No. 35
Vol. 5
Palmer. Alaska - September 4. 1942
PRICE CEILINGS
Ceiling prices in Alaskavwent into ef
fect on September lf 1942. These prices
are for your protection. They are one
step in the program to prevent inflation.
The cooperation of the consumer* the mer
chant and the office of Price Administra
tion is necessary to make this program
work. Dealers are required to have the
ceiling prices conspicuously posted for
your information. Watch for them. The
government expects no person to pay more
than the regulations of the Price Control
program allow. There is no change in
this program contemplated at present.
Cases of individual hardship because
of this program will be dealt with len
iently if proof is established that com
pliance is impossible.
From week to week a list of the conanod*
ities which take a ceiling price will be
published. For this week the list fol
lows!
Ice
Coal
Firewood
Gasoline
Tires
Coke
Charcoal
Fuel Oil
Oil
Innertubes
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TIRE AND TUBE NOTES
Have you locked your spare tire? Are
you taking chances? There have already
been several cases of stolen tires in the
•oonmunity. What are you doing about
yours? The regulations in regard to is
suing certificates for replacing such lost
tires, are not sympathetic. Specifically
stated they say, "certificates may be de
nied to persons guilty of abuse or ne
glect in the care of their tires, even
though they are otherwise eligible*" Ibis
alsd means tires driven at speeds faster
* than the speed lav; allows* What is the
speed limit?
War Price 9t Local Rationing Board*
NEW ' INDUSTRY IN OPERATION
When L. C. Stock, general manager of
the KVFCA was Outside this spring, he
foresav; that the difficulties in the ship
ping traffic which have happened, would
happen. He bought a machine to cut slate
for the thousands of crates required by
the Co-op every season. It was a long
tine on the way but finally arrived - to
be dropped on the dock at Seward, wherehy
many of its essential parts were broken.
This week it was set in operation in
temporary quarters in the cabinet shop*
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TROUBLE PREVAILS ON WATER
MAIN} CAUSE NOT DETERMINED
Last Wednesday the flow of water of
Palmer's water utility system suddenly
stopped and that was that, Investiga-*
tion failed to reveal any break in the
pipeline tho the entire four miles of
water main was searched thoroly., Late
Thursday an obstruction in the main was
discovered and thru the night there was
ample supply of water for oeople and live
stock, This morning, like the historic
Ur, Finnegan, the water was "off agin"
and all or Palmer’s man-power with few
business-men exceptions, is at work on
the problem.
In the meantime, John Bugge's nbver
failing well is constantly being pumped,
At the beginning of the drought, Ur, Bug
ge's natural gallantry prompted him to do
a mammoth job of pumping and carrying
water to cars for the ladies - but rumor
has it that 35 hours of steady gallantry
is proving to Mr. Bugge that gallantry is
not- so good when called upon in large
doses. The well of elegant water, on ds
place in "Jest palmer, is the one that sup
plied the first Colonists,
Mr. Stock is one of the workmen at the
scene of action - so the paper goes to
press vithout his Co-op notes. The tra
gedy of that is that the Big Boss left to
battle with the pipeline this morning
without mentioning Labor Day as a holiday.
Since the World Almanac states that Labor
Day is a holiday of legal backing in Al
aska, the Valley Settler"recorjnends" that
buying be done tomorrow for two days a
head. The Trading Post will probably be
closed next Monday,
Tho wedding of Kiss Betty Moffitt,daugh
ter of Lir. and lira', Archie Koffitt of Pal
mer! to John Durcnd of Anchorage, was sol
emnized last Sunday at high noon at the
Unite'1 Presbyterian church by the Her. 0.
W.' riandall. The bride and bridegroom
were attended by Ur. and Ure. Tom Peterkin
of Anchorage, Mr. and Mre. Moffitt, par
ents of the bride» and Uise Ann Moffitt,
were in attendance. The newlyweds will
live in Anchorage.
Ure. Arthur Anderson of Eklutna, was
dinner guest, Wednesday evening of Ur.and
Mrs. M.P.Mullaney.
Don Parks has'heard from Mrs. Parks
that she and Dean arrived safe in Seattle.
She wired that Dean had stood the trip
very well.
HEALTH COUNCIL DANCE TCMRHOW NIGHT