CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN
ON 25 AHA HOUSES TUESDAY
The first clods of earth to be
turned in the excavation for the
basements of Palmer’s 25 Alaska
Housing Authority houses will be
dozed away at eight o’clock next
-■Tuesday morning. At that hour,
the crews of the James Construc
tion Co., of Seward, contractor
on the job, will begin their task
of building 25 houses for th^ Val
ley’s unhoused.
Ray F. James of the Seward
company said today that exterior
work on the houses would be
rushed with all possible speed un
til freeze-up. The contractor will
do all work possible before the
Weather turns cold, and then will
concentrate his efforts on com
pleting the interiors of a portion
of the houses. The contract calls
for staggered completion dates on
the houses.
Mr. James estimated that he
would employ between 15 and 18
carpenters this winter, in addi
tion to laborers. He was unable
to judge how many laborers
would be needed on the job. He
said he would hire men locally,
wherever possible. The contractor
plans to get his carpenters
through the Valley local of the
carpenter’s union.
Completion date of the con
struction was not announced.
Building materials are available,
but delivery dates are uncertain,
Mr. James said. It is understood
that much of his materials arriv
ing from the Outside will dock
at Valdez and be trucked to
Palmer.
One local business was low
bidder on one of the three sub
contracts on the job. Arctic Metal
Works will install the heating
units in the houses. Two Seward
firms, Dodds Electrical Company
and Seward Plumbing and Heat
ing, were low bidders on the
electrical and plumbing contracts.
Division of Forestry Spruces Up
Public Picnic Spot at Finger Lake
_ The Valley’s second public pic
nicking ground to be constructed
by the Division of Forestry on
park lands reserved by the Bu
reau of Land Management is
nearing completion, assistant dis
trict forester Dick Lavine an
nounced this week. The camp
ing grounds now being prepared
for Valley outdoor enthusiasts
are on the north side of Finger
Lake. The earlier camp grounds
were set up at Moose Creek on
the Glenn Highway.
The Finger Lake location is eas
ily accessible and is located on a
good road, Mr. Lavine said. Signs
at road crossings on the Farmers
Loop and Four Corners roads di
rect the traveller to the camp
grounds.
Working under the supervision
of Charles White, district for
ester, and Mr. Lavine, crews have
cleared brush from the camp site
and the picnic grounds have been
laid out. The access road has
been built and garbage disposal
units and outhouses nave been
constructed.
Outdoor fireplaces are not yet
completed and Mr. Lavine of
fered a word of caution concern
ing bonfires on the camp grounds.
He asks that all picnickers use
extreme care in building their
Final Plans Told
For Softball, Races
On Fair Program
The out-of-doors entertainment
at the Matanuska Valley Fair ap
peared likely, at press-time, to be
limited to a three-day series of
donkey softball games, and a
horse-racing card on Sunday and
possibly on Monday. The junior
baseball finals, anounced earlier
last week, will not be played.
As the Frontiersman went to
press, contestants in the three
donkey softball games, to begin
at four p.m. on the field at the
Fairgrounds tomorrow, Sunday
* and Monday, were not entirely
certain. Fair manager Robert
Crites said it seemed probable
i that there would be a women’s
game, probably between busi
ness women and government em
ployes, a game between the Pal
mer chapter of the Loyal Order
of Moose and the Kiwanis Club
of Palmer and a game between
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
chapter at Wasilla and the Amer
ican Legion post at Palmer.
The Monday horse-racing card
depended upon the Sunday recep
tion of the event. Should the races
prove popular, they will be re
peated at two o’clock Monday
afternoon.
Contrary to a current rumor,
there will be no trapshooting
fire, since brush piles at the edge
of the area are tinder dry now.
The forester is awaiting moister
weather before he attempts to
fire the brush.
This winter, Division of For
estry plans to further improve the
Finger Lake camp grounds with i
the addition of a dock and a place
from which boats may be :
launched into the lake.
This second public camp
grounds was in large part made
possible through the co-operation
of James Hurley, general man
ager of the Alaska Rural Re
habilitation Corporation, the for
ester said.
Other camp grounds will be
improved in the Valley and in
the Anchorage area, as funds be
come available. Workmen are
busy on a Peters Creek site now.
That probably will end this sea
son’s work on camp sites, but
others are expected to be laid
out next season. A site at Thun
derbird Falls is high on the For
estry Division’s “must” list for
the next season.
matches at this year’s Fair. Trap
shooters all are seeking a tastier
target than clay pigeons this
week.
Hospitalized With Hurt Foot
Robert Sullivan was hospital- -
ized here this week for treatment
of a foot injury.
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DUCK SEASON
OPENS SEPT. 7
Waterfowl shooting begins at
noon on Sept. 7 in the Third Di
vision and extends through Oct.
31, it was announced this week
by the Fish and Wildlife Service.
Following the noon opening on
Sept. 7, hunters may begin shoot
ing at half an hour before sun
rise on all subsequent days.
Shooting must end an hour before
sunset in the evening.
This year’s regulations increase
the daily limit of waterfowl, and
reduce the possession limit. The
rules limit hunters to a daily bag
and possession limit of six ducks.
Last year a hunter was entitled to
shoot five ducks daily and was
allowed a 10-duck possession
limit.
This year’s regulations allow
five more days of shooting, than
there were in last year’s season,
rhe season also allows for earlier
shooting, giving local hunters a
better chance at teal, which are
the first ducks to leave for the
south in the fall.
The goose and brant limits re
main the same as for 1949.
The change in the 1950 water
fowl rules was made because of
the large number of birds in the
Pacific flyway. “There are more
3irds per hunter there than in any
Jther flyway,” Albert M. Day,
director of FWS said, in explain
ng the change. The season was
shortened in the Mississippi fly
vay area, because of the smaller
supply of birds there.
The bag limit for scoters and
aiders is 10 a day, singly or in
;he aggregate, and not more than
10, singly or in the aggregate,
n possession. The bag limit on
vood ducks is one duck, in bag
)r possession.
There is a closed season on
loves in the territory.
FWS officials reminded local
lunters that they need two li
:enses to hunt Alaskan water
owl. Hunters must have a small
fame license and a duck stamp.
Palmer Grade Enrollment
Shows Big Increase
All advance figures point to an
dementary enrollment in Palmer
>f at least 44 more students than
here were in school last year,
uperintendent William T. Zah
adnicek said today. Mr. Zahrad
licek said it was entirely possible
hat the figure would jump high
;r than a 44 increase.
School officials do not hope to
lave true figures until school op
ms next week.
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RETURNS FROM SEATTLE
Louise Loberg, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lauritz Loberg of Pal
mer, returned to the Valley re
cently. Louise spent the past
eight months with her grand
mother, Mrs. Thorberg, of Taco
ma, Wash.
VISIT IN ANCHORAGE
WASILLA—Among the towns
folk who were Anchorage visitors
last Friday were Mrs. Mary Biia
deau, Mrs. Pat Carter, Mrs. Wen
ter Harvey and Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Coghlan.
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