PALMER'S HONOR ROLL
The following, from Palmer and this
immediate vicinity, are in the service of
their Country:
Ruple Adams
C. Sari Albrecht
Earl 0. Barry
Edward Bouwens
Neal Browne, Jr.
Lyle Bruckbauer
Lorenz Buck
I.'aynarc’ Burch
Glen Cope
Vernon Donaldson
Kenneth Ehrhart
Rex Erhhart
Erling Floe
William Earl Hecker
Lloyd Hill
John Howard
Allan Jacobson
Cecil Johnson
Pator King
Roy Kopperud
Leonard C. Lamp
Michael Lane
"tVilbem E. Lossing
Philip Lydick
Leonard Moffitt
Lloyd Olsen
John O'Malley
Robert Pahlka
Matthew Perkins
James Sandvik
Clifford Shearer
Wesley Sieber
Oliver Nathan Smith
Kenneth Soper
Robert Warner
Warren Gill, pioneer resident of this
section and for many years acting as sta
tion agent at Matanuska, died suddenly
at his home last Wednesday at the age of
58. He is survived by his wife and chil
dren and several brothers in the States.
His body was takon to Anchorage by
train. Funeral arrangements have not
been made pending word from his relatives
in the States.
Mr. Gill was due for retirement in two
and one-half years.
Equipped with a light pack and his col
or camera anc' his binoculurs, the Reverehd
Herman Beyer left Palmer at 5 o'clock last
Monday evening to climb the mountain next
highest to Pioneer Peak, by some called
the Cow Horns, by others called Granite
mountain.
The Reverend Mr. Beyer climbed for 17
hours before he roached the top of the
mountain. Arriving there he built a rock
cairn and placed therein his evidence that
he had reached the top. So far as he can
learn, no one has heretofore climbed this
particular mountain. He visited briefly
with Harry Morehouse, prospector who lives
on the mountain side, who says he is con
fident that the mountain has not been
climbed before.
Mr. Beyer reached Palmer again on Tues
day night at 11 o'eloek, a weary man. Ho •
Bays that the grandeur of what he saw can
not be described in words. "There are
three peaks," said Mr. Beyer, "between
the foot and the top of the mountain tho
they do not show from Palmer. They are
large peaks with steep ascents and descents
"From tiniberline to the top I climbed ,
mostly on my hands and knees. That took )
up e half-day. I saw Mount McKinley and f
Mount Foraker and those surrounding
peaks clearly. Thru my binoculars I
saw Redoubt anc. Iliamna smoking away
down the Inlet. I saw more beautiful
lakes than I could count. I am sure
that I got some marvelous pictures,one
of them being the sunset I saw with very
gorgeous coloring."
Tho he carried his rifle he saw no
game whatever.
Mr. Beyer will show tho pictures he
acquired at some date after they are
finished.
Some news which follows has been re
ceived by Snowshoe Wireless:
AND IS JOHN LONG'S FACE RED ?
Ladyi "I wonder if you would be kind
onough to weigh this package for me?"
Butcher: "Why, certainly. It weighs
exactly three and a quarter pounds."
Lady: "Thank you. It contains the
bones you gave me in that four-pound
roast Saturday."
Jimmy Smith's maties at the Co-Op
Garage wonder what the super-attraction
is for Jimmy at Anchorage? He speeds
from Palmer to Anchorage at such a high
gait that when he reaches Mile 19 he
sends home for more tires.
There's a rumor about Don Chambers
that we'll probably have the pleasure of
verifying in the Valley Settler.
Mrs. Lloyc .iilton has five long rows
of thrifty-looking green beans.
If you are interested in vaccinating
your swine, be sure to leave your name
either at the Extension office or with
Dr. Graves, Veterinarian, so that serum
and virus nay be ordered. "An ounce of
prevention is better than a pound of
cure."
Hog pasture and chicken ranges should
be on clean ground every year. This
practice reduces disease and makes for
greater gains at lower cost.
Time says: At the end of six months
of war the U. S. has:
-Not taken a single inch of enemy ter
ritory.
-Not yet beaten the enemy in a single
major battle on land.
-Not yet opened an offensive campaign.
The war, in short, has still to be
fought, as far as the U. S. is concerned.
The campaigns to date have all been won
by the enemy. More serious still, al
lies China and Russia are today in acute
danger."
Grease should be applied to all bright
metal parts when storing equipment, and
not only to the bearings*