FIRE IN HOSPITAL EASILY
EXTINGUISHED HOND/.Y
Due to the Hospital Fuilc! i, bomg
thoroughly "f ire -prof ’ocl, * .ox .
was very little danger '1 t o fire
which brol:e out on I j/- r\ ig
spreading to other parte Cj. ire
building, according to ofiic ala.
A fir'51 was reported to have started
in a pipe leading from the furnace
to the chimney. Si.to of the ply
wood on the boiler room well burned.
The fire was put out by the janitor,
the watchman and hr.. Albrecht and
several volunteer " fj rer.ien" , ar.d it
was unnecessary to sound tho rlann.
LOCAL PIONEER DIES
Gor^n White, who has been li ‘ ng in.
a small cabin ^ast of tie Palmar
Community Center, was found dud in
his bod Monday about noon. Mr.
White has boon a resident of Alaska
for over 40 y»ars and v/a3 32 years
old at the time of his doash,
Mr.Walter Huntley, Coroner, stated
that friends reported he had appeared
in good health on Sunday as late as
11:00 P.F. He returned to his cabin
at that time. Dan Sullivan, who had
been he Ip in.3 him yet his woo d, found
Mr. White the next morning apparent
ly sleeping peacefully. Being unable
to arouse him he summoned help, Er.
White was pronounced officially dead
by Dr,C.Earl Albrecht, who stated he
died from natural causes.
Funeral services will be hold at
Anchorage tomorrow night at 7.00 PI',
AMERICAN LEGION AUXILLIARY
STARTS DRIVE FOR BOOKS
The Legion Auxilliary lias already
started its drive for more Looks and
magazine subscriptions for the
Palmer Public Library in the school
bull din,:, aooording to firs, E.J.
Single, chairman of the committee
for community service.
She suggests that many of the people
in the Valley can help by donating
books. "Please bring back the books,
too, which were taken out of ,the li
brary in the old Community Center
during ,ftent days"", she says.
These books are all stamped with
’Milwaukee Red Cross’ and can be
distinguished easily,
F*.fUL Lh/ILuPJiiJMl REPORTS
LI Mb ULLaRIT'G' FiCQRFb SOAK
In !!r, J,,V. Chr, i.irn 11 rep or I of the
’.rojress cf t.io Rural Bsvel-'pmont
pro fallen for the month Jj
of wr.xiudry to the manager.! 11 of the"
A.R.L.C.. j it is st.atod that over
f no . vO \vr • paid oo Colonists lor
labor in all phrs'J of clearing
land on the tracts,
Figure a arc. given showing the actu
al number of acres r.iade ready for
stumping. slashed and windrowed
only, brush burned, etc., as follow!
Doc, Jan,~
I
ACHES 3? ashed, lo '3
I skidried „brush burned 15122 37,15
ACRES slashed <?• wind
1 rowed 43.02 72,43
[ACRES brush burned,
! logs skidded 43,48 22.27
The already small amount of buildinr
being done decreased even further,
I
1 Earns
! Well Houses
: Chicken houses
t Root Cellars
The Department also "arranged for The
moving of McCully's house to his
present tract of land, and by Colon
ist labor is rebuilding Pearle
Archer’s house.
Of the 171 Colonists, there are only
ten filin have earned more than their
monthly allocation and built up a
reserve t
During the past year under the Work
Credit frogram, the Rural Develop
ment Department has cocpcpdod
#174,828,47 for labor on the 171
tracts, or a possible average in
come Sh2 each tract owner of slight
ly over #1000,00 for the year, By
far the greater- part of to is money
was used in clearing land--slashing
timber and burning-preparing it so
it could be cultivated.
Dec,
3
11
4
p.
none
1
<
"Several organizations have assisted
us by donating subscriptions to nag
azinds to b'- uteti in tl'o Library,
The Grange has given "Bettor Homes &
Gardens'1 and Country Gent .Leman"
"he American Legion has given "Boy's
Life and the Legion Auxiliiary has
dona4
Boole:
ed #3,CC for sm subs or lot ion"
should bo left with Wr.Thi.-m.n.