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VOL. 13
Palmer,Alaska
March 24,1950
No. 12
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RELEASE FROm CO-OP ■
Kino dairymen, who askod for the
termination of their contracts and
membership in the Association, had
their request granted this week.
Those released were Frank KcAllistei
i-rvid Johnson, A,R.l.Ioffitt, Leonard
I'offitt, ~rt Holbrook, Chet Liebing,
i..^..Rempel, Hrnest Harrington and
Victor Fr.lk.
The Board of Directors authorized
the release of those dairymen' about
two weeks ago on the condition that
each member,who had violated his
marketing contract, pay to the as
sociation a sum equal to the amount
of 10fo of all sums collected by
them for milk sold outside the *.s
sociation, plus Attorney’s fees and
court costs v’ft .re the injunction had
been served. They were also re-':,
quired to sign a mutual release with
the association in regard to all
claims,real or fancied, except the
1945 and 1946 suits now pending be
fore the courts. The -.association
agreed to. pay all certificates of
equity and capital reserve certifi
cates to the terminated members the
same as to members whenever payment
of these certificates were author
ized by the Board of Directors.
Nearly ^3000.00 was paid to the x%s
sociation in fines, attorney's foes
end Court costs, one dairyman paying
over *.700.00. On the other hand
several thousand dollars will be
paid to the terminated members over
the next ten years in accumulated
reserve funds which have been de
ducted from their sales to the as
sociation, and their patronage re
funds in the consumer units.
J ost of the retiring dairymen asked
to be allowed to make purchases from;
the consumer units of the Co-op and
were granted the privilege on the
same basis as to other non-members.
CRR .
16 carloads of seed & fertilizer
were unloaded Inst, wnoV,_
RESTRICT!011 Ilf HEfiV^d
TRAFFIC iTlfly BE IIECESSflRH
Present mild weather conditions are
a reminder that the spring thaws, and
break-up aro approaching. It is
difficult to forecast when thawing >
ground will begin to affect the sta
bility of the ro.ad foundations. Nor
mally the ro.'ds in the Anchorage ar~e
do not begin to show signs of spring
deterioration until after the middle
of April, but an early Spring could
advance this date.
Irevious warnings regarding impending
road restrictions were released
through the press on February 17,195C
All truck travel over the paved sec-'
tion of the x., chorage-Faimer Highway,
between Chugiak (Nile 18) and Palmer
(Nilu 48) will be prohibited^ during
the unstable break-up period'. Traffic
will be limited to passenger vehicles
or those types which do not exceed
weight of ;• assenger vehicles. Pick
up trucks, without load, would fall
into this classification. Road bar
ricades will be placed at both ends
of the paved section and all vehicles
halted for inspection by deputies of
the Territorial Highway Pc.trol. The
paved sections ”ill also be patrolled
by Highway Patrolmen. As much prioy
notice as possible will be given but
restrictions could go into effect
with only several days warning if
adverse conditions develop rapidly.
It is recognized that school busses
end service bus lines can be serious
ly handicapped by total restrictions,
and consideration will be given to
emergency service of this nature.Op
eration will-be strictly on a limited
permit basis, and then only at times
designated by the Alaska. Road 6ommis
^icn. Permits must be procured from
the District Office of the Alaska
Road Commission in the Federal Build
ing Anchorage.
Daily tests will be conducted by the
Alaska Road Ccmmission to determine
stability of the paved highway. Re
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