VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Published each Wednesday
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.
Subscription rates.75c month, $8 a year
Viola Daniels .Editor
Walter Freeman .Associate Editor
Beverly Larsh .Advertising Manager, Palmer
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
A year ago today, when the first number of the Valley Fron
tiersman reached your hands, you read in this column a statement
of the paper’s policy. In the year that has elapsed, when some
90 numbers of the paper have been sent to you, we’ve made many
mistakes, sustained a variety of setbacks, and have managed to draw
to ourselves almost every woe ever known to newspapers.
However when we re-read that statement of policy this week,
we found there was nothing there that we wouldn’t say again. We
may not always have reached the objectives we outlined for you
then, but we’ve never stopped trying. Nor do we intend to stop now.
Therefore we can think of no better thing to say to you today,
than to repeat some of the statements we made in that first issue.
Our first and chief goal still is the furthering of Valley interests.
We believe as wholeheartedly in the future ol the Matanuska Valley
today as we did on Sept. 15, 1917.
We said then that we intended to use this column to express
our views on any issue which is ol interest to the Valley. We have
done so, not always to your liking. We shall continue to do so, if we
believe the issue under discussion is important to you and to us.
We’d still like to hear from you when you don’t agree with us, and
we still stand firmly behind our promise to print every letter we
get, if that letter is signed. We believe that you have as much
right to air your opinion in print as we do. However we think
that if you believe in a thing strongly enough to want to break into
print, then you should sign your name to that belief.
Again we declare that we do not intend to ally the Frontiers
man with the thinking of any individual or group of individuals.
This paper is an independent publication, and we reserve the right
to make up our minds on every issue which arises. We do not in
tend to follow the pathway of someone clse’s thinking. We may be
debating an issue with you today and in solid agreement on a point
tomorrow. We don’t hold it against you when you disagree with us
—we ask as much of you.
We intend to continue to shun the very appearance of gossip.
It has no place in the columns of the Valley Frontiersman. News
of Valley people, Valley events and Valley happenings is the news
we’re interested in. The malicious little tittle-tattle that gets whis
pered over a morning cup of coffee is not news as we define it.
Finally, w hope still to be able to offer what we feel is con
structive criticism, when we find it necessary to criticize. We have
found it necessary to do so in the twelve months just past, on occa
sion We did not hesitate when we felt the need for plain speak
ing was there. We’ll talk as plainly when the time comes again. We
expect to ha be some adequate solution, when we line! fault with
things as they are.
In conclusion, we repeat - the Valley Frontiersman is your
newspaper, not ours. If you don’t like it, then let us know. Maybe
it can be changed-or maybe we can change your point ol view. In
either event, if we don’t know your dislikes, there tsn t much that
we can do about it. If you feel the news you’re interested in is not
being printed, then give us a hint as to where that news is. We
go after it when we know where to look.
See us for a complete selection of sweets for
round-the-clock eating
COOKIES CAKE DOUGHNUTS
COFFEECAKE BREAKFAST ROLLS
JELLY ROLLS
SHAMROCK BAKERY
CLASSIFIED
FOR SALE
ALLIS CHALMERS Model C
tractor with power take-off,
hydraulic ram, belt pulley,
belt, pick-up plow, spring
tooth harrow, one-row cultiva
tor all equipment A-l condi
tion.. Price $1,350. Contact Yu
kon Equipment Inc., Box 1539,
Anchorage.
COLMAN circulating oil stove,
50.000 B.T.U.; used only three
months. Bill Hecker, Palmer.
HOUSE LOGS; delivered or at
mill. Phone 50Y12 or write to
Box 682, Palmer.
HYDRAULIC LOADER units; fit
Ford-Ferguson and McCor
mick-Deering tractors. Hartley
Bros. Motors.
’48 KAISER SEDAN; 2,500 miles;
like new; seat covers. Hartley
Bros. Motors.
’36 GMC PICKUP. Good condi
tion. Hartley Bros. Motors.
’41 FORD pickup. See Alvin Weil
or write Box 1802.
STEEL GUITAR, elec.; automa
tic oil heater; 60 tons barnyard
manure; all-metal jeep trailer.
Phone 23J31, Palmer.
ELECTRIC WASHER, nearly
new; household items; girl’s
bicycle. W. L. Zeile.
ONE FARMALL Super A; one
11.1 cu. ft. International Har
vester Home Freezer; full line
Goodyear tires. Co-op Garage.
FOR RENT
CABINS; located opposite Hart
ley Bros. Garage. See A. H.
Marsh.
NOTICE
LESSONS IN PIANO
Accredited high school teacher;
students may receive credits.
Contact at Neal Wright’s.
MARY BAIRD STOECKLE
RUMMAGE SALE sponsored by
VFW Auxiliary of Wasilla at
Wasilla Roadhouse Sept. 20 to
25. Will take contributions for
sale, or will sell for you on
commission. Palmer donations
can be left at Brown’s Cleaners
for delivery.
YOU grow ’em
WE shear ’em
(Two shearmen on Saturdays)
MEEKS & MEEKS,
Tonsorialists
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FOR SALE OR RENT
CABIN in North Palmer; two lots
50x200 ft. Call at Valley Fron
tiersman office.
HELP WANTED
MAN WANTED to help on my
dairy, farm, also drive milk
truck. Must have experience
with dairy cattle. Will pay $150
per month, room and board.
Ernest Harrington, Palmer.
WANTED TO RENT
HOUSE, cabin or apt.; in or near
town. Janell Nickel, Box 797.
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
To get your hair cut the
way you like it
Try
Johnson's
BARBER SHOP
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In Larger Sizes
NIGHTGOWNS IN TWO STYLES
Pink, Buttercup, White, Blue
BOTH JERSEY AND CREPE SLIPS
Black and Tearose
Variety Vogues