BY YOUR GARBAGE
WE SHALL KNOW YOU,
BOUWENS WARES
According to the Alaska Com
piled Laws of 1949, Sections 40
9-2 and 40-9-3. no garbage shall
be dumped within 200 feet of any
highway. Failure to comply with
this law is a misdemeanor, and
those apprehended are subject to:
fines of not less than $10 nor
more than $50, not less than 5
days in jail nor more than 25. or
both.
Such is the warning of Deputy
Marshall Bill Bouwens this week.
The warning was prompted by
continued violation of the gar
bage dumping law at the local
garbage dump near the Matanus
ka Bridge. Bouwens says that it
is necessary for persons disposing
of their trash and garbage to
drive over the bluff and down on
to the river bank in order to
dump it beyond the 200 foot lim
it.
According to report, the Ter
ritorial Department of Health re
cently made an inspection of the
local dump and so berated the
Palmer garbage collector for con
ditions found there that the gar
bage collector paid $110 to have
the refuse bulldozed back within
the legal limit. Two days later he
returned to find a huge pile of
garbage dumped right next to the
road.
“From now on’’, Bouwens said,
“any persons who violate the gar
bage dumping law are going to
e picked up.”
Already Bouwens has identifi
ed the garbage of two viQlators.
These were merely given warn
ings. Future violations will be
met with legal action, he says.
Holger Larson Tells
Kiwanians About
Fish Rehabilitation
Holger Larson of the Fish and
Wild Life Service finally kept
his appointment with the Kiwan
is Club Monday noon after two
postponements due to the press of
duties elsewhere.
Kiwanis members had been
anxiously awaiting his discussion
of the rehabilitation of fish in
lakes around this area. According
to Larsen, such rehabilitation in
the Anchorage-Matanuska Val
ley area is first on the list of
FWS^, projects. Only this year, he
said, has money been made avail
able for this work.
He stressed the fact that many
lakes in the area are unsuitable
for restocking because of insuf
ficient oxygen to permit survival
of fish during the winter when
the lakes are frozen. The main
reason for the depleted supply of
fish is the slow' rate of reproduc
tion under Alaskan climate con
ditions. The rate at which fish
are taken out of the lakes ex
ceeds the rate of reproduction.
The idea of locating fish hatch
eries up here is an impossible one
because of the prohibitive costs
involved, Larson said. In Alaska,
the cost of each fish produced in
a hatchery would be so great that
fishing would be a luxury. A bet
ter idea proposed by the FWS
agent involved the trapping out
of*“suckers which feed on fish
eggs in the lakes.
Concerning the conservation of
game, Larson stated that preda
tor control had helped more than
any other means in saving the
carifcou herds.
He praised the sportsmen of the
Matanuska Valley area, saying
tWat they cooperated with the
Federal Civil Defense
Subsidy Exceeding 50%
Expected for Alaska
“There is likelihood that some
Federal money will be available
shortly for matching purposes,”
the Territorial Director of Civil
Defense said this week. “This
money may be matched with Ter
ritorial or local funds, provided
the expenditure is recognized by
the Federal Government as be
ing a proper Civil Defense ex
penditure and the articles pur
chased meet Federal specifica
tions.”
The basis for Federal matching
is normally 50%. Because of its
unique position in the defense
set up, this percentage might be
increased for Alaska.
It is the policy of the Territorial
Department of Civil Defense that
within its means and subject to
its approval, it will match 50% of
; the amount remaining after de
| ducting the Federal contribution
—the local municipality putting
! up the remainder. For example,
ad item costs $1,000.00. Suppose
the Federal Government puts up
70% or $700.00. Of the remaining
$300.00, the Territorial Depart
ment will put up $150.00 and the
municipality $150.00.
If for any reason the Territor
ial Department of Civil Defense
fails to approve the request of a
i local Director for matching funds,
the local Director may re-submit
his request, providing that the lo
cal municipality is willing and
has funds available to meet the
entire remaining cost.
In any request for organiza
tion equipment, local Civil De
fense Directors will certify that
funds are available to meet that
portion of the cost to be borne by
the local government.
Such requets will contain a des
cription of the article to be pur
chased, its FCDA item number,
the quantity desired, the unit
cost, and the total cost.
Requests for organizational
equipment for fire, warning, res
cue and other services and for
training should be submitted
promptly. Medical supplies al
ready have been requisitioned.
After Trading “Hot”
Gun in Palmer, Youth
Held on Two Charges
Held in the Federal jail in An
chorage this week on charges of
illegal entry into the Territory
from Canada and grand larceny
was Gordon Bowen. 20, of Victor
ia B. C.
Young Bowen was picked up by
the Highway Patrol in Valdez
Sunday upon a complaint of
grand larceny signed in the U. S.
Commissioner’s Court, Wasilla,
by George A. Watson.
The larceny charge involved
the theft of a gun August 9. Ac
cording to the Highway Patrol,
Bowen traded the stolen gun for
another from a Palmer business
house. He then sold the second
gun to a truck driver.
It was necessary for the High
way Patrol to locate the truck
driver enroute to his northerly
destination to advise him that his
purchase was “hot”.
All property was recovered ex
cept the $50 which Bowen got
from the truck driver.
Bowen was to have a hearing
in U. S. Commissioner’s Court
later this week.
FWS program more than any
group he knew. “We all work to
gether in reporting violations”,
he said.
MAYOR CARL MEIER
BLAZES TRUCKING
TRAIL TO JUNEAU
The local trucking firm of Carl
Meier is embarked on a pioneer
hauling trip this week as the
city’s mayor started for Juneau
Wednesday with a load of furni
ture.
The trip is a special one. being
made more to find out what the
route is like than to establish any
commerce between Alaska’s fu
ture capitol and the present one.
Meier is making the trip to move
the Clark McHurons’ furniture to
their new home in Douglas, near
Juneau, where the Bureau of Re
clamation’s new geologist for
Alaska has his headquarters.
M^ier hoped to catch the Fri
day ferry out of Haines and the
Monday ferry on the return trip.
With luck, he thought he might
be back in Palmer for next week’s
Council meeting.
The trip from here to Juneau,
Meiers said, is 820 miles by land
and ferry.
Traffic Violations
Bring Four Fines In
Commissioner’s Court
Four men pleaded guilty to
charges of traffic violations this
past week when tried by U. S.
Conjmissioner Dorothy Saxton.
Elmer Henry Erickson, of Pal
mer, was fined $50 August 9 for
speeding on the Glenn Highway
August 8.
On August 11, Theordore
Glenn, of Palmer received a fine
of $175. a 60 day suspended sen
tence, and had his driver’s license
revoked for 60 days for driving
while under the influence of n
toxicating liquor on August 10.
James H. Lonton, a service
man from the Post, tried August
13 on charges of driving while
under the influence of intoxicat
ing liquor August 12. He was fin
ed $50 and his driver’s license re
voked for 30 days.
J. D. Peters, of Anchorage, was
fined $35 when he was tried Aug
ust 15 on charges of speeding on
the Anchorage-Palmer Highway
August 12.
Maud Hosier Becomes
Trading Post Manager
Mrs. Maud Hosier assumed the
managership of the Trading Post
today.
According to Acting Co-Op
Manager Carl Rasmussen, Mrs.
Hosier has had previous exper
ience in managing a similar en
terprise here in Palmer. During
the war, while Jan Koslosky was
in service, she ably managed Kos
losky’s for three years.
Plans of Arthur Stacey, who
gave up the job as manager after
nearly a year and a half of ser
vice in that capacity, were still
indefinite this week. He has been
offered jobs with the Co-Op eith
er in the creamery or the ware
house.
Knik Indians—
dian territory by the inroads of
white men.
“From time immemorial” the
Indians of Knik and the Mata
nuska Valley, “have claimed the
lands on the grounds of contin-[
uous use, occupancy and prior
rights.”
The territory claimed extends
from the beginning of Knik Arm
north to Caswell on the railroad
and east to Chickaloon, about 40
miles up the highway, and then
west to Knik Arm.
MACHETANZ’ RETURN
FROM GLACIER TRIP
Fred and Sara Machetanz re
turned to Palmer August 13 fol
lowing a three week stay at the
Lake George break-up and sur
rounding glacial regions.
During their stay, approxi
mately two thousand feet of
I movie film was used in both slow
! motion and natural speeds. "We
kept two cameras going on each
ice fall”, Machetanz said. In ad
dition. stills in color and black
and white were made.
Following the break-up much
of their time was spent filming
the Surprise Glacier and Inner
Lake regions. "Seegoo”, their fa
mous white dog helped pack over
I
fifty miles in and out of gorges
and in making camp changes.
Machetanz reported one of
their most vivid impressions was
from the tremendous noise cre
ated by stranded icebergs disint
! egrating on dry land. Icebergs*
j 60 to 80 feet high crashed to the
ground without warning as they
broke apart. The films will be
processed to be used on future
| lecture tours contemplated by the
: couple.
J(m' Richardson, trapper and
Matanuska Glacier guide. Kirk
Stone. University of Wisconsin
professor who is studying self
dumping lakes in Alaska and the
Machetanz couple were camped
together much of the time. Stone
is expected back in the Valley
this week.
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