Road Commission
Continues Care
Of Palmer Streets
The Alaska Road commission,
“realizing the problems confront
ing a newly incorporated city,
will continue to maintain the
roads through the city of Palmer
for the remainder of the summer j
season.”
That is the assurance, backed I
up by daily performance, ad
dressed to Mayor Carl H. Mier {
by A. F. Ghiglione, chief engineer j
of the road commission.
Temporarily, it relieves one of j
the many worries of the new and
first city council on street main
tenance.
Ghiglione’s letter continues: :
“This will enable you to acquire I
necessary equipment to perform ,
this work. Your attention is par- j
ticularly invited to winter main
tenance in order that you will be ;
prepared to undertake the type of
work this winter. Problems, of
snow removal are sometimes
quite within the area of the city
of Palmer.”
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Streets Graded ,
Meanwhile, Palmer’s main 1
street has been levelled and i
dragged. Road commission equip- 1
ment has changed it from deep <
ruts and wallows into as smooth
a gravelled roadway as can be |
found short of black-topped or l
concreted highway. Machines c
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Drivers Fined
For Violations
Driver’s license revoked until
January, 1925, and fine of $250
was the sentence imposed on
Frances E. Buchanan of Anchor
age, arrested near milepost 59 and
charged with driving under the
influence of liquor.
For speeding on the highway |
two other drivers plead guilty
and drew fines of $35 each. They
are Cecil A. Goodwin, arrested l
near milepost 45, and John T,
Peaster, charged with driving 70
miles an hour in a 50-mile zone.
The trials were held before U. S.
Commissioner Dorothy Saxton in |
Palmer, May 20. '. j
Miss Karin Pehrson, Swedish
weaver, will conduct a workshop
n weaving in Palmer, June 11 to
10. Those who are interested in
weaving or watching, please leave j
lame at the University of Alaska j
extension office in Palmer.
lave been up and down the street
several times daily.
What will happen when the
•oad commission’s “lend-lease”
uns out was discussed at the city
council meeting Thursday night.
Purchase of equipment for street
naintenance was viewed both
vith an eye to efficiency and
;conomy.
Anyway, Palmer streets, at least
he main street, is in fit form for
he Colony Day celebration, Sun
lay.
‘ Market News
Published For
Alaskan Use
Publication of the Alaska Mar
ket News is announced by the Al
aska Department of Agriculture.
Cooperating is the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture Production
and Market Administration.
Volume 1, No. 1, issued from i
Fairbanks, states:
“Purpose of the Alaska Market ■
News is to keep farmers informed !
of the market outlook for prices j
on all produce, and to inform
merchants and military organiza- !
tions as to the approximate date
crops will be ready for market i
and quantity expected. With j
these facts, merchants may re
duce shipments from the States in
order to use Alaska grown pro- 1
duce. A U. S. Department of Ag- j
riculture licensed inspector is be- !
ing employed by the Alaska De- ;
partment of Agriculture as co
ordinator between the producer
and consumer. He will assist the
farmers in every possible way to
enable them to market high qual
ity produce. The inspector will
enforce all grade regulations in
the Territory.”
Among major stories reported
in the first issue of Alaska Mar
ket News was the awarding of
bids to the Matanuska Valley
Farmers’ Cooperative Assn, of
1,700 tons of potatoes, lettuce,
cabbage and carrots to U. S. army
bases in this area.
Architect Hired
To Draft New
School Plans
William Arild Johnson, Ev
erett, Wash., architect has been
retained by the Palmer school
board to draft plans for a pro
posed new school building for
Palmer.
Contract was signed at the
board meeting held May 24.
The architect is here now
making a survey preparatory
to drawing specifications to be
presented to government loan
agencies for necessary funds
to finance construction of the
new building, according to
William Zahradnicek, school
superintendent.
BUFFALO ON HIGHWAY
Bill and Kitty Gulbranson are
back from a fast trip Outside.
They drove a new Mercury home
from Bellingham, Wash. They re
ported the Alcan is in good driv
ing shape except for stretches un
der construction or repair be
tween Smith and Slave Lake,
near Eureka and the Tok cutoff.
When the Tok is finished it will
be “one of the finest highways
in the Territory,” they said.
Near Big Timber they ran into
seven buffalo beside the highway,
including a buffalo calf.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
Alaska Steamship
Rate Increases
Held Up By Board
Rate increases sought by the
; Alaska Steamship company have
| been suspended by the Federal
I Maritime Board subject to a pub
lic hearing.
Increased rates scheduled to go
into effect between May 21 and
June 1 would have affected all
parts of Alaska and such com
i modifies as ore and concentrates,
fisheries products and livestock.
Passenger rates to both south
eastern and southwestern Alaska
also would have gone up.
The Alaska Steamship Co. said
increased costs and union de
j mands for higher wages made the
up in rates necessary, and indi-*
; cated passenger rates during win
; ter months would not be in
creased.
Analysis of the tariff filed with
the Federal Maritime Board
! showed increases ranging from 20
to 33 1-3 percent on groceries and
from 19 to 24 percent on general
merchandise.
The board in its order held that
“rates and fares may be unjust
or unreasonable to the detriment
of the shipping public.”
While no date has been set for
the hearing the board deferred
six tariffs containing the in
creases until September 21 unless
otherwise ordered by the board.
The Rev. George Geiwitz of the
Church of God, is confined to his
home by illness.
Welcome to our old and new friends!
Our Second Successful Season (n Palmer
RIDES—for young and old
GAMES - PRIZES - ENTERTAINMENT
SUNDAY, MAY 27,1951
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