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Valley frontiersman., 1947-09-24

A bridegroom without a bride, and today with not even an idea of when his wedding was Cor will bel celebrated-that's Bernard SwobOda of Palmer and Jones' vile. And to complicate the sit uation, although MT. SwobOda is slated to be a bridegroom in the near future or maybe already has been in the immediate GaSD, he'll be a bachelor again the moment his bride steps foot on Alaskan soil.
 The reason for MT. SwobOda's complicated matrimonial tangle is the lovely Miss Adalgesia G. Lopes of Recife, Brazil. She's way down there, and MT. SwO- boda is up here, and there didn't seem to be much that could be done about the matter, at first, since hard-hearted governments
Valley frontiersman., 1947-09-24
Hacker Fair
 After Attempt At Suicide

Earl Hecker, local barber, was reported Monday night to be in fair condition at the Valley hos pital after an attempt at suicide earlier in the day.
 MT. Hecker, believed to be in his late sos, was found lying on the floor of his barber shop in midmorning by Bob Peterson of the Frontier Bar, which is lO- cated next door to the barber shop. MT. Peterson was drawn to the barber shop when he heard Der shop when he heard groans. groans. He looked into the bar Der shop window and saw MT. Hecker lying on the floor. He had slashed his wrists with razor.
 He was taken to the hospital immediately and the doctor and the staff worked on him all day. In the evening it was learned that his condition was unchanged and he was expected to recover.
 MT. Hecker, who has a wife and two daughters here and a married son in Anchorage, was reported to have been in ill health for some time. He had complained of headaches and sleeplessness for some time.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-09-24

said Miss LOpes had to be Mrs LOpes before she could be gath cred into her Slitor'S welcoming arms.
 Then Mir. Swoboda took to reading Brazilian law, and he found that as far as Brazil is concerned, a marriage by proxy would transform Miss Lopes into a bOnsfide GI bride
 The anxious suitor hurried off to pop the question via a 10000 mile airmail route, and his in tended answered Yes" by re- turn alrmail- The rest is easy, al though 1t still entails a good bit of airmail postage while legal papers and wedding licenses are signed.
 All MT. Swoboda had to do was sign a power of attorney author izing his future brother-in-alw,
Valley frontiersman., 1947-09-24
LalU And Loue Find A Way

Oscar De Oliveira, as his Eroxy. The power of attorney was issued by Mrs. Walter E. Huntley, U. s. Commissioner, last week, and is off on its 10,0O0-mile journey to Recife.
 Now all MT. Swoboda has to do is wait until the former Miss Lopes gets to Alaska. Then he has to go through the whole mat ter of signing wedding licenses and applications to marry again. The reason proxy marriages just aren't recognized in Alaska.
 The future tor recenD bride groom has been a resident of the Valley since 1895. He met his bride while serving as member of the armed forces during the war. He is at present employed at JOneSville.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-09-24
P-TA Meeting Set for Tonight

Parents and all interested community residents are remind ed that the first meeting of the fall term of the Parent-Teacher Association is planned for Tues day evening in the music room of Palmer school. Meeting time is set for 8 o'clock.
 This meeting, originally sched- uled for last Tuesday, was post pOned for a week because of the pOtatO-picking holiday.
 Mrs. Charles Schaefer, preSi- dent of the group, urges that everyone interested in P-TA work be present at this meeting for there is much important busi- ness to be discussed.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-09-24
Station Projects
 Not Fixed Yet,
 Irwin Announces

Work of the Alaskan agricul- tural eNpel anleni stations. now being organized for operation in accordance with provisions Of the recent Agricultural Appno- priation Act. has moi definitely been determined for the coming year. Don Irwin, director of ex- pertinent stations, said Saturday.
 Mir. Irwin explained that the work will be conducted under a dual set-up and must conform to both territorial and federal pro- visions. The recently appointed director has just returned from Fairbanks, where he conferred with heads of agricultural re- search work there. but will not know what the coming winters program of project will be. until he returns from Washington, D. C.
 The trip to Washington, where the Alaskan director will confer with federal heads of the De- pertinent Of Agriculture, is now scheduled for early November.
 MT. Irwin said he expected to have definite announcement of planned work for the year, as well as more information con- corning the anticipated construc- tiOn program here, immediately upon his return.
 Meanwhile, the new office of the director of experimental work will be established in the immediate future. Headquarters of the work will be in Palmer, and the directors office is to be in the new Steve Ward office building, now nearing compile tion. Mir. Irwin said that he ex- pected to be located in that building by Oct. 1 of this year.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-09-24
Music Club Plans First Meeting Next Thursday

The first fall meeting of the Palmer Music Appreciation Club will be held Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in the rectOry of St. Michael's Catholic church. it was announced today by Rev. James A. Snead.
 This group was first organized here by Father Snead last year, when the total membership reached 30. Anyone interested in the study of good music is welcomed to membership in the group, which meets every three weeks at the rectOry.
 Planned programs each eve ming include one symphony or opera, some short selection of lighter music, and transcrip- tiOn of either a radio play or a popular radio hour from major networks in the states
 Father Snead has announced that the program for Thursday evening will include:
 BernStein's Airborne Sym phOny, only recently completed and a musical interpretation of the history of aviation; a radio transcription of an Amos n Andy show; Cesar Francks s short symphony, Variation for Piano and Orchestra"
Valley frontiersman., 1947-09-24
National Security Sub Committee Visits Palmer
Weatherman Gives
 Valley The Works

Palmer got evefA'taAng in the weatherbook this week. and ii all pointed directly to . fast ap- preaching winter.
 Rains of last weekend were followed by brilliant sunshine last Monday. which was quickly forgotten in the Tuesday advent of more rain-buckets of ii.
 When the week water ration was complete, or seemingly so, the weather gods varied the pro- gram with a good stiff down wafd plunge of the shermOmeter. Unofficial records sput ii as low as 25 (plus) last Friday.
 Then to complete the week. a few flakes of snow, probably the first of the l947 winter. sifted down on Saturday. However, there are early risers who say they spotted a flake or two float ing down as early as last Tues day.
 Anyway if all adds up to win ter weather-on the way and coming at a gallop, and it makes Southern California more invit- ing every minute especially when viewed from the heatIess interior of the Valley Frontiers man office.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-09-24
Specialists Sent To Help Set Up
 Research Program

Two specialists of the Depart ment of Agriculture are expect ed in the Valley in the immed- fate future, in connection with the establishment of the new standardization of the territory $ agricultural experiment work in Palmer, ii was announced today by Don Irwin, director of ex- pertinent stations.
 O. K. Reed, head of the dairy department of the Department of Agriculture, will be first to arrive. MT. Reed was expected to be in the Valley at press-tine today. He comes to Alaska to inspect the dairy industry here, and to assist in outlining a pro- gram of dairy research in the Valley.
 MT. Reed will be in the Val ley for several weeks, at least, according to MT. Irwin.
 Early in October Alfred Ed gar, an agricultural engineer with the Agricultural Research Administration, will be in Palm CT and the Matanuska Valley. MT. Edgar, a specialist in vege- table storage, will study local problems of storage and assist in establishing program of re- search in that work.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-09-24
School Man Heads List

Subscriber No. 1 on the Fron- tiersman's lists last week was James Pendleton, superintendent of schools at Wasilla. Because of his place at head of the Frontiers man list, MT. Pendleton's seven ty-five cents bought two months subscription instead of one.
 For subscriber No. 100 the Frontiersman is offering a three months subscription, and to the man whose name runs the sub scription list to 800 there goes a six months subscription
 The Frontiersman will be mail ed to any address in the United States, by request (airmail extra, please) and will be carrier-deliv- cred to any home in Palmer.
 Subscription orders may be left in the FrOntiersman office in the Neal Wright Bldg That of flee is the second door down the hall and not the first. The first office suite in the building is oc- cupied by AlEA- The Frontiers man shares quarters with REA next door
Valley frontiersman., 1947-09-24
Road Washout HaIts Traffic Several Days
Moose Greek Overflow Takes Out Highway 8 Miles From Palmer

The Alaska Road Commis- sion workers succeeded in re- pairing the damage to the Palmer-Moose creek road ali II am. on Saturday. M. C. Ed munds of the road commission. reported today. Cars immedi- atelY were able to use the high way after that hour. he said.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-09-24

N eight miles beyond Palmer at Moose Creek this week, when heavy rains last Tuesday and Wednesday diverted the flow of the creek from beneath the Moose Creek bridge and sent it down the highway.
 The rain-sWollen waters car ried out at least a hundred feet of fill just this side of the Moose Creek bridge, according to Clyde King, Alaska Road Commission foreman here.
 Work crews have been attempt ing to divert the stream back into its original course since Wednes- day afternoon, but had not yet been successful by Saturday noon. Two doctors were brought to Moose Creek to rush the works progress. However one of the big Cats created a secondary problem Friday, when the ma- chine toppled into the waters of the creek.
 Another small area washed out at the spot where the highway crosses the railroad tracks, but that stretch has already been fix ed, Mr. King said. As soon as the area at the Creek is repaired, the entire highway will be open again, according to the foreman.
 Rocks washed down on the road in several spots to the north and one or two minor washouts closed various sections for a short time.
 The Wednesday closing of the highway caught a 27-man army convoy enroute to the airbase under construction near Fair banks. The men have been camp ed on the outskirts of Palmer for the past several days, while wait ing for the road to open.
 The heavy rains of the week tied up northbound rail traffic last Thursday also, although the rail line was reopenend within a few hours. A slide blocked the tracks between Moose Creek and Sutton and was indirectly re- sensible for Palmer's late mail delivery on Thursday.
 The regular train, due in Palm CT in the late forenoon, was routed back to Anchorage at Mat anuska, in order to pick up a ditcher with which to clear the tracks. A special train, which was sept back to Anchorage from Palmef. brought the city's mail from ithe south at o'clock that afternoon.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-09-24
New DeLong Heir

A 10-pound baby son, Joe Al Ian, was born to MT. and Mrs. Glen DeLong of Palmer at the Matanuska Valley hospital last Thursday. The little boy is well ceped in the DeLong home by an older brother, James, aged five.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-03
Oyster Blast Tops Freak Mishaps

WASHINGTON.- accidents
took new turn here when an oyster
exploded. The housewife, who was
cooking the oyster in deep fat, suf-
fered second degree burns on the
hands and face in the freak accident,
a Red Cross survey reveals.
In another unusual mishap, man
suffered throat injuries when he fell
with a pipe in his mouth. Doctors
removed small hatpin from the
lung of a 3-year-old boy, another
child swallowed a pencil clip and a
3-months-old baby suffered frac-
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-03
Winter Sports Areas Pinned
For Influx of Ski Enthusiasts

Casper mountain, nine miles from
Casper, and Tepee lodge in the re-
mote Big Horns near Sheridan also
are being recognized by sport fans
because of their great natural ad-
vantages.
Montana boasts of Red Lodge, ele-
walton 1850 feet, where there are
30 acres of practice slopes, ski lifts,
downhill, cross country and slalom
runs.
Unique Nevada Site.
With a typical western setting
above the desert, Mount Charleston,
New, only an hours drive from Las
Vegas, provides a unique site for
winter sports.
More than 60 winter sports areas
are found in the High Sierras of Cali
fornia, a state where winter sports
fans abound. Among the states best
known resorts are Lake Arrowhead,
Big Bear and Big Pines, all in South
ern California; Yosemite National
park, and the Bonner Pass region.
Winter sports, however, are
not confined to the Far West.
Nature has endowed Minnesota,
Wisconsin and upper Michigan
with the topography and wealth
er necessary to make them
among the best winter sports
areas in the nation.
The Irregular run" of sports enthu-
siasts from the Midwest will head
for Wisconsin and Michigan's upper
peninsula, which offers all winter
sports, including long ski runs, to-
boggan slides, towering ski jumps,
ice skating and ice boating.
Plan Annual Carnival.
For spectator pleasure, one Of the
best winter sports programs is pre-
sented every February at the Win
ter Carnival in st. Paul, Mimi,
when the entire city takes on the air
of a northern Mardi Gras.
In the New England states, too,
there is revival of interest in win
ter sports. Special ski trains to
White mountain resorts are being
resumed this winter.
With expanded airline schedules
and increasing use of air transporta-
ton to winter sports areas, many
fans will invade the Canadian Rock
les area this winter. Most popular
sites there are in the Banff area and
Jasper National park.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-03

000-foot level and finishes at 1000
feet near the head of a mile-long
ski lift.
At mid-winter the snow Is
from 8 to 20 feet deep, averag-
ing about IL feet, with a tenn
perature around "a degrees.
Generous sunshine often permits
skiing in shorts.
Few places in America offer such
marvellous skiing opportunities as
Alta, famous resort in Little Cotton
wood canyon of the Wasatch noun
tains near Salt Lake City. Runs
vary from a half mile to two miles
for all classes of skiers plus sla-
lom courses and practice slopes.
Brighton in nearby Big Cotton
wood canyon is year-around noun
tain resort. Near here is Ecker hill,
where world record leaps have been
made by skiing stars Of internation-
al fame.
Many Sports Areas.
Colorado's majestic mountain
l dIlBSS dUOlIlO Will "AlLSI SPOI -
sites. Among the leading skiing re-
sorts is Aspen, where the ski runs
range in elevation from 1900 to H.
500 feet. Roch run, the outstanding
run for experts, is $3.50 feet with
2,700-foot drop.
Berthoud pass, where local inter-
ests are expanding considerable
money in development Of sport ia
cilities, Grand Mesa and Glenwood
Springs are other Colorado spots lur-
ing an increasing number of winter
sport enthusiasts.
Long known as dude ranch coun-
try, Wyoming now is coming into
the forefront as skiers' paradise in
winter. Jackson Hole in the scenic
Teton country just south of Yellow
stone park is among the most popu-
lar spots.
Skiers may drive by automo-
bile up the Teton Pass road and
ski down numerous runs six to
seven miles long with drops
ranging from 1000 to 5000 feet.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-03
Hurvard Observatory Sets Centennial

come the central clearing house for
all astronomical information on this
continent.
Beginning in 1880, the observa-
tory has photographed huge sections
of the sky each night. AS result 1t
has collection Of photograph plates
numbering more than SOC. 1000, which
enables astronomers to check the
stellar activities which have oc-
CURED during any clear evening Of
the past So years.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-03

Don't think you know all abou,
the turkey. Spanish colonists shipped
wild turkeys to Europe before 1850
They were domesticated and later
their offspring were shipped back to
the western world and mixed with
our wild product. Gracias, senores
Chang Kai-shek can't be q die.
tator. He wants to resign. Real ones
seldom get the chance,
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-03

Political note: There are lot of
new prospective presidents in this
country-more babies per thousand
population than our first war-baby
record month of March, 1918.
All the people exposed to school
ing aren't educated. You can lead
a man to college, but you can't
make him drink Of the Pierian
spring.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-03

BOSTON.-Long known as the
western hemisphere's "Patrolman of
the Skies" the Harvard college OBJ
servatory will note the Tooth ami
yersary Of its founding at four-day
celebration December 27-30. In con-
nection with the event, two science
conventions are scheduled here.
First planetarium in the world to
photograph the stellar activities OF
The sky, the observatory was COM
nleted in l846. Since then it he's be-
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-03

tured skull when its carriage rolled
off a porch.
The superstitiously elm e d
claimed new impetus for their be-
liefs after hammer, hanging on
the rung of ladder, fell and struck
a man on the head.
In another home accident, a wom-
an was burned when she poured
melted fat into a furnace.
Statistics compiled by the Red
Cross home accident survey show an
increase in accidents and deaths this
year over 1915.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-03
AGED Woman Relies
On Old Fire Recipe

V1ROQUA, WIS.-When a CHM
ney fire broke out at the home Of
Viroqua's oldest resident, the cool
est person on the scene was the &C.
cupant, Mrs. Lucy Grub, who will
be 101 next February IS. "All you
need to do is put little salt on the
fire." she told the busting fren,en.
But the firemen, who were Of an
other generation, insisted on resort
ing to chemicals.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-03
Dyeing Printed Fabrics

Dyeing printed fabrics is feasible
and often produces highly desirable
color effects. The print design-which
cannot be removed show through
even when dyed black. The resultant
effect will depend upon the fabric and
strength fthe dye solution. Free
quently a striking two-tone effect Il
produced. It is suggested that darker
dye-color be employed on prints.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-03

expected to initiate labor legisla-
ton, are considered too wise polit-
lcally to overstep the bounds of
what really amounts to common
sense on this question. Neither of
them would be likely to do anything
they could avoid to prevent the
workers or anyone else from voting
Republican.
Another thing which the opti-
mistic ddle-of-the-roaders feel
sure will happen is that there will
be a careful study by congress of
any measure which is proposed
unless, of course, some crisis de-
velops which demands speed. In
emergencies emotions run high and
it is necessary to shift the ballast
so rapidly merely to avoid capsiz-
ing, that legislators may swamp the
boat trying to reach an even keel.
Labor suffers most in an unstable
economy. Therefore, it must have
a multiple objective" as Thur
man Arnold and Walter Hamilton,
contributing their Thoughts on La
Dor Day" to the New Republic, last
oSpleIllOei, pOulLeu OUT III tHeSe
words:
''It must work for a stable econ
omy with permanent high prosper
ity; it must hold and advance
wage rates for the sake of that
permanent prosperity; it must stand
firm and even take the offensive
against limitation of production and
the degradation of the dollar"
Therefore, to succeed, "the labor
movement must be a consumers
movement as we'll" The con-
sumer's vested interest in labor
Legislation will not be overlooked by
thoughtful members of congress. It
was very plain that the will of the
voter in the last election was ex-
pressed in the voice of the con-
Suner
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-03

k11d1ly 1lCW d1lA LC1cSlllk SpOLS dk Z
primed for mass recreational in
vasion.
Although most of the ski resorts
open their season in December,
snow will be in its best dry, pow
derry state during January, Febru-
ary and March.
This year the Irregular rum
Of sports enthusiasts who head
for the snow fields will be sup
plemented by a new group-for-
mer G.I.s who learned the art
Of skiing during the war as
matter of military necessity and
now are converting that knowl-
edge into personal enjoyment.
Major jumping and slalom tourna-
ments have been scheduled at every
ski basin from Michigan to famed
Sun Valley, Idaho, and the slopes
of the Pacific Northwest.
Olympics Scheduled.
Major attraction of the season will
be the Olympic tryouts in March on
Sun Valleys Bald mountain. The
nationals are booked at Ishpeming,
Mich, February 1928.
Ski enthusiasts will find the new
air age in full flight over the
great frozen spaces, most Of the ski
areas now being linked together for
the first time by fast airline serv-
ice. The slalom slopes of Banff and
the Canadian Rockies with almost
startling suddenness have become
only IA flying hours from ski fans
in Southern California, seven hours
from Salt Lake City, nine hours from
Denver.
The luxurious chalet and
championship course at Sun
Valley are only seven-hour hop
from Los Angeles. C0lorad0's
30 winter sportlands have been
brought within a mere four and
a half hours of the Pacific coast.
Western Air Lines even is in
augurating a "ski special" from
Los Angeles to popular resorts.
After serving as naval rehabili-
tation center during the war, Sun
Valley was reopened as a resort
December 81. All types of winter
sports are available, including ski
joring, ice skating, sleighing, dog
shedding and swimming in natural
hot springs water.
Install Ski Lifts.
Four electric ski lifts serve four
skiing areas on Dollar, Ruud, Proc
tor and Badly mountains. The lift
on Badly is II 500 feet long and is
divided into three sections to carry
skiers to the 9,200-foot summit in 20
minutes.
In Oregon IS areas will be in OF
Grafton in national forests. At Tim
berline, SO miles from Portland, is
found one of the nations longest ski
seasons, offering ski slopes until
mid-July. The race starts at TO-
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-03
Best Studs

Don't use too much soap. Studs
about two inches thick have proven
best for washing clothes clean.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-03
WNU Features

Skiing will dominate the American outdoor this
winter of the famous ski of the Middle
west operation the Harbor
This winter ski fans will find old avore lodges and cha
lets improved and full operation again war;
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-03

Brahmans Repel Insects
Brahmans, breed of cattle, are not
bothered to any great extent by in
sects. They secrete an oil which acts
as a repellent to flies ond mosquitoes.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-03
Silver Stains

Silver Stains
Keep some powdered silver polish
In salt shaker near the kitchen sink
to remove stains on silver as you
wash the dishes.