FORMER INDEPENDENCE
•MINE WORKER APPOINTED
f GUARD ADJUTANT GENERAL
Gov. Ernest Gruening has an
nounced the appointment of Lars
L. Johnson of Anchorage as Adj
utant General of the Alaska Na
tional Guard, succeeding Col. J.
D. Alexander who had served in
that capacity on loan from the
U. S. Army and is now being re
assigned.
Johnson came to Alaska in 1938 j
and for several seasons divided
his time between employment at
the Independence Mine near
Palmer and commercial fishing at
Bristol Bay.
In August of 1941 he was call
ed to active duty at Fort Richard
son where he served with the Air
Corps as an administrative of
ficer. He was instrumental in es
tablishing Air Corps detachments
at Kodiak and Umnak islands,
and activated the McGrath Air
Corps base where he was com
manding officer until April, 1943.
Johnson’s Alaska duty was fol
lowed by pre-flight training at
Santa Ana, Calif., and LaJunta,
+ Colorado from which he gradu
ated with a pilot’s rating on April
15, 1944. He was sent to New
Guinea as a combat replacement
in October, 1944.
He was later assigned to the
417th Bomber Group (light) in
the Philippines where he flew 34
ground support combat missions.
During this period he advanced
from Wing Man to Squadron
Commander. Johnson was in
jured during duty with the First
Cavalry while coordinating air
ground support.
In November, 1945 he was sta
tioned at Randolph Field, Texas
and assigned to the staff of the
Chief of Staff, Procurement of
Military Personnel, where he
served as advisor to all recruiting
officers in the Flight Training
Command. The following year he
participated in a military mission
to Co lumbia, South America for
the instruction of Columbian of
ficers in United States flying
procedures. Johnson was separat
ed from active duty at Randolph
Field, Tex, December 1946 in the
rank of Major.
Johnson, as Adjutant General
is rated a Lt. Col. in the Alaska
National Guard and has been re
commended for Federal recogni
tion in that rank by a board of
officers.
ALASKA SAILING
POSTPONED ONE DAY
The Alaska Steamship Com
pany steamer Alaska, scheduled
to sail from Seattle at 4 p. m.
September 5, has been postponed
and is now scheduled for 4 p. m.
daylight saving time, September
6, H. N. Peterson, general traffic
manager of the company an
nounced.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
CONSERVATION
NOTES
By LEW E. HANKS
Harvest time is getting on us.
fair time is here and work is pil
ing up. If you haven't made plans
and arrangements to get those
forage crops harvested, it’s apt to
be rough. Good silage will often
have 50% greater feed value than
the equivalent dry weight of oat
and pea hay that has been frozen
dry and also bleached out oy the
fall rains. There’s no use leaving
half your crop in the field after
spending all the time necessary
to raise it.
On silage making, oats and peas
can go directly into the silo after
cutting if the forage has no ex
cess moisture in it trom ram.
Brome grass can go the same
way. If your grass silage has a
high percentage of clover some
wilting is necessary. If silage goes
into the silo too dry it will heat
and spoil in patches.
I saw a lot of silage that way
last year. Rain-soaked forage go
ing into the silo is apt to get pret
ty sloppy, sour and stinking. Hit
that happy medium.
If you’re short on silo space, in
vestigate the possibility of a
stock silo.
See Mr. Sweetman at the Ex
periment Station on that. If
you’re interested in trench silos
Agriculture Inspector
To Work in Valley
George S. Crov.ther of Santa
Maria, California took up new
duties as agriculture inspector
for the Department of Argicul
ture last week, according to Clyde
Sherman. Commissioner of Agri
culture.
This work is new in the Ter
ritory and will benefit both pro
ducers and purchasers. Dealers
throughout the Territory have
been notified of the new service
which will include assistance and
instructions to producers and
they have been requested by the
department of Agriculture to pur
chase produce by grade, subject
to inspection if not previously
inspected.
Alaska is producing high qual
ity vegetables, Sherman said.
This new service will assure con
sumers of dependable, quality
produce, he summarized.
see Arvid Johnson or Bob Webb.
These two farmers have the art of
storing forage in trench silos
down to a science. They know
how to feed out of one, too, with
a minimum of effort and a maxi
mum of results.
Talk to them. They will be glad
to give you the information. They
will also hand you a pitchfork.
Then you can learn exactly how
silage is made from a practical
viewpoint. It might be well worth
your time. Better do it.
Pen Pals Needed
In her monthly report of Health
Center activities given to the
Health Council recently. Public
Health Nurse Marjorie Myren re
minded representatives of Valley
groups that local children receiv
ing care in hospitals far away
get lonesome.
“They just love to get letters
from folks back home,” she said.
It was her suggestion that local
groups might adopt one or two of
these children as pen pals, send
ing them attractive cards and let
ters at frequent intervals.
Four children from this area
are in hospitals now. Miss Myren
said. Two are at Mt. Edgecuinbe
—one with tuberculosis of the
spine and one with tuberculosis
of the ankle. One boy is at St.
Francis Hospital in San Francis
co for plastic surgery, and anoth
er child is receiving treatment
for a congenital heart ailment at
the chronic disase unit in Juneau.
Addresses of these children
may be obtained from the Health
Center.
Miss Carmen Stoltz, Polio
Foundation physio-therapist on
loan to the Anchorage Depart
ment of Health was in the Valley
Friday doing follow-up work on
crippled children who attend the
orthopedic clinic.
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Welcome to the Fair
MUSIC!
BASEBALL!
STOCK EXHIBITS
HORSE RACES!
CRAFT EXHIBITS!
SACK RACES!
PRIZES!
SEPTEMBER 12&3
GIANT AIR SHOW SEPTEMBER 3
FLOWER SHOW!
DANCES!
4 H EXHIBITS
TUG-OF-WAR!
GAMES
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FOOT RAC ESI
HORSE SHOE PITCHING
PRIZES!
Malanuska Valley Fair Assoc iation
PALMER, ALASKA