Vol.l No, 6 . ._ - Palmer, Alaska, January 6, 1938 5 cents
REQUIREMENT S FOR NEW CAR
LICENSES TO BE ENFORCED
Licenses Now Available; No
Exceptions For Any Class Vehicle
William Bouwens, TJ . S-* Deputy Marshall)
stated today that he has been in
structed by. the Court to see that
all motor vehicles traveling the
public highways be supplied with a
1938 license. Ke advises that
unless licenses are secured at onco,
drivers are subject to arrest and
payment of fine. It is stated in
the law that fine may be as much as
$100.00 and costs; and unless li
cense is secured immediately, driver
is subject to additional fine for
every day he fails to do so.
The new license plates are now
available and {nay be procured from
Commissioner Walter Huntley at his
home in Palmer. The cost is $10,00
,*for privately owned cars, trucks or
any other motorized vehicle. There
is no exception made for a .car.used
exclusively for farm use. Any car
or truck used to carry passengers
^£or hire or for any other commercial
, .Mrposc must pay a $15.00 fee.
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WEATHER AND IE A KING ROOFS
GIVE SCHOOL ENFORCED HOLIDAY
Delayed Christmas Gift's From'
Alaska Steamship Distributed
School children were surprised Tues
day morning when they, were sent heme*
almost immediately upon arrival, at »
the school. Mr. Harold Thuma,
Superintendent of the school, ad
vised that he had not..had time to
advise, the bus drivers not-to come*
down as he had not le arned that.it <
wotf’id be impossible to hold school
un^il that morning when he arrived
at the school. He stated that he
found due to a heavy fall of snow
during the night and shingles having
bloWfi off during the last windstorm,
DEMOCRATIC CLUB DELEGATES
GO TO SEWARD FOR CONVENTION
Instructions To Representatives
Already Given; Are Twofold
■Two representatives of the Palmer
Democratic Club leave tomorrow morn
ing to attend the Divisional Conven
tion of the Club at Seward. The
Chairman, Walter Huntley, and Irwin
Metcalf, a member of the Legislative
Committee, will attend the meeting.
At a special meeting of the Palmer
group held on December 6, It was
agreed that the instructions to the
representatives be two-fold, namely:
That delegates should do every
thing in their power to further
action on the building of a road
fromChickaloon to the Richardson
Highway, which would connect
Palmer with Valdez and Fairbanks
by highway.
That delegates should do every
thing in their power toward measur
to abolish the fish traps*
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COURT ORDER CONFIRMS
JUDGE'S DECISION ON PRECINCT
Commissioner Huntley has received a
Court Order giving Judge Simon
Hellenthal's decisicn authorizing
the establishment of a Recording
Precinct in Palmer, effective as of
December 23 just past. This will
make possible the recording of all
legal documents, deeds, contracts,
etc., at Palmer instead 9f it being
necessary for this to be done in
Anchorage. At the same time Mr.
Huntley was authorized to act as
recorder of such documents.
Included in the precinct territory
is all land bounded by the Knik Rive:
on the south, the Seward Meridian on
the west, the Talkeetna Range on the
north and by a series of lakes and
.rivers on the east, '