Douglas Man Assails Palmer People's 'Good Faith/
Attacks Airport, in Defense of Southeast Capitol Site
Folio Club Meets
Next Wednesday
The next meeting of the recent
ly-organized Folio Club is sched
uled for Wednesday, June 14,
Gene Gyuriak reminded mem
bers today. Following the busi
ness meeting, when officers will
be elected, there will be a movie,
he said.
At the club’s last meeting,
Ward Wells of the Anchorage
Photo Guild was present to out
line a plan of possible club ac
tivities. Mr. Wells looks forward
to an affiliated group of clubs
from the Railbelt area, which will
engage in competitive salon ex
hibits and some group field trips,
as well.
Bob Tucker, member of the lo
cal club, showed color films of
wild life at the conclusion of the
last business session.
All interested amateur photog
raphers are invited to attend
Folio Club meetings. The pro
gram is being planned so that the
club will have something to offer
for both amateur and advanced
photographers.
FINED FOR DRIVING
ON NEW OILED HIGHWAY
Driving on the newly-oiled
highway between Mile 48 and 50,
“in a manner injurious to the
highway,” brought a $20 fine to
Rex Hardage this week. U. S.
Commissioner Dorothy Saxton
also revoked his driving license
for a 30-day period.
Is Treated At Valley Hospital
Harvey F. Myers, employed at
Jonesville, entered Vallejo Hos
pital this week for medical treat
ment.
MEDICAL PATIENT
Patsy Culver, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Culver, who are
recent arrivals in the Valley,
entered Valley Hospital for med
ical treatment this week.
SHOPS IN ANCHORAGE
WASILLA—Miss Patricia Car
son spent last Tuesday in An
chorage shopping.
Enters Hospital From Glen Allen
Ramona Laster of Glen Allen
received medical treatment at
Valley Hospital this week.
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> Two residents of the Juneai
area came out swinging last week
in protest over Palmer’s appeal tc
Governor Ernest Gruening for ar
election to decide the site of Alas
ka’s new capitol—or territorial of
fice building as the Governor anc
Juneau would prefer to have i1
called.
Representative Marcus Jenser
of Douglas, who first introduced £
bill to have the proposed build
ing constructed in Douglas, wa:
most outspoken in his opinion o:
Palmer’s request. In his attack
he also used the opportunity tc
snipe at Palmer’s new airport
now under construction here.
Representative Jensen said, ir
part:
“If the city of Palmer wa:
showing good faith to the Terri
tory, they would not have had the
Territory spend five thousanc
dollars for additional land or
their airport site. Nor would the}
have increased the value of th<
property of the airport from $21
an acre to $1,100 an acre.
“The necessity of an airport ii
Palmer to an outsider seems ridic
ulous, due to the fact that thi
government has, and is, spendinj
millions of dollars on the An
chorage airfield, this airfield be
ing only a few minutes away fron
Palmer on a paved road. Thi
best answer I could get ... a
to why the airport was needed
was that the farmers needed ai
transportation for their produci
to compete in the Anchorage mar
ket. To me this is ridiculous.
“If the city of Palmer and it
representatives want to take th<
attitude that the territory is their
for the asking, they first had bet
ter reckon with the Federal gov
ernment that is pouring million
of dollars into their airport on in
Announcing a
PUBLIC DANCE
at Wasilla Community Hall
on June 10th
Schaefer's Orchestra
9:30 P. M. to 1:30 A. M. — Admission $1 each
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flated values.”
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Trevor Davis, Juneau photog
rapher, backed Mr. Jensen’s stand,
although the arguments he ad
vanced against Palmer as a site
appear to strengthen the city’s
case. Said Mr. Davis:
“Everyone knows that Anchor
age would be one of the first
• towns to be wiped off the Alaska
^ map, with the cold war getting
warmer and war termed ‘inevit
able’ within a few years.
“This would include all choice
targets, such as a large public
building in the Valley. They
seem to have lost sight of the
trend today to disperse the seat
of government.”
Valley residents had taken little
further actign on the matter at
press-time, although several in
dividuals had taken steps to fa
miliarize Mr. Jensen with Palmer
5 facts and figures, which he so
evidently lacks. It has been sug
: gested that he be invited to visit
Palmer and the Valley, in order
1 that he may gather facts firsthand
7 hereafter, since his source of in
' formation is so evidently errone
ous.
A number of Valley residents,
1 who have sought legal advice in
the matter, are writing to Gen
2 eral Services Administration of
’ ficials and to the Department of
the Interior, protesting the use of
GSA funds for the construction
1 of the proposed territorial build
' ing.
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3 for women's and children's
s wear at Outside prices.
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