jFWS Agent Drowned
Near Kenai Saturday
Well Known In Valley
Dave Collins, the 21 year old
Fish and Wildlife agent who was
drowned in a tragic boat accident
on the Kenai River last Saturday
was well known around the Pal
mer area.
Working with Harry Pinkham
and Holgar Larsen, he had first
come to the Valley last December.
While working in this area, he
/stayed at the Hyland Hotel and
ate frequently at the Palmer
Fountain.
Young Collins was drowned
while enroute to Kenai where he
was to pick up FWS fisheries a
gent, Harry Pinkham. Catapul
ted out of his motor boat by a
wave which hit it, Collins was
knocked unconscious when the
driverless boat circled at full
speed and hit him. He made no
attempt to grab the line tossed
to him by a couple of fishermen
nearby.
4 The body was found Sunday at
low tide by Clarence Rhode, re
gional director of FWS who led
a search party consisting of Dan
Ralston. Holgar Larsen, and Ther
on Smith. Burial will be at Cal
lins’ home in Ellenoburg, New
York.
Wei Pavement Blamed
For Knik Bridge
'Crash Sunday Night
The wet pavement at the Knik
bridge approach near Pioneer
Peak was blamed in the crash of
two vehicles about midnight Sun
day evening.
The highway patrol investiga
ted the accident which involved
Denver Harris, a soldier, who was
driving a 1949 Dodge pick-up and
Peter Ernst, a Valley visitor, who
was driving a 1950 Pontiac.
According to Ernst’s statement,
his car was hit head on by Harris
after he had brought the Pon
tiac to a complete stop. Damage to
the two cars was estimated at
$300 for the pick-up and $200 for
*the Pontiac.
ing his sister-in-law. Mrs. Charles
Liebing. commented favorably on
Mr. Ernst, who has been visit
the courtesy of the Alaska High
way Patrol.
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NOTES
By Lew Hanks
I was out to the 4-H camp a
King’s Lake yesterday. Mary Lm
Lashbrook and Dick Blue. ou.
new Extension agent, togethe;
with the other counselors, are do
ing a fine job. The 4-H grouj
gets plenty of fun and relaxation
It’s a welcome break from thi
routine of farm or home. They al
so get a good idea of th.e ways o
nature. That’s something tha
every farmer must know.
Speaking of farming, I've seer
some pretty nice looking onions
lettuce, carrots and cabbage hai
vested already in the Valley. Thi;
is a good farming country anj
way you look at it. There are
perhaps, local people who do no
recognize it yet, but the future o:
Palmer lies in farming. Farmer:
here need take off their hats t(
no one. They depend on no sub
sidies to live. They buy their seed
plant, harvest and market their
crops, and put the profit back inrc
developing their farms.
The nutritional quality and fla
vor of Alaska crops is second tc
none. That comes straight frorr
the lion’s mouth. Ask the men al
the Agricultural Research Admin
Community Price List
Object of OPS Survey
Next Month in Alaska
JUNEAU—Surveys of whole-!
| sale and retail grocery costs in
L Alaska will soon be undertaken
by the Territorial Office of Price j
* j Stabilization, it was announced
this week by Fred G. Hanford. i
Territorial OPS director.
The survey is intended to esta- i
blish a basis for a possible pro
gram of posted dollar-and-cent
“community prices” in Alaska
grocery stores. Hanford said ne
has been advised by J. Herbert
Meighan, director of Region 14m
Washington. D. C. that the survey
will be similar to one now under
way in the states, although not
as extensive in scope. Within the
next few weeks, teams from 841
OPS district offices in the United
States will visit 2,000 retail and j
1.000 wholesale groceries to gather j
information on what grocers pay j
for foods and the prices they j
( charge. Posted ceiling prices for
I
istration. They know. It’s their 1:
, business to know. You farmers
have a job, too. You raise the (
i best farm produce there is. Don’t (
spoil it by poor storage, handling
or marketing. Stay on the beam
in that respect. It pays. Incident
ally, folks, the Farmer’s Market
in Palmer sells America’s finest
produce. Try it.
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each community will result from
those surveys.
Meighan. who heads OPS ac
tivities in all the territories and
possessions, said he believed a
program of posted dollar and cent j
"community prices" could be of ,
great benefit in most of the terri- \
tories. He said preliminary sur- |
veys in Alaska would probably
start early in August. The terri
torial office has urged that a sur
vey be conducted.
The chief purpose of the sur
veys. Meighan said, will be to as
certain whether there is sufficient
stability in the prices of a num
oer of standard grocery items to
nake a "community pricing” pro
gram possible.
It was pointed out that the "le
veling-off" phase of the past few
nonths has just about been
ichieved and that a point of stabi
lity is needed before posted ceil- !
ng prices can be put into effect.
“Community pricing was a fa
niliar and popular method of j
Drice control during World War
J,” Meighan said. ‘‘Under this sys
:em the country is divided into 1
relatively small market areas, and
grocery ceilings were established
for each area, based on factors
of transportation and other costs.
Prices thus arrived at are then
printed on charts and posted in
the stores where all customers
may see them.”
Meighan emphasized that if
surveys are conducted in the ter
ritories. information gathered
from grocers will be held in strict
confidence by the OPS.
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LAKE LOUISE
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Round Trip from
Snowshoe Lake
$23.00, tax incl.
Pennington-Mile 147
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Phone 20Y1 Palmer
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