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.Anchorage Ciub Loses
Tough Match to Palmer
On Local Rifle Range
Anchorage gun-men went down j
to defeat on the Palmer rifle
range again last week, and the
battle to the finish is on again.
The clubs have been alternating
wins and defeats on one another’s
Ihome ranges.
Week before last, the score was
«ven all around with each team
having won three matches on its
■Dwn range and lost three on its
opponents’ home court. That week
Anchorage came to Palmer and
won, to give the visitors the rub
ber match and a mythical sea
son’s championship.
Anchorage, finding victory
sweet to its taste, optimistically
re-challenged the Palmer squad
to another meet on the local
range, the match to be a 40-shot
■ Shelly flop” position, usually a
strong position for Anchorage.
But the defeat of the week be
fore had done its work. Members
<of the Palmer club adopted a new
mode of life. Milk replaced cof
fee in the diet, sleep was pre
scribed for all at proper hours,
ard a calm and undisturbed
round of days became the rule
for all squad members. Fits of
temper were curtailed by law.
it was even relatively difficult to
engage Vern Donaldson in argu
ment
And the Palmer training pro
gram paid off last Friday night,
Bench Warrant Issued
For Game Law Violator
A bench warrant was issued
this week for H. Halvorsen of
Haliea Lodge at Wasilla, charged
with a game law violation stem
ming from last fall’s moose sea
son, Holger Larsen, Fish and
Wildlife service agent, announced.
Bail was fixed at $1,000.
Halvorsen was scheduled to ap
pear for trial at Copper Center
this week, the district in which
the violation occurred. The man
failed to attend the trial. It was
the third time that the trial had
been postponed because of the ac
cused’s non-appearance.
Mr. Larsen said Halvorsen is
charged with shooting a moose
too near the highway.
ns these scores will testify:
PALMER—1989
Westenbarger .
V. Donaldson .
C. Carroll .
R. Brock ..
Rip Harris .
ANCHORAGE—1978
i Wessman ..
| Mollberg .
S Collins .
Harris .
i S. Donaldson .
| So, now the teams are off on
j another fast round of competition.
! Palmer goes to Anchorage tonight
i to see if local marksmen can’t
I beat their jinx on the range of
■ their Anchorage hosts.
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THE NEW
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Palmer And Anchorage Sportsmen
May Join Forces For Outdoor Range
Tentative plans for a combined 1
Palmer-Anchorage big bore rifle .
range, to be located in the Mata
nuska Valley, were discussed at
the April meeting of the Mata
nuska Valley Sportsmen.
It was explained by president
Bill Smith that the joint endeavor
would hold advantages for both
clubs. There is no area available
to the Anchorage club, near An
chorage itself. Joining with the
Palmer club, to construct a range
on the Sandvik property, would
mean a sharing of both labor
and expense, with a saving for
both clubs.
The local club has approved the
plan, but Anchorage shooters
still are considering it.
A delegate trom unugiax s dow
and arrow club was a guest at
the recent meeting, to ask the
Sportsmen’s endorsement of reg
ulations permitting bow and ar
row hunting. No change in sea
sons, nor restricted areas for such
hunting, were asked by the Chu
giak sportsman.
The members of the local club
agreed to back the Chugiak group
in its petition for the bow and
arrow regulations.
Films on bow and arrow hunt
ing will be shown at the next
Sportsmen’s meeting, Mr. Smith
said. That meeting will be held
on Wednesday, May 3, at the in
door rifle range. Meeting time is
set for 8 o’clock.
SENIORS ARE READY
FOR OPENING NIGHT
AT GYM TOMORROW
Cast and stagecrew polished off
the last dress dehearsal of “De
mon in the Dark” today, and all
is ready for the production of the
three-act comedy-mystery tomor
row night, Mrs. Margaret Cope,
senior adviser announced. Cur
tain-time is at 8 o’clock in the
Gym. • i i
Tickets for this senior class play
will cost a dollar for reserved
seats, 75 cents general admission
for adults and 50 cents for stu
dents.
Reserved seats have been on
sale through class members all
this week. General admission
tickets may be purchased at the
door tomorrow evening.
MIELKE-BOWENS WEDDING
PLANNED FOR SUNDAY
! Miss Margyre Mielke and ]
i Wayne Bouwens will be married
j at St. Michael’s Church at 3
o’clock next Sunday afternoon.
The wedding will be followed by
a reception at the C. F. Mielke
home, parents of the bride.
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No Spring Sports
Dates Yet Written
On School Calendar
No definite engagements with
other schools have yet been com
oleted for either track meets or
baseball games, superintendent
William T. Zahradnicek of Pal
mer High School said today.
Coach Robert Crites has poten
tial diamond stars practicing
daily. Great interest has been
shown in baseball, and squad
members are hoping for one or
two inter-school games before the
school year ends.
Track turnouts have been lim
ited to running events. Equip
ment and practice grounds are
not yet ready for workouts in the
field events.
Mr. Zahradnicek said it is ten
tatively planned to ask Anchoi
age High School to Palmer next
Friday for a baseball game, and
possibly for some competitive
events on the track. No full-scale
track meet is planned at this time.
MILK PRICES TAKE
USUAL SUMMER DROP
The summer price of milk
goes into effect on May 1.
James Wilson of the Matanuska
Valley Farmers' Co-Operating
Association announced today.
On that date, the retail price of
milk drops from 40 cents to 35
cents a quart.
Effective also on that date.
Valley dairy farmers will take
62 PREDATORS HAVE
BEEN TAKEN HERE
IN EIGHT MONTHS
A summary of predator control
achievements in this district, in
the less than a year’s time the
work has been in effect here, was
reported this week by Bob Burk
holder, predator contxol agent.
Mr. Burkholder is the secon< \
agent assigned to this area. His
predecessor, Stanley Patrick, was
here for only a few weeks before
transferring to Kotzebue.
In the time the two men were
on duty here, a total of 32 wolves
and 30 coyotes have been ac
counted for by the Palmer pred
ator control station, Mr. Burk
holder said.
Most of the work directed to
ward the control of coyotes this
past season has been conducted
in the area adjacent to Palmer, it
was stated. Agents believe that
a vertical migration of predators
takes place from the sheep ranges
in the summer to the river flats
in the winter. Therefore winter
control efforts in this area, where
the animal is concentrated, will
decrease the number of coyotes
preying on the sheep ranges in
the summer.
Some control work for coyotes
also was conducted in the Cop
per River area, where the ani
mals are known to be numerous.
Control of wolves was concen
trated to the most critical game
areas. Top priority was given to
the Nelchina caribou herd, the
iower Susitna winter moose
_ange and the sheep ranges of the
Tazlina-Klutina Lake area.
Future predatory animal control
work will be continued in these
areas during the summer, Mr.
Burkholder said. There also will
be special emphasis on wolf con
trol measures in the Talkeetna
Mountains.
.In the past eight months, pred
ator control agents for the entire
territory have taken 148 pred
ators, in all.
Road Restrictions uncnangea
Trucking restrictions on the
Palmer-Anchorage Highway were
unchanged at press - time this
week. Regulations remain at a
50 per cent load limit for all ±
trucks and a 35-mile speed limit
a $1.50 cut per hundredweight
of milk, in order to make possi
ble the reduced rate to custom
ers.
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