CARIBOU CREEK DAM STUDIES BEGIN
(SPECIAL) Field studies were
started this past week at Cari
bou Creek, Mile 107 on the
Olenn highway, by Bureau of
Reclamation crews. Studies are
being made to determine wheth
er or not a dam will be feasible
at this site. Base, camp was es
tablished on the north slope of
Sheep Mountain, above Caribou
Creek canyon.
According to information re
leased by the Bureau last spring,
this is only the first step in a
long-time program of project
evaluation. No construction is
presently planned, and author
ization for the project will not
be sought unless justified by
present investigations.
Initial work involves securing
water supply data, to be .sup
ported by periodic stream-gag
ing records. Detailed topography
is to be studied, and surface and
subsurface geologic investiga
tions are to be made at the pos
sible sites of dam, tunnels, pen
sftock line, and power plant.
Such work will be followed by
office studies based on data ob
tained in field, to evaluate merits
of the project.
Recent news reports from
Washington indicate that the
Caribou Creek survey will be
one of 200 preliminary studies of
potential sites that will have
been made in Alaska by the Bur
eau of Reclamation.
GENERAL TIRES
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for your particular needs.
Also . . .
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• Starting today: 9 a.nt. to 5:30 p.m.
Monday through Saturday
• Open Thursday evening ’til 7:30
• Sunday afternoon I to 5 p.m.
New CD Signals
Announced this Week
New “public action signals”
for this area were announced
this week by Harold E. Pom
eroy, diirector, Department of
Civil Defense, Territory of Al
aska. The new signals, desig
nated by the Federal Civil De
fense Administration, are in
effect as of June 1, 1955 and
all previous signals are res
cinded.
ALERT SIGNAL: A steady
siren blast for FIVE minutes.
TAKE THIS ACTION: Fol
low instructions issued by
your local Civil Defense di
rector.
TAKE COVER SIGNAL:
Wailing siren for THREE min
utes.
TAKE THIS ACTION: Take
best available shelter.
Emergency instructions and
shelter information can be ob
tained from the local Civil De
fense director. During alert
periods listen to 640 KC on
your radio for Civil Defense
messages.
Cards with the above in
structions and information are
now available and will be dis
tributed by district CD direc
tors, A1 V. Hagen, Greater
Palmer CD director said this
week.
In the Palmer area, Ralph
Moore, director, announced
Ruth Ann Moore, Amber
Downing and Sally Burnett
will distribute the cards from
house to house on Friday of
this week.
LOCAL KIWANIS WIN
FRIED CHICKEN PICNIC
Members of Palmer Kiwanis
Club will be guests of Anchorage
Kiwanians at a fried chicken pic
nic to be held at the Ranch at
King’s Lake this Sunday, at 2
p.m. The picnic was won by local
Kiwanians in an attendance con
test held between the two clubs
in which Palmer outdid the
neighboring club.
Mystery Show
Scheduled Next Week
Those who like excitement will
thrill to the “Merlin the Magic
ian” show. Merlin is a profes
sional magician, mind-reader and
hypotist. He is also one of the
few magicians who have mas
tered the escape from the stra
ight jacket, which is generally
considered to be the most diffi
cult of all the magicians accom
plishments.
Instead of escaping from a
thoroughly examined and. pad
locked box, as the Great Houdi
ni used to, Merlin locks a young
lady in the box and then a mat
ter of seconds, the lady is out
and Merlin is in. The box is un
locked, the lid removed, and out
jumps Merlin.
Were Houdini alive and active
today, undoubtedly’ the two ma
gicians would be close competi
tors for the top position as escape
experts.
Merlin appears ait the Valley
Theatre on June 19 at 2 p.m.
and on Monday, June 20 at 8
p.m.
Officials Praise—
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local Experiment Station is
working not only on existing
problems but in their basic work
before the problem arises."
Dr. Grey is a veterinarian with
the Office of Experiment Stations
and is making his first visit to
the Territory.
Another guest at the Chamber
meeting was R. G. Gardner of
American Forks, Utah, guest of
Stuart Durrant.
Chamber president Everett
Adams appointed a committee
of H. P. Gazaway and Stuart
Durant to work with him on
Chamber participation in the 1955
Matanuska Valley Fair. Lucille
Mick, James Wilson and one
other were named to a commit
tee to plan Chamber participa
tion in the League of Alaskan
Cities convention which will be
held in Palmer in early Novem
ber.
*
City Council notes . .
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| nated as business sections in the
proposed zoning plan. His re
quest will be studied by mem
bers of the planning and zoning
committee.
* * *
Members of the health and
safety committee reported there
is definite interest being shown
in the possibility of the city leas
ing or contracting the use of the
city garbage dump. The city is in
hopes of acquiring' another site
for the dump, it was pointed out.
Following a discussion on the
feasibility of leasing the dump a
motion was made that the City
of Palmer call for proposal bids
for the operation and mainerxance
of the city garbage dump accord
ing to minimum sanitary and
service standards set by the City
of Palmer. The motion carried
with a 4-1 vote. Councilman
■
Alfred V. Hagen cast the oppos
ing vote.
* * *
Plans for a 48- by 100-foot
garage to be built by Ed Chris
tensen were approved by coun
cil members, and authorization
to issue a perit upon payment of
proper fees was given.
* * *
Bills approved for payment
out of the water fund were as
follows: Pacific Water Works
Supply, $1,327.64; Union Oil Co.,
$10.85; Matanuska Electric As
sociation, $115.41 and Mac’s
Plumbing and Heating, $14.
* * *
The next regular meeting will
be held in the clerk’s office on
June 21 at 7:30 p.m.
0
Merlin, the Magician
And His Great Stage Show of 1001 Wonders
MAGIC - MENTALISM - HYPNOTISM
will be at the
VALLEY THEATRE
For TWO SHOWS ONLY
Sunday, June 19 - 2:00 pm.
Monday, June 20 ■■ 8:00 p.m.
THE MOST SENSATIONAL PERFORMER SINCE HOUDINIf
See the Thrill Show of the Year
ADMISSION: ADULTS $1.00 ~
CHILDREN 60c
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