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VOL. V. NO. 43
PALMER. ALASKA. THURSDAY. JULi j, laa* LV..C-C £! - I t )■
rtuvb iLn
Hearing Tuesday on Salmon Fishing Ban
World Around Us
IN SEATTLE this week settle
ment of the 5-week old Sailors
"Union of the Pacific (AFL) strike
was still stalemated, with the sail
ors and ship owners drawing even
farther apart in their positions.
Ninety-one ships were tied up in
Seattle, including many that were
to bring much needed supplies
and welcome tourists to Alaska.
• • •
IN NOME the first “air lift” of
supplies arrived late last week to
ease shortages of essentials, but
this air lift transportation was re
flected in sky high prices. Sam
ples: 71 cents a bottle for catsup
(usual price 45 cents, 53 cents a
pound for potatoes; 55 cents a
pound for onions; 72 cents a
pound for apples; butter $1.32 per
pound.
* * *
IN CORDOVA yesterday resi
dents were asked to extend their
sales tax to provide money for a
new school. Classes for the lower
three grades are now held in the
American Legion building and
the Baptist Church. An appreci
ate increase n ♦he school popu
lation is expected to follow com
pletion of the new highway that
will link Cordova with the Ala*s
ka mainland.
* • •
IN LONG BEACH, CALIFOR
NIA an Alaskan husky puppie
named Muk-Tuk was the center
of attraction among the bevy of
beauties drawn from all corners of
the world for the International
Beauty Contest. Among those
seeking the title of Miss Universe
was Muk-Tuk’s mistress, Shirley
Burnett of Fairbanks. Miss Alas
ka.
* * *
IN CHICAGO the Big Republi
can Show begins Monday in the:
air-conditioned ampitheater there, j
The momentous political actions I;
taking place there on the floor j '
and in the caucus and committee '
rooms will be heard in Alaska
through continuous radio cover-r
age.
PHONE SERVICE TO
BE DISCONTINUED ON
ALL UNPAID ACCOUNTS
Maynard Sands last night called
upon the City Council, to live up
to its agreement with the Matan
uska Valley Telephone Company
by taking action to collect delin
quent accounts not only for the
period of city operation, dating
from March 1, but also for the
period before that date.
According to the formal agree-,
ment, the city was obliged to take [
such action and keep the amounts
paid on accounts delinquent prior j
to March 1 in a separate fund as |
a part of the assets of the tele-;
phone company.
In following up this obligation
the City Council authorized the
discontinuance of service on or
after July 10 for non-payment of
ALL delinquent telephone ac
counts—those delinquent since
March 1 and those delinquent be
fore that date and still unpaid.
University to Resume
Veterans’ On-Farm
Training Program
COLLEGE—The University an
nounced Saturday that its Veter
m’s—on-the—Farm Training Pro
gram will be continued despite
recent VA modifications which
A-ere at first feared to deny such
benefits to veterans trying to de
velop homesteads in Alaska. Con
ferring with VA officials in Jun
eau, Allan Mick, newly appointed
Dean of Agriculture and Direc
tor of Extension for the Univer
sity, pointed out that the new
program will start in September.
An enrollment of about 110 vet
erans is anticipated, with the
largest classes located in Wasilla,
Palmer, and Homer. Other classes
will be conducted for vterans liv
ing in the northern part of the
Kenai Peninsula and in the Tan
ana Valley.
Benefits of the new program
will be extended to all previously
enrolled veterans who still possess
training benefits and who have
submitted VA form 7-1922a for
1951. Korean war veterans may
also qualify although they are not
expected to increase the training
load substantially until 1954.
All veterans who have not yet
done so are urged to submit
promptly Form 1922a listing off
farm earnings during 1951. Dr.
Mick stated that Veterans who
fail to protect their GI rights by
submitting the required informa
tion are unnecessarily jeopardiz
ing their future participation in
all GI educational programs.
Of those veterans who have
submitted Form 1922a nearly 90
percent have been found eligible
for co..i_v: training. It is ex
pected that a high percentage of
those who have not yet turned in
reports will also be able to con
tinue their training, although VA
officials caution that each case
must be judged on its own merits.
An individual’s case cannot be
considered until the requested in
formation has been received.
HEINE SNIDER
HEADS FOR GOP
NAT’L CONVENTION
Heading for Chicago today is a
Matanuska Valley favorite son
vho hasn’t been outside the Ter
ritory since 1916. He is Territorial
senator Gerrit “Heinie” Snider,
>ne of Alaska’s three delegates to
he Republican National Conven
ion starting in Chicago’s Con
-ention Hall July 7.
In 1916 the World Fair was held
n San Francisco, and it was there
:hat Heinie went to meet his
oride. Until this week, this was
nis only trip Outside since he
came to Alaska in 1909.
Snider was elected as delegate
to the national convention at
Seward by Third Division Repub
licans unopposed. He goes to the
convention as an uninstructed
delegate. Although he has been
reported as a Taft man, as are the
other two delegates, Howard
Stabler of Juneau and Maurice
Johnson of Fairbanks, Snider in
sists that he won’t make up his
mind until after he’s met both
Taft and Eisenhower.
“They’re both good men,” he
said, “and I want to have a talk
with both of them before I de
cide.”
Although he thinks Taft is a
very good man for the presidency,
he’s not so sure he would be
elected if nominated. One thing
the Alaska delegation has in its
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vSweet land of Liberty
JULY A, 1776—1952
FREE 4TH OF JULY
BARBECUE AT
FINGER LAKE RESORT
The fourth annual 4th of July
barbecue at Finger Lake Resort;
will be held this year, starting j
at 9 o’clock Friday morning, it!
was announced by E. W. Barryj
this week.
“We’ve ordered 125 dozen
buns.” Mr. Barry stated, “Last
year we served 1500 persons and
are expecting a big crowd again
this year,” he added. •
The beef, a \yhole head of
government inspected stock, will
be cooked in the Southern Texas
style, Mr. Barry said. There will
be plenty of barbecue sauce and
that also will be prepared from |
a southern recipe, by Mr. and
Mrs. Barry. The fire will be
started three days in advance of
the barbecue and the beef will,
be cooked over two feet of coals.
Serving will start at nine o’
clock and continue all day.
“Everyone is welcome” the
Barrys announced.
NEW EKLUTNA BRIDGE
OPENED TO TRAFFIC
MONDAY, JUNE 30
Traffic started movlpg over the
new $91,630 Eklutna Bridge Mon
day on schedule at least accord
ing to the third or fourth schedule
set by the Alaska Road Commis
sion since construction on the 255
foot span was begun more than a
year ago.
Completion of the bridge by
the Munter Construction Com
pany was delayed because of the
slow delivery of steel and con
struction difficulties that ensued
after freeze-up last fall.
Elimination of the rough, down
, hill detour. was the second im
' provement enjoyed by motorists
! recently in the 49-mile paved
1 stretch between Palmer and An- j
chorage. A few days earlier mo
torists were surprised to miss the
stop stations at both highway
boundaries of the military reser
vation. These stations have been
moved to side roads leading into
Fort Richardson and Elmendorf
Air Force Base, leaving the high
way open to uninterrupted traffic.
VFW HOLDS ANNUAL
CELEBRATION IN
WASILLA TOMORROW
Fun for young and old is prom
ised at the Wasilla VFW ball
park in Wasilla tomorrow as the
Wasilla VFW and Auxiliary put
on their sixth annual Fourth of
July celebration.
The celebration in Wasilla will
be the only major observance of
Independence Day in the Valley.
Festivities are scheduled 'to get
under way at 1 p.m. with the
colorful flag raising ceremony. Dr.
Foster Sims, first Vice-Command
er of the American Legion Alaska
Department will give a short ad
dress before the fun begins.
Games and contests galore are
planned for both children and
adults. Free ice cream and soda
pop will be dispensed to all
kiddies by VFW members. Ladies
of the VFW Auxiliary will have a
hot dog stand, where prices will
be on the cost level.
Later in the afternon a base
ball game will take place for the
spectators’ amusement. The Jun
ior Leaguers of Wasilla will be
pitted against the Vets.
Another exciting feature of the
afternoon will be the drawing for
three valuable prizes. A Sun
oeam coffeemaker, a three-way
radio, and a $25 certificate good
at Teeland’s Shopping Center will
oe given away.
The VFW committee in charge
of the festivities includes Com
mander Pat Carter, Jim Nelson,
Ray Bergman, Frank Sorensen,
and Leo Nunley.
Everyone is invited to come to
Wasilla and take part in all the
fun.
SEVERAL BUSINESSES
ANNOUNCE CLOSING
FOR 3-DAY HOLIDAY
Several local businesses will
mark the fourth of July holiday
by closing for three days—Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday—to give
their employees the benefit of a
three-day holiday.
Announcing the three-day clos
ing this week were Betty’s, Gras
ser Hardware, Matanuska Valley
Bank and all departments of the
Co-Op except the service station.
All federal, Territorial, and city
offices will be closed for the
three days except for the Post
Office, which will be open Satur
day morning.
New Goal Trucking
Business Starts
Operations in Palmer
Just a few hours after the early
dawn of Tuesday, July 1, a new
Palmer business started in opera
tion as four ^0-ton trucks loaded
with coal frofn the Evans-Jones
coal mine started out in their
first haul to Fort Richardson and
Elmendort Air Force Base.
The four trucks are the proper
ty of the Highway Fuel Transport,
a new Alaska corporation with
a Palmer address Max Kirkpat
rick of the Alaska Sales and Ser
vice (Kirk’s Sales and Service in
Palmer) is the president of the
new corporation and Don Hill,
son of Harry Hill, is secretary
treasurer and general manager.
The new business will haul coal
to supplement the railroad in ful
filling the large military contracts
held by the Jonesville mine.
The 150 horsepower GMC die
sel cabs of the trucks pull trailers
especially designed for the job i
and terrain by the Plough Equip
ment Company of Seattle. At;
this time there are no other i
trucks like them; they are the!
first of their kind. Each truck has !
18 tires and five axels. They will
be parked behind Kirk’s Sales
and Service in a sepecial parking
lot built iast week.
The trucks will be operated on'
a two-shift basis by eight drivers.
Six of these drivers are from
Seattle. They ferried the trucks
over the highway to Palmer and
as a result of their satisfactory
handling of the trucks were of
fered employment for the trucks’
regular runs.
These Seattle drivers are now
looking for homes in and around
Palmer so their families can join
them here. Dave Rabold wants
to find quarters for himself and
his wife; Floyd Kinnear has a
wife and three children; Gilbert
Elwell, a wife and two children;
George Elwell, a wife and three
children; Bill Osburne, a wife and
five children; and Charles Yeung,
a wife and one child. All these
families hope to settle in Palmer
and become a part of the com
munity.
Two other drivers were hired
by the new company—one from
Palmer and one from Anchorage.
Wayne Caulk, recently of Oak
land, California, was hired in
Palmer.
FRED ZIEKE TAKES
OVER JOB AS
NEW GO-OP MANAGER
The MVFCA Board of directors
announced this week the appoint
ment of Fred Zieke of Seattle as
new manager of the Co-Op. The
new manager assumed his duties!
Tuesday, July 1.
The Board approved of Zieke’s
appointment at a special meeting j
held Sunday after a unanimous
recommendation of the committee j
authorized to find a new manager.
John Nash, Harold Winegarner,
and Pat Hemmer were members
of the committee.
Pat Hemmer observed than Mr.
Zieke had been highly recom
mended by prominent Alaskan
businessmen. “We of the Board
consider ourselves fortunate in
being able to obtain the services
of Mr. Zieke,” he said. “We’ve
been trying to find a man like him
for a long time.”
The new manager takes on his
new assignment with a back
ground of administrative experi
ence in government and private
enterprises that have taken .him
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LUUHL rcndUNAL U5t
FISHING ADHERENTS
URGED TO ATTEND
A public hearing has been
scheduled for Tuesday night, July
8 at 7:30 p.m. in the Valley
Theatre for a general discussion
of personal use fishing, it was an
nounced this week by Holgar
Larson of the Fish and Wildlife.
This will be an open meeting.
Larson pointed out and followed
with the request that everyone
interested in the new regulation
turn out for this meeting. He
suggested persons objecting to the
present ruling come prepared to
present their views on the con
troversial subject.
Larson will conduct the meet
ing, assisted by Tom Costello of
the fisheries management who
will have statistics prepared for
presentation. Larson will repre
sent the law enforcement side of
the discussion.
All persons interested in per
sonal use fishing in this area are
urged to attend the meeting.
Members of the Matanuska
Valley Sportsmen club will have
a strong representation at the
meeting, it was planned at their
meeting held July 2. Clair Stock,
Roy Brock, John Bush, Glenn
Woods and Harold Winegarner
were appointed as a committee to
draw up suggestions and recom
mendation to be presented at. the
meeting along with the resolution
sent to FWS, Secretary of Interi
or Oscar Chapman and Delegate
Bartlett, protesting the ban on
personal use fishing.
In a communication received
from Delegate Bartlett and read
at the meeting, members of the
club were informed that the new
regulation was designed to pre
vent commercial fishermen from
taking fish during closed hours.
As an illustration Ken Westenbar
ger, club president pointed out
that commercial fishermen could,
after closed hours, continue to
fish and claim the catch as “per
sonal use fish.” Held until an
open day, the fish could then be
sold along with the commercial
catch. Enforcement of the new
regulation would prevent such an
abuse but would also prevent fish
ing for personal use in this area.
Numerous suggestions from the
membership will be taken to the
open meeting by the committee.
Dr. Herbert C. Hanson, guest
at the meeting opined that even
tually there will have to be a
catch limit placed on home sal
mon fishing in the Territory.
FIREWORKS WIN BY
DEFAULT IN PALMER
Because only four of the Coun
cilmen and the mayor were pres
ent at the City Council last night.
Palmer youngsters can shoot off
firecrackers, rockets, and othei*
fireworks to their hearts’ content
in celebration of the Fourth of
July.
Occupied with many important
city matters, the annual holiday
crept up on the Councilmen with
out their recognition of its tradi
tional—but dangerous—implica
tions. Only this week when com
plaints came in about fireworks
being sold in town did they real
ize that they had no ordinance to
prohibit the sale or use of fire
works within the city limits. In
the absence of such an ordinance
a license had already been issued
for the exclusive purpose of sell
ing fireworks.
Hurriedly, City Attorney Harold
Butcher was asked to draft an or
dinance prohibiting use of fire
works in Palmer. However, the
necessary five Councilmen need
ed for an emergency adoption
were lacking; therefore, it wasn’t
adopted.