• City and Co-Op
Sign Water Contract
The long pending water con
tract between the City Council
and the Co-Op came up for final
action at the Council meeting last
night. Upon a motion made and
carried. Mayor Carl Meier was
“authorized to execute” the docu
ment already signed by the Co
Op.
Under the terms of the contract,
it is recognized that the Council
cannot obligate the city’s funds
for financing the extension to the
Co-Op line, but the Council agrees
to attempt to arrange financing.
The Co-Op agrees to lay pipe
on a temporary basis to divert
Carnegie Creek to their own wa
ter mains, and later, with pipe
furnished by the city, to effect a
permanent installation.
Expenses up to SI0.000 will be
reimbursed to the Co-Op by set
ting aside 25 percent of their
gross receipts from water users.
In the event that the full expense
* up to $10,000 is not realized by the
Co-Op from this source before the
new city water system is in oper
ation, the city will be obliged to
divert a portion of its water re
venues to the Co-Op toward the
retirement of the debt incurred.
The city will have access to Co
Op books regarding expenses in
curred in the temporary water
extension under the $10,000 ceil
ing.
„ Property deriving from the tem
porory extension is to belong to
the Co-Op.
If additional demands are made
on the Co-Op water supply above
the maximum usage at the time
the contract was effected-either
from additional needs of the Co
Op or extension of service to new
customers-it will be the duty of
the Co-Op to find additional wa
ter sources.
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Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
COMMUNITY
CALENDER
CHAMBER O F COMMERCE.
Regular meeting. Co-op club
i room 12:05 p. m.
LADIES AID. United Protestant
Church.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2
AMERICAN LEGION & AUXIL
IARY, Carpenters’ Hall, 8 u.
m.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING,
Hearing. Severn’s Cabinet Shop
FRIDAY, AUGUST 3
: SQUARE DANCE Club, Carpen
ters’ Hall 8 p. m.
FRIDAY, JULY 27
BUSY WEEDERS 4-H club meet
ing. Extension craft room 7:30
p. m.
SUNDAY, JULY 29
TROOP 654, BOY SCOUTS leave
for King’s Lake Camp.
MONDAY, JULY 30
room
KIWANIS CLUB, Charter Din-i
ner Explorer Scouts, Co-Op
clubroom, 6:30 p. m.
MATANUSKA VALLEY Sports
men, special Board meeting
AMERICAN LEGION AUXILI
ARY Executive meeting.
TUESDAY. JULY 31
i WELL-BABY CLINIC, Health
Clinic 2 to 4 p. m.
| PRE-SCHOOL CONFERENCE,
Health Center 2 to 4 p. m.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1
MATANUSKA VALLEY Sports
men Club, regular meeting, Co
op Recreation basement 8 p. m.
NEW PTA SWINGS ARRIVE
FOR SCHOOL PLAYGROUND
A set of eight swings purchased
by PTA for children in the lower
grades arrived last week, William
j T. Zahradnicek announced.
Frames and swings are made cf
j extra heavy steel. They were be
i ing set in concrete this week.
John Gorsuch—
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in its telephone situation whether
it was operated under a private
franchise or by the municipality
itself.
Upon his offer to lurnish esti
mates. council members plied him ,
with questions about Palmer’s
needs and what they might be ex
pected to cost.
A Profitable Business
According to Gorsuch. the tele
phone business is a profitable en-.
terprise, particularly if modern
equipment eliminates the need
for labor. In Anchorage, he said
one serviceman works 40 hours a
week to keep up its 3000 lines.
Two years ago Anchorage’s mu
nicipally owned telephone system
was manually operated, and that
year’s operations went $12,000 in
the red. Last year, with modern
equipment, the city netted $94.
000 from its telephone operations
and expanded the system besides.
Recommends 200-500 line
A 200 line system, expandable
to 500 lines as the need arose,
would adequently meet Valley
needs, according to Mr. Gorsuch.
This would allow for one, two,
three, and five party lines with
an average of about 3 stations on
each line-a maximum of 1,200
1,500 individual stations.
Pressed for an estimate of such
a system, Gorsuch insisted any
reliable estimate would have to
be based on an engineer’s study.
His overall “guess” was that an
adequate system could be set up
for not much over $100 000. He
emphasized, however, that he
did not want to be held to this
figure because there w'ere many
variables, including the size of the
building. Roughly, he thought,
$50,000 would take care of the
central office equipment for a dial
system. A 20 by 20 foot room
would be adequate to hold this
equipment, although another
room might be needed for sup
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WHY, OF COURSE
You Read It in an Ad in the
VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Only do your merchant (and us) a favor, won't you. and tell him where you saw
the bargain advertised that caught your eye. .
Your merchant wants to know if he is getting value received for his advertising
dollar. He has no way of knowing if his advertising is attracting readers, if you
don't tell him so.
And we want him to know it. too. We don't feel that advertising is a graft—we
honeslly expect, when we sell an ad, ihal the merchant is going to benefit by that
ad* Sure, it's our business to sell him an ad, but it's also our business to sell him
the kind of ad that's going to bring him more business so we can sell him a bigger
ad next month. It 's only as our advertisers prosper that we can grow. loo.
So. remember, the next time you shop, tell your merchant:
‘| saw your ad in the Valley Frontiersman'
BIDS ASKED ON
BUILDING AT ESKA
Bids on a used three story dor
mitory building at Eska are being
accepted by the Alaska Railroad.
The structure contains 56 sleep
.ng rooms, rest rooms, large lob
by, dining hall and kitchen, re
frigeration room, office and com
missary room.
Bids will be opened July 31 at
2 p. m. Additional information
an the building may be obtained
from J. J. Delaney. ARR. General
Office Building, Anchorage.
plies and tools.
Mr. Gorsuch thought a system
could be worked out which
would do away with any need
for a telephone operator.
REA Possibility
Asked about how such a sys
tem might be financed at the out
set, Mr. Gorsuch mentioned a
bond issue. He also mentioned the
possibility of REA coming in to
help in giving area coverage. He
thought that service to a large
agricultural district such as the
Matanuska Valley is the ideal sit
uation for which REA funds were
originally intended.
* * *
MEA NOT INTERESTED
IN TELEPHONE SERVICE
Mrs. Justice Parks, president
of the Matanuska Valley Electric
Assn., said last week that MEA
could not and would not be inter
ested in adding telephone service
to its present electricity service.
To receive REA assistance, she
said, consumers would have to get
together as a cooperative unit as
was the case when MEA was or
ganized.
Mrs Winifred Graham of Sea
hurst, Washington is enjoying a
vacation in Palmer, visiting with
her daughter Mrs. A. J. DeJulio
and family.
Ex-Servicemen Under 26
Must Register with Local
SS Board Within 30 Days
"Men between the ages of 18
and 26. separated from the Arm
(>d Forces and not previously re
gistered. are required by law to
register at a Selective Service
ocal board within 30 days of the
date of their separation. This also
applies to those separated from
the Coast Guard, the Coast and
Ge<»detic Survey and the Pub
lic Health Service.”
John L. McCormick. Alaska
Director of Selective Service,
made that statement today in
commenting on records he said
tie had received from some of Al
aska’s local boards to the effect
:hat they knew of instances in
which the separated men were not
complying with the law.
Mr. McCormick quoted Select
ive Service regulations as follows:
‘‘Every man who (a) has been
separated from active service in
the armed forces, the Coast
Guard, the Coast and Geodetic
Survey, or the Public Health Ser
vice, (b) has not been registered
arior to such separation, and (c)
would have been required to be
registered except for the fact that
ne was in such active service on
ihe day or days fixed for his re
gistration by Presidential proc
lamation, shall present himsell
for and submit to registration be
fore a local board within the per
od of 30 days following the date
on which he was so separated.”
Failure to comply with this re
gulation, Mr. McCormick said, is
a violation of the law and makes
the subject liable to heavy penal
ty. The State Director made it
plain that it is not necessary for
the man to return to his home.
He may register at the local board
most convenient to him, but he
should give his home address
when he registers.
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Leave Long Beach July 30
Leave San Francisco August 4
Leave Portland August 8
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Operating Manager
ANCHORAGE
223 Central Bldg
P. O. Box &U2
Phone 34401
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Dlat. Manager
FAIRBANKS
P. O. Box 1301
Jameson Engineer
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Phone—East Ml
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