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BOV SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Official poster marking the 41st birthday.
President Truman will greet 12 outstanding Boy Scouts in the
White House on February 6 opening the 41st anniversary of the Boy
Scouts of America. Boy Scout Week will be observed February 6 to
12 in every part of the nation by more than 2,750,000 boys and adult
leaders. “Strengthen Liberty” is the birthday theme.
At “birthday parties” during
Boy Scout Week throughout the
nation each member will re
pledge himself to the Scout Oath
or Promise. In each community
representatives of the churches,
.schools, government and business
will observe the anniversary with
their Scouts. At Unit “open
house” parties, parents, relatives
and members of the chartering
institutions will hear a review of
the year’s program features,
service projects and membership
gains.
During Boy Scout Week mem
bers of the organization will de
velop window displays and dem
onstrations on civil defense and
conservation. Each member will
inspect his home to make certain
no hazards exist. Surprise mob
ilizations will test Scout efficiency
should emergency arise.
Since 1910 more than 17,500,000
boys and men have been identified
with the Boy Scouts of America.
DR. ALFSEN TO
RETURN TO PULPIT
The Rev. Victor Alfsen, pastor
of the United Protestant church,
expects to return to his pulpit
Sunday, following a brief illness.
He has been confined at home for
the past two weeks with a touch
of pneumonia but is now recuper
ating. Last Sunday Dr. Arthur
Colberg conducted the service and
gave the message for the Rever
end Alfsen.
EKLUTNA PROJECT HEAD
TO ATTEND CONFERENCE
Byron Felkner, head of the
Eklutna Project here, is to leave
the Valley February 8 for the
states on a business trip. He plans
to fly to Denver, Colo., where he
will attend a construction engi
neers’ conference at the office of
the chief engineer of the Bureau
of Reclamation. Mr. Felkner plans
to return to Palmer about Febru
ary 28.
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CONSERVATION
NOTES
By Lew Hanks
We had a good meeting on
forage problems this week. The
Grange Hall was filled to capaci
ty. Harlow Hodson talked on for
age crops of Alaska. Mr. Sweet
man talked on rare and preser
vation of Silage Crops. Dr. Mick
gave an enteresting discussion on
fertilizers and Oscar Kartilla gave
a few remarks on fertilizer
equipment. It was a very enter
esting meeting and enjoyed by
all.
Some of the highlights of the
talks were: At the present stage
of Agricultural * development
smooth brome grass fills the bill
I first as a hay, silage or pasture
| crop for Alaska. In yield and feed
t value it excells any other crops
| we can grow.
I The use of nitrogen fertilizer
can increase the yield of brome
to 2 to 4 times that obtainable
with oats and peas. The Experi
ment Station has just released a
I booklet on fertilizer recommend
! ations for this year. Better get
) one. The last item is that accord
j ing to uses run at the Station
! you can get 30 to 50 per cent
i more feed value per acre by
j making silage instead of hay.
Fourteen samples of forage
I were brought in by farmers.
I These were graded by Mr. Sweet
man. Dr. Laughlin is going to run
protein uses on these samples.
You missed a free test to see
how your feed stacks up if you
didn’t bring in a sample.
Christine Heller to
Study Arctic Plants
For AF This Summer
Miss Christine Heller, whom
the Agricultural Research Admin
istration had expected to join its
staff for nutrition research work
this summer, will not be avail
able for work here until next
fall, Don L. Irwin, Alaska Ex
periment Station director, said
this week.
Miss Heller, who is now at Cor
nell working for her master’s de
gree, is well known in the terri
tory as she spent two years with
the Alaska Department of Health
and last summer taught at the
University of Alaska.
She recently informed ARA
that she has made arrangements
for continuing nutrition studies
in the Arctic for the Air Force
this summer. She will study edi
ble plants in the Arctic in the Air
Force’s program of teaching air
men survival in the Arctic and
how to live off the land in the
event of planes going down. Miss
Heller’s work will be especially
aimed at finding edible plants in
the Arctic containing the C vita
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SNOWBOUND EIGHT DAYS
AT SPRING CREEK FARM
Louise Kellogg and Florence O.
Eby of Spring Creek farm were
snowbound for eight days during
the recent bad weather. They
spent most of their time making
cottage cheese, they said, from
the milk at the dairy farm that
overflowed during the snow
bound days. They were not able
to get out until last Friday.
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& Healing
Located in Basement of the Ward Bldg.
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PURE SEED CEREALS
QUESTIONNAIRES
TO BE RETURNED
Questionnaires on the acquiring
of pure seed cereals should be re
turned to the territorial office as
promptly as possible, Parker
Lester, agricultural agent, re
minded Valley farmers this week.
The territorial office has sent
out the questionnaires on Edda
barley and Golden Rain oats for
planting this season. They should
be returned to College at the
earliest convenience as the infor
mation contained in the question
naires will specify who is to get
the pure seed and how much, Mr.
Lester said.
EARL J. SMITH TO
ATTEND REA MEETING
Earl J. Smith, REA field repre
sentative stationed in Palmer,
plans to leave the Valley Wednes
day for a trip to the states where
he will attend a REA conference
at Spokane, Wn. He plans to re
turn to Palmer about February
19. Mr. Smith returned from a
business trip to Fairbanks the first
part of this week. He said the
weather was beautiful in the
northern city and that the fire
hose which was recently frozen to
the street in fires there had been
removed by a bulldozer.
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Agency
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and Realty
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So, remember, the next time you shop, tell your merchant:
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