Published once a week at Palmer, Alaska, for the Hatamska Volley Farmers' Cooperating
Association for the purpose of giving nous of the Associations work, problems and
accomplishments, , ;
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OUR FAIR
The llatanuslr. Valley Fair was favored with better weather than usual at this, year's
Fair, n Sa.turda”, the wind and dust wr.s slightly disagreeable, especially to those
who were tr;lng to set un exhibits, concessions and. displays, but Sunday broke forth
in bright sunshine most of the day. The rain during the night had settled the -dust
which made it almost a perfect day. A large crowd was in attendance all during the
Fair, rain or shine, however. Monday was slightly disagroeablo with chilly weather
toward evening, but the crowd remained good throughout the Fair.
Sonc very worthwhile exhibits were entered this year, 'no of the most interesting
vzis the one displayed by the Sportsmans Club of tho Valley, Clair Stock collected
r.r.iy specimens of hides, etc., which wore arranged attractively around the roon with
labels giving'interesting information concerning each iton. There were sheep bonds,
caribou horns, a. mounted goat head, .and a mounted fish. Dr, Sims had a Siberian
wolf hide which he caught during the war in Siberia, However, the Ilatanuska- wolf
hide belonging to Vcm Donaldson was equally as large and as pretty as tho Siberian,
b’olveiinc hides, brown bear, black bear, polar bear, grizzly bear hides and many
other animal hides lined the walls, A two months 'old foetus of a cow moose was dis
Dlayed in a bottle of alcohol. Another interesting item was a model of a fish wheel.
This cod lib it attracted many visitors and received much praise from those who saw it.
Another display of interest to many was tho fur exhibit from Holy Cross and Nunivak
Island. There*were beautifully made fur parkas and mukluks, carved ivory and grass
baskets for which the natives in this part of Alaska arc famous,
George - hgupuk had a beautiful display of his pen and ink drainings on deer s!an,
A fow were tinted. He was also present in person.
The Dc.iry exhibit on wiiich Hiss Louise kcllogg has been world.ng so hard all sinner
was vcr;’’ attractive and educational, iirs, Archie I-Ioffitt demonstrated her home milk
pasteurizer and distributed literature on tho value of pasteurized milk, Iir. Jioyd
Hor- ley was. in attendance and demonstrated a modern millcing stall and Surge milldng
machine, to show the advantages of modern equipment on the dairy farms.
The Flower display this year was vcr-’ beautiful, A wide variety of flowers, house
plants and even cactus were exhibited this year,
IJany exhibits were also entered in the Art Department, Rusty Dow had a fine sel
ection of her paintings on display,
Tho Kl/i had a very attractive exhibit showing a modem farm completely wired to the
host advantage. Li nature buildings were set in among trees and grass and tiny bulbs
lit up the buildings.
The Co—on had a very nice display of the products they produce and sell.
The exhibits were spread out noro this year in more buildings, but many felt that
Valley residents dis not disrlay as many farm products as they could have* It is in
teresting to notice hov; visitors from out of the Valley snend a. great deal of tine
looking at farm products. Ue, in the Valloy, arc so accustomed to seeing theso pro
ducts that wc often fail to realize that others are very much interested in then.
The Fair is gradually adding more entertainment and amusements to the program. This
year there were three Herry-go—rounds ou .rating the full time., Two of then were cf
a rocket typo hung from chains and the other of wooden cars operating on a wooden
circular track. These amusements add much to the entertainment for tho children—
in fact it usually is the high light of a.ny Fair for a. child.
The several Concessions along ilidway featuring food booths and games of chance arc
giving the F?.ir the atmosphere of County Fairs in the Sintra,
Tes, the Ha.tc.nuslca Valley Fair is growing each year—and we do believe it is getting
bigger and bettor each year.