WASILLA
PERSONALS
By Barbara Carter
There will be boat races by th<
Anchorage Outboard Club, undei
the auspices of the V.F.W. Pos'
9365 on Memorial Day. A danc<
on Tuesday night, May 29, i:
sponsored by the V.F.W. at th<
Wasilla Community Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. James Ellis anc
children, Kathleen and Jimmie
are here on vacation from Whit
tier.
Miss Lou Livingston and Mis:
Pat Carson were hostesses at i
tea given in honor of the senioi
girls at the Wasilla Roadhouse
May 17.
Ray Bergman visited his familj
this week. He is working a
Whittier.
Bud Brown came down froir
Cantwell, Alaska, for a few days
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Hjellen anc
family are moving out into the
country near Wasilla. The Hjel
lens have been living in Wasilla
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Nunley anc
family are moving back to Wa
silla after spending the past fev.
months in Palmer.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mazy are back
in Wasilla after a trip to the
States.
Ralph Crothers flew Outside
this week to be with his father
who is ill.
CUTWORM WARNING
Farmers and gardeners are
warned to be on the watch foi
cutworms which are at work
earlier than last year.
Freshly broken over plants oi
ragged leaves are an indication
of cutworm activity. Insecticide
dusts must be worked into soi]
surface to be effective while
emulsion formulations will pene
trate when applied as a spray.
Be prepared with DDT, chlor
dan, arsenic baits or whatever
you prefer. It is better to have
materials on hand than lose your
garden, said Dr. R. H. Washburn,
experiment station entomologist.
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' Alaskan Furs
Draw Bidders To
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Alaskan furs brought fair bids
at the May auction sales of the
Seattle Fur Exchange. Mink,
' beaver and muskrat lead in the
• offerings.
Of 2200 ranch mink offered, 45
. per cent were sold. Fine male
. skins brought $25 to $34, ordinary
$22 to $28; fine females, $14-18,
1 and ordinary, $12-14. In wild
mink, (ordinary) 35 per cent sold.
[ Yukons, ones and twos, large and
extra large, fetching $27 to $35.
A lot of very fine Alaskan bea
ver resulted in 85 per cent sale;
blankets, $40-44; extra large, $35
’ 37; large, $30-32; medium, $17-20;
! small, $10-13. Washington-Oregon
and similar skins: blankets, $34
38; extra large, $30-32; large, $23
27; medium, $14-17; small, $10-11.
In both categories, five per cent
’ were declined.
There were 26,000 muskrat pelts
offered, with 76 per cent sold. Al
askan trapped fine lots brought
CO-OP ASKED FOR BIDS
Invitation to bid on 60 tons of
potatoes and various quantities of
small vegetables for the army
arctic training center at Big Del
ta, for a 10-month period, has
been received by the Matanuska
Valley Farmers’ Cooperative as
sociation.
Also the Co-Op has been asked
to bid on recombined milk for the j
Ladd field air force base.
The first bid probably will be 1
offered by the Co-Op, Carl Ras
mussen, acting general manager,
said. Bid on the milk is in doubt.
$2.50-3, average upper Yukons,
$1.80-2. Washington-Oregon aver
age collections: $1.80-2.30.
Of 1000 ermine, 85 per cent
sold. Large and extra large and
; giants: $3-4; medium and small,
j $1.50-2. Of 900 marten skins, 18
j per cent sold. Large and extra
large, $32-35; mediums, $23-26; j
J small, $19-20. No other pelts j
j were offered, except a few otter
j and white fox.
The next auction will be held
1 June 14.
Conferring with Matanuska
Valley Fair Assn, officers, Art
Fowler of Seattle, representing
Canadian Crescent Shows, was in
Palmer, Wednesday.
Crescent Shows, which Fowler
described as “Western Canada's
largest midway,” is booked for
carnival in Fairbanks, then to An
chorage for the Fourth of July.
The show, carrying 300 cubic tons
of equipment, will play south-k
eastern Alaska this summer.
Recipes for rhubarb, first
“fruit” of the season, may be ob
tained at the University of Alaska
extension service office.
Carpenters Hall
will be available for meetings or assemblies,
Wednesday nights from 7 to 9
For appointment, see or call
Business Agent Ray Lancaster at 62Y11 after
6 p.m.
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