VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Owned and Published by Anchorage Shopping Guide, Inc.
PRINTED AT PALMER, ALASKA, EACH THURSDAY
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office a
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Viola Daniels . .. .
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DANIELS-ln The Lion’s Den
Ten cars hurled into the ditch or down the sides of
the steep embankment since Nov. 21, 1949—that's
tJ^p record of a few feet of treachrous highway along
Bailey Hill.
We suspect that there won't be a dissenting voice
in the Valley, when we cautiously crawl out on a
limb and editorially assert that those figures prove
there's something wrong with the existing condition on
that highway. Experienced Alaskan drivers, construc
tion experts, highway officers and Monday morning
quarterbacks agree that this particular strip of high
way is unsafe for winter driving.
They ought to do something about it', everyone
announces. The Kiwanis Club has gone so far as to
write a letter to the Alaska Road Commission about it.
The Valley Chamber of Commerce has gone that far
too. And this week the Frontiersman editor got curious
about the 'they' who would be the doing, so we put in
some time hunting 'they'.
After some diligent undercover work, we found
'they' to be the district engineer of th Alaska Road
Commission. He's the 'they' who has the authority
that will get the doing done. However, he's first got tc
be convinced that there's need. His theory is that the
highway was approved and accepted by ARC engin
eers, and there's nothing about it that particularly
needs changing. Two major accidents and eight minor
ones haven't the numerical strength to change his
mind, as yet.
After discovering the identity of 'they', we went tc
w§rk to find out what 'they' ought to 'do.' Frontiers
man transportation is limited to the distance our own
two feet can cover on Palmer streets and highways, sc
we're no expert on highway maintenance and repair.
But we can find the experts who do know what should
be done, and that's exactly what we did. >•
We asked the territorial highway patrolman if this
particular stretch of highway was safe, and what pro
tective measures could be taken to make it so, if any
were needed. He replied that he did not consider the
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highway safe,*although it i
the accidents were the rest
unfamiliarity with winter dr
He suggested that accid
road were properly flaggec
limitations of the roadbed,
posted on the approaches
warning signs should be in I
ly visible after dark, he said
porary measures should be
ent guard rails in that are<
possible.
If these protective meas
way officer said he confide
auto tally would be doublec
Therefore, it would seei
stop thinking about those
write and instead spend sc
paper. Then drop them in
age. If that doesn't work,
It that doesn't work, may
can lump their effort long
pickets, armed with enlarc
wrecks to date, to patrol be
Valley Property Map
Is Planned
A property ownership map of
the Matanuska Valley is now be
ing drafted by George Plack, Wa
silla engineer, it was learned this
week. Mr. Plack’s map is ex
pected to show ownership of all
land plots in the valley.
In order that all names can be
correctly shown on the map, Mr.!
Plack asks that any Valley own
i er, who wants his property in
cluded, drop him a postcard giv
ing owner’s name and land de
scription. Mr. Plack should be
addressed through the Wasilla
postoffice.
Drama Group Still Meeting
The Drama Appreciation Club
> is continuing to meet at the
Palmer School, Room 15, at 8
o’clock Monday evening, sponsor
Joseph Hudock said this week.
> The group meets once weekly,
and will welcome additional
members.
Pioneer Hope Resident Dies
Sam Gates, a resident of Hope
for the past 20 years, died recent
ly in Seward Hospital. He was
' 84 years old and had lived in
Alaska since before turn of the
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lit of careless driving and
ving conditions In Alaska,
ents could be curbed if the
I to show the safe driving
and if warning signs were
ro the danger area. These
Liminous paint, to be plain
. And of course these tern
supplemented by perman
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ures aren't taken, the high
ntly expected the wrecked
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n the best possible plan to
letters we're planning to
►me time putting them on
the mail, addressed to the
maybe civic organizations
be civic organizations can
enough to send a board of
led portraits of Bailey Hill
ifore the Anchorage office.
century. Mining records dating
back to 1896 bear references to
his name, but the exact length of
his residence here is unknown.
The deceased is survived by a sis
ter, Mrs. Belle Foskett of Belling
ham, Wash.
Women, as a rule, do not think
rery highly of other women—if
you know what we mean.
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HOUSE, lot; 3 rms., bath, shake
siding; no piumbing or water.
Deb. Anderson, P. O. 1®*, Palmer
8-PIECE Bedroom set, walnut fin
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VIOLIN; copy of Stradtvarion. $5©
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