At, the Morthlr.nd Pioneer Grange,
on the evening of March 11th., Mr.
Heroic1 Hi'; ^ave a very interesting
talk on Pvrm problems confronting
ell farmers of the Valley. In
creased production of food stuff tc
meet demr;.ds of the Army and Civil
ian population, showing several
films furbished by the Department
of Agriculture.
Discussi n of farm help problems
showed a keen interest of all pres
ent, and f determination to carry
on to our utmost.
At cur ’'■ext meetinc, April 8th.,
a special program is beinc arrang
ed. Imp.itont matters pertaining •
to the w .Ifare of the Valley will
be the m- ’n feature.
All Gr: \^erg should be present.
(cont'nued from paL.e 1)
up the R.R. track. King states
that they did not appear to be un
sober wh o they left the car. The
next day ;.ivasnikoff arrived at- the
home of C i'ey Ford, and said that
Mrs. Kan-is on had died while try
in,. to walk to her home. Ford walk
ed to th- place described by the
informer nd found the body, then
proceeded tc Palmer and informed
the ruth rities. At the inquest,
Eivasr.ik if told an incoherent
story, stating that after leaving
the car the evening before, the
women had complained of pains in
her stomach- and been unable to con
tinue her walk. lie said that he
did not hr w whet caused the pain.
After trying to help her during
the ni4_ht, he decided to return to
the Sutton Road Camp and try to
get help. This he states he did,
but that l.e was unable to e.et help,
so he returned to the spot where
the woman was, about nine o'clock
in the m rning. He said he f~und
the woman alive, but that she died
a short t:*me later. Then he pro
ceeded t the Ford home to notify
Mr. Ford, The Russian's testimony
was very vaLue, and he seemed to
be stupefied to the extent that he
couldn't tell what really happened.
However, there was no indication
of any vi lence, according to Dr.
Hoehn who examined the body. Dr.
Hoehn stated that he could not say
when death occured, but that the
death mi^l t have been from several
caused, probably abetted by ex
posure or from alcoholism. However
he said that he could not state def
initely what the cause had been.
It is known that her companion
had purch. sed four bottles of whis
key before leaving Palmer, but
whether she had drunk any of It was
not known.
Employees of the Road Commission
Camp r\t Sutton, stated that the man
had arrived at the camp the morning
that he claimed he did, and had
tried to tell'them something, but
that they had been unable to under
stand him. They thought that he
had had some accident with a car on
the Highway, and had advised him to
call a 0araLe. They also stated
that he had offered to pay five
dollars to <_ et one of them to go
with him and help him.
Assistant District Attorney Arnell
questioned the nan at some length,
but did not 0et any definite in
formation about the case. He will
■ resent the evidence of the witness
es in the case to the District At
torney for his consideration.
Mrs. Harrison is reported to be
the mother of 17 children, and has
had an eventful life. She was mar
ried at least twice before, and is
reported to have killed one former
husband who threatened to kill one
of her children durinf a drunken
brawl.
The family has resided at Palmer,
Moose Creek and Chickaloon at dif
ferent times. She was reported to
have been under forty years of aje.
Craft Board reclassification list.
Kin^, Clyde
Millich, Frank
Klem, Theodore
Renshaw, Jerold
Davenport, Leo
Tomko, Metro
Lu Bos, Louis
Marsh, Eugene
Gustafson, Fred
Percy, Allistair
Larson, Selmar
Crosby, Lynn
Vail, Stuart
Larson, Jack
Prewitt, Wm.
Renshaw, Arsen
Perry, Hobart
KcKechnie, Donald
Larsh, Emil
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Bill Edlund reports that Beaver
trapping conditions are fair. He
returned to Palmer with his pardner
Jack Tomilson, who is receiving med
ical care in the Hospital. They
were exploring the Beaver prospects
on the Bi^ Susitna River country,
when Mf*. Tomilson became ill and
they were forced to return to the
Valley for medical care.
Mrs. Wm. Hoskins is receiving
Hospital care this week.