Scientist Trio
Will Study
Arctic Grasses
A party of three scientists,
among them Dr. Herbert Han
son. former manager of the
Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Cor
poration. will visit Alaska this
summer to study the ecology of
the Territory’s grasslands, it was
announced this week by Don L.
Irwin, head of the Agricultural
Research Administration here.
Dr. Hanson will be accom
panied by Capt. E. D. Churchill
of the U. S. Air Force and by
Father Ernest LePage, authority
on Arctic and sub-Arctic plant
life. The men have been given a
grant in aid by the Arctic Insti
tute of North America, and they
will spend three months in the
Territory.
Their study will be concerned
with an investigation of why
certain grasses grow in some
Arctic regions and not in others,
and will seek to determine the
relation of plant composition to
soil profiler
The trio will do field work at
Homer, on Kodiak Island, in the
Matanuska Valley, the Talkeetna
Mountains, the Healy lignite dis
trict and at Big Delta.
They expect to be in Fairbanks
about June 10, and will be in the
Matanuska Valley sometime near
mid-June. #
Dr. Hanson is now in charge
of ecology instruction at the
Catholic University of America
in Washington, D. C.
CHECKS GO BEGGING
Valley farmers who signed
vouchers for soil conservation
payments, but who have not yet
received their checks, should
call at the Extension Service of
fice at their earliest conveni
ence, Mrs. Bernice Johnson said
this week. Checks are now be
ing held at the office, until they
are claimed by their owners.
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Rules Outlined
For Hiway Signs
There are legal loopholes which
will permit the posting of signs
along Alaskan highways, forbid
den by act of the recent legisla
ture, it was announced last week
by John R. Noyes, Alaskan com
missioner of roads. Permits for
the erection of advertising signs,
forbidden along any road under
the control of the Alaska Road
Commission, can be obtained
from either the ARC or the Dis
trict Engineer.
Exceptions to the law permit
signs which advertise highway
service facilities. Anyone con
sidered exempt from the law will
be permitted to raise three signs
—one in either direction along
the highway on which the serv
ice is located, and a double
faced sign at the site of the
service.
Signs cannot be larger than
nine feet square, and cannot be
more than seven feet high. Signs
may advertise only the type of
service offered, and the distance
from the sign to the place it ad
vertises.
Clyde King, ARC foreman for
this district, said this week that
he had no information, at pres
ent. regarding the issuance of
permits. He thought it possible
that the required permits might
be applied for in Anchorage. He
expects a definite announcement
to be made in a few days, since
Mr. Noyes is now inspecting
roads in this area and is in An
chorage for conferences with
ARC heads there.
ALUMNI BRANCH MAY
BE ORGANIZED HERE
A branch of the alumni asso
ciation of the University of
Alaska may be established in the
Valley, alumnus Howard Estelle
reported at an Anchorage branch
meeting last week. Mr. Estelle
said there were nearly 20 grad
uates living in the Valley, and he
felt they would be interested in
establishing a branch here.
A central alumni organization
is now being established. Repre
sentatives of all branches are
tentatively scheduled to meet in
Fairbanks on July 1 of this year.
VISIT S. E. ALASKA
Lorin T. Oldroyd, director of
Extension Service, and Mrs. Ly
dia Fohn-Hansen, home demon
stration leader, visited south
eastern Alaska last week to or
ganize Extension Service work
there. They have now returned
to Fairbanks.
Broken Bones, Babies
Hospitalize Larsons
There was double trouble, in
more ways than one, at the Lar
son home in the Valley this week.
It all began when Mrs. Fred Lar
son stumbled over a rut and
broke a small bone in her leg.
She was hospitalized for a time,
then sent home in a cast.
After being home for only a
few days, Mrs. Larson found her
self right back in the hospital
again, with the very same com
plaint, different leg. She’d hur
ried to help a grandchild in
trouble, had been unable to man
age her cast completely, and fell,
breaking another bone in the
other leg.
Now back at the Valley Hospi
tal in two casts, Mrs. Larson is
being condoled by her daughter
in-law, Mrs. Lawrence Larson,
lying only a few beds away. Mrs.
Lawrence Larson was confined
to the hospital last week, where
she gave birth to a son on
April 30.
COFFEY INSURES EVERY
THING—REMEMBERS
Valley Gets Own
Home Agent
A home demonstration agent.
Miss Marylu Lashbrook, has been
appointed to the Matanuska Val
ley, it was learned this week at
the Extension Office. Miss Lash
brook will make her headquar
ters in Palmer.
Little is known of the new
Extension Service worker, except
that her expected date of arrival
in Palmer is June 6.
To Live in Valdez
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Lilliethun
of Palmer were planning a move
to Valdez this week. Mr. Lillie
thun has been employed as an
auditor for a Valdez cannery,
and is already at work on his
new job. Mrs. Lilliethun expects
to move to the port city this
weekend.
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