JUEY 13, 1945
NO. 28
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES TO VISIT
' , VALLEY
Two committeos of the House of,
Reor>sentntive.s have been authorized
to make inspection trips to Alaska
this summer for reports to the Con
gress on Alaska *s .political, econ
omic and social status.
The first group, will comprise the
Interior Department subcommittee of
the House Appropriations Committee
vhich will leave Seattle July 15 to
study all subjects,- such as fisher
ies, la.nd, natives, under .the jur
isdiction of the Department of the
Interior. This.first group is ex
pected to be in Palmer about the
°5th of July. Plans are now under
ay for their reception when they
• rive.
The second group, which con
rises the members of the House
Committee on the Territories, will
leave Seattle about August *1, and
special emphasis will be placed on
the study o£ revisions to the Or- :
6ahic Act of Alaska,' Several members
of this committee arf} also members
of the Ronds 'Committee, and nn
excellent opportunity v/ill be af
forded °or, an examination of the.
road probie ms of Ala-ska,, Delegate
Bartlett plans to accompany this
second group. According to present
plans the second group should be
in the V-alley about the middle of
August,•
CARLTON KAISER'. CONTACTED TATIANA
VALLEY FARMERS' CO-OP.
Carlton Kaiser w,as in the Fair
banks area last week .in the inter
ests of. tTje M.V.F.C.A. -He contacted
the Tanana Valley ,Co-operating
.'.ssocintion in regard to matters of
- usinesa between .the Matanuska and
tana organiz-etions whereby we
ght be able- to supplement their
r oduc©. Markets- along the highway
.ere also contacted f-or the sale of
.reen stuff. . .
.HE PRODUCE DEPARTMENT CAN STILL USE
:0RE RHUBARB. EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT
iTAVS A SMALL. AMOUNT BRING IT ALL IN.
ALSO WE CAN USE SOME SPINACH-CHARD
n!.JftNIES(no turnip, greens )*
THIS SHOULD BE GOOD QUALITY PRODUCE
WE NEED ONLY THE BEST.
SEATTLE MAN COMPLI
MENTS ALASKAN PRODUCE
On Thursday of this week ©Ion
Carrington, owner and General Mgr.
of the Glen Carrington Co. of
Seattle; Joe Gray, Fairbanks repre
sentative 'for Carrington co.;
Senator Andrew Nerlnnd,Fairbanks;
Arthur Ganson, Alaskan Department
Seattle Chamber of Commerce were
visitor^ in Palmer, They took a
tour around the Valley rnd stopped
at the Experiment Station and also
a farm. Upon tasting our local
lettuce, Mr. Ganson is reported as
having said that it is the best he
has ever eaten.
The purpose of this visit was to
discuss business conditions in
general with the view of giving
sonJ form of aid to Alaskan Com
munities.
OFFER HAS BEEN MADE TO LEASE
TRADING POST
Mr. Ted VanThiel of Anchorage
and Associates have made an offer
to the M..V.F.C.A. to. lease the
Trading Post and buy .the stock.This
offer came through our former Post
manager, Scotty Dreghorn, who is
now employed .in the Kennedy Hard
ware Stohe. in Anchorage, by Mr,
Van Thiel. The offer will be
brought, up at the next Board. 'Meet
ing for consideration, which meets
on the third Saturday of the month.
NOTICE , NOTICE
The Creamery can use more milk.
Bring in all the milk y.oii can
either Grade A or B.
MORE MILK NEEDED AT THE. CREAMERY. .
FIRST. IET.TUCE ON THE MARKET JULY 13
The first crates of good solid
heads of No. 1 lettuce for this
season has made its appearance on
the market on July 13..(Friday J.3)
SEATTLE CHAMBER HEAD TOURS ALASKA
AiL. Ganson,Manager of the
Alaska & State development Depart
ment of the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce is making a 30-day pour, of
Alaska to talk over forestry devel
opment, canneries, airways , highways
and tourist promotion.