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Cooperative Extension Service
Division or Statewide Services
Every year about this time.
Old Mother Nature shows her
authority by turning down her
thermostat for a night or two.
Not quite for good, but usually
long enough to put an end to
tender growing things. The ad
ditional week or two of warm
er weather that follows is of
ten the difference between a
good crop or none, but with
dead plants there is nothing at
all.
The home gardener can of
ten save a good crop by being
prepared for early frosts. The
first idea is usually to cover the
plant with something. A big
piece of plastic will help if
properly used, but laying it
directly over the plant leaves
gives a very little protection.
You should first make a light
frame to support the plastic
sheet a few inches above the
piant tops. Some of the heat
radiated from the soil will be
trapped by the plastic, and
will help keep the air around
the plant above freezing.
Of course, a double layer of
plastic is much more effective
than a single sheet. By adding
a little heat from heaters pla
ced temporarily under the
plastic cover, quite a heavy
frost can be overcome.
Newspapers are often used,
but they should be tied or
weighted in place. Even so,
they often blow away during
the night.
“Blazo” cans give good pro
tection to the individual plants,
as do large cardboard boxes.
Loose hay also works fine, and
can be left between rows for
quick covering of plants when
needed.
In any case, temporary cov
erings should be removed each
day, or the plants will soon die,
even if no frost can get at
them.
Anther common practice is
to keep sprinklers turned on
during the frost periods. Don’t
be alarmed if a little ice forms,
but be sure to keep the sprink
lers running, even after it
warms up, until all the ice has
melted again.
Firepots and small campfires
around the home garden can
save you from losing out to
Old Man Frost. For those for
tunate enough to have the gar
den on a slope, be sure to
place the firfes or heaters at
the very bottom. The heat will
move up the slope and prevent
cold air from settling in that
area
Old automobile tires make
good fuel for frost fires at very
low cost.
Air movement or circula
tion is the important thing in
preventing early frosts, so
anything that helps keep the
air moving is worth trying.
Small fans placed between
the rows of home garden veg
etables will often do the trick.
For large fields, the blower
fans from various types of farm
equipment are often pressed
into service.
Well, that’s about all we
have time to say about saving
the garden, except that you
better start soon to check on
what’s on hand to use. Frost
has already hit part of the
state, and it will be down to
you before long.
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Oregon’s Jackson and Hood
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Mr. and Mrs. Norman A.
Hartung of Palmer this week
announced the engagement
and forthcoming marriage of
their daughter, Carol Ann, to
Jefferson Bruce Stewart, the
son of Mrs. Violet Stewart of
Seattle. Wash., and the late
Carlos E. Stewart.
The young couple will marry
Friday, Oct. 25, in St. Joseph’s
Church in Seattle.
Miss Hartung was salutator
ian of the 1961 Palmer high
school graduating class, and
attended the University of
Alaska for a year before going
to Seattle, where she is em
ployed in the Health-Science
building at the University of
Washington as a dental assist
ant.
Mr. Stewart is a graduate of
Garfield high school in Seattle
and has served in the U. S.
Marine Corps. He is now an
employee of Bethlehem Steel
Co. in Seattle.
"Affairs of State"
Cast to Meet Oct. 15
Mrs. Joyce Kerttula, direc
tor of the Valley Theatre
Guild’s fall play, “Affairs of
State,’’ has announced a meet
ing for all members of the cast
and anyone interested in tak
ing part in the play or working
behind the scenes.
The group will meet at the
Kerttula home on Tuesday,
Oct. 15, at 8 p.m.
The play, a comedy woven
around Washington politics,
was written by Luis Verneurl.
Legal Notice
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Land
Management, Land Office, Cordova
Building. 555 Cordova Street, An
chorage, Alaska
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Under the provisions of Section 6(b)
of the Act of July 7. 1958, (72 Stat. 339
343. as amended, the State of Alaska
on September 16. 1963, filed applica
tion Anchorage 059902 to select certain
public lands more particularly describ
ed as follows:
T. 23 N.f R. 4 W., Seward Meridian
Section 7: Lots 3 and 4 and E^SEU
containing 127.82 acres.
The above described lands contain a
total of 127.82 acres.
One purpose of this notice is to al
low all persons claiming the lands
adversely to file in this office their ob
jections to issuance of patent to the
State. Such persons must serve on the
Director. Division of Lands, Depart
ment of Natural Resources, State of
Alaska. 344 Sixth Avenue. Anchorage.
Alaska, a copy of their objections and
furnish evidence of such service to the
Anchorage Land Office. Cordova Build
ing. 555 Cordova Street, Anchorage.
Alaska.
Notice is also given that the above
described lands have since this date
been segregated from all applications
and appropriations under the public
land laws, including settlement under
the homestead and similar laws and
locations under the mining laws. Settle
ments and locations initiated on or
after this date are null and void.
Alfred P. Steger.
Chief. Lands Section
Pub: Oct. 3. 10. 17, 24 and 31. 1963
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CAROL ANN HARTUNG
TWO ANCHORAGE
PROJECTS ADVERTISED
Advertising began Wednes
day for paving of Sand Lake
Road near Anchorage, High
ways Commissioner D. A. Mc
Kinnon said recently.
The project includes grad
ing, drainage and paving with
hot bituminous concrete of
4.08 miles of this suburban
road. It begins at the intersec
tion of Sand Lake Road and
Spenard Road and terminates
at Sand Lake Spur Road.
Plans call for a paved 24
foot driving surface on a 44
foot subgrade. The job is
scheduled for completion by
June 30, 1965, McKinnon said.
Bids will be opened on this
project Thursday morning,
Oct. 24.
A dollar has wings today,
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the ones that fly away.
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Thursday, Oct. 3
BOY SCOUTS. Legion bldg., 7
p.m.
C. A. P. SQUAD. Moose hall,
7:30 p.m,
AMERICAN LEGION. Legion
bldg., 8 p.m.
LEGION AUXILIARY, Legion
bldg., 8 p.m.
M. V. SPORTSMEN. Grange
hall, 8 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 4
LIONS CLUB, Moose hall,
noon
GOLD STAR REBEKAHS,
Carpenters hall, 8 p.m.
IOOF LODGE, Carpenters hall,
8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 5
CHUGACH STAMPEDE, Mo
Ke-Bo arena, 1 p.m.
LIONS ZONE MEETING,
Moose hall, 7 p.m.
Sunday, OcL 6
CHUGACH STAMPEDE, Mo
Ke-Bo arena, 1 p.m.
GRAND EXALTED RULER
VISIT, Elks hall, 4 p.m.
AA, Mile 58, Glenn highway, 7
p.m.
Monday. Oct. 7
KIWANIS. Grange hall, noon
BETA SIGMA PHI, Member’s
home, 8 p.m.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA,
Moose hall, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 8
CITY COUNCIL, City hall, 8
p.m.
EPISCOPAL WOMEN. St. Bar
tholomew’s Church, 8 p.m.
VALLEY THEATRE GUILD,
ARRC office, 8 p.m.
ARC, Extension office, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 9
AA, Mile 58, Glenn Highway,
7 p.m.
CARPENTERS LOCAL. Carp
enters hall, 8 p.m.
BPO ELKS, Elks hall, 8 p.m.
SEALED BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED BY THE
ALASKA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
BOX E PALMER. ALASKA
FOR THE PURCHASE AND REMOVAL OF THE
OLD MILKHOUSE & ATTACHED STORAGE SHED
From the Malanuska Farm. Offer includes removal
of wood structure and any remaining plumbing.
Bids will be opened October 11. 1963, at close of business
Pub. Sept. 26 and Oct. 3, 1963.
OCTOBER FERRY
1 SCHEDULES AVAILABLE
Department of public works
commissioner Richard A. Dow
! fling announced today that due
to the delay in construction of
the Juneau city dock, all ar
rivals and departures of the
state ferries will continue from
the Juneau Auke Bay termi
nal through the month of Oc
tober.
A revised October schedule
for the state ferries is avail
j able from the Division of Ma
| rine Transportation, P. O. Box
1361, Juneau.
BOY SCOUTS. LDS Church, 8
p.m.
EXPLORERS, LDS Church, 8
p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 10
BOY SCOUTS, Legion bldg., 7
p.m.
C. A. P, SQUAD, Moose hall,
7:30 p.m.
NORTH LAND PIONEER
GRANGE. Grange hall, 8
p.m.
WILLOW PTA, Willow school,
8 p.m.
Legal Notice
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
THE INTERIOR. Bureau of Lana Man*
agement. Iumd Office. Cordova Build
in*. 555 Cordova Street. Anchorage
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Under the provisions of Section 6(b<
of the Act of July 7. 195S (72 Stat 339
143, as amended, the State of Alaska
amended Anchorage Serial Number
(>51104 on September 10. 1963. to in
clude the following described lands
located in the Susitna River Basin
T. 25 N . R. 5 W.. Seward Meridian
Section 1; All unsurveyed lands
(excluding any valid existing rights,
claims and patented lands)
One purpose of this noti.*e is to allow
! all persons claiming the lands adverse
| ly to file in this office their objections
to issuance of patent to the State. Such
' persons must serve on the Director.
Division of Lands. Department of Na
* ral Resources. State of Alaska, 344
Sixth Avenue. Anchorage. Alaska, a
copy of their objections and furnish
evidence of such service to the Anch
orage Land Office, Cordova Building.
555 Cordova Street. Anchorage. Alaska
Notice is also given that the above
described lands have since this date
been segregated from all applications
and appropriations under the public
land laws, including settlement under
the homestead and similar laws and
locations under the mining laws Set
tlements and locations initiated on or
after this date are null and void
ALFRED P STEGER
Chief. Lands Section
Pub: Oct. 3. 10. 17, 24 A 31, 1963
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