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Valley Fronliersmai
Newspaper Editors—
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served at the Anchorage lunch
eon.
Special train has been chartered
to take the party to Fairbanks
for a civic luncheon June 14, re
turning to McKinley park that
night.
June 15, the editors are due to
detraiji at Wasilla and many ol
them will come by bus to Palmer
Their stay here will be brief buf
the Chamber of Commerce and
the Co-Op are striving to set up
an impressive display of Mata
nuska valley produce.
One of the main stopping points
for the editors will be the Valley
Frontiersman—like the postman
on a holiday, every editor on va
cation or business drops into the
first newspaper office he can find.
Several of the visiting editors
are friends of A1 DeJulio, pub
lisher of the Frontiersman, and
Marian Badcon, editor.
Crashing into a solid obstruc
tion at 60 miles per hour is ex
actly like driving off the top of
a 10-story building.
' Prize Donations
For Youngsters
Asked By Fair
Special prizes for outstanding
exhibits by individuals and cor
porations for boys and girls under
16 years of age, are solicited by
the Matanuska Valley Fair. Clas
sifications will include:
A prize calf, pig, pen of chick
ens or rabbits, garden of veget
ables or flowers.
Dress, jacket or woven garment,
table cover.
Small model house, barn, gad
get or machine.
Model plane exhibit flights.
“Let us hear from you. Your
ideas and prize offers may start
some youngsters on the road to
useful occupation and successful
citizenship”, M. D. Snodgrass,
member of fair board, appealed.
For fishing within a closed
area, Robert C. Carlisle and Rob
ert D. Oge of Elmendorf, were
fined $25 eahc by U. S. Commis
sioner Dorothy Saxton. They
plead guilty. Charge was that
they were fishing on Cottonwood
creek before the season opened.
New Arrivals
* CHROME DINETTE SETS
* CROSLEY & PHILCO FREEZERS
+ CROSLEY REFRIGERATORS
* YOUNGSTOWN METAL
CABINETS
* SIMMONS HIDE-A-BEDS
Don’t Forget Our Wallpaper & Linoleum Sale
Continues Until Our Entire Stock Is Cleared
Koslosky’s
FURNITURE DEPARTMENT
The Store of Friendly Clerks
CONSERVATION 1
NOTES
By LEW E. HANKS
There are a lot of tentative
smiles in the Valley. At least peo
ple smile as long as we continue
to get a little rain. While we’re
wishing for continued rain, let’s
wish for about three inches of it.
We have noticed in our irriga
tion work lately that it takes just
about three inches of water to
soak this soil down one foot.
Now that the rain is coming, !
some of the pastures are starting '
to grow. How is that pasture j
management plan doing? A good
well-managed pasture will pro- I
duce twice what an unmanaged 1
one will. It’s simple to manage
a pasture. There’s only three
things to do: (1) fertilize, (2) split
the pasture into small fields, (3)
mow it after grazing to control
weeds. All you have to do then
is move the stock from one field
to the next after they have grazed
each one down. It’s a lot cheaper
to do this than to clear new land
for pasture.
Once you have an acre of land
cleared you have a couple of hun
dred dollars tied up in it. There’s
no profit in getting anything but
maximum production out of it.
How about starting to sling the
fertilizer and the fence posts?
Civic Affairs—
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ional Editorial Assn, in Seattle.
The Palmer Chamber voted to
check the schedule of the editors
on their brief Matanuska Valley
tour and to decide how best they
could show them the products of
this Valley.
Highway signs spotlighting Pal
mer were approved and Ivan
Brandton was voted the job of de
signing them, working with the
president and secretary of the
Chamber on the design.
Clair Stock appealed to mem
bers of the Chamber to give fuil
cooperation to the Fair Associa
tion in plans for the Matanuska
Valley Fair in September.
Street Report
Report on the street “oiling”
which was supported by mer
chants and rushed through dur
ing cleanup week preparing for
Colony Day, was made by Eugene
Kirsch, clean-up chairman, with
various comments and explana
tions* from the sidelines.
Seems the fuel tanks obtained
for the purpose were not suit
able for the heavy street oil. A
mixture of calsium chloride had
to be used. Water was contributed
by the Co-Op. At least the dust
was laid for the celebration. Mon
ey donated by merchants for the
purpose was banked.
Carl Meier was introduced as
“Palmer’s first mayor at his first
banquet”, together with Council
man Steve Ward. Meier donated
trucks for use in the street oiling.
In Palmer on business, Friday,
were Kenneth M. Gilbertson and
W. J. Wyrostek of the Duck Flat
Mining Co., Huston, Alaska. Gil
bertson said it was his first trip
to Palmer, although he has lived
in the Territory 15 years, at Fair
banks, Barrow-, Nome and other
points, with four years overseas
during the war. He formerly was
from Montana.
FIRE FIGHTING—Put out the
small fires and there will be no
large ones. If you discover a
large fire, do your best to get as
sistance.
Store of Friendly Clerks
Announces Its
MID-JUNE SALE
Specials for
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 4
June 8, 9, and 10
Macaroni and Spaghetti Offer
Buy one at regular price and get
another one for.| c
Look for the Red-Circled Packages
Other Specials
National Vz pint
Maple Flavored
Syrup ibiy
2 cans and holder
Old Dutch
Cleanser 33c
Fresh local
Rhubarb 14c
Fanning's Bread
& Butter Pickles 33°
Large Package No-Rinse
TIDE...38c
Koslosky's Groc. Dept.