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Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-04-02
FEEL LIKE RAISING HECK ABOUT IT?

FEEL LIKE RAISING HECK ABOUT TT?
 There's been some mi sunderst and ing about the Powder Horn, from the way U .ings. lcok.
 That magazine Of dynamite is open fer anything from a pop-gun salute to a ter-hour barrage; it wi Il min ister to any ailment from a mi Id healac che to ar awful pain in the neck.. .only thing is: the contri- butor must sie:n his or her name to the letter. Profane CT obs cene mat ter will not be pri nted. So if. you have a growl coming'- or if you only think you have, shoot it in.
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-04-02
April 2, 1856

THE NATAlUSXA VALLEY PIO27-ER
 Published Thursdays at
 Palmer 4Alaska Jack Allman, Editor---Publisher David kham---As istant Editor subscri jon rates $2.50 yearly. If by mail add 5Oq for postage. sin1.le co2ies 50 locally, l0e else- where. Advertising rates furnished on request. Weekly PIONEERS at Bert's Dru5 Store, -----Anc- rae.
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-04-02

on request. Weekly PIONEERS at Bert's Dru5 Store, ------Anc. c.oraee.
 T. csc liquid eprirg days make a feller feel like fly that has pok- ed it's foot into the sticky fly pa- per. They do say that if a man's fo will slip, spring will kick it out from under him.
 That warm sun sort of poisons tn blood with an inmovable difference e as to the results Of his acts, and a nan. SC. aff1ic cted is hardly tc* tt>' - blamed for the results Of it.. CNLY, the fellow whose foot slips HOW, vii only have to blame his own ju5cenent if he don't dc right by his oblig- ations.
 Al ocean trip is a nioe vaoat icr !, but it does not last long a1cueh.
 8, stick to ycur knitting, boys. The lazy SDringtime ceilings will be over very shortly, and Wher the blow has it's nose stuck. down into the fur TOW, you'll have the same sensation the slct-machine player has when he thinks he night hit the jackpot.
 Sc go to. it! Fortune is at your elbow.... if you lose, you :an cnly olame yourself! ..
 CHANGE IN cA4zz4cI,-c c15~RCI7
 SCHEDULE -
 Mass will be held at the New 5cheol buil1irg at 3 and. 10 AM. crl Palm Sunday.
 There will be 6 rctice ~egar ding Easter Services next. week.
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 DON'T BLOW. SON. FRIENDS HAD OFF
 7ranHis Henry has noted that Col Cnists have been practi cirg their craftsmanship or trees along the var icus rCal5. That's 2 i1-e: and dandy, but did you ever step tc think that in shooting ,1'Css the roads, you might sink a .30 caIitre slug into the head Of some Dasser-by? And when you come tc think If it, ycu'd feel pretty sick if ycu blew half = the face off some neighbcr of yours
 Use some nsideratiCn, fellers and pr05atly you nay save, yourself a lot Of nightmare. at later dates.
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 Co1nUNITY CHURCH NoTI!cE. ..-.- Special Easter cervice- Palm Sunday and Easter. Held in Gymnas ium. All
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-04-02
DOGS

B4llard Dean of Tract l59 says he wishes some folks would use a little consideration. He is try- ing to raise mink, and las been having quite a lot of trouble due to strange dogs harrassing his an- imals.
 T:4ere are too many loose dogs running around the Colony as it is. Persons owning them should take pains to keep track of them; to see that tn heir pets do not do damage Wh ich might exasp crate someone to point where he might feel it neces- sary to take harsh measures in pro- tection of Iii s prop erty.
 Many a regrettable argument has begun over lax control of dogs. Let us hope nothing like that wi II hap pen in the Colony.
 '''' DORGS
 T:.e eSpe ctant l.0oks on the maps cf the dozens Of Durps who haunt the rear Of the mess-hall at meal- time would wiring the heart of brass detective... Some. day someo1lf wi Il walk out of the mess-hall witt a san dwich in his hand, fall down, and got so mixed up wi tn the poo ch-" es he'll come out Of the melee wag. ging his tail. :.
 DISGUISE
 Tic sori4lt, SHOWS Of last. week certainly brought out the black classes. There We're more myster- ious people amnling around Palmer with dark sDectacles Cn... But that is lots letter than sporting a pair of sore eyes. oll Sol puts out a hri lliant glare, hitting the newly fallen snow.
 FIRST REDBREAST
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-04-02
FIRST REDBREAST

Lawrence Rorrison, Tract ll2, claims he saw the first robin of the season out at his place a coupl of days ago. Won't be long now be- fore the kids wi Il be going bare- foot in the mud.
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-04-02

Special Laster cervice~ Palm Sunday and Easter. Held in Gymnas iurn. All who can get transporta at ion, come in j.
 PALMER'S FIRST EASTER,
Evening star., 1936-05-17

in France, for instance, is the minimum. if you
have only one or two pieces of medium
weight luggage. If the man is laden down
with heavy load of baggage, he will expect
three or possibly four shillings or fifteen or
possibly twenty francs.
In answer to several letters about travel
bureaus: These agents do not charge you
anything at all for their services. They get
their commission from the railroads, steam
ship companies. hotels and so on, and you
pay exactly what you would have to pay
direct - if you took all the trouble yourself
and if you were as expert as they.
But now, after having begun at the wrong
end of the voyage, let us 60 back to the
beginning and answer the other questions in
the order of sequence instead of numbers
One letter asks: Why is it considered
Evening star., 1936-05-17

choosing to fee those on French or Italian or
German ship in their own currency which.
since the devaluation of the dollar. means
seven dollars instead of the four it used to
cost for 100 francs Remember that giving
him five dollars means only IS francs in place
of the 100 francs he is supposed to get.
1t is unnecessary to add that you must on
no account attempt to tip ships officer!
Thank the purser as you would any other
acquaintance for courtesy. If you go to see
the doctor, or if he is brought to see you for
slight ailment. you merely thank him too.
But if you have real illness, it is proper to
send him in an envelope when you leave the
ship, an amount approximately that which
would be charged by your own doctor.
AS to the tips to give to the porters on
landing: A shilling in England or five francs
Evening star., 1936-05-17

subject, letters with
out end remind me of
all the ocean voyage
details about which
my article of a few
weeks ago said not
a word"
The Washington times., 1936-06-12

Chevrolet 1882 Coach - Balance @G7
easy terms. Ask for Car No. SDV
S12 Down
WOLFE MOTOR co.
S6I9 Georgia Ave. SHep. 340O
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
Ken Murray
Says:

What do you know about tha
lonely British soldier, on a
small island in the Indian
Ocean, having $50 girls answer
his plea for a wife Well. may
be the girls got it mixed up,
and thought it was an Amer
lean soldier about to receive his
bonus.
If were he, I'd have them
send the whole bunch over on
consignment =. Then, on the.
other hand, with ESQ women.
talking at once, that poor
British Tommy could never hear
that dawn come up like thunder
out Of China cross the bay.
OF course, If he's wise he'll
only accept one and Savc 4 los
Of wear and tear on his clothes
Imagine two hundred ana
fifty pairs of hands going
through his pockets every night.
p. S.-Say, you don't SUPPOSE
that's the same guy that haq
all that trouble on the Isle of
Capri.
(CODyright, 1885, by the MeSaaghk
Syndicate, lncO
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
RAPS
D. {. TAX l0SS

Just what criticism Rep, senta-
tive Blanton CD, of Tex 5, act
ing chairman of the House Dis
trict Appropriations Subconamit,
tee, as attempting to poke at
the Districts alleged failure 10
collect taxes had District officials
puzzled today.
Following an assertion on the
House floor by Representative
Marion A. zioncheck CD of
Washington that personal prop.
erty collections here have been
decreasing yearly, the Texan de-
clared:
'The trouble lies in the fact
that there is no way of collect.
ing taxes here. There was q
list Of real estate axes for
every year back to 1877 which
are unpaid placed in the rec
ord of q hearing which at-
tended this morning."
He said that what is needed
here is enactment of a bill now
pending before the District Com.
mittee under which the District
could obtain clear title to property
on which taxes have not been paid
and the property then could be
sold and the money obtained.
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
NEW AIR
MAIL STAMP

Stamp experts will have new
beauty to add to their albums
and John Citizen will find his
mornings mail a little brighter
than usual when the present 16-
cent combination air mail special
is replaced by a two-colored
stamp next week.
The new postage stamp will
boast a bright red border and a
blue design. It will go on sale
for the first time Monday morn
ing, according to the Philatelic
Agency of the Post office Depart
ment. -. --'
Orders for the old stamp, which
will rapidly become a collectors
item because of its discontinue
ance, will be filled for several
months. Already news that the
present one -colored stamp will not
be printed any more has brought
a flood of orders to the agency
from specialists.
A Texas Centennial postage
stamp is scheduled to be the next
offering of the postal authori-
ties. It will be completed at the
Bureau of Printing and EngraV-
ing in time for sale March 2.
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
CITY PLANNING
ASSA|LED BY
WH|TN0RE
Engineer Says Streets
Should Be Widened;;
Asks Underpasses

Calling Washington's traffic
problem an inheritance from past
mistakes in city planning, John Il
Whitmore, veteran consulting
engineer, today urged adoption Of
a three-point program for dealing
with the capitals downtown traf.
fic problem.
His plan, outlined in The Wash
ington Times, comprises:
/. Widening of Fifteenth St..
K st. and Rhode Island Ave. BY
16 feet on each side.
2. Inclined underpaSSeS in the
center of congeSted street-corners,
each with two entrances and
graded floors instead of stairs.
3. Decentralization of large
governmental units, with the plac-
ing of all future Federal buildings
on hilltopS approached by wide
boulevards.
Urges Wider Streets
A "trouble-Shooter" on large
industrial and city projects, with
offices here, Mr.. Whitnore de.
nieS that careless motoring can
be blamed for vehicular conges-
ton at busy corners.
Washington, Baltimore and
New York, are described as "a
huddle of buildings on flat.
lands" In the future, they must
be spread out and surrounded BY
ScapiouS avenues. The hills sur.
rounding the Capital make this
particularly easy to accomplish,
he contends, if only Government
authorities will stick firmly to q
long-range plan.
Widening of the streets named
and construction of ample side
walks would solve practically all
traffic congestion problems and
| leave adequate parking space
Mr.. Whitmore believes.
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
TO HEAR
C0LUMN|STS

Haywood Broun. Sinclair Lewis,
Deems Taylor. F. P. Adams, Vice
President Garner and Speaker
Byrns will head the list f speak
ers and guests tonight at the in
Of George W. Stimp-
son, correspondent of the Houston
Post, as president of the National
Press Club.
Adams, Broun and Taylor were
fellow-columniSts for the cele-
brated page opposite editorial on
the New York World. They will
tell stories of the Pulitzer paper
and describe "The End of The
World"
other officers to be inducte .
are C. o. Gridley, Denver Post,
vice president; K. G. Crawford,
Philadelphia Record, secretary; c.
A. Hamilton, Troy Times, treas
urer; and C. B. Dickson, Universal
Service, financial secretary.
IAN inaugural ball will follow.
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
IN VA.
! GETS BEER
CONTROL
Three-Point-TWo Prod
uct Indiscriminately
Sold, Is Charge
BY . Staff Correspondent

RICHMOND Va, Feb. S.-Three-
point-two beer soon will be under
jurisdiction of the Virginia ABC
board, and licenses for its sale
will be handled by the board.
The so-called light beer has
been sold with all the freedom Of
a soft drink, no special license be-
ing required to dispense it. The
house yesterday passed the bill
that already had gone through
the senate and only the signature
Of the governor Is necessary to
make it law.
Storm Cuts Attendance
Snow and illness held more than
80 members of the house away
from yesterdays sessions. The
Spiers' truck overload bill was
passed by because its patron, John
B. Spiers, Of Radford, is Ill in St.
LukeS Hospital.
The racing bills also were passed
by while snowbound delegates had
to be rounded up to appear in the
house and vote on a senate bill
changing the ABC license year
from the calendar to the fiscal
year. Sixty-seven votes were re-
quired to do this because the bill
carried an emergency clause max
it applicable upon passage.
A house bill permitting the
taking Of dispositions in disbar.
ment proceedings was advanced
to third reading in the senate
over the protests of Senator WV
ian Page of Norfolk. Mr.. Page
said such proceedings are Of
criminal nature and an accused
lawyer should be faced by his
kaccuserS.
senator Lloyd M: Robinette Of
Lee county. one of those who
opposed the bill making the Vir
gfnia Bar Association the police
man" of attorneys in the State
ridiculed the proponents Of the
disbarment bill for their reversal
of position.
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
.0SS|PS Still
TALK0F BRIDE

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Feb. 8.
Tongues are still wagging at his
toric old st. johns College here
over q case Of housekeeping on
the campus" which led to the
expulsion of David Rees, 22-year-
old sophomore, son Of wealthy
Newburg (Conn) parents.
Col. Amos w. w. Woodcock.
college president, learned from a
too taIkative" student that young
ReeS and his 19-year-old bride,
June Rees, had been housekeep-
ing in violation Of college rules.
and dismissed him. The bride
and bridegroom have returned to
their New England home.
They were married last Septem-
Der. When the bridegroom re-
turned to college, his wife took
up residence in a boarding house.
But they had dinner in the base
ment of a dormitory where 275
men students were quartered, Wis
tied in the sophomore's room un-
til late hours and young Rees
failed to report to college au-
thoritieS that. he had been mar
ried, which violated another rule.
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
NJ MERCY Cali
C0STSS1

Victor Kissail proprietor of a
liquor store all sos Ninth st.
N. W., wanted to be a good
samaritan last aight, but it cost
him SIT.
The storekeeller's phone rang
and an appea ing voice asked
that he call "Geprge'' to the tele-
phone to be informed Of his poor
fathers death." George" the
voice explained was just two
doors away.
Kissal generously left his store
on his mercy erTand and returned
to find that SIT in bills was miss
ing from the cas- b register. Sew.
era1 dollars In silver were over
looked by the tIIief.
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
SKI FAN CUTS
AD. {. DASH
"Ski, hen!''


The traditional shout Of greet
ing when the lads on skis meet
on a snowy slope was more than
an echo from the winter olympics
today.
Right on our own Shoreham
Hill, a graduate of the Ski-Schule
Wetterstein in Garmisch-Par
kirchen, Germany. where the in
ternational snow:feSt is staged,
was winging his way through a
foot of soft snow.
william Davies, skilled snow
bird bred in Kentucky, is his
name. Clad in German equip.
ment and wearing the colorful
badge and extra-long skis Of the
Wetterstein experts, he took the
morning off for q, few flights and
turns in the heart Of Washington.
Davies lives at 1406 Twenty
first st. N. w. and works for the
Suburban Resettlement Admins
tration. He is one of the crew Of
ski enthusiasts who travel to Glen
coe, Pa, every Sunday in their
special snow train for a day Of
sport.
Said Mr.. Davies, between deft
swoops and "ChriStiania" turns:
"My brother is over in Gar
misch, at the OlympiCs, but he
hasn't anything on mel"
He learned to ski while wealth
ering out the depression" in the
mountain villages Of Germany.
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
BIackfriars' Guild
In Benefit Matinee

There will be an extra matinee
of "The First Legion" by the
Blackfriars' Guild for the benefit
of the Catholic Students Mission
Crusade, Sunday afternoon at
2:3O at st. Paul's Academy, 1921
v st. N. w. ..
The evening show tonight will
begin at 8:15.
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
COIored Prisoner
Admits "a Thefts

John Mitchell, colored, II, 1900
block v st. N. W., who was taken
into custody on suspicion several
days ago by detectives under
Sergeant L. M. Wilson, yesterday
confessed to have snatched IA
posketbooks from women pedes-
trianS. ..-......
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
Extra! Red FIaElmelS
Found i'm VIRGINIA

WINCHESTER, Va, Feb. S-On
display in a Winchester (VaO
mems toggery shop is a pair Of red
flannel drawers-the answer to a
statement that they are heirlooms,
antiques, extinct.
Digging into some articles which
had remained unnoticed for fully
The Washington times., 1936-02-08

Is years, the store manager said,
one pair of these old-time articles
Of wearing apparel was unearthed.
With several newspaper clip
pings attached, the pair has been
placed on display in the firms
front window,
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
About Houses ard the People
Who Make Them Homes

On the psneled dining room
walls OF the Kalorama Road
house Of former Senator and
Mrs. Harry B. HaweS are por-
traits Of two OF Senator Halves
ancestors @ eneraI Samuel Smith,
who sat longer in Congress than
any Marylarlder. and King Car
ter. Of Virginia.
In the drawing room are SOU,
venirs of the recent Philippine
trip of Senator and Mrs. Hawes
the Twalvf T1mortalS. carved
from brown Chinese wood: ivory
figurines OF the Goddess OF
Mercy in rose quartz and ivory:
rare vases, and priceless snuff
boxes.
In the kitchen OF Mrs. Hawes'
house is-the best cook in Wash
ington.
Mrs. Robert Marye whose late
husband was the American Am
bassador to Czarist Russia. has
a fifteenth century tapestry that
hung in the palace of Prince
Yusupoff. the night he is said to
have assassir1ated Rasputin, the
mad monk.
It seems a good day to revive
this tale.
Little Willie got an air rifle for
Christmas. Because of the heavy
snow he was unable to go outside
and shoot. His diary reveals his
desperation.
Monday Showed today. Can't
get out.
Tuesday Still showing.
Wednesday More snow.
Thursday-sinow again.
Friday Shot at grandma.
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
President to Talk
International News Service

International News Service
President Roosevelt will make
two brief speeches tonight.
One of four minutes at $40
p. m. commentaries the twenty
sixth anniversary celebration of
the Boy Scouts of America and
will be broadcast.
At 9 p. m. he will telephone a
greeting to the Policemen's Benev-
olent Association meeting in New
York.
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
FIag DaN HOLIDAY

Congress was called upon yes
terday to honor the American flag
by devoting a national holiday to
It. Representative Richard j.
Tonry, (D.l, New Y0Vk ,rtrodnced
q bill to make June Il Flag Day. !,
q national hoIday
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
REMUNERATION
CLAIM STIRS
DOUBTS
Capital Doctors Slow
To Accept Theory Of
Viennese

Washington's leading brain Spe-
cialists voiced skepticism today
over the latest claim Of DR.. Eugen
Steinach, world-famous Austrian
rejuvenation surgeon, that he had
devised a workable plan whereby
the human brain could be made
young again.
His statement, it is believed
here, was occasioned by criticism
previously directed at his scheme
for rejuvenation of the body. DIR.
Steinach, the critics pointed out,
had made no provision for the
mind which, they argued, also
aged.
Death Inevitable
DR.. Walter L. Treadway, silvery-
haired chief of the mental
hygiene division Of the q. S. Pub-
lie Health Service, commented:
without wishing to dis
credit the claims of my Wen
nese colleague, / must say his
contention sounds @ trifle fan
taStic.
"The human body is much
like an automobile. The vital
parts Of some cars stand mp
longer under the wear and
tear Of everyday usage than do
the parts Of others. Occasion
ally, even in the better auto
mobiles, certain parts need ad-
juStment and in some cases
replacement. As the car ages
the need for replacement &C.
ours more frequently until the
time is reached when nothing
can be done to make the ma
chine run.
gsE.In the human body, we re-
fer to this process as Senility.
So far, man has not found q
way to offset the toll taken by
the years and until this has
been done, we may continue to
look forward to death rs we
do to taxes. Both are newt
able"
PHILOSOPHY REMAINS
DR.. Treadway, Who was so years
old last month, said he would vel
come with open arms that news
that his fellow scientists had
found a way to forestall the Grim
Reaper. He denied he spent much
time looking forward to his death,
but admitted he carried in the
back of his mind the idea that one
day he would be no more.
DR.. Steinach's pronouncement,
he said, would have as little effect
on his philosophical outlook as it
had had on his scientific view.
point.
DR.. William A. White, Superin'
tendent of St. Elizabeth's Hospital
and one of the country's foremost
authorities on mental diseases
said he couldn't 80 into the tech
nicalitieS of DR.. Steinach's claims
without knowing how the Viennese
surgeon expected to accomplish
his brain rejuvenation. He said:
"GeOrge Bernard Shaw, the
Irish playwright, wrote a book
in which the characters lived to
be thousands of years old. Mr..
Shaw OverrOde a multitude Of
scientific facts in permitting
these fellows to live that long.
We have always believed, for in
stance, that the higher nervous
cells couldn't be rejuvenated.
Most of us, / think, still do.
SOLUTION BY NATURE
Death is one Of natures sOlu-
tiOns for life's greatest problem
life itself. Even if we could
be rejuvenated to the extent
where death wOulL be entirely
eliminated from the human
scene, there would still be moth
ing to prevent us from having
our arms and legs knocked off.
"Our hair would disappear
The Washington times., 1936-02-08

and our teeth would need con-
tinual replacement. At the age
Of, say, 1850 years, man would
be a sorry looking creature. AS
a means of preventing this, ma
ture offers us death and man
has found no acceptable subSti-
tute."
Nevertheless, DR.. White added
things are happening
all over the world and DR.. Stein
ach may possibly have discovered
something.
The Washington times., 1936-02-08
Fall Fatal to Mrs. Feaster

Mrs. Alice v. Feaster, so, $40 c
st. N. E., died yesterday at the
Casualty Hospital where she has
been a patient since breaking he1
hip in a fall at home on January
20