:X-PROFESSOR PILOTS
\LASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
\LEUTIAN THIS SEASON
A professor, author, and USNR
aptain are roles in the life of
>ne of the pilots of the Alaska
Steamship Company liner Aleu
ian this season.
He is Captain Raymond F. Far
vell, USNR Ret., professor of
ransportation at the University
>f Washington, one of the nation's
mtstanding authorities on pilot
•ules, a veteran of 34 years’ ac
ive and reserve service with the
U. S. Navy and 30 years on the
Jniversity faculty.
Captain Farwell is the author
Df several texts on the rules if
the nautical road; a U. S. Navy
text book on Marine Collision
Law published in 1941; Compar
able Rules of the Road and How
to Obey Them, published by the
Coast Guard in 1946 as a hand
book for mariners; a handbook
for Puget Sound and Alaska, con
taining more than 10,000 miles of
detailed track for pilots.
At least part of Captain Far- j
well’s experience was gained with
the Alaska Line. He started his
maritime career as deck boy on
the steamer Victoria in 1910 un
der the widely-known Captain
Johnnie O’Brien, and so, in fact,
joining the Aleutian this sum
mer was just like returning home
for him. His last tour with the
company was as pilot on the Col
umbia during the 1940 season. He
has also served on the Yukon
and Denali.
At the beginning of World War
II, he was assigned as executive
officer of the Naval ROTC at the
University of Washington. He was
later sent to the Walt Disney
Studios to supervise the Navy
training film on collision rules,
and was then transferred to the
U. S. Coast Guard Headquarters
in Washington, D. C., where his
work from 1943 to 1948 was chief
ly concerned with the prevention
of marine collisions.
Captain Farwell served as chair
man of the committee which form
ulated the United States proposals
for changes in the International
Rules; and at the London Confer
ence on Safety of Life at Sea in
1948 represented the United States
as principal spokesman on that
subject.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
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CONSERVATION
NOTES
Lew E. Hanks
Well, I am back in the Valley
again, after a month of beating
the brush, surveying sdils of the
Tanana Valley. It seems sort of
good to be back. The Tanana Val
ley looks fine but it still doesn't
look like home. No feud’n or
fuss’n or fight’n up there. Every
thing peace and quiet. I'd rather
be in Palmer. It is more inter
esting.
The Tanana Valley has a lot of
good land in it. More than we
have here. They have a climate
that will let them raise crops as
good as here. The only thing they
don’t have is a large enough de
veloped area of farmland to se
cure and hold markets. They will
have it though. They are working
hard. Some time in the future the
Tanana Valley is going to give
the Matanuska Valley a rough
time fighting for markets. We
had better build up a strong co
op, folks. We might swear at if.,
but we’re sure going to need it
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when the competition gets rough.
Crops are growing fine in the
Fairbanks area. They are a little
ahead of here if anything. The
weather has been hot with scat
tered showers. In local areas they
have been suffering from lack of
moisture the same as here.
The Fairbanks Chamber of
Commerce estimates there are
over 20.000 people in that area
now. That is a lot of mouths. They
can eat a lot of Alaskan products
when we get them all educated
to it.
At present the Matanuska Val
ley is supplying a good share of
the Alaska produce consumed
there. The Fairbanks farmers are
i going after that market. We had
j better stay on the ball.
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Carlow of
: Anchorage have left the terri
! tory, planing to make their home
| in Medford, Oregon.
Mrs. Carlow is the former
Rosemary Kepler of Palmer, and
| the couple have many friends in
[ the Valley.
“We’re not sure if we’ll be back
i or not’’, she said. Their friends
j are hoping they will.
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Due to unusual weather conditions, the sale of
LAKE GEORGE BREAK-UP BALL TICKETS
will close midnight, July 13
BUY YOUR TICKET NOW!
at
BERT'S DRUG STORE OR SHAMROCK BAR
Sf. Michael’s Holds
Annual Picnic Sunday
At Lake Wasilla
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
will hold its annual church picnic
Sunday, July 15, starting prompt
ly at one o’clock at the Peck farm
on Lake Wasilla.
All parishioners of St. Michael’s
and their friends are invited, Fa
ther James Snead announced this
week. Families are requested to
bring a picnic lunch which w'ill
be combined with the other lunch
es “family style.” There will be
boating and swimming as well
as games for the children.
Unless something unforeseen
happens. Colonel William J. Clas
by, Alaska Air Command Chap
lain, will bring some of the boys
of his famous choir to sing at the
10 o’clock Mass Sunday, July 15.
Chaplain Clasby will also speak
during the Mass.
A New Shipment Has Just Arrived!
HASKO LAP TRAYS—in Flower, Bird and
Figure Designs
LARGE THROW RUGS—Hand Loomed and Vat
Dyed
COME IN AND BROWSE
TREASURE CHEST
Next to Hyland Hotel
Canning Time Is Near!
Don't Get Caught Short
• CAN SEALERS, TIN CANS, No. 2
☆ Picnic Supplies for the family
☆ Coleman Camp Stoves — Picnic Baskets
Thermos Jugs and Bottles
hardware &
UflMiuijIlli M SPORTING G O O D S
OPEN THURSDAY TO 8 P. M.—CLOSED SATURDAY NITES
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Welcome Newcomers
To The Community
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WELCOME AGAIN
To the Matonuska Valley Bank, home
of the friendliest folks in town. We'd
like to shake your hand and get ac
quainted. And if there is any way we
can help you get settled, stop in. The
sooner the better.
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK
Palmer, Alaska
Open Friday Evenings—5 to 7 P. M.
2 PER CENT ON SAVINGS
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