' PRESIDENT'S BALL MONEY SENT
TO WARN SPRINGS FOUNDATION
The T>ro ceeds from the President's
■Bull, held on February 22nd, were'
sent to Washington by Howard Lyng,
accompanied by the following letter:
"The Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt
The White House,
Washington, D. C.,
Dear Mr. President:
Enclosed
please find money-order in the
amount of $105*15, made to the order
of the Warm Springs Foundation.
"The sum represented in the money
order is the net proceeds accruing
from the Colonist's Ball * commemor
ating your last birthday, and held
at Palmer, Alaska, in the new Com
munity Hall built in connection with
the Matanuska Colonization Project
for the use of the Colonists.
"The Ball unfortunately could not
be held on the proper date in con
junction with the other towns and
communities of Alaska, due to a pre
vailing epidemic of Smallppx through'
out the Valley, which necessitated a
quarantine.
"Your birthday was celebrated by
the Colonists on February 22nd, tho
birth-dat© of another Great American
who like yourself is greatly loved
for his great humanitarianism*
"While the suji is not large, it
should be remembered that the Colo
nists have-not as yet become self
supporting, and small as it is, it
is sent along as a slight token of
esteem and affection for a great
leader who has accomplished sc much
toward, the rehabilitation oi the
ordinary citizen*
"The Colonists look forward with
confidence in'the future under your
wise guidance, and feel that during
your next f our-years-tem as head of
the Nation, they will have achieved
the goal of every free-horn American
--financial and economic security
for their respective families,
"Respectfully and sincerely
yours -- (signed) Howard Lyng,
Chairman of the President's Ball!
-xxXxx
-The statement of the President's
Ball, rendered by Howard Lyng, who
was the Chairman of the Ball, is as
follows:
Total receipts.*,$186#00
Expensesi
Decorations.....,$12*30
Punch 5.45
Polic.e:
Wm. Bouwens and
0, Kurtz........... 10.00
Rent of Hall.•••••••• 25*00
Transportation....... 28*10
C. j za1 Exp e ns e •80*85
BoDance..........„.. 105.15
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Palmer, Alaska, March 17th, 1936..
To the POWDER HORN:
Some time back a notice was
furnished by the two representat
ives that a meeting would be held
in District No. 2 at a named place.
Several of us-have taken time
out, walked over, and have been
disappointed. We decided that to be
fooled twice is plenty.
I would suggest this: if you
have something and want it, take*
care of it. If you donTt want it,
why, get rid of it.
Trusting to find better service
in the future, I beg t'o remain
George Connors, Tract 132.
March 24, 1936..
Experience is the best teacher.
Ten years•in Alaska - from Nome
to Ketchikan, riding horses, boats,
airplanes, diving bells, and what
not, I THOUGHT I*-d been taken for
rides, but not ’til a Palmer,
Alaska, taxi-driver (my compliments
Oklahoma; took me for a real ride -
I can taste it vet - nor will I*
forget* Had he been an Alaskan,
well, I just wouldn’t have been
taken, that’s all.
Taxi rates in Palmer are a cer
tain suicide for the cab owners.
Their motto seems to be:
’’When we get ’em, Boy, how we
hook ’em.'’
Maybe the visitors will laugh
last at that - I wonder!
Ered K. Ordway.
COKINGS AND GOINGS
Don Thompson and Joe B^ker of •
the National Broadcasting Company,
arrived, nut the Colony’s tig
broadcast over, and departed again,
remaining in Palmer four days...
They will be catching the next
boat south for the States.
Fred K, Ordway (AlaskaN Flying
Photographer) was a visitor in the
Colony for a few days. He took num
erous pictures throughout the Val
ley, photographed the broadcast,
and is now on his way to Juneau.
R. E. BaUi^artner of Seward,
Democratic candidate for Territor
ial Representative, is visiting
friends in Palmer.
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FOR SALE... A BRAND NEW UNDERWOOD
"CHAKPION" PORTABLE TYPEWRITER. . -
SEE "PIONEER" OFFICE FOR NIDI I"u
ULARS. .. PRICE. fro. QC
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