Dewey Impressed
(Continued from Pace 1)
is my avocation, you know. I have
a dairy of my own.”
At the Palmer Fountain where
the party stopped for sandwiches
and milk. Gov. Dewey chatted
affably with several Palmer citi
zens who came up to have a word
with him. Carl Rasmussen in
vited him to inspect the cream
ery after talking for several min
utes about the Co-Op operations
in the Valley. But the governor
said he wanted to see some farms.
“Everywhere I’ve gone on this
trip. I’ve gone to inspect the
farms”, he said. “I can tell more (
about a country from looking at
a few of its farms than from talk
ing with a whole bunch of its
politicians.”
First he drove out to Louise
Kellogg’s Spring Creek Dairy
Farm with Maze. Hurley and Ir
win.
After noting the tiled floor and
the thermopane windows in the
milk room, he and Herman Turn
er, the farm manager, went out
to inspect the cows lined up for
their milking. Each cow was in
spected thoroughly and the par
ticular attributes of each discuss
ed with professional candor. Dew
ey told about his 90 cows which
weren't purebreds either. Turner
and Dewey swapped rapid-fire
accounts of their feeding prac
tices. and Dewey expressed
amazement that cows would
maintain production on an all
silage diet. In the course of the
exchange, he learned all about
the difficulties in getting a satis
factory alfalfa crop here, of get
ting in hay because of rainy har
vest seasons, and of importing
feed economically. He told about
the free choice his cows had in
their open pen-type stable of oats
or corn silage and unlimited
quantities of hay.
He declined to have his pic
ture taken milking one of the
cows, explaining that he milked
his own cows but not other
people’s cows. Besides, he wasn't
dressed for the job. He did pose
with Turner and one of the cows
he admired. He also held a huge
cabbage which Marketmaster
Florence Ebv showed him and
obligingly allowed photgraphers
Gyuriak and Machetanz to snap
this traditional Matanuska Valley
picture.
Gov. Gruening had accom
panied the group to the Kellog
farm, but when the tour proceed
ed to the Arvid Johnson farm, he
accepted the invitation of Fred
and Sara Machetanz to visit their
home in the Valley.
A1 Arvid Johnson s
At Arvid Johnson’s Gov. Dew
ey was particularly interested in
the new trench silo, although he
quickly showed Johnson how he
could operate his silage cutter
more efficiently by eliminating
one operation. He was surprised
to learn that a cow could be
maintained on the produce of
three acres in the Valley, express
ing his belief that six were usu
ally required. He learned why
farmers here had to make the
most of their acreage with cor
rect fertilizer practices.
Down in the barn watching
Mrs. Johnson milk the special
cows by hand and Jack milk the
others with the milking machine,
Gov. Dewey observed with
amusement that Johnson had
some good workers in his family.
Johnson protested that this was
the first time his wife had been
near the barn in a long time.
Then Dewey offered Johnson
$450 for a choice cow he admired.
Johnson was indignant. “Why
I wouldn't take a thousand dol
lars for that cow!”
Again Dewey was amazed to
learn that just ordinary cows
came at about $500 in the Valley.
Jack in New' York, he said, most
cows sold for $250 and few
brought more than $350.
Dinner at McKinley's
At Dr. Lee McKinley’s farm
home, the two governors and
their aids. Paul Lockwood from
New York and Capt. (Navy) Don
ald M. Morrison were guests at a
7:30 Matanuska Valley farm din
ner with home beef, fresh vege
tables of several kinds, and rhu
barb pie. Other guests were Don
Irwin, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ras
muson. Mr. and Mrs. Robert At
wood. Mr. and Mrs. George Jones.
Young Larry McKinley sat at the
-table with the McKinleys and
their guests and helped his sister,
Judy, serve the group.
“The children did a very nice
job of it. too’, Don Irwin observed
next day.
Enroute to the McKinley’s and
during the evening Irwin had an
opportunity to tell Dewey quite
a bit about the agricultural re
search program in the Valley. He
was outraged about the Experi
ment Station’s cut in appropria
tions just as the research program
was getting underway. Irwin said
that Dewey had several of the
usual misconceptions about the
Valley and the Colony project,
but was very openminded in his
reception of the facts with which
Irwin supplied him.
Good Night's Sleep
Back at the hotel where Dewey
and Gruening were both the
guests of the management, the
governors retired on arrival
shortly after 11 p. m. Appearing
ore s?hort- rn aimer
for breakfast, a little less than
twelve hours later. Gov. Dewey
said he’d had the first good
night’s sleep since he was in Sid
ney. Australia two and a half
weeks ago.
A projected fishing trip to Nak
nek had to be called off because
| of the unpredictable weather. In
Palmer, it was soupier than ever,
with the clouds still clinging
; closely to the mountains, which
Dewey never did see.
"The dairy farmers here in the
Valley are doing a wonderful job
here.'! Dewey said before leaving.
! "In spite of all their handicaps ol
weather, soil erosion, and econ
I omies they’re accomplishing won
ders in meeting their problems
They're going to have an alfalfa
crop that will winter-over before
long, too.”
Asked if he’d like to buy a
dairy farm in Alaska, he counter
ed. “I’d have to learn a lot more
than I know now about farming
in Alaska.”
Before leaving for the airport,
the governor’s party, including
Buffalo Evening Times news
man Ray Borst and New York
security officer Lieut. Edward
Galvin, went to visit the Max
j Sherrod farm, escorted by the
Highway Patrol.
“We saw a wonderful display
of vegetables there,” Dewrey said
as he boarded the plane shortly
after noon Tuesday. “Why one of
those cabbages weighed 25
pounds.”
Florence Eby had neglected to
tell him that the Farmers’ Market
cabbage he had held the day be
fore weighed 32 pounds. It had
also been grown by Max Sher
rod.
City Assumes Police Responsibility
with Adoption of two Ordinances
Palmer City Ordinances 11 and
12 providing for a police depart
ment and adopting a misdemean
or code were adopted unanimous
ly by the City Council last night
on an emergency basis, allowing
suspension of the usual three
reading rules.
The two ordinances went into
effect immediately upon adop
tion by the Council.
Ordinance 11 is “an ordinance
providing for the organization,
administration, and functioning
of the municipal police depart
ment and fixing the dates when
police responsibilities will be as
sumed by the municipality.”
Ordinance 12 is “an ordinance
defining misdemeanors in the
city of Palmer and providing
punishments.”
Copies of these ordinances are
on file in the City Clerk’s office
and will be posted in the Post Of
. fice.
Building Code Ordinance
In connection with the propos
ed adoption of an abridged oi
ABC Building Code. Ray Math
ews, formerly building official
for the city of Anchorage and
now its city assessor, appeared
to argue against the code. He in
sisted that the abridged code
would not suit the needs of the
growing city of Palmer. He
strongly urged the adoption of the
Uniform Building Code, which
is used in Anchorage and in most
municipalities on the West Coast
He said that Palmer should not
adopt a small building code just
because it is a small city.
“You’re going to grow and you
want to be prepared for it”, he
added.
Building code committeemen
Severens and Sandvik decided to
; study the Uniform code and
! promised to present their decis
ions at the net meeting. Septem
ber 12, when the chosen code
will have its first reading,
plans for proposed building. It
Suggests City Planning
Edward Crittenden, Anchor
age architect who had been re
quested to draw up plans for
basement quarters as the first
part of a city administration ap
peared before the Council with
the request that a city planning
study precede consideration of
plans for the proposal building. It
was decided that he would make
his proposals to Frank Brown and
Chet Sandvik of the administra
will follow committee reeom
tion committee. Council action
mendations.
New Water Crisis
A new possible water crisis
loomed with the reading of cor
respondence from Acting Co-op
Manager Carl Rasumssen stating
that the local bank appeared un
willing to make a loan for water
improvements because of insuf
ficient security provided in the
Co-Op-City water contract.
Explanations regarding the
bank’s stand were given by its
legal council. George McLaughlin
and its president, Jan Koslosky.
Both expressed willingness to
open negotiations on a three-way
basis, with the bank, the Co-Op
Board, and the City meeting to
arrive at an understanding agree
able to all concerned.
HOW TO FIGURE TAX
CHARGE TAX
Under 34c . None
.35 through .64 $ .01
.65 through $1.34 .... .02
SI.35 through 1.64 .03
Over $1.64, continue on same
scale.
Council Disapproves
Liquor License for '
New Nile Club
The application of Harold.
Lena, and Jan Koslosky for a li
quor license to be used in prop
osed Club Forty-Niner was dis
approved in a four to one vote
of the City Council last night.
Hdhted arguments for and
against the approval of the ap
plication were made by attorney
for the Kosloskvs, James E. Swan
and attorney George McLaughlin
on behalf of Tommy Thompson
of the Sourdough Bar. ^
Councilmen expressed disap
proval on the basis of the premi
ses, which they considered un
suited for the business purposes
intended on grounds of safety.
Jan Koslosky informed the
Council that the old wiring had
been torn out and replaced with
new wiring and conduits. He also
said that alterations which have
been going on for the past two
weeks include two new rear exits
and two restrooms.
“The building is now safe and
sanitary as any building in town”,
he claimed.
Harold Koslosky declared that
the management would abide
strictly by all the Territorial laws
and the city ordinances.
Police and safety committee
man Lloyd Severns expressed the
objection that the newly organiz
ed city has not organized its po
lice protection sufficiently to
cope with an additional bar.
Sands Telephone
Hearing Postponed
At the written request of May
nard Sands a postponement of the
telephone hearing scheduled for
last night was granted by the
City Council because Sands has
been called to the States on an
emergency.
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. loo.
So, remember, the next time you shop, tell your merchant:
'I saw your ad in the Valley Frontiersman'
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