All-Alaska C of C
Recommends Changes
Al Land Law Hearing
At a hearing held last Friday
and Saturday in Anchorage by
the House Subcommittee on In
terior and Insular Affairs, the
committee on land laws revision
set up six "Weeks ago at the All
Alaska Chamber of Commerce
made general observations and
recommendations regarding oper
ation of land laws in the Terri
tory.
The Alaska C of C committee,
of which James Hurley of the
Valley is a member and Ben Cul
ver of Anchorage is chairman, ob
served that the greatest single de
terrent to the settlement of Alaska
has been the lack of a simple, di
rect method for acquiring title
to land lying in the public domain.
The committee also cited as an
obstacle the operation of the 1910
law permitting land withdrawals
and reserves by the President,
with authority delegated to the
Secretary of Interior. It was
recommended that (1) procedures
be established for periodic review
of all withdrawals and that the
agency in whose favor the with
drawal was made be called upon
to justify its continuation or per
mit its return to the public do
maim (2) that an amendment to
the act provide a definite time
limit for all withdrawals and
provision for automatic return to
public domain unless a renewal
has been requested and approved;
(3) that withdrawal of large tracts
of land for purposes of classifica
tion be discontinued.
Other recommendations includ
ed: abolishment of the Shore
Space Reserve Act of 1898 and
restoring to entry of all public
lands lying along navigable
waterways; stepping up of pro
cedures to hasten procurement of
title to land in the unsurveyed
portion of the public domain;
broadening of Small Tracts Act to
include unsurveyed lands.
To guard against future obstac
les to the development of big in
dustry in Alaska (like those now
being faced by ALCOA) it was
recommended that the present
Trade and Manufacturing Site Act
be abolished and a revised Pub
lic Land Sales Act provide for
direct or negotiated sale of land j
within the public domain of an I
amount not to exceed four sec
tions, that the sale of tracts of sub
stantial size be subject to use
approval and that a three-year
period for compliance be provid
ed. It was also recommended that
the above compliance feature be
a requirement for any individual
purpose of five acres or more.
Other recommendations of spec
ial interest to people in the Ma
tanuska Valley are the following:
That sand and gravel be re
moved from the mining laws and
placed under the Materials 'Act
to preclude the possibility of val
uable agricultural lands being di-1
verted on the pretext of their i
being mineral.
That one agency alone be com
missioned to develop Alaska’s
public road system and that the
road building program be project
ed with adequate laterals and
feeder roads into those areas best
suited for agriculture and other
types of development.
LEGION AND AUXILIARY
TO INSTALL OFFICERS
Palmer American Legion and
Auxiliary will hold installation
of officers Thursday evening,
October 16 at Carpenter’s Hall at
8 p.m.
Following the ceremonies, re
freshments will be served. i
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COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 2
AMERICAN LEGION AND AUX
ILIARY, Regular meeting, Car
penters’ Hall, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 3
SOU A RE DANCE CLUB, Moose i
Hall. 8 p.m.
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 4
PALMER-ANCHORAGE FOOT
BALL GAME, Fair Grounds, 2
p.m.
KICK-OFF DANCE, School Gym,
9:00 p.m.
SUNDAY. OCTOBER 5
MATANUSKA SKI CLUB work j
party Susitna Mt. 10:00 a.m.
MONDAY. OCTOBER 6
BETA SIGMA PHI, regular meet
ing, Ex. Craft room, 8 p.m.
KIWANIS CLUB, Co-Op Club
room. 12:05 p.m.
TUESDAY. OCTOBER 7
CITY ELECTION, 8 a.m —7 p.m. 1
Co-Op Club room.
HARVEST DINNER. United Pro- i
testant Church. 5:30—7:30 p.m. i
ST. MICHAEL’S ALTAR & ROS- j
ARY SOCIETY ,
BOY SCOUT United Protestant ]
Church 7 p.m. <
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 8
CARPENTERS’ LOCAL, Carpen- <
ters’ Hall, 8 p.m. 1
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9 1
NORTHLAND PIONEER GRAN- 1
GE, Grange Hall 8 p.m.
AURORAL SOCIETY OF
ALASKA RECRUITING {
OBSERVER MEMBERS
•
Announcement was made at ^
the Alaska Science Conference _
last week of the organization this
fall of an Auroral Society of Alas
ka at the University of Alaska
Geophysical Institute. The ob
ject of the society is to record !
special and rare observations of
the auroral or northern lights
manifestations which are unusu
ally frequent in Alaska.
The society hopes to recruit
members who will act as auroral
observers from all parts of the
Territory.
The causes of the phenomena
and the frequency of its observed
manifestations in different parts
of the earth’s sphere was the sub
ject of an evening discussion at
the Science Conference by Dr.
Sydney Chapman of Queen’s Col
lege, Oxford, England, a visiting
professor at the University of
Alaska.
Anyone wishing to become a '
member of and observer for the “
Auroral Society of Alaska should
get in touch with Dr. Chapman
at the University of Alaska.
WARNS AGAINST
DAMAGING MAIL BOXES
Several complaints on damages
fone to rural route mail boxes
in the Wasilla area has prompted
Mrs. Ray Carter, U. S. Commis
sioner at Wasilla to issue a re
quest to all children not to molest
the mail boxes in any way.
In making the request, ^he
pointed out that to molest the
United States mails is a federal
offense and stresses that the prac
tice must be stopped before furth
er action is made necessary.
VOTE: RAY NELSON
FOR COUNCILMAN
(3 year term) Pd. Adv.
FRESH AKD GLEAM
FRESH ... because the good
ness and flavor are frozen
in when it is at the best.
Foods taste garden fresh
when properly processed.
PURE . . . because it is pre
pared the way you like it.
You can do it yourself cr
we'll process it for you. You
know it is clean!
Palmar Cold Storage
and Locker.
OVER 75 EXPECTED IN VALLEY NEXT WEEK
FOR ALASKA’S FIRST CHILD WELFARE MEET
About 75 persons from all over
the Territory are expected to
gather Monday at the Lazy Moun
tain Children’s Home for the first
Child Welfare Conference in Alas
ka.
The opening meeting will begin
Monday evening, October 6 at 7
p.m., and a full schedule of meet
ings is planned for the remainder j
3i the week ending Friday, Octo- |
ber 10. The local Church of God
ivill host an all-conference dinner
3n Thursday evening in the'
:hurch basement.
Present at the meeting will be
superintendents and staff mem-;
sers of children’s homes all over
:he Territory, staff members of
;he Child Welfare division of the I
Alaska Department of Public Wel
fare, and representatives of the
Alaska Native Service and the 1
rerritorial Department of Health.
Purpose of the conference is to
Iraw up standards and recom
nendations for children’s homes
ind foster homes throughout Al
>ska in accordance with enabling
egislation passed at the last ses
ion of the Territorial Legislature,
fhese standards and recommen
lations will then be adopted by
he group to provide the Depart
nent of Public Welfare with a
egulatory means of supervising
he care of children outside of
heir own biological family group,
'his takes in children who are
/ards of the Territory and the
ilaska Native Service and those
/ho receive care by the day or
/eek outside of their own homes.
Conference members will be di
ided into four work groups to
Carpenters, Remember!
Carpenters Local 2251
Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday
Each Month
TIP-TOP-INN
CAFE
Featuring
Steak, Chops, Chicken
Prawns, Fish and Frog
Legs or Special Salads
Ralph and Alice Horton, Prop.
discuss and develop proposed
standards for (1) fire and safety,
(2) admission and discharge, (3)
supervision and program plan
ning, and (4) health and sanitation
regulations. Rev. Robert Johnson
of Fairbanks will be leader for
group 1; Rev. Donald Schwab of
Haines, group 2; Mr. Erwin P.
Mathews of Sewar<jj, group 3: and
Mrs. Harold Richards of Wasilla
group 4.
Proposed standards and recom
mendations drawn up by the in
dividual groups will be presented
at a general conference meeting
for adoption. A general meeting
on family-child relationships is
scheduled for Thursday atfernoon
from 2—4 p.m.
Mrs. Blanche Ryan, who has ac
cepted the responsibility of try
ing to find housing for the many
visitors during their stay in the
Valley states that there is a great
need for more rooms in the com
munity. So far she has found
places for only 11 out of a list of
25. Yesterday she was notified
that even more are planning to
attend the conference.
Anyone who can possibly make
accommodations available for one
or more persons is asked to regis
ter immediately with Mrs. Ryan.
Phone 55J2.
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in the
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and
Cut Flowers
For All Occasions
Anchorage Music and Flower Shop
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Anchorage
Tel. 42325 or 23351
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IN KODIAK taxpayers will pay 1
a total of 20 mills in city taxes -
on their property this year. The
assessed valuation of the city for
this year was placed at $5 241
377.31. The city will receive $104,
827.55 in taxes on property based
! on the 20-mill levy.
VOTE: RAY NELSON
FOR COUNCILMAN
I (3 year term) Pd. Adv.
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We'd like to be of service to you. Stop in soon,
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Phone l-J-31