Fire Laws Strictly Enforced
As Fire Hazard Endangers Area
To protect homes, farms and
timberlands from disastrous fire
in this acute dry season, it is im
perative that fire control rules, as
set forth in the Territorial fire
control act, be strictly observed,
E. J. Carson, in charge of the Pal
mer fire guard station, warned to
day.
Under the law, penalties of
fines and imprisonment may be
sentenced upon violators. But
even more than the legal sen
tences are the dangers of loss of
homes, property and timber.
Campers, fishermen and hunters
were warned they will be held
strictly responsible for any fires
they may start. Farmers burning
land and debris also were warned.
Briefly, the fire control act sets
forth:
Fire season, April 30-Sept. 30,
or the governor may proclaim a
longer period if weather or other
conditions require.
During the fire season no per
son shall throw away any lighted
tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, match
es, in an inflammable area.
Operators of sawmills and log
ging camps, or other employ- (
ment centers, must post and ob- ,
serve the fire laws.
Any person who builds any fire ;
in or near any timber, brush, i
grass or other inflammable mas j
terials on lands he does not own (
or control without first clearing i
the ground around the fire to pre- (
vent its spread, is guilty of a mis
demeanor.
Persons building fires on prop
erty they occupy must keep those
fires under control and without
danger of spreading.
Fire Aid Compulsory
The fire control act continues:
Any person who, when request
ed by an officer or employe of
the Territory who is authorized
to prevent or suppress fires, fails
to assist, shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor.
Any person who maliciously or
wantonly sets on fire any timber,
brush, grain, grass, or other in
flammable material being or
growing on lands not owned, pos
sessed, or controlled by him shall
be guilty of a felony and upon
conviction shall be punished by a
fine of not less than $100 or more
than $1,000, or be imprisoned for
not less than one year or more
than 10 years, or both.
In addition to the criminal pun
ishment any person may recover
n a civil action double the a
nount of damages.
Logging or wood cutting op
erations must bum inflammable ,
■efuse which may carry fire,
railure, on conviction, is punish
ible by a fine of not less than $50
lor more than $500, or by im
wisonment for a period of not less <
han 10 days nor more than three ;
nonths, or both, in the discretion ]
»f the court. '
FAIR ASSOCIATION
CALLS MEETING OF
DEPARTMENT HEADS
The Matanuska Valley Fair as
sociation is looking ahead and
preparing for the big three-day
show, September 1-2-3.
Fair association meeting is
called for Monday, June 18, in the
Co-Op recreation clubroom. All
superintendents of various de
partments are urged to attend.
And invited are all persons inter
ested in handling departments or
showings, Clair Stock, president,
said, or they may contact him per
sonally.
Grounds already are being put
in order. The fence has a new
coat of aluminum paint. Quonset
huts may be moved to provide
a better wind break, and to en
large space. The fair, according
to members of the association’s
board, will be “bigger and better”
this year than ever.
Victor Falk and
Son Now Valley's
Largest Dairy Producers
Two of the largest independent
dairy farms in the Valley were
recently consolidated. Victor Falk
and son have purchased the Art
Holbrook dairy farm and all the
stock and farm equipment. The
Falks now are milking 44 cows
and delivering 1,700 pounds of
milk daily to the Alaska Dairy.
Including the 26 head of stock
irom the Holbrook dairy, the
Falks now own a total of 96 head
>f cattle and approximately 500
acres of land, making them the
argest dairy producers in the
/alley.
ATTORNEY OPENS
PALMER OFFICE
George McLaughlin, Anchorage
attorney, will have headquarters
at the Matanuska hotel, Palmer,
from 7 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Sat
urday each week for consulta
tion and practice.
He formerly was head of the
real estate division of the Alaska
Air Command and was with the
Territorial command office of the
National Guard. He has the rank
of Lt. Col. in the National Guard.
During the war McLaughlin
spent seven years in the army,
mostly in the Far East. He re
turned to New York where he
was admitted to the bar. That
was “too stuffed shirt”, he said,
and intrigued by books on Alaska
he came to the Territory.
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ANCHORAGE. ALASKA
HOLBROOKS BACK
FROM OUTSIDE
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Holbrook
are home again, driving back over
the Alcan.
Holbrook went Outside first,
picked up a new car, and visited
mid-west states, where he has rel
atives and friends. Mrs. Hol
brook and their two-year-old
daughter, Delores, flew to Seattle,
then to Great Falls, Montana, to
join him for the trip back. It was
Mrs. Holbrook’s first trip Outside
in 10 years.
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