VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
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By the Matanuska Press, Inc._j
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21. 1947, at the post office at j
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Editor “ . Lucille Kennedy Mick \
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Homemakers Invited
To Enter 1952 Food
Preservation Contest
i 1
If you’re enthusiastic about!,
feeding your family well, and ]
have already begun putting up;
food for the coming winter, you j ]
may be the winner of a beautiful j
silver covered vegetable dish j ,
which will be given again this ;
year by the National Gardens In-! j
stitute as a Territorial award to
the winner of a food preservation i
contest open to anyone who pre- j
serves Alaskan grown products •
for home use. This includes local- ■
iy grown or produced vegetables, (
meat, and fish or fowl preserved
by generally accepted methods
such as freezing, canning, storing,
or brining.
Start keeping a record now. ad- ;
vises, Lydia Fohn-Hansen,1 Home I
Demonstration Leader for the!
Alaska Extension Service, spon- [
sors of this contest. The award
■will be made on the basis of quan
tity in relation to needs, variety ,
for better meals, quantity of pro
duct, adequate storage facilities,
md a written record. In addition
to the vegetable dish, certificates
of merit will be awarded in each
district for entries scoring 80 :
points or above.. •
Judging will be based on the
following point sytem:
30 points for Quantity—500
pounds, not including stored
vegetables.
30 points for Variety—six
kinds vegetables, three kinds
berries, meat, poultry, fish or
game.
25 points for Quality—mini
mum spoilage; preserved by
recommended methods.
10 points for Storage—ade
quate and suitable.
5 points for Records—neat,
complete, interesting, pictures.
Local homemakers selected by
local club council or local home
makers’ clubs will score all entries
in their community. Local win
ners’ reports will be sent to the
College office of the Extension
Service where a Territorial win
ner will be chosen by a committee :
of three. Awards will be announc-;
ed at the Homemakers’ Short
Course held during October at the
University of Alaska. For entry j
blanks, and additional informa- j
tion, contact your local Extension i
Service office.
Hearing on Proposed
Army Land Withdrawal
Set For August 1
Announcement was made last
week by Abe Barber, Acting Re
gional Administrator, Bureau of
Land Management, that the pub
lic hearing on the proposed with
drawal of 86,000 acres of land
across Knik Arm and Cook Inlet
for use by the Department of the
Army as an anti-aircraft artillery
range, which was previously an
nounced, will be held by Lowell
M. Puckett, Regional Administra
tor, Bureau of Land Management,
Department of the Interior, at
10:00 a.m. on August 1, 1952, at
the Y.M.C.A. Auditorium located
at 6th and F Street, Anchorage,
Alaska.
The hearing will be open to the
attendance of all interested per
sons, including individuals, local
officers, officers of Federal and
Territorial agencies, and represen
tatives of individuals or organiza
tions.
All persons wishing to be heard
with respect to the proposed with
drawal should notify Lowell M.
Puckett, Regional Administrator,
Bureau of Land Management,
Federal Building. Anchorage,
Alaska, before 10:00 o’clock a.m.
August 1, 1952. Those desiring to
submit written statements should
submit them as soon as possible
before the hearing.
Girl Scout News ,
The Girl Scouts had a big dis- ]
appointment. They planned to go
o Willow but it was such bad J
veather that we went to Lake ,
-ucille at Wasilla.
The Onkka’s have a lot on the :
ake so we stayed there. We
Ditched tents and had a big time J
;wimming and boating. After we •
eft there, it was not a big dis- '
ippointment.
We sure didn’t starve, we had ^
ood, food and more food and we <
lad plenty to take home. We left !
ruesday morning and came back
Wednesday evening. Mrs. Onkka; i
:ame along to help Mrs. Medaris.!'
Tor transportation a few mothers 1,
lelped haul us girls.
Jean Onkka, reporter ^
DRUNK DRIVING
ACCIDENT RESULTS IN
$150 FINE/ INJURIES
A serviceman, John W. Ander
;on, was fined $150 Tuesday and
iad his driver’s license suspend
ed until January 1, 1953, after
Deing found guilty 'of driving
>vhile under the influence of li-\
}uor July 8. A six-month jail i
sentence was suspended.
Anderson was apprehended by
he Highway Patrol after his car j
was involved in an accident near
the Matanuska Bridge about 1
a.m. July 8. Two other service
men were injured in the accident,
rhey were removed to the post
lospital after receiving emer
gency treatment at Valley Hos
pital* Anderson himself sustained
minor shoulder injuries.
After spending the remainder
Df the night in jail, he was
brought before U. S. Commission
sr Dorothy Saxton at 10 a.m. July
B on the* drunk driving charge.
Anderson was released in custody
of his commanding officer after
requesting a postponement until
July 15 in order to obtain legal
advice.
In other court action last week
Oscar Hill was fined $25 for fish
ing without a license and Delford
Phillips of Anchorage was fined
$25 for speeding near Milepost 41
on June 22. Hill had pleaded not
guilty on June 29 to Holger Lar
son’s charge that he was fishing
in the Little Susitna without a
license. He was judged guilty
when he reappeared In court on
July 8 without witnesss. The
government had two witnesses.
A broken leg is holding up the
trial of James Rudolph, who was
taken to Valley Hospital follow
ing an auto accident near the <*ty
garbage dump last Thursday
shortly before noon. He will face
charges of driving while under!
the influence of liquor.
REMINDER FOR
FISHERMEN IN ALASKA
Fishermen in the Territory of
Alaska are reminded that the
Territorial Sport Fishing license
for the year 1952-53 became due
on July 1, 1952. Chapter 93, S.L.A.
reads, “It shall be unlawful ^r
any person over 16 years of age
to take or fish for any fresh water,
marine or anadromous fish for
sports without first having pro
cured one of the following li
censes:
Resident Sport Fishing Li
cense—$1.00
Non-resident Sport Fishing
License—$3.00
Alien Sport Fishing License
$3.00
According to a ruling by the
Attorney General this Act applies
to those persons engaged in sport
fishing even though they also may
possess a commercial fishing li
cense issued under the provisions
of Chapter 66, S.L.A. 1949. The
tax imposed under Chapter 55 is
for the privilege of fishing com
mercially, and that under Chap
ter 93 for a different privilege,
that is, fishing for personal use.
In addition to the above, fisher
men are reminded they are also
required to obtain a Federal li
cens, issued by the Fish and Wild
Life Service for “Stream Fishing.”
NINE 30 FINANCIAL
STATEMENT SHOWS
SLIM CITY BALANCE
The city’s financial statement of
une 30, 1952, as presented to the
lity Council this week by Wil
iam Head, revealed that con
inued capital expenditures and
osses from the telephone system
iave placed an as yet black bal
nce in jeopardy.
The carefully prepared state- '■
nent was Head’s last duty as City i
Herk, a job which he resigned j
fuly 1.
Operating expenses have claim- J
;d less than half of city revenues j
ince moneys first started coming :
nto the city treasury after Octo-j
aer 1. Total revenues from that
late had reached $58,265.22 as
>f June 30. Operating disburse
nents including losses from tele
ihone operations amounted to j
>25,989.57. This included a total
af $6,630.34 to the police depart
nent since it started operating
September 1, $5,100 for salaries,
ind the balance for auto and jail
:xpense. Disbursements for the
ire department, which the city j
ook over January!, amounted to j
>1,274.25, $385 for salaries and]
>889.25 for operating expenses,
rhe street department, which was
;et up late in January, cost the
:ity a total of $5,918.41, $3,264.50
or salaries and $2,653.91 for oper
iting expenses. Disbursements
rom the Clerk’s office amounted
o $5,074.10, $3,719.62 for salaries
md the balance of stationery,
jrinting, supplies, and recording.
General and administrative ex
penses, some of which extend
'rom the date of the city’s incor
poration April 30, 1951, total $4,
i90.90.' This figure includes $440.
15 for election expense, $180 for
Council Chamber rents, $174.45
'or interest, $568.50 for snow re
noval before the street depart
nent functioned, $113.30 for sur
veys and maps, $490.65 for legal
idvertising, $2,100 in part pay
nent toward the City Attorney’s
’irst year salary, $315.05 for insur
mce, and $408.50 for Planning
Commission expense.
Cost of operating the telephone
system for four months—March
L—June 30—was $2,311.5/.
Capital expenditures including
?24,726.88 for road equipment,
$708 for fire fighting equipment,
and $3,075 for water system land
:otal $28,509.88.
Although the sum of the oper
itinp disoursements plus capital
expenditures left a net balance
pf $3,765.77 as of June 30, it does
lot take into account obligations
previously assumed by the Coun-1
-il and still outstanding. These in- j
t-iude a total of $3,862.60 in bills:
for May and June and still un
paid. The largest of these bills]
is for 100 telephones—$2,000 plusj
freight. Although the telephones,
when installed, will appreciably
increase telephone revenues, they
cannot be installed until a new
switchboard is placed in opera
tion. The new switchboard, in
turn, must await the installation
of new cable lines. Other obliga
tions assumed by the city bring
the total close to $30,000. Purchase
of the ARRC water line may cost
the city $20,000. To the Palmer
School'District, the Council has
promised $5,000 from sales tax
revenues, $2,500 of which is to be
paid September 1, if possible.
There also remains an unpaid
balance on the City Attorney’s
salary for last year as well as an
already earned amount for this
year.
An additional capital expendi
ture contemplated by the city is
the purchase of a “cat” or bull
dozer for snow removal and for
establishing street grade lines.
The Council is currently consider
ing an offer on such a vehicle
from the Co-Op. The cost, includ
ing a needed extra part would be
in excess of $21,000.
TRANSLATION OF TWO
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS ON
WATER ON FILE AT USGS
On file at the local U. S. Geo
logical Survey office are two
translations of Russian scientific
articles of interest to scientists
concerned with problems of
water, its qualities and stages.
“Concerning the melting of ice
in the ground at negative tem
peratures,” by Z. A. Nersesova,
Acad, Sci., URSS, Comptes Ren
dus, tome 79, pp 507-8. Moscow,
1951. Condensed free translation
by I. V. Poire.
“Contribution to the problem of
the capacity of water for spon
taneous crystallization,” by G. A.
Vinokurov, All-Union Arctic Inst.,
vol. 100, pp. 39-41, Leningrad,
1938. Condensed frde translation
by L V. Poire.
A limited number of copies of
this translation have been mimeo
graphed; as long as the supply
lasts, persons directly interested
NEW BABIES
Mekkelson
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mekkel
>en of Mile 75%, Glenn Highway,>
are the parents of their first
child, a daughter born at Valley
Hospital July 16. She weighed
eight pounds, eleven ounces at
birth and has been named Bridget
Mary. i
Utt
An eight pound, four ounce
daughter was born at Valley Hos
pital to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Utt
of Palmer July 16. This is their
first child and she has been
named Jo Ann. Maternal grand
mother is Mrs. Frank Brown of
Palmer.
White
Born at Providence Hospital,
\nchorage, to Mr. and Mrs. Ches
er C. White, their second child
rnd first son, Alexander Carl, on
rune 28. He weighed six pounds
md 12 ounces. Mother and son
ire both home in Palmer, in the
\HA area.
an obtain copies free of charge
y writing to the Geological Sur
ey. Washington, 25, D.C.
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