DANIELS' LIONS ARE ROARING
Cont, from pp, 2 AGAIN,'
to the dismomborment of the Co-op in tho
last few months. One of them has publicly,
stated'that "ho doesn’t believo in Co-ops
anyway," So-why should thoso men be con
sulted? Hasn't the timo arrived v/hon tho
Co-op should listen to its friends and shuij
its enemies? TThat may no expect when no
follow tho advico of thoso who aro trying '
to break us or embarass us all tho timo? j
. Iho proscnt Board of Directors of tho Co-oij
would bo glad to got advico from any of
our mcihErors who wish to give constructive
radvico,but wo aro not interested in advico
from people who aro out to destroy our or
ganization. Host of the business men and
farmers of tho Valley have been fdir and
friendly to us although our business in
terests clash sometimes. TThen the timo
comes that tho Co-op can’t compote with
success, then wo will bo willing to turn I
it over to someone else who can do bettor.
It is indoed a surpriso to us that Daniels
couldn't find anydno to speak for the Co
op on this mattor, for wo soo hor.going
by our offico overy day and there aro Co
op pooplc around most of tho timo, Eut-wo
suppose that it is easier to walk past the
Co-op offico and consult someone who is
nearer the refreshment stands across the
track. Anyway wo don’t boliovo wo should
talk for tho Taxi Drivers, Let them do
that for themselves. If it is'tho desire
of the opposition to throw mud, then we
too will throw mud and try to do a good
job of it.
It has long been tho hope of most of tho
Co-op members that the timo would soon ar
rive when they too could take thoir placo
in the scheme of things in this Valley *
without being libeled and misrepresented.
It does seem os if that day is slow in
coming—so wo will just havo to brace our
selves and prepare to fight back, . .
C.R. Rasmussen,
A PIONEER PASSES AVSAv
He arrived by dory from Hope, on the south
shoro of Turnigain Arm, in the summer of
1^12 and took out a homestoaa thrOc miles
south of Palmer; "Jack” Tomlinson, as everr
body called him, was the real pioneer. Ho
worked with the U.S. Land'Surveyors in the
simmers of 1913-14 and 15, cutting right of
of way for the Alaska Railroad between
Katanuska and Palmer. He cleared his homo*
stead in 1916 and worked- at xho Experiment
Station on tho clearing and building pro
gram from 1917 to 1925 during the suimor
.months# During tho win. torn no pr'osnocrod
and trapped in the Enik Valley or mined
in the Willow Creek district,. lie bold his
homestead to tho AHRC in 193j and'me. do hie
home in Matanuska since that dc.vo
Ho was born in Tillamook, Oregon oh Juno
6;, 1880 and came to Alaska in 1905, Ho
vjsitod his old home in 1923 and again in
1925 and 1935. During this last visit ho
was hospitalized and treated for a throat
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Bring your laundry to us during the
Harvest Season—-Don’t kill yourself
trying to get everything done.
IRENE LEPAK
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ailment of-long standing; Diring the last
few months, a neice, Mrs, John Drydon of '
Houston, -Alaska, came to take care of him
because of his recent illness.
His outlook on life mas broad,Ho made " 4
friends with ill of whom ho came in contact.
Ho lowed tho groat outdoors and all of
Alaska, His old friends will miss his
genial smile and the friendly wolcorao ho
had for all, _