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Dorothy M. Bell, Editor
Published every week at Palmer, Alaska, for tho Matanuska Valley Fafmers’ Cooperating
Association, for the purpose' of giving news of the Associations Work, Pr&bloms and
Accomplishments as well as ncv;s of general interest to tho Valloy.
SUBSCRIPTION R^iTE $1.75 _Singlo Copy_W- .
PAPER, PAPER, TAKERS IS OUR PAPER? .
During the first part of January the Jumper Hitdh sailed from Soattlo, according to
information received hero, and it was carrying,according to th<2 manifost, all of the
supplies ordered by the Valley Settler Office since last August. This boat must havo
docked in Seward before February 1, but hero it is March and none of tho Jumper Hitch
supplies are yet in Palmor. Every v;cek wo thinK that surely in another wook our paper
and supplies rill be hero, but each reek has boon a scramble for paper from some other
oov.rce. Last rook after two attempts to get paper from Anchorage, it was f inally
necessary on Friday morning to phono the O’Harra bus drivor at the last minute and
have him pick up papor in Mountain View. Consequently it was Friday afternoon before
the paper was printed although it nas ready on Thursday. Then v:c found out that
Koslosky’s had some colored mimeograph paper. Ue decided that a little varioty might
be a good thing and hence the colored edition this v/ock.
Ec do hope that boforo all local sources of mimeograph paper are exhausted, ro will
receive our supplies from Seward. Ee can consider ourselves very fortunato to be able
to hold out as long as we havo.
GO VERM EFT I-SLP FDR FARM CO-OPS The government is willing to help farmers work
through co-ops, because it does not want to see the small, family-size farm disappear.
Family-size farming is a do6p rooted American tradition, and no good citizen wants to
see it swept away by the growing competition of tho big cammorcial farms. One of tho
best ways to save it is to help the 1ittie"farmer—through cooperatives—to operate
just as efficiently as his big competitors.
For this reason, the Farm Security Administration has holpod morcthon 200,000 farmers
scattered through evdry State, to start cooperatives of their own.. It makes loans
to grouus of farmers, when they cannot raise the money anywhere also, to buy the
equipment and services they, need.--——;-i-■
■P&QEQSAL and bid for SMPJM
Scaled proposals v;ill be received by the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corpora
tion at Palmer, Alaska, until 2:00 o’clock P.M., March 15th, 1S47, and thoro
opened, for furnishing and delivering to the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Cor
poration at Falner, Alaska, or Anchorage, Alaska, the articles specified in
the following schodulc:
1800 feet — 12 inch concrete sowor pipo
1200 feet — 10 inch concrete sewer pipe
190rt feet — 0 inch concrete sorer pipo
2300 feet — 6 inch coated virft-wrapped wood stave water pipe with
couplings, 250 lb. minimum pressure strength.
Delivery shall be made within sixty days after date of awarding of contract.
A certified check in the amount of ten percent of the bid must accompany each
bid. The right to reject any or all bids is hereby specifically resorved.
For further details, see Don L. Irwin, General Manager.
ALASKA RURAL REHABILITATION CORPORATION
Palmer, Alaska