Proposed New Potato
Regulations Prove
Unpopular at Hearing
New potato rules and regula
tions proposed by George Crow
ther, marketing specialist and in
spector for the Alaska Depart
ment of Agriculture, proved un
popular with Valley growers who
attended the Monday night hear
ing at which they were discussed.
Nearly 40 potato growers and
other interested persons attended
the hearing held at Rec Hall. The
proposed new rules and regula
tions were read and discussed
point by point—all 24 of them.
Most of the growers present
though the new regulations went
beyond present needs for potato
marketing in the Territory. They
opined that the present regula
tions—four of them—set up July
1. 1946, by the first Commissioner
of Agriculture, George Grasser,
would be adequate if amended
slightly and enforced.
Spirited discussion from the
floor followed the reading of sev
eral of the new proposals. Strenu
ous objections were voiced on
such points as stopping of trans
port for inspection, seizure of
spuds for evidence, and the right
to enter and inspect places where
potatoes are stored.
“The new rules and regulations
in the hands of an officious and
arbitrary inspector could put
growers out of business,” one ob
jector warned.
Failure of the proposed rules
to apply to imported potatoes was
a particularly sore point. “Why
were ‘Outside’ potatoes exempted
from the regulations?” someone
asked.
Crowther stated that new regu
lations are necessary in order to
set up procedures for grading and
marketing of potatoes. He sug
gested the appointment of a com
mittee to crystallize the opinions
expressed by the growers in re
gard to the proposed new rules
and regulations. The report of this
committee would then be for
warded to the Commissioner of
Agriculture.
Named to the five-man commit
tee were Glenn Woods, James E.
Wilson, Harold Stephan, Loren
Weiderkehr, and Howard Estelle.
Justine Parks—
Continued from page 1
Coulee dam” Morgan insisted.
Clyde Seybold, president of the
National RECA, told the assem
bled cooperatives officials that
it was their job to publicize the
facts about electric co-ops, about
the democratic procedure through
which 85 percent of the nations
farms have been electrified dur
ing the past 15 years through co
ops that run their own affairs and
pay back the money borrowed
from the government with inter
According to MEA Manager C.
A. Brewer, who attended the an
nual meeting, MEA will do its
part to spread the word about co
op operation and lend its support
to get needed power for Alaska.
The Valley organization will also
help sponsor Territorial legisla
tion needed for regulation of elec
tric wiring and inspection and the
creation of a Territorial power
commission.
DUNLAPS ACQUIRE
LYDIA MAY KELLOGG
HOMESTEAD, WASILLA RD.
The Jack Dunlaps have pur
chased the original 8-acre Lydia
May Kellogg homestead on Was
illa Road.
Miss Kellogg never proved up
on the homestead which she set
tled over 30 years ago. The patent
to the land was finally granted
to R. Hyer during President Cooli
dge’s administration.
The homestead made famous by
Mis Kellogg’s biography printed
in the Magazine Alaska last year
adjoins the Dunlap property on
the east.
FWS MAN TO ADDRESS
SCIENTISTS FRIDAY
Robert F. Scott of the-Fish and
Wildlife Service will talk on wild
life investigations at the regular
meeting of the Cook Inlet branch
of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science to
morrow night.
The August 1 meeting will be
held in Anchorage at the Arctic
Health Research Center.
Reporters—
Notebook
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hill and
children left Monday for a State
side vacation. They will visit Mr.
Hill’s mother in Terra Alta, West
Virginia, and will go on to the
state of Washington to vi^it for
mer Palmer residents Mr. and
1',,vs. Dick Engle in Oakesdale and
William Surien in Seattle.
The Virgil Eckerts returned
last week from their two
months' vacation in the States.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bolton of
Page, Idaho are visiting their
daughter, Avis, Mrs. Del De
Priest at their Matanuska Experi
ment Station home.
« Also visiting at the Matan
uska Station is Lyman Bachel
der of Ithaca. New York. Dr.
and Curtis Dearborn are both
numbered among the many
"sons and daughters" who made
their home with Mr. Bachelder
and his wife while they were
attending Cornell University.
The Earl Combs family had a
housewarming Friday night to
celebrate the remodeling of
their home out Wasilla way.
They moved back to their home
three weeks ago. Visiting them
for what the Combses hope
will be a long stay this time is
Mrs. Combs' father, Charles F.
Jennings of Los Angeles.
Leach Bettine and his brother
Dale of Madrona Beach, Wash
ington. arrived in Palmer unex
pectedly Sunday evening to sur
prise his daughter, U. S. Commis
sioner Dorothy Saxton and his
son, Bob Bettine. The vacationing
Bettines drove up over the new
Hart Highway and reported road
conditions to be pretty good.
Orlo W. Kranter. assistant
state conservationist from
Washington is enjoying a busi
nessman's holiday in Alaska.
Saturday he and Mrs. Kranter
surprised Alaska Conservation
ist Charles Wilson almost before
he was up and coaxed him into
a tour of the Valley to see the
farms.
Charlie Nelson is back in the
larness at the depot. He and
Vlrs. Nelson returned last week
’rom their extended vacation in
:he States.
Also back from their vacation
in the States is the James Hur
lay family. Mrs. Hurley and
the two younger children went
Outside to visit her mother in
California shortly after school
closed. Then the family was re
united in Seattle when Jim and
daughters Judy and Joan ar
rived for the Kiwanis conven
tion late in June.
Saturday was moving day for
le A1 De Julio family. They
loved into their newly purchas
i and renovated home on Sher
)d Avenue.
Visiting Louise Kellogg at
Spring Creek Farm is her
mother, Mrs. L. D. Kellogg of
Pasadena, California. She ar
rived last Friday on the Aleu
tian for her third trip to the
Valley.
Off to Duluth, Minnesota, to
isit her family is Gertrude An
resen, Geological Survey chem
it. She wiU be back in four
reeks when she’s used up all her
ccumulated leave.
Dr. and Mrs. William B. .Wil
der, their two children and
John Brinsmade and John Os
guthorpe, all of the Fairbanks
Experiment Station, are in Pal
mer this week. The three men
are agronomists and are con
ferring with their associates at
the local Experiment Station
headquarters.
The Hank Liebings have as
beir guest Mrs. Liebing’s mother,
Irs. E. Rice of Spokane, Wash
igton. The Liebings hope that
he will stay at least two months.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Kreutz
of Giltner, Nebraska, parents
of Mrs. George Crowther, the
former Betty Kreutz, arrived in
Palmer early this week after a
trip over the Alaska Highway.
On her first visit to the Terri
ory is Mrs. E. V. LeMote who ar
ived in Palmer Tuesday follow
ng an air trip from Athol, Mass
chusetts. Mrs. Le Mote is mother
,f Virginia Gallant and plans to
pend several weeks in the Val
ey, visiting with the Gallant
aBruce Russell, 23 of Melbourne,
Australia was a visitor in Panner
his week, enroute to Fairbanks,
le is affiliated with the Mel
lourne Herald and is sending ma
erial on his trip to his paper
rom the Territory. His plans in
:lude a tour of the states and
iouth America when he com
petes his Alaskan tour. _
Mockery is the weapon of those
bo have no other.—Hubert Pier
lot.
WANTED: Young men for civic
leadership. Box 1827. Pd. Adv.
MVTC Property—
Continued from page 1
i age office, Mr. Collar posted the
i seizure orders and turned over
; the custodianship of the telephone
company to the city. The Collec
tor,' Clark Squire, looked over
, the telephone property and rec
I ords during his routine tour of
the Territory a month ago.
Chief Deputy Collar described
! the property seizure ‘action as the
most drastic action employed by
! his office to recover the amount
of taxes due the U. S. Govern
ment. He said he recalled only
about eight or 10 similar actions
taken in the Territory within the
10 years he has been stationed in
Alaska.
“No further action against the
stockholders of the Matanuska
Valley Telephone Company, Inc.
is contemplated at this time,’’
added Mr. Collar.
Presumably, any amount re
ceived through public auction in
excess of the total owed for feder
al taxes would be available for
other creditors of the company,
notably the Territory of Alaska
for Territorial taxes due and the
Alaska Communications System.
Following the posting of the
seizure order. City Councilman
A1 Hagen was asked why the city
failed to take up its option to
purchase the telephone company.
The original option expired May
31, but an extension was granted
for 60 days. The gist of Hagen’s
explanation follows:
The city’s option was entered
into primarily to negotiate down
ward the indebtedness of the tele
phone company to a reasonable
price the city felt it could pay for
the existing installations. At
tempts to negotiate with the De
partment of Internal Revenue
were made in May by City At
torney Harold Butcher, while in
Seattle, and at a special Council
meeting with Collector of Inter
nal Revenue Clark Squire on
June 27. From Mr. Squire the city
learned that the Internal Revenue
Department could not negotiate
because it did not own the MVTC
property. “Our only recourse is to
seize it first and dispose of it ac
cording to the most favorable sale
available,” Hagen quoted Squire
as saying.
Under these circumstances, Ha
gen concluded, the city could only
sit back and wait for the law to
take its course.
Presumably, two courses of ac
tion are open to the city if the
Council still feels it expedient to
have a municipally owned tele
phone company: (1) Submit a bid
for upwards of $13,000 at the
auction (2) If the city does not
consider the listed property worth
the amount of the federal tax
liability, it can sit back and wait
to negotiate with the government
after it becomes legal owner of
the property. The latter gourse is
contingent on failure of the feder
al government to receive an ac
ceptable bid during the fifty-day
period provided by .law.
TYPHOID IMMUNIZATIONS
OFFERED AT HEALTH CENTER
Diagnosis of a typhoid case in
Anchorage this past week preci
pitated a warning from the Alas
ka Department of Health that
typhoid immunizations should be
kept up to date.
In Palmer Public Health Nurse
Marjorie Myren stated that the
Health Center will be open morn
ings Monday through Friday to
anyone in the Valley area who
wishes to have the typhoid series
or a booster shot. Arrangements
for appointments at other times
may be made by telephone.
WANTED: Young men for civic
leadership. Box 1827, Pd. Adv.
TRIANGLE
For Better Results
BROOKS FEED & SUPPLY
PALMER, ALASKA
Local Residents
To Attend Land
Withdrawal Hearing
| Several local residents plan to
attend tomorrow’s long-awaited
I hearing on the military request
j for the withdrawal of 86,000 acres
! in the Little Susitna flats area
•directly west of Anchorage across
Knik Arm.
The hearing will begin at 10
a.m. in the Anchorage YMCA.
Lowell Puckett, regional admin
istrator of the Bureau of Land
Management will preside. Al
though the Bureau is in charge
of the hearing, final decision on
the much-fought withdrawal will
rest with Interior Department of
ficials in Washington. D. C.
So far, according to Puckett,
only seven civilian organizations
have indicated a desire to be
heard, but other organizations re
presented at the hearing and in
dividuals will be given an oppor
tunity to voice their opinions.
The military is expected to pre
sent a strong case for its request.
Officers of Alaska Command in
sist that the area is needed for
practice firing of heavy anti-air
craft guns. They claim that this
high-altitude firing from Elmen
dorf AFB emplacements will not
damage the property. They fur
ther insist that the area will be
closed to civilians only on week
days or two six-week periods
I during the year. They ask for
! the withdrawal on a five-year
Opponents claim that the area
is the only one open to expansion
of the fast-increasing Anchorage
area. They claim that the area is
! rich in agricultural, industrial,
and timber potentials. The Mat
anuska Electric Association, rep
resented by President Justine
Parks and Manager C. A. Brewer,
| will oppose the withdrawal on
' the grounds that the area repre
! sents the natural expansion of
j the Matanuska Valley farming
j area. The Matanuska Valley
; Sportsmen represented by Clair
Stock, Bruce Graham, and or
Glenn Wood will also oppose the
| withdrawal. Dr. Allan Mick and
! Hugh Johnson of the Alaska Ex
| periment Station also plan to at
j tend the hearing.
/IRS. KEZAK GOES OUTSIDE
•OR MEDICAL TREATMENT
"Mrs. George Kezak left today,
freshly equipped wth a new set
of matched luggage, for Denver,
Colorado.
In Denver she will stay with
members of her family while
undergoing an extensive series
of medical treatments.
Friends of the Kezaks gathered
in large numbers at Alpine Inn
Tuesday evening for a farewell
party. The matched luggage was
their bon voyage gift.
TREASURE CHEST
Gifts of
Distinction
Works of Art—Ceramics
Crystal—Lamps—Fine China
Costume Jewelry—Linens—
Baby Gifts and Gift Ware.
Fine Baravian China Dinner
ware in Open Stock. Many
beautiful patterns. Lay-away
plans arranged to your con
venience.
An interesting shop in which
to browse.
Next to Hyland Hotel
VA Field Man’s Visit '
Anticipates Resuming
Of On-Farm Training
F. T. Price of the Juneau Vet
erans’ Administration office spent
Monday and Tuesday in the Mat
anuska Valley in an effort to as
sist the University of Alaska in
devising a workable on-farm
training program for veterans who
are still interested in making use
of their GI benefits.
He returns to Juneau this week
after completing a two-week tour
of Alaska’s main agricultural
areas. His tour also included the
Kenai Peninsula and the Tanana
Valley.
Mr. Price is a new addition to
the Juneau Veterans’ Administra
tion office, having come there in
June from Wisconsin, where he
had worked on a similar program
for the past six years. Before that
he was a vocational agriculture
| teacher in the Wisconsin school
I system for many years.
6 Valley Girls—
Continued from page 1
! office of Dr. Foster Sims in Pal
j mer. She has hazel eyes and light
brown hair and is five feet, six
j inches tall.
Popular Wanda Lindey, who
makes her home with Bob and
Ruth Peterson has light brown
hair and blue eyes. She is five
feet four inches tall and is 20
years old. Graduating from Pal
mer High this past May, Wanda
who works at Bert’s Drug Store,
plans to enter a nursing school
this fall. Collecting records is her
favorite hobby.
Information on the sixth con
testant, Ginger Parks, has not
been received.
VANTED: Young men for civic
leadership. Box 1827, Pd. Adv.
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Announces the establishment of an
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