New Federal Order Protects Future
Expansion of Alaskan Road System
The new order signed last
week by Secretary of Interior Os
car L. Chapman and reserving all
land within 300 feet of the Alas
ka Highway and within 150 feet
of the center line of through high
ways for road purposes through
out Alaska is a good thing accord
ing to Jim Hurley, head of ARRL.
It is a good thing, he says, not
only because it will disabuse Al
askan highways of obstructions
and allow for future expansion
but also because the order paves
the way to the issuance of land
patents held up for more than a
year, pending the issuance of the
order.
Hurley says the order affecting
the through highways, which in
cludes the Glenn Highway as well
as the Richardson, Haines. Sew
ard-Anchorage. Anchorage-Spen
ard, and Fairbanks-College high
ways, will have little effect on
people locally. There is no more
land available on the highway in
the Matanuska Valley area ex
cept in scattered areas.
However, lesser roadways in
the Valley are protected through
an “easement” instead of an out
right withdrawal. Under this plan,
100 feet along each side of the
center line of the following roads
is protected: Palmer-Matanuska
Wasilla road; Palmer-Finger Lake
-Wasilla road; Fishook road from
its junction with Glenn Highway
to its junction with the Wasilla
Knik road, and southward on the
latter to Knik. Along these roads,
settlement and private ownership
would be permitted and if road
plans later were changed and the
rights-of-way or easements aban
doned, the 100-foot strip along
each side of the road would auto
matically be acquired by adjacent
owners.
Persons who have already built
homes or business establishments
along the highways protected by
the 150-foot withdrawals will not
be affected but will be regarded
as having prior rights. Although
future owners along the highway
will be unable to build up close
to the highway, they will be per
mitted to build access roads
across the withdrawals to gain
entrance to their property.
Along with the orders for 150
foot withdrawal areas along thru
highways and 100-foot easements
along certain feeder roads, the
Department of Interior ordered
reservation by easements for 30
feet from the center of all other
public and local roads in the Ter
ritory.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
TO BE FORMED
An advisory committee to the
Civil Defense Council will be
formed, it was decided at the
meeting of the council in the
Governor’s office October 15, ac
cording to a news release from
Bert Barrer, information officer.
The committee will advise the
-council on the best means of
"handling a financial emergency
that might come as the result of
a hostile attack where banks are
destroyed and both businesses
and individuals would find them
selves in immediate need of ob
taining credit?*'
An expenditure not to exceed
$10,000 was decided upon for the
purchase of training aids on a
Alaska National Guard
207th Infantry
Encampment Ends
! The 207th Infantry Battalion.
. headquartered at Anchorage and
J commanded by Lt. Col. George
j M. McLaughlin, local attorney,
j completed field exercises Sunday
at Fort Richardson in the first
field training encampment of the
Alaska National Guard.
Two Eskimo Scout battalions,
headquartered at Nome and Bet
hel, completed their two-week
; training schedule earlier in Oc
tober. Drawing their personnel
from the strategic northwestern
areas bordering the Arctic Ocean
. and Bering Sea, they covered
' several hundred miles along the
i Kobuk and Noatak Rivers gath
' ering information for the U. S.
j Army during their recent period
, of training. These Eskimo Scout
battalions are the only ones in the
armed forces.
Another infantry battalion; the
908th and commanded by Lt. Col.
D. W. Dean, will have an annual
encampment from November 23
to December 11. This battalion is
made up of units from Juneau.
Sitka, and Ketchikan.
The Infantry battalions are
trained for mountain and winter
warfare. They also assist in pro
tecting vital harbors, bridges, de
pots, communication lines, and
i in Vi i 4- 1 1 4-1 c
QUALITY ALASKAN
PRODUCE CREATES
CONSUMER DEMAND
Practicing the slogan “Quality
Products Create Consumer De
mand" is paying dividends to Al
askan agricultural producers, ac
cording to The Alaska Depart
ment of Agriculture in its current
Alaska Market News.
The total value of vegetables
produced and marketed in the
Anchorage and Matanuska Val
ley areas will exceed $500,000, it
is estimated. Total value of Alas
ka grown vegetables marketed
grossed over $800,000. Producers
are expected to exceed $1,000,000
for these products in 1952.
Potato yields in the Matanuska
Valley were given as eight-15
tons per acre, with the average
eight-10 tons. This is at least 10
percent above average. Tanana
Valley potato yields averaged six
tons per acre.
In the Kenai Peninsula around
Homer, crop yields were average
but the acreage in production in
creased over 25 percent this year.
Still another 25 percent increase
in production is expected for 1952
as several new farmers get into
production.
Over 750 tons of potatoes were
reported for the Anchorage area
this season. The department not
ed that carrot, cabbage and pota
to production increased materi
ally in the Anchorage area this
year. It was also noted that more
local potatoes are being consumed
by the civilian population because
of the higher quality and better
grading which puts a superior
product on the market.
I
[matching fund basis. First pri
ority was given to the needs of
the more critical areas.
FEDERAL INCOME TAX
GOES UP TODAY
t Federal income taxes take a
jump today when the new tax
I bill passed two weeks ago by the
■ Senate and the House and signed
by President Truman goes into
effect.
Individual tax boosts will range
from 11 to 12 percent for most
taxpayers. Excise taxes on liquor. ■
gasoline, household appliances,
and a long list of items will also
go up.
The bill is expected to raise an
added $5,691,000,000 per year in
additional federal revenues. Tru
man had asked for ten billion dol-1
lars. In signing the bill Saturday,
he said that the bill does not pro
vide enough and he will call for
an improvement in the tax laws
next January when the legisla
ture reconvenes.
The new bill was particularly
criticised by Mr. Truman because
of loopholes which allow people
with large incomes to escape their
share of the tax load.
Revised withholding tax rate
tables to go into effect after No-!
vember 1 are being rushed to the
offices of collectors all over the!
country, and employers will be j
asked to withhold income taxes
from wages paid after the effec
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RAY ADAMS
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Arson Considered in
Probe cf Anchorage
Fire Where Two Died
The possibility of arson as the
cause of the early Sunday morn
ing blare that suept Olivers*!
Restaurant in Anchorage is being
considered by Fire Chief Geor»»o
Burns.
Already on the scene investi
gating the fire that claimed the
lives of two persons and painfully
injured a third is an OSJ arson
investigator. Chief Burns wa;
also reported to have wired for
the services of a noted arson ex
pert from Seattle.
The owner of the restaurant lo
cated at 519 East Fifth Ave, Jay
Kennedy leaped 16 feet from hi'
second floor bedroom window tn
escape from the burning struc
ture. Noel Robinson, 35. bartender
at the Panhandle Bar, and Renee
Lee. a 22-year-old dancer were
tive date at the new rates. These
tables were being received by
some employers in Palmer this
week.
DANCING?.
Beautiful Corsages
ANNIVERSARY?
Beautiful Bouquets
clowers for all Occasions
Mai. Valley Gardens
MAUD HOSLER
OUTING club to meet ,
The Matanuska Outing CiuK
will hold a regular meeting Tucs
day night. 7 30 p m at the Palmer
school All members and those in
terested in joining the club are
urged to attend The program
committee has planned a surprise
for the meeting
trapped on the same floor. Ro
binson's efforts to escape from a
! narrow window were frustrated
I when he was wedged in the cas
ing. Kennedy received painful in
! juries to his back as a result of
his leap.
Damages to the building wet*
estimated at approximately $50.
000.
HEAR
A. V. Richey, B.A., B.D.. M.R.E
Pastor
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
(Meeting in Carpenters' Hail)
Sunday. 11 a.m.
•STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!'*
Chalk Illustration
MRS. A. V. RICHEY
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
Big Reduction
Sleds Trains
Doll Houses Games
Doll House Furniture Doll Beds
Erector Sets
Chemistry Sets
Mechanical Tops
☆ B-B Guns and Ammunition ft Gun and Holster Sets
☆ Cowboy and Cowgirl Outfits ft Tool Chests
Trading Post Toyland
Don't Forget Our Nationally Advertised Merchandise Contest!
—Award Will Be Made Friday, November 9th-—