the hat;etuska valley pioneer
Published Thursdays by ARRC
at Palmer, Alaska
Tack .'.liman Editor
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Already there seems to be some
thing in the air that smacks of the
holidays soon to arrive. ATo are
planning to g "t presents off for
our friends in the states, and ar
ranging for our own festal activ
ities....but hoi much thought are
wo giving to the problem of making,
others happy? How many of us re
alize that the few cents spent for
Christmas seals make possible a
fund that will purchase health for
someone, a fund that will finance
a campaign of prevention "gainst
tuberculosis?
The following oncerut from a let
ter by Dr. 'A 'A Council, Chair
man of the Alaska Tuberculosis Com
mittee, tells you what your money
will be used for this yecr.
"The seal sale is being put on by
the .Alaska Committee of the ration
al Tuberculosis association and 95A
of the receipts will remain in Al
aska.
"The Alaska Committee is trying tc
build a fund Irrge enough to put
through a survey of all children,
both white and native, up to the
age of twenty, or through the sus
ceptible age of tuberculosis.
A A the present time our records
show that v/e have among the natives
ten or twelve tiia^s as much tuber
culosis as vc have in other local
ities. The instance of tubercu
losis among the whites is about on
a par with similar locations in the
states.
Vhon we have a complete survey
of the actual conditions we hope to
be able to convince the authorities
in Washington thrt the Territory of
Alaska needs and should have at
least two modern tuberculosis san
itoriums.
"Are hope every citizen in the Ter
ritory will get behind this Christ
mas Seal Sale and help us in the
fight against tuberculosis in the
Territory of Alaska.’*
There has been r. rumor making
the rounds that If. D. Snodgrass
did not soil the land upon which
the Community Canter is built, but
that he leased it to the corpora
tion for a term of twenty years ,
and that at the end of that tim.o
the property, together with all im
provements, would revert to him.
T'here do such rumors start? The
corporation purchased that land and
paid for it. It will remain theirs
untie, ehe Co-op is a going organi
zation, end then it will become a. •
art of the community ho Icings,
.1 I BY YBC-T'PBIBS TO BT
SBBVBD V: OLTP DTTTTR
Yatanuskr rrovrn vegctables are
to bo served at a dinner scheduled
for the .retie Club in Seattle.
In answer to r request for 500
rounds of mixed vcgotrblos, ~arry
Burs shionod by the If st boat a
suonly token from the community
f' rdens this fp. 1.
The retie aiub is me.do un
mostly of Northerners and Seattle
business non interested in '.les
bian trade. It is hardly necessary
to urovc our territory’s agricul
tural notontialities to them, but
it is hoped thr t they vail have of
guests at their dinner some of the
skeptics aho no .d only oat some of
our oroduce to bo converted into
boosters.
The Turkey Shoot wont off with
a bang. many bongs, in fret. Toi
some time the fusillade out there
in John Burro’s field sounded like
a b .ttlc .
Colonists, old settlors and mcr
from the construction cores com
n1ed with averything from .45
r o vo 1 vo r s to h o ■vy r a no rifles.
B runo 7o _ ck , n old t imor vrith
r horn -steed out botvToun Cotton
vrood nd Tin rear Lakes, no do the
best shot of th dav. It was dur
ing thi; match 1 hth bP rifles off
hr nd rt r: :iundred y■: ras.
Bruno dojsn’t ro in for f rcy
runs. Ho uses on old Hinch :stor
20:o6 with u butt -r d stock und
:: br.ling wire wroo round the
forearr. It sure shoves u lot of
tr rd service, but he bus used it
continuously since buying it sec
ond h nd in Hichigrn fifteen yo'n
f o ' nd he s^'vrs by it.
'hen it cno his tine to shoot
he smoked the front sight over
the fire , pull d his hone nude
bor.vor crn do1 n end spurred off
with the old blunderbuss ugvinst
his uort shoulder. He thrended n
keen blue ey^ through the sights
end squeezed - c Housed finger
on the trigger, Hhcn .Irnold Fcw
n:.n brought the target up thcro
v/us n hole drilled through the
very center of the 2 inch bullTs
^ye •
There v/us no need of Hr. Boss
Shoely end Hr. Don Irwin, who
c.ctod ■ s judges, to ro into r
huddle to decide who won tint n.nr
ticulur turkey.
Hurry Sours did u good job of
nroviding nr.ny with Thanksgiving
turk'-ys, -nd many noro with rn
afternoon's fun. He contributed
the few dollrrs nrofit from the
nr.tch to the Christnns fund.
Donations with which to nur
chuse Christmas toys for nil cnil
dren in the vulloy w.1 be necop
ted by Hr. Shoely . Hr Irwin , Hr .
Lyrg end Hri Crerun ,