TAA rATANUSI^. VALLAT 'JlQlVpli
Published Thursdays by ARkC
at Palmer, Alaska
Jack A1loan Adito r
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That scheduled father and Son
dinner should bring out every boy
and his dad in the valley. Such
fatherings are commendable in that
they promote a spirit of oal-shin
between the fellow '/ho sometimes
forgets that he was ever a boy, and
the lad who is often at a loss to
comorehend his father’s inability
to understand why certain thirn s are
so terribly important in the life
of a fellow in his vteens.
Let’s hone that there is a big
turn-out for tms dinner, and we are
in favor of throwing the first fath
er out on his ear T/ ho is heard to
say: ’Tow when i vas your aye I ' 'as
up at four and had the chores done
and the cows milked before break
fast. :i
Ivery day letters eshiny for a
chance to coloni:- e cone to Don Ir
win’s desk, an 1 in some the note
of sincerity Is unmistakable« The
folioT'inp. is a condensed version of
one recently arrived.
:iI111 come to the "^oint at once.
I want to know if there is a ah st
of a chance for us uo there. lay
husband is thirty, I am twenty-nine
and ' e have three children...there
certainly isn’t anything cutstand
Inf about us, ^ e’re just ordinary
peo ole.
”1 am. certain there is very lit
tle about farming that my husband
can’t do...he has a .job at 20.00
a T"eek but rent, food and clo thes
take all but a dollar or two a
case 01
month and we save that in
illness.
:?Our situation is this; we work
as hard as \ e can, but we get no
place * "9 aren’t afraid of work,
or care ah0ut beinp rich , diatever
that is, but if my husband could
only five our kiddies the ordinary
comforts of life and educate them
nronerly . 4 . we don’t ^'urt this on
a silver tray, but would he willing
to ■‘ork ye-rs and years for it, ”
Inter reading the above we won
d e r T lie. t * ie r e th e amb it ions of s one
who came un here, sat around sound
ing off for a time, and then re
turned to their former hones and
tried to justify their action by
teliinr some of the most outrageous
lies about the country that man
orer heard -
Ore such disciuntied colonist
hb s s ce:i t'.!,y 1 a^ :ns ir e run 0: >• ay
with. • : z b of ore a .Ron ary Chub nee t
in'a \1111 3a n s w- r e 1 n r. t h; 1 s e
columns next week by a. tho wnwhly
iJO STILL PALTER GROVS
Apparently winter is fright
ening investors Tdth vision for
there are rumors, suite well
founded, that there ’ 111 he a
couple more business buildings
erected here ty the first of the
year,
And now vie have a barber shop.
Until the new building, in the
Center is completed all T"ork will
be done at the old headquarters
tent of the Colonial Police, and
at 'Outside* prices. Shaves will
be a quarter and haircuts fifty
cents.
If any of the colonists down
around Camas 0 and 9 will miss
the hearty rood cheer and boom
ing voice of Bob Laughlin who left
for the States on the last boat.
Bob had a •••ay of getting things
done, Bob did, II someone was
short a window7 it wasnT t long, till
he found someone v'ho had too many.
If it was a tractor to yank
some lof;s to a well-site, somehow
Bob T"ould £et one there. He hated
red tape, fought shy of it, and
acccmoiished a lot. hether he
knc* s it or net, he has left be
hind him e host of friends who
wish him luck back in the States,
A narka was left with the load
of household foods transported
out oo the Lloyd Bell tract, num
ber If 1- at camn .10, ho ever lost
it can ieclaim the same by identi
fying it a
The question of bus transpor
tation has at last been settled.
T ‘r. Thuna, to vhon the busses havf
been assigned as school equipment
has announced that the charf-e oer
bus will be fifteen cents a mile
l-J* Qj
'•■± uii Ulivyr d p cb a o a auxxoi
per hour, providing however that
if the time employed exceeds •?
hours the wages "ill he computed
moon the basis of 75d an hour.
house'-airlines still afford
many evenings of entertainment
for the colonists and members of
the drain!strative staff,
This evening hr. and Krs, Har
ry Jensen of Tract 175 are expec
ting a number of friends to he In
them ret off to a good start in
their very attractive ne,,r home.
Some of the colonists may not
be carpenters, out you should
get around, and see what they have
one in the nay of inside finishi
ng *
m have visited, hevp-s that are
■u on! motion and
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