WHC WILL PAY THE FARMERS'
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With the coming of Army Posts to Aladca
previous to World War II, the Valley'far
mers had hopes of an expanded market.Prior
to that time the question of a market at
all was dubius. So many people in and .
about Anchorage had their own gardens that
the market there was very limited-so limit
cd that one or two farmers could supply it
The building of Army Posts raised the far
mers hopes only to have them dashed to
earth again when Army officials explained
to them that th6 Army Budget allowed them
at that time $1.00 per day per man for
food. They could get fresh food stuffs
and potatoes from Seattle at Seattle pri
ces since the cost of transportation was
not charged against the Mess Sergeant*s
budget. The fact that the cost of trans
portation still existed and came out of
the taxpayers*'pocket made not the slight
est difference.
This picture changed during the war when
precious shipping space made it advantage
geou3 to buy everything possible locally.
Now it seems that the same problem ha3
loomed up again to haunt Valley farmers
and other farmers in the Territory. What
seems'odd about the whole thing is that
the U.S. Government and the Army are par
ticularly concerned about the development
and settlement of Alaska at this time and
yet will discourago the development * of
the most basic industry of them all,They
are most definitely defeating their ovm
|plans.
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Hie United States Department of Agriculture
will spend thousandssof dollars on research
and the Army will "buy from the States.
Sensible isn’t it?
! In as much as the f^tncrS pay high rates
'for seed,fertilifter dtc. that they must
I ship into Alaska, it is unfair and even
\ruinous to expect'them to compete with
.Seattle on prices. The farmer has no rich
Uncle to pay his transportation expense.
',7e don’t feel that it is asking too much
to request that the "Powers that be” give
this problem a little thoughtful consider
ation,
ANOTHER ACCIDENT
On Friday morning last week, the car owned
by Mrs. T.3. Ryan and driven by Roy Turner
rolled down the enbankment at Moose Creek
Bridge when the driver attempted to dodge
a large stone in the road. The car was
first thrown against the opposite bank
twice before it headed straight down the
bank, which is 50 ft. and covered with
¥ock that was broken off the Mountain side
when tho road was built. The car miracu
lously dodged the large stones all tho way
until it hit'the bottom in a few final
summersaults.
Mrs. Ryan received an injured eye which
was troated here and the drivers’ shoulder
appeared to be injured. He was sent to
the Airbase Hospital for an X-ray.
The driver and Mrs. Ryan feel most for
tunate 'that the accident was no worse than
I it was.
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