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PALMER LIBRARY
DBinnUSKQ VALLES FARMERS CO-OPEIMIIIG BSS'fl HEUJS
VOL. 12
PALMER, ALASKA
AUGUST' 5, 1949
No. 30
mEtlTRL HOSPITAL 0TO
BE LOCATED 111 VALLELI
M. U. Goding of the ^laska Branch of
the Dep rtm^nt of the Interior is
expected to arrive in the Valley
this month to discuss the possibili
ty of locating the .J.aska Mental,
Hospital here. Ho will b^ accompon
ied b'r a smr.ll group of medical men
and will moot with representatives
from the Valloy.
Dr. C. Earl ALbrecht, Territorial
Commissioner of Health, has contact
ed Dr. R.E. Garrett and has request
ed that fcho ground work for the in
terview be lain by having prelimin
ary information available for the
group upon their arrival. This in
formation and material should in
clude:
1. Pictures of all the proposed site
that are obtainable.
2. Haps showing drainage and present
utilities.
3. A survey of labor and equipment
available for construction purposes,
as well as raw materials available.
d. A survey of fr^sh produce and
d.airy products available in the Val
ley.
according to information available
at the present tine, the hospital
will contain 400 beds. It is esti
mated to cost ■'.round six million
dollar’s.
Clayton Esslinger, President of the
Chambor of Commerce, has asked M.D.
Snodgrass to hoad the committee whic]
is to assemble the information.Clair
Stock has also been nemod to assist
in gathering this information, and
Clayton Esslinger will also help in
assembling the material.
MORELEY VISITS
Lloyd Uorcley was a caller in Palmer
this week and spent some time in
making inspection trips around the
Valley and at the II.V.F.C.A. Cream
ery.
Get AH3AD by using your HEAD and ioii
your local Credit union.
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FIELD DAD SCHEDULED '
august 18th is the date set for the
-nnual Farm- Tour and Field Day at
the Experiment Station. Heretofore,
the farm tour end of the program
has been omitted, howev'or,. this year
it is felt that there are some very
good examples of improved methods of
agriculture that have' been put into
practice by several of the farmers
which every interested person should
see.
The forenoon of the 18th will bo
spent in visiting a few of the farms
and the group will then go on to
the Experiment Station for a pot
luck lunch at noon. The afternoon
will be spent going over the various
experimental plots to observe what
3is being done in research.
Further announcements will bo made
later as to the days agenda, Mr.
Lester of the Extension Service sa'id.
CONSTRUCTION NEWS
The- Co-op Creamery is hr.ppy to an
nounce that tho Sharp Room is final
ly acquiring its finishing touches
with the now metal shelves installed
and tho front part of tho room con
structed. The now addition to the
Sharp Room is expected to be in use
this week end. This will double
the freezing and storing capacity
of tho lee Cream department in the
proanery.
The Creamery part of the plant is
beginning to show great improve
ment as the partitions take shape
and tho ceiling and walls receive
a now finish like that of the Ice
Cream manufacturing rooms. By stag
gering the operations, tho routine
of handling milk is not interrupted
too much. Tho carpenters manage to
got in throe full days of work in
this way. However, -thoro are still
no promises as to, when this work
iwill be complete. .