Chamber To Work
For Spud Improvement,
Wider Markets
The development of a standard
Valley potato, one which can be
counted on to meet all cooking
tests, and then the development
of a market for that potato, will
be the first major project of the
Valley Chamber of Commerce
this year, president Clair Stock
told members at yesterday’s
meeting.
The Chamber head suggested
that it probably would be neces
sary for some central agency, ac
ceptable to both growers of the
Matanuska Valley Farmers’ Co
Operating Association and inde
pendent producers, to furnish
seed and then to provide expert
advice on how and when to plant,
before an absolutely standard po
tato could be developed.
Some Chamber members had
complained that the quality of
potatoes grown by individual
farmers in the Valley was so poor
that steps should be taken to im
prove the product before any
definite project to enlarge the
market is undertaken.
Don Irwin emphasized his pre
viously stated point of view that
every lot of potatoes marketed
should be subjected to cooking
tests and to specific gravity tests
to determine moisture content.
Mr. Irwin and Mr. Stock both
said complaints against the sweet
taste of local potatoes were not
valid, since that factor can be
eliminated by seasoning the tuber
in warm storage. They pointed
out that Outside potatoes react
in the same manner when sub
jected to temperatures below 40
degrees.
The Chamber head soon will
call a meeting of all Valley pota
to growers to discuss these prob
lems and to take the first steps
toward working out their solu
tion, he said.
Spend Holidays With Daughters
WASILLA—Mr. and Mrs. Evan
Jones of Homer, parents of Mrs.
Walter Teeland, and the former
Mrs. Vanny Courtney, spent the
holidays with the Teeland fam
ily. While here, they attended
Mrs. Courtney’s wedding to Law
rence Davenport.
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POULTRY RAISERS
DEMAND ELECTRICITY
AN INEXPENSIVE HIRED HAND
Modern poultry raisers, as well
as others who farm, demand
electricity. These farmers
know that the convenience and
profits that come with elec
tric farming pay for the low
cost of electricity over and
over again.
They, and you too, will find
that electricity is an inexpen
sive hired hand.
MATANUSKA ELECTRIO ASSOCIATION, INC.
PALMER, ALASKA
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Girl Scout Leaders To
Take Course Jan. 17-18
A leadership training course
for prospective Girl Scout leaders
will be held in the Valley Jan. 17
and 18, it was announced this
week by Mrs. Charles Wilson.
Sessions will be held on Tuesday
evening, Wednesday afternoon
and Wednesday evening under
the direction of two Anchorage
executives, Mrs. Wilson said. The
courses will cover leadership
training for both Brownie and
Intermediate Girl Scouts.
Exact time and place of these
meetings will be announced next
week.
Lots of Snow,
No School
Students of Palmer School
drew an extra day’s vacation
bonus on Wednesday of this
week, when drifting snow in the
Valley’s latest storm made it im
possible for buses to travel over
the Valley roads. Clyde King,
Sr., foreman for .the Alaska Road
Commission, had just announced
that all main highways were
passable on Monday morning,
when skies darkened and new
snow began floating down over
the just-cleared roads. Snow
equipment is working on a
round-the-clock work day now,
in an attempt to keep traffic mov
ing.
this week to make their home in
Anchorage.
M. D. SNODGRASS
Real Estate
DAIRY & VEGETABLE FARMS
CI1 £ LOTS — ACREAGE
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j CLOSE SQUEEZE . . . Patricia
' Robinson gives Robert Collins,
J, Los Angeles paper carrier, a hug
‘ for saving her life in gas-filled
' home. Robert smelled the gas and
called the police. Patricia bad
turned on a stove jet accidentally.
Drama Appreciation Club
To Be Organized
All persons interested in the
organization of a dramatic appre
ciation group are invited to come
to the library of Palmer High
School at 8 o’clock next Monday
evening, Joseph Hudock announc
ed today.
Mr. Hudock is organizing a
group interested in the study and
appreciation of drama. He said
the group’s first interest would
be an appreciation of dramatic
art, but that it might later stem
to play production.
Move To Anchorage
WASSILLA — Alaska Road
Commission employe A. T. Fleish
bein, and his wife, left Wasilla
SPEND YOUR EVENINGS AT THE
SOURDOUGH CLUB
Your Recreation Center in Palmer
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SERVICE and STORAGE
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Gas — Oils — Greases — Batteries — Tires
24-HOUR WRECKER SERVICE
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Tires Repaired — Cars Washed
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