Territorial Loan Fund
To Be Recommended by
Soil Conservationists
A resolution creating a soil con
servation sub - district at Kenai;
authorization of a soil capability
survey in the Salcha-Big Delta
district and the recommendation
of establishment of a territorial
loan fund to assist farm develop
ment were decisions reached at
the meeting of the territorial
board of the Alaska Soil Conser
vation District, held here in Pal
mer this week. It was also de
cided to prepare a folder illustrat
ing proper land clearing methods
at the meetings, which convened
January 10 and 11 at the Soil
Conservation office.
Members of the Board are;
Frank Linn and Virgil Eckert of
Palmer and Bert Stimple of Fair-;
banks. All were present.
Members of the Advisory Com-!
mittee to the Territorial Board!
present were Don Irwin of the |
Agricultural Research Adminis-j
tration, Clyde Sherman, Terri-i
torial Commissioner of Agricul-j
ture, Lynn Hollist, Director of Ex
tension, I. M. C. Anderson of!
Farmers Home Administration.!
Jim Hurley of the Alaska Rural5
Rehabilitation Corporation, Par- j
ker Lester, Extension Agent, and?
Eugene Kirsch of the Veterans
Farm Training program. This
committee is set up by Territorial
law to assist and advise the Board
in their work. The Territorial
Board of the Alaska Soil Conser
vation District is charged by law
with the responsibility of admin-]
' istering all conservation activities?
in the Territory.
The Soil Conservation Service
cooperates with this Board under
" a Memorandum of Understanding,
and according to the program and
work plan developed by the
Board. The Board meets twice
each year to review their pro
gram and bring their plans for
the advancement of Alaska agri
culture up to date,
steps were taken by the Board.
The next meeting of the Board
was set for mid-summer at Fair
banks.
NOW DONE IN PALMER
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PALMER AIRPORT—
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the Northland Pioneer Grange.
Loyal Order of the Moose, the
Palmer American Legion Post
and the Matanuska Valley
Farmers Cooperating Associa
tion. The organizations are still
represented by the present of
ficers of the Association.
"Theee groups formed a non
profit community composed of
representatives of each of the
different groups. They contact
ed individuals and businessmen
and got subscriptions to pur
chase land.
“The field was appraised by
three citizens, following a proper
request for them to do so and
were men w'ho were acquainted
with land values.”
Mr. Stock added that consider
able labor had also been donated
in improving the airports and al
most $60,000 spent on improve
ments from 1946 to 1949.
The value of the lands seems to
be what the dispute is hinged on,
the Association officials pointed
out here. Mr. McCutcheon said
that the issue is whether the
value of the land purchased for
the Palmer airport is worth $150,
000, as adjudged by territorial of
ficials, or only $30,000, as ad
judged by an engineer from Port
land.
The lowest value put on the
land by the three men residing in
Palmer who were the first to ap
praise the land for the territory
was $160,000. The territory placed
it at $150,000 and proceeded on
that basis.
Senator Hoey, chairman of the
Senate committee which will in
vestigate the Palmer airport at
the hearing, is bitterly opposed to
Alaska statehood. Senator Butler |
of Nebraska, also an enemy of
Alaska statehood, launched the
investigation on charges that ter
ritorial officials were attempting
to defraud the federal govern
ment by manipulating land values
in Palmer with the view of ob
taining excessive matching funds
from the project.
CIVILIAN DEFENSE—
(Continued from Page 1)
by Mrs. Matt Perkins and Mrs.
Tom Day. Miss Louise Kellogg,
previously named head of the
committee, requested to be re
lieved as the emergency welfare
committe is already in operation
here under the Community Chest
and the women named are well
acquainted with its procedures.
Mr. Zahradnicek also announced
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| Pure Seed Association
| Meeting Scheduled for
I Monday Afternoon Here
I A meeting of Alaska Certified
Seed Growers Association will be
held Monday at 1:30 p.m. in the
Co-Op clubroom, Parker Lester,
territorial agricultural agent an
nounced this week. Representa
tives of the University of Alaska,
the Alaska Experiment stations,
Soil Conservation Service and
other interested personnel will be j
in attendance at the meeting to ;
discuss the working procedures,
and the possibilities of acquiring
the pure cereal seeds that are
now ready for release by the Ex
periment station, Mr. Lester said, i
The meeting will be held to
familiarize the agricultural pub
lic on the purpose, the objectives
and the expected benefits of the
Association, Mr. Lester added.
On January 6 representatives of
the groups mentioned met at Fair
banks to formulate plans and pol
icies for the Alaska Certified
Seed Growers Association.
“There is a very definite place
in Alaska’s agriculture for an or
ganization of this type and the
possibilities are unlimited. We
hope that every farmer will be
come acquainted with the work
ing procedure of this Association
and take advantage of the oppor
tunities,” Mr. Lester said in mak
ing the announcement.
Similar meetings to the one
scheduled here in Palmer Monday
have been planned for other areas.
On Thursday of this wek, Mr.
Lester attended a meeting of the
Association at Anchorage. He was
also scheduled to go to Kenai and
Homer today for meetings there.
A meeting at Wasilla will be held
Monday evening at 8 o’clock.
Lynn Hollist and Irving Abbott
of the Extension Service at Fair
banks are among those scheduled
at attend the meetings.
that “Survival Under Atomic At
tack,” a booklet published by the
U. S. Government, is now on sale
at the school office. The sale of
the booklets is sponsored here by
the P-TA as its part in the Civil
ian Defense program. Copies may
be obtained for 10 cents each.
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routine TALENT. This talent
may be singing, dancing, play
ing a musical instrument, dra
matic reading, or she may give
a three-minute talk on the ca
reer she wishes to pursue.
Note: Particular care should
be exercised in selecting a girl
with unusual talent, since her"
1 chances of winning locally, ter
ritorially or in the final contest
depends at least 20 percent on
talent.
7. Contestant must be in goc^
health and of the white race.
8. Contestant may be either am
ateur or professional.
Any misrepresentation or falsi
fication will immediately disqual
ify contestant.
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