voi.tCO-O?. MA:f ANUiSK A «
NEWS.
No.2.
Two carloads of Matanus.kn Valley
spuds were sold and shipped over
the Alaska R.R. to Fni'rbanks, this
week. .Thus another, mile st.One has
been passed for it. has been a long
struggle to convince the people of
Alaska that we have a good product,
Valley potatoes sold through the
Co-op.' are graded bo U.S. Stnrtdards
but" first the crop .is inspected, at
regular intervals during the grow
ing season, so these high standards
may be assured. Better seed is -be
in-g selected each year and better
methods of production used,. ■
I ;■ COMUMTY jV!£ZTS
TERRITORIAL GUARD MEETING 1
MONDAY, JAN.' 17. 8.00 P.M. '
PARENTS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
TUESDAY JAN. 18. 8.OQ P.M.
•INFANTILE PARALYSIS1 FOUNDATION
WEDNESDAY JAN. 19, 8.00 P.M..
HEALTH COUNCIL MEETING.
THURSDAY JAN. 20, 8.00 P.M.
PRESIDENTS BIRTHDAY BALL
PALMER COMUN'ITY AUDIT ORIUMN ■
SATURDAY JAN. 29,- 1944.
Remember this dinte.
PAYMENT ON CERTIFICATES OF EQUITY
AND PAYMENT.. OF DIVIDENDS.
Checks in-payment of the Certificat
es of Equity issued In 1937 due and
payable in January 1944 will be
available at the General Office on
Monday afternoon of January 17 th,
1944. Be sure to bring your Certif
icate of Equity, as no checks will
be issued.unless said certificate
is surrendered :so that It can be
properly cancelled .and cleared from
the records, - •
..'In addition to the payment of the
’’Certificates".,Stock Dividends to
Shareholders will-also be .paid and :•
included in the same check. ■
Dividends vyi.il be paid to all Shar
holders of record on the 'Associati
ons books, ns of November 30th,:
1940-1941-1942-1943. Dividends will
be -’eclared. ns follows; tt-f , *..•
For the year 1940 .26
For the-year 1941- ■ 8$
For the year"1942 --;- -86
For the year '1943 8$
T|. ■
Signed , c. C. .Brix ,
'Secretary- Treasuer
MATANTJSKA VALLEY FARMERS COQPERAt*
ING ASSOCIATION. Pi.LMER, ALASKA'.
W£lLvW£Li! 15 THAT
WHAT THiV'AKi /OX?;:
T’he OPA brot suit against,a Co-op.
In ’vastftrn Wr.sh. because they had.
pale4 surplus earnings to', the.lr
fnemfcers, which made.the payment for
their, milk more than the celling
price. Liberal,Judge Swellenbnch
decided that the Milk-Coop, was not
a purchasing agency, but just hand*
led the product for the members and
that the members were entitled to
the extra earnings, as stockholders:
and that if really represented the
profit that a private company, would
keep for themselves.
The OPA.lawyers were greatly dist
urbed bythe dcision,because it was
learned'that Milk-Co-ops, could, get
more money for their milk under the
same production conditions, becruse
they recieved the profit, ordinfrly
kept by the private company's. {nd
:they feared thfct private profit- era
would have to join Co-op’s to enable
them to remain in business.;;
So this is v/hat some of the funds
paid to the thousands of OPA lawyers
■is being used for, just how this is
going to help the War effort, is a
question that hasn’t been answered.