On the basis of reported membership and
patronage data, it is estimated that noro
.than three million persons hold membership
in these organizations (Cooperatives) and
I at least a half million more patronizo
them without accepting tho rcsponsibili*-':
ties of membership. Sales of farm pro
ducts and farm supplies by cooperatives"
now oxccod two billion dollars annually,
with 295 associations reporting sales of
more than one million dollars each,
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ALASKA HIGHWAY NEWS lesson's Weekly
ALASKA HIGHWAY OPEN ALL WINTER
Rcbtrictcd civilian traffic will be per
wiittod on the Alaska Highway during the
'coning winter similar to the arrangement
followed last winter, it was reported last
week in Edmonton, The road will bo kept
open throughout the winter by Royal Cana
dian Enginoors,
The Canadian Amy rill keep 18 maintenance
camps operating along the route. Last
winter cars wore able to.make tho trip
from Edmonton to Whitehorse without dif
ficulty and travellers at that time re
ported tho road was in good shape far
wintor travel. Restrictions which require
travollors to have some legitimate busi
ness reason for making the trip"will con
tinue in forco, it was reported.
SEPTEMBER HIGHWAY TRAVEL 141 CARS
Although travel slackened over the'Alaska
Highway with the arrival of autumn, 141
cars camo Over it in September with 436
passengers, according to records of the
Canadian customs officors. There woro 20
tourists from Canada,
OVERLAND KAIL Editorial Josson's Weekly
Last week,' the Chamber of Commerce peti
tioned Washington authorities to urgo Bhn
ada to open tho Alaska Highway to trucks
for 'the movement of mail betwoon the United
States and Ala'ska, Reason—tioup of all
classes of mail, oxccpt that moving by air
—by the latest tioup of shipping between
Seattle and Alaska.
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