The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-01
VICTORY PLOTS
ASSIGNED FOR
CULTIVATION
Committee Draws Names
of Gardeners-Work Will
Start This Weekend

Victory Garden Plots for Juneau
were allotted last Wednesday when
a drawing was held to determine
who of the many residents who ap-
piled for space would be given plots.
The Juneau Garden and Juneau
Women's Clubs are sponsors of the
Victory Garden projects and the
three lots which were divided up
among the more than SO farmers
were donated by John Burridge,
approximately two miles from Jun
eau on the Glacier Highway; George
Brothers, adjacent to the Glacier
Highway; and j. M. Davis Estate,
about 6 miles out on the Highway.
The first lot was surveyed and
cleared by the United States For
est Service and all together, be-
tween SO and so plots were made
available to be farmed by the in
dividual for his own use Long be-
fore the drawing was held, there
were many more applications for
space than 1t was possible to grant,
so the drawing was used as a means
of deciding who should receive plots.
Rules Are Listed
Any of those who are listed below
who received garden plots must
notify a member of the committee
If he is unable to plant his garden
before May Is, SO that no plots will
be left unused and may be re-as-
signed If they are not to be planted.
Committee members include Mrs.
Florine Housed, Mrs. B. D. Stewart,
Fred Geeslin, Mrs. Wellman Hol-
brook, Tom Gardner and Mrs. John
Guerin of Douglas.
Rules and instructions issued by
the committee include the follow
ing:
Plots of each tract are posted In
the Juneau City Hall, and all per-
sons should review the location of
their plot within the tract in which
1t is located; all lots are staked
and numbered planting should not
be made closer than / and a half
feet from the boundary lines be-
tween two lots and where there is
no lot adjacent, the boundary may
be extended if it does not interfere
with walks or entrance to other
lots; paths should be made and
used between lots so that no holder
Will be harmed each lot holder is
TO serve as guard for the entire
tract in which he or she has an
assignment to prevent vandalism of
any nature.
In all cases where any person has
been assigned garden plot and
finds it impossible to use tho en-
tire tillable soil, it is requested that
he report to member of the com
mittee before May Is in order that
the lot may be reassigned to others
interested. However, lot holders NAV
transfer portions of their plots to
others who will cultivate and plant
them, reporting the transfer to the
committee. The entire lot may not
be turned over in this way, however.
List Assignments
Lot assignments are as follows:
On the land donated by Mr.. Bur-
ridge; Lot l, Mrs. D. c. Taylor;
q Mrs. Jack Clark; 8. John Alstead;
4. Alex Taviesoff; S. E. L. Gruber;
6. Mrs. Ray Day; 7. Mrs. William
Byington; 8. Mrs. J. O. Rude; 8. w.
H. Rehfuss; 10. Albert Tucker; IL.
Mrs. Ted Keaton; IL. Stella Draper
and Fred Aver; Is. Mrs. Simon Hell
lenthal; a. Edna Swap; Is. Mrs
Clara Dig; 16. l.. j. Reed.
Lot II. Mrs Robert Tew: Is The
Rev. w. r. Booth; 49, Florine Hou-
sci; 20. Bethel Beach Home: 81
Harry Stonehouse; %. AL Lund-
strom; %. Mrs. Evan Wruck; "a
Mrs. r. B. Lesher; rs. A. M. Geyer
26. Mr.. Peyton; 81. T. ]. Ryan; %
Stanley Jackson; 20. Henry Tanna
&c. Herbert Arrow.
In the land donated by George
Brothers on Glacier Highway as