QUESTION OF PURPOSE RAISED AT
BOROUGH INFORMATION MEETING
Formulation of a statement
of purpose" turned out to be
a controversial item of discus
sion at a meeting of the Bor
ough Information Committee
on Thursday, Aug. 1. in the ad
mistration office of the An
chorage Independent School
District.
A committee of five persons,
Lucy M;ck, Bruce Kendall, Yul
Kilcher, Mrs. Wanamaker, and
Mrs. Zabriske, presented the
statement, which said that the
purpose of the borough infor
mation committee is to “dis
seminate information to the
public on the nature and fun
ction of borough government,
the advantages of the proposed
borough to be voted upon on
Sept. 17, and the advantages of
a smaller borough which may
be mandatory.”
Frank Feeman of the Anch
orage City Council objected to
the use of the word “advan
tages,” which he said would
destroy the stated impartial
motives of the committee.
Bruce Kendall and Yul Kil
cher, both Alaska state legis
lators, argued that leaving out
the second and third portions
of the statement would leave
the committee free to present
its information in a slanted
fashion.
An interesting sidelight was
a comment from a committee
member w'ho said that the sec
ond and third points would
“double the work of the re
search committee, since it
would have to study the advan
tages of both the large borough
and the small borough under
mandatory incorporation.”
The statement was seized up
on by Bruce Kendall as an af
firmation of his argument that
the purpose of the committee
might not be as impartial as
stated.
The statement of purpose, as
finally passed by he group,
read, “to disseminate informa
tion to the public on the na
ture and function of borough
government.”
Passage of the motion was
followed by the accusation
from Kendall that the commit
tee is completely rigged toward
acceptance of the big borough
by voters in the Sept. 17 elec
tion, and by a statement from
Yul Kilcher asking that, to
avoid the stigma of being tag
ged as a large borough group,
a different statement of pur
pose be adopted—one that
would imply that there are al
ternative borough govern
ments.
Brad Phillips, chairman of
the group, reiterated his posi
tion that the committee wishes
to give everyone with a point
of view atfiance to be heard—
that the group does not wish
to grind any particular axe.
Ralph Moore, mayor of Pal
mer, has been named co-chair
man of the information com
mittee.
The next meeting of the
group will be Thursday, Aug.
15, at 8 p.m. The meeting place
has tentatively been set as the
Chugiak Community Club.
Self-praise can be put in the
same class as anything else you
get for nothing.
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Petitioners List Property Vatu
Estimates of Matanuska-Susitna Ana
Estimated valuation of property within the boundaries
of the proposed Matanuska-Susitna borough was listed
by the revenue committee of the study group and included
in the Matanuska-Susitna borough petition. The figures,
which appear below, were based upon information obtained
from the Anchorage Land Office, the Soil Conservation
office, and the Palmer tax assessor.
In addition, the committee-members, Lemuel J. Smith.
Sr. of Wasilla and Loma Fowler of Palmer, found 260
homesteads, most of them with houses and cabins, many
of them being used as permanent homes, which will be
patented within the next few years. The evaluation of
this property is estimated at $500,000.
Also not included in the figures below is personal pro
perty evaluation for the rural area. Based on the state
j average of 25 per cent of real property, this figure would
be $4,000,000.
Palmer School District, including City of Palmer —$18,969,795
Big Lake, 4 miles from water line around lake-$13,763,875
Willow Area_— $1,089,175
North Willow to Talkeetna_- 223,000
Talkeetna Town Site, including Farms in Area- 347,000
Wasilla Town Site, 4-mile radius, plus farms, and
Lake Lucille and Wasilla Lake_ 1,611,500
Knik Road to Goose Bay _ 313,750
Fairview Loop to Palmer School District_ 528,000
4 miles from Wasilla to Houston_ 290,000
4 miles from Wasilla-Schrock Road to Susitna River 304,500
Meadow Lakes to Schrock Road _ 126.000
Finger Lake and Barry Area _ 406,500
Schrock Road to Little Susitna Lodge_ 361.000
TOTAL_38,334,095
P!ufberry Mushroom Infer^dir:
Factual, Not “Alaskan Caduc” Story
By Ray Pierce, Editor
Cooperative Extension Service
University of Alaska
Have you heard the story
j about Alaskan Cactus'.’ An oid
sourdough was sick of answer
ing the same old questions
about his garden asked by
passing tourists, so he “plant
ed'' and old caribou horn with
just the tip showing through.
|and then each day he would
: get up early and sneak out
; when no one was around and
| pull the horn up just a little.
This way he established a re
"Horses, horses, horses
Crazy over
Horses, horses, horses”—
So goes the old song and so
goes the Alaska State Fair
Horse Show. Programs and en
try blanks have been mailed to
many area horse owners. Any
one else who would like to en
ter the horse show may get
their programs and entry
blanks from the Fair office at
the fairgrounds. There will be
many new and different events
this year. Just imagine a “Cal
cutta Auction” where the horse
and rider are auctioned off be
fore the event to the spectators.
This and many more exciting
events are being scheduled
daily.
Everyone will just love Oley.
She will make a guest appear
ance and perform daily in the
Snodgrass building.
All superintendents of de
partments are being asked to
contact Curly Sutton, Fair
manager, or come to the office.
Orders will be taken for sup
plies and suggestions for im
provements to their depart
ments will be welcomed.
An attraction of particular
interest is the Spook House
that is now being prepared for
the Fair. A weird facade is be
ing painted on one of the mid
way structures and, after tak
ing a peek inside, we can prom
ise a ghostly, shivery trip for
all who enter.
New structures are going up
all over the fairgrounds. The
56th Engineer Construction
Company of the U, S. Army
has completed the foundation
for the new Armory and now
components of the Cowan
building are arriving and will
be assembled by the building
next to Skateland will house
our new powder rooms and is
almost completed. Next to go
up is the midway—and we are
praying that hunting fever and
the Call of the Wild will not
distract our contractor.
The old Fairgrounds ain’t
gonna look the same no mo’.
She’ll be all dressed up and
decked out with a coat of new
paint, new lights and lots of
glitter.
markable growth rate for his
‘‘Alaska cactus”.
The tourists, of course, stop
ped asking this particular sour
dough any more gardening
questions, but to those who did
he pointed out that his cactus
had “just jumped out of the
ground trying to get away from
the permafrost.”
This is the time of year when
the oidtimers begin to tire of
telling lies to the tourists and
begin thinking about picking
wild berries and mushrooms
before the next long winter
i sets in.
A couple of pieces of infor
; mation, that contain nothing
but the truth, are available
| from your nearest Extension
Service office to help you with
berry and mushroom picking.
“Wild Blueberries and Huck
leberries” is just one of four
publications out on various Al
askan berries. It has drawings
1 of the berries as well as dope
on how to use them in differ
ent recipes.
“Know Alaska's Mushrooms"
is a new publication, written
by two mushroom experts from
Anchorage, Mrs. Virginia Wells
and Mrs. Phyllis Kempton. It
has seven color plates, repro
duced from water color draw
ings made by Mrs. Wells.
Because of the cost of print
ing color, the Extension Ser
vice is charging 25c for “Know
Alaska’s Mushroms”, but it is
cheap considering it allows you
to identify the many mush
rooms and pick safe ones rath
er than poisonous ones.
It is 32 pages long, but is
small enough to go into your
shirt pocket when you go
mushroom hunting. Contact
your nearest Extension Service
office, or the Extension Ser
vice, University of Alaska, Col
lege, for a copy of either of
the publications. It will take a
quarter to get the mushroom
bulletin, of course.
THE KEY
There is a place for every
one in this life, but only a few
have access to the index.
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