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Arizona sun., 1948-12-03

'Tis the season to be jol1y-and
if you're a woman facing the vex-
ing question of what to get him,
here's two-way perfect solution:
If he's a smoker who likes his
cigarettes on the cool, mild side,
get him carton or two of Camels.
Their choice tobaccos are sure to
please him on Christmas Day. Or
perhaps he enjoys smoking a pipe,
too. If so, mellow Prince Albert
Smoking Tobacco will round out
your gift selection in a mighty
handsome manner. Both items are
right in keeping with your holi-
day sentiment; they come gaily
wrapped in special Christmas
packages. The Camel cartons con-
tain 200 cool, mild Camel ciga-
rettes. And the pound tin of Prince
Albert is brinful of mild, tasty
smoking that has truly earned the
title - the National Joy Smoke.
Each gift has space for your writ
ten greetings. When you give
Camels and Prince Albert for
Christmas, you can be sure of
pleasing him! They're easy to or
der, too; local dealer is well
supplied right now. (Adv.)
Arizona sun., 1948-12-03
THE JAGGED SCAR
BY DONALD HUNTER

breath, his young chest swelling
quickly with the sharp intake OF
air. He held it, stiffened his lip.
He would not cry. Crying wasn't
grown up!
The thought struck him then that
maybe that was the whole thing
that was wrong. He was growing
up! He wanted to turn down that
thought right away. II this was
what 1t was like, Il this was grow
ing up-then he didn't want to be
big! He didn't want to be. It hurt
too much.
Why couldn't It be like 1t used
to be with the old man and him?
But If that was it-if it was just
growing up-then it never would
be like that again. And Rosemary
she would never treat him the
same again, either. She knew. too!
Just getting big. you had to be
hard, cold, without love, under
standing, feeling or There was
something wrong in just growing
up!
The boy started to rub his
knuckle into his eye, but stopped.
A bleak chill was settling in his
heart, as he watched the old man
Arizona sun., 1948-12-03

/, 60 in the front door. But he fol-
lowed him, some strange knowing
ness urging him to get his answer
confirmed. To make sure that was
it.
The old man was bent over fun
bling around on the floor for the
worn leather change purse he'd
dropped, when the boy walked in.
His hand closed on the purse and
he Strengthened quickly.
Here, boy" he said hurriedly,
digging into the pouch. Run down
to the corner and get me a/paper!"
He often asked him to do that,
and the boy felt rise of that good
feeling at anything he could do
TO. the old man. He held out his
hand and the old man laid three
coins in his palm.
''Now hurry, boy!" he urged
harshly. The boy felt disappoint-
ment at the sharp, urgent tone,
until he glanced down at the coins.
Suddenly. he stood very still. Two
dimes and a penny lay in his hand
to pay for the three-cent paper.
Waves Of coldness washed up his
spine as the bitter acid of mowl-
edge bit into his nerve ends and
settled in his brain.
He made no outcry; not even the
sound of murmur passed his
tight lips. But hot liquid emotion
scalded two lines Of silent tears
down his cheeks as he gazed,
knowingly at last, up into his
fathers slowly binding eyes.
"Okay, dad!" he said, his voice
stumbling over his heart, 'Okay,
dad!'
Arizona sun., 1948-12-03
Night Hog Feeding
Shows Good Results
Experiment May Prove
Useful Durinq Summer

What is believed to have been the
first experiment in night feeding
of hogs indicates that this practice
may prove highly practical, at least
during the summer months.
The experiment was conducted by
Robert c. Turner, a Henry, ILL.,,
farmer, who produced an average
gain of 80 pounds each on herd
Of 107 Duroc hogs he had on his
night-feeding program for 63 days.
To encourage his pigs to eat dur
ing the cool of the night when they
were reluctant to eat during the
heat of the summer days, Turner
erected lights in his hog lot. He had
a time clock control set to switch
the lights on for two night feedingsy
from 10 to 1880 p. m. and from
to $3.50 a. m. One pole with single
150-watt bulb and another pole with
two 150-watt bulbs lighted the hog
lot area, while a third pole with two
150-watt bulbs lighted the self-feedA
erS.
Turner fed ration of ground oats
and a pelletized milk product in the
self-feeders, hand fed ear corn, and
provided mineral, salt and good al
falfa pasture.
His 107 pigs, farrowed in late
March and early April, weighed in
for the test at 1924 pounds, or an
average of 6938 pounds each. They
weighed out at 1920 pounds, or an
average of 1914 pounds each. This
Arizona sun., 1948-12-03
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by NANCY PEPPER
PARTY PICKUPS

We could tell you that the new
party game is called photography
but you'd know that was only a
gag, because blackout stuff and
kissing games went out with "Chi.
baba Chibaba" Here are some
really good party ideas to keep your
guests in circulation and good hui
NOR.
Balloon Busters-Tie a balloon to
the ankle of every girl at the party.
The object of the dance that fol.
lows is for the girls to burst each
others balloons. The boys are the
steering committee, steering thei1
partners into strategic positions for
bursting other girls balloons or pro.
tecting their own. Last one with a
balloon wins a prize. She may need
an aspirin, too.
Paper DOils-Each boy is equipped
with old newspapers. scissors and
a paper Of pins. Within a specific
time he must create a newspaper
dress on his partner. Cleverest de.
sign wins prizes for the designer
and his victim. She also receives as
sorted stabs and pin pricks.
If those games don't help break
the ice, better bring on the refresh.
ments early. There's nothing like
a banana-peanut butter and marsh
mallow slurpwich to put everybody
in a mingling mood.
Arizona sun., 1948-12-03

him. He called him the old man
when he was with the other boys
his age, not with any disrespect
but he always called him dad
around his mother.
"Oh, leave your father alone,
can't your" she said. And he went
away sensing an even greater
wrong.
Even little Rosemary, the girl
he talked to shyly in the school
yard sometimes. seemed to be
treating him different lately.
whats wrong with your" she'd
ask right in the middle Of his Won
dering what was wrong with the old
man and his MON.
"Oh, nothing-nothing!" he'd say
quickly. 'Why?"
well, you don't talk near so
much anymore" she'd say, land
you seem so far awaJ like!"
He wondered If just not paying
any attention to her while he was
thinking about his dad and MON
made her think there was some
Arizona sun., 1948-12-03

The future living quarters for Bos-
sic and Dobbin may still be far
cry from farmhouse comforts and
big-city penthouse plush, but at
least some of them will have air
conditioning, in the interests Of
more milk and better livestock
health.
A new barn humidity control sys-
tenn which will reduce excessive
barn moisture to levels that will
do away with decay, rusting and
mildewing equipment, and losses
due to spoiled animal feed, bacteria
and insanitary conditions, has been
put on the market.
The new system will automatical-
ly control fans and other devices
for reducing excessive animal-pro-
duced moisture which in winter oft
en- reaches 100 per cent saturation.
Arizona sun., 1948-12-03

What are believed to be new
records for economical and speedy
pork production were established
by Robert C. Turner of Henry,
ILL.,, in his night hog-feeding ex-
pertinent.
meant a total gain of 9,846 pounds
of pork, about 90 pounds per pig,
or an average daily gain of about
LAS pounds per pig.
The herd consumed total OF 27,-
O69 pounds of feed at a cost of ST.
O89.91. According to these figures
Turner produced his gain at the rate
of 275 pounds of feed for each 100
pounds of pork, or a fee cost OF
about $11.7O per hundred weight.
The experiment used 14S kilowatt
hours of electricity at cost OF
$7.40, or about seven cents per pig.
Arizona sun., 1948-12-03
ThisHoEne-Mixed
Cough Syrup Is
Most Effective

Cough medicines usually contain q
large quantity Of plain syrup-a good
ingredient, but one which you can
easily make at home. Take 2 cups OF
granulated sugar and cup Of waters
and stir a few moments until dis
solved. Or use corn syrup or liquid
honey, instead of sugar syrup.
Then get from any druggist 21z
ounces of Pinex, pour it into a pint
bottle, and fill up with your syrup.
This gives you a full pint Of wonderful
medicine for coughs due to colds. It
makes a real saving because it gives
you about four times as much for
your money. Never spoils. Tastes fine.
This is actually surprisingly eff
fective, quick-acting cough relief.
Swiftly, you feel it taking hold. It
loosens the phlegm, soothes the trr1-
tated membranes and makes breath
ing easy. You've never seen anything
better for quick and pleasing results.
Pinex is a special compound OF
proven ingredients, in concentrated
form, a most reliable soothing agent
for throat and bronchial irritations.
Money refunded if it doesn't please
you in every way.
Pinex Is Dependable3
Arizona sun., 1948-12-03

thing wrong with him. Or if maybe
there was really something wrong
with him.
He hated the thought, but it kept
cropping up in his mind. Maybe he
was adopted! Maybe the old man
and his MON were not really his
father and mother, but had just
adopted him-and he was just now
finding it out. The thought fright
ened him, and he buried it deep in
his mind. If it was true, he'd be
like the old man; hide his hurt.
He'd never let them know he
knew!
His father called him hoy"
now, instead Of Tom or Son."
like he had. And he was sharp, al
most harsh sometimes.
LIE WAS bouncing his ball off the
side of the house when the old
man came around from the back
yard. In an excess Of boyish Joy. he
forgot for a moment what the situa-
tion was between them. He threw
the ball to the old man. Instead
of catching it and firing it back
so it would sting his hands the old
man ignored it. He did nothing till
the ball hit him, and bounced
harmlessly off his shoulder.
He tensed then, lifted his cane.
stop that internal nonsense, boyl"
he yelled.
The boy could feel his own lip
tremble as he stared at the old
mans angry face. He took deep
Arizona sun., 1948-12-03

THE Tow-Headed Boy with the
l. hair close cropped didn't know
what it was. The old man spent
hours just gazing off into space.
He sat on the top front porch step,
his cane between his knees, his
feet planted on the second step and
the cane end set on the bottom
one. With his hands crossed over
the cane head, the right hand
carefully covered the jagged scar
across the back of the left one.
Other times, when the boy was
around, he always seemed busy
reading the newspaper. He kept it
folded so he could hold it with one
hand, the SCARED hand concealed
in his lap.
Of course, he had never been
very talkative. Stole, like the hill
people he came from. he never
mentioned his troubles. When he'd
chopped his hand with an ak out
in the back yard, he'd sneaked
through the kitchen hiding the man.
gled bloody member behind him
Sc the boys mother wouldn't see.
The boy had stood in the front
room wide-eyed and anxious with
fear when the old man saw him.
Don't tell your mother, boyl"
he'd warned before he went into
the bedroom to tear up an old sheet
for wrapping his hand.
But the boys mother had noticed.
She sensed the strange atmosphere,
the unusual actions She'd followed
him into the bedroom, and the boy
had heard the old man shushing
her, while she baWled him out for
hiding the thing. He kept saying
it was nothing-and afterwards he
never talked about it, never COM
planned. He just never let anyone
see the jagged scar across the
back of his hand if he could help it.
Now, the old man was with
drawn; he couldn't get near him
anymore, couldn't talk to him.
Once, he'd been able to get kind
word out of the old man. He'd
say, That's good, Toni" or,
That's not the way that ought to
be done, Son!" And though there
weren't very many words between
them, they. were the kind that made
the boy feel good, and know that
everything was all right.
Now, it was different. The old
man didn't seem to have time for
him. He didn't want to take their
like he used to. And he didn't move
around much. He even seemed to
resent the boys presence, like
when he'd stumbled that time in
the front room and caught himself
Oh hi cane. He growled at the boy,
leaving him speechless and hurt.
But he wasn't old, not like Grampa
-and-and the old mare down on
the farm.
Still, the last time he'd brought
his report card home from school,
happily expecting the old man to
say. as he sometimes did, That's
good, Son, good that you're getting
your learning!" and smile at him
quietly, he hadn't done it.
He'd only glanced at the card on
one side then turned it over and
said something that sounded like
"Humph!" and handed it back to
him shortly. The boy had worked
extra hard that last month to get
the grades up hoping the old man
might break through to him again.
He couldn't understand that short
"Humph!"
There was something wrong, and
the boy wondered if it could be him.
His mother seemed to act the same
way toward him. Cut him off short,
when he'd tried awkwardly to ask
her about how dad was treating
Arizona sun., 1948-12-03
Contour-Seeded Fields
Produce Laruer Crops

Contour-seeded wheat fields pro-
duce larger crops than those seed
ed up and down the slope, according
to recent expert reports.
Increases of two to three bushels
an acre have been reported on con-
tour-seeded wheat fields in many
instances. Also, in addition to pro-
ducing bigger yields, wheat fields
seeded in this manner erode less.
It takes little extra time to plow.
disc and seed on the contour.
Arizona sun., 1948-12-03

HESIGNED with a fattering
II youthful air for the larger fig
ure is this handsome daytimer
that comes in a wide size range.
Note the one-sided interest on
bodice and hipline, the choice of
sleeve lengths.
Pattern No. 1921 comes in sizes 36, 80,
40. az. A. 46, 48, so and So. Size 80, cap
sleeve, 5z yards of 39-inch.
Arizona sun., 1948-12-03
Ne
Corner

Tom and his dod had always been pus much that when the
old mun suddenly suen and toward his Tom ottb
uted to his growing he find life omost unbeorobe
Arizona sun., 1948-12-03
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS
Niiaaenal @1s.est on Daytime,

Send an additional quarter for your
copy of the Fall and Winter FASHION
it's brimful of ideas for smart winter
wardrobes. Free pattern printed inside
the book.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-21
CofCSeeks
 ValleyFoods

The Valley Chamber of Com merce has been invited to par ticipate in the celebration of Alaska Day at the Seattle Times Sports and Vacation Show in Se- attle, by supplying typical Alas kan foods for Chamber of Com merce luncheon there.
 Chamber president Jack Maze this week received a letter ask ing that Alaskans help to make their day at the Seattle show a success by sending Alaskan foods for the planned luncheon, at which Governor Ernest Gruening will be the speaker.
 Three classes of desired foods vegetables, berries and wild game are easily obtainable in the Valley. Therefore MT. Maze has appointed a committee of three Chamber members to contact Valley farmers, housewives and hunters to ask cooperation in bringing Valley produce to the attention of the Seattle group. Don Irwin, Mrs. Clyde King, ST., and Harold Thuma will make up that committee.
 They are particularly inter- ested in acquiring as many vari- cities of homegrown produce as possible. Relishes made of Alas kan vegetables, tn e various krauts made from vegetables grown in Valley gardens, pre- serves, jams and jellies made of Alaska's wild berries, and wild game and fish taken from the Valley will make up the Mata- nuSka contribution.
 The products will be carried
 to Seattle without charge by either Pan American, Pacific Northern or Northwest Airlines. They must reach Seattle no later than March 12. Alaska Day at the show is planned for March 16.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-21
Highway Tracts To Be Limited To Small Plots

The Alaska Rural Rehabilita- tion Corporation, which has jur- isdiction over sale of public do- main in the Valley, has ruled that all future sale of land lying along the highway between Palmer and the Knik bridge vii be limited to homesites no larger than one and one-third acres.
 The move has been taken to forestall possible speculation in land along the highway in the future. Much of the land already has been sold, according to w. C. Peters, Corporation manager. He estimated that no more than four 6O-acre tracts remain available fronting the highway.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-21
Election Is
 ToBe March 1

March l has been set as the date for this years election of the board of education of Palmer school. There is one retiring member of the present board, Glen Woods, who was elected for a one-year term last year. MT. Woods will be candidate for reelection.
 The election will be held in the lobby between Palmer school and the gymnasium between the hours of 9 am. and pm.
 Election judges and regula- tions governing the election have not yet been fixed by the board of education. These rules are ex- pected to be developed at next Mondays meeting of the group.
 However the normal proce- dure for the election of board member, according to Carl Snel- ling, superintendent of schools, is to require that each candidate for election to the board of edu- cation present a petition signed by a stated number of qualified voters residing within the dis trict. The number of signers re- quired for Palmer probably would be 25.
 These petitions must be pre- sented to the office of Palmer school before the March 1 cleo ton in order to have the candi. dates name included on the bal lot.
 A definite announcement of election requirements will be published next week, following the Monday meeting of the board of education. Names of selected election judges also will be an nounced at that time.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-21
Pupils Are Refused'
 |P-TA Told This Week
BULLETIN

The long-debated question of whether land under mort gage 10 the Alaska Rural Re- mobilization Corp. could be held for taxes in the event an incorporated school district was organized in the Valley was answered this week. War ren CuddY, legal adviser for the Corporation. has informed w. C. Peters. general manager. that if inc tax Twas levied by a duly constituted district tthat is. a school district legal lY set up and organized) faxes would constitute lien against the properly"
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-21
Coop Manager Sued For Slander

Charging that he is the victim of slander, both verbal and writ ten, L. Clair Stock Thursday brought suit against A. Marvin Allyn for a sum of over S15, 1000.
 Stocks complaint, filed by At torney John S. Hellenthal in the third district court in Anchorage, sets out seven separate allega- tions against Allyn, present man. ager of the Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating Associa- tion.
 Stock says that he himself was general manager of the MVFCA from 1889 until November, 1943, when he resigned. His petition states that he is the owner and operator of a farm near Palmer and joint owner of a restaurant and ''enjoys a good name and reputation.
 In the past six months, he al leges, the defendant "Wrongfully and maliciously, both in writing and orally, published and uttered false and defamatory statements concerning plaintiff"
 The petition maintains that the nature and substance of these allegedly defamatory statements were as follows:
 a. That prior to moving to Alaska, the plaintiff was guilty of wrong-doing and was expelled r o m the International Long shoremen and Warehousemen's Union of Washington; b. That this expulsion forced him to change residence;
 c. That he is interruptions in his business dealings;
 d. That he has cheated and deceived to gain his ends;
 e. That he is promoting to gain control of the MVFCA;
 f. That he is now engaged ir attempting to fleece" people;
 g. That his present business practices will injure "severaI hundred" farmers.
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Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-21
ConServator Explains Job Of Agency

Charles Wilson, newly appoint ed conserVationist for the terri tory, began his work in the Val ley this week with an address at the Wednesday session of the Farm and Home Institute. Later MT. Wilson met with the terri torial soil board in evening ses- sions on Wednesday and Thus day, to assist with the organiza- ton of that group.
 MT. Wilson defined the work of his agency as planned use of land on the basis of what the land can be used for" He point ed out that conservation always involves use, whether it be land, forest or wildlife products.
 First soil conservation work was not begun until the admin istration of President Herbert Hoover in 1928.
 There are three stages in the breaking up of land, in two ot which conservation measures will halt the process. The three stages were explained as:
 First, Gradual breaking down of soil and loss of organic matter.
 Second, Sheet erosion, when thin layers of soil are displaced after each storm. The loss of or ganic matter is increased in this stage.
 Third, Gully formation, when the battle is lost, for the land cannot then be reclaimed.
 Referring to plans for Alaska S soil conservation board, MT. Will son explained that the territory is one of three of the states and territories which includes the entire unit as one soil conserva- ton district. However Alaska will be re-divided into sub-dis- tricts to make for more thorough coverage of its soil problems.
 MT. Wilson concluded by stat ing, We plan to work out our problems by having the techni- clan and farmer work together. We do our planning right out in the field. We want to see the farm and know what kind of soil
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Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-21

The ever-present problem of what to do with the children who would like to attend Pal mer school was brought to the attention of the Parent-Teacher's Association at Tuesdays regular meeting this week.
 Carl Smelling, superintendent of schools, reported that no rooms except the seventh and the combination third and fifth grade room could ac- cept more students now. He said the school office was turn ing away students who seek en- trance in Palmer school now.
 The matter was brought up when Mrs. Charles Schaefer, P-TA president, read a letter from Roger Langdon, president of the Wasilla Community Club, and Mrs. Vannie Courtney, head of the P-TA there, in which it was stated that Wasilla did not wish to be included in an in- corporated school district plan ned by Palmer, but rather would wish to form a separate district, if such plan is being consider ed.
 MT. Smelling then reported that some plan must be formu- lated to take care of Palmer's school enrolment before next term. He said he was planning to double-shift the grade school. This plan probably entails hir- ing two sets of teachers and run ming school buses on two com plete circuits daily.
 The need for added play ground equipment and for repair of present play equipment on the school grounds was dis cussed. It was decided to appoint committee to investigate the greatest school need, in the way of equipment; upon the basis of this committee report, the P-TA will order the expenditure of the S250 fund now being raised.
 Mir, Smelling stated that he was opposed to the expenditure for playground equipment, since he opposed the use of play ground equipment. He said schools in the states were elim- mating such equipment, because it is so dangerous, and he felt it only a matter of time until the equipment at Palmer school would be banned also.
 Parents discussed the matter, but no definite action was taken.
 Mrs. Victor Johnson, member of the committee selected to con- duct magazine sales campaign for the P-TA, said tentative plans had been laid. The com mittee expects to name drive dates, during which time sub Continued on back page)
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-21
Go Trapping

Leo Lucas and Vern Donald son, local trappers, plan to leave next week by plane for their beaver trapping location. They expect to be gone for the next several weeks.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-21

Call 8 10 ge. meetlng noticss printed in the FrontiarSman.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-21

March l has been set as the date for this years election of the board of education of Palmer school. There is one retiring