THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21. 1947. at tne post office
at Palmer. Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1S78
T. O. SCHMIDTKE MILDRED JOHNSON
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OLD AUCTION RILL
R. W. Van Wey, Ladysmith auctioneer, has a copy of an
Ohio aution sale printed in the 1800's that is somewhat dif
ferent from those appearing today.
The bill reads:
"Sale: Having sold my farm and am leaving for Oregon
territory by ox team, will offer all my belongings to the
high dollar three miles north of Fox Head on Monday, March
21, 1829.
'Two ox teams, Buck and Ben, and Tom and Jerry; one
iron plow with mold board; one 60-gallon soup kettle; 85
sugar troughs made of white ash timber; 10 gallons of maple
syrup; 20 pounds of mutton tallow; one large boom made
by Jerry Wilson; 100 empty barrels,- one 32-gallon Johnson
Miller whiskey, 7 years old; 20 gallons of apple brandy; one
40-gallon copper still; four sides of oak tanned leather; one
dozen real books; half interest in tan yards; bullet mold and
powder horn; rifle made by Ben Miller; 50 gallons soft soap,
40 gallons of sorghum molasses; six head of fox hounds, all
negro salves, two men 25 and 50 years old; two boys, 12 and
negro slaves, two ment 25 and 50 years old; two boys, 12 and
18 years old; and two mulatto wenches, 40 and 30 years old.
Will sell all together to some party as will not separate them.
Terms of sale—cash in hand or note to draw 4 per cent in
terest. Mary and Sam Morson, owners. Sale begins at 8 o'clock
a m. Plenty of drinks and eats,- you all come."—Taken From
Ladysmith News.
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By Dan Halligan
DEAR DAN: I'm 13 and I want some baby-sitting jobs.
I'm willing to work because I like children very much. Can you
advise me?—Willing.
DEAR WILLING: Get a sheet of paper and write down
all the families within a three or four-block radius of
your home who have children of seven and younger.
Then contact the mothers of these children. Tell them
you're available for morning and afternoon baby
sitting or baby-watching—but not for evening work.
Some of these mothers like to play bridge or run down
town during the week and there's not reason why
several of them won't hire you. Rut check with your
own mother first.
DEAR DAN: I would like some pen pals of 15 and 16. I'm
Kathy Hvler and my mailing address is Route 2. Ruffin. N. C.
DEAR DAN: I have a problem with my mother. When
this boy I like comes to see me. my mother always raises a
fuss. But when my 13-year-old sister's boy friend comes call
ing, Mom never says a word. I’m 15 and I just don't think
this is fair. Can you help me?—Wanting to Know.
DEAR W.T.K.: I'd rather help your mother than
you because she's the one who needs it. Mothers who
allow 13-year-old girls to have boy friends call on
them are asking for major trouble and usually won't be
disappointed. Neither do I think a 15-year-old girl is
that mature she should have a "boy friend" come call
ing.
This is something your mother is going to have
to decide but she'd better start being a mother and not
merely the woman who cooks your meals.
* * * *
DEAR DAN: My 18-year-old brother gets $4 or $5 a week
allowance and all he does is empty a basket once a day. He’s
really lazy.
I only get $2 when and if I get it and I'm always expected
to buy my own shoes. Besides that, my mother makes me buy
the kind of shoes she likes and they’re terrible.
Honestly, I’ve had enough. Besides getting such a gen
erous allowance, my brother also gets to use the car whenever
he wants it. He’s so spoiled it isn't even funny. Last week he
came home drunk and do you know his punishment? He can’t
us the car for a while. Big deal. I'm so mad I could run away
and live with my friend—Runaway.
DEAR RUNAWAY: Before you take off. think.
Chances are with your luck, it would be your brother
who would come rolling up in the family car to bring
you home.
Frankly, no boy of 18 needs an allowance of any
amount unless he's in a particular circumstance where
he can't work for a reason other than laziness. Neither
should a girl have to buy her own shoes out of a $2
weekly allowance.
However, all I can do is sympathize with you and
tell you to look ahead to that great day when your
brother will be going into the military service and will
grow up. You stay put. Running away won't solve your
problem.
TEEN-AGERS: Don’t forget to apply for the two $300
college scholarships being offered by “Under 21.” One will
go to a 1963 boy high school graduate and one to a girl.
DEAR DAN: The other night this boy was kissing me good
night on my front porch after a date when all of a sudden the
porch light came on. The boy took off and when I got inside
the house. Dad bawled me out something terrible. Now I
can’t go out for a month because of what he calls “being bad”
on the porch.—Nancy W.
DEAR NANCY: Being kissed goodnight isn't being
"bad." At least it wasn't when I was dating. Dads some*
times are strange creatures.
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THE AMERICAN WAY
The Sure Way To Prosperity
Slrange Things
By HEINIE SNIDER
L#ast Sunday we had a really
warm day. Our thermometer
showed 84 degrees Fahrenheit,
and almost everyone we met
was complaining about the
heat and the pesky mosquitoes.
But then, whether the wea
ther is hot or cold, we should
remember what Sam Clemens
said about it: “Everybody talks
I about the weather and nobody
1 can do a darn thing about it.”
Mosquitoes, with this cloudy
and rainy weather, have been
bad, but not as bad as they
used to be, at least in this part
of Alaska. Many summers we
worked on the Alaska Rail
road with a mosquito net over
our hats, and on our hands
canvas gloves. We kept smud
ges burning, and as the present
repellents were unknown, we
smeared our faces with a mix
ture of vaseline and creoline!
I At night the baby slept under
a net. and the cow was dressed
in a burlap gown. We know of
at least one man who cut his
wrists and died in the Cache
creek swamps, driven crazy by
j the flies.
Before the writer came to
! Alaska, he became acquainted
; with mosquitoes in German
Southwest Africa and in Ar
gentina on the Rio de la Plata.
Some of these mosquitoes
spread malaria and other dis
eases. While I do not know if
our mosquitoes are carriers,
they surely give us a bad time
by drilling a hole in our skins
to suck the blood (only the fe
male doing the dirty work).
Most of our contacts with these
pests are detrimental to our
sense of fair play and the En
glish language suffers immen
sely thereby.
One of the very best pros
pectors who panned on the tri
butaries of the Yukon or drove
a pick in the hard rock of Wil
low Creek was a gold miner by
the name of Buck Sparling.
When not prospecting he was
chief cook at the Lucky Shot
mine, but as soon as the snow
was gone. Buck was some
where in the hills.
Once, about 1920, I met
Buck in Anchorage,
“Well,” I said. “I thought
you were going to prospect in
the Cache Creek country.”
“I was,” he replied, and in
formed me that the mosquitoes
drove him out.
"Have you seen the new in
vention, some kind of dope to
kill mosquitoes?” I asked, “No?
Well, let’s go to the store.”
I asked the manager to show
us how a flint gun works. Tak
ing the gun and spying a fly
on the window, he aimed, and.
puff, a dead fly lay on the floor.
Buck scratched his cranium,
for an idea was forming in
his upper story. He bought a
flint gun ar.d a couple of gal
lons of flint, and set out for
the hills and creeks of the
Cache Creek country.
Less than a week later, when
the train stopped in Wasilla.
who should step off the plat
form but my friend Buck.
After a handshake and salu
tations. I said. “What brings
you here9”
He took me to one side, and
said, “You remember when I
bought that flint stuff? Well,
my boy, it worked! It worked.”
“When I walked through the
swamp, the skeeters followed
me by the millions. When I got
into my tent and closed the |
flap, the noise they made
sounded like an electric gen
erator." His blue eyes shone,
and a big grin covered his
bearded face.
“Here is where I come in!
I started the flint gun, and
puff-puff! It was raining dead j
mosquitoes. When there were i
no more skeeters, I opened the
flap. ‘Come on in, boys!’ I clos
ed the flap again, and puff
puff! I killed them by the
wholesale. Soon there were
several inches of dead skeeters j
on the table. When I ran out of
flint, I grabbed my sleeping
bag, struck a match and burn
ed the tent to the ground, wat- |
ching till it was completely
out. Yes, Heinie, I got even
with a couple of mosquitoes,
the sons of_!” >
o!U£i] am
IN THE
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Thursday. July 22. 1948
nunarea ana nundreds of
California bees are having a
whizz of a time in the clover
and fireweed blossoms of Ma
tanuska Valley these days.
However the long highway
trek they made to reach Alas
kan pastures evidently has
gone to their heads somewhat,
for beekeeper G. D. Shreve
says they’ve apparently decid
ed to make a holiday of their
northern junket and nothing
more. At any rate, they haven’t
rewarded him with any appre
ciable amount of honey yet.
Mr. Shreve is inclined to
blame it on the Valley’s cli
mate. He thinks that after the
plus-hundred temperatures of
Chico, California, his bees may
find he Valley’s temperatures
of 50 to 60 just too cold for any
honest-to-goodness work.
* • *
C. Reed Salisbury, industrial
analyst, has arrived in Alaska
from Washington, D. C., to be
gin a study of the economic de
velopment of Railbelt cities.
Mr. Salisbury was brought
north by The Alaska Railroad
for this purpose.
• * •
Incorporation again is to re
ceive the serious study and 1
consideration of the Valley
Chamber of Commerce, it was
decided at last Wednesday’s J
luncheon meeting. Chamber
membership endorsed a plan I
to investigate costs of incor- i
poration without a voice raised
in opposition to the motion.
MACHETANZ GETS ART ASSOCIATE
APPOINTMENT AT UNIVERSITY
One of Alaska’s best-known
contemporary artists, Matan
uska Valley resident Fred
Machetanz was appointed the
University of Alaska’s first
Distinguished Associate in Art
on July 17.
In announcing the appoint
ment, Dr. William R. Wood,
president of the University,
explained that Machetanz’ ap
pointment is the first in a new
creative arts program initiated
by the University.
“This new program will
bring noted Alaskan artists
from various fields—art, music,
literature, and the like—into
closer association with the
University,” he explained.
“While they will not be full
time instructors, they will give
OES to Sponsor
Roast Beef Dinner
Roast of prime rib will be
served at a dinner at the Pal
mer Elks home on Friday,
Aug. 2, to which the public is
invited. The dinner is sponsor
ed by the Matanuska Valley
chapter of the Order of Eastern
Star. Serving will be from 6
p.m. to 9 p.m.
The dinner will be prepar
ed and serving will be direct
ed by How'ard and Eva Camp
bell of the Frontier Cafe. Tick
ets may be purchased from any
OES member or at the door.
Proceeds will go toward con
struction of the projected Mas
onic home on Matanuska
Street.
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
*ev. R. H. Fritz,
Palmer, Alaska
Divine Services ibOO A.M.
Sunday School.9:45 A M.
lectures on campus, be avail
able as consultants to students
and faculty, and participate in
exhibitions ad displays.”
To mark his new appoint
ment, Machetanz will present
a weeklong exhibition of his
paintings and lithographs July
22-26. Included in the show
will be a complete collection
of all 27 of his lithographs,
and 20 of his recent oil paint
ings depicting Alaskan life
and scenery.
The exhibition will open
Monday. July 22, with an open
house and reception from 8-10
p.m. in Constitution Hall. On
Wednesday. July 24, Machet
anz will give a special lecture
at 8:30 p.m. in Constitution
Hall on his painting techni
ques. (Machetanz is one of the
the transparent oils technique
few modern artists employing
of the Old Masters. The techni
que is based on a glazed under
coat and the application of
many layers of baked-on trans
parent oils to achieve amazing
depth and detail.)
Throughout the week the ex
hibition will be open 10 a.m.—
4 p.m. and 7 - 10 p.m. daily in
the main lounge of Constitu
tion Hall. The artist and his
wife will be present to meet
visitors and discuss the paint
ings.
THOUGHTS
OF A
LAYMAN
Ben Hur
The author of this remark
able novel was an agnostic
by the name General Lew
Wallace. He and a friend
had decided to voice their
unbelief in print. To get as
much information as they
could of the Christians’ God,
they determined to study the
Bible. The General became
soundly converted and ac
cepted Jesus Christ as his
Saviour. The result was this
very fine story of the early
Christian period. Truly the
Word of God is more power
ful than a two-edged sword
It discerns betwen the thou
ghts and intents of the heart.
It convicts of sin, and re
veals Jesus Christ as the only
solution to the sin question.
DIPLOMAT
The man with influence is
just an average fellow who has
the tact and ability to get oth
ers to endorse his opinions.
St. Bartholomew's
Episcopal Church
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High comedy! They may not be actresses, but
they re accomplished mimics.
Yet as I eavesdrop on their little game of pre
tending well as a mother, I’m just a bit fright
ened. How readily they pick up our characteristic
poses and attitudes . . . always exaggerating to an
extent . . . trying to be more like us than we are
ourselves. '
.. Thle" \ remember the day John and I made that
thoughtful decision to join the Church and raise
our children in a Christian home. What a difference
that decision has made in our lives. And what a
difference it is making in our children’s lives.
There’s no harm in youngsters imitating adults
imitating?* 38 th* adultS they imitate are Worth
ALL- for the: church
THe CHURCH FOR ALL
The Church is the greatest factor
on earth for the building of charac
ter and good citizenship. It is a store
house of spiritual values. Without a
strong Church, neither democracy
nor civilization can survive. There
•re four sound reasons why every
person should attend services regu
larly and support the Church. They
•re: (1) For his own sake. (2) For
his children’s sake. (3) For the sake
of his community and nation. (4)
For the sake of the Church itself,
which needs his moral and material
support. Plan to go to church regu
larly and read your Bible daily.
Cpyrfrht 1963. Kri.u, Adwrtttn, fWrvic. Inc., Strubur,. V..
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