Jriy 5 May Be Dale
For Military Land
Withdrawal Hearing
Washington. D. C. Special—
Following numerous protests
from Alaska and continued re
quests of E. L. Delegate Bartlett,
the Interior Department has an
nounced that public hearings will
be held in Anchorage on the pro
posed withdrawal of 86.570 acres i
of land in the Susitna Flats area ;
for the use of the Army as an
anti-aircraft artillery range.
It is probable that the hearing
will be held on July 5, although
the final decision has not been;
nade, according to information
given Delegate Bartlett by Bur
eau of Land Management offici
als. In addition. Secretary Chap
man has indicated that the Army
may revise its plans.
“We have had a conference
with representatives of the
Army,” Secretary Chapman stat-1
ed to Delegate Bartlett, “and pur
suant to suggestions made at the
nference. the Army is exploring
the possibility of using other j
areas for this type of firing- one
of which is already withdrawn
for military use. We are at present
awaiting a reply before process
ing the request.”
Expt Station Gets
Good Yield From
Bromegrass Test Plots
Bromegrass pasture test plots j
cut this week at the Experiment
Station farm are averaging about
one and one-half tons of green
grass per acre. Plots fertilized
with 100 pounds of nitrogen per
acre in early May are yielding
considerably more, some running
as high as two and one-half tons
of pasturage per acre.
High yields are attributed to
more soil moisture . this spring
than last.
Experiment Station technicians
plan to start cutting bromegrass
hay in another w-eek or 10 days.
If the weather holds good, they
expect a fairly high tonnage of
good quality hay. A second cut
ting in late August w’ill be made
into ensilage.
FINED FOR SPEEDING
Carl A. Hallback of Anchorage
was fined S25 in L. S. Commis
sioners Court Monday after
pleading guilty to a charge of
speeding near Matanuska Bridge
on Sunday, June 15.
Carpenters, Remember!
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JUNE 22 & 23
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ARLEEN WHELAN
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
THURSDAY. JUNE 19
AMERICAN LEGION and AUX
ILIARY, Carpenters’ Hall. 8
p.m.
HEALTH COUNCIL, Co-op club
room, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY. JUNE 20
SQUARE DANCE CLUB. Moose
Hall 8 p.m. ^
SATURDAY. JUNE 21
V.F.W. ALASKA’S FAVORITE
GAME, Wasilla Community
Hall, 8 p.m.
MATANUSKA SKI CLUB. Meet
ing Little Susitna Lodge.
MONDAY. JUNE 23
KIWANIS CLUB. Co-Op club
room. 12:05 p.m.
TUESDAY. JUNE 24
WELL BABY CLINIC, Health
Center. 2-4 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS. Unites Protestant
Church. 7 p.m.
MOOSE AND WOMEN OF THE
MOOSE, Moose Lodge. 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
CARPENTERS’ LOCAL Carpen
ters’ Hall. 8 p.m.
THURSDAY, JUNE 26
PIONEER GRANGE, Grange
Hall, 8 p.m.
SMALL CROWD ENJOY
EXCELLENT FILM BY
FRED MACHETANZ
Two forest fires, which requ'"
ed the volunteer assistance
many men in this area, were re
sponsible for the relatively pool
attendance at the two showings
of the Machetanz production,
“Shangri-la, Alaska” last week,
Tuesday.
This was a pity, because the
color movie and Fred Machetanz
lecture accompanying it were a
rare treat for the 191 who attend
ed. The Lake George pictures
were superb, and the continuity
of the Shangri-la reel made an in
teresting and often humorous
story.
Present in the audience were
two of the “characters” in the
Lake George production, Joe
Richardson of Mile 103 and Andy
Snyder of Anchorage.
The Palmer Library Associa
tion. ■which sponsored the picture,
netted S52 from its share of the
proceeds after all expenses were
deducted.
Mildred Allman .Wed
To Anchorage Man
In Local Ceremony
Mrs. Mildred Allman returned
to Palmer for her marriage to
Albert Schwandt of Anchorage
last Sunday afternoon, June 15,
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
McMahon.
U. S. Commissioner Dorothy
Saxton performed the double ring
ceremony before a host of former
Valley friends of the bride, .who
recently has resided in Anchor
age.
Attending the bridal pair were
Mrs. Millie Melby of Jonesville
and Bernard Bouwens of Palmer.
The bride was dressed in a
brown suit set off with pink ac
| cessories, including a corsage of
| pink roses. Mrs. Melby wore a I
I corsage of pink carnations on her
dark blue suit.
A wedding reception followed,
the ceremony at the McMahon’s
home. Lovely floral arrangements j
graced the bridal table and for;
j each woman present there was an
: individual corsage.
Mr. and Mrs. Schwandt will
! make their home in Anchorage,
| where Mr. Schwandt works as a
truck driver.
!
BOAT RACES SUNDAY
AT LAKE LUCILLE
Sunday, June 22 there will be
boat races off the dock at Hallea
Lodge, it was announced this
wek. Members of the Anchorage
Outboard Club will participate
with “Pic” Pickens, high point
man of the Wasilla Lake races
May 30 and Bill Oswald, high
point man for the Lucille Lake
race held June 15 planning to
be on hand to compete for the
coveted spot.
Four races have been scheduled
with a handicap race, “B” hydro,
*‘C” hydro and the unlimited list
ed on the program. Races will
start at one o’clock.
Hallea Lodge will donate a
S25 trophy to the high point man
June 22.
USGS CREW AT MOOSE PASS
Their work at Chitna on the
Copper River completed, Eric
Bresee and his USGS crew moved
on to Grant Creek near Moose
Pass this week. There they will
! build another recording instal
1 lation and cable for collecting
stream flow data. Marvin Slaugh
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spreading—longer lasting. Extra bearing in
center of rear axle for heavy loads. Built to
take the jars and jolts of heavy mechanical
loading and tractor speeds. Apron travel is
almost continuous, giving more even spread
ing. Choice of 70-bushel and 90-bushel sizes.
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Butte Rd. Box 212 Palmer
CONSERVATION
NOTES
Lew Hanks
It really seems nice to get some
summer weather. I believe the
grass has grown a foot during the
last week. A few potatoes are
even showing above ground. A
week ago the sprouts were barely
started. The grain is coming fine
and so are the cut wrorms. Last
year we didn’t have many cut
worms. This year might make up
for it. It will pay to watch those
fields closely. Cut worms can
eat up a lot of feed. It’s more
profitable to poison the cut
worms and save the feed for the
cows. Clorodane or Aldrin as dust
or spray worked into the soil does
the trick.
I’ve seen some interesting
things concerning grass growth
this spring. During the cool
weather brome grass grew at j
least four times as fast as Ken
tucky bluegrass. I consider blue
grass as a pasture weed. It’s fine
for lawns. You don’t have to cut
it so often but it won’t produce
the milk. The best thing you can
do for a blue grass pasture is give
it a good haircut with a disk of
a plow. Then fertilize and reseed
to brome. You can reseed until
August with good results. Victor
Falk, Jr. tells me they have se
cured their best stands by seed
ing brome or brome and clover
without a nurse crop during Aug
ust. They also tried heavy fer
tilization on a pasture in late
August. It worked! This spring
that pasture is one of the best
looking in the Valley. If you fer
tilize, apply plenty. Mr. Hodg
son of the Experiment Station
says light application of fertilizer
doesn’t pay. I believe him.
ter went with the group Tuesday
to help them get started on the
new project.
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