AURORA DOG MUSHERS PLAN
‘FUN RAGE” SUNDAY, MARCH 24
The Aurora Dog Musher:
plan a “fun race” for Sunday
March 24, a spokesman said
ih s week. It will involve rac
ing with a team limited to fivt
dogs, and two drivers for eacl
team, a man and a woman
S< me of the women racing wil
Legal Notice
• NITED STATES DEPARTMENT Ol
THE INTERIOR. BUREAU OF I.ANI
MANAGEMENT. Land Office. Co.do
va Building, 555 Cordova Street. An
c i>race. Alaska.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice Is hereby given that Alfrei
M white entryman, of Anchorage. AI
ska. together with his witnesses Odil
C Terry of Anchorage. Alaska am
,1 .'lines E Shade of Sunshine, Alaska ha
submitted final proof on his Homestcai
entry Anchorage Si rial Number 04798
lor a tract of land described as
NWV«. Sec. 5. SE .NF.t,. \V',NE'
S E1,. Et,Ei3NF.V.SEU. NW>,NE>
NE .SEV*, Sec. 6 T. 23 N . R 4 W
S M .
antalning 152 50 acres, and it is nov
,n 'he files of the Land Office. Arch
’rage, Alaska. Any person, corporation
r a sociation having or asserting an:
idverse interest In. or claim to. th
iract of land or any part thereof sought
m.in file in the Anchorage Land Office
during the period of publication o
within 3C days thereafter, under oath
an adverse ciaim setting forth the na
Pure and extent thereof, and such ad
verse claimant shall, w ithin sixty day
after the filing of such adverse claim
begin action to quiet title In a cour
<>f competent jurisdiction within Alaska
arid thereafter patent shall be Issue
m unformity with the final decree o
the court.
ALFRED P ST EG EH
Chief, Lands Section
Published March 7. 14. 21, 28. and Aprl
4. 1963
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT Ol
THE INTERIOR. BUREAU OF LANI
MANAGEMENT. Land Office. Cordo
va Building. 555 Cordova Street. An
chorage, Alaska
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice la hereby given that Leo An
drew Haag entryman. of Anchorage, Al
aska. together with his witnesses Jerr
Alfred Hill of Willow. Alaska and Jac
E Cole of Anchorage. Alaska has sub
mitted final proof on his Homestead en
try Anchorage Serial Number 049455 fo
a tract of iand described as
SE'wSWVi. Lot 4. Sec. 19 and NEt
NWVs, Lot 2. Sec. 30. T. 19 N.. R.
W.. S M.. Lot 17. Sec. 24. and Lots
and 17. Sec. 25. T 19 N.. R 5 W . S M
containing 157.15 acres, and it is nov
in the files of the Land Office, Anch
orage. Alaska. Any person, corpora
tion. or association having or assertini
any adverse Interest in, or claim to
the tract of land or any part thereo
sought, may file in the Anchorag'
Land Office, during the period of pub
llcation or within 30 days thereafter
under oath, an adverse claim settini
forth the nature and extent thereof
and such adverse claimant shall, withii
sixty days after the filing of such ad
verse claim, begin action to quiet litis
in a court of competent jurisdictior
within Alaska, and thereafter paten
shall be issued in conformity with tin
final decree of the court.
ALFRED P. STEGER
Chief. Lands Section
Published March 7. 14. 21. 28, and Aprl
4 1963
never have been on a dog sled
before. The races will begin at
1 p.m.
Junior winners in last Sun
day’s races were Ron Biggers,
first, Howard Kittelson, second,
and Bill Keith, third, (also lan
• tern), five dogs; Jo Eller first,
Herff Keith, second, Suzy Stur
devant, third, and Dale Ander
son, lantern, three dogs; Kay
i Anderson, first, and Elizabeth
Eller, (one day), lantern.
All trophies were donated by
1 the Matanuska Valley Bank
| Barney Anderson contributed
1 the lanterns.
! Senior high point winners
| forthe season were A1 Hibbard,
| first, trophy donated hy Union
j Oil Co.; Dick Kopsack. second,
' trophy B & H Supply, Palmer;
■ Barney Anderson, third, trophy i
; | from A & J Enterprises; Ed
• Carney, fourth, trophy from
• Big Lake Service; Earl Norris,
■ fifth, Totem Realty; Bud Smy
; th, sixth. Totem Realty; and
■ Natalie Norris, seventh, Valley
“ Machine.
t
Five dog point winners were
| Ron Biggers and Howard Kit
telson. tying for first place,
j Their trophies were contribut
i ed by the Big Lake School As
sociation and the Aurora Dog
Mushers Club.
> Three-dog point winners
; were Suzy Sturdivant and
Herff Keith, tying for first and
receiving trophies from Mary
■ Cochrane and the Aurora Dog
' Musher’s Club
Kay Anderson was high point
i winner for one-dog racing, and
was given a trophy donated by
I The Livin' End in Wasilla.
1 Newly elected officers for
; Aurora Dog Mushers are Ed
■ Carney, president; A1 Hibbard,
. vice-president; Mrs. Dorothy
; Page, secretary; and Mrs. Con
1 nie Hibbard, treasurer.
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■ corporated June 16, 1903, by
t Henry Ford and 11 associates.
Authorized capitalization was
; $150,000 but only $28,000 was
paid in. Today, the company
has approximately 300,000
shareholders and total assets
of more than $5,000,000,000.
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Power Means Progress For Villagers
By VIRGINIA O'REILLY
Frontiersman Staff Writer
Many miles of mountains and
tundra separate the Matanus
ka Valley and the village of
Unalakleet on the shore of
Norton Sound in Western Al
aska.
Because of the great distance
between the two points, one
would think they would have
little in common with each
other. But they do. Both the
Matanuska Valley and Unala
kleet have fertile ground,
which produces magnificent
vegetables. Their residents are
hardworking, progressive cit
izens, who labor under what
are often adverse conditions to
develop their interests in Al
aska.
In addition, they share an in
terest in that most important
commodity for development,
electricity.
Since last December, the Ma
tanuska Valley Electric Asso
ciation has been providing the
residents of Unalakleet with
electrical power. This power
has been made available with
out increasing the cost of elec
tricity to MEA’s Matanuska
Valley customers. Their rates
have remained the same and
service has been expanded ac
cording to schedule.
By making electricity avail
able to the 600 residents of Un
alakleet, MEA has opened the
door to a new era of Alaskan
development, which can have
far reaching results.
According to Mason LaZelle,
MEA manager, other villages,
especially those in Northwest
ern Alaska, are watching the
program closely because they
view it as a possible opportun
ity for them to modernize their
areas to the point that they can
develop their human and nat
ural resources.
Under the present program,
the MEA is acting as a fond
parent until the baby, Unala
kleet, is able to take on full
responsibility for operating and
maintaining its own electrical
system under rules set down
by the Rural Electrification
Administration.
Since MEA moved into Un
alakleet at the request of its
residents, new power lines
have been installed, the first
street lights have been erected,
a power plant with three gen
erators totaling 160 kilowatts
has been constructed and plans
call for the acquisition of a 300
KW generator later this year.
The work has been done
with funds from a $331,000
REA loan authorization, which
the villagers will pay back ac
cording to REA specifications.
Approximately $221,000 of th<
authorization has already beei
spent in Unalakleet.
While the MEA is acting a;
a fond parent toward the vil
lage of Unalakleet by providini
electrical power, the residents
themselves, have shown thei
maturity by signing up fo
electrical service and taking oi
the responsibility of payini
about 20 cents per KW for th<
privilege of having electricity
This rate is approximate!;
double the average rate in th<
Matanuska Valley.
Although the cost is high
when compared to electrica
rates in this area of Alaska, thi
residents of Unalakleet an
grateful for the service. Thi
gratefulness was very eviden
during my recent trip to thi
neat and attractive village ti
gather information on MEA’
expansion into Western Alas
ka, for The Frontiersman.
The arrival of stable elec
trical power has meant tha
the women of the village cai
invest their husband’s hare
earned money in a refrigeratoi
freezer, washing machine o
iron and be confident that the;
will have electricity to usi
them. Many of them have pur
chased such appliances am
others are looking forward t<
obtaining them this year.
Before MEA moved into Un
alakleet, a few of the villager
had these modern convenience
but they could never be sun
they would have the power ti
operate them. For the pas
three years, a private operato
had atempted to provide elec
trical service to the village
However, his equipment wa
inadequate and last Octobe
Unalakleet experienced a com
plete electrical blackout whei
the Northern Commercial Cc
had to repossess the privati
operator’s generator because hi
had not kept up his payment
on it.
During the private operator’:
three years of operation, Un
alakleet residents never knew
whether their lights or appli
ances would work. The use o:
high voltage equipment at on<
end of the village would affec
service at the other end.
According to village counci
president Frank Degnan am
his wife, on more than one oc
casion the people would pa;
their way into the movii
house to see the latest shov
and there would not be enougl
electricity to operate the pro
jector after the movie hac
started. Quite often, they nevei
knew whether the cavalry ar
arrived in time to rescue th<
hero and heroine. MEA powei
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> has remedied this situation,
i In addition to making the
purchase of electrical appli
j ances feasible, MEA has also
. boosted the local economy by
r providing three local residents
| with full or part-time jobs.
- Paul Ivanoff Jr. is the full-time
- operator of the power plant,
! Oscar Kauchak spells him on
r the weekend and Ivanhoff’s
! sister handles the book work of
the 80 customer electrical sys
r tern.
‘ One of the major problems,
which still has to be ironed
out, is the need for educating
i
the MEA’s customers in Unal
akleet on the necessity of pay
ing their electrical bills mon
thly and not once a year in
the old Alaska tradition.
Up until this time. Unala
kleet residents have been used
to settling up in the fall after
the fishing season when they
have cash in their pockets. This
re-education should be no pro
blem because it was the women
of the village who complained
about the previous unreliable
electrical service. Their com
plaints to village president
Degnan resulted in his request
ing the MEA to come to Unala
kleet.
In addition to being one of
the few native villages with re
liable electrical service, Unala
kleet is also unique because it
has no permafrost. Since it is
located on a gravel bed penin
sula, its residents are looking
forward to the construction of
water and sanitary sewer sys
tem this summer with federal
funds.
The village council has ap
plied for the federal grant and
it is being processed in Wash
ington, D.C.
THESE CHARMING UNALAKLEET young cit
izens are growing up with the advantages
of electricity, which is something that
their parents did not have during their
childhood. Like children anywhere, they
get just as much fun out of playing with
a metal pole as they would with a fancy
electric train.
THE MATANUSXA ELECTRIC ASSOCIA
TION'S power plant in Unalakleet is hous
ed in a metal building, which contains
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three generators with a total capacity of
160 kilowatts.
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THESE STORAGE TANKS hold the fuel oil,
which is used to run Unalakleeft electri
cal system. The two tanks have a capacity
of 180,000 gallons,
fuel.
a year's supply of