AMERICAN LEGION SETS
MEETING TIME BACK
Because of the conflict with
eighth grade commencement ex
ercises at Palmer School next
Thursday evening, the regular
meeting time of the Matanuska
Valley post of the American Le
gion has been postponed to nine
o’clock, commander Jack Dunlap
announced today. Mr. Dunlap
said the business session would
be brief.
Elsie Lowe Is Back With ARC
Elsie Lowe returned to her an
nual employment this week as
cook for an Alaska Road” Com
mission crew. Mrs. Lowe expect
ed to work near Anchorage for a
time, she said.
Clean-Up Month in Palmer
DON'T FORGET—May is •
Girl Scouts to Be Guests
Of Theatre at Tomorrow's Show
All members of Girl Scout and
Brownie troops in the Valley
have been invited to attend Sat
urday’s movie matinee as the
guests of the Valley Theatre, Mrs.
Charles Wilson, Brownie leader,
announced today. Girl Scouts
must attend with their leader, in
troop units.
Alaska Steam Names
New Kodiak Agent
Orrin H. Kimball, who has
served the Alaska Steamship
Company at Seward and Juneau,
this week was appointed company
agent at Kodiak, a steamship
company official announced.
Kimball replaces E. A. Marlar,
who plans to enter private busi
ness in Kodiak.
READY NOW
For Your Greenhouse
Tomatoes Green Peppers
Eggplants Flowers IZZtL
GLENN’S GREENHOUSES
2V2 Miles South of Palmer
LUMBER LUMBER LUMBER
"Where the Customer Gets a Break"
Free Fire Extinguisher ($20 Value) with Each Order.
Mill Run Lumber Average No. 2 Common or better.
EDGED SLABS ROUGH LUMBER
FENCE POSTS PLANED LUMBER
I CESS POOL TIMBERS 4x6 Tongue and Groove
Spruce or Cottonwood
Write Box 645. or Come and See Us.
We Will Be Glad to Figure Your Lumber Needs.
GOAT CREEK LUMBER COMPANY
Palmer. Alaska
(Located at Mile 36 on Anchorage-Palmer Highway)
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Enjoy the soft**t, safest ride
you've ever had. See us for
TIRES by good/year
CO-OP GARAGE
Palmer
I Garden Club Leaders
Still Needed for 4-H Work
i Garden club leaders still are
needed to take care of the Val
ley’s record enrollment of 4-H
Club members, Miss Mary Lou
j Lashbrook said today. She urges
I that anyone interested in leading
a group of would-be gardeners
get in touch with her this week.
Clubs will be organized in the
Extension Office next week, and
it is important that all leaders be
selected before these organization
meetings are scheduled.
Teeners Rush Season,
Weather Gels Rough
Members of the Seven-Eighty
Niners, Valley teen-age club, en
joyed a chilly picnic afternoon at
Matanuska picnicking grounds
last Friday. Club members
jammed into open trucks to ride
to their selected picnic spot. Pre
liminary plans had called for an
evening campfire and fun session,
but weather prompted an early
termination of the affair.
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On Cleaning
Sent to
Brown's
Cleaners
Let Us Help
in the Time
of Your
Bereavement
Arnold
Funeral Chapel
627 H. Street Phone 2-0095
Anchorage
University Sends Birches
To Stales Colleges
As twin gestures of good-will
and publicity in the states, the
University of Alaska student
body this week announced plans
for the shipment of 50 young
Alaskan birches to universities
and colleges in the northern Unit
ed States. The trees will be ship
ped by air through Air Transport
Associates of Seattle and then
trans-shipped to their state-side
destinations.
Work on Alaska Seed Is Resumed
Activity has resumed at the
new location of Alaska Seed be
side the Steve Ward Building.
Carpenters took up hammer and
saw there again last week and ex
pect to rush the work to comple
tion so that the Seed Company
may be housed in its own quar
ters in the very near future. The
Valley Grocery Annex, where
Alaska Seed is now doing busi
ness, has been leased to another
new business, which is scheduled
to open its doors there sometime
this month.
Chamber Invites Seattle
Delegation to Colony Day
The Valley Chamber of Com
merce this week voted to issue a
special invitation to a visiting Se
attle Chamber delegation to at
tend the annual Colony Day cele
bration here on May 27 and 28.
The visitors’ exact schedule was
not known at press-time. They
were expected to be in Valdez on
May 25, and had stops at Seward,
Fairbanks and Anchorage on their
itinerary.
DON'T FORGET—May is
Clean-Up Month in Palmer
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL
TURE, WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
MAY 3, 1950. Sealed proposals
for the furnishing of all labor,
materials, tools, erecting equip
ment, transportation, etc., to con
struct an Office Building, includ
ing all electrical, plumbing, and
heating work together with sewer
and steam and water lines to
present buildings located at the
Faii'banks Experiment Station,
Fairbanks. Alaska, for the Agri
cultural Research Administration,
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
will be received until 2 o’clock
June 13, 1950. and then publicly
opened. Award of the contract
will be made to only one con
tractor quoting the lowest price
for the entire project as required.
One set of plans and specifica
tions will be furnished free, upon
application therefor, to contract
ors (only) who can quote upon
the entire project as required.
Contractors may purchase addi
tional sets at ten dollars ($10.00)
per set. Drawings and specifica
tions may be seen without charge,
or be obtained as previously stat
ed at the office of the Chief, Divi
sion of Purchase, Sales and Traf
fic, U. S. Department of Agricul
ture, Washington 25. D. C., or at
the office of Mr. Don L. Irwin,
Director, Alaska Experiment Sta
tion, Palmer. Alaska. Checks
must be certified and payable to
the Treasurer of the United
States. Reference should be made
to USDA No. 73-50.
HIGHWAY NEARLY READY
FOR BLACKTOPPING
Work on the Palmer Highway
has progressed to the point where
actual blacktopping operations
are expected to be resumed by
mid-May. it was announced this
week. Blacktopping will begin
at the Anchorage city limits and
will progress toward Chugiak,
v. here work was interrupted last
winter.
Allis-Chalmers
WD
dsmonstratss
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traction
Extra traction
when you need it... auto
matically. That is how the Models
WD’a hydraulic Traction Booster
increases the pulling power of the
tractor.
The 4-cylinder hydraulic pump
automatically shifts weight to the
rear wheels as the load increases.
The WD’s quick-mounted plow,
with two J 6-inch bottoms at your
control, bites deep and stays deep.
The Traction Booster also works
with other rear-mountea imple
ments.
RELAX! •
Let WD engine power ad
just rear wheel spacing.
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And here are additional WD ad
vantages. Adjusts its own rear
wheel spacing with engine power.
Has new two-clutch system to con
trol power take-off driven
machines independent of
forward travel.
Here is down-to-earth
power for your farm. Stop
in and talk to us.
YUKON EQUIPMENT, INC.
Cor. 6th & G St. Box 1539
2-5101