VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Mrs. Marian Badcon
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WASHINGTON NEWS-LETTER
By MARY LEE COUNCIL
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, Alaska’s Delegate to Congress
Salmon Concentration Plan
The proposed plan of the De
fense Fisheries Administrator
for curtailment of salmon fishing
in the Bristol Bay, Alaska Pen
insula, Port Moller, Chignik and
Cook Inlet areas during the 1951
fishing season has been aban
doned through a decision an
nounced this week by Secretary
of the Interior Chapman.
The so-called concentration
*.plan which contemplated a li
censing system to plants and
fishermen based on operations oi
certain recent years would have
limited the total units of fishing
gear in operation. It was vigor
ously protested following an an
nouncement of the proposal some
weeks ago.
The decision against making
the plan effective in 1951 was
r reached following hearings held
several weeks ago in Seattle and
subsequent to a meeting held
last week among Defense Fisher
ies Administration and other De
partment of the Interior officials,
C. L. Anderson, director of Alas
ka’s Department of Fisheries,
Governor Ernest Gruening and
Delegate Bartlett.
The press release announcing
thp decision stated that an “ex
panded concentration plan will
be considered for the 1952 sea
son, dependent entirely upon the
1 state of the emergency existing
in 1952”.
Health Appropriation
The House, in passing the ap
propriation bill last week for the
Federal Security Agency, allow
ed the full budget request of $1,
234,000 for disease and sanitation
control and investigations in
Alaska.
The funds are sought to con
tinue the cooperative program
started during the 1949 fiscal
year whereby the Public Health
Service and the Territorial De
partment of Health conduct the
health activities in the investiga
tion, prevention, treatment and
control of diseases in the Terri
tory.
Alaska Bills
Four of Delegate Bartlett’s
House-approved bills were re
ported favorably last week to the
upper house by the Senate Judi
< ciary Committee.
The four measures are so
called private relief bills and
would benefit ten persons, six
residents of Alaska and four per
sons who formerly worked in the
Territory.
William Bergen of Fairbanks
would be permitted to bring suit
in the District Court of Alaska
against the United States for in
juries which he claims he sus
tained in 1944 while a passenger
on The Alaska Railroad. Japhet
K. Anvil of Nunachuk and How
ard A. Monroe of Kiana would be
reimbursed for money which they
personally spent to get home
after their discharge from the
army under the terms of the sec
ond Bartlett bill approved by the
committee.
The third bill would pay money
to four persons, including R. J.
Scheurman of Anchorage, for
value of certain tools and per
sonal effects lost when a barge
carrying their property to Alaska
capsized. The fourth bill would
pay Fabian P. Durand and Floyd
L. Murphy, both of Anchorage,
and Cleo C. Reeves, now living
in Illinois, money for loss of their
personal property as the result of
the accidental capsizing of a pri
vately-owned outboard motor
boat in the Susitna river in 1945
while they were on official duty
with the Alaska Road Commis
sion.
Post Offices
Delegate Bartlett has recom-1
mended the appointment of Mrs. j
Ed Peratrovich as postmaster at
Klawock to succeed the late Mrs.
Emma Demmert.
In addition he submitted his
recommendation to the Post Of
fice Department for the appoint
ment of Paul H. Housand as the
postmaster at Cape Pole. This
office is southeast of Sumner
Strait in the First Division, about
22 miles by water south of Point
Baker.
Visitors
Joseph M. Morgan was a recent
Washington visitor from Juneau
in connection with his duties as
district manager for Alaska of
the Bureau of Reclamation.
Dr. Jack C. Haldeman has re
turned to Anchorage following a
recent trip to Washington. Dr.
Haldeman is acting deputy re
gional director for the Federal
Security Agency and medical di
rector for the Public Health Serv
MY THANKS
for your
VOTE and SUPPORT
IN THE COUNCILMANIC ELECTION
I appreciate your confidence and will do my best.
C. A. "Chet" Sandvilc
5.000. 000 Pounds
Of Fresh Vegetables
Sought By Army
United States Army, Alaska,
has issued invitations for bids
by Alaska growers to furnish
the government more than five
million pounds of fresh vegeta
bles during the period July 1,
1951, to June 30, 1952, Leonard O.
' Jones, contracting officer, Alaska
General Depot, announced.
Bids by prospective growers
will be opened publicly at AGD
headquarters May 7. Contracts
will be awarded if asking prices
are within reasonable limits,
Jones said.
Invitations for bids have been
sent to all known sources in the
Matanuska Valley and Anchorage
area.
The Army hopes to be able to
contract for the following in
pounds: beets, 16,470; broccoli,
10,390; cabbage, 129,190; carrots,
57,250; celery, 85,750; lettuce, 138,
700; onions, 14,475; radishes, 17,
475; turnips, 26,100; and potatoes,
4.570.000.
Call For Potatoes
This is almost double the num
ber of potatoes contracted for by
the Army here last year and is
virtually as many potatoes as are
produced in the Matanuska Val
ley.
If contracts are awarded, the
Army would be able to furnish
from local sources all Air Force
and Army units at Fort Richard
ice in Alaska as chief of the Arc
tic Health Research Center. He
is being transferred in June from
Alaska to Washington to be chief
of the Division of State Grants in
the Public Health Service.
C. L. Anderson, director of the
Territorial Department of Fisher
ies, is back in Juneau after con
ferring with government officials
in Washington in connection with
the salmon concentration plan.
Robert B. Atwood was in Wash
ington to attend the annual meet
ing of the American Society of
Newspaper Editors. Atwood,
chairman of the Alaska Statehood
Committee, is editor and publish
er the Anchorage Daily Times.
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son, Elmendorf Air Force Base,
and the Port of Whittier.
Potato contracts will cover the
period from September 1, 1951, to
June 30, 1952. To facilitate bid
ding and contracting the Army
has broken down the invitations
for potato crops to cover separate
quantities for each month at each
station.
Producers this year for the first
time will be able to submit bids
by item and by military station.
One producer might thus seek
only to furnish the carrots for the
Port of Whittier and could submit
such a bid.
This year the Army will act as
central purchasing agency for all
installations located south of the
Alaska Range, including Air
Force produce needs. North of
the range the Air Force will be
the purchasing agency.
Bid forms may be obtained at
the office of the Contracting Offi
cer, Alaska General Depot, Fort
Richardson, Alaska.
American Legion poppy poster
contest will close Monday, May
7, Mrs. Ann Demming, Auxiliary
president, announced. Posters are
being made by Palmer school
children. There will be three
classes, with prizes awarded in
each. Posters will be judged at an
assembly to be announced later.
Coffee Insures Everything—
Remember?
Parents of Son
Mr .and Mrs. Arlington Flower
of Gulkana are parents of a son,
born at the Valley Hospital April
26. The baby, named Donald Al
lan, weighed 9 pounds 12 ounces.
He is their fourth child.
VALLEY
REAL ESTATE
T bedroom home, modern, un
furnished. Terms.
1- bedroom home, modern, fur
nished—cash.
2- bedroom home, modern,
close-in. Terms
5-acre tract, on hwy, small cab
in, V-i cabin, 2 green houses.
$3,150.00.
5-acre tracts on Hwy.
2-lots, in town. Water & sewer
140-acres, Fishhook Rd.
240-acre farm, terms.
Listings Wanted
Phone 124J3 — Palmer, Alaska
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