Vol. I
L933
°aimer
r
No.
WAS" TFGTOIT FAIT SURVEYS
PROJECT FOR POPKIES
After having spent several days
making a survey of conditions in
che colony, Dr. and Frs. John A.
Kings berry, Washington, D. C. will
leave Friday for FcKinely 'Park.
Dr. Kingsberry is here as a person
al representative of Administrator
Tarry L. T~ookins.
"Even though I had read every
thing I could regarding t- = e pro
ject, I wasn’t prepared to see
things as advanced as they are,”
le observed, "The clearing .job is
a mucii greater one than I had any
idea.1 *
TJe raid complimentary tribute
to the highway commission on the
many miles of road.
In interviewing 40 colonists
Or. and Frs. Kings!erry tried to
secure a fair sampling of the pre
sent situation. "If we have a
true cross section, there is a
higher average type of family here
Man you would find in almost any
county in tie States. I believe
this community will be one of the
dinest in the country.”
Dr. Mngsherry holds an TUP,
degree from Syracuse University,
LM and makes Ms hone at Yonkers.
FIC-UTY FILES OF LIFE TO
P0T”EP LEO VALLEY
Residents of Fatanuska Valley
are rnoiced to know that "115,000
its cm. granted to run an exten
i :.!on power line 80 miles from the
Simutna hydraulic plant into the
Milaw end Willow Creek Fining dis
til cc, (ooniinaed on oage )
ALAS'Ba bureau ear
"UNITS'' "'-■'ALLEY
"I Ui- astounded at the progress
that has been made since I flew
over this valley a year ago: f
Foster KcC-overn, 7? Terry77 to those
who lc.now him, said Friday after
visiting the Idatanuska Valley pro
ject, Ur. I'Govern, head of the Al
aska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce, took many oictures
and interviewed colonists while
here and has since left for Fair
banks .
,;T was surerisod to find 14 dif
ferent kinds of vegetables in the
Trading Post. Progress in land
clear!ng, home bui1ding, roads, is
almos t unb11ievoable, it looks goo1
though. I asked one chao if lie
were aony here. TU ronlyied by
saying 7 If tvo colony blew uo to
morrow, I?d stay here.7 That shows
that Be has accented Alaska as his
ARRC "'CARD I BEET ^
A meeting of the officers and
directors of the ARRC was held here
Uonday, with all members nresent
exccnt Governor ■‘nroy and hr. Rruen
ing. UiIlian Fouwens, colonist
member, was elected to the Execut
ive Toard whore he will serve with
Ross Sheoly, Col. O.F. Q. Ison, E.R.
Tarwater and A.~ . HcDonald.
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LOANS SOON READV
As soon as abstracts of title
are cleared, loans to old settlors
who will become clients of the
colony, will be acted uron.