PIONEERS MEET
MONDAY. SEPT. 9
Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo
31 and Auxiliary 11, will hold
a special meeting Monday,
Sept. 9. in the Palmer Moose
hall.
Members are urged to be
present, as delegates will be
elected for the state conven
tion in Cordova Oct. 10-13.
Capt. John Cook paid coast
al Indians six pence for beaver
skins he sold in China for $100
each.
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Democratic Committee Urges
Captain Cook Borough Deleat
Defeat the proposed Captain
Cook borough at the polls on
Sept. 17, was the advice of the
Democratic Southcentral Dis
trict Committee at a special
meeting called Aug. 24.
Chairman Russ Meekins saic
the meeting was set at the re
quest of several precinct chair
men who were concerned
about the political implications
of the proposed borough elec
tion.
The committee stand againsl
the Captain Cook borough
does not suggest a lack of faith
in boroughs or borough gov
ernment. members said.
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The statement of the South
central Committee, published
in an Anchorage newspaper,
read:
“With a firm belief that the
power to govern derives from
the consent of the governed
and ample evidence that the
proposed first class borough
would remove such power from
the governed and place it in
the hands of a select few, we,
the Southcentral District Com
mittee of the Democratic Par
ty, do hereby urge the defeat
of the Captain Cook borough
on Sept. 17.
“This neither means nor im
plies any lack of faith in bor
oughs or borough government
generally. It does express our
belief that the first class bor
ough would result in establish
ing second class citizenship.
“In support of this decision,
we offer the following:
“A. The forced combination
of the Matanuska-Palmer-Su
sitna area and the resultant de
nial of maximum local govern
ment.
“B. The enforced assumption
of all possible borough gov
ernment responsibilities prior
to any reasonable evidence of
experience and ability to per
form any reasonable services
outlined under the Mandatory
Borough Act.
“C. The obvious advantage
offered by the alternate bor
oughs to be established under
the Mandatory Borough Act,
to wit:
1. Maximum local govern
ment for all naturally aligned
areas such as Kenai-Homer,
Matanuska-Palmer - Susitna,
and the Greater Anchorage
area of District 8.
2. The establishment of bor
ough government with respon
sibilities commensurate with
proven need and the power to
increase such, at will, upon the
recorded voice and vote of the
electorate.
3. The guarantee that all
such boroughs as are estab
lished shall govern with, and
only with, the express consent
of the governed.”
Recipes For Alaska Cranberries
Contained in New ACES Bulletin
One of the most pleasant
gifts of The Great Land is its
berries. Cranberries are one of
the favorites of both men and
bears.
There is no end to the uses
for cranberries and cranberry
products. A new publication
| available from the University
of Alaska Cooperative Exten
| sion Service offers some of the
! northland’s best recipes for
| wild cranberries.
It explains several ways to
store the lowbush cranberry,!
1 also commonly called lingen- ;
berry. They can be kept raw ;
in a cold place simply by j
: hanging them in a bag, ac- |
cording to the bulletin, or they j
! can be kept raw with sugar |
I added, in cold water, or by
1 canning.
i
Some of
% best ,
news appears
first in
a book!
Take this happy young lady, for instance. She's spreading the
news all around town about where she's going to college. Act
ually this good news was written in the pages of a savings bank
book, in which each deposit entered was a firm step forward to
her goal!
You, too, can read some "good news" about college for your child
in the pages of your Matanuska Valley Bank savings bank book!
First step is to set up a systematic savings plan designed to accumu
late the necessary funds when the time comes. Then follow through
with your deposits according to schedule . . . and the news is sure
to be good!
There are many fine recipes
in the leaflet. One of the easy
ones is for making Alaska ap
ple butter with high bush
cranberries.
ALASKA APPLE BUTTER
1 lb. dried apples
2 quarts water
2 quarts cranberries
6 cups sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
Vt tsp. cloves
Vt tsp. salt
1 lemon, grated rind
and juice
Soak 1 lb. dried apples in 2
quarts water for 1 hour. Add
the 2 quarts high bush cran
berries and cook until soft.
Put the pulp through a sieve or
food mill. Reheat and add the
sugar, salt, and spices. Cook
until clear. Remove from heat
and add the lemon juice and
grated rind. Spoon into jars
and seal.
Pick up a copy ot "Wild
Cranberries”, Publication No.
14, from your nearest Coopera
tive Extension Office, or write
to the Information Office, Co
operative Extension Service,
University of Alaska, College.
In Washington 27.1 per cent,
in Idaho and Oregon 10 per
:ent of the local area is suit
able for cultivation.
HINGTON AND
SMALL BUSINESS
By C. W! L S ON H A R
D E R
aaui oi xarsus was quite a
well known, efficient tax collec
tor until one day he was struck
by a blinding light and be'—me
Paul the Apostle.
* * *
Today oyer the land many
emyloyera are
light, and
while net
able to dis
continue the
rele forced
an them of
being unpaid
tax collec
tors, are be-J
owning apos
tles of sanity,
o o *
Recently J. c. W. Harder
S. Kim el, Sr., president of the
Republic Electric Company, a
Davenport, a 50 year old Iowa
firm paid his employees their
full check with no tax deduc
tions, accompanied by a letter
which said in part:—
* * •
*1 am letting yon know this
week how mnch you are really
earning by paying you the full
amount due you, not deducting
the withholding tax or the so
cial security tax. The extra
amount given you this week
will be deducted and spread
over the next three week's
checks."
e e e
A. G. Heinsohn, Jr., presi
dent of the Cherokee Mills in
Sieversville, Tennessee, also
recently brought home to his
employees who pays for gov
ernment extravagance.
oeo
He gave them their usual .
checks minus the deductions,
but then handed them bags of
silver dollars equalling the .
amount of the deductions, ex- 1
- lining this would be deduct- i
from next three paychecks, i
* * * 1
For about eighteen months, i
^a^Nktlonil Federation of Independent Buslnm
me rremier rnow oci v«.c n*
Parkersburg, West Virginia,
headed by A. K. Summers, has
been regularly paying employ
ees their full checks three
weeks out of the month, and
then taking all deductions out
of the fourth paycheck.
* * *
A S125 per week employee,
under this system, finds the
pay for the fourth week Is
$22.68. A 870.00 per week em
ployee finds that on the fourth
week not only is no pay forth
coming, but that actually $4.75
is owed In additional taxes.
* * *
“Most of our employees,"
Mr. Summers states, "now re
alize wild federal spending is
coming out of their pockets."
e e *
Shortly after starting this
plan, in one of those “Man
aged news’’ episodes, newspa
per people Informed Mr. Som
mers that the tax people had
told them they would take ac
tion against him If this con
tinued. But despite headlines,
no move has ever been made.
* * e
The Baker Tool Company of
Los Angeles, Coors Brewing of
Denver, and many others are
using variations of these meth
ods to impress on employees
who pays for waste.
e e •
So far, under the existing
laws, this appears legal, as
eng as the employer pays gov
ernment tax amounts due.
e e e
There may be a move to
nake a ruling that this “cru
sade of truth” is illegal.
e e e
If so. Congressman Edward
r. Gurney of Florida has said
te is ready to introduce a bill
vhich will confirm employer
ight to continue educating em
eloyees on who supports gov
ernmental extravagances.
No Bids Received For Fish Trap
No bids were received in the
office of the Department of j
Public Works Aug. 28 for an
advertised fish trapping facil
ity at Bear Creek near Sew
ard, commissioner Richard A
Downing said.
The facility, to be built for
the Alaska Department of Fish
and Game, may now either be
built by negotiation with con
tractors, or constructed by the
department, Walter Kirkness,
commissioner of fish and game,
announced.
The bid advertisement call
ed for construction of a con
crete weir, screen base, screen
abutment including excavation
Nearly six million tourists
visit Washington annually.
and grading, structural steel
and all imbedded items.
LOCAL DEMOLAYS
TO TAKE OFFICE
Anchorage Chapter, Order of
DeMolay, will hold a public
installation on Sunday, Sept.
8, at 2 p.m. in the York Rite
Masonic Temple on Tudor
Road.
Matanuska Valley members
of DeMolay who will be in
stalled to office are Robert
Johnson, scribe: Albert Sauls
bury, treasurer; Victor Bar
nes, chaplain; and Neil Bacon,
senior steward.
All interested persons ire
invited to attend the insta'la
tion ceremony.
FOR SALE
Brome Hay
Oat Hay
Barley
J.D. 30 Combine_$1,500
2 Grain Augers_each $50.00
J.D. 14T Baler_$1,500
J.D. Grain & Forage Blower _$75
Brady Chopper_$250
Manure Spreader_$200
Cow, fresh in Oct-$225
Holstein Cow-$100
Holstein Heifer_$150
4-H Heifer_$100
Young Holstein Bull_$100
Hogs
Loader and Stacker_$200
Dryer and Fan
Oil fired, PTO_$1,000
Sprayer _$150
Grain Batch Bin
100 bu., recirculating _$1,400
Plow_$475
Steel Stock Tank, 400 gal._$75
Harrow, Spike Tooth_$125
Breaker Disk, 7 Vi ft_$550
Fertilizer Spreader, 8 ft_$300
Wagon_$225
Side Rake_$100
Bale Elevator_$150
J.D. 70 Diesel Tractor_$3,000
Farmall A with tracks_$400
Feed Grinder_$12
Grain Drill_$40
Thermostatically controlled
bottle gas heater_$15
Richard Tunnicliff
M 5-2396, Mile 52, Glenn Highway
Palmer, Alaska
Reporters—
Notebook
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Hardage
left last week for a vacation
in California. They plan to re
turn about Sept. 20.
* * *
Other Palmerites vacation
ing Outside are Mr. and Mrs.
LeRoy Eckman and family.
They left last Friday for Min
nesota and California, and will
be away about a month.
* * *
Sara Moffitt, Miss Matanus
ka Valley of 1960, is visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Moffitt, and other relatives
and friends in Palmer. Miss
Moffitt, now a Seattle hair sty
list, will be here until Sunday.
* • *
Ruby and Bill Miller write
that they are living at 149 East
Morton, Apt. 11, St. Paul,
Minn. Bill is doing display
work with a new Sears store
which opened Aug. 5, and
Ruby is working with Tupper
ware Plastics.
* * *
Drs. Keith and Norma God
frey were awarded a trophy for
the outstanding chiropractic
couple at the Palmer College
of Chiropractic homecoming
in Davenport, Iowa last week.
The trophy was presented by
the Delta Sigma Chi fraternity
for outstanding service to the
chiropractic profession. This
award was in addition to a
trophy awarded Dr. Norma by
the Professional Women in
Chiropractic for outstanding
service in the field of chiro
practic.
Mrs. Winifred Graham re
turned to Seattle Tuesday, af
ter a six-week stay with her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. T. O. Schmidtke and
family.
* * *
Gordon R. Yerbich, machin
ist's mate first class, USN. son
of Mrs. Juanita Melendy of
Palmer, is serving aboard the
attack aircraft carrier USS
Enterprise which recently vis
ited Barcelona, Spain in the
course of her six months’ de
ployment with the Sixth Fleet
in the Mediterranean. Ports of
call during the cruise included
i Naples and Genoa, Italy; Can
nes, France; and Barcelona.
* * *
Carol Hartung, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hartung
of Palmer, returned last Sun
day to Seattle, where she is a
dental assistant in the pedo
tonics department at the Uni
versity of Washington School
of Dentistry. Carol spent the
month of August visiting fam
ily and friends here.
* # *
The race driver in the Mata
nuska Road Races on Aug. 24
and 25 was Doug Bisbee of An
chorage. not Douglas Bixby. a
former Palmer resident. Doug
las Bixby and his family are
now living in Lubbock, Texas,
where he works for an engi
neering firm. The Frontiers
man erred — our apologies to
both Douglases.
SORORITY PLANS
JOINT MEETING
Theta and Xi Eta chapters,
Beta Sigma Phi, will hold a
joint meeting on Monday,
Sept. 16, at the home of Mrs.
Melvin Newby.
Business for the evening will
include further study of the
Book of Beta Sigma Phi, the
forthcoming sorority conven
tion in Anchorage, fall rushing
plans, and a financial report of
the booth at the Alaska State
Fair.
Queets River Valley official
ly became part of Olympic Na
tional Park in 1953.
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