Palmer Rifle Club Has Record
Number of Shooters in Postal Match
The Pal met Rifle Club entered
their first Match of the
season. with 15 active riflemen
firing foi i«,eord against approxi
match 20 rifle clubs in tihnoi*.
Iowa and Wisconsin Right mat
then are to be fired during the
winter. Winning team* and high
individuals will receive medals
and awards, from Illowa Rifle
Association, of Muskatine, Iowa
Each shooter will receive an of
ficial N R A. classification card
based on scores fired in these
eight matches.
John (Rip) Harris took top hon
ors in match for Palmer, with in i
excellent score of 38. dropping
(*nly four points kneeling. anf
seven poui'* standing. with a
pt-rhvl IW) each in prone and Pit
line position: This score of 3B9
will place Hip in the top-ten out
of approximately 200 shooters in
the League
Ken Westenbvfrr will make
top-ten in the prone, standing
class with a score of 193. Due to
some difficulty in his kneeling
and sitting positions he placed
third on the second Palmer team.
Balance of scores as fired are
as follows:
Name
Team No. 1—
John D. Harris
Vernon Donaldson
Melfred Mullberg
John R Dodge
Team No. 2—
Dan Fleming
Jack Wessman
K. Westenbargcr
Lynn White
Team No. 3—
Richard A. Hamilton
Richard T. Blue
E. R. Brock
John T. Lee
Individual Scores:
Carlos Driggare
A. K. Dickow
James P. Teter
Prone Sit. Kneel. Stand. Total
100
100
100
100
100
97
95
95
99
99
100
100
99
98
96
97
FOUR-MAN TOTAL
99
94
98
100
92
91
94
94
96
95
95
94
FOUR-MAN TOTAL
96
91
83
86
92
94
89
85
FOUR-MAN TOTAL
Prone Sit. Kneel.
9 93 86
95 94 73
95 90 65
93
90
86
89
81
85
93
89
86
89
81
64
59
50
54
389
382
379
378
1528
375
373
372
372
1492
369!
368
362
343
1442
Stand. Total
337
312;
304:
Moose to Hold Second
Initiation Breakfast
Palmer Moose Lodge No. 793
will have their second breakfast
and initiation on Sunday, Decem
ber 16 at Moose Hall. A sour
dough hot-cake breakfast with all
the trimmings has been planned
by the kitchen and set-up com
mittee consisting of Tom Moffitt
and Bill Roark.
Candidates will be guests of
honor at the breakfast, scheduled
to be served at 9:00 a.m. and ap
proximately 25 new members
will be initiated. All Moose broth
ers from other lodges who hap
pen to be in Palmer are also
urged to attend the breakfast.
William Lentz will be in charge
of tickets and candidates. Don
Ingalls is general chairman for
the event.
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uamages amounting to approx- j
j imately $350 were caused to a
‘ Kelly Transfer truck Monday
I morning near the approach to the
| Knik bridge.
The Alaska Highway Patrol
j who investigated the accident
said snowy road conditions
caused the truck to slide off the
embankment. There was no per
sonal injuries.
The Anchorage company hauls
j coal from the Evans-Jones coal
! mine. '
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Mrs. Wilhelmina Pedersen is
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Geological Survey office.
She replaces Mrs. Hazel Davis
; who resigned last week.
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NOTES
By l.EW HANKS
It ifrm! (t»»od to hr bark in
Pilmrt after a couple of mli
wintry week* in Idaho and a few
day* of wet. sloppy weather'
* round Portland.
My general impr«*sM«>n of farm
tij? condition^ outside are as fol- |
low*- potato farmer* in Idaho air
pretty satisfied. The yield was
fair this year, the quality poor, j
hut the price is excellent. Farm
ers are getting about $2 SO per
hundred for No. 1 potatoes. That’s
net to the farmer at his cellar.
The packer pays for grading, the ;
sacks and hauling
The alfalfa crop is short in Ida- j
ho. A lot of it winter killed last
year. Hay was about $25 to $30
per ton. Sheep and cattle men
were very optimistic about fu
ture prices. Sheep men. especially,
were building up breeding herds
as rapidly as possible. Very few
good ewe lambs were being sold
for meat. Ewes were the highest
prices on record. They were sell-'
ing for $45 to $55 each.
Farm wages are rising theie
too. They run from $1.25 to $1.50
per hour. Farmers are going in
for labor-saving equipment in a
big way. One or two potato
growers are working on com
bines that will handle potatoes
entirely in bulk. They’re having
bruise damage yet, but they’re
improving the machines. Several (
shops are working on vine pull- j
ers. They work pretty well hut
cost lots of money. The Agricul-(
ture Department at the Univer-!
sity of Idaho has plans and spe-1
cifications for sale on converting
potato diggers into potato coin
bines. This machine was devel- ]
oped at the Experiment Station
at Aberdeen and looked pretty
good to me.
I talked to a lot of people on
conservation farming methods
there. Their big job is water con
servation through better irriga
tion. The soil conservation dis
tricts there are really working
on this and are making lots of
progress.
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Kiwoniant Hear About
Swedish Agriculture
Herb Lang, former student it
the Univeivitv of Alaska, gave a
very interesting and informative
'alk «tx>ut hi* trawl* in Sweden
and the adjoining European coun
tries at the Monday noon meet
ing of the Kiwanis Club He wa».
kept busy answering question
about the area unlil he had to
leave for another minting
President Hugh Johnson ap
pointed Donald C**c and Elmer
LeDuc to audit the Kiwanis
XKiks in preparation for the an
nual installation of new officer.*
Die members voted to purchase
9 copy of the Declaration of In
dejK-ndence and hang it in the
?iub meeting room. They also
voted to incorporate the Kiwanis
Club of Palmer under the law's
jf the Territory as recommended
by the International office. Jack
Maze and Johnny Weisenberger
were elected directors for the
next year.
Guests w’ere C. Ivan Branton.
agricultural engineer at the Ex
periment Station, and "Red" Mor
ley of the Alaska Department of
Health. The president welcomed
new member Oliver Onkka of the
Alaska Road Commission to the
club.
The program for December 10
probably will be a discussion >f
city planning.
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New Members Pledged
By Beta Sigma Phi
Six new member* were re-1
i-eivrd into Theta chapter. Beta
Sigma Pht during pledge rere
monier that followed a formal
tinner and Christmas party held
• n the Unittnl Protestant Church
baieinmt and reception room I) *
•ember 3
Piet. nviived corsages < t
fellow rose*, the traditional flow*
r of the jtoronty. previous to the
tinner During the ceremonies,
-orority pins and a set of yellow
rose gift pm-- were also presented
New member* are Marjorie
Myren. Charlene Kincaid. Bar
bara Hedden. Isabelle Severn*.
Mary Estep and Virginia Gallant.
Secret sister gifts were ex
! changed during the Christmas
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PLAN MEXICAN TOUN
Mr and Mr* Don McKechme
of Palmer and Mr and Mr* Chaa.
Purser of Girdwood left Palmer
recently on an auto trip to old
Mexico and lower California. The
couples expect to t>c Rone two
months
Dm ne their absence, the Mo*
K'-t hme children Donna H:«e and
Billy, are staying with their pa
ternal ri andparents. Mr and Mr*.
Fred Hurd of Wasilla
party, in charge of Claire Kop
perud
Mrs Don Irwin, sorority ad
visor. was surprised with a hand
kerchief shower. Riven to her by
:he members as “bon voyage”
wishes. Mrs. Irv.in will accom
pany her husband on a stateside
trip
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