CONSERVATION
NOTES
By LEW E. HANKS
Some changes have been made
in the methods of getting pay
ments through the Agricultural
Conservation Program. As of
Feb. 15 technical responsibility
for the permanent type conser
vation practices under this pro
gram was made a function of the
Soil Conservation Services. This
is a direct result of changes made
by the Secretary of Agriculture.
In other words, if you apply for
payments for land clearing, seed
ing areas permanently to pasture,
or contour ditching, inspection of
the site prior to doing the job or
clearing the land must be made
by the Soil Conservation Service
before a recommendation for pay
ment can be approved. Payments
for practices will be made as be
fore through the Extension Ser
vice office of Parker Lester, but
inspection before and after doing
the job must be made by the Soil
Conservation Service before pay
ment can be approved.
Conservation payments are not
made just to get more land under
cultivation. They are made to
compensate a farmer for the ex
tra expense he may go to to get
a good conservation job done. If
a part of your top soil goes into
the stump row or the clearing
opens a field up to wind erosion,
that’s not conservation, therefore,
no recommendation for approval
of payment.
If you are intending to clear
before April 9 and expect to ap
ply for payment, be sure and let
the Soil Conservation Service
know before hand. We are anx
ious as you to see a good job
done that will qualify for pay
ment. We are as anxious as you
to see the top soil protected.
To expect payment for land
clearing you must do three things
(1) make formal application to
the Extension Service, (2) in
form the Soil Conservation Ser
vice so they may go over the site
before work starts, and (3) do a
good conservation job of land
clearing by clearing only land
suitable for farming, keeping the
topsoil from being dozed into the
stump row and leaving wind
breaks to protect open fields.
Good luck.
Coffee Insures Everything—
Remember?
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Old Gold Rush Ship
Victoria Bringing
Cargo for Railbelt
The historic 81-year-old Ala
ska Steamship Company steamer
Victoria, is back on the run.
“The ‘Vic’ is being taken out of
layup to handle a special cargo to
the Alaska rail belt, beyond the
capacity of our regularly sched
uled vessels,” H. N. Peterson,
general traffic manager, explain
ed. “Of the several ships in our
reserve fleet ready to meet un
usual traffic demands, the ‘Vic’
is particularly well-suited for the
type of packaged cargo that has
developed.”
Capt. Ben Aspen will command
the ‘Vic’ this voyage. Built inl870
the ‘Vic’ helped make gold rush
history often handling as much
as two million dollars in gold on
a trip from the Seward Peninsula.
For years she was the first to
reach Nome after the ice break
up in Bering Sea, and the last to
leave before navigation closed in
the fall.
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WASILLA
PERSONALS
Aroused by barking dogs early
Monday morning, U. S. Commis
sioner May C. Carter of Wasilla
found a large bull moose brows
ing on her frontyard trees. Her
husband came runing with a cam
era and from the front door got
shots at 10 feet. The moose finish
ed his breakfast at the Carter’s
then bedded down back of the
community hall.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Miller from
Granby, Colo., have bought a
house and lot in the Kennedy
Addition. They intend to make
Wasilla their permanent home.
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Installation of new officers for
the V.F.W and Auxilary w-ill be
held in Wasilla Community Hall
April 21.
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Jim Kennedy and Pat Carter
are in the process of moving Tee
land’s warehouse from its present
location by the railroad tracks
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to a new site back of the store
building.
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The junior class of Wasilla high
school plans a basket social and
dance April 7, at Wasilla school.
Prizes will be awarded for the
best baskets, and a prize to the
man buying the best basket.
Everyone is invited to join in the
dancing, games, cards and re
freshments 7 to midnight.
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Dave, Oliver and Matt Onkka
purchased the first lots of the re
cently opened Lake View Sub
division located on Lake Lucille.
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Committeemen of the Boy
Scouts met Thursday in Teeland’i
store.
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Mrs. Lona Boice was married
Sunday by U. S. Commissioner,
to Herchel B. Weakly on Easter
May C. Carter. They will be at
home in Anchorage.
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Sunrise services and Easter
breakfast were held in the Wasil
la Community Hall by the Was
illa Church of Christ, followed
by a program with Easter baskets
distributed to the children.
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