THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct 2t. 1947. at the post office
at Palmer. Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1«79
T. O. SCHMIOTKE
Publisher
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SACK OF THE GAS PUMPS
A motorist drives into a service station and says
fill er up . Meters spin as the gas rushes from the
hose into the tank One shows how many gallons are
delivered Another shows the price.
But there's a big story behind all this that meters
can't fell.
They don't tell our motorist, for instance, that, on
a national average, gasoline is subject to a 50 per cent
sa'es tax far more than that applying to the most out
and-out luxuries, much less necessities. And they can't
tell him that the price he pays reflects the cost of explor
ing for crude oil; of getting the oil to the surface and
moving it to a refinery which may be thousdands of
miles away; of converting it into gasoline and transport
ing it by rail tank car, pipeline, barge and truck info
eery hamiet in America; of establishing and supplying
*ens of thousands of service stations on a 24-hour-a-day
oasis, and of selling the product at a price which will
enable the dealer to run his station at a fair profit And
they can't tell him about competition- that if a customer
doesn't like one service station for any reason, he is free
‘o take his business ehewhere.
Finally, the meters can't tell you about gasoline
.rices. Since 1950, as we all know, the cost of just about
everything has risen substantially. But the average price
; ■ car at the pump m 1961, before the sales t:x.es, was
20.5 cents a gallon-which is less than half a penny more
then the average 1950 price. That's even less than the
price of chvqed water.
There's a whale of a story back of those gas pumps.
■ a Visitor from another p(anet came to o. r:.
.-os e fj.ej to the chums and shouts of the soc alhed
” ectric power groups, he'd qiute naturally conclude teat
v,e are threatened with a grave electrical shortage, t.iat
"ne se urity and prosperity of the nat on are at stake,
ano* tr.at on:y nulti-ouiion dc-.ar government spend g
jn save us from disaster.
So let s take a quick lock at some facts.
vfe have on;y one-sixteenth of the world pooula
•' on. But we have one third of the world's total electric
generating capacity. No other country, Russia included,
.omes c'ose to us in this sphere. That superabundant
.oower of ours comes from coal, oti, gas and falling water
the conventional sources cf energy. But now there Is
a new and potentially revolut.onary element in the picture
—nuclear energy.
How do W'e fare in that?
Answer: As of a recent count (and these figures are
'subject to up-grading as more and more projects come j
mto being) 124 electric light and power companies were
oarficipatmg in 23 nuclear pow'er projects involving a
total utility company expenditure of some $700 million.
They include projects in actual operation, projects under
construction or design, projects in planning or contract ;
negotiations, and-all important in view of the atom's
still-unrevealed mysteries—study, research and develop
ment groups.
Private enterprise, heavily taxed and publicly regu
afed, has given us undisputed world supremacy in power
production from conventional sources—to the inestim
able benefit of America's homes, farms and industries.
American private enterprise is now leading the world
• I*, atomic power development.
This is the truth—and all the empty, windy charges
of the socializes can't change it.
Sportsmen To Sae Movie On Arctic
Featuring a movie entitled
"The Shee Fish of the Arctic,”
the regular meeting of the Ma
ianuska Valiey Sportsmen will
lie held June 7 at the Palmer
Grange Hall at 8 p.m.
The club newsletter renorts
£hat its annual fish fry will be
held July 15 at Barry's on Fin
ger Luke, with exact time to he
announced later.
Other matters to he discussed j
at the June 7 meeting will in
clude the trap range being in
stalled at Clay Johnson’s, also
plans for starting an archery j
club.
T
THE A M ERICA N WAY
A Most Sensible Question i
From Newsweek: “ . . . gov
[ ernrnent advisers now expect
the first quarter GNP to fall i
well below $550 billion, several
billion behind “schedule”. And
this meant, officials admitted,
that the chances of a $570 bil- I
'ion GNP for the whole year
were now small indeed. It
would take a huge spurt with
a fourth-quarter rate of some
$590 billion, to attain that level.
One government economist
said flatly: ’We’ll do well to hit
$580 billion.’ Such a $10 billion
plunge below forecasts would
cost the Treasury between $2
billion and $3 billion in tax
revenues and would end all !
hope of a budget balance.”
The health of Red China's
600 million people is in the j
hands of “perhaps the most j
undertrained, medievally or- ]
ientod, and politically infected 1
medical profession in the I
world.” That's the view of j
Arturo F. Gonzalez. Jr., The
Ysia Magazine, which is pub- ;
iished in Hong Kong. Writing
.n Today’s Health, he says that
Western - trained physicians,
liu: cream of the country's
medical profession, were sum
marily ordered, in 1958, to re
vert "to traditional Chinese |
These methods include lancing !
the skin, muscle or ether tissue ■
.•so of herbs which are srtppos- i
cl lo cure everything apron-i
i r - to fractures, breath eon- I
;. r,. and shadow boxing.
Wise words from the past— ;
. : Jelfersod once said: “I
1 uve re or considered a difde. - ,
• ice oi opuuon in politics, in ■
religion. in philosophy, as i
cause lor withdrawing from a
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Rev. R. H. Fritz, pattor,
Palmer, Alajua
Diyine Service* 11:00 A. M.
Sunday School 3:45 A.M.
uiDrU mm
IN THE
miz'i
Thursday, June 5, 1952
Hospital Manager O. K. Kin
caid announced this week that
Region 10 of the U. S. Public
Health Service has put the fin
al okay on the plans for the
new Valley Presbyterian Hos
pital and has authorized imme
diate advertisement for bids on
its construction.
—o
A telegram from Don Wilson
of the Alaska Public Works
headquarters in Juneau this
morning revealed a low bid of
$352,147 received at yesterday’s
bid opening for construction of
Palmer’s new water supply and
distribution system. The appar -
ent low bidder was the Johnson
Construction Co. of Anchorage.
The Seattle branch of the
Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration arnounced this
week its authorization of a
£425,775 loan to the Buffalo
Mire Corporation.
—o—
The twelfth annual Matanus
ka Valley Fair will be held
August 30, 31 and Sept. 1. it
was decided Tuesday night at
the first meeting of the Fair
Board. As usual, the fair will
coincide with the Labor Day
weekend.
—0—
Short but impressive was the
ritual memorial service held at
tiie Palmer Cemetery by the
Leal post of the American Le
gion a id the legion Auxiliary
promptly at 11 a.m. on Memor
ial Day.
—o—
The Matanuska Valley
Chamber of Commerce will
recess during the summer
months and resume regular
meetings again next Septem
ber, it was decided at the
regular luncheon meeting.
—o—
Lydia Fohn-Hansen, Home
Demonstration leader, is on a
,veil-earned month's vacation.
5he left Fairbanks by car on
vlay 24 and while in the States
;he will visit Ames and Esther
•ille. Iowa and Seattle.
—o—
About 200 people of the Was
11a area gathered at the Com
nunity Hall Sunday for a pot
uck dinner honoring Rev. and
drs. Wenter Harvey on the oc
asion of their seventh anniver
SUNRISE BAKERY
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Now for the first in any flail-type forage
harvester you can get the fine-cut perform
ance of a reel-type cutterhead plus the ad
vantages of the flail-type chopper. This new
BearCat 72-C flail-cuts grass or forage, con
veys it by feed web to rolls that deliver and
hold the material for fine cutting by the cut
terhead. The 72-C cuts with the same action
through tangled, windrowed or wet material
and through all grasses and forage, wet, green
or dry. There’s no extra power drag—only
the tires touch ground. Before buying any
harvester, see us.
• Cuts a big, full
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• Chops grass, for
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average length
• Requires minimum
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tion _
B & H SUPPLY
P. O. Box 1764
PI 5-2030 Palmer
, sary with the Church of Christ
j of Wasilla.
Bob and Kay Pippel re
turned to Palmer last week
with a new car after a six
week visit Outside.
—o—
The two-week Union Vaca
tion Bible School, which has
been held at Palmer at the
Church of God and the United
j Protestant Church, will close
Friday with a noon picnic and
an evening demonstration pro
gram.
Firs! Dog Tags
Ussd in Civil War
Some of the first “dog tags”
were devised by Civil War sold
iers. reported World Book En
cyclopedia, because of heavy
casualties. A soldier often
wrote his name and address on
a piece of paper and pinned it
to his uniform before going
into battle.
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Wasilla
i Assembly of God i
*
Rev Paul E. Riley, *
Paslor *
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| Sun. School _ _10 a.m.ij!
;|;Morn. Church Serv. 11 a.m.*
;i;Even. Serv. 7:30 p.m.*
: Prayer and Bible
^ Study, Wednesday 7:30 p.m.*
Phone FR-6-3161 %
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to insure you of carefree driving <
< |
| in the warm days aheal \
SALES and SERVICE
Phone P! 5-22CO Palmer
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T
I SELF RESTRAINT
Self-restraint used to be a
virtue—but that was before the
day of headache and hangover
pills.
CHURCH OF GOD
ANNUAL STATE
CONVENTION
PLACE—Hi-Way Church
of God, Palmer,
Alaska.
TiAA£—June 5th - June
ICth.
Daily Services. 2:30 & 7:30 P.M.
The Gospel for the Lost. Prayer
for the Sick. Special Music and
S.nging. Special Speakers.
Special Guest Speaker for the
Convention will be the Rev.
Wade H. Horton, First Asst .
G tncral Overseer of t n
Church of God from Into: -
national Headquarters i:.
Cleveland, Tennessee.
Everyone is Cordially invit
ed to attend this great Spiritual
Feast.
State Overseer
MiLLARD L. COWDELL
THE CHURCtFOR ALU . . .
ALL^OR THE CHURCH
The Church* ihe greater) factor
on earth for le buildup of char
acter and goo citizenship. It is a
storehouse of aritual values. With
out a strong ihurch. neither de
mocracy nor ivilization can sur
vive. There ar four sound reasons
why every f-,on should attend
services regula, and support the
Church. The),,*: (I) For his
own take. (2 For hit children's
sake. (3) Forte sake of his com
munity and aion. (3) For the
sake of the ^,rch itK|f. which
needs his moo and material sup
port. Plan tO|0 to church regu
larly and reac.our Bible daily
The traditions of America are inseparably linked with
religion, and the Church has been the most powerful factor
in our national life. Its faith has inspired our highest
achievements.
The influence of religion has sanctified our homes and
fostered in them the solid virtues and strong faith which
have molded our national character and shaped our course
in world history.
Our public school system is the outgrowth of religious
zeal and the desire of the Church to spread enlightenment
among the people. It has invoked blessings on those who
train our youth.
The home, the school, and the Church—these are the
great triumvirate whose faithful and tireless efforts have
made America the most favored land on earth. They are the
pillars of our strength, the foundation of our hope.
Let us cling to these elements of national strength—make
our homes the abode of happiness; make our schools centers
of light and knowledge; and make God our guide as we
move into the untrod future.
Copyright 1962, Keister Advertising Service, Inc., Strasburg, Va.
Saturday
Psalm 3
119:130-134
Tuesday
Isaiah
2:1-5
Wednesday
Deuteronomy
8:10-20
Thursday
12:22-34
Friday
55:6-13
The Followiig Business Establishments Are Contributing This Series of Advertisements
the Churches of Matanuska Valley
THE FROKTIERSMAN
tfAN JONES COAL CO.
A LOCAL CITIZEN
MATANUSKA TELEPHONE ASSN.
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK