VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Sntered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
_Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of, March 3, 1879.
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Notebook
Mrs. Marie Miller was guest
at a surprise going-away party
recenty held in her honor by Mrs.
Donna Lee Urban and Mrs. Flor
ence McCully. The guests enjoy
ed an evening of fun, including
a game of “Bingo” and a lovely
luncheon. Table decorations car
ried out the “going-away” theme
with small replicas of the S. S.
Baranof serving as favors and
centerpiece.
Friends of Ed and Jeanne
Casey, former residents have
received word of their arrival
In Chicago, Illinois where they
are visiting Jeanne's parents.
Following a visit with Ed's
family in Boston, they plan to
settle in Portsmouth, Ohio
where Ed will be employed.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Batcheld
or, formerly of the Valley Chris
tian Childrens’ Home and now
of Cordova, recently sent word
to their friends in the Valley oi
the birth of their second child,
Daniel Everett, on July 31. The
Batcheldors plan to leave Cor
dova next week, enroute to Chit
ina where Mr. Batcheldor plans
a Gospel trip. They will spend
Thanksgiving in the Valley visit
ing friends.
O. R. Mitchell returned to
Palmer this week following a
two-week flying trip Outside.
City Clerk L. K. Mooers receiv
ed a painful cut on one finger
when he slipped on the ice and
fell November 17.
The Kay Pippel Insurance of
fice was moved across the hall
in the Neal Wright Budding
last week. Their former space
will be utilized by William
Head, CPA in addition to his
present quarters.
William Elliott of the Palmer
school staff this week passed
candy among his co-workers.
However, it was not for the cus
tomary reason—he had a birthday
and was celebrating in “Eastern
Style.”
Mrs. George Macek is recup
erating at home following re
cent medical treatment at Pro
vidence Hospital, Anchorage.
4-H CLUB NEWS
In error the name of The Butte
Boys 4-H club was omitted from
the list of 4-H clubs who com
pleted their projects 100 percent
this year. These youngsters work
ed hard to complete their achieve
ments and deserve all their cred
its. Pins and other awards were
made to the members at Achieve
ment Day on November 8.
Dr. Terris Moore
To Head New Project
The resignation of Terris Moore
as president of the University of
Alaska has brought to light an
unprecendented project to which
Dr. Moore plans to devote him
self.
It will be the establishment of
an observatory near the summit
of Mt. Wrangell in the Wrangell
Range. Primary purpose of the
laboratory will be cosmic ray re
search, but other observations are
likely to follow.
Mt. Wrangell was selected for
irious reasons. One, its summit
has the proper altitude for the
cosmic ray research (14,000 feet)
and at the same time its altitude
is not so great as to precede rea
sonable living conditions which
would be difficult at the top of
Mt McKinley and several other
high peaks in the territory.
No danger is anticipated in re
gard to volcanic activities. The
volcanic vent, near the northwest
end will furnish heat and greatly
contribute to the ease and com
fort of the personnel situated
there. Wrangell’s flat top makes
it an excellent landing place for
planes on skiis.
The observatory pjroject will be
chiefly financed by the Officer of
Naval Research and New York
University, with the University of
Alaska also aiding. Construction
is planned to start early next sea
son. Materials will probably be
dropped by U. S. Air Force
planes.
Dr. Moore’s resignation is ef
fective July 1. He will retain a
professorial status with the Uni
versity of Alaska. He has climbed
20,300 foot Mt. McKinley and sev
eral high peaks in the Himalayas
and flies his own plane.
Two Win Awards At
University of Alaska
Among nine freshmen at the
University of Alaska to win
scholarships paying for their
room rent were two Valley stu
dents, Barbara Carter, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carter
of Wasilla and Wesley Eckert,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Eck
ert of Palmer.
Miss Carter graduated from
Wasilla High School this past
May and Eckert is a graduate of
Palmer High School, class of ’52.
The other seven winners were
all from the Territory, two from
Cordova and one each from
Homer, Skagway, Haines, Kodiak
and Petersburg.
Union Thanksgiving Meeting
Wednesday Night November 26th
8 P. M. at Church of God.
EVERYONE WELCOME
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CORTISONE cheapen, and in greater.
Quantity. g
Cortisone Production Increased
The same busy microbes that
cause bread to become moldy
have contributed to the solution
of one of the most intricate chem
ical puzzles of our time. They
have made available to the crip
pled, pain-tortured arthritis suf
ferer greatly increased supplies
of the wonder hormone cortisone.
Up to now, cortisone which is
valuable in many diseases in ad
dition to arthritis, has had to be
made by about 20 very complex
-•teps from scarce ox bile acid.
Scientists at the Upjohn Com
pany, Kalamazoo, Michigan, had
a hunch unlimited quantities of
cortisone could be made efficiently
by fermentation — like beer and
anti-biotics. To do this a mold
was needed, a group of microbes
that could perform the one step in
the process that baffled chemists,
[t was a tricky problem; hundreds
af molds were tested. Finally
found one with the unlikely name
Rhizopus, of the same family as
the bread molds. It did the trick.
When fermented with chemi
cals fermented from such sources
as soybeans, yeast and Mexican
trams, it produced a giant short
cut to cortisone, allowing the Up
john Company to market it at
20 per cent below prevailing
prices.
SCHOOL TAX DUE
BEFORE DEG. I
U. S. Commissioner Dorothy
B. Saxton, this week issued a
reminder that the Territorial
school tax must be paid before
December 1. The tax is payable
after the first of January in each
year. If payment is not made
prior to the first of December a
penalty of $2.50 attaches and both
the tax of $5.00 and the penalty
are collectible.
All male and female persons
over 21 and under 55 years of
age must pay the school tax; a
female person who is unemploy
ed and who depends for her sup
port entirely on her husband is
not required to pay the tax; per
sons in the active military or
naval service of the United States,
paupers, insane persons and those
cared for by the Territory or who
are permanently injured, infirm,
maimed or crippled so as to be
distabled from earning a liveli
hood are also exempt.
The tax is payable by non-resi
dents as well as residents. If the
nonresident comes to the Terri
tory for the purpose of engaging
in busines or employment and
actually does so, though not a
resident, he or she becomes liable
for the payment of the tax.
The tax is collected to assist
in the education of the children
of the Territory of Alaska. Any
who have not yet paid their 1952
school tax should make payment
to Mrs. Saxton before December
1, 1952.
NO LONG HOLIDAYS
IN FEDERAL JOBS
THIS CHRISTMAS
There wll be no “long week
ends” for government employees
this Christmas and New Year.
This decision, made in Washing
ton, D. C., resulted from a situa
tion in which overtime pay would
be required for the makeup days.
Numerous Federal employees in
Juneau are affected by the order,
and one of them Walter Pinkus
of the Alaska Road Commission,
found this explanation in a Wash
ington newspaper:
Last year Christmas (and
New Year) fell on Tuesday. Mon
day also was taken off, providing
a four-day holiday. Saturday of
the same week was a work day in
exchange for Monday.
This year the holidays fall on
Thursday. Friday would be the
key day in a long holiday. But
the makeup day would have to be
worked in another week, bring
ing that week to six days and re
sulting in overtime pay.
HYDRO-PLANT TUNNEL
OPENED IN CORDOVA
Five Cordovians recently spent
a good part of a Sunday digging
out the entrance to an old tun
nel started several years ago in
that city.
The tunnel was started by an
engineer by the name of Ohman
and was driven an estimated 100
to 120 feet into the face of a hill
which is believed to have been
a rock side moved into place by
a glacier. It nearly blocks the end
of the canyon and the water trav
eling around the hill forms a large
waterfall known as Ohman Falls.
It is the hope of the Bureau ol
Reclamation that the creek can be
diverted through a pipe and the
flow used to run a hydro-electric
plant which will supply an econ
omical supply of electricity for
the Cordova area.
13.000 copies of the Fairbanks
Daily News-Miner progress edi
tion were sold out within four
hours of their press run and on
November 13 and many who had
read their copy were getting $1.00
apiece for them the following day.
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PALMER RESERVOIR
NEARING COMPLETION
Contractors at the Palmer reser
voir started final testing on the
second water tank November 19,
Ray Mathews, APW engineer an
nounced today. Water was pump
ed from the north tank that had
been tested November 14 into the
south tank. No repairs were found
necessary following the north
tank test and contractors, North
ern Construction Co., anticipate
no trouble from the second one.
The 60 foot by 28% foot tanks
are 11 feet deep at the equipment
gallery and tapering down to
eight feet in the far end. These
inside measurements are cased by
12 inch walls, ceiling and floor.
Averaging 110 gallons of water a
minute from the six inch well,
pumping to fill the north tank
started at 10 p.m. November 13
and was completed at 4:30 p m.
November 14, Mathews said.
Contractors are expected to fin
ish their work within a short time,
Mathews said. When final tests
are completed on the tanks, the
water will be entirely pumped out
and the tanks, piping and wells
will be sterilized with a consen
trated chlorine solution before be
ing put in use.
A 15 KVA generator will be in
stalled in the plant for emergency
use in the event of power failure.
The water chlorinator will be set
between the north and south
tanks with water line running di
rectly from the pump through the
clorinator, into the tanks and then
out into the 14 inch supply lines.
The large supply line was so con
structed as to handle capacity
fire hydrant requirements, Math
ews explained.
The Palmer deep-well water
system is being watched with in
terest by several other cities
whose water supply is problemati
cal, Mathews said. When the con
tractor has completed his work,
it is expected extensive studies
and tests will be made. There is
no danger of a lack of water,
Mathews emphasized. This is the
first time in Alaska that two deep
ELKS CONVENTION
DEEMED BIG SUCCESS
The fifth annual convention of
Alaska Territorial Elks Associa
tion was pronounced a big suc
cess by the 36 accredited dele
gates who attended from the Pal
mer, Anchorage, Fairbanks. Sew
ard, Kodiak and Cordova lodges.
Officers elected for the ensuing
year are: W. W. Sipprell of Sew
ard, president; Frank L. Hoover
of Cordova, vice president: Rich
ard B. Smith of Anchorage, sec
retary-treasurer and Leon H.
Johnson of Kodiak, Charles A.
Craft of Cordova and E. P. Mc
Carron of Fairbanks, trustee.
The group reported great pro
gress toward presenting Elkdom
in Alaska in its true facts: i.e.
a united organization with an Al
aska wide scope, with exemplifi
cation of Americanism as its
rreed.
On the lighter side, the dele
gates enjoyed the hospitality of
Cordova through “feeds,” danc
ing and other entertainment of
fered each evening.
The sixth annual convention of
the organization is scheduled to
be held at Fairbanks in Novem
ber of 1953.
wells have been situated where
so thorough a study can be made.
The United States Geological Sur
vey crews are continuing their
deep-well studies at the Palmer
site. Preliminary studies were
made before the wells were start
ed here.
The six inch 165 foot well was
steadily pumped at full capacity
for three weeks with no indication
of a water let-up Pumping aver
aged 120 gallons a minute, Math
ews reported.
This week Mayor A1 V. Hagen
announced that anyone desiring to
visit the reservoir site would be
welcome to do so by calling at
the office of City Clerk L. K.
Mooers who will arrange a con
ducted tour for those who con
template a visit.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
ALWAYS GET RESULTS
PLANS CHANGED;
AIRFORCE BY-PASSES
PALMER VICINITY
The possibility of 3,300 mem
bers of the 503rd Airborn Regi
mental combat team being sta
tioned in the Palmer area for
several days this week was halted
late Saturday when word was re
ceived by Mayor A1 V. Hagen
that maneuver plans had been
changed and the troops would not
be coming into Palmer. Previous
to the notification, seventeen air
force personnel had been clearing
a field on the Roland Snodgrass
property preparing for the en
campment.
The combat team was partici
pating in the mock warfare of
training exercise “Warm wind,”
under the command of Col. L. A.
Walsh, Jr., recently air transport
ed from Sewart Airforce Base in
Tennessee.
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
THE TERRITORY OF ALAS
KA, THIRD DIVISION, PAL
MER PRECINCT, AT PAL
MER.
IN THE MATTER OF THE )
ESTATE )
of )
EDWARD C. SODERQUIST )
Deceased )
No. 104
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HERE
BY GIVEN that on the 10th day
of November, 1952, the Probate
Court for the Territory of Alas
ka, Third Division, Palmer Pre
cinct, at Palmer, duly appointed
the undersigned, a resident of
Palmer, Alaska, administrator of
the estate of Edward C. Soder
quist, deceased, with full power
and authority to administer the
estate of said deceased according
to law; and all persons having
claims against said estate are
required to present them with
'proper vouchers for approval to
me at the Matanuska Valley
Bank, Palmer, Alaska, within six
months from the date hereof.
This notice is dated and *the
date of its first publication is
Nov. 13. 1952.
R. M. Jones
Administrator
Published Nov. 13, 20, 26, Dec. 4,
11, 1952.
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