SENATE APPROVAL OF
APPROPRIATION FOR
EKLUTNA EXPECTED
Up until noon today no report
has been received at local Eklut
na Project headquarters regard
ing anticipated Senate approval
of the $13 million appropriation
under the original $20 million
Congressional authorization for
the project.
Rumors stemming from an ur
gent wire from Clyde Ellis of the
National Rural Electric Co-opera
tives Assn, had many people in
the Anchorage-Matanuska Val
ley area fearful that close-down
order for the Eklutna project was
imminent. It was believed that
such an order would follow an
unfavorable Senate vote on the
appropriation. The House already
has approved the appropriation,
and local Bureau authorities are
confident of Senate approval also.
Although both Ellis and Dele
gate E. L. Bartlett thought the
situation serious enough to war
rant wires of protest against con
templated disapproval of the ap
propriation. Bartlett later issued
a statement asking Alaskans to
stop sending wires, since they
were not necessary.
In the House Interior sub-com
mitee. the Bureau is having a
harder time explaining the dif
ference between the Eklutna
Project cost figures on which the
original S20 million project was
authorized, as against figures rep
resented in the requested boost
of the authorization to $35 mil
lion. Although the power plant
construction contract has not yet
been awarded, contracts awarded
already exceed the $20 million
authorized so far. This irregular
ity is receiving the indignant at
tention of the House Interior sub
committee this week.
Crop Improvement
Continued from page 1
an official of your organization
my heart and soul will continue
to be with you. You are a vital
part of the Alaska Certified Seen
Growers Association and as re
sponsible members of this organ
ization, I hope you will continue
to strive towards an effective
seed program within the Terri
tory.
“We are very fortunate in hav
ing the Alaska Agricultural Ex
periment Stations and their cap- j
able staff of technicians who are I
behind us one hundred percent.
Please continue to give them your
support. They are vital to the or
ganization and your organization
is needed to make their work
more effective in helping the
people of the Territory.
“As to my reason for leaving, it
is only fair to tell you that my
.superior, Mr. Lynn O. Hollist,
-Director of Extension Service, in
formed me that my work with
.the Extension Service is consider
• ed non-essential in his move to
'cut down the budget of the Ex
tension Service.
“Thanking you for your splen
did cooperation, and looking for
ward to visiting you at some fut
ure date. I remain
Sincerely Yours,
Irwing W. Abbott,
Executive Sec’y
Alaska Certified
Seed Growers Ass’n’’
Youth Dies—
Continued from page 1
-driving too fast for* conditions as
he approached the west end of
the bridge going toward Anch
orage. The wooden floor of the
bridge was ■wet, and evidence
pointed to the fact that the truck
skidded, careened over into the
opposite lane and ripped off 136
feet of the guard rail on that
side before making a pancake
landing 15 feet below the bridge.
The impact of the landing ripped
the hood off the truck. The con
dition of the front wheels after
the accident suggested strongly
that faulty steering apparatus
might have been one of the
causes of the accident.
A1 King rushed the injured
man to the hospital after an An
chorage man had removed him
from the truck cab.
Young Davis was driving the
truck for Rogers Construction
and Babler Brothers, a construc
tion company located north of
.Palmer on the Glenn Highway.
Paltry Increases—
Continued from page 1
each year of service up to eight.
$100 is added. A teacher who has
a Master’s degree gets $120 extra.
Increases in salary above the
Territorial scale must be borne
entirely by the school district.
TEACHERS'
COMMITEE
DISSATISFIED
In a hastily called meeting
Tuesday night, dissatisfaction
was expressed with the School
Board action on the Palmer
Teachers’ Association request
for a cost of living increase by
members of the association’s
salary committee.
,The committee, on behalf of
the Palmer Teachers’ Assn
drafted another letter to the
School Board expressing its
dissatisfaction and requesting
further consideration be given
the original request for an
across-the-board, cost-of-liv
ing increase.
Palmer's Luck— .
Continued from page 1
more than three months of work
in 1952. Freeze-up in November
would halt most construction op
erations until late next spring. •
Even more disappointing than
the delay would be a reduction
of the distribution system in case
new bid 'opening reveals bids
comparable to all except bid in
the June 4 opening. With only
$405,900 available for the project
construction, unpleasant adjust
ments in current plans would be
necessary’ if a bid for $150,000
more were accepted.
LIBRARY ASSN. GRATEFUL
FOR FREE PAINT JOB
The Palmer Library Associa
tion extends its appreciation to!
Bertram Curry, local painting
contractor, for contributing his j
time to the painting of the library j
building, and to the MVFCA for j
furnishing the paint. i
Bureau of Reclamation
Continued from page 1
significance to MEA customers in
the Matanuska Valley, since con
tract negotiations have been un
der way to purchase 2500 kws
from the CEA for MEA con
sumption.
Completion date for the new
steam plant has been set for
November 1, 1952 and, with all
vital materials on hand, it is be
lieved that the plant will be com
pleted on or before that date. The
Valley’s power problems for nexi
winter might be completely solv
ed if MEA could be sure of 2.00C
kws.
There is also a move on by the
Bureau to purchase from the An
chorage Public Utilities the olcs
Eklutna plant from which MEA
now receives 1.000 kws. A Bureau
board of appraisers already has
examined the plant facilities ana
is in the process of determining
a fair purchase price. There are
many obstacles which might ob
struct such a purchase, including
a failure to reach agreement on
purchase price and an adverse
1 vote of approval by the people ji
Anchorage. However, if the pur
chase of the old Eklutna plant
is consummated by the Bureau.
MEA might get the entire 2.000
kw output of that plant in lieu
of the same amount of power
from the new CEA-ARR steam
plant in the Anchorage area.
HERE FROM JAPAN
George T. Hagen, brother of A1
Hagen, arrived in Palmer last
night after a trip from Tokio,
via Seattle. As special assistant
to the S.C.A.P. legal section in
Japan and chairman of the parole
board. Hagen has spent the last
six years in that country. During
five of these years his family was
with him there. With the signing
of the Japanese peace treaty,
Hagen’s tour of duty was com
pleted. After a few days’ visit
with brother Al, whom he had
not seem for 17 years, George
Hagen will return to his former
home in Minnesota.
$22,419 Deficit Looms—
Continued from page 1
receipts from local sources was
a big question mark for the!
amount the school district might
receive from Palmer city sales
tax income. Unless the estimated!
deficit can be erased by an allo
cation from the sales tax source
and or a raise over the estimated
income from the property tax
source, the School Board may be
j faced with the grim necessity of
paring down the budget or going
I into debt for such items as gym
! nasium and school site purchases,
j Last year as the tax roll was be- j
ing prepared the school tax asses
sor opined that $80,000 might be ^
collected from the 10 mil prop-1
erty tax in the school district: j
i this year’s estimate allows for
the ’collection of $67,400. Total
taxes assessed for 1951 actually
amounted to $58,420. but the lo
cation of hitherto untaxed prop
erties might conceivably bring j
the 1952 tax roll total close to
the tax assessor’s optimistic es
timate of last year.
The increases in the school
budget this year, exclusive of the
j amount for outlays, represent ,
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largely the added expense of op
erating a new school building,
the addition of four new teachers
to the staff, and salary increases
which partially approach but by
no means meet the increases of
fered to school teachers next
year in other comparable school
districts*
City Councilmen Allan Mick,
Lloyd Severns and Chet Sandvik
were appointed to study the bud
TO ATTEND LEGION AND
AUXILIARY CONVENTIONS
Dr. and Mrs. F. R. Sims leave
next Wednesday to attend the
American Legion and Legion
Auxiliary Department conven-'
tions to be held in Ketchikan
June 18-21.
get and make recommendations
regarding Council approval of the
regular meeting next week.
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