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A Lovely Christmas Gift.
1 - 2 & 3 Strand PEARLS
Ax: Array of TREE ORNifl!ENTS
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of
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GREASE JOBS
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■ MACHINE WORK
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APOLOGIES
TO M . 0: .
E.D.Snodgrass informs us that tho
new road opening up between the
Hatchery apartments and the School
work shop will be connected with
the main road to the north. This
is being opened up for two reasons:
the first is in order to route all
school busses from that direction
to the school without passing thru
the main part of town. The second—
it is being done to aid in fire
protection.
The Snodgrass property lying along
this road is not for sale, he said.
An agreement was made with the
ARRC at the tine the Civic Center
was placed here to hold that area
for a park center.
Some Co-op property extends a short
distance along this road and the -
'Co-dp helped!.' with Jsome of the bull
dozing.
HAVE YOU BOUGHT YOUR CHRIST5IAS SEALS
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ARMY PLANS TO BUY
MORE ' ALASKA PRODUCE
Recently the rilifczrry. supply officers
at -Port Richardson hold a meeting
with Depart" on-t-'of olericulture repre
sentatives from the Alaska Research
Administration. The purpose of the
meeting vies to discuss problems and
procedure for letting local vegetable
contracts for next year and to iron
Dut misunderstandings that may have
arisen in the past.
Prominently discussed was the desir
ability of obtaining a full-tine
federal inspector for use in imple
menting the Vegetable contracts.
iopes were expressed that one may bo
obtained from the Department of hgri
lulture before next year’s crops are
larvostod. Such an inspector, it. was
pointed out, would be available to
[any grower at almost any time and
jvould greatly facilitate the required
pre-shipment inspections of contract
ed food-stuffs.
the meeting also sought to bring out
|the possibility for more agriculture
purchases from /U-askans by the mili
tary services. However, purchasing
and contracting officials explained
(that the government has contracted
for more than 5,000,0.00 pounds of
[potatoes this year for troop issue
hlone. . . •:
In addition, contracts were awarded'
Locally for all the beets, broccoli,'
3abbage, carrots, cauliflower,celery,
greens, lettuce,onions,radishes and.
purnips that could be utilized under
local storage conditions.
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Alaskan cabbage was furnished two
Months longer than expected this year
:and carrots wore available for approx
imately six weeks longer than antici
pated. It was possible to reduce
■requisitions for carrots from the
Sene of Interior and take advantage
of the increase from Alaska grcW/ers.
It was announced that future confer
ences are planned with growers and
cooperative representatives to make
plans for the Army’s contracts for
next year’s fresh vegetables. At
such time' the needs of the services
will be discussed and methods of sub
mitting bids and fulfilling contracts
will be explained.
PURCHASING METHODS
1. Military purchases of fresh vege
tables are made by two methods:
First,through bids and contract ac
ceptances for troop issue, this
being done centrally by the ^Aask-^
General Depot at Fort Richardson for
all ..dr Force and Ixmy personnel iu
■rdaska.
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