► •VOL. 11
Palmor,Alaska
Octobor 1, 1948
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co-op noiES
HtAT SHUT DOWN SUNDAY
^.R.Smith, (Bill) ann&uncod this wook that
the one boilor in operation nill be shut
dorm Sunday so that it can bo cleaned. Ifron
noon until Monday morning there rill bo no
hoat from the control plant, Bill said*
unloss it should turn torribly cold, thon
it rould bo impossible to shut dorm tho
plant.
Last uook the hoat uas len? because of
uatcr loggod stoam linos duo to a broken
‘ dovm vacuum pump. A pump uas borrorod and
tho lines pumpod'out. A littlo improve
ment nas noticod, but tho ono small boilor
is really overloaded and firo as hard as
thoycan, the poecr house firemen cannot ..
got up enough steam to heat all units sat
isfactorily. Added to this is the fact
that steam is leaking along tho rorn out
lines.
The last fct7 days have really boon rough
for those working in tho Co-op units. Tho
Trading Post, Creamery and other buildings
in this section of the Civic Cent or have
been protty chilly. It has come to using
theaters (electric) rhere tho employees
can stop for a feu minutes nor: and thon to
get ram. Same of tho other buildings arc
\wtjH part of the time, and of courso as
much steam is turnod into the creamery as
is possib}.o to operate tho pastaurizing
equipment.
The apartments have not boon too bad.^emo
o:. the days havo been a littlo chilly.
They bonofit by being on tho lino to the
Hospital and every attempt to sond as muct
steam as possible to the Hospital is beinf
raado. Even at that thoy arc not getting
as much ho at as they should.
ITo understand that everyone at the Garsgo
hus donned rod flannels too. T’10 Godcrol
Offices arc anything but comfortablo,but
on Friday tho Post Offico building soomod
Blessed rith enough heat, The Roc Hall
has been fairly comfortablo.
Houavor,'every'cloud has a silvor lining"
so vro aro told, and ne ore promised boat
from one nor boildor in about a reek.Thon
* too it is hopod that the present situatior
can be relieved to some oxtont rhen tho
old boiler is cleaned out on Sunday. Bill
* r grets the heat situation as it-is, but
not too much can bo done about it until
uuo non boilors aro in operation.
EGG PRODUCERS
Egg producers in the Valley should not get
unduly oxcitod about the rationing of chick
en food. ’Thilo it is true that closo cull
ing of tho flocks nould bo advisablo so
that unprofitable hens nill not'consume
food noedod for the laying hens, mholo
salc slaughtering of the farmers flocks
at tho present time is not necossary.
Should the strike continue over a very ldng
poriod rith no rolicf shipments of food,
many of the Valley flocks might have to bo
sacrificed. Hor;ovor, thorfi is no nood to
toko this stop prematuroly. Something
might happen to relievo tho shortago. 3br
cxamplo, the Alaska Railroad ha3 arranged
for throo bargos to be loaded rrith emer
gency itoms for Alaska, It might be pos
sible that eventually ro nay be ablo to
got some food this ray, I!embors can rost
assured that the Board of Directors rill
do everything they can to get food horo‘
rhenover an opportunity presents itsolf.
The supply of oggs is still far short of
market demands locally. The demand for
Pullet eggs is excellent and just aS soon
as your pullets got into product ion, J?ha.
oggs rill bo rolcomod at tho Egg Candling
Room.
The Efcg department is very sorry'that all
ordors for eggs cannot be filled, but tho
hens arc just not laying it scorns. Several
producers havo reported that thoir produc
tion has dropped to practically nothing,
and until tho molting, season, is over and
until the pullots begin to lay, there rill
bo a shortago of oggs.
Eggs are still being candled on MONDAYS,
NEEITESDAYS and FRIDAYS. As most of our
customers expect to get eggs on thoso days,
it rill be greatly appreciated if ogg
producors rill try to got their oggs to
market on thoso days. And again—Don’t
unit until you havo a half a caso or a
rhole caso. No take a for dozen at a
timo, and rouid'much rather you rould bring
them in oftoner.
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