. FOREST SERVICE LOOKS
FOR FIRE HAZARDS
IN FISH CREEK AREA
KNIK—Charles G. White, dis
trict forester of Anchorage, and
Dan DeHart, fire control guard
of Anchqrage, visited Knik last
week to check the Fish Creek
* area for fire hazards. They are
maintaining an extremely careful
watch there now, since so many
people are camping and picnic
king in the area as the season of
the fish run approaches.
The Anchorage pair had just
returned from Big Lake, where
they completed a three-day in
spection of the lake’s shoreline
for fire hazards. They made the
96-mile trip around the lake by
boat.
Portland Chamber Group
To Be Here Next Week
Representatives of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce are ex
pected to be in Palmer next Tues
day, according to an itinerary re
ceived this week from George M.
Henderson, chairman of the Alas
ka Committee of the Portland
organization.
Tentative arrangements for en
tertainment of the group were
discussed at Wednesday’s Cham
? ber of Commerce meeting here.
It was suggested that visitors be
shown through the Valley, and
then possibly entertained at
lunch, if their arrival time coin
cides with those plans. No defi
nite information was available
concerning the time they may be
expected here, so nothing but
tentative plans were formulated.
The Portland group was sched
uled to leave Fairbanks this morn
ing, for a weekend at Mt. Mc
Kinley Park. They are expected
to leave for Anchorage at 1:40
p.m. Sunday, arriving there late
Sunday evening.
4-H Club Camp to Be
At King's Lake Aug. 1-4
Four-H Club camp is scheduled
at King’s Lake from Aug. 1
through Aug. 4, Miss Mary Lou
Lashbrook, home demonstration
agent, announced this week. Four
H Club members who plan to at
tend the camp should be regis
tered by July 27.
Registration blanks for the
camp may be filled out at the Ex
tension Office, Miss Lashbrook
said.
FINED FOR SPEEDING
John Katzakian pleaded guilty
to a charge of driving at excessive
speed, in a case heard in the court
of U. S. Commissioner Dorothy
Saxton last week. He was fined
$25 by Mrs. Saxton.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
Can Sealer May Be
Borrowed From Ext. Off.
A new sealer for tin c"ns is
available for loan to the V-rley's
homemakers, Miss Mary Lou
Lashbrook of the Extension Office
said today. Anyone who wishes
to borrow the equipment may
check it out from the Extension
Office.
There are also extra copies of
bulletins available, that will give
invaluable assistance in freezing
and canning fruits, vegetables and
fish, she reminded. The bulletins
are free. Anyone interested is in
vited to drop in at the Extension
Office and secure one.
Miss Lashbrook Saves
Monday, Friday Mornings
To Help Seamstresses
Miss Mary Lou Lashbrook is
reserving all of her time on Mon
day and Friday mornings of each
week, to help 4-H Club members
with their sewing, she said today.
She asks that any club member
who needs help, or who is behind
with her sewing project, see her
on one of those mornings.
Miss Lashbrook is keeping of
fice hours from nine a.m. until
noon, in the former Extension
Office, on those two mornings.
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Traffic Violation to Be
Tried in Commissioner's Court
Bobby Slayden, charged with
failure to keep to the right on a
public highway, will be tried in
the court of U. S. Commissioner
Dorothy Saxton today. The com
plaint charging Slayden, signed by
territorial highway patrolman
Stanley Laird, alleges that the
failure to obey the traffic regula
tion resulted in an accident which
caused property damage.
r
Catches Finger in Machine
Marlow Johnson, employed at
Jonesville on the installation of
the new coal washer, suffered a
hand injury in an accident on the
job this week. Mr. Johnson
caught a finger in a moving belt
of the machinery. He suffered se
vere lacerations, cut tendons and
crushed finger joints.
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