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Tho grcKith^of the-II*V.7.C.A* binco it'was*turned oyor by the Alaska Rural Jtahabilita
and 40 fanllioa who scttlbd ^orb bott7©oik. 1923 and 1935. v ndst of thaea-havo Joihed,
xho Coopcxat:kfd Oregonization,, .tba.L’atamjska•,Valley ?hrnoraf Cooperating A*cociation.
so for. jnat year or vr>i ,u?v. •; ror tno roju.o\7ing yoora-tno-annual auait snona a rrroaa
ile of-re.-5337,004. for 1942; i)l':017,42S'. for 1943; / 01,235,016. for-'-1944. *A
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jAt this pebiod there was approximately 7,050 acres under product ion von'150 faros which \
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were operating. 'T'q farm clearing oporation nas otop^od up about, thin t’dno find'tho’-'. ’
VAPJiC. *?ushod th3 ir -cloarin£ procron to collet ion onfall tho colony contracts. Adjoin
kr.G tract
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ts r/ero consolidated into lar^or farms when tho^o vroro Qvailablo or additional
.purchased and sold direct to tract holdors. * i \ 7 £ > >yt \/m •> \ \
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In spite of Port war adjustments in market pricos, cloanin^ up of uartino* invoicon end
additional costs in repair of the plant and facilities of.tto Association,/tho ITiTCA
has still'done over a million dollar busii\oss. The ;1945 audit shows a proas businoos
of 0.1,091,000.00; ’the.* audit for 19.46 shews a.'GronsCtrf yOl,060,000.5C ;and tho exons for
1947 ires 01,301,000.00. ThO'1947 period is an all \tino high rocord, but 1946 nay boat
it. 'The'first half of 1948, usually a low incomo ‘period, shows a total oaloc of " :• *
>>533,000,00( this is for only 5 months), ...which shorrstlio possibilitoa for tho futuro
fccord of’ this year.' ' ' . • • L ‘
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A.- far a'c no have-gone, tho Cooperative* effort of 150 femora has mdo it jyohai*
for some progress, some big mistakes; but most ir^ortjant -of all* np Jinijs t hclnit that it
has -made it possiblo for many people of tho Vnlloy to nor; orm Yheir or;n hooch ted to
njoy t.ie advont ago c* of good schools, good living conditions and to fool more or 1o«j
scuro in the future.
^illy inhorit this land rrhon tho old sottlors , tho pioneers.of 1955 and nil *thoco* vfoo
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ave cono 3inco, aro ready to rctiro from activo cooporativo nor>:«
nd 07eryt one. to protect this heritage. *• • i * * ^
It behooves each »
'a greatest Cooperative conrsinity in Alaska,. and perhaps .tho'noxfc r«r°atont in tho V
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t'^p i^oplr' have ha ilt a Ccrsoinity Church, ..Carruhity Center, a -
rnporar; .x>opital, a ?r*ir A~sociation and * aro non in tho process of building a Contain-' :
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ty Airport and Hospital, is your heritego, making thl3 bno' of tho finost spots in
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spends sor^c-tint upon the uay ydu look at'
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fro^s r*ont to cook their fortunes and
ell into a bucket of crcan. "To use try in/
r!d ore '‘rer,*4-M
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cT7ln in, too slippcry^to cratl frcnj'and too
thin to hop Out of. *iSo*ho uoit. uort. ;, ^ .
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Tho other frog, tepVuj* hi$ paddling, end pad
ll^, nnd nhon tho run uont do\/n ho ent* percb
'od onfoly upon a I0V0I7 mass of buttor.
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