, The
Alaska Railroad, Anchorage,
Alaska. Sealed bids in duplicate
will be received until 2:00 p.m.,
Aug. 11, 1948, at the office of
the Chief Engineer, The Alaska
Railroad, Anchorage, Alaska, for
the construction of additions and
alterations to the Palmer Depot
and Freight Shed at Palmer,
Alaska. Plans and specifications
may be procured at Room 210,
General Office Building, The
Alaska Railroad, Anchorage, Al
aska.
Published Aug. 3, 6, 9, 1948.
Latter Day Saints
Organize Sunday School
Elders Henry A. James and
Elbert J. Sweeten, visiting mis
sionaries from the Anchorage
Church of the Latter Day Saints,
organized a home Sunday School
in Palmer recently. The first
Sunday school classes met on
the morning of July 18.
Hereafter Sunday School is to<
be held each Sunday morning'
in the Claude Carroll home at
10:30. All church members and
others interested in the services
are invited to attend.
i MeCOOL’S BARBER SHOP
1(In Rec Hall)
SPECIALIZING IN
HAIRCUTTING, SHAVING, SHAMPOOS AND MASSAGE
Weekday business hours from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday business hours from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m."
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BRYANT & CO.
BULLDOZING CARRYALL WORK
GENERAL LAND CLEARING
Write Box 1848
BUILDING?
We’ll make window and door frames to fit
your walls, all ready to put in.
CABINETS MADE TO ORDER FREE ESTIMATES
SEVERN'S CABINET SHOP
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When You Repair or Build Use WOODLIFE
Water Repellent Rot Proof
Keeps wood from swelling, shrinking,
checking, warping
Now On Display
CHAMPION Outboard Motors
RELIANCE Conversion Cookstove Burners
GRAHAM SERVICE
Machine Work
Gas
Welding
Oil
Repair
General Automotive Repair Shop
Crankshaft Grinding Reboring Service
Rebuilt Ford, Dodge, Plymouth Motors
Will pick up and deliver as requested.
MOORE’S GARAGE
1 mile south of Palmer on Palmer-Malanuska Road
SAFETY IS A HABIT
WITH MT. McKINLEY
ML McKinley Airways assumes a high re
sponsibility for passengers and cargo carried in
its planes. So much so that Mt. McKinley Air
ways provides the same standard of mainte
nance required by CAA for scheduled Air
line operation.
AIRFREIGHT SERVICE
To and From Soaltle and Any Point In tha Tarrilory
| Mt. McKinley Airways
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