Invasion Route of
Operation Totem Pole
Passes Through Palmer
Excercise Totem Pole”, A man
euver by the 196th regimental
combat team beginning in Seattle
and ending in the Anchorage area
of Alaska, will be conducted dur
ing August Major General Julian
W. Cunningham, commanding
General. United States Army, Al
aska, announced today.
Lieut. General William E. Kep
ner, Commander-In-Chief, Alas
ka, stated that following the com
pletion of the training excercise
the 196th Regimental Combat
'team will become a permanent
part of the ground defense forces
of the Territory.
This maneuver over the Alas
ka highway will complete the
training of the 196th Regimental
combat team and test the ability
of units of this size to move over
land under Arctic summer con
ditions. It also is expected to give
the United States Army, Alaska,
realistic training supporting units
moving over the Alaska highway
in the event of an emergency,
J3en. Cunnigham pointed out.
The whole operation will take
about one month.
The Canadian government is
cooperating with the United
States in that portion of the man
euver which will take United
States forces through Canadian
territory.
KIRSCH ON VACATION
VETS HAVE NEW TEACHER
Richard Blue of the Extension
Service announced today that
Gene Kirsch is taking annual
leave this month. Plans are inde:
finite for the vacationing instruc
tor, but a trip to the island ranch
of Chirikof is a possiblity.
Graham Fulton, instructor of
agriculture at the University of
Alaska will handle the Veteran’s
classes and affairs. He can be
reached at the Extension Service
office.
NEW SCHOOL—
(Continued from Pace 1)
present classroom needs, Hurley
had to pledge that the school
district would raise the present
tax on property by two mills if
necessary, to raise the $38,000
yearly it will take to amortize the
local share. Since the tobacco tax
can be expected to bring in only
$28,000. the school district will
have to get another $10,000 from
another source. The present tax
on property is 10 mills.
Other Sources of Money
Hurley made it clear that the
school board does not have to
raise the property tax if it can
find the $10,000 from any other
source. It is hoped that the school
district will receive sales tax
money, over and above needs for
operating expenses, that can ap
ply toward the building loan.
Other sources of income which
could be used for the purpose are
being explored. Superintendent
Zahradnicek mentioned the pos
sibility of obtaining building
funds under federal Bill 815
which allows school districts to
apply for a share of building
funds commensurate wittt the
school enrollment increase credit
ed to children of federal employ
ees. With about 100 children of
federally employed children in
Palmer’s 500-600 school popula
tion, there is a possibility that
$200,000 might be raised from
this source. Recently the school
district received a check for ap
proximately $2400 toward school
operating expenses on the basis
of children of federally employed
parents in school attendance be
fore April 1.
To Apply For Gym
The team of Hurley, Zahradni
cek and Johnson didn’t give up
the struggle for a gym. Spurred
on by Gov. Ernest Gruening’s
active championing of the need
for adequate gym facilities in Al
askan schools, they made plans
for a separate application for a
gym at an added cost of $400,000.
DON’T WASTE WATER,
CO-OP WARNS
City residents have been asked
once again to conserve water.
Frank Clark, in charge of the
Co-Op water supply, asks that
water users have patience until
the permanent lines linking Car
negie Creek to the Co-Op line
have been established.
At present, the Co-Op has not
been able to get enough water
through the line to fill the tank,
Clark said. It’s not that there
isn’t plenty of water; it’s just
that the flat Co-Op line leading
from the collection box to town
does not have enough head on it
to draw in all the water entering
the collection box from the creek.
At least a third of the water es
capes out of the overflow.
Clark explained that the con
tract between the city and the
Co-Op had just been signed. As
soon as the Co-Op receives the
necessary money, the temporary j
lines will be connected directly'
into the Co-Op line in a perman
ent installation.
It is hoped that the perman
ent line can be completed by fall.
After that, there will be plenty
of water available, Clark said.
The gym was not included in the I
application for the rest of the
school because of the risk of hav
ing the plans turned down com
pletely. At present the National
mitting the construction of gyms
Production Authority is not per
or auditoriums. Advised that such
orders might change at any time,
the Palmer group decided to. ap
ply immediately. A motion to ap
ply for the gym and instruct the
architect to proceed with prelim
inary plans for it was carried at
the board meeting Wednesday
night.
Plan for Field Day, Monday,
August 13 at the Matanuska Ex
periment Station.
WHY, OF COURSE
You Read It in an Ad in the
VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Only do your merchant (and us) a favor, won't you, and tell him where you saw
the bargain advertised that caught your eye.
Your merchant wants to know if he is getting value received for his advertising
dollar. He has no way of knowing if his advertising is attracting readers, if you
don't tell him so.
And we want him to know it, too. We don't feel that advertising is a graft—we
honestly expect, when we sell an ad. that the merchant is going to benefit by that
ad. Sure, it's our business to sell him an ad, but it's also our business to sell him
the kind of ad that's going to bring him more business so we can sell him a bigger
ad next month. It's only as our advertisers prosper that we can grow. too.
So. remember, the next time you shop, tell your merchant:
'I saw your ad in the Valley Frontiersman'
f
Development Board
Urges Congressmen
See Alaskan Resources
An invitation to come to Alas
ka and investigate at firsthand
the Territory’s possibilities of pro
ducing large quantities of pulp
and paper has been dispatched to
the Special Newsprint Subcom
mittee of the House of Represen
tatives by the Alaska Develop
ment Board.
The board, meeting at Juneau
last week, also renewed its sup
port of the Forest Service policy
of prohibiting export of pulp logs
from the Territory. At least pri
mary manufacturing of this nat
ural resource, of which the Ter
ritory possesses 80 billion board
feet of commercial quality,
should take place in Alaska, the
Development Board declared.
Don H. Goodman, Anchorage
contractor, was elected chairman
of the Alaska Development Board
at the three-day session which
was attended by members, Wil
fred C. Stump of Ketchikan. R.
Boochever of Juneau. Herb Hil
cher of Fairbanks and A. Polet
of Nome.
Other action by the Board in
cluded:
Urging defense procurement
agencies to establish one or more j
ore purchasing depots in Alaska.
Renewing a call upon the
Treasury to raise the price of
gold.
Instituting programs to utilize
the birch timber forests of west
ward Alaska, peat resources,,
Valley Frontiersman
13
iron and coal for export and sur
vey of shrimp beds in Prince
William Sound. i
Supporting construction of the
proposed Copper River highway,
Juneau-Atlin road and Fair
banks-Nome road.
Calling upon the Bureau of
Public Roads to put available
Alaska funds primarily into
highway extensions in preference
to elaborate improvement of ex
isting mileage.
Urging that the Juneau-Haines
Skagway car ferry be continued
next year as a necessary facility
to link Southeastern Alaska and
the Interior.
Supporting plans for a steel
mill in the Pacific Northwest.
Calling for international ap
proval of Ketchikan-Prince Ru
pert air service.
Reviewed progress of the De
velopment Board's national de
fense production program, de
signed to get orders for Alaska
manufacturers and channel Ter
ritorial resources into produc
tive uses. , m
M^s. Lillian Gibson is back in
Palmer, staying at the Hyland
Hotel temporarily. She is looking
for permanent living quarters.
Mrs. Gibson left here last fall af
ter the family “burned out.”
Supt. William T. Zahradnicek
announced this week that Mr. H.
D. Bacon has been hired as school
maintenance man for the coming
year.
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