EXTENSION SERVICE NEWS
Parker Lester, Dist. Agricultural Agent,
reports that his office has received sev
eral requests or inquiries as to where one
could buy, sell or exchange wheat, oats,
barley, forage crops and straw.
This has been a wonderful season.for cer
eal production and at the present time
there is an over-all surplus, Mr. Lester
says. He further states, anyone having
these commodities for sale or wish to buy
or exchange any of your products, his of
fice will act as a clearing house .and
bring buyer and seller together. If there
is any great quanity, Mr. Lester's office
will mimeograph 'a listing to be sent out
on their general mailing list that covers
the Valley, Anchorage and Kenai areas.
*** THE EVENING CRAFT CLUB was attended by
twelve members and guests at the home of
Mrs. Nina Stock, Tuesday evening, Nov. lit.
After the business meeting decorative
plate making was demonstrated by ,irrs.
Walda 'Vilson as the project lesson.
Beginning the first of January and through
out the year, the first meeting in the
month will be devoted to crafts, the se
cond meeting will be a social one.
The next meeting will be November 27th at
the home of Mrs. Olava Roteman.
H. Z. B.
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FEED S
either ’nixed or concentrates
to mix with home ?rown grains
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DAIRY SUPPLIES - BUILDERS
HARDWARE - ELECTRIC SUPPLIES -
PLUMBING FIXTURES - PAINTS -
and ROOFING
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JUST A FEW LINES
Well talking about the weather, the high
wind that was blowing in Palmer for the last
three days is very similar to the one that
did so much damage in the winter of 1937
and 1938. That wind tore' the roofing off of
a lot of buildings in the Civic Center,
took the entire roof off of an old house
near Tom Lepaks place, also the roof of
Frank Linn’s old cabin on his homestead.
There was considerable suffering that win
ter on a lot of new colony farms. Good
clothing was not always on hand and some
little children going to school had very
inadequate clothing. Colonists had not
learned about the terrific winds that do
occur in the Vatanuska Valley once-in-a
while. There were a lot of poorly con
structed chimneys and every one burned
wood, the stoves were not adaptable to this
country, and if the wood was dry spruce,
it burned up and poured out the chimney at
a fast rate, on the other hand, green birch
wad slow burning and hard to start.
According to confidential reports leaking
out of Washington, D.C. it seems the U. S.
is concerned about the possibility of get
ting tangled up in a full scale war with
Communist China in Korea, which would pro
bably mean war with Russia too.
It is indeed unfortunate that our news
papers and radio have to blast out with
nev/s th^t may be neither truthful or tact
ful about the war conditions, because they
(the news agencies) have to give people
sensational news to sell their services.
Right now our Government officials in Wash
ington and in Asia are trying to study out
a pl^n to end the war without having to
lose the gains that may have been made and
this effort may be the means of saving mil
lions of lives, and money that could be
used for useful purposes in the World that
needs it so badly. However, it seems that
politics is more important and our honour
must be protected even if we have to sac
rifice millions to do it, and the news
agencies must give news that will inflame
people to the point where the "God of War"
takes over. This mess, it seems to the
writer, is due to the big mouthed politi
cans in both political parties in the US
and our Generals and Admirals who thrive
on war. Then in China and Russia the same
kind of people are doing the same thing,
making war inevitable.
The writer is not a pacifist but does think
that we should use every means possible to
prevent a war. After being in one world
war and v.'atching one from the sidelines we
are wondering ju£t what another war would
accomplish that would be worthwhile.
C. R • R.
Harry R. Rust, Emil Waldal and Dewey ,,relch
of Palmer were inducted in the Army on
Movember liith._