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VOL 11
Palner, llaaka
August 6. 1948
Hq.,,51
CO-OP nOTES
FRESH PRODUCE
Local Fr.:sh Produco is boginning to appo&r
in groator quant it ios on tho local caintor
Asido from radishos and onions other items
such as lottuco, cauliflouor and oarly
cabbago have boon vory scarco. Usually
tho middlo of July soos tho first caull
flouor and cabbago on tho morkot. Onions
and radishos havo not boon plentiful,rhioh
rras probably duo to tho drought and cut
uorns.
Local pfoduco no* on said includos: bunch
carrots, lottuco, onions, radishos and
sniss chard.
Fomors roport that tho lator crop a look
good and thoro 18 a poaaibillty of good
crops now that rain has sot in oorlior
than usual* Roporta that this is a T70t
soason la quostionod by nmy farnara who
claim that it is tho driost yoar for ncny
years ovon though thoro has boon noro rain
than a year ago. This sounds rathor odd,
but tho drynoss of tho ground this yoar is
probably duo to a culmination of provlous
dry yoars. It will tako a lot of rain to
bring it back. Tho farnora oro roally en
joying tho rainy soason this yoar. In
fact you can’t convinco thon that no arc
having a lot of rain non.
A TUNNEL FOR THE STEAM LINE
on tho rehabilitation Of tho Powor
Houso is moving right along. Tho stoan
linos loading from tho Powor Houso to tho
Trading Post and T’arohouso aro boing put
into a comcnt passago through which a
porson can walk. This will onablo tho
Association to chock thoso lines without
digging up tho yard as is being dono fet
tho prosont timo.
WATER SHUT-OFF CAUSES TROUBLE
A MitoSp'shut'‘off cosBod somo cliff ioultios
hhd uolay'in tho manufacture of' too croon
Vnio wook* Consequently tho CrOonoi^r-was
nnablo to koop up on ico croan ordors.
Arothor motor is boing inetallod today in
tho croonory in ordor to help carry tho
lead, and avoid futuro difficulties of
this naturo.
Also Bob Ray has bpon put on tho lato
shirt to mako ico croon in ordor to i$
creaco tho out put. Ono machino can nako
orly so much ico croan during 8 hours,but
by loagthing tho poriod of manufacture
it is hopod to incroaso tho putput suf
ficiently tohandlo all ordora.
m.V. CofC IS HOST TO
flnCHORflGE CofC
3 Around 40 guosts noro grcotod by tho local
Chanbor of Conmorco on Wednesday of this
rook-, At noon tho Ladior of tho Tuthornn
and sene cf the ladies of tho Protestant
Church Aid3 eorvjd a Matcuutka Im_nor of
nil Ala3ka Products oxcept tho ooffoo—
according to Jock E, Idaso, President of
the Met anus ha veu’ oy Choiiboi-. i Ho eron
has hopes that the Erpor’iiionut Ltnaians
night dovolop cortL'oc' ho^ns that, rill nature
horo). Tho Iijaahoou imvLudal:
Valloy Boof Pipe one rl tn nor potatoos and
baby carrots, Green salad cf tonatoos,’
lettued and cucunbcrs, ncr Loot n-cklos,
onions, radishes, and hot rolls hiked at
tho Shamrock. Mat anuskz Maid lea Croon
rith fresh strarberry sauco.
Bob Atrood, President of tho Anchorage
Chanbor of-Come re o, ras guost speaker#
Bob Grahan, Vico Prosidunt of tho National
Junior Chanbor cf Cennorco also spoko to
tho group briefly on tho rork of Junior
Chan’oot Sr and oxprossod tho hopo that sesao
day PaLmr T'Ou''d bo ablo to organiao a
Junior Chanbor
During tho aftomoon tho guosts roro taken
on a tour of the Valloy rhorc thoy visitod
typical Valley lams in operation. Tho
farms visited included: Sherrod*s gardens
rhoro thoy observed tho process of bunch
ing washing of vegetables for market,
Virgil Inko.vt'j farm rhorc the fiolds roro
visited; dt Art Thompson's thoy sar a dis
play of'tho rholo farm, at Harold Thuna*s
they inspected tho nor and modern dairy
barn and farm, at Tod. Gicnn's J;hoy saw a
Chicken farm,. and at tho Experiment farm
the activities" in oxnorinonts of all typos
wore rX-irm/od,,!. The group was anazod at
rhat thoy sir. The experiments being con
ducted at tho Harm proved particularly in
teresting to the group.
Included in tho group of visitors roro:
Ralph Rivors, Attornoy General of Alaska;
Frank Hcintcloman, Regional Forcstor for
Air ska; liayc r Tanror of Sorard. Rov,
Hiilornon of ino'u, I/d*.-. CosKy of Toxas
a guora cf Harold korlosky of inv’horago;
Mr* il-anj il'estcert or tho Scrard Chanbor;.
and Beb Gratae of Scactlo, Vi jo President
of tno National JVnirr Ghambor of C emreo,
Anchorago ras roll repremiitod by the
br.sir.oss mon of that city ard a for romon
roro also among the guests.
Tho total number rt luncheon .ras around 60.
DANCE-SAT, AUG.7 - COMMUNITY HALL-BENEFIT fIRE ASS lM
•'-GOOD M7SIC”, 10:30 p.5/ to 2:00 a,n. .