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New Keitai Lod^e To
Have Limousine Tours
Conducted limousine tours of
the Kenai Peninsula will be fea
tured by Wolf Trail Lodge, to be
opened near Moose Pass this
spring. The lodge is located on
one of the first homesteads of the
Kenai Peninsula, and is just
| three miles south of Moose Pass.
| In addition to the tours, the
' guests at Wolf Trail Lodge may
I enjoy fishing, hunting, boating
| and hiking. •
Owners of the lodge expect to
; have it open for meals and for
temporary lodging accommoda
1 tions within the next few’ weeks,
i Final construction will not be
| completed until spring.
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
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VIOUCEO WINTER FARES ANO tOW AUTO SAOOAOE RAIES
SCHEDULED SAILINGS
From Seward
SS Baranof, Feb. 24 j SS Baranof, Mar. 10
Juneau Kefchikan j Juneau Ketchikan
Wrangell Seattle ' Wrangell Seattle
SS Denali, March 3 ss DejiaJi| March 17
Sitka
Juneau
Ketchikan
Seattle
Sitka Ketchika*.
_ ^ Juneau Seattle
Petersburg Petersburg
MV TERMINAL KNOT. MARCH 3
T. J. MALONEY. Agent. Anchorage — Pbone 32271
PALMER AUTOMOTIVE
SERVICE and STORAGE
Al’s Taxi Servics
Gas — Oils — Greases — Batteries — Tires
24-HOUR WRECKER SERVICE
Tuneups and General Repair
Tires Repaired — Cars Washed
PHONE 25
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ELEVEN SOIL CONSERVATION PRACTICES TO
BE EUCNBLE FOR EXTENSION PAYMENT IN ’50
•aou conservation practices w
j which the Extension Servic<fr*will
; make payment this year were an
i nounced this week by Lorin T.
i Oldroyd, director of Extension
Service for Alaska. This year’s
• ist of 11 payment practices in
clude the following points:
1. Application of either potash
or phosphate fertilizer to pastures
• ; * s or legume cover crops,
excluding vegetable or truck
crops to be sold. Rate of pay
ment will be seven cents a pound
for phosphate and six cents a
pound for potash. Farmers
should save invoices given by the
vendor at the time the fertilizer
is sold.
2. Use of field peas and oats as
a rotation crop, providing the
peas are left standing on the land
as a winter cover crop. Rate of
payment is $3 an acre.
3. Use of field peas for green
manure. This requires that the
peas be brought to the blossom
ing stage and then plowed under.
Rate of payment is $5 an acre.
4. Use of sweet clover for green
manure. Rate of payment is $3
an acre.
5. Contour farming intertilled
crops. Payment will be $1-50 an
acre where all farming opera
tions are on the contour and $1
an acre where only planting and
cultivating are on the contour.
6. Contour farming drilled or
dose-sown grasses, legumes or
small grains. Rate of payment
will be 75 cents an acre where
all cultural operations are on the
contour and 50 cents an acre
where only the seeding is on the
contour.
7. Construction of permanent
ditching for the diversion of sur
face water. Payment will be 50
cents for 100 linear feet where
NIEMI GIVEN AWARD
William Niemi, district engi- ■
neer of the Alaska Road Commis- ■
sion, recently was awarded first
prize for the ARC’s 1949 safety
contest, it was announced from
Juneau this w'eek. It is believed
that this contest concerned safety
precautions for ARC employes
rather than safety precautions
put into effect on the public high
ways of this district.
I
rrana contours require hand labor
and 40 cents for 100 linear feet
' on other land.
, 8. Establishing permanent sod
waterways to protect against
erosion. Rate of payment will be
! 73 cents per thousand square feet
! cor seeding or sodding and 12
cents per cubic yard for earth
moved with dirt moving equip
• ment in shaping and filling oper
| ations. Grass stand must be es
tablished before assistance can
be given.
9. Seeding permanent cover
crops on steep slopes to prevent
erosion. Payment will be $4 an
acre.
10. Improving permanent pas
ture by seeding adapted varieties
of perennial grasses or legumes
from an Extension Service ap
proved list.
11. Clearing woodland for till
age purposes. Payment wil be 50
per cent of the cost of clearing,
; with a maximum of $40 an acre.
Payment will not be approved
i for clearing more than five acres
on any farm in 1950. Approval
| will not be given for clearing
! more than 30 acres on any farm
| during all soil conservation pro
grams. Land cleared must be
, suitable for cultivation, must
| never have been cleared before,
J and must be of a type so heavily
I overgrown that it cannot be con -
! sidered grazing land.
Proper application forms for
farmers who wish to participate
in this soil conservation program
may be secured at the local Ex
tension office. Further informa
tion concerning the 1950 program
also is available there.
Applications for* this year’s
program must be received at the
Palmer Extension Office not later
than Aug. 1, of this year.
Scout Council To Meet
In Anchorage Next Week
The Anchorage session of the
Alaska Council of Boy Scouts is
scheduled to be held from Feb.
27 to March 3, it was announced
from the Juneau headquarters
office this week. The Alaska
Council holds this annual meet
ing in four sections, throughout
the various headquarters areas,
to get better participation from
the 66 Council members scattered
throughout Alaska.
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HELP WANtED
SEC’TY-bookkeeper^ exp.; w also
general saleslady, exp. Apply
office. Koslosky’s Department
Store. , •
WANTED TO RENT
HOUSES, two small, pref. furn.
Should be available by March
1 and April 1. Inquire Palmer
Photo Art.
FOR SALE
j’4°>—!M>-ton Chev. truck; stain
less steel van-type body; used
i very little. See or write C ier.
McKerr, Northland Trailer 'C't-,
Mt. View, Anchorage.
’47 CHEV. Fleetline Arrow sedan.
2-dr.; A-l cond.; looks like new;
radio, spotlight and all extras;
two heaters; low mileage; can
be seen at Co-Op Garage or
' contract John L. Wisenberger.
j 30 ACRES; $1000, cash or terms:
located by Frank Clark. Ber
nard Nieman. Box 869, Palmer
; PREMIER coal; also haul Jones
ville coal. See Robert Mielke
North Palmer.
NOTICE
FOR POWER OFF after* offic<
hours, Sundays and holidays
call either Vernon Fridley oi
Ralph Moore. Remember, of
fice closes at noon on Satur
days. Matanuska Electric As!
sociation, Inc.
PFRqONAT <5
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
P. O. Box 886 Palmer
SPECIAL SERVICES
BUTTO N H O L E S, Alteration.
Mrs. Hanks (near North Palme
Store).
SEEKS COLLEGE STUDENTS
FOR SUMMER ROAD WORK
To choose college students fo
work on Alaskan highways thi
summer, John R. Noyes, head o
the Alaska Road Commission, i
interviewing applicants this wee!
Mr. Noyes will discuss employ
ment on Alaskan highways wit!
engineering students of the Um
versity of Washington, Oregor
and Oregon State College. H
said, however, that engineerin
students of the University c
Alaska would have first priorit
for jobs.
Matanuska Valley Bns Lines, Inc.
DAILY BUS SCHEDULE
ANCHORAGE TO PALMER AND WASILLA AND RETURN
Leave Anchorage for Painter . 9:00 A. M.3:50 P. M. ... 5:00 f. M.
Arrive of Palmer. 10:59 A. M.5:49 P. M. 7:59 P. M.
Leave Palmer for Wasilia. .. 11:15 A. M. »:10 P. M.
Arrive at Wasilia. 11:45 A. M.0:40 P. M.
Leave Wasilia for Palmer. 7:30 A. M.12:00 Noon
Arrive Palmer from Wasilia .. . 8:00 A. M.12:30 P. M.
Leave Palmer for Anchorage .. 8:30 A. M.1:00 P. M.6:00 P.JM
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