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Palmer .Alaska
November 1,1949
No. 43
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CO-OP nOTES
MILK SHIPPERS TO MEET
Janos ... “ilson, Manager, has call. J
c meeting of the milk shippers for j
Friday evening of this week in ordei
to talk over problems. The meeting
will bo held in the former Library
room and all Co-op milk shippers arc
urged to attend.
FAIRBANKS* MANAGER VISITS
Mr. Edward I. Davis, Manager of the
Tanana Valley Farmers’ Cooperative,
has been in this area on business
during this week and came to Palmer
on Wednesday afternoon to visit the
M.V.F.C.A. Manager '-i Is on conducted
him on a tour of the Co-op buildings
while he was here and accompanied
him to anchorage Thursday morning.
CREDIT UNION TO MEET
The regular mooting of tho Matanuska
Valley Federal Credit Union will be
held in tho former Library Room at
8:00 p.m. on November 9, Wednesday.
This mooting is a regular scheduled
meeting of the ^oord of Lircctors,
and is opon to all members and pros
pective members. Prospective member
are those who are members or employ
ees of the Matanuska Valley Farmers’
Cooperating Association. Supervisor;
and Credit Committee members 'are ex
pected to attend these meetings too.
JONESVILLt MAN INJURED
Just as we go to press v/e learn
■chat Jim Corbitt of Jonosville was
brought to the Valley Hospital
Tlursday evening for treatment of
injuries received from a fall down
tho chute at .tho mines. Informa
tidrruis to his condition has not
bt;n available in time to be in
cluded in this report. He is under
the care of Dr. C.C. Bailey, but
wo have been unable to contact the
h-octor at this time,
Mr- Corbitt has a wife and throe
children. He came to Alaska with
his family from tho State of Michi
gan.
Th
CHOmBER ' DISCUSSES'
(Til HRKETIIlb PROBLEITIS
i Chamber of Commerce met ncdnes
noon of this week in tho former
Library Room in the Rec Hall. One
visitor from -“nehorego was present,
Attorney ivlmor- J. Peterson, e for
mer resident of the *±nt anuska V lley
Mr. Peterson was surprised at the
building activity in Palmer and ex
pressed great pleasure to be nbla
to meet with the Valley folks.
An informal discussion took place
after Clair Stock suggested that
the Valley businessmen were neglect
ing a wonderful opportunity to get
more money into the Valley through
tho promotion of the sale of pota
toes to At chore go and railbelt
towns. It was readily agreed by
persons present that the Valley
is furnishing only a fraction of
the needs of this area. It appears
that the Vrlley will sell about
*<200,000 ’'orth of spudi to the Army
this year besides a limited amount
of other sales to civilian firms.
Mr. Stock stated that this could bo
doubled if a sales campaign were
started this year to sell the Mer
chants of Anchorago on the idea that
Matcnuska spuds were just as good
or better than outside spuds.
A recent marketing survey has indi
cated that the people of "leske eat
about 145 pounds of spuds per p .rson
each year. This is considerably
more than, in the States, but clima
tic conditions probably account for
the difference. According to the
figures given, it w^s indicated that
Anchorage end vicinity probably con
sume rover 4,000 tons a year. If half
of this could be gotten by the farm
exs of the Mat anus ka Valley it, could
double the income of the farm
spuds, nd -the money would be jp^rt
in the Valley and Anchorage, It has
been stated by a person who should
know that an average of ,*67,000 r er
week is checked out of the local"
bank in favor of Anchorage business
men and others. In return only a
bout v20,00C comes back to Palmer
from Anchorage. S^nco Anchorage
gets such a big balanco(Cont on p.9)