CONSERVATION
NOTES
By LEW E. HANKS
Well, spring and land clearing
season are rolling around, we
hope. While you are planning that
clearing program keep in mind
that little winter breeze we al
ways get. Don’t enlarge those
fields to the point where the wind
can get at them. Leave wind
breaks. You know where they
should be, or call on the Soil Con
servation Service and we’ll help
you plan them out. Standing tim
ber should be slashed and utilized
before clearing. Timber in a
stump row is just a headache to
get rid of. Put that swede saw to
work. It won’t hurt you—at least,
permanently. You know very well
you can use that timber.
Speaking of uses for timber—
I have before me an article in
Soil Conservation magazine. Back
East they’re using a portable
chipper to work up timber for
dairy bedding. With straw there
at $30 per ton it costs them $6 per
ton to make wood chin bedding.
Twenty-four bucks per ton sav
ing is still quite a bit of saving
even if it is in Truman nickels.
Wood chips make good bedding,
too. They keep the cows contend
ed and mastitis down. Wood chips
are -easier to handle and keep
under a cow better than sawdust.
They’re also fine for poultry lit
ter. We have the dope on wood
chippers. .If you want it come
around. We still don’t have too
much straw here.
RIVERBEND CLUB MEETS
The regular April meeting of
the Riverbend Homemakers Club
will be held at the home of Mrs.
Vera Rorrison. .it was announced
by the club reporter this week.
At the March 15 meeting, held
at the Ray Cather home, it was
voted to donate the proceeds
from the quit sale to the Palmer
Public Library.
A very interesting round-table
discussion on the subject of
“Child Discipline” was partici
pated in by all members attend
ing the meeting.
SILENT AUCTION FOR
BUTTE HOMEMAKERS
The next regular meeting of
the Butte Homemakers club will
be held at the home of Mrs. Dor
othy Newby, April 13. The club
will hold a “silent auction,” it
was announced by club reporter
Mrs. Ann Burnham.
Mrs. Agnes Sandvick was hos
tess for the club at the March 15
meeting. One subject discussed
by the members was the snow re
moval problem and what steps
might be taken to better the con
dions, Mrs. Burnham reported.
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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
Senate Rejects
Pay Increases
For Teachers
JUNEAU — Alaskan teachers
lost a long hard light for more
pay when the Territorial Senate
turned thumbs down on an
amendment which would have
raised proposed salary increases
above the House-approved figure.
The House bill called for pay
boosts of $300 annually for teach
ers in the First division, $400 for
the Third division, and $500 for
the Second and Fourth divisions.
The amendment offered by Sen.
Steve McCutcheon (D-Anchor
age) upped the increases to $500
in the First division, $650 in the
Third, and $800 in the Second and
Fourth.
The Senate voted 8 for and 8
against.
Seed Sale for Schools
William W. Elliott, Palmer grade
school principal, will be in charge
of the Easter Seal campaign in
the schools.
WASILLA
PERSONALS
Nine Boy Scouts have signed uj
here under the leadership o
Scoutmaster Harold Harris, with
meetings every Thursday at 4
o’clock in the Grange Hall. Al
ready they have organized into
two patrols: the Mosquito and
Panther. Members of the troop
are Don Carter, Jimmy Hilburn,
Wally Teeland, Gilbert Hjellen,
Gerrit Hjellen, Gene Dinkel, Ed
Wilkes, Gerald Coghlan and Fred
Wilkes.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene King and
family from Anchorage were in
Wasilla Sunday, visiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Kinter of j
Wasilla plan to leave March 29;
for Portland, Ore., where they1
will make their home. While in
Alaska Mr. Kinter was employed
Don’t forget the school board
election April 3. .
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MORE EFFICIENT FARMING
For modern, more efficient farming electricity is a necessity. In
the barn, for example, electric lights make cleanliness easier;
electric milking equipment saves time and money. Why not call
"• fox full details on wiring your farm buildings? You'll
find the cost low compared with the convenience it provides.
Use electricity for more efficient farming.
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"Serving the Valley Since 1942"
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Engineers.
Miss Lula Livmgston returned
to school here this week after
spending a few days with her
aarents, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Liv
ngston, of Lagoon, Alaska.
James Simpson, teacher at Wa
;illa school, is back on the staff
after a few days’ illness.
The Wasilla school faculty is
staging three one-act plays at the
Wasilla Community Hall March
30-31. Proceeds will reimburse
I
the teachers for funds they gave
the Wasilla basketball team, with
the balance to improve school fa
cilities. During the skits, the small
children will be entertained in a
special playroom.
Coffee Insures Everything—
Remember?
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