Vol. lii Palmer. Alaska August 3* 1951 No. 30
Dr« Bari Grefcros
ooc. 34.00 r.ju. anu n.
U.S. POSTAGE
1ft PAID
PALMER, ALASKA
Permit No.3
SEflson
The Co-op has started to ship let
tuce and onions to the Army this
week. Two weeks ago it appeared as
if there would bo an abundance of
lettuce and enough onions to fill
our contracts with tho Army, but o3d
man Weather stepped in and made some
changes, throwing tho whole schedule
out of kiltor. Some lettuce started
to tip burn, some slimed, and some
just didn't grow as fast as it had
appeared it would. So it is just
nip and tuck to ~et enough to fill
cur contracts; however, it appears
that there will be plenty soon. Earn
.iy cabbage has suffered from root
maggots and worms, and there will
probably bo a great shortage this
year.
The weather conditions have boon
vc"v unusual this summer. First it
vn-- a groat deal warmer than usual
according to the weather bureau re
ports in lato June and early July.
Then the temperature dropped to a
low nark at the end of July. So,
some wheat and other grains that
wore planted very early are quite
short and it will be a short crop.
But the later plantings are doing
very well. Potatoes aro looking
about the best that they have for
years,* so far. Many fields aro in
full bloom, and new potatoes arc
getting on very well. There will
probably/ be a pood grain crop, and
spuds surely will cone through in
fine shape, but the produce seems
spotty.
m. KRUG— IfUEimG
VRlLEM visitor
Tho Valley had a very interesting
visitor this last week. It was a
Mr. Krug from Hamburg, Germany, who
is touring the United States as a
guest of the United States State
Department. The object of the tour
is to acquaint Mr. Krug and a score
of other top notch German writers,
who were chosen to make the trip,
with the system of government in the
U. S. and how it works. Mr. Krug
was especially interested in tho
Ivlatanuska Valley Project and had
followed its' career for several
years.
Hg chose to cono to Alaska and the
Valley Instead of going to Hollywood
as several of the other writers did.
Ho was especially interested in the
Co-op and was shown through its do
pe rtnents and given many figures in
which he was interested. He expects
to write an article about his visit
here and will send it to tho "Settler1
after it is published in the big Ger
man paper for v/hich ho works in Ham
burg. Mr. Krug was surprised at the
size of Alaska and tho small number .
of inhabitants. He expressed tho
wish that some of his countrymen
could nigrato to Alaska. Land is
so valuable in Hamburg that it i3
almost impossible for the working
man to build a new honcj many fami
lies arc living in a single room and
there is no hope for a change during
this generation. All food prices are
not much higher than here on products
'produced in Gormany. Coffee in Ham
burg, according to Mr. Krug, is >l8.
a pound; however, this is considered
a luxury, must all be imported, so
bears a very high tax. Tho density
of population in Germany is so great
that everything needed lor 1 ooa,
clothing or shelter must bo oonsorvod.
Many things must be imported. It is
difficult for the Germans to have a
fair standard of living unless they
arc a llov/ed to import raw materials
from abroad, and manufacture it in
to finished goods for re-sale abroad.
There is not sufficient capital to
build new factories or finance them,
so the people wll have to live on
short rations until some way can be
worked out to change the present sys
tem.
I
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A product advertised as a diabetic
remedy which, is being mailed from
Mexico "is worthless and extrcomly
dangerous if employed as a substi
tute for insulin", according to a
warning from the Food and Drug Adm.
received this week. "The Food and
Drug Adm., with tho co-operation of
Customs and Postal authoritios, has
been able to prevent delivery of a
bout 20 individual packages of tho
nostrum, which is labeled as ’Caca
lia Composite, Mexican Indian Root .
"direct mail'advertising i3 being
used to promote the remedy' , which
is priced at $15 and $25 cash in
advance.