KIWANIANS TO HONOR
EXPLORER SCOUTS
AT CHARTER DINNER
Palmer Kiwamans will meet at
6.30 p. m. in the Co-Op Club
Room. Monday night for a char
ter dinner honoring the Explor
er Scouts sponsored by them.
Eugene Butler. Scout execu
tive of the Chugach District, will
be on hand to present the char
ter to the recently organized
group. Holgar Larsen of the Fish
and Wildlife Service will be guest
speaker. %
Nine of Palmer’s Explorer ;
Scouts participated in the an- j
nual Territorial encampment at
Kodiak last month. They were
accompanied by Emil Ganschow,
a member of the Kiv.anis spon
soring committee. Other memb
ers of the committee are Bob
Burkholder, who serves as advi
sor to the group; H. J. Hodgson,
and James Hurley.
Sales Tax—
(Continued from Page 1)
severe blow to the gasoline deal
ers in Palmer who would lose
business to competitors outside
the city limits.
“Lucky” Boward, representing
Union Oil and Kirk’s Sales and
Service wanted tax exemption
on all bulk sales of gasoline or
fuel oil to consumers living out
side the city limits regardless of
where the sale was made.
A1 King asked that taxi fares
be exempted from the sales tax.
He mentioned the “fly by night”
competition which might evade
tax and make it difficult for es
tablished owners to charge the
tax. Council members informed
him that a new city ordinance
would deal effectively with such
taxi “fly by nights.”,
After the hearing the argu
ments, the City Council agreed to
consider the requests before the
third reading of the ordinance,
Thursday, August 2. About 15 in
terested citizens attended the
second reading of the Palmer
sales tax ordinance.
The sales tax ordinance as read
in the second reading, before
changes were made, appears on
page six of this paper.
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our vacationing linotype operator
Elmer LeDuc, written from Hell’s
Canyon Ranch, McLeod, Monta
na. He reported only one flat tire
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Above bones are being carefully placed in sterile containers for storage in the new “bone bank”,
first in Alaska, established at Mt, Edgecumbe Medical Center Orthopedic Unit.
See story on page 2
Mt. McKinley's 20,270-Foot Peak
Scaled Again by Bradford Washburn
All members of the Mt. McKin-1
ley scientific expedition reached
its 20,270-foot summit, it was
learned last week from Dr. Brad
ford Washburn, director of the
Boston Museum of Science and
leader of the expedition.
Dr. Washburn, James E. Gale
of Anchorage, and Capt. William
D. Hackett of Denver, who is sta
tioned with the U. S. Army at
Fort Richardson, Alaska, first
ident of the University of Alaska,
has been flying the men off the
glacier, but his ski-equipped air
craft must ferry one at a time,
and bad weather intervened. The
three men still at the camp are
reported to have plenty of sup
plies, and they will be flown off
as soon as weather permits.
Dr. Ambler arrived in Anchor
age July 16, but has left for the
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Fair Book—
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school child in the Territory is
eligible to compete.
With the addition of many pro
fessional and commercial exhi
bits. the 11th annual fair will so
spotlight the Valley that its every
facet of creative effort will shine
with the pride of eccomplihment.
states. Bishop is, according to Dr.
Washburn, hitch-hiking from
Wonder Lake to Mt. McKinley
National Park, from which he
will proceed to Anchorage.
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Lumpictcu vuc luiuu up me pie
viously unexplored west buttress
and planted the flag of the United
States on North America’s high
est peak on July 10.
Drs. Henry Buchtel and John
Ambler. Denver physicians, and
Barry C. Bishop of Cincinnati,
19-year-old University of Cincin
nati student, reached the top on
July 13, followed on July 14 by
T. M. Griffiths, glacial geologist
of the University of Denver, and
Jerry More of Denver, 23-year
old Dartmouth College student.
Dr. Buchtel, Griffiths and More
were at the base camp at the 1
10,000-foot level on the Kahiltna
Glacier. Dr. Terris Moore, pres
in his trip over the highway.
He and Mrs. LeDuc are making
their first trip Outside in 15
years. Many changes have taken
place in Montana, he says.
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Lake George Break-up
Filmed by Machetanz'
Flying in with Green. Fred
and Sara Machetanz and their dog
Seegoo. pitched camp at the end
of Lake George. Monday, there
but a matter of hours before the
famous lake made it’s break.
Intending to film the break-up.
the Machetanz' went equipped
with a total of seven cameras.
They planned to film color lecture
movies and stills.
This is their first trip into the
glacier area. No word has come
in from them but their camp may
be easily distinguished from the
air. They plan to be there several
days. Keeping warm during the
nights in sleeping bags, and liv
ing in a tent.
“Seegoo” is believed to be one
of the first dogs to go into the
area. “We’re not taking him just
to warn off any wrandering ani
mals but also to help us pack
sur gear.
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