VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
PRINTED AT PALMER, ALASKA, EACH THURSDAY
By the Matanuska Press, Inc.
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
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Kir* UATUCDC
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
In regards to your coverage of
The Matanuska Valley Chamber
of Commerce meeting Wednesday
July 25; Your Column heading
“Gripe Session Gives Way to
Over-All Plan for Valley Road
Development.” I was invited to
attend an informal discussion on
road conditions of the Valley and
also understood that ARC officials
would be present. It was to be a
gripe session you may resL as
sured that neither Walt Teeland
nor myself would be present,
when I have a kick to make I
usually go directly to the parties
concerned and state it.
The statement concerning the ]
moving of the bridge timber from j
Wasilla to Cantwell was not made j
nor endorsed by either Teeland:
r myself, Vic Cottini brought up j
the subject. After some lengthy1
discussion I did state that what
lumber was moved from Wasilla
to Cantwell had been replaced by
creosoted treated timber and it
agree wholeheartedly with the
was and is still in Wasilla.
With the exceptions above I
remainder of your article and
would appreciate it very much if
this letter would appear in your
next issue.
Yours Truly
PAT CARTER !
Wasilla, Alaska
VALLEY RECREATIONS
LISTED IN SURVEY
R. S. Westgate of Los Angeles,
field representative of the Na- |
tional Recreation Association, a i
private service association operat- :
ing under contract to the Nation
al Park Service, was a visitor in
the Palmer-Anchorage area Tues
day.
During his visit he made a sur
vey of community recreation fac-:
ilities and services, including in- j
formation on service clubs, civic i
organizatons, schools, churches
and scouting programs as well as
city plans for future recreational
facilities. This work is a phase
of the general Interior Depart
ment field committee report. The ;
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HONORED AT TEA %
Several mothers who are spend
ing summer vacations in the Val
ley were guests at a tea held in
their honor by Mrs. Archie Mof
fitt Friday afternoon.
Among those attending were
Mrs. Lulu Blakely of Detroit,
Michigan, mother of Mrs. Lee Mc
Kinley; Mrs. G^prgia McKinley
af Arizona, mother of Dr. Mc
Kinley; Mrs. Belle Steele of Min
nesota, mother of Mrs. Lloyd Sev
srns; Mrs. J. E. Howard of No.
Dakota, mother of Mrs. Alex Carl
son; Mrs. Maude Clark of Mon
tant, mother of Mrs. Thelma
Caulkins and Mrs. Mary Lindsey
nf Washington, mother of Gilman
Lindsey.
Also Mrs. Neil Miller, Mrs. Lee
McKinley, Mrs. Alex Carlson, Mrs.
Harold Thuma, Mrs. Margaret
Cope, Mrs. Aaron Rempel, Mrs.
ML D. Snodgrass and Mrs. Frank
Joiner, the latter a daughter of
Mrs. Moffitt’s who was visiting
from Anchorage.
CITY TO ROTATE
VEHICLE SERVICING
BUSINESS MONTHLY
In order (to simplify the keep
ing of city accounts and to insure
an equitable distribution of the
business of servicing city vehicles,
a schedule was adopted by the
City Council last night whereby
each Palmer business offering
such service gets all city busi
ness for one month on a rotation
basis.
During the month of August, all
city vehicles will be serviced at
Hartley’s; Kirk’s Sales and Ser
vice gets the business in Septem
ber; MVFCA Garage, October;
Motor-In Service, November; Pal
mer Automotive Service, Decem
ber; Tost’s Service, January; West
Side Service, February; and City
Auto Service, March. After all
the vehicle-servicing businesses
within the city limits have had
their month of business, the city
will start over again at the top of
the list. '
association hopes to have all facts
assembled by 1953.
Westgate has been in Alaska
for eight weeks, and plans to
leave August 2. He expects to re
turn to the Territory in February
or further work.
C heechoko”
We are among the thousand that have come up north,
We’re seeking for a fortune m
We’re partly seeking sport.
We boarded the steamer, got our luggage put away,
And landed in Alaska, just happy and gay.
If you’ve always been a failure,
Why, here is your chance.
You could go up in the valley and get yourself a ranch.
There is gold up in the mountains, we have fields of coal,
And rabbits in the woods, the way that we was told.
CHORUS
Where do they come from and where do they go,
They may have places that we never know.
You got to have your bacon and your beans that’s all,
And crawl into your cabin when the snow begins to fall.
Make your home in Alaska, and put this in your mind,
That fishing, trapping, hunting up here surely is fine.
We have moose up m the timber, there are fish down in the bay,
And sheep up in the mountains, the way they say.
CHORUS
Where do they come from and where do they go, ,
They may have places that we never know.
You got to have your bacon and your beans that’s all,
And crawl into your cabin when the snow begins to fall.
If you do not like Alaska, and you do not like the style,
Just bundle up your parcels and be gone with a smile.
There’s a train that goes to Seward and be happy on your way,
But this is what you’ll hear all the sourdoughs say:
Where do they come from and where do they go,
They must have places that we never know.
The boats are leaving Seward so be happy on your way,
There is no one to hold you if you don’t want to stay.
“Copyright 1941"
By Gustave E. Gustafson
Wasilla. Alaska
WASHINGTON NEWS-LETTER
By MARY LEE COUNCIL
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett. Alaska's Delegate to Congress
Alaska Appropriations
Appropriations made available
during the second session of the
82nd Congress recently adjourned
include $264,747,479 for federal
activites in Alaska, well over half
of which will go for Defense De
partment purposes.
$70,332,677 of which will be
available in the 1953 fiscal year
for the Interior Department;
$17,692,177 for the Commerce De
partment; $5,293,000 for the Post
Offic Department; $5,125,000 foi
the Alaska Housing Authority re
volving fund; $4,805,725 for the
Agriculture Department; $4,301,
000 for the Treasury Department;
$1,449,000 for the Justice Depart
ment; $1,141,000 for the Federal
Security Agency; and $263,900 for
the Judiciary.
Military
A final determination of alloca
tions, acording to informatior
given Delegate Bartlett, has beer
made with regard to the Alaska
military public works program
with $71,924,000 earmarked for
Army construction, $57,600,000 for
Air Force projects and $4.780,00C
for Navy construction, an over
all total of $134,304,000. The re
maining Defense Department tot
al of $154,344,000 will be avail
able for operation and mainten
arice of the Alaska Communica
tion System in the sum of $6,100.
000: continued exploration for oi
in Petroleum Reserve No. 4 ir
the amount of $13,600,000; an esti
mated expenditure of $25,000 foi
maintenance of the seawall a1
Nome, and an epproximate $315,
000 for the Alaska National Guarc
with adjustments upward to be
made during the year.
The largest amount of mone\
1 for military public works has beer
allocated for Fort Richardson ir
the amount of $25,387,000 out o:
the total $71,924,000 earmarkec
for Army projects. The rest of the
allocation will go for the Haines
Fairbanks pipeline in the amoun'
of $20 million, the last half of the
$40 million appropriation contem
plated for this project; $8.158.00(
for Big Delta; $3,721,000 for Eiel
son; $3,907,000 Air Kenai; $5,563,
00 for Ladd; and $5,188,000 foi
Whittier. The Navy public work;
. total of $4,780,000 will be used al
Adak Naval Station in the amoum
of $3,300,000 and Kodiak Nava:
: Air Station in the sum of 1,480,
000. A breakdown is not yet avail
able of the $57,600,000 allocatec
for Air Force public works pro
jects in Alaska.
Interior Department
The $70,332,677 appropratior
for the Interior Department will
permit continuation of the road
construction, Alaska Public Works
and Eklutna hydroelectric power
project program, with completion
of the Alaska Native Service hos
pital at Anchorage contemplated.
The funds allowed for the In
terior Department include $773,
275 for the Bureau of Land Man
agement; $13,250,000 for the
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Bureau ol Reclamation, $13 mil
lion of which is for Eklutna; $1,
954,500 for the Geological Survey;
$404,390 for the Bureau of Mines;
$4,305,920 for the Fish and Wild
life Service; $450,129 for the Na
tional Park Service; $11,018,618
for the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
$23,285 for the Alaska Field Staff;
$17 million for road construction;
$3,318,000 for road maintenance,
including funds for winter main
tenance of Thompson Pass on the
Richardson Highway out of Val
dez; $3,906,000 for the Alaska
Railroad constructon program;
$13,208,200 for Alaska Public
Works; $112,760 for the Gover-j
nor’s office; $48,000 for legislative
expenses; and 559,600 for thej
care and custody of Alaska’s men- j
tally ill.
The road fund contemplates a
program of continuation of con
struction of the Cordova-Richard
son road in the amount of $550,
000; the new Chena bridge at
Fairbanks in the sum of $960,000;
continued asphalting on the Alas
ka, Richardson and Glenn High
I ways; and work on the Richard
son Highway-Mt. McKinley Park
i road and local farm, industrial
1 and military access roads.
Fifteen projects will get under
wav with the $13,208,200 made
available for the Alaska Public
works program, including water
systems for Eastchester and
Mountain View; a warehouse and
public utilities at Anchorage; a
school addition at Chugiak; a high
school at Fairbanks and another
project for streets and sidewalks
there; a school addition and a
water and sewer project at Ko
diak; schools at Palmer and Ket
chikan; health center improve
ments at Naknek. Haines, Wrang
gell and Klawock; and three ad
; ditional projects at Ketchikan,
sewers, roads and Arterial High
way No. 1.
In addition to the $13 million
appropriated for the Eklutna hy
| droelectric project near Anchor
age, the Congres allowed $250,000
i to the Bureau of Reclamation for
general surveys and investiga
tions at Lake Dorothy near
■ Juneau, Swan Lake near Ketchi
kan, the Devil’s River project on
the Susitna River, Blue Lake at
Sitka and Beaver and Wicker
sham Creeks near Fairbanks.
Legislative language was writ
ten into the Interior Department
appropriation bill for the 1953
fiscal year setting aside 25 per
cent of net proceeds from the
sale of Pribilof Island sealskins
for management investigation of
; fish and wildlife resources in
! Alaska. The estimated $602,500
! which will be available from this
source brings to a total of $4,
1305,920 the money available for
Fish and Wildlife Service activi
ties in the Territory. Included in
this total is an estimated $1-938,
000 for maintenance and operation
of the Pribilofs made available
from 60 percent of the net pro
ceeds from sealskin sales; $859,- (
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718 for administration of the fish-;
;ry laws and $357,653 for game
law enforcement. (What the re- j
naming $548,049 goeh for is not
:lear. Edihor)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
total of $11,018,618 includes $1,
180.000 for completion of the Alas
ka Native Service hospita at An
chorage, with $5,366,604 earmark
ed for health service, $2,864,344
for educational service and $357,- J
513 for welfare service.
Department of Commerce
The Department of Commerce
appropriations totalling $17,692,
177 represent $433,594 for the
operation and maintenance of the
Fairbanks and Anchorage air
ports, $10,850,328 for salaries and
operation and $148,755 for the
Federal Aid Airport program, all
under the Civil Aeronautics Ad
ministration. Funds for air navi
gation facilities have not yet been
allocated. The Coast and Geodetic
Survey will have $2,700,000 avail
able for its Alaska operations; the
Bureau of Public Roads for forest
highways, $1,754,000; and the
Weather Bureau, $1,805,500.
Airmail, star route and power
boat service under the Post Of
fice Department will be allocated
$5,293,000 for Alaska, with the
Treasury Department total of $4,
301.000 broken down into $3,979,
D00 for the Coast Guard, $207,000
for Customs and $115,000 for the
Bureau of Internal Revenue.
Department of Agriculture
The Agriculture Department’s
total of $4,805,725 includes $59,858
for the Extension Service, $104,
134 for Experiment Station work,
$270,000 for agricultural research,
$624,971 for the Forest Service,
$93,000 for the Soil Conservation
Service, $43,762 for Production
and Marketing, $110,000 for the
Farmers Home Administration
and approximately $316 million
for the Rural Electrification Ad
ministration loan program.
Department of Justice
Additional appointment of de
puty United States Marshals will
be possible with increased funds
made available to the Depart
ment of Justice. The total Alaska
allotments for the department
amount to $1,499,000, including
an additional $84,000 for the new
federal jail at Anchorage for
which funds were appropriated
last year. Congress made avail
able $263,900 for the Judiciary in
Alaska, including salaries for
judges, clerks, court reporters and
miscellaneous expenses.
Other Appropriations
The $5,125,000 appropriated for
the Alaska Housing Authority re
volving fund to aid in construc
tion of housing in the Territory
represents two separate actions
taken by the Congress. The origi
' nal authorization for a $15 million
program was completed with an
appropriation of $1,125,000 earlier
in the year with Congress later
increasing the authorization to
$20 million and *approprating $4
million to apply against the auth
orization.
Funds amounting to q>t,100,000
will be available for the Public
Health disease and sanitation con
trol program, with an estimated
allocation of $41,000 for Vocation
al Rehabilitation, bringing to $1.
141,000 the total for the Federal
Security Agency.
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