Ag Field Committee
Proposes Soil Mapping
Of Development Areas
Summarization of accomplish
ments in the field of agriculture
and consideration of areas of de
velopment requiring continued at
tention were the basis of discus
sions held Monday at the Alaska
Experiment Station by the Alaska
advisory Committee for the U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
It was the first meeting in sev
eral months for the group which
is better known as the Alaska
Agricultural Field Committee.
Frank Heintzleman, Regional
Forester for the U. S. Forest Ser
vice, is chairman of the group and
Charles W. Wilson, Territorial
Conservationist, its secretary
treasurer. Other members are Don
Irwin, director of thq Alaska Ex
periment Station; I. M. C. Ander
son of the Farm and Home Ad
ministration; Stuart Hamilton,
REA’s Alaska field representa
tive; and Allan Mick, director of
the Extension Service. These men
reviewed the status of work in
each of the eight agencies of the
Department.
Suggested priorities for a de
tailed soil mapping program were
among the many topics discussed.
High on this list of priorities are:
(1) the east and north portions of
the Susitna drainage basin, in
cluding the area west of Anchora
age: (2) accessible portions of the
Copper River drainage area below
an altitude of 1,000 feet; (3) the
Goodpastor drainage basin north
of Big Delta; and (4) the Taiya
River valley area in the vicinity
of Haines.
The first soil mapping priority
would provide for an intensive
survey of the area recently pub
licized in the U.S. Army Alaska’s
request for withdrawal of 86,
00 acres. It is also the area that
would be opened up for develop
ment through the proposed Susit
na hydro-electric project. Priority
4 ties in with announced plans
of the Aluminum Company of
America to establish an alum
inum smelting plant, hydro-elec
tric power, and a townsite that
will house 20,000 people. Poten
tial agricultural lands west of the
Chilkat River and near Haines
would be the breadbasket for the
Southeastern Alaska development
area.
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Territorial Bd. of Education Regulations
For Conduct of Pupils on School Busses
Regulaion for the Conduct ol
Pupils
The matter of conduct in
transit might well be the sub
ject of an assembly program at
the beginning of the term and
at other times deemed neces
sary during the year. The pup
ils should be kept advised of
the Regulations of the Board
Both pupils and drivers might
be invited to make suggestons.
The whole policy should be
made to rest upon willing co
operation. Student govern
ment is reported as operating
successfully in some places,
but the Board would prefer to
rest discipline upon the above
mentioned basis with the driv
er in charge.
1. The driver is in full
charge of the bus and the pup
ils. Pupils must obey the driver
cheerfully and promptly.
2. Pupils must obey and re
spect the orders of monitors
or patrols on duty.
3. Pupils must ocupy the
space designated for them by
the driver. Pupils in less desir
able spaces may move into the
more desirable spaces when
the pupils occupying the latter
are not in the bus.
4. Pupils must be on time;
the bus cannot wait for those
who are not at the bus stop
at the time indicated on the
schedule. This rule must be
enforced in a reasonable man
ner. The health of the child
must be cared for. Bus drivers
should not leave young chil
dren who are in sight of the
bus.
5. Pupils should never stand
in the road while waiting foi
the bus.
6. Pupils must clean their
feet of mud or snow before
entering the bus.
7. Pupils should help driver
keep bus clean.
8. Spitting on the floor ol
bus is prohibited, and anyone
so doing must be reported t<
superintendent.
9. Pupils must not throw
waste paper or other rubbisl
on the floor of the bus.
10. Pupils must not mar or
otherwise deface the bus.
11. Unnecessary con versa'
tion with the driver is pro
hibited when the bus is in mo
tion.
12. In entering or leavinj
the bus, pupils must avoir
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crowding or in any way dis
turbing others.
13. Pupils must conduct
themselves in the bus as in the
classroom, except that conver
sation in a normal tone of voice
may be carried on.
14. The use of tobacco in
any form shall not be per
mitted on the bus.
15. Insofar as it is possible,
boys and girls should sit on
opposite sides of the bus.
16. The use of profane or
indecent language is not per
mitted.
17. Windows are not to be
opened without permission of
the driver.
18. Pupils must not at any
time extend arms or head out
of the bus windows.
19. Pupils must not try to
to get on or off the bus or
move about within the bus
while it is in motion.
20. Pupils shall not at any
time ride on the outside of the
bus.
21. When leaving bus, pupils
must observe directions of the
driver.
22. Pupils who must cross
the road after alighting from
the bus should pass in front of
the bus and NOT BEHIND IT.
The driver should see that the
way is clear before the child
is permitted to cross the road.
230 Pupils should look both
ways before crossing to the
opposite side of the road.
24. Throwing or snatching
of hats, caps, books, dinner
pails, etc., will not be per
mitted on this bus.
25. No pupil must leave the
bus without the driver’s con
sent, except at home or at
school.
26. Pupils should be respect
ful to persons whom they pass
on the routes.
27. Pupils must not be in or
around the bus while on the
school grounds.
28. Pupils shall not leave the
bus enroute to school or home
without written permission of
parent or superintendent.
29. Any damage to the bus
from any cause shall be re
ported at once to the driver.
30- Pupils not transported
should walk on the side of the
road to their left so that they
will face the traffic on that
; side of the road. Teachers
[ should so instruct their pupils.
“Mike” Kincaid, young son o
the O. K. Kincaids, is recoverini
niceLy from a tonsil-adenoi<
operation performed at Valle:
Hospital August 20.
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NOTES
Lew Hanks
There’s some snow on the hill
this week. I could stand abou
three months more summer my
self. Every time I see that snow
remember how that old Matanus
ka breeze howls down the Valle;
each winter. Last winter we wer
lucky. The winter wind was mor
cold than I have seen it but i
didn’t blow so hard or long. Abou
the time the snow was strippe
from the fields, the wind die
down. Thus we had very littl
wind erosion.
This year might be differen
If we are going to continue to ro\
crop part of our land, we’ve gc
to figure on winter protectioi
We have lost too much soil in th
Valley already. The first thing t
do for winter protection is NO'
to fall plow. Stubble land doesn
blow. Grass land with a fair ol
crop residue blows very littli
Our potato and vegetable lan
needs lots of protection. Win
stripping helps. Proper locatio
of row crop fields on the lee sid
of windbreaks also assists. Som
j farmers have had fair luck b
I ridging or packing snow. The So
I Conservation Service and the Pa
I mer Soil Conservation Sub-di;
| trict are going to do some protec
| tive work this year with sno'
fencing. Even logs or brush stake
j down across a field afford exce
lent protection. Why don’t yo
} consider cutting a truck load <
brush or small trees eight to te
feet high? String them out aero:
I the field about fifty feet betwee
rows and stake them down. I b<
they would hold a lot of snow
and soil—on your fields. Try it.
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C OF C GUESTS
Arch Booth, executive vie
president of the United State
Chamber of Commerce, Joh
Croul. manager of the Ancho:
age Chamber of Commerce, Mr
Crowl, and a Mr. and Mrs. Rei:
of Calfornia had lunch with
few members of the Palme
Chamber Wednesday. They fo
lowed it with a tour of the Valle;
Bill Remple acting as guide.
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Construction on the new base
ment of St. Michael’s Catholic
Church was begun early Monday
morning, with the M and L Sisley
Company of Palmer under con
tract to do the work.
A campaign to raise funds for
the long-needed project has been
under way for the past few
months. Although the $15,000 goal
for the full expansion program
has not yet been reached, the
committee is confident of success.
The basement itself will be a $7,
000 project. With its completion
it will be possible to install a
modern heating system and pro
vide additional space for Sunday
School classes and church activ
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In fact, many new styles are
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See you soon.
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CHARIER NIGHT DINNER
More than 45 members and
guests of Palmer Post American
Legion and Auxiliary enjoyed a
ham dinner and entertainment
August 21 at the annual charter
night observation.
During the evening, a new
gavel bell was presented to the
Auxiliary as a gift from three
past presidents of the local unit:
Mrs. Lu Rasmusson, Mrs. Izola
Sims and Mrs. Anne Demming.
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advises that all men over 40 have
a thorough physical examination
once a year.
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