City to Launch
Dust Control
Experiment This Week
The city street department will
have a dust control experiment
in progress before the Settlers’
Celebration begins Friday.
The City Council authorized
the purchase of a thousand
pounds of calcium chloride from
the Co-Op Warehouse at cost
price. This is to be put on the
areas where traffic is heaviest.
It will start at Springer Road on
Fairview Avenue, go across the
tracks to Valley Street and
continue on to the Matanuska
Hotel. If the material will go
further, it will be used on other
main stretches of road that are
in good condition and will need
no immediate scraping.
In suggesting this experiment,
Councilman Allan Mick pointed
out that this calcium chloride is
tractor-tire grade and is too ex
pensive to use on any wide scale.
He said it was about twice as ex
pensive as Dow flake, a less pure
grade that is widely used for
streets. If the experiment is satis
factory, the cheaper grade can be
ordered.
It is believed that the calcium
will control the dust for about
four weeks. Scraping of the roads
during this time, however, would
probably reduce or eliminate the
effectiveness of the material.
Sprinkler relief for the other
city streets may be available in
a short time. A1 Hagen said that
a 1,500 gallon tank that belongs to
Mayor Carl Meier would be satis
factory for such an operation if
it were mounted on one of the
city’s trucks. Although this city
street sprinkler will probably be
available in the near future,
there was little hope among the
councilmen that it would be very
successful in keeping the dust
down.
The Council is also in corres
pondence with the mayor of Fair
banks regarding some new dust
control material recently purch
ased by that city.
CUB SCOUT COMMITTEE
TO HOLD MEETING
There will be a Pack Commit
tee meeting next Thursday night
at the home of Mrs. Richard
Jones on Valley Street, Cub
master Edward Imme announced
this week. All members of the
committee and den mothers have
been asked to attend.
CONSERVATION
NOTES
Lew Hanks
It sure seems nice to see the
trees green again and the grass
growing. Now is a critical time in
pasture management. I know
everyone is out of feed and must
depend on pasture but you can
do a lot of damage to a grass
stand by grazing too heavy now.
If at all possible try to defer graz
ing on part of your pasture until
June 15. You may be short of
feed now, but if you graze too
heavy at this time you can be
short on pasture all season. The
quickest way to convert a brome
grass stand to foxtail is to beat it
down early. Get up those cross
fences and §t least give part of
your pasture a change.
It’s getting time for pasture
seeding too. If you are seeding a
nurse crop of grain hay with the
grass seeding, remember it’s the
grass you’re interested in. ■ Seed
the hay crop in first and seed it
light. Figure on getting it cut
early. Don’t lose your grass stand
by smothering it out. The grass
is what you are after. A good
brome pasture properly fertilized
and managed will graze two to
three cows per acre during the
grazing season. You can’t do.it
on foxtail, though. Don’t spend
your time encouraging a foxtail
stand by poor seeding and poor
management. I sort of doubt if
that pays.
WOMEN OF THE MOOSE
INITIATE 3 MEMBERS
Mrs. Angelina Brown, Mrs.
Maxine Kucera and Mrs. Barbara
Swetz were initiated at the May
27 meeting of the Women of the
Moose.
Following the initiation and
business meeting more than fifty
Moose and Women of the Moose
members enjoyed a chili feed,
using the lodge’s new tables for
the first time.
If
Low Bid on Eklutna
Power Plant Is
15% Under Estimate
At the bid opening for con
struction of the Eklutna Project
power plant in Denver, Tuesday,
the Rue Contracting Company of
Fargo, North Dakota was appar
ent low bidder with a bid of
$2,578,013. ,
Other low bidders were the
J. H. Pomeroy Company of San
Francisco, with $2,838,413; and
Morrison-Knutson and Peter
Kiewit of Boise, Idaho, with a
bid of $3,126,550. The engineer’s
estimate was $3,032,000, nearly a
half million dollars over the low
bid.
The bid award will be an -
nounced soon by the chief engin
eer of the Denver office following
a review of the bids received.
Byron G. Felkner, construction
engineer in charge of the Eklut
na Project was present at the
Denver office for the bid opening.
He and Joseph Morgan, Bureau of
Reclamation district manager
stationed in Juneau, are expected
back in the Territory this week
end.
Guests From Montana
Enjoying Alaskan Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Senske of
Wasilla entertained Mrs. Bessie
Whiting and her brother-in-law
George Reid of Twin Bridges,
Montana, last week. Mr. Reid is
in the cattle sheep business and
is vice-president of the Twin
Bridges bank.
Mrs. Senske, Mrs. Whiting and
Mr. Reid were childhood friends
and had not seen each other for
several years.
Their first trip to Alaska, Mrs.
Whiting and Mr. Reid both ex
pressed their like for the country
and hoped to see as much as pos
sible in the ten days they plan
to be in the Territory.
MOTHERS
If your feet are tired and the youngsters are tired, the
MOOSE HALL will be open all day Sunday of Settlers'
Celebration week end.
Come over and rest in our nice clean home. Enjoy rest room
facilities.
You will enjoy our HOME MADE pies, chili and other
good eats that will be available through the WOMEN
OF THE MOOSE.
Does your Kooffteed Repairing?
SAVE MONEY BY REPAIRING
EARLY
See Us For Supplies
FOR ATTRACTIVE OUTSIDE
FINISHING.
JOHN MANSVILLE BRIXITE INSULATED SHAKE SIDING
CHOICE OF THREE COLORS
Planning to Paint Your House
This Year?
We have outside paint in while, ivory
and cream, and a variety ot colors for
trhn.
Materials for fence, gate, and treHis
building. ’
Ketchikan Spruce Mills
L. 0. Hayes Presents
Booth to Sorority
The announcement of plans ol
the Beta Sigma Phi sorority to
purchase material and erect a
permanent type booth for their
sale at the Settlers’ Celebration
and other sales in the future,
brought forth the very generous
offer from L. O. (Slim) Hayes 01
an 8 x 10 booth, already con
structed, free of charge. The sor
ority has accepted Mr. Hayes’
offer with gratitude.
With a few adjustments, the
booth will be ready for service
Friday night at six o’clock when
the sorority starts their sales of
chili-dogs, coffee and Matanuska
Maid products. The booth will be
operated from 10 a.m. through
the evenings on Saturday and
Sunday.
Girl Scout News
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Troop 27
The meeting of Girl Scout
Troop 27 was called to order by
our president, Judy Inman. ,
We are going to have our regu
lar meetings at one o’clock at the
home of Mrs. Bea Medaris.
On May 28 we are going on a
hike to Sherrod’s picnic grounds
at 10 a.m.
—Reporter, Jean Onkka
Scout Leaders Invited
To Recognition Dinner
Palmer Boy Scout leaders and
workers have been invited to
attend the annual Recognition
Dinner to be held June 5 at the
Officers’ Club at Elmendorf Air
Force Base.
The affair is held yearly as a
salute to Cubmasters, Scoutmast
ers and Explorer Leaders.
Dinner, to be served buffet
style, will start at seven o’clock.
INSURE TODAY—SEE RAY!
FOR MEMORIAL DAY...
BEDDING PLANTS :
CUT FLOWERS
ARTIFICIAL WREATHS
FRESH FLOWER WREATHS
ON ORDER
Matanuska Valley
Gardens
Maud Hosier
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VICTORY BIBLE CAMP
The first session of VICTORY BIBLE CAMP will
be ot INDEX LAKE beginning June 9.
' Registrations are now being received for all camps for boys
and girls in all grades. You may send your registration fee
of $2 with your name, address and school grade (next Fall) to
: VICTORY BIBLE CAMP, Box 756, Anchorage.
; Register now to be assured of a place in the camp of your
; grade group.
REGISTRATION fee for camp is $2
TOTAL COST for the week is. $12.75
(Includes bus transportation from Anchorage)
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