CO-OP
GETS POTATO COHTRRCT UJITH
ARfny
MRS. C.O. HUNTLEY PASSES
■ ..AWAY
'Friends of Mre, C.O, Huntley Here shocked
and saddened to learn of her sudden death
rhich occurred at Srult Ste, liarie ,Michigan
last Saturday evening.
Its, Hartley had had major surgery on the
preceding Tuesday and ras getting along
fine according to rord received horc bv her
daughter, Ilrs, Bill Hampel, It ’.ras learned
after telephoning to Mr, C.O, Huntley and
also to Mr, Huntley*a sistor that she had
died as a result of a blood clot rhich
reached the heart,
Mrs. Bill Bcrvool (Dorothy) and small son,
Mr, and Its, Jim Puffers (dau;lxer,7:.ra)und
Ralph Huntloy all fler out the first part
of the reck to attend the funeral and be
rith their father,
Mrs. Huntley is survived by her husband;
three daughters, Lois, Vera and Dorothy;
and tro sons, Charles and Ralph; and sever
al grandchildren.
SNODGRASS COMPILES DATA
. ON PRODUCERS
M. D. S-odgnse has been doing a great deal
of tabulating of facts concerning the Val
ley recently. Of interest to our readors
may bo this information in regard to tho
numbor of milk producers and ogg producers.
There arc 41 members of tho Association nho
are Egg Producers and an additional 4 rho
arc not members. Thoro are 38 Dairymen,of
rhich 18 are also on tho Egg Producers list
This is the list of Egg Producers listod
according to production volume. In the firs
list are those rho producodand sold through
tho Association more than a hundred dozon
eggs during the month-of June.
F.A. Bl.om, H.R. Brock, Paul Kelson,Varren
Rico, A1 Brooks, Harold Stephan, Horace
I Du.four, LjM.DoPricst, Henry Jensen, Anita
MeGiboncy, Oscar Bcylund, Darrell Prank,
T^cmas Lopak, Carl ReamussSn, 3.A. Ryan,"
Henning B'nson, Ralph T7aro,'A«R. Moffitt,
Virgil Eckert, Gust Scheibl, John Church.
Of course this list chahgos during tho year
Some of the above more not soiling any cgg£
last rintcr rhilo others were selling more,
Cont. on pp. 5
.As a result of the bid offered by the
Co-op, the U,S. Amy has accepted a con
tract for ttrelve hundred seventy-five tons
of spuds to be delivered over a period of
nine nonths to 7ort Richardson and Whittier,
Alaska. Delivery mill start in September
and extend through until Juho 1st, next
year.
An average of about frno hundred seventy
tons ’.'ill be required each month. Tho
prico mill be $' 3.60 per ton, vihich seems
to be a good prico nhen the U.S.Government
estimates of prices and supply aro consid
ered for this coning year.
While the floods in Washington and Oregon
have done some damage to the potato crop,
it has not bo oxtensivo in the main potato
gromihg region in either '"ashington or
Idaho,
Tho Ketnnuska Valley crop seems to be good
so far and conservative estimates shorn that
more than double the amount of spuds re
quired by the Army Fill bo raised in tho
Valley this year.
Now that the Co-op has this contract, it
scons reasonable to believe that a sub?*
stnntial advance can be given to growors
who store their spuds in the potato root
collar, and to other growers riio have col
lars that arc approved by the Co-op Manag
ement.
All other bids for produce wore rejected
by the Amy and a special mooting was
called Tuesday morning to considor nego
tiated prices on items that wore not ac
cepted in the original bid. T\ o bidders
were present.' The Co-op bid on'throe
items; namely, Cabbago, Lettuce, Turnips
and Rutabagas, The Co-o^’s bid was the
usame on all throe items as the other bid
der, and so a drawing took place. The Co
op won all throo awards and a contract has
been signed for these items with the Army
Contracting Offico.
Seventy-five tons of Cabbage will be re
quired at a price of $140. a ton. Approx
imately a thousand crates of lettuco and
a much smaller amount of turnips and ruta
bagas are required to fill the bid. All
together both contracts rill pay the Mata
.nuska Valley Farmers over one hundred
twenty thousand dollars.
Just how much the Anchorage market will
Cont. on pp. 3