Underwriters' Engineer Offers Aid
In City Fire Control Planning
Colonel O. G. Hoaas, enginee:
with the Board of Fire Under
writers of the Pacific, visited Pal
mer last Friday to inspect th<
city’s fire prevention organizatioi
and facilities.
He was accompanied by Chie
George Burns of the Anchorage
Fire Department. In the course
of his inspection, Colonel Hoaa
talked with City Clerk, Bill Head
Mayor Carl Meier, Councilmai
Allan Mick, Palmer’s Fire Chie
O. R. Mitchell and Carl Rasmus
sen, who as the Co-Op actini
manager now controls Palmer’
fire prevention water supply.
In conference with city of
ficials, Colonel Hoaas revealei
that he was througly familia
with Palmer’s water shortage an
offered the cooperation of his of
fice in undertaking constructive
measures to better the situaticj
which at present contributes i
high fire insurance rates in thi
community. He pointed out tha
the proposed water system, whicl
Palmer hopes to build with the
assistance of Alaska’s Publi
Works program, must be ade
quate to provide not only wate
for industrial and domestic US'
but for fire fighting as well. Ai
adequate supply of water for fin
use will help a great deal in re
Colonel Hoaas offered to assis
vising insurance rates downward
the city engineers in designing
the system so that adequate fin
ed.
Colonel Hoaas was amazed a
the community’s growth since hi
last was in Palmer in 1948. Hi
strongly advised that the Com
fighting supplies would be insur
lated ordinances that would b<
mon Council adopt zoning and re
adequate 20 years from nov
when the city may have a popu
lation of 15,000 to 20,000. He oue
lined a 4-fold program that woulc
help the City qualify for Class <
insurance rates. First of all come:
an adequate water supply anc
distribution system. Second, <
fire zoning ordinance. Third, ai
adequate fire fighting depart
ment with at least one full-tim<
employee as soon as possible. Ii
this connection, he suggested tha
this employee might well servi
Cleaned & Slocked
Men's or ladies' wool cr nylon
sweaters cleaned like new,
blocked io shape and returned
like new. We return goods in
dust-proof bags.
BROWN'S SHOP
. as fire chief, fire prevention in
' spector, and building and elec
pector, and building and elec
‘ trical inspector. Last but not
; least, is adequate enforcement
i and compliance with zoning and
j building ordinances,
f | Colonel Hoaas was gratified
by the intention of the Council
' i to adopt building and zoning
? I codes at an early date. He sig
3, nified that the uniform Building
i ; Cede now in force in Anchorage
| and under study by the Council
j. ■ was entirely satisfactory. To sup
1 1 plement this code he recommen
T ded the adoption of the National
* Electric Code, 1951 Edition, and
5 a Fire Prevention Ordinance pre
| pared by the National Board of
j Fire Underwriters.
r Anchorage’s fire chief, George
j Burns offered any assistance his
department could give in setting
’ up the Palmer Fire Department.
> ‘Gap’ Allan Accspls
t Police Job in Valdez
s Capt. W. C. Allen, former mer
: chant patrol and peace officer in
- Palmer is leaving this week end
r to take over new duties in charge
- of police work in Valdez.
i Captain Allen has been in Pal
- mer for approximately five years.
- His previous experience in police
t work was gained in Anchorage,
• other parts of Alaska, and in the
l States.
NOTES FROM YOUR
EXTENSION SERVICE
BY RICHARD BLUE
One of the top men of th<
USDA is visiting in the Valley
Many of you know him. Dr. O. E
Reed, Chief of the Bureau of Ani
mal Industry at Beltsville, Md
Dr. Reed was in the valley sev
eral years ago and encouragec
formation of a Breeders’ Associa
tion for the improvement of dain
animals in the valley. Shortly
after his visit Parker Lester o
the Extension Service and Bil
Sweetman of the Experiment Sta
tion met with Valley dairymen
and the M. V. B. A. was organ
ized. Dr. Reed will meet wit!
members of the MVBA and othe
interested dairymen next Monda;
evening at 3 p. m. in the Co-O]
clubroom. The date is Septembe
10th, so plan to attend.
Fair Observations
Another fair has passed inti
j history. This was my first exper
! ience with the local fair so then
can be no previous comparison
but the impression received wa
that the people in and aroun<
Palmer could support som
i of the projects a little better. Fo
example, the 1st, 2nd, and 3r<
prizes in the farm display sectioi
were awarded to Wasilla an<
Knik residents. The housing ex
ibit that the Extension Servio
sponsored in cooperation wit!
the Agricultural Research Ad
ministration was handicapped b;
the theft of three heat lamp
which were set up to show th<
heat passage through differen
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types of walls. I hope the thief |
tries to read with them and gets
a burned neck. One of the more
popular agricultural stunts noted
was the distribution of free baked
potatoes. The carnival had quite
a play, the rides rn particular.
Those with sporting blood were
attracted to wagermg which *
color rathole a rather hardwork- *
ing rat would crawl into. A casual
observation notes that more mon
ey went down the rathole than
* rats. All in all some rather excel
lent and well presented displays
were seen, perhaps next year
: there won’t be so much empty
space in the display sections.
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