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Valley frontiersman., 1950-07-28
Committee Heads
 Named 10 Plan
 For Valleys Defense

Preliminary plans for the ci- william defense of Palmer were outlined at last Mondays public meeting by chairman Walter Huntley. MT. Huntley appointed committee heads for all phases of the civil defense program of the area, and asked the committee chairmen to appoint their own workers.
 Individual committee meetings were scheduled throughout this week. Committee heads are to meet again next Monday eve- ming, at eight o'clock in the Gym nasium, to report the plans they have formulated for their DOT ton of the defense program.
 It. Tom Murton, who will com mand a National Guard platoon here, pledged all possible help from his unit, but warned that Guard members should not be given jobs of responsibility in community defense, since the Ma ticnal Guard may be called any where in the Territory where it is needed.
 MT. Huntley assigned these jobs to the following Palmer residents:
 Fire fighting-Al Hagen.
 Rescue and first aid-Jack Maze. Marjorie BYren.
 Medical care-Drs. C. C. Bail eY and Vernon Gates.
 System of alerts-Bill Smith. Viola Daniels.
 Evacuation of sick and in- iured-Rev. Victor Alfsen.
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Valley frontiersman., 1950-07-28
VALLEY POPULATION
 FIXED AT 3,504

Kirk Stone, reading of the To- cal dilemma with regard to the figure which represents the total population of the Matanuska Val ley, came up with the answer this week. He writes that there is a total of 3,504 residents in the Valley.
 MT. Stone, a member of the de- partment of geography of the University of Wisconsin, was Valley visitor on a government assignment two summers ago. It was he who helped establish the recording districts of the. census for the Valley, so his answer is bound to be right.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-07-28
DRIFTER CHARGED WITH ASSAULT OF BABY GIRL

Richard Selma, itinerant con- struction worker who has run afoul of the law several times in Alaska, was arrested here last Monday and charged with as sault with intent to rape a four year-old Palmer girl. Deputy Marshall Mill BouWens and Ter ritorial Highway Patrolman Stan ley Laird made the arrest.
 Selma was brought before U. s. Commissioner Dorothy SaXton for a preliminary hearing. After the hearing, he was taken to Anchor age, where he will be held for the grand jury. Bail vas fixed at $2, ,500 by Mrs. SaXton.
 The alleged assault occurred in downtown Palmer late Monday afternoon. Selma denies the charge and is understood to have produced a witness with an alibi for his movements Monday after noon.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-07-28
Valley Farmers Look For Good Crops In 1850
NO BID AWARD MADE ON AHA HOUSES

No bid award has been made for construction of Pal mer's 25 houses, E. Glen Wilder of the Alaska Housing Author ity said late last week. MT. Wilder said he hoped for an award for Palmer, following a meeting of ALAS board of commissioners at Fairbanks this week.
 MT. Wilder further stated that Clinton Staples of the Federal Housing Administra- ton had informed him that plans for the Palmer houses had been approved.
 GA story in last Fridays Seward Seaport Record said that Seward firm, the James Construction Co.,, had been awarded the bid on Palmer houses and that plumbing and electrical sub contracts also were awarded to Seward firms. MT. Wilder emphatically de- nied on Friday that any awards had been made. There has been no further confirmation of the Seward story)
Valley frontiersman., 1950-07-28
DAY PARENTS VISIT FROM CALIFORNIA

MT. and Mrs. R. E. Day of San Francisco, Calif., arrived in the Valley last week for visit with their son and daughter-in- law, Mir. and Mrs. Thomas Day. The elder Days will remain here until late August. They plan a trip to Mckinley Park this weekend They arrived by boat, but shipped their automobile with them, and will drive back to San Francisco by way of the Alaska Highway.
 They are completely satisfied with the Alaska they've seen thus far.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-07-28
Anchorage Writers Meet Each Monday Evening

The Anchorage Writers Club meets each Monday at eight pm, in the upstairs lounge of the YMCA at Fifth and F Streets in Anchorage, secretary Marcine Plimpton announced this week. Anyone interested in the work of the club is invited to attend a meeting.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-07-28
COOP MANAGER
 PREDICTS ANOTHER S250, 900 YEAR

The crop outlook in the Mata-. nuska Valley for 1850 is good, manager James Wilson of the. Matanuska Valley Farmers Co., | Operating Association said today. He predicts that this years dollar totals will be only slightly less than the $252,OOO produce busi- ness that Coop ledgers recorded in 1949.
 While it's still so early in the season that anything can happen, the Coop manager did review the information a survey of the fields had revealed early in the week.
 The potato crop is expected to be about the same as last years harvest, which was estimated at 5000 tons. Mir. Wilson said the total acreage planted this spring was slightly less than last years, but he expected somewhat bet ter yield to bring the tonnage level up. It is still too early to say whether there will be exten- sive disease in the potato crops.
 There is only a short supply of green onions and radishes. The radish price offered by the Army was so low the Coop relin- quished it's contract for the com modity, Mr. Wilson said. There also is little demand for the on- ions.
 An analysis of the lettuce crop cannot be made with accuracy at this time, the Coop manager said. The lettuce crop can be lost in a week, if weather is not fla vorable. This weeks survey showed some evidence of tip burn, but it's still too early to judge it's seriousness, farm experts say. If the harvest is as good as present condition of the crop indicates, the supply is expected to be just slightly under last years.
 There is good supply of tur- nips and carrots, and they are do- ing well, Mir. Wilson reported. The celery. crop is excellent, with this years harvest expected t. equal that of 1949.
 Cabbage acreage is limited i: the Valley this year, because tn Coop has no cabbage contract.
 All in all, the year of 1850 is expected to compare very favor ably with the figures accountant Clayton Esslinger recited for wis iting Portlanders at Tuesdays Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Those figures were almost as big a surprise to Valley listeners, as they were to the Portland guests.
 This is what MT. Esslinger told luncheon guests the Coop paid to it's producers last year:
 S300.000 for 100000 pounds of milk.
 S4s.ooo for 52.oo0 dozen eggs.
 S200.0o0 for 100000 pounds of potatoes.
 S52.000 for all types of green produce.
 Sl0.000 for meat.
 S2.000 for surplus grains.
 As just one example of rev enues received from the sale of commodities marketed by the Co., Op, MT. Esslinger reports that the MVFCA grossed $250,000 last year for it's ice cream.
 Asked to give an estimate of the Valleys agricultural business that is handled by the Coop, MT. Esslinger said he judged the MVFCA handled thirds of all the farm products of the Mata-
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Valley frontiersman., 1950-07-28

National Guard docu- mentarY film al Legion Hall. 7:30 p.m.. Aug. l
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-09-01
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Montana 50 B Glacier

Bids will be opened on this
project at 1000 A. M, Mountain
Standard Time, September IL,
1850, in the Court Room of the
Glacier County Courthouse in
Cut Bank, Montana. This pro-
ject consists Of approximately
17.6 miles of 34.5 kilovolt trans
mission lines, and approximately
260 miles Of IA and 7.2 kilovolt
distribution lines.
Plans, specifications and con-
struction drawings, together with
all necessary forms and OF h e r
documents for bidders may be
obtained from the engineer, J. A.
Russell, Jr., Box 1881, Havre,
Montana. upon payment of ten
dollars $4,000, which payment
will not be subject to refund.
Bids will be accepted only from
the original purchasers or from
some other qualified bidder to
whom such a set has been trans
ferred by the original purchaser,
provided that in the event of
such transfer the engineer shall
receive from the original pur-
chasers, at least forty-eight (4S)
hours prior to the scheduled bid
opening, written notice of such
transfer, together with the name
of the party to whom the trans
fer has been made.
GLACIER COUNTY ELECTRIC
COOPERATIVE, INC.
CUT BANK, MONTANA.
By G. S. Frary, President.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-09-01
Notice

Notice of Call of Town of
Browning General Fund Regis
tered Warrants.
Town of Browning registered
warrants issued on the general
fund and hearing the numbers
listed below will be paid with
interest) upon presentation at
the office of the Town Treasurer.
Numbers 1014 to 1913, inclus-
i've; 1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1923,
1896, 1887; 1899 to 1O43, inclus-
i've; 1867 to 1071, inclusive; 1913,
1914, 1918, 1919. 1884; 1886 to
1888, inclusive; 1904 to 1896, in
elusive.
Note-Please do not attempt
to put these warrants through
regular bank channels upon read
ing this notice. They must be re-
turned to the Town Treasurer
for compution of interest a n d
signature before they can be
cashed.
F. w. Lutz. Jr., Treasurer of
the Town of Browning.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-09-01
Case Of "Empties' Is
Fleeing Joy, Followed
By Disappointment

A fleeing moment of gladness
was our gift from some one in
the neighborhood of he Chief
office last Sunday morning. The
seeming blessing, a half-case of
Budweiser "empties." had been
placed near the Office entrance
during the "wee small hours
a bout the time the previous
nights supply usually plays out,
in this frontier Indian country,
where fermented liquor, under
stiff penalty, is prohibited by the
watchful federal government.
Undoing the beer carton at one
end, the gift turned out to be
that old "Jack-in-the-box" sur
prise. Yet we kept the faith un-
til the'very end, until every
single bottle had been examined
as to its contents.
We had a beautiful ''Confucius
idea" about the carton of
"empties. Maybe, we had our
selves believe, there was a mod
ern Confucius, right in the Town
of Browning, where beer is al
ways scarce during t h e "wee
small hours" of any average
Sunday morning.
Maybe, it ran through our
mind, t IN s person of seeming
benevolence and magnificent
generosity, would leave two or
more nice full ones in t h e
carton to make glad our heart.
But such did not come to pass.
Friends! Friends! Bah!
They, too, are containers of
emptiness"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-09-01
Events In Brief.

Mr.. and Mrs. Don Fox, former
members of the Browning high
school teaching staff, stopped off
in Browning last week while on
their way from Missoula to their
former home in North Dakota.
While here they were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gerard.
Mr.. Fox attended the summer
session of the University of Mon
tana, where he did work towards
his Masters Degree. Plans are
that he will be a member of the
Libby hi G h school faculty, al
though being in the marine re-
serve, he said he may be called
for Korean service.
A social event in honor Of
Ellen and Ruth Crabbe, daugh-
tiers of DR.. and Mrs. T. F. Crabbe,
was given at t h e Methodist
Church last Sunday evening in
the form of a potluck supper, both
being recipients of appropriate
gifts. Later in the week they left
for Chicago, where Ellen will
resume her studies in pre-medics
at Wheaton College and Ruth will
begin her nurses training course.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-09-01

Small wonder. therefore, that she
has had long experience in the food
preservation department. Over the
years she tried many different meth
DDS from smoking and picking meat
10 drying fruit and vegetables. In
more recent times. farm women kept
cans Of milk and cream cool by low
ering them into the we'll. Other food
was kept in dark Easements, storm,
root or rock cellars-call them what
you will. All added up to inconve-
nient and uncertain "refrigerators."
1t was a great day, therefore, when
electric power lines began reaching
farm areas. For, among other things,
they provided the juice needed to
operate electric refrigerators and farm
and home freezers. Hardly an cleo
trified farm home today is without
G2dern refrigerator or a freezer.
many have both. They come in
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-09-01

Freezers are Of two types-chest
and upright. Chest type freezers have
lids in the top of the cabinet. The
upright type resembles. outwardly at
least, the household refrigerator. The
kind you get should depend upon
your needs and the space available.
Fruits and vegetables should be pre-
pared for the freezer when they are
just right for eating The correct
preparation Of all foods is highly i'm
portant. Your electrical dealer, power
supplier or extension service can
provide you with information on this
subject. Be certain that all food
packages are wrapped and sealed in
moisture-vapor proof materials. Then
get them into the freezer Immediately,
If this can't be done for some reason,
store the food in the refrigerator
but get it into the freezer at the first
opportunity.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-09-01
In Case OF Fire

A temporary refuge may be Sc
cured behind any door in case OF
fire. Even a thin. wooden door will
temporarily stop smoke and hot
gases and may not burn through for
several minutes.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-09-01
MON ANA
Names Places
Battle of the Bear Paw
By Leo N. Sanford, Chinook Journal

BY Leo N. Sanford Chinook Journal
What described the last decisive Indian in the
Northwest took place September October 1877 on
Snake creek 6 miles southeast Chinook Chief JOS
eph Of the Nee Perez tribe surrendered COL ater enera
Nelson A. Miles, after % officers and the Miles COM
mand from Fort Keogh Miles City, and approximately
three times that many Indians, had been killed.
On the battle-ground which, maintained national mon
umen two monuments erected by the Daughters
the American Revolution and by the Chinook Lions club
commemorang the battle.
Chief Joseph called of the foremost military strategss
in history for his mastery conduct of the
the Waloa reservation in Oregon where he c med
treaty rights had been abrogaed by the United States gov
ernment to refuge in Canada brought his band through
western Montana Yellowstone Park and the Missouri
river to what they thought Canada but proved to be
so miles short of their goal.
To avoid further sacrifice women and children in the
band, Chief Joseph surrendered COL Miles with these
words From where the stands will fight the
White Man no more forever He kept his word.
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Work for Greater and More Prosperous Montana
This project that should Include all Montanans
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-09-01
Farm Family'S Diet

Farm far:ilies eat more milk and
grain products, more potatoes ard
sugar and fats than city families.
But they eat less meat. poultry,
fish. fruit, and vegetables except
potatoes, beans and peas.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-09-01
BY IRA MILLER
Farm Electrifcation Blu redu

The preservation Of fooot on the
farm usually is a woman's job. Fact
Of the matter is. she inherite d the job
long before there were any farms.
II she wants to blame any body for
ner present assignment, she can look
to the frst cave man.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-09-01
food Preser walton Is a Womans
Task, AND Science Lends a Hand

various sizes. with different makes
offering different advantages.
Many OF the new electric refrigera-
tors have separate frozen food stor-
age compartments. Such super-cold
compartments also increase the flex-
Utility Of the units in supplying
increased freezing capacity for ice
cubes and for the frozen storage of
left-overs and fresh food.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-09-01
MI. Palolnar Telescope

Glass for the 200-inch mirror in
the Mt. Palomar telescope was
made from quartz mined in North
Carolina
The Valley settler., 1950-06-16
UJIj,K4I}0 DUE |I7 JULY

Claude E. "ickard, Adntni strator of the Rural Fl lectri ficati on admin strait on, ,plans to arrive in alaska on July 5, 1850, for a ten-day tour of the REh-ftnanc ed pro ojects one proposed pro jects in the Territory, in cluding at least c dey's visit in Palmer. A1though Mir. Vi ckard's vi sit wi II of neces- si ty be short, he hopes to get personal picture of conditions as they exist in the vari ous areas which vi II be Of tnestinablc value to REA in its efforts to assist in the electriftc cation Of the communi ties In Alaska.
 Mr. Nj ckard has headed the RBA since 1945,
 Cont. on page 5
The Valley settler., 1950-06-16
C0-OI5 I10TES
VISITORS

VISITORS
 Mir. Ira Kershner, repre- sen tat tive from the Monroe Dairy Company of Seattle, Is in Palmer this week consul ting vi tn Coop of-I 'ficials concerning equi pment needs for the coming season. MT. Kershner is assi sti ng with the proposed layout for handling the army busi ness as the need ma terializes. Mr. Thomas Merton, from the Nit. Mckinley Ice Cream Co. is "a vi si tor in Palmer this week. Ills son, Ton, who has just gradua- ted from the :. & Nj Universit ty of Oklahoma, accompanied hin. Ton Merton is to be sta ti oned in this area as Vetoransi Instruc toi and ill handle the Chugtak area as well as taking some of the load in the Palmer area.
 PRODUCE NOTES '. Final negotiations on prices to be paid for Matanuska Mid produce by the Arn4 were completed on Tuesday of this week between James Y. "i1son iron the Co-op and Mr. JoneS Of the us. ATTY contracting Office. .PriccsI agreed upon were:
 Celery .13 lb. Carrots .O79 lbI Onions .27 lb. Lettuce IA lbI Radi shes JAS lb.
 all the above fob.
 Fort Ri richardson
 For hi tti er--
 Celery 1868 lbs at .l6l per lb. It Is expected. that shipment of rhubarb Hi II be needed the first of the week. The Sales Conli sary purchased 1000 dozen Extra Large eggs for the month of June. Thev were reported as being very popular. It is expected that we will be able to fur4 nj sin radi shes for the Sales Conni sary very soon. All growers, who have ra di shes or other produce approaching the narkatable st9ge, sh1uld contact the Produce Depart nent at least weeks before it Is ready fer sale. The handling of fresh produce is diff cult et best and nenbers can help cut great deal by cooperating in this natter. The si tuati is more difficult than fcrnerly due tC the fact that fresh produco can be flown in from the States 1n short notice.
The Valley settler., 1950-06-16
TUQ ACCIDENTS PlLn1E|}-AI1CI4ORACE
()I l
 H HIItlIi-1ly
One person was hospitalized on tuesday afternoon this Heek as a result of a three car accident on the Natanuska bridge about D.U.

Harri son Martin was approaching the east
 end of the bridge with Furman Strt ckland
 trailing behind him, when Mrs. Trudell
 approached the bridge from the east side. The bri dge bel ng too narrow to permit two cars to meet and pass on the bridge, it was up to hrs. Trudell to stop, but when
 she applied her brakes they refused to hold. Mrs. Trudall as1 gnalled to MT. Martin and 6e stopped, but the signal was not
 seen quick enough by Strickland for him
 to stop, and he bumped into the rear of Ar. Harth's car. Then Mrs. Trudell bumped into the front of Mir. Marth's car which bounced back and hit the Strickland car. Mrs. Trudell was taken to the Valley Hos ;pi tai Wher2 she was hospi taltzed. She has been reported as not in serious cond ion.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-06
GOVT. OUTLAWS MAY
GO up SO per CENT
In NEXT FISCAL YEAR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 - tR -
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder
said today government OUTLAWS may
jump so percent to a $67,500, coo 600
total in the next fiscal year starring
July l.
He said this may be the result of
vast increases in defense costs
that will require very substantial
tax increases"
Snyder, appearing before the SEN
ate Finance Committee, urged en-
actment of President Truman's
$4,000 100000 excess profits" tax
bill He said a substitute bill recon-
mended by the House tax7writing
committee would raise only $1,000
100000 annually
1.-THE events of the past few days
in Korea and in other parts of the
world testify to the compelling need
for the enactment of additional
profits taxes at this Congressional
session." Snyder SAID.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-06
survey BEING TAKEN
ar BETHEL POSSIBLE
REESTABLIShIKG HOSP.

Carl a. Forsen, operating engineer
for the Alaska Native Service at
Bethel, has returned to Bethel to
take a survey of maintenance ma
terials unchanged by the recent
hospital fire there. lie Will also get
information on foundation require
ments for the possible construction
Of a new hospital.
The information will be forwarded
to Ralph Mize, chief area engineer
who is in Washington, DC, at the
present time on the future posi-
bilities of medical facilities at
Bethel. DR.. Duncan Chalmers, who
was medical officer-in-charge at
the Bethel ANS Hospital, accom-
panied Mize to Washington.
Also to be looked into in Wash
ington by Mize and DR.. Chalmers
is the possibility Of emergency
medical facilities at Bethel with
the existing buildings undamaged
by the fire. The emergency facili-
ties would be to facilitate the trans
fer of patients from Bethel to other
ANS hospitals.
The type and size of hospital ia
cilities, depend entirely on the
type of materials available.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Forsen lost all
of their wearing apparel they had
shipped there in addition to other
personal effects including guns and
radio. They were being transfer
red from ANS White Mountain Vo-
cational School to Bethel at the time
CT the fire. Mrs. Forsen is tempo
rarily employed in the area offices
here.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-06
GIRL SCOUT NEWS

Girl Scout Troop No. u met
in the Elks Hall Tuesday afternoon.
We each made a Christmas gift
for our mothers and fathers. Patrol
5 brought cookies. The Elks Hall
is to be painted so Mrs. Larsen will
call on us as to when our next
meeting is. If we have a meeting,
it viii be on Tuesday afternoon,
December ID.
Shiela Esther Godkin, Reporter.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-06
FORTY AND EIGHT
MEETS IN DUGOUT
THURSDAY NIGHT

A special call has been issued by
lC. j. Ehrendreich, Correspondent
urging all members CT the 20 and
to present themselves at the Le-
gion Dugout Thursday evening at
o'clock. Plans are made for a spe-
cial meeting and refreshments will
be served.
The refreshment committee
chairman, Joe Thibodeau, assisted
by other members of the Voiture,
will have something very special
to offer, and a full attendance is
anticipated. since this is the last
meeting to be held before the holi-
days.
The nominating committee chair
man, Ray Bolton, viii have full
slate of proposals to offer and Off
GERS will be chosen for the ensuing
year.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-06
FOR SALE
PHONES 6.6 and 2O7

TWO BARS both good money max
ers one at Juneau, one at Pelican.
Pelican includes building with
two furnished apartments. Terms.
LOTS-2 on Gold Belt with view,
south Franklin.
RURAL-3.18 acres 9 mi. 2 acres
cleared, 24-ft well, bath, cleo
tricity etc. bedrooms, 2 lakes,
garage, wood shed, log cabin. Pat
ented.
RURAL acre pat. two houses 5
mi. immediate occupancy, terms,
no down payment.
2 FURNISHED homes near North
ern Commercial. Immediate occu-
pancy.
2 BEDROOM near school and Fed.
bldg. furnished
BEDROOM $3.50 furnished, i'm
mediate occupancy or will rent
to reliable couple.
BRICKTFX covered with lumber
for partitions, new bath and
plumbing fixtures and lumber for
reinodeling 36 by 25 on Gastineau.
31F856 and 31D527 and
31A34 and several Others.