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VOL. 12
Paine r, Alaska
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9 No.38
iTluRE riEUJ EGUIPOlEnT
A new Rotary can washer has been :
ordered to replace the one now
being used in the dairy receiving
room. In view of the heavy expen
ditures.' already made this year in
the dairy and ice cream department,
it was hoped that the old washer
might last until next spring;how
ever, the old machine has been ver:
tempermental the past few months
and cannot be depended upon any
longer.
The new washer is a model just in
t duced by Cherry-Burrell last
month and is represented as the
’'most complete can washer on the
marhet." It has a capacity of ISO
cans per hour and is designed with
many improvements over previous
models. This machine '.ill cost a
bout ,2,000.00 installed.
Many people v/ho are not familiar
with dairy operation think that all
one needs to get into the business
is a cow, a bucket, and a bottle.
Equipping a modern dairy plant :
costs many thousands of dollars.
Your Co-op has many thousands in
vested and has plans for investing
more. In the not-too-distant
future a new bottling machine and
coder will be added to our plant
in anchorage to match the new bot
tle washer installed this summer.
V'O have on the ship at this time a
new IC-7 truck coming to replace the
faithful old white maid which has
been due for retirement for some
time.
It is unfortunate that we have had
to replace so much equipment at one
time, but we are at long last get
ting equipped to handle a larger
volume, more efficiently and accord'
ing to the highest of Health stan
dards. JVA7.
George black informs us that the
C rage has installed the Self-wind
II .at or Line along with a test line
t make any necessary servicing on
t - -se heaters.
hKE laid slide
,Fulk and Holbrook almost had a catas
trophy with a load of cattlo on lion
day of this week when the road lead
ing to Independence Mine suddenly
gave way beneath the wheels of their
GMC truck. Victor Falk Sr. and his
bon, Victor, along with Leon Holbrook
and Pete Bouwens wore bringing some
bows down from pasture in the moun
tains when the roadway suddenly gave
way under the left back wheel. The
bank at this point was about 30 ft.
(according to P^to Bouwens. Pete re
ported that three of them hold the
truck from sliding down the embank
ment while thv. cows were all unloaded.
Ho damage was done, but it was a
bather exciting experience.
t mix Ganschow, who is the Account
| ant for the -agricultural Research
I Administration, roccivod a serious
i injury to his eye when a clip from
| a pistol he was cleaning flew out
land imbedded in his eye.
1 PL HUE CRASHES
Just as we go to press we learn that
jL.C.Stock and Dr. R.E,Garrett crash
led in a forced landing in the moun
jtains beyond Knik Glacier in what' is
| known as Grasshopper Valley. The
I plane vies discovered by Totten, who
ialso spotted the men climbing down
jthe steep ledges of the mountain side
jFrom all that can be gathered, both
jmen are uninjured, Greene has also
flown to the place of the crash tc
‘check possibilities of rescuing the
istranded'men. Since no landing spot*
.could be located, food, cigarettes
land bed rolls were dropped. It it
(expected that the rescue can be con
’sumated early in the morning (Friday)
Further details of the accident are
not available at this time.
PURL 1C IDEE HOG CfiLLEU
There will be a general meeting in
the Community Hall this next Tuesday
at 8 p.m. for the purpose of d"''cus
sing the location of the Eklutno
School in Palmer. October 4th.8 pm.