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Vol. li|. Palmer, Alaska December 7* 1951 Mo. 1+7
BETA SIGMA PHI
TO SELL TREES
DONATED BY SMITH
Through the gener
osity of Lorin Smith,
200 Christmas trees
will go on sale in Palm
er next week, with pro
ceeds to go to the Hos
pital fund.
Smith offered the
trees with the stipula
tion that sales must he
by donation. Beta Sig
ma Phi members have off
ered their services as
Sales Ladies for the
stand which is to be
located next to the
Valley Theatre.
DEMOCRATS TO
HOLD CAUCUS '
Local Democrats are
again reminded that Fri
day, December J, is the
date for the local cau
cus to be held in the
Co-op Club rooms at 8.
Twelve delegates (lo
cal) are to be chosen
to attend the Third Div
ision Democratic Conven
tion to be held in An
chorage later in the
month.
MARGARET REED
TO MARRY
Mr. and Mrs. John H.
Reed of Palmer announce
the engagement and ap
proaching marriage of
their daughter, Margaret
Ann to Dwight Pollen of
the Elmendorf AFB*
HAVE YOU PURCHASED
YOUR CHRISTMAS SEALS
FOR THIS SEASON?
ALASKAN REPORTS
STUDY CANADIAN
METHODS
By-R T.Bluo ■
I
In any discussion
concerning Alaskan Ag- I
ricultural problems, the;
subject of marketing is
sure to bo a front line
topic. ’
The Alaska Experiment
Station started to work
on this problem. A pro
ject aimbd at analyzing
Canadian lharketing moth
ods and canparing them
with ..laskan conditions
was set up by Hugh John
son, economist. Mr.
Jbhnson made an exten
sive trip through Can-,
ada, selecting areas
that compared with A
laSka regarding popula
tion, climato, soils
and agricultural devel
opment. A summary of j
his investigations j
gives the Alaska farmer'
and Co-op member food ,
for thought.
xnc uanaaian coopora-i
tivos and other formal
organizations generally
prefer that perishable
vegetables be marketed
by the individual grow-j
er. Too much risk,
shrinkage and poor qual
ity is involved in the
small volumes to be
moved. !
Somo other recommend
ed Canadian Co-op prac-j
tices are:
1. Limit the number of i
varieties to a bare min!
imum. This makes for a
uniforn product which i
aids marketing.
2. Encourage uniform
cultural practices such;
as kinds and amounts of
fertilizer applied. Thig
also helps to standard-!
ize the product.
con’td on page 5
I'KC COMPUTES
NEW DEPOT
The following letter
was received by R.C *
Cr'others of the Co-op
Garage. Hr. Crothers
felt the letterwould
be of interest to many
farmors in the Valley
so wo are publishing it
in full.
The International
Harvester Co., has just
completed a Central
Parts Depot in Portland
Oregon. ‘This warehouse
will carry parts for
all types of oquipment
made by the Internation
al Harvester Company.
The inventory of parts
will total approximate
ly five million dollars
and will service Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho,
part of British Colum
bia and the Territory
of Alaska. Tho build
ing actually covors a
bout four acres of
ground and is undoubt
edly the most modern
and finest equipped
parts depot in the
country. This is the
ninth one which IHC has
established throughout
the United States,'and
since this is the lat
est, all previous ex
perience and develop
ment is incorporated in
its operation.
The depot started
handling our truck
parts requirements on
November 26th and pre
sumably by the first of
the year can tako care
of our industrial and
general line needs also.
We must consolidate our
dealers orders and sub
mit a stock order cnce
v/eekly for normal deal
er requirements. The
con’td. on page ii