flRmy QUOITORS
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Tho Army has had three
auditors in Palmer to
do an audit of the books
to shoy/ the results of
the recombined milk and
ice croam operations of
the Co-op for the first
five months of this
year, and to determine
how much it costs to
manufacture ice cfoam
and recombined milk for
the Army. Lt* Norman
was in charge of tho
audit under the command
of Lt. Colonel Davis.
Mr. Leonard Jones, con
tracting and purchasing
officer at Fort Rich
ardson and Don. Philp,
civilian auditor in
charge of the team were
also here.
The audit was examin
ed and some ipinor
changos wore made.While
the final result has
not been determined, it
appears that the fig
ures given in tho orig
inal contract were not j
toe far from a fair
f j.r-utfe •
Material costs are
slightly higher than
they were, but the big-;
gost increase in cost
appears to be labor and
delivery*
According to the con
tract either the Army
or the Co-op can open
the contract for nego
tiation after any threcj
month period, if they
feel it is unfair to
them*
The Co-op has orders
for over 070,000 worth
of ice cream and recom-l
bined milk for the
month of December.
Mrs* Harold Stephan
and five children ar
rived homo last Friday
after a "hectic" trip
from Seward* Carol and
children have been in
the States since early
summer visiting friends!
and relatives.
The Palmer High Bas
ketball team will meet
the Anchorage High next
Saturday evening at 8,
in the Palmer gym.
BUY & USE XMAS SEALS11 ‘
UmiilAij UU1VUJNU
to be hero last summer,
but was delayed.
Mr. Downey will con*
fer with Co-op officials
on policies and opera
tions during the -last
year.
DAIRY SUIT con'td.
Mr. Grigsby was the at
torney for the dairymen
and Mr, E. Davis, of
the firm of Renfrew and
Davis of Anchorage,
handled the case for
the Co-op. "Mr. Davis
was later associated
with Mr. Cluck of Se
attle, who conducted
the appeal in San Fran
cisco. •
It undoubtedly settled
most of the points of
controversy bvor the
Co-op's marketing con
tract. It has been a
costly affair to both
sides, and now that the
money that was taken
from the Co-op's funds
has to bo returned it
will 3till be a problem
to the people who have
to pay.
E/UlMclCN NEWS
By—R.T. Blue
Mr. More ley of the
Territorial Department
of Sanitation will be
the guest speaker at
the regular monthly
meeting of the MVBA.
The meeting is schedule
ed for Tuesday the i|th
of December. Flaco of
meeting will be the
Craft room of the Ex
tension Service, and
the time is 8 p.m.
Mr. Moreley plans to
bring a film on dairy
ing and one on the
Hawaiian Islands. The
last ono is for the
benefit of retiring or
vacationing dairymen.
Nomination of officers
is on the slate for the
business meeting.
Dr. S.L. Litzenberg
er, well known agrono
mist of the Experiment
Station leaves for the
States. Dr. Litzen
berger's exact plans
con'td. on page 5
RURAL AND COMMUNITY
SERVICE conUd. from 1
liable dial telephone
Service is knocking at
the door of every farm
and city home—never a
gain will such an offer
come our way. SIGN AND
MAIL THAT CARD NOW.
OPS NOTICE
All retail merchants
covered by Ceiling Price
Regulation 9 must notify
the OPS if they will
use a percentage system
of marking up their
goods, Neil S. -Miller,
Anchorage Area OPS Man
ager, emphasized today.
Regulation-9 became
effective last March- fth.
Regardless of wholesale
costs, Alaska merchants
were required to limit
their margins to the
markup in dollars and
cents they took during
the period December 19*
1950-January 25# 1951*
Until September 12, the
use of percentage mark
ups was prohibited by
OPS regulations.
OPS reasoned that when
wholesale costs wore un
certain, the use of norm
al percentage markups
could have pyramided re
tail prices excessively,
but with the January 25
general price freeze
and subsequent OFS ad
justments steadying sup
pliers rising prices,
the return to tho use of
percentage margins will
not result in serious
price increases.
The option of using
either the pcrcontago or
iollar-and-ccnt markup
system was brought a
bout through Amendment
5 to Regulation 9> dat
ed September 12th. Mill
ar said that although
•nany merchants have no
tified the OTS they will
now use percentage mark
ups, many have not. He
urged those who wish to
return to the percent
age markup, but have not
filed their statement of
Intention, to do so now.
THE TRADING POST WILL
BE CLOSED SATURDAY,
FOR INVENTORY.