It's human to make mistake*—
•nd a big mistake to bo too
human.
Ballen Jrontiergman f
PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
4 L PAGES
IU TODAY
VOLUME 5. NUMBER l
PALMER. ALASKA. THURSDAY. SEPT. 13. 1951.
PRICE. 10c
APW Allots $500,000 for City Water System
City Council Solves Some Problems
But Accumulates Still More
Reminder
Registration
Palmer Independent School
^ District voters are reminded
that they must register at the of
fices of the tax collector-assessor,
Wiliam Head, located in the Neal
Wright building, in order to vote
in the special election October 2.
The registration books are open
from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. daily ex
cept Sundays and Holidays, Sat
urday hours from 9 a. m. to 1
p. m. Books will be open daily
for registration until September
29 at 5 p. m. and will not be open
ftigain until October 2.
Qualified voters must have
lived in the Territory at least one
year and a resident of Palmer
Independent School district for
thirty or more days previous to
registration. There are approxi
mately 750 qualified voters in the
district.
For the - benifit of those who
work until 5 p. m. Mr. Head has
announced that from September
24 thru 29 he will remain at his
office until 6 p. m., also will
change his lunch hour that week
so those who wish to register dur
ing their noon hour may do so.
* Goat Hunter Drowned
In Raging Matanuska
After Boat Capsizes
Swollen and swift from recent
rains, the glacial Matanuska Riv
er claimed the life of an Anchor
age hunter shortly after 11 a.m.
Monday as he sought to cross the
river near Milepost 72 on the
Glenn Highway.
Daniel Hurst, 33, a taxi
driver for Red Cab, drowned in
a swift current of tne river while
four hunting companions—two on
either side of the river—stood by
helpless in horror. He had. suc
cessfully reached a sandbar aftei
the boat capsized, tossing him out,
Deciding to swim back to shore,
he plunged into the current, latex
described by companions as the
roughest water in the river with
white caps two and three feel
high. He disappeared within £
few seconds.
The body was not recovered
The Palmer-based Highway Pa
trol, after fruitless efforts to re
cover the body, doubted that i1
V would ever be found.
With Hurst at the time of the
tragedy were Miles Crocker, Pal
mer area homesteader; Fritz Liv
esay of Cordova; and two womer
from Milepost 71—Caroline Cash
man and Rene Nielsen. The party
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compelling neea ior cny orai
nances on which Council mem
bers are working doggedly to get
on paper, was brought out in two
petitions to the City Council last
night.
Everett Yohn, representing city
food merchants, asked for the
adoption of an ordinance licens
ing peddlers in order to protect
the city and the merchants.
He cited the recent instance of
a trucker with a load of water
mellons during the Fair. First
he unloaded as many as he could
to the merchants, and then he
parked his truck on a busy cor
ner and proceeded to undersell
his wholesale customers. And
that wasn’t all. He failed to col
lect sales taxes, and he left a big
heap of refuse on the city streets.
Police chief Bernie Bouwens
says he’ll be waiting for that par
ticular peddler when he comes
back in a few weeks with a load
of apples. Fine for the misde
meanor of cluttering up the
streets is a possible $100. Sales
tax evasion would bring still
another fine, or jail or both.
Ralp Horton wanted to find
out how his plans for a new
building on the corner of Valley
St. and the Wasilla Highway
would stand up under the pro
posed new building code.
Still another request hinged on
the adoption of a taxi ordinance.
The building Code ordinance is
already being drawn up by City
Attorney Harold Butcher. Coun
cilman Chet Sandvik was com
missioned to contact Butcher in
Anchorage today to have taxi
and peddler ordinances drawn up.
A peddler ordinance comparable
to Anchorage’s is contemplated;
it would involve a license fee
prohibitive to "fly-by-nights”.
Co-Op Water Solution
According to the report of Jack
Maze on a three-way meeting of
city, Co-Op, and bank represen
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LAIVRENCE ARNDT
FUNERAL SERVICE
TO BE HELD MONDAY
Funeral services for Lav/rence
F. Arndt, who was recently killed
in an airplane crash at Anchor
age, will be held Monday, Sep
tember 17, at the Lutheran
Church, in Palmer. Rev. Joseph
Frenz of Anchorage will officiate
at the service.
Bearers, all long-time friends
of the deceased, will be Harold
Thuma, Virgil Eckert, Pat Hem
mer, L. P. Rorrison, Ken Foster
and Harold Winegarner.
The body will be shipped to
the states with interment to be
in the family lot at Crandon,
Wisconsin, boyhood home of Mr.
Arndt.
MAYOR MEIER GETS
FINAL OKAY ON
WATER PROJECT
According to a wire received
by Mayor Carl Meier Wednes
day morning from Donald R.
Wilson, district director of
APW, the Palmer water pro
ject had received final approv
al. Allotment was made by the
secretary of interior for $500,
000 from funds recently appro
priated for the 152 (present)
fiscal year.
In all 14 construction pro
jects totalling $6,435,400 were
approved for the Alaska Pub
lic Works program. Congress
recently appropriated $7,000,
000 for APW for the current
fiscal year.
Contract Award
Expected Soon on
Eklufna Tunnel Job
Four bids received for each o:
readvertisement of the Eklutm
tunnel project August 10, were
opened Tuesday, September 11
in the Denver office of the Bu
reau of Reclamation’s chief en
gineer.
Indications were that a con
tract would be let this time. The
low bid on Schedule 1, whicl
called for a low level tunnel iden
tical to that advertised last Maj
was fmade jointly by Peter Kie
wit & Sons Co., Coker Construe
tion Co., and Morrison-Knudser
Co., Inc. Their $17,348,865 bid wa:
lower than the engineer’s esti
mate of $18,175,568. On June 25
two of the above companies—Kie
wit and Morrison-Knudsen—bic
more than $4 million more on th<
same project. Their bid and al
the other bids made at that tim<
were rejected.
Low bidders on Schedule 2
which called for a high level tun
nel, were Grafe-Callahan, Rhoa
des, and Shafner-Gordon. Thei:
bid of $16,391,192 was slightly
higher than the engineer’s esti
mate of $15,687,384.
Under the terms of the read
vertisement the award was to b<
made under one of the schedule
as best suited the government a
the time bids were opened.
Byron K. Felkner, constructs
engineer in charge of the Eklutni
project was in the Denver offio
this week for the opening of th<
bids and planned to remain theri
until the award was made.
According to information re
ceived at the local headquarters
the low bidders on Schedule 1 in
dicated recently that if they woi
the award construction on th<
tunnel would begin almost imme
diately.
Ice Cream at 180 Gallons Per Hour
Flows From Co-Op's New Plant
ice-coia, sraooin, navoriui ice
cream started pouring out of the
Co-Op creamery’s new continu- !
ous process Vogt freezer at 4 a.
m. last Thursday morning at the
rate of three gallons a minute.
Thursday night’s production was
2,000 gallons.
Once the freezer gets started,
it doesn’t stop, according to the
creamery manager, Clarence Bell.
People who are filling ice cream
cartons from the spout can’t be
excused to answer the telephone.
When ice cream starts creeping
out of the doors and windows of
the creamery and spilling slowly
: but inexorably into the streets
of Palmer, everyone will know
i that some careless employe is
asleep at the continuous freezer
switch. Perhaps that’s one reason
why Manager Bell says it will
take two people to take care of
the freezer. A more obvious rea
son is seen in watching operations
involved—supplying empty car
! tons, filling them, fastening the
flaps and placing filled cartons
in the cold room. Bell figures
that a man and a girl should be
able to handle these operations
efficiently. The girl’s job hasn’t
been filled yet.
The steady flow of ice cream
climaxes more than a month of
renovation to make room for the
equipment and the actual installa
tion. William McKay, an engineer
from Seattle’s Monroe Dairy, was
in Palmer last week to help in
stall the machine.
Ice cream mix is piped from
huge refrigerated chambers over
to the univat where the desired
flavor is added and mixed in
thoroughly. From the univat, the
flavored mix is piped through the
barrel where it is frozen to the
consistency of an extremely thick
malted—just pourable and that’s
all. This luscious looking stuff
comes out of a two-inch spout and
into the carton that someone
should be holding there.
Ice cream shortages should be
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' SCIENCE CONFERENCE
FIRST IN ALASKA,
; HAILED BIG SUCCESS
Eleven local men were among
1 the 243 scientists who gathered
from all over the U. S. and Can
1 ada at Mt. McKinley Park last
1 week for the second Alaska Sci
~ ence Conference.
2 It was the first such conference
2 in Alaska. Everyone returning
from it remarked about the en~
- thusiasm which prevailed from
i, Governor Ernest Gruening’s in
- spiring address at the opening of
1 the meetings Sept. 4, until the last
2 papers were read, last Friday.
Dr. Stanley Cosby, Pacific Re
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Froe Movies on
Natl Kid's Day
The Palmer Kiwanis Club and
movieman A1 Hagen combine
forces again this year to bring
free movies for children of the
Valley in commemoration of Na
ional Kids Dav, Saturday, Sept.
52.
Every year Kiwanis Clubs all
over the country observe this
special day (1) to bring to under
priviliged children some of the
opportunities normally enjoyed
by more fortunate boys and
girls, (2) to focus attention both
)n the achievements of youth and
on problems associated with ju
venile delinquency, and (3) to
!mphasize adult responsibility
in the training of useful citizens.
While all school age children
are welcome to attend this free
movie, the Kiwanis Club epecial
j ly wants to make certain that any
handicapped or underprivileged
child in the Valley has the chance
to attend.
If anyone knows of such a child
who will need transportation in
| order to attend the movie, Kiwa
nis president Hugh Johnson re
, quests that any Palmer Kiwanian
)e notified, so that the necessary
arrangements can be made.
Huntley Still Awaits
Confirmation On
Marshal Appointment
Associated Press and United
Press announced Tuesday Presi
dent Truman’s nomination of
Walter E. Huntley as United
States Marshall of the Third Di
vision, but by noon today the
man most concerned had received
no confirmatory word.
Action on Huntley’s appoint
ment has been long overdue, and
the present senator from the
Third District has repeatedly in
sisted that he won’t count on the
job until he has the actual papers
confirming it.
Even if President Truman has
indeed nominated him, Walter
Huntley knows well that there is
still another hurdle before the
appointment is final. The nomi
nation must be confirmed by the
Senate. Papers confirming Hunt
ley’s appointment may not be
forthcoming until such action
takes place.
Meanwhile, Huntley is getting
a little weary of keeping his fing
ers crossed. It has been nearly a
year since he was first recom
mended for the position and near
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