LETTERS
— to the —
EDITOR
Wasilla, Alaska
April 23, 1962
In reference to the current
borough discussions, may I
quote the following excerpts
from Abraham Lincoln’s In
augural Address?
“—My countrymen, one and
all, think calmly upon this
whole subject. Nothing valu
able can be lost by taking time.
If there be an object to hurry
any of you in hot hast to a step
which you would never take
deliberately, that object will be
frustrated by taking time; but
no good object can be frustrat
ed by it. Such of you as are
now dissatisfied still have the
old Constitution unimpaired,
and on the sensitive point, the
laws of your own framing un
der it; while the new adminis
tration will have no immediate
power, if it would, to change
either. If it were admitted that
you who are dissatisfied hold
the right side in this dispute,
there is still no single good rea
son for precipitate action."
As an average citizen, I find
it very difficut to assimulate
or understand all the literature
on boroughs. To me it is too
technical, indefinitive, and
generalized; therefore, how can
I vote intelligently one way or
the other?
I would like to know first of
all just what the basic cost of
a borough, operationally and
administratively, would be.
Then I would like to know just
how many taxpayers (not peo
ple) there would be in the bor
ough. Finally I would like to
divide the two figures and ar
rive at some idea of the indi
vidual cost. Only then would
one be able to decide its feasi
bility.
I do not question the bene
fits to be accrued from the
formation of a borough. To me
it’s just common sense to w-ant
the bad points as well before
determining the over-all pic
ture. Everything seems too pat
and the bait too alluring.
Frankly, just what is the
hurry?
M. G. C.
The following letter was sub
mitted to area redevelopment
committee.
It is probably a little prema
ture to consider conversion of
natural gas to synthetic am
monia and fertilizers, since
commercial quantities have not
been discovered in District 7.
However the prospects are
quite good. If they should ma
terialize a gas conversion plant
could increase employment as
well as lower the price consid
erably on fertilizer for the farm
areas of the Palmer-Wasilla
Talkeetna Area.
Nitrogen solutions rank first
among the sources of nitrogen
for mixed fertilizers in the Un
ited States, and anhydrous am
monia is one of the principal
nitrogen materials used direct
ly as fertilizer.
Aqua ammonia, anhydrous
ammonia (a liquefied gas), and
the nitrogen solutions are ap
plied directly to the soil or in
irrigation water, and are used
in the manufacture of mixed
fertilizers.
In 1959, the United States
industry included 56 plants
with a total annual productive
capacity for both agricultural
and industrial use of 4,120,00(
short tons of nitrogen. This was
based almost exclusively or
natural gas and petroleum re
finery gases as the hydroger
sources.
Source: Encyclopedia of Sc
ience and Technology McGraw
Hill.
By Jim Frey
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Palmer Minister to Address Assembly
In Anchorage This Week
The Watch Tower Society of
Alaska has announced the as
signment of John Heckman,
presiding minister of the Pal
mer congregation of Jehovah’s
witnesses, to'the Bible discus
sion, “Perform a Balanced Min
istry.”
The discussion will be given
by Heckman at the circuit as
sembly of Jehovah’s witnesses
in Anchorage April 27-29. An
attendance of more than 300
persons is expected for the con
vention, with approximately
Fish Survey Work
To Be Outlined
For Sportsmen
An interesting program is
planned for the May 3 meeting
of the Matanuska Valley
Sportsmen which will be held
at 8 p.m. in Grange hall.
The program will be present
ed by local sport fish biologist,
Dan McGinnis. A series of color
slides concerning high lake sur
vey work done by McGinnis in
the beautiful Oregon Cascade
mountains will be shown. The
scenery, fish taken, and meth
ods used in the survey will be
shown and will be accompan
ied by a narrative.
Survey methods shown will
be compared with similar
methods used locally by the
Alaska Department of Fish and
Game fishery biologists. In ad
dition, McKinnis will offer a
brief outline of his work for
the coming season.
Refreshments and informal
discussions will conclude the
meeting.
When the chips are down a
man’s conduct is the expression
of his true character.
16 attending from the Palmer
Wasilla area.
Heckman, in discussing the
assembly theme, “Faithfully
Increasing Our Praise to Je
hovah”, said, “Jehovah’s wit
nesses believe that an increase
in time spent in teaching and
practicing the principles of the |
Bible is the only way to de
crease the increasing rate of '<
crime, delinquency and world
tension facing men today.”
The three-day program is de
signed to aid each Jehovah’s
witness to increase his individ
ual time in the house-to-house
ministry, the speaker stated.
A special feature of the as
sembly will be the ordination
and baptism ceremony for new j
ministers entering the preach-1
ing fellowship of Jehovah’s j
witnesses.
Climax of the program will1
be the Bible talk, “Who Will
Rule the World?” by Andrew
K. Wagner, district supervisor
and principal speaker for the
assembly.
= OUR SOIL ★ OUR STRENGTH =
By Cliff Marcus
Even though the pasture sea
son is short in Alaska excel-1
lent cash returns can be real
ized from a well managed per
ennial grass or grass-legume |
seeded pasture.
Two keys to unlocking a!
profitable pasture are proper
seeding and proper manage
ment.
Proper seeding should be!
done on a firm, moist, weed
free seedbed, not more than
one inch deep, one-half inch or
less is better. Work up area to
be planted and plant as soon;
as possible to prevent loss of
valuable moisture.
Proper management should
be carried out to make the pas
ture produce to its fullest ex
tent. Grazing on pastures
should be done until the grass
plants are firmly rooted Keep
grass height between 3 inches
and 8 inches and leave at least
4 inches of top growth at end
of pasture season. Keep stock
off when ground is very wet to
prevent trampling and expos
ing plant roots.
Pastures should be gone over
once or twice a year to break |
up and spread droppings. This
will give better and even util
ibation of pastures.
Pastures should be rotated
to give better utilization of
feed. If pastures get ahead of
grazing they can be cut for,
hay or silage crops.
Weeds are a hazard on pas- .
tures as they compete with the :
grasses for moisture and fertil
izer. Mowing to clip the weeds
should be done before the plant
goes to seed.
All pastures should be fer
tilized according to Alaska Ex
periment Station and Extension
Service recommendations.
MOOSE INVITED
TO DANCE SAT.
All members of the Palmer
Moose lodge, their ladies, and
their guests, are invited to at
tend a dance to be held at
Moose hall Saturday night,
April 28. Music will be furnish
ed by Bill Noble’s ensemble
who made a big hit here two
weeks ago when they appeared
under the billing of Billy Gui
tar and the eKnai Kids. A buf
fet “feed” will be served at
midnight.
DON'T FORGET
Valley
School of Dance
Carpenters Hall
Saturday, April 28
BEGINNERS
Age 2 - 6 yrs. — 10 a m.
Age 6 - 8 yrs. — 11 a.m. ;!
Age 8-12 yrs. — noon
ADVANCE
: 2:00 and 3:00 p.m.
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New Books at Palmer Library
Among new books recently
placed on the shelves at the
Palmer Public Library are the
following:
CHILDREN AND JUNIOR
DEPARTMENTS: -Spotted
Horse". Balch; “Danger! Ice
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Homemaker’s News
Sourdough Club
Hostess for the April meet- 1
ing of the Sourdoughs was Mrs.
Ina McKenzie. T^o guests and
15 members were present for !
potluck luncheon.
A report on Council meeting
and a program on social etti
quet and entertaining was giv
en by our persident. Mrs. Vir
gil Eckert.
An announcement of a sum
mer contest on home improve
ment was made by Mrs. Amy
Irwin, who is chairman of the
Alaska Beautification Project.
Anyone interested may contact
Mrs. Irwin at Palmer.
comoe; Game ot Kings . Dun
nett; “Across the Waters”.
Campbell; and “Rembrandt".
Schmitt.
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