Duck Gizzards
Yield Unexpected
formation
hutevr, ere not such
f tra-fine shots after all, Urban
C. Nelson, biologist of the Fish
and Wildl'fe Service, thinks. Mr.
Nelson last year studied the giz
zards of 47 mallards, expecting to
learn something of the birds’
habits that way. When he found
lead pellets in 12 of the 47 giz
fards, he began to feel that he
also was learning something of
hunters’ habits, as well.
Mr. Nelson says the lead got in
the gizzards by being Swallowed,
and that it was swallowed be
cause is didn't hit the bird it was ,
aimed at. When the lead fell to
the ground, it was promptly gob
bled up by a greedy cluck, who
thought it a new breakfast dish.
Incidentally, enough of the shot
taken internally can be just as
deadly to a duck as if the hunter's
aim had been truer.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
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ARR ASKS BIDS
ON STEAM PLANT
The Alaska Railroad last week
called for bids for the construc
tion of a 1,700 kilowatt Diesel
power plant. This is the plant
which will furnish the power for
Anchorage’s Chugach Electric As
sociation. which in turn will sup
ply power to the Valley’s own
Matanuska Electric Association.
Flans for the plant call for it
to be in operation by mid-Novem
ber of this year.
The steam plant, which will
rurnish steam to heat the Alaska
Tabvo Service hospital and the
laiiroad buildings, will operate
coal from the Matanuska
f ’.c". The plant is expected to
' 5,000 tons of coal annually.
: i = on the plant’s construction
>r‘'l Ve opened on May 31 at 2
PERSONAL
DEAR JOHN — Have you tried
those delicious pies, baked by
Fritz, at the Matanuska Hotel
Coffee Shop? Yours, Alice, (lx)
ti n ti it lrTT-yr- i
iy Barker
Palmer/Alaska
Shorty
The Little Shaver
At Last, They're Here
THOSE SMALL SINKS
You've Been Asking About
Either Cast Iron or Pressed Steel
MAG’S PLUMBING AID HEATING SHOP
Located in Basement of Ward Bldg.
ALASKA SEED
(Located in the Valley Grocery Annex)
Has a Large Stock of Seed and Fertilizer
Now, but it Won't Last Much Longer.
DON'T WAIT
Store Open from 8 A. M. to 2 P. M. Daily
From Seward
S.S. Bara not, May 19
Juneau Ketchikan
Wrangell Seattle
S.S. Denali, May 23
Seldovia Sitka
Homer Ketchikan
Kodiak Seattle
S.S. Aleutian, May 26
Juneau Ketchikan
Wrangell Seattle
S.S. Alaska, May 30
Valdez Petersburg
Cordova Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
FREQUENT FREIGHTER SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE
S.S. CHEN A, May 18
T. J. MALONEY, Ageni, Anchorage — Phone 32271
Alesha's Census Guesses
Being Revised Upward,
With Count Half Finished
i With less than half of the 230
; enumeration districts in Alaska
1 having yet filed a complete re
i turn. Clarence Keating, territorial
supervisor of the census already
is predicting that Alaska’s total
population will exceed 135,000
persons. This figure does not in
clude the military personnel on
luty in the territory.
The Third Division is head and
j shoulders above other parts of the
territory as a favorable residen
tial area. Total count in this Di
1 vision, also not yet complete, is
i 43,533 persons.
University Officers Come
From Far Afield
’‘dew student officers at the
University of Alaska, installed
last month, come almost from the
four corners of the United States.
Student body president is Louis
! Reebs of Kodiak. Vice-president
| is Stuard Yaffe of Springfield,
111. Letty Mizar of Wilmington,
j North Carolina, is secretary and
; Herbert Lang of Jersey City, N.J.,
J is treasurer.
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Military Brass Also Wants
Haires Open All Year
Military interests are working
to keep the Haines Cut-Off high
way open the year around in the
future, Col. John Noyes, Alaska
Road Commission head, an
nounced recently. Colonel Noyes
said U. S. and Canadian authori
ties were conferring on possible
plans to make the road a year
round highway.
EVENING CRAFT CLUB
MEETS WITH MRS. FOGG
The Evening Craft Club held
! its social meeting at the home of
Mrs. Emma Fogg last week.
Members present were:
Mrs. Wanda Wilson, Mrs. Alava
Roetman, Mrs. Karla Duff, Mrs.
Blanche Ryan, Mrs. Dorothy An
derson. Mrs. Nina Stock. Mrs.
Harriet Bell. Mrs. Ann Niemann,
and the hostess, Mrs. Emma Fogg.
The- club’s next meeting was
held at the Ann Niemann home
on May 9, at eight o’clock in the
evening.
Ann Niemann, Reporter.
FOUND
BIFOCAL GLASSES on Fishhood
Road last week. Claim at Val
ley Frontiersman office, (ufn)
NOTICE
FOR POWER OFF after office
hours, Sundays and holidays,
call either Vernon Fridley or
Ralph Moore. Remember, of
fice closes at noon on Sattir
days. Matanuska Electric As
sociation, Inc.
IN VALDEZ, visit BELLE
STREETER'S DRESS SHOP
for women's and children's
v/ear at Outside prices.
SPECIAL SERVICES
CESSPOOLS pumped out. Valley
Real Estate, (ufn)
BUTTO N H O L E S, Alterations.
Mrs. Hanks (near North Palmer
Store).
But why not give her a
break and take her out
to dinner occasionally?
You'll both enjoy our
tasty, well - seasoned
meals.
Home-Made Pies
and Cakes
Short Orders
Steaks Chops
V00 CAFE
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RUGS AND LINOLEUMS
Prints or Plains
Imports or Domestics
Ask for Our Estimates on Asphalt Tile
J C FLOOR COVERING
411 Fifth Ave Anchorage Phone 32251
KEN'S ELECTRIC SUPPLY
Located at corner of Valley Street and Glenn Highway
GENERAL
ELECTRIC
APPLIANCES
I CLASSIFIED
> > > > >■>.
FOR SALE 1
40 ACRES and house on Kenai
Peninsula, overlooking Kache
mak Bay: 15 acres under culti
vation: elect. Big game hunt
ing, good fishing. Write V. A.
Edington, Box 134, Homer,
Alaska. (4x)
LATE ’49 2 - ton Studebaker
truck: Sell or trade for pickup
in good condition. Frank Simp- t
son, Valdez Barber Shop. Val
dez. (2x)
TIRES anu lubes; 6.00x16 and
7.00x16: used; priced to sell.
Co-Op Garage, (ufn)
ARCTIC Seedling seed potatoes;
non-certified. Lucius Ross, three
mi. so. of Palmer. (2x)
j’41 CMC l]2-ton truck: priced to
sell. Inq. Co-Op Garage, (ufn)
'40 PLYMOUTH coupe: good
tires; fair mechanical condition:
priced to sell. Co-Op Garage,
(ufn)
SEED potatoes, certif. Arctic
Seedling: also table potatoes.
Kenneth Wallace, Box 754, Pal
mer (Mile 58). (3x)
7-RM. modern house; lake f>. tri
age on Wasilla Lake. Inq. Mar
tin Olson, Wasilla. (4x)
ALLIS-CHALMERS tractor, exc.
cond.: complete w/hydraulic lift
belt pulley, power take-off; has
2-bottom plow, also cultivator
and hiller attach. Inq. Co-Op
Garage, (ufn)
’40 PACKARD convertible coupe:
new paint job, new top, new
front shocks and knee - action
narts. Inq. Co-Op Garage, (ufn)
’49 MERCURY convertible; radio,
heater; undercoating and por*
celainized; number of other ex
tras; low mileage; price $2,650.
See at Co-Op Garage, (ufn)
CABIN at Mile 45 on Anchorage
Highway; reduced price for
quick sale, (lx)
MODEL A tractor comp, w/belt
pulley power take-off. pneu
matic tires. Inq. Co-Op Ga
rage. (ufn)
’37 CHEVROLET; runs good.
$220. Inq. Hartley Bros. Motor
Co. (ufn)
’47 CHEVROLET 2-dr. sedan;
heater. Inq. Hartley Bros. Mo*
tor Co. (ufn)
WANTED TO BUY
DISCARDED chairs. Write P. O.
Box 677, Palmer, (lx)
WORK WANTED
HOUSEWORK, cooking and bak
ing, on Wed., Sat.; only two
days available; $1.50 hr.; rec.
by Valley Cleaners. Phone
61LY11. (lx)
FOR RENT
20 ACRES land, reas. rate. Rich
ard Washburn on Farm Road
or inq. of me at Alaska Experi
ment Station. (2x)
SLEEPING ROOM, by week or
month. No drinkers or smokers
accepted. Francis Henry resi
dence, near Alaska Road Com
mission camp, North Palmer.
(4x) _
NOW AVAILABLE. Latest model
High Speed Floor Sander. Ev
erything to complete a first
class job. Co-Op Warehouse.
(ufn)