VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
A Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
PRINTED AT PALMER, ALASKA, EACH FRIDAY
By the Matanuska Press, Inc.
M-Publisher
A. J. DeJulio
Editor
Mrs. Marian Badcon
Associate Editor
Virginia Gallant
Barbara Carter .„.Wasilla Correspondent
Subscription Rates.50c a month, $5 a year
Mailed to all points in Alaska and the United States
SEN. MAGNUSON
PLEDGES AID FOR
ALASKA STATEHOOD
Palmerites who converged on
Anchorage to hear Sen. Warren
G. Magnuson’s (Washington, D.)
Jeffersonian day speech, returned
with vigorous reports. Among
them were Sen. and Mrs. Walter
Huntley, Mrs. Betty Mears and D.
T. McMahon. Highlights of Mag
nuson’s talk included:
His pledge to achieve state
hood for Alaska. “Congressional
Democrats will bring the bill to
a vote sometime next session,” he
prophesied.
He rapped Southern Democrats
and Republicans for delaying the
bill and said that if Alaska wants
statehood she must elect progres
sive Democrats.
On the national picture, he
praised the Administration’s for
eign policy and defended Secre
ary of State Dean Acheson as one
“who called his shots as he saw
them”.
Magnuson—who long has been
LOW VOLTAGE DUE
TO LOW WATER
Answering many complaints of
low voltage, the Matanuska El
ectric Assn. Inc., has made this
statement:
‘Many of our customers blame j
it on service to the Evan Jones
mine. Evan Jones did not come
on the line until Monday, March
12. They are still operating their
own steam generating plant, as
well as the Farmer’s Co-op. Both
of these plants will help on our
low power supply.
Low voltage has been caused
by the fact that the Eklutna pow
er plant is low on water and they
are only able to run one hydro
generator, therefore, they are
pumping in our lines only 114
volts.
known as a friend of Alaska—
was introduced by Gov. Ernest
Gruening. He spoke at various
Anchorage meetings before tak
ing off for Tokyo Thursday.
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POTATO CLINIC
LEADS WAY TO NEW
PROFITABLE CROP
A Potato Clinic
Could be a very important fac
tor in the economic development
of the Matanuska Valley.
Seriously, the general results of
the competitive potato clinic were
given Thursday at a meeting in
the Palmer Grange hall under
auspices of the Alaska Certified
Seed Growers Assn.
Individual (and confidential)
reports on samples submitted for
examination will be mailed by the
Association secretary, Irving Ab
bott of Fairbanks, to each grow
er.
Dr. D. M. Coe, experimental
station pathologist at Palmer,
said he would prepare instruc
tions and recommendations for
raising present seed stocks to cer
tified quality.
The Seed Association is being
registered and a meeting of the
board of directors will be held
soon when memberships, certifi
cation fees and crop standards
will be discussed, Abbott said.
The potato clinics are viewed
as a inajor step ahead in making
Matanuska Valley crops an im
portant factor both in income to
the growers and in defense food
production.
NORTHERN
NEON
CORP. ,
SIGNS
Trucks, Cars Lettered
Manufacturers of
Neon Signs, Marquees,
Store Fronts and Tube
Lighting
540 Barrow - Dial 43734
ANCHORAGE. ALASKA
Insurance
of All Kinds
Real Estate
Now a New
Magazine Subscription
Agency
Pioneer Insurance
and Really
Wright Building Palmer
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KIWANIS CLUB
HEARS SPEAKER
A realistic account of his ex
periences in China, where he
lived and worked many years,
was given by the Rev. Dr. A. J.
Colberg, Lutheran minister at An
chorage, at the meeting of the
Kiwanis Club in Palmer, Monday
night.
Ladies Kiwanis night has been
set for April 30; “surprise details
and a world renowned speaker”
was all the committee in charge
would admit.
A Kiwanis committee is hard
at work on the Firemen’s Ball
which will be held early in May
to help pay for the Palmer Fire
Association’s new truck.
Coffey Insures Everything!
Remember?
PRICE CEILING
DEADLINE SET
FOR APRIL 30
Palmer and other Alaskan mer
chants have until April 30 to pre
pare their base period records for
complying with the ceiling price
regulation, the Office of Price
Stabilization announced this week
Former deadline was April 1,
but the territorial office at Ju
neau asked for an extension to
give Alaska businessmen more
time.
The regulation says retailers
must prepare and keep available
in their stores sufficient records
to establish the dollar-and-cents
| markup of articles they had for
I sale for the base period of Decern
I ber 19, 1950-January 25, 1951.
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CANTEEN BAR & MAYME’S LIQUOR STORE
"The House of Hospitality"
Valdez, Alaska
Gateway to the Interior
Mayme Snyder and A. Jarvi, proprietors
CHITINA LIMOUSINE SERVICE
LEAVES PALMER FOR VALDEZ
10:45 a.m. each Monday (Leaves Anchorage at 5:15 a.m.)
RETURNS TO PALMER AND ANCHORAGE
8:30 a.m. Tuesday
LEAVES PALMER FOR CHITINA
10:45 a.m. each Thursday (Leavt Anchorage at 9:15 a.m.)
RETURNS TO PALMER AND ANCHORAGE
8:30 a.m. Friday
Leaves Anchorage from 4th Ave. Travel Bureau
(Fourth Avenue Theatre Bldg.)
Leaves Paimer from in front of Post Office
Leaves Valdez from Valdez Hotel
All Through One-Day Service — No Stop-Overs
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