Rifle Club Continues
Top Position in
Various Matches
Members of -the Matanuska
Valley Sportsmen rifle club are
upholding their winning record
again this year. In four recent
matches they have taken the
mgh totals.
Shooting against the LaBrea
Rifle club of Culver City, Calif.,
the local shooters won, 1558 to
1549. Local shooters and their
totals were as follows: N. Woods
391; Westenbarger, 390; Contini!
389; Donaldson, 388.
The local shooters came out on
top in two matches with the
Tanana Valley Sportsmen rifle
elub. Scores were 1942 to 1939
and 1900 to 1894. Valley marks
men and their totals were: Wes
tenbarger, 391; A. Richie, 389; J.
Harris, 388; G. Smoot, 388; N.
Woods, 386. In the second
match the following members
participated: W. Woods, 383; T.
Smoot, 382; V. Donaldson, 382;
Dodge, 377; Bellringer, 376.
Shooters on the Laurel Rifle
and Pistol Club of Billings,
Mont, lost their match to the val
ley riflemen by 21 points, 1946 to
1925. Shooters and their scores
are: N. Woods, 391; K. Westen
berger, 390; D. Contini, 389; V..
Donaldson, 388; J. Harris, 388.
' NEW BABIES_
Carlson
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Carl
son, Jr., of Palmer are receiving
congratulations on the birth of
their third child, a son, who was
born at Valley Presbyterian Hos
pital December 12. He weighed
eight pounds, four ounces at birth
and has been named Robert Al
exander. Mr. Carlson is employ
ed in the maintenance depart
ment of the Matanuska Valley
Farmers Cooperating Association.
Rockefeller Grant
To Permit Special
Winter Plant Study
Next spring a grant from the
Rockefeller Foundation will en
able a University of Alaska hor
ticulturist to study at agricultur
al experiment stations and re
search centers in North America
and Europe. He is Arvo Kallio
of the Alaska Agricultural Ex
periment Station. He will visit
centers where special work is un
derway to learn about factors rel
ated to the winter survival of
plants.
Don L. Irwin, director of the
Alaska Agricultural Experiment
Station, said the problem of win
ter survival of plants has been
and still is a major obstacle to
successfully growing fruit trees
and perennial legumes in Alaska.
“I feel sure that the funds
which The Rockefeller Founda
tion is now granting for this
study will produce results of last
ing value to all phases of our
agricultural research and produc
tion,” Director Irwin said. •
At present, one of Kallio’s prin
cipal horticultural projects is
finding basic information about
the effect of sub-Arctic environ
~ment on potato plant growth and~
development. He is particularly
interested in light and tempera
ture.
Ry measuring leaf area, Kallio
hopes to find how efficiently the
potato plant uses light available
in Alaska’s Tanana Valley. He
also wants to know if there is a
connection between leaf area and
tuber production.
Kallio’s studies abroad will
continue until December, 1956.
He plans to include Finland in
his itinerary. Helsinki, Finland’s
capital, is in approximately the
same latitude as Anchorage. Kal
lio speaks and reads the language |
easily. *
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SIRL SCOUTS SEEKING
INFANT WEAR FOR
NEEDY MOTHER-TO-BE
Members of Girl Scout Troop
33 who are collecting clothing
and toys for needy families’
Christmas boxes, have been ask
ed to collect infant wear for a
mother-to-be who needs some
help. Anything in the line of in
fant wear or furniture will be
most welcome, Mrs. Keith Love
joy, troop leaders aid this week.
Mine Closed for Winter
The Kenai Chrome Co. closed
down operations at Red Moun
tain for the winter on November
1, according to news from the De
partment of Mines. This year,
the company could not start until
July 1 because of bad weather
and snow conditions, but they re
port truck deliveries from the
mine to the beach averaged 600
tons per week for the season,
and hope to produce 7000 tons
next year. They employ a crew
of about 25 men when operating.
Other Department news indicates
the Moneta Porcupine Mines,
Ltd., were still doing develop
ment work at the Red Top mer
cury near Dillingham.
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Patients still hospitalized at
Valley Presbyterian Hospital this
week are: Lee Hartley, Ole John
son, Mrs. Glen Hardage, Mrs. Lee
Stephan and infant of Eklutna,
Harvey Hiber of Eska, Mrs. Dar
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tomorrow afternoon, beginning at
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