Palmer, Valley and Co-Op
Introduced to Readers
Of Oregon Journal
Palmer and the Matanuska Val
ley are dealt with nobly in the
Aug. 20th Sunday edition of the
Oregon Journal. A full page story,
complete with pictures of Valley
folk and Valley scenes, tells the
tale of the Matanuska Valley as
it appeared to Marshall N. Dana.
Mr. Dana was one of the group
of Portland Chamber of Com
merce members who toured Alas
ka recently. He lunched here with
several townspeople and spent an
entire day of his limited time in
a swift perusal of Matanuska
Valley activities.
A second writer, who also vis
ited Palmer recently, did not find
Palmer so newsworthy. Mrs.
Jessie Arndt, writer for the Chris
tian Science Monitor, tells of her
trip from Anchorage to Wasilla
in the Aug. 4 issue of that paper.
She touches briefly on the ap
pearance of Valley farms, on the
background of the colonist settle
ment here, but neglects Palmer
entirely. Apparently she made
the complete round-trip between
Anchorage and Wasilla without
once passing through Palmer.
KODIAK UPS MILLAGE
Kodiak recently got a three-mill
tax increase levied. Members of
the city council decided on the
increase in order to earmark a
special fund for road and street
improvement in Kodiak. The Ko
diak total levy is now 23 mills.
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JUNEAU MAY GET
FIRST NEW ROAD
IN 10 YEARS’ TIME
The first road-building project
to take place in the Juneau area
in the past 10 years may get un
der way this season, it was an
nounced last week. Road im
provements planned for the Ju
neau area include the construc
tion of a six and a half mile high
way extending north of Douglas
Island to Fish Creek, surfacing of
Glacier Highway from the Juneau
airport to Auk Bay, and the pav
ing of the Thane and Douglas
highways.
The new road will open an area
already well sprinkled with pat
ented homesteads.
Similar road improvements in
the Sitka and Ketchikan areas are
promised also.
250 Students Expected
In Fort Night Classes
An enrollment of 250 students
is anticipated at the University of
Alaska night school to be held
at Fort Richardson this fall. Reg
istration took place on Tuesday
and Wednesday of this week and
classes will begin on Sept. 5.
Classes meet four nights a week
for a 12-v.eek term.
Subjects offered include com
position and rhetoric, Chaucer,
U. S. history, algebra, calculus,
business law, psychology, physics,
Russian history and Geopolitics.
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VALLEY WASHETERIA
(In Valley Grocery Annex)
Holm
PLUMBING & HEATING COMPANY
517 C Street, Anchorage, Alaska
Box 1893 Phone 22601
Plumbing Heating Oil Burners
Sheet Meta I Refrigeration
Daughter Born to Evans
Mr. and Mrs. James Evans of;
Palmer became the parents of
their first child, a daughter, on
Aug. 21. The little girl was born
at Valley Hospital, weighing sev
en pounds, six ounces. She has
been named Jamie Jean. Her fa
ther is an engineer, stationed here
with the Alaska Road Commis
sion.
Bulletin Explains Work Laws
For Under-Age Children
An explanation of the amended i
Fair Labor Standards Act is the £
subject of a recent bulletin by the c
U. S. Department of Labor, E. L. 1
Evans, Alaska representative, has c
announced. The bulletin clarifies i
exemptions under the minimum- '
age act for children. Copies of the ■
bulletin may be obtained from
Mr. Evans’ Juneau office.
CASEYS HAVE SON
A son, seven-pound, six-ounce
)avid Edward, was born to Mr.
nd Mrs. Edward Casey of Palmer
n Aug. 19. The boy was born si
/alley Hospital. He is the first
hild for the Caseys. Mr. Casey
5 with the U. S. Geological Sur
ey office here.
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Tires
Batteries
Fan Belts Floor mats
Battery Gables
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Auto Accessories
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Goodyear Associate Dealers
Palmer
Tost's Service
Moore's Garage
West Side Service
Anchorage Highway
Goat Creek Garage
Moose Horn Trading Post
JWasilla
Smith Automobile Service
Richardson Highway
T. E. Hyke, Copper Center
Big Timber Lodge
Gakona Roadhouse
Alaska Highway
Riverside Tourist Camp
Glenn Highway
Sheep Mountain Inn
Meekin's Road House
Norm's Garage
E & M Garage
Eureka Road House
Duffy's Tavern
CO-OP GARAGE
Palmer, Alaska