VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
'_Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
PRINTED AT PALMER, ALASKA, EACH FRIDAY ’
By the Matanuska Press, Inc.
Editor and Manager A1 J. DeJulio
Associate Editor_ Virginia Gallant
Barbara Carter ...-Wasilla Correspondent
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We Lose a Good Iditor
The Frontiersman lost its very capable and enter
prising editor this week, when Miss Opal Lu Smith,
who has held this situation, departed for Anchorage
where she will assume new duties at Station KENI.
Miss Smith's absence from the Frontiersman's
editorial position leaves a vacancy which will require
some time to fill if we are required to wait until some
one is available who can do the job as efficiently as it
has been -done the past several months.
* We at the Frontiersman office immensely regret
the loss of Miss Smith; and if the many messages and
letters we have received from the people of the Valley
expressing their reluctance at her departure are any
criterion of the esteem and confidence in which she
was regarded, Miss Smith must have truly done a good
jab of factual and unbiased reporting. Which is as it
should be.
We expect a new editor within the next two weeks.
In the meantime we hope our subscribers and readers
will bear with us until another editor can take over.
The thorough reporting will be missed, we are certain.
With what little knowledge we possess we will try to
give you all the news we can.
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| Questions and answers concerning |
| proposed incorporation of Palmer, i
fand the election to be held April 10. f
Q—Where to Vote?
A—Polls will be ploced in the Palmer Drug Bldg.
Q—Who may vote?
A—-Every person who is of legal age and who is a citizen of the
United States and who has resided continuously one year next pre
ceding the election in the Territory of Alaska, and for thirty days
next preceding the election in the precinct in which they vote, shall
be qualified to vote at said or any subsequent municipal election.
Q—Can non-property owners vote?
A—Yes. One need not be a property owner in the
proposed incorporated area to be eligible to vote.
Q—When do they elect the councilmen?
A— At the same time that they vote for or against
incorporation.
Q—How many councilmen are to be voted on?
A—Seven men would comprise the council. Those
seven men will choose one of their group to be act
ing mayor of the town until the regular election the
following year.
Q—Will a mayor be elected?
A—-No. Seven councilmen will be voted for the
council. They will choose one of the group (of
seven to be mayor.
|Q—Will the council be paid for their work?
A—-Probably the first year and possibly many years
ahead of the town of Palmer the mayor and council
will receive no salary. Most Alaskan towns today
do not pay salaries to the mayor ond council.
Q—Who gets paid?
A—The list for the first year probably will be
policemen, city clerk, legal adviser, fire chief.
Q—Can the city of Palmer get Government financial
assistance for a new water system?
A—Yes, under the community service oct. Palmer
would be entitled to assistance.
Q—Have any steps been taker* m that direction?
A—Yes. A telegram was sent to Don Wilson, di
rector of Public Works Administration for Alaska.
His answer was that a representative of his depart
ment will be here the last of March to discuss all
phases of financial assistance through Public
Works. All forms and information regarding aid
have been sent to Palmer.
Q—Can advance money and planning money be made
available?
A—Planning money for engineering services, etc.,
could be made available upon application. The ap
plication must be acted upon one way or the other
within 15 days after receipt of application by the
Public Works Administration.
Q—If moneys through Public Works or GSA are made
available for needed civic improvements in Palmer,
must all the money be paid back?
A—Under the Community Service law, through
Public Works and GSA, it is possible to get an out
right grant of 75 percent of the cost of say a ' new
water system." The other 25 percent of the cost of
the system could be a loan to the town payable out
of revenues derived from that "water works." The
loan from the Government could be a 30-year loan,
at a low interest rate.