Palmer, .Alaska
VOL. 11
McSE TILER
'VALLE LJ.
I1ELUS
No. 26
Juno 25, 1948
CO-OP ROTES
FROM THU HOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Tho B-'ard met on Wednesday evening of this
rook rith a full docket of probloms rhich
rorc discussed rith much interest, S-.-mo
things could not bo docidcd fully bocauso
of the lack of infoimation.
Generally speaking, the Association is get
ting along vory good, let; Cream salos arc
increasing every rook, Ir. fact the Cre-m
ory has not been ablo to keep up rith the
demand fully. H?'evor, re hope to doviso
moans of increasing tho output to take
caro of tho nor business,
T735LCOME TO - IS1.? IEMBERS: Aaron Combs and
1^)0 Nunley, homesteaders near Nasilla,havc
become probational members of the Associa
tion. They are developing farms near the
hay flats and hope to get into Dairy pro
duction as soon as they can,
J.C. Reynolds of Kandnn, North Dakdta.ras
a visitor at the Co-op this rook. Hr, Rey
nolds is looking for a location for a
meat processing plant in Alaska, Ho ras
favorably impressed rith the setup that
the Co-op has and is considering leasing
the Meat Department. .Sausage, smokod
meats, and other products of thia kind arc
considered in the'sotup—also a processing
plan for chickens. Mr. Reynolds crpocts
to return in the noor futuro.
Oring to tho'increased amount of rork in
the Creamery, tho Board has decided to
discontinue the solo of retail products in
tho Croemory Offico. Only bulk Grade A ■•
milk in gallon lots or larger and" Ice Crerj
in gallon lots rill be sold thcro.- All
other articles that have boon for sale in
tho Creamery "ill bo turned over to the
Trading Post and T7orchouso. TTholosalo
rates to"large organizations v:ill bo given
as usual.
Mr, M, P, Mullaney, at the present Tax
Commissioner for tho Territory, but form
erly Chief Accountant for the ARRC ,-nd
later tho MVFCA, called at tho Offico. to
Mri Mullaney- ozaninod tho latent
Audits of tho Co-op and ras much surprised
to learn that tho Co-op is in a good fin
ancial condition dospito rumors to the
contrary.
Cont. on pago 3
COflGRESS APPROVED
COflTRflCT AUTHEIRIZATIOn.
! FOP ALASKA STflTIOnS
Don L. Irr;in* Hoed of the Alaska Ljqjcri
ment Stations, roceivod rord this reek that
a hill for Contract Authorization of
$300,000,00 for the Construction of a
Laboratory and Office Building in Palmer
has boon approved by Congress and signod
by the Frosidont.
j Present plans call for the construction of
; the non Laboratory and Office Building
and possibly an Apartment bdilding of
four tro-bodroon apartments. The labora
tory according to the latest plans is to
bo a one story building 106 x 48 rith a
full basement. The site for the location
of tho nor buildings lies just oast of the
Lutheran Church and south of the ground
allocated to the Palmer Territorial-School,
Just as soon as plans aro completed, a
I call for bids bn tlie construction rork
"ill bo issued. It is hoped that constru
ction T*crk rill progress for enough this
year"to get tho nor Laboratory under a
roof.
The nor structuro "ill house tho Officos
of tho Director of Experiment Stations,
Accounting Office, Files, Library and •
Storage space, Other officos and rooms
■ in the building and on the nair floor "ill
bo : ' ^-Offices for tho Agricultural 'Engi
neer, Agricultural Economics,'Soils,Animal
Industry rhich includes Dairy, Poultry,
k 5V’r, Sheep and all other farm animals;
Horticulture and Agronomy,
T’;o basement "ill house rooms for a nin
oral• chemical laboratory for Analytical
rork, Human Nutrition, A.timology, Bac
teriology and other phases of Agriculture
rorlc as needed,_
Hi L 1C GlJ Ti l ~YC THT RiSCUi
Palmer rosiqo.its turnod out oarly Monday
!morning to see the Helicopter "hieh landod
on the School grounds to pick up Louis
Poluok, suffering from gun shot rounds in
the Lead, and take him to the 1,33rd Hospi
tal As-rapidly possible. Dr, Garrett
flor to the Post rich hnsd'e Green tc ob
tain aid from the Roscuo ^euadron c.arlicr
that morning.