S Valley Fronlter»man
Palmer Moose Tackle Eagles in Anchorage Saturday
Victory Over Seward Quintet Pushes
Local Team to Conference 2nd Place
Elated over their victory ov< r
the Hawks from Seward last Sat
urdav n.ght Palnu r High School
varsity team is locking forward
to ihe cl: h v nh Anchorage tiexi
Saturday with renewed confi
dence.
Two bus s v. ill leave Palmer
Saturday afternoon to take lire
Moose and their enthusiastic root
ers to the game in Anchorage.
There the local team has a good
chance to tie up the Railbelt Con
ference by defeating first-place
Anchorage and thus even up the
score for their defeat by Anchor
age in the first conference game
of the season.
As a result of the brilliant of
fense displayed in last Saturday’s
game. Palmer moved into second
position in the conference stand
ing. Much of Palmer’s scoring
success in the game with Seward
was due to the accurate shots of
Gus Klem. Twenty points of Pal
mer’s 49-40 victory over the
Hawks were made when Klem
hit the bucket. He scored seven
baskets in the second quarter
alone. Monty Larsh’s scoring
spree in the first quarter set the
stage for the Palmer victory and
helped him accumulate his sec
ond place score of 11.
Only in the third quarter did
the visiting five threaten the ear
ly lead of the local cagers. With
the score standing at 35 to 21 at
the end of the second quarter, the
Hawks rallied with 12 straight
points which missed evening the
score by only two points. In this
crisis, Klem regained the Palmer
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offensive with only a minute an i
j ,» half left in the quarter. 11•
'ump shot wn‘ quickly followed
bv another by Wes Eckert, and
from there on Palmer’s worties
i were over.
High scorer for the Seward five
wa« Don Sanders who collected
i total of 17 points before he left
the game with five personal fouls.
The players’ individual scores
were as follows:
Seward (40)
Denton, f
Sanders, f
Lewis, c
VanS’ke, g
Lindsey, g
Evins. g
Total
G F P
3 0 6
8 1 17
4 1 9
0 0 0
1 0 2
2 2 6
18 4 10
Palmer (49)
Larsh. f
MeKechnie, f
Millis, f
Geiwitz, f
Klein, c
Eckert, g
Brown, g
Lacher, g
Total
Score by Quarters:
Seward
Palmer
Officials were Deanovic and
and Hodgson.
1
G F P
4 3 11
0 0 0
0 1 1
0 0 0
10 0 20
4 1 9
0 1 1
3 1 7
7 49
3 4
21
2
9 21 33 40
14 35 39 4!)
NOTICE
The special meeting set for to
nig'* by the Order of Eastern
Star has been cancelled.
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January 11
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Leave Long Beach January 16
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SEWARD
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Main 164
Captain T Ble
Operating Manager
ANCHORAGE
223 Central Bldg.
P O Box 502
Phone 34401
George Hutton
Dist. Manager
FAIRBANKS
P O Box 1201
Jamcavn Engineering
Building
Phone—East 988
M. J Wilcox.
Dlst. Freight Agent
Modern
Coastwise Steamship
Vnnenortation
GRANGE SPONSORS
PINOCHLE PARTY
NEXT WEDNESDAY
The first of a writs of five’
pinoehle parties spun ored by the
Northland Pioneer Gratis** will
lit* held in the Co-Op Club Room
next Wednesday. January lti.
Playing starts promptly at 3
p.m. Although it eosts 75 cenls
to play, there will be a free lune'.
and prizes, Grange Master Esther
Brock announced.
The regular Grange meeting
will be held in the Grange Hall
the following night, Thursday,
January 17.
EVERYTHING! REMEMBER?
COFFEY INSURES
if!.:
NEWLYWEDS HONORED
Memlrer* of (hr W.'Killa Com
munity Church surprised Mr and
Mm, David l’hilo at a wedding
shower last Sunday afternoon
Mr Philo and his bride. the 1 r
irter Elsie Taylor, were married
the Saturday hefore Christmas in
Wasllla Mik Plain i- a teacher
n the Wasilla School. an I Mr.
Philo is cn plo\ e i at the Co-Op
creamery in Palmer.
VALLEY BANK HAS
TWO NEW TELLERS
Two new tellers at the Mata
nuska Valley Bank are Mrs. May
Barry and Mrs. Maxine Kucera.
Mrs. Robert May, who left
Palmer shortly before Christmas
to visit her family in Seattle, is
expected back on duty in a short
time, as noon as husband Boh
finishes his Bureau of Mine'
business in Washington and Pitts
burg and joins her fm the return
trip.
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Good Appearance Cemes
Trom Good Grooming
Send your Csothes to
BROWN'S Cleaners for
Fast and Efficient work
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For An Ample Supply of Safe Water...
For Fire P*ct:cH:n and Lower insurance Rates
For A Mein, U;rTO‘Dale P ace To Live
Palmer's vofers go to the polls cn Janu
ary 29 to decide if they want a new water sys
tem. A.taougr: this question was one of the un
derlying reasons tor incorporation last spring,
Safer improvements in the eo-op water system
and the press cf daisy business has pushed
this urgent question info the background in re
cent we8K5. m Dig decision now roces ha.rner—
pernaps even Digger tnan incorporation, tug
ger tnun ti e new ^cncoi, Digger Tuan the hos
pital. Ifor without water ad or these other pro
jects—the very existence of the town itseir—is
jeopardized. The question tccirg Palmer's
property owners on January 29 is not one of
money nor taxes, but of providing collateral
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for a loon.
tf the people of Palmer want a new water
system they must vote to issue $250,000 worth
ot general obligation bonds. Without the bond
issue, there vviii be no water system. The ques
tion is as simple as that. What bccmes of these
bonds? They will be turned over to the United
States Government as a guarantee that within
20 years, the propped new water sv«-*em w!M
be purchased for $250,000, to be paid out of
the revenues from the water system itself.
This price is only half of the cost of the new
system. The remaining $250,000 will be paid
by Uncle Sam. The interest rate on this pro
posed bond issue will be 2%. They will not be
offered for sale to the public but will be held
as security by the government until paid off
by revenues from the water system.
Will this bond issue mean increased proper
ty taxes? No,-—the bonds will be retired by in
come from the water system. Why, then, did
the Council assemble a tax assessment roll?
This assessment roll lists all property owners,
and is a necessary step in calling for a bond
election. On'y property owners can vote on
whether or not the City will issue bonds.
Ncn-preperty owners will vote orvy cn o
genera* question of authorizing indebtedness.
Property owners v/ili vote cn two questions on
two different The first question will
concern the restera? matter of authorizing the
Coyne:! to incur bonded indebtedness, "rhe sec
ond queston, on a different colored ballot,
specifically refers to the $250,000 bend issue
FCR THs WATER SYSTEM. These two questions
are necessary because of legal technicalities
involved in territorial laws. If both questions
pass it will mean that the Council has been giv
en the AUTHORITY to incur up to $300,000
bended indebtedness but that Ihey are given
permi^ion to aciuuey issue fcon^s tor on.y
^z-i>,ooo ©»• trns amount, n at seme tu.o.u
acre they want to u^e up the other $-50,000,
another election must be caned to get permis
sion to issue the additional bonds, in order for
the questions to carry, 65 percent of ah PRGP
tKi ¥ owners voting must vote tor the bona is
sue. This ratio is specified in territorial laws.
What docs Palmer get ;n return for the
$250,000 bond issue? An abundant source cf
safe, pure water for domestic and industrial
u^e, paid tor by the water-users by pro-rat.r.g
a portion of tneir water bins tor this specinc
purpose. The system will include a 3o0,0b0
gallon storage reservoir with a 14-inch trans- j I
mission line leading into town. Within the
town a new ioop distribution system based on
a 10-inch main will completely encircle the jjj!
business, school, and hospital areas. Six-inch i
tateral loops will service ail residential areas
with fire hydrants spotted at intervals of
about 400 feet. The new system will probably
include meters. Domestic rates are expected
to be lower than at present.
What's the matter with our present water
system? Anyone eligible to vote in this elec
tion should be abie to list a dozen answers to
this question. For one thing, Paimer still is at
the mercy of the "surplus" c.ause in the Co-op
water contracts. The Co-op alone determine?
how much water they need for their own use.
if necessity requires, any one in Paimer may
find his water turned off with no prior notice.
The only recourse is public opinion. Although
the Co-op has been generous in the past, no
one can forsee when a surplus under the pres
ent system will cease tc exist. Present supplies
appear adequate for domestic use during the
wmter months, but Palmer is virtually without
wafer for fire protection. Hydrant distribution,
f?ew arid pressure rates, standby and by-pa ta
features are practical’y n~n-ex;stm«t. Ahrv
e*5 the p^ecent rovce is r -?o-? to rr.'m' i_,5'5r'r;
f W:.5 rever ho bjs r ctl rr-fe
usd. At the present time all c*.
r u.me-r cs hampered by a.. ai«’-5
Property values era depressed
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ar-d insurance
rates rise exorbitant.
Vo Improve your living conditions, to en
hance property values, to make Pa'mer a
pleasant place to live, vote yes for the bont!
issue cn January 29.
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THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALMER
THIS IS THE FIRST OF A SERIES CF PAID EDUCATIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS SPONSOR'D RY THE
COMMON COUNCIL. THEIR PURPOSE IS TO EXPLAIN THE ISSUE CONFRONTING PALMER S VOT
ERS IN THE COMING ELECTION.