Potato Digging
Starts As Frost
Nips Growing Season
With the early frosts of the
past two or three weeks killing
off many of the vines, potato dig
ging operations were getting un
der way last week in many parts
of the Valley.
Crop losses are expected by
many growers in the Matanuska
Valley area, but Experiment Sta
tion men who dug potatoes lastj
week in the Fairbanks area are
certain that local losses will be
negligible compared to those in
the Tanana Valley.
Mechanization to speed potato
harvesting is being introduced in
this area with the first potato bin
elevators in the Territory, owned
by the Co-Op, Bradley-Holstein,
and George Crowther. Consider
Ed almost indispensable now by
big growers in the States, they
are expected to be the object of
serious attention by the big Val
ley growers. On display at the
Department of Agriculture booth
at the Fair along with the potato
bin elevator was a potato grader
with a 15-pound sacker adaptation
owned by Ervin Bentii. This rig
also brought a speculative gleam
to many a potato grower’s eye.
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FOR INFORMATION
T. J. MALONEY, AGENT
I OFFICE: WESTWARD HOTEL
1 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
Phone 22001
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For those of you in this community who want the
best in entertainment service be it known that
ALPINE INN's the place to go. Here you'll
find the choicest of meals and cocktails.
We'd like to be of service to you. Stop in soon,
Alpine
Mile 61 — Glenn Highway Phone l-J-31
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Continued from page 1
vestigation by the U.S. Marshal’s
office and the C.I.D.
Identification of the 14-year
old girl was obstructed by a series
of fabrications that was continued
even during her questioning in
Anchorage. Her identity was es
tablished only after the girl’s
mpther reported her as missing to
her school superintendent. Fol
lowing a hearing in Anchorage
yesterday morning the girl was
released in custody of a foster
parent designated by the Court.
Meanwhile, the two servicemen
who broke into the Co-Op ser
vice station were apprehended as
their car approached a road block
thrown up at the Fort Richardson
entrance by the Highway Patrol
and the C. I. D. at approximately,
four o’clock Monday morning.
Evidence of the oil taken from the
service station was found in their
car, and after lengthy questioning
the two young men admitted the
break-in. The City of Palmer
waived its jurisdiction and the
oase was turned over to the Army
for courtmartial. The servicemen
were brought to Palmer yester
day by the C.I.D. for lengthy
luestioning and identification by
O. R. Huntley. It was definitely
established by the C.I.D. that
these two servicemen were not!
implicated in the attempted Kos
losky break-in and that there was 1
apparently no link between the
two felonies that were separated j
by only a few minutes in time and
a few feet in space.
Kiwanis Plan—
Continued from page 1
tries must be in place by 1:30
p.m. Saturday. Three awards will
be given in each of the following
entry groups:
1. Hobbies (collections, scrap
books, etc.)
2. Handicrafts (leather, metal,
voodworking, etc.)
3. Art (drawing, painting)
4. Sewing and needlework.
5. Miscellaneous.
Any child under 21 years of age
.vill be eligible to enter in any or
ill of these activities. Every child |
taking part will receive a badge j
ind a candy bar. Children may |
-egister at the North Palmer j
Store. Children who attend school
n Palmer may register with their
lome room teachers. J
Money for child and youth ]
jenefit will be raised through the
:ale of apples and oranges by ]
nembers of the Kiwanis Club. ; ]
E. H. Imme, Ed Smith, Jim <
lurley, William Zahradnicek, and j <
3ob Johns make up the Kiwanis j
Cids Day committee
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or Matanuska Valley farms of
;ix Co-Op producers. They are!1
■xpected to arrive about October ’s
. They will be accompanied by
ack Cope, who left the Valley c
hree weeks ago with M. D. Snod- *
;rass to go on the cow-buying
nission. (
The increased production from c
hese 50-odd cows is expected to I
elieve somewhat the current
lilk shortage in the Anchorage
rea.
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I New 27-Mile Loop
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Loop C is a figure 8 covering the
area south of Matanuska Road,
beginning with Springer Road
past the Fair Grounds. Daily de
livery service is given to all these
areas.
All people on the new route,
designated as “Loop D,” should
get their mail boxes erected in an
ticipation of the first day’s de
livery, Mr. Lindsey said this
week. The main consideration in
erecting the mail boxes from the
carrier’s point of view is that
they be accessible from a car win
dow at the shoulder of the road.
To be reached from the window
the bottom of the mail box should
be three feet, eight inches from
the shoulder of the road. The sup
porting structure for the mail!
box must be so designed that it
will not interfere with snow re-1
moval or road clearing. According !
to the approved structure, the j
post is placed on the opposite side j
of the ditch, with A supporting \
arm extending over the ditch to ■
the shoulder of the road. A copy i
of plans for an approved mail box j
structure may be seen at the
Palmer Post Office.
Mail addresses for residents ser
ed by the loop should now in
clude “Star Route’’ in addition
to the Palmer or Wasilla post of
fice addresses.
City Election—
Continued from page 1
vik, Mrs. Betty Mears, and Mrs.
Gertrude Larsh.
To be eligible to vote in this
special municipal election, one
must be a citizen of the United
States 21 years of age or over,
must have been a resident of
Alaska continuously during the
entire year immediately preced
ing the election, and must have
been a resident continuously for
thirty (30) days next preceding ;
the election in the City of Pal-1
mer, and must be able to read ;
and write the English language.
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Christmas may seem months
uvay, but we have been planning
:or your holiday since March,
vhen we started ordering love
ies for Christmas giving.
Both Luxite and Mojud nylon
ingerie are arriving now and the
uxurious NuEve will be here
oon. Robes in chenille for the
and-pile set as well as their
nothers are here—and there are
catching gold-printed rayon taf
eta shorty robes and pajamas for
hat extra-special person on your
ist.
Did you know that Luxite is
tow making matching panties and
lips for the small fry?
And there is always a variety
f sweaters, skirts and slacks
rom which to choose.
Why not come in, do your
Ihristmas shopping now and use
ur lay-away?—a small amount
iaid now will hold it for you
ntil you’re ready for it.
See you soon—
Paid adv.
City Purchases—
Continued from page 1
Haugen said this week that the
work on the switchboard is slow
going because of the unchartered
maze of outside lines and the
necessity of “feeling” the way to
the line serving each phone. He
asked that all telephone custom
ers have patience during this slow
process. Those whose telephones
are out of order should report
them at the telephone office or
at the City Clerk’s office. Priority,
of course, must be given to phones
serving the public. With luck,
Haugen hopes to get most of the
city phones in operation by the
end of this week. Haugen will
continue on the job as mainten
ance man until the City Council
make a permanent appointment.
Hope for developing an effici
ent and well organized telephone
system outu of the near chaos that
greeted Haugen when he took
over his duties two weeks ago
was expressed by him this week.
The telephone service truck has
been repaired, although it needs
a muffler. Sixteen new plugs
were discovered in the telephone
warehouse this week and will be
installed on the switchboard as
soon as time allows. These will
eliminate the operator’s frequent
“We don’t have a cord just now.”
The city has already purchased
100 new telephones to be put in
use as soon as the inside plant
has been repaired and the present
wires festooning the city streets
from pole to pole have been re
placed by a web of cable wires.
School Board
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, School enrollment stood at 725
| Monday, with new pupils still
registering each day.
Originally the school ditrict re- i
ceived an outright federal grant!
of $203,301 for building the school
out of funds appropriated under
Public Law 815. Later the actual
amount available for planning
and construction was reduced to
$197,000.
At the bid-opening last week,
Stock and Grove of Anchorage
sre low-bidders on the six-class
room base unit at $216,795. An
alternate provided for construc
tion of only four rooms; and the
reduction allowed by Stock and
Grove for the two-room deletion
vas $24,000.
FOR MOR
• 5 Years Competitive
Business Experience in
Palmer.
• Property Owner
• Family Man
• Active in Civic Organiza
tions (Kiwanis—Cham
ber of Commerce)
• Leadership with Vision
• Progressive
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• Commited to no one but
YOU
For ------
Competent City Administration. Invest your
*“Wm. 'Bill' Rempel
Councilman
RAY NELSON
Trained, young, experienced and vitally interested in
ADMINISTRATIVE — Government:
Owner-Operator—Nelson Body Works
Manager—Black's Trailer Sales
Partner—Palmer Realty. Inc.
“Selling the Valley we're SOLD on."
EXECUTIVE — Leadership:
Commissioned Officer—Army QMC.
Platoon Leader and Executive Officer
Familiar with two vital factors:
Business and Civic Economics—
College Level Economics Courses
Field Office Mgr. Inland Construction Co.
(Cost Analysis)
Human Nature—
1 year Asst. Pastor—Alemeda Comm. Church, Portland.
Ore.
2 years Pastoral Experience—E.U.B. Church—Mont.
Conf.
College level—Phychology and Philosophy Courses—
INVEST A VOTE IN SOUND CIVIC LEADERSHIP
Me ’$ Counting on you to VOTE
ELECT
JOHN F.
GORSUCH
Territorial Senator
Republican
Alaska rests on the verge of a great and prosperous future. As your Territorial
Senator, the finest contribution I can make towards realization of our opportunities,
will be to promote and support sound programs for STATEHOOD, EDUCATION.
AGRICULTURE. WELFARE, INTEGRATED HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTA
TION SYSTEMS, NATURAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT. ENCOURAGEMENT
OF PRIVATE INDUSTRY AND A SOUND FINANCIAL POSITION based on an
equitable tax program. My efforts will be sjncere and your views will be carefully
considered.
John F. Gorsuch
GENERAL ELECTION OCTOBER 14, 1952