PROFITEERING—
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sonnel, he added.
Asked if his personnel had been J
misled by representations about j
conditions in Palmer, he replied. !
“We were misled by someone— i
we were promised plenty of j
houses.”
Questioned as to whether he j
thought Palmer merchants were j
■victimizing Reclamation employes j
with skyrocketing prices, he re
plied that the “men may think
there is profiteering, because
they’re not used to the normal
prices here. Most of them come
from Colorado and Montana. |
where things don’t cost so much.” i
Two of the families which ar- i
rived in Palmer last week were I
interviewed by the investigating j
committee. The families, one with j
children and one a couple, have
been invited to share quarters j
with a local Valley resident.
The women bore out Mr. Felk- |
Tier’s assertion that housing had j
been misrepresented by some- j
one. “They told us there were i
plenty of furnished houses avail- i
able, and that we wouldn’t have I
to worry about that at all,” one !
mother said.
The families were not dis- j
tressed unduly by Palmer prices, j
“Meat’s about the same and I
bread, milk, eggs, and coffee are
mot a great deal higher,” one i
housewife reported. “Of course, i
we do notice that cereals are a !
lot higher, as well as canned milk, |
-butter and canned meats.”
Continuing on their search for j
housing and for profiteering land
lords, the investigating commit
tee found that there is still some
housing space available. Direc
tors of the Matanuska Valley Fair
Association have made all Fair
buildings available for housing
units. Rents are very nominal.
An entire Pacific hut may be
rented for $50 a month. The
floored and ceiled Quonset hut
will rent for $30 a month and all
other Quonsets may be obtained
* for only $20 a month. The Fair’s
Administration Building, which
can be divided into four sizable
apartments, will rent for $125.
Partitions are available for di
viding the quarters.
As the last phase of their in
vestigation, the committee looked
into the matter of increased rents.
They found no landlord who had
^boosted rentals when he found
an influx of Reclamation workers
was expected. One local realtor
and three apartment owners were
questioned.
Rents at the Valley View Apart
ments, owned by Ralph Dye, re
main at $70 a month for a bach
elor apartment and $85 a month
lor family quarters. There are
five units there, all of them oc
cupied.
Rents at the Ward apartments,
above the Frontier Bar, have in
creased $5 a month recently,
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Shaver, whose wedding was solemn
ised at the United Protestant Church in Palmer last Saturday
evening.,.. Mr. and Mrs. Shaver now are at home to their friends in
the former Wimmer residence in North Palmer.—(Photo by Palmer
Studios.)
Steve Ward said. Bachelor units
there cost $75 a month and one
bedroom apartments rent for $100
a month. There are eight apart
ments, but none of them are
available.
The Sherrod apartments, only
finished within the last few days,
list two-bedroom apartments at
$120 and one-bedroom units at
$85. There are three units in the
Sherrod apartments, all of them
rented, according to Mrs. Max
Sherrod.
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Ticket Distribution — Hazel
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Properties — Mildred Busby,
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Clara Kopperud and Wanda
Wilson.
Ticket Sales—Ita - Zahrad
nicek, Eileen Branlon and
Blanche Ryan.
Ushers—Bonnie Bettine, Helen
Criles. Esther Brock and Bar
bara Hecker.
Posters—Norma Hannula.
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