IKE NATANTTSKA VALLEY BI0N3EH
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Pelmor Alaska
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DIRT FARMERS
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The season when a real farmer J
does his stuff is now at hand, and j
even an unexperienced eye can tell
taut there are a lot of the boys
here who know what they’re doing.
It has been shouted from the\ ;
housetops outside that- there were !
■iu farmers in the 'Colony. Those
me sounded off so loudly in this
matter should take a hike through
Dhu valley right now - night or day.
Practically every tract owner is
doing his best to get things into
snare so that he can produce crops
this year. Coming back from a fish
ing trip last night about eleven o’■
clock we heard ’cats’ growling and
grunting out in the wooes,. In some
places the big 40 horse power diesel
machines were yanking out stumps,
Orhers were ripping big plows thru
Land that has already .been cleared,
•jne or twro were dragging disc har
rows, and another was wheeling a
oig grain drill over a big patch of
orerarud ground.
Shortage of equipment is spread
ing this very necessary work out
jvtr d longer period of time than i;
cost for all, but worlds of work is
being done and an astonishingly
large area is already in production
That day of rain followed by
temperatures between 85 and 90 in
uhe shade has done wonders with .the
crons already^ in. The oats in the
Meld where the colonist tents were
Mrsr located jumped right up out
M the soil and grew a full inch th<
Mist day after the showers.
. 'any of the colonists have field,
r.Ley are croud of. As Sourdough Sea
ays: "You can’t keep a squirrel on
Me ground in timbered country,” \.e
cer. change that. Give a real dirt
Mirer a piece of land and growing
we ac:ier and he’ll pro du c e someth!ng
Pcs ides grumbles and discontent.
And if anyone thinks we haven’t
some DIAL dirt farmers here let him
come and take a look.
Vie tike a moment out to congrat
ulate Louie Odsather on the fine
wcriT Iif: is doing with the local Boy
itcuu - ro,ro* Tnere is nothing in
Juvenile o"ganinition that mill fit
a 3 ad ic nis life in this country
is intelligent 3ccut instruction.
JUST ONE REASON, a’EY TnSRE MILL
BE NO MORE ADVANCES. ON BINC-LE
ACCOUNTS
GOOD ATTENDANCE AT
LADIES AID MEETING
Everyone had a grand time at
* the lastregular meeting of the
Ladies Aid of the Community Church,
* The children’s urogram was car
L ried out as ulanned, and the Irwin
sisters, Ina Eelle and Estelle,
entertained with a vocal duet,
Marjorie ITuseby gave a reading and
Betty Jane Huntley played a piano
selection,
ITrs. I 'ax Sherrod gave a talh on
children and child care and Miss
Ruth De Armond sooke on handicraft
work that can be merchandised
5 through the gift shop at the Cen
ter,
It was decided to have a "Bake
* Sale" every 2nd and 4th Saturday
of the month and it is emected
that ladies of the church will
bring In cookies, nies, cakes or
sweet cream.
3 A colonist was just in to in
form us that yesterday some young
3 colonist boys shot a mother duck
Hand three of her young brood of
nine off the little lake on Tract
46 before they were rut on the
run by carrenters walking there on
the old hnlliosaan rlace.
Our informer sneaks the mind of
all true srortsmen when he says
that such wanton slaughter should
be nunished and nun^ shod eeve^a.1 y .
It is too bad that we Lever t
someone here with authority no not
only confiscate the arms of such
huntcrs , but with authenty t :j
slap them in jail and teach n.cm. a
lesson tliey won71 soon forge A
Ahd kids are not toe only ■1 u]
nrits, lxny moose hare been kil
led right here in rhe /ahjey out
of season.