THE FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, UH7, at the po«t office
at Palmer. Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 187»
T. 0 SCHMIDTKE
Publiaher
MILDRED JOHNSON
News Editor
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POWDER AND SHOT
The cost of drilling oil and gas wells continues to
rise. In 1960, for instance, the most recent year for which
such figures are now available, the average cost of drill
ing a productive well was about $62,200-$2,100 more
»han in the preceding year. And the average cost of a
dry hole, which is a total loss to the driller, was $44,000,
up $1,000.
The reason for these continuing increases is that
the drillers must go deeper and deeper in their search
for oil. The known shallower deposits have been develop
ed. Drilling activity at more than 10,000 feet has shown
a marked rise.
The significance of the figures crosses a broad
spectrum-right into the halls of Congress. Now, as in
past years, an effort is underway to substantially reduce
or even eliminate percentage depletion to oil producers.
This is a 27V2 per cent credit against the federal income
tax. And, let it be emphasized, if applies to producers
only—not to refiners, transporters, distributors, or other
•elements within the industry.
A primary reason for that allowance is that search
ing for oil is a costly and risky business, and that some
special incentive is needed to encourage men to risk their
money, time, energy and resources. Now, we find, the
search grows more costly each year—so the need for this
incentive becomes all the greater.
The Free World runs on oil. The economic warfare
between that world and the communist empire is being
fought to an increasing extent with the weapon of oil
exports. And percentage depletion helps assure that
weapon plentiful powder and shot.
Strange Things
By Heinie Snider
The anthropologist tells us
•all life originated in the wa
fers of the seas. How about
the whale? We are told he was
•once a land animal, was hairy,
-and had four legs. Proof of it
is found in the whale’s tail,
'where a few tiny hidden bones
iresemble legs.
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For many years, the Alaskan
fisherman has had trouble
■with the Japanese fishing in
Alaskan rvaters. Only fifteen
years ago, there were 30 Jap
anese fishermen lodged in the
jail at Valdez, and in 1938, war
was declared on the Japs by
Captain J. G. Shields, master
of the fishing boat "Sophie
Christenson.” He sent a tele
gram to his company, asking
for guns to chase the poachers
from Alaskan waters.
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You learn something every
day. For instance, the Douglas
fir is not a fir tree but a false
hemlock. Scientifically (hold
unto your hat) it is a taxifolia,
one of the two American rep
resentatives of the Asiatic ev
ergreen known as pseudo
sauga.
Neither is the red cedar a ce
dar, it is a true cypress.
The mountain ash is not £
cousin of the European ash
Both are related, or rather be
long to, the rose family. Real
ly, the mountain ash is relatec
to the serviceberry and wile
crabapple.
How about misnomers ol
birds? We were taught to cal
a certain bird a bullbat 01
nighthawk. Well, this is nc
doubt news to you—he is nei
ther a bat nor a hawk, but £
goat-sucker. How do you like
that?
The murralet, a sea bird, ii
labeled as a sea quail, the al
batross a goonie, and the cor
morant a Norwegian turkey oi
i shag. The crebe was dubbed s
hell-diver.
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Did you give your wife an
expensive seal coat for Christ
mas? Sorry, partner but Alas
ka has no fur-bearing seals.
The seals on Pribilof Island are
fur-bearing sea lions.
And don't call the Norweg
ians Swedes and the Germans,
Dutch. The Norwegians and
Swedes are Scandinavians, the
Germans Deutch, and the Hol
landers Dutch. That is one
thing I do know . . .
I WAS BORN THERE.
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"It couldn't happen to
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Complete disaster, or the
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Writing in the Oregon Voter.
Ralph T. Moore observes: “It
seems incredible but it's true,
that the United Nations, now in
session, was founded 17 years
ago to ‘practice tolerance and
to live together with one an
other as good neighbors.' But,
how little actual progress has
been made toward this noble
end. Instead, the U. N. has
served as an instrument to
screen Russian aggression and
to defeat the tolerance expres
sed in its charter. The same old
nationalistic prejudices and
ambitions prevail with even
greater strength than before.
Nor is there any precepitible
gain in the efficacy of the given
word among the Communistic
bloc who scorn it as a sign of
weakness. It still remains a tru
ism that you can’t do business
on any basis with those who
will not honor their signatures
nor act in accord with their
binding agreements. If any
thing, it would appear that nak
ed force has gained a monopoly
in diplomacy and is now the
only means to achieve world
peace."
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A recent Gallup poll re
ports that a great majority of
Americans approve a plan for
establishing an annual Na
tional Honors List in this coun
try, comparable to the Queen’s
Birthday List in England. It
would be a means of recogniz
ing U.S. citizens who have
made outstanding contributions
in the various phases of our
national life. According to Dr.
Gallup, 70 per cent of those
polled consider this a good
idea as against only 11 per cent
saying No, and 19 per cent
holding no opinion.
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IN THE
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Thursday, January 14. 1948
Decision on the liquor license
applications of three Palmer
bars, the Frontier Bar, the
Sourdough Club and the Pal
mer Cocktail Bar, was to be
announced in district court at
10 o’clock this morning. Judge
Joseph W Kehoe stated on
Monday. Application for li
cense for the fourth, the Sham
rock Bar, was temporarily
withdrawn.
The Valley's first lady of
1948 was Miss Katherine
Ruth Hartley, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Hartley.
She was born at 2:10 p.m. on
Jan. 6.
Members of the Valley Vol
unteer Fire Association put
their new truck into action for
the first time late Sunday af
ternoon when they were called
to the home of Mrs. Valeria
Ratliffe. The blaze proved to
be only a chimney fire with no
resulting damage.
Two trucks on the one-way
bridge over Ship Creek at
Fort Richardson spelled trouble
for “Rusty" Dow, Palmer truc
ker, this week. ’Rusty’s” new
Studebaker truck ended that
Anchorage-Palmer run rather
battered about the fender, but
the damage already has been
repaired.
The long-awaited opening of
the North Palmer Coffee Shop
will become a reality within
the next few days, it was an
nounced this week by Mrs. Ed
Johns, proprietor. It still is
I impossible to announce an
exact opening date, she said,
Notice
Taxpayers who have paid interest
on property tax levied under Chapter
10, SLA 1949 (Alaska Property Tax Act)
may be entitled to refund as provided
by Chapters 27 and 28, SLA 1962.
Further information may be secur
ed by writing to the Property Tax Di
vision, Department of Revenue, Thomas
Building, 156 So. Franklin Street, Ju
neau, Alaska.
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For a limited time with the purchase of a new Mc
Culloch 250, you may purchase a $22.13 retail value
chain maintenance kit for only $4.95 (suggested
special price). This Mac-Pac includes the world-famous
Nygran File N’ Joint, McCulloch Bar Guard, De-'th
Gauge Tool, and 2 McCulloch Files — for precis.on
chain sharpening and protection.
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but she expects to begin ser
ving dinners by the weekend.
It will cost $96,825 to fi
nance the Palmer school dur
ing the next fiscal year, if
tentative figures prepared
by Carl Shelling, superinten
dent of schools, are okayed.
The budget first must be
studied and approved by the
local school board of educa
tion and then by the terri
torial commissioner of edu
cation at Juneau, before fig
ures are accepted.
Hungry Valley folks are now
assured of a spot in which t(
grab a hasty snack at any houi
of the day or night, for th<
just-opened Frontier Cafi
promises food will be servec
the clock around. The restaur
ant, located in the rear of th<
Steve Ward building, first ope
ned for business on Tuesday.
The flu - type epidemic
which plagued Valley resi
dents during December, ap
parently is on the wane, it
was reported today by Miss
Ethel Dale, manager of the
Valley hospital. Miss Dale
said there was only one flu
patient confined to the hos
pital at present, and he is
well on the way to recov
ery.
1 Honest men seldom benefi'
from a technicality in the law
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
Ro*. R. H. Fritz, potior
Palmar, Alaska X
CHURCH
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Ditin# Services 11 >00 A. M.
Seedsy Sckeol 9:45 AJL
Calendar ol Events
Thursday, Jan. 10
MATANUSKA VALLEY SKI
CLUB, Central school cafe
teria, 7 p.m. j
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, t ;
COMPARATIVE R E L I GION j
COURSE, Carpenters hall, 8 .
NORTHLAND PIONEER
GRANGE, Grange hall, 8
p.m. , .
WILLOW PTA, Willow school,
8 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 11
M T A DIRECTORS. MTA
board room, 8 p.m.
THEATRE GUILD, High
school, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 12
RAINBOW GIRLS, Carpenters
hall, 2 p.m.
LIONS CLUB CHARTER
NIGHT BANQUET, Elks
hall, 8 p.m.
, j OES INSTALLATION, Carp
enters hall, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 13
' AA, Mile 60, Glenn Highway,
7 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 14
KIWANIS, Grange hall, noon
ALTER SOCIETY, Member’s
j home, 8 p.m.
! SCHOOL BOARD, High school
office, 8 p.m.
EMBLEM CLUB. Elks hall, 8
p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 15
LIONS CLUB, Frontier Cafe,
noon
| HOSPITAL AUXILIARY, Hos
pital. 1:30 p.m.
, CHESS CLUB, Exp. Station
library, 7 p.m.
! PALMER PTA, High school
i cafeteria, 8 p.m.
L. O. O. MOOSE, Moose hall,
8 p.m.
WOMEN OF THE MOOSE,
Moose hall, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 16
rivekbend homemakers,
Member’s home, 11:30 a.m.
MV CHAMBER OF COM
MERCE, Frontier CaJe, noon
AA, Mile 60Vi Glenn Highway,
7 p.m.
OES, Carpenters hall, 8 p.m.
BPO ELKS, Elks hall, 8 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS, LDS Church, 8
EXPLORERS, LDS Church, 8
p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 17
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7
p.m.
CAP SQUAD, Moose hall,
7:30 p.m.
AMERICAN LEGION, Legion
hall, 8 p.m.
LEGION AUXILIARY, Legion
hall, 8 p.m.
GREEN-EYED ENVY
Too many people in this
world make themselves miser
able by watching the other
fellow get what they think they
deserve.
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CHURCH OF GOD
Sunday School and Worship Service
each Sunday Morning at 10:30
EVERYONE WELCOME
JOHN MARSHALL, Pastor
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THE CHURCH FOR ALL...
ALL FOR THE CHURCH
The Church i* the greatest fac
tor on earth for the building of
character and good citiienship.
It ia a atorehouae of spiritual val
ues. Without a strong Church,
neither democracy nor civilisa
tion can survive. There are four
sound reasons why every person
should attend services regularly
and support the Church. They
are: (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 regularly
and read your Bible daily.
twJ;mn£ wa® 1° fascinated by his new goldfish
Then 1 i6 ? forgotten about the other one.
williStfctoo'”'Up and asked' “Mommy’
timJ ge^tly*aS 1 could> to tel1 him that, in
valuahlp 1-lg!f<Jle' AI?-! as 1 did so’ 1 realized how
net Hs a «■ Ha cbl d to have even as small a
*°r m observinK a Pet — even in
a vreat dp-il6 j°SSf?^°n.e — a child begins to learn
able w!ay b°Ut lfe’ln a natural and understand
thatfh'e L w*16'' myse^f> it is important to realize
the lesson Tn ^"I'f *n y tbe v*sual’ material part of
and what hp ’.dei’t0 understand what he is seeing,
spiritual LI-18 fSm^ he ™««t be taught its
is so imnortnnt^Tv,^-18 *S wb,v reiisi«us education
ks so important That is why Jimmy attends church
us . . . and he 11 start church school, next fall.
ConvrlirKt loco w •
ubiishments Are Contrihutin#. tl- » . j
the Churches of Mat.n'b Sene* °f Adver»'seme,|
'an matanuska telephone assn.
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