MEADOW CREEK FIRE
jBURNS 200 ACRES;
CARELESSNESS BLAMED
Many valuable acres of Alaskan
forests were burned over in re
cent days, Earl “Tex” Carson,
local fire guard, announced.
At Meadow Creek, in the Big
Lake area, a 200-acre fire is now
under control and fire fighters
predict it will be completely
burned out within a day or two.
Evidently the fire was caused by
careless smoking or use of match
es in the dry timberland.
Approximately 100 army men
from Fort Richardson were sent
to the area to assist 10 men from
the division of forestry and 25
hired firefighters. ^
A - fire burning a large area
near the Atlasta House, Mile 166,
is fairly well under control. Jer
ry Bueller, Palmer fire guard, is
at the scene but late news on the
fire have not been received at
the local fire guard station.
“Tex” issued a cautionary mes
sage to all who intend to be in a
wooded area during this hot
weather:
% “During this present type weath
er, anything may cause a fire. A
spark from a cigarette, a hot
match tip or camp fires improper
ly cared for,” he said. “The hu
midity is very low during the
day and with the hot sun coming
down, once a fire gets started it
will spread rapidly,” he added.
Please report all fires immedi
ateb| to the Palmer fire guard
station, giving approximate lo
cality and time of discovery.
COUNCIL ACTS—
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of the ordinance. Other hearings
are scheduled tentatively for July
26 and August 2.
“This is the time for people
to come forward and make their
ideas known,” councilmen point
ed out. The law protects the peo
ple’s interest by allowing them
this privilege.
Verify Election
Opening business at the Coun
cil session last night was a veri
fication of the counting of ballots
cast in Tuesday’s election. It was
announced that the resolution
calling for a tax on sales and ser
yices in Palmer had been passed
by a majority vote of 71.4 percent.
A total of 201 votes were cast, of
which two were disqualified.
Apply for Water Funds
On the motion of Councilman
Mick, the Council passed a resolu
tion to apply for construction
funds for a new water system and
extensions to the sewer system.
Thomas B. Bourne Associates of
Alaska, Inc. of Juneau were ap
pointed representatives to act for
the city.
This is the second phase of the
program to obtain water for the
city. Preliminary planning has
been completed on three possible
sources of water: the Matanuska
River, Wasilla Creek and deep
wells, and Moose Creek. Surveys
were completed by the Bourne
company in May.
Postpone Sands Hearing
Maynard Sands appeared be
fore the Council and requested a
postponement of his scheduled
hearing in regard to a telephone
franchise. The Council agreed to
grant a hearing later on Sand’s
request.
because of new freight rate on
canned goods, amounting to $2.45
per hundred pounds in carload
lot, the Anchorage Cold Storage
is making deliveries by rail.
Received at the Palmer depot
this week, carload lots of canned
goods will result in a 30 percent
per case saving, Mr. Charles Nel
son, station agent, announced.
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THE AMERICAN WAY
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Handcuffs That Never Unlock
Rev. and Mrs. Geiwitz
On Trip Outside
Rev. and Mrs. George Geiwitz,
flew to Seatle July 10 where they
plan to pick up a new car and
drive back over the Alaska high
way. “It’s sort of a second honey
moon”, Mrs. Geiwitz said, “This
is our twenty-fifth wedding an
niversary and we are making this
a commemorable trip”. They ex
pect to return to the Valley early
in August.
During their absence, Miss
Ruby Clark will be in charge at
the church of God. A graduate of
Anderson College, Indiana, Miss.
! Clark recently returned to the
| V a 1 1 e y following additional
schooling taken at Anderson.
| Miss Clark has lived in Palmer
i before, working at the Lodge and
| has done substitute teaching, in
the local school.
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No Price Rollbacks,
No Rollforwards For
30 Days, Says OPS
JUNEAU—There is no change
in policy or application of exist
ing price control regulations in
Alaska, Office of Price Stabiliza
tion Director Fred G. Hanford
said today.
Hanford said there had been
some question as to the status of
the OPS under the 30-day exten
sion granted by Congress last
week.
“Under the resolution extend
ing controls,” Hanford said, “Con
gress stipulated there could be no
rollbacks by virtue of existing
regulations. The regulations re
ferred to are manufacturers’ reg
ulations.
“Previous to the action last
week by Congress, many manu-!
faeturers would have been re
quired within the next few'
months to roll back many of their
prices to a level re-establishing
pre-Korean cost-price relation
ship. Also, some manufacturers
would have been allowed to raise
their prices in the event they had'
been caught in a squeeze.
“For the next 30 days, however,
neither rollbacks or rollforwards
will be put into effect. The Office
of Price Stabilization has ordered
a freeze of manufacturers’ prices
as of June 30.”
Hanford pointed out that all
retail and wholesale regulations,
including Alaska’s Regulation 0,
are not affected by last week’s
action.
Don Irwin, Jr., recently re
turned from his junior year at
Willamette College, is working
for ACS on construction.
Valley Frontiersman
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LEGION AUXILIARY
TO RAISE FUNDS
Palmer Post, American Legion
Auxiliary members are remind
ed to make their card purchases
early, Mrs. Ann Demning, presi
dent of the auxiliary, announced
this week.
Mrs. Minnie Clark is in charge
of sales, being conducted at Bet
ty’s. The assortment is a full line
of the Cheerful Card Company,
including all occasion cards, gift
wrap, note papers, stationery and
personalized napkins.
As proceeds from the sale will
go toward a worthwhile purpose
of the Auxiliary, members are
being urged to make their pur
chases as soon as possible.
NEW MONEY ORDER PLAN
Money order purchasers were
pleasantly surprised this week to
find the U. S. postal service has
a 'new stream lined money order
system.
The new punched-card money
order is issued more quickly and
paid more conveniently. No spe
cific post office is named for pay
ment and it may be cashed at any
post office or bank.
To save money for your gov
ernment and yourself, purchasers
are requested not to fold, staple,
spindle or mutilate the money
orders.
EASTERN STAR
The Eastern Star meeting
originally scheduled for last
Tuesday will be held Tuesday,
July 17 at 8 p.m. in Carpen
ters’ Hall.
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