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THE MATANUSKA VALLEY PIONEER
published Thursdays by ARRC ,f
at palmer, Alaska, ”
Jr Jack Allman Editor n
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Huey Long had very decided opin
ions. He fought every man who did
not hold with his tenets. He used a
most powerful weapon an almost
perfect political machine.
Doctor Weiss also had decided
A opinions. He had no political ma
chine with which to fight back, so
he bought a revolver.
Huey Long is dead.
Doctor Weiss is dead.
If an individual or a nation can
not be convinced of a doctrine by
* reasonable argument it is useless
to try and force it down its throat.
Ask the first five men you meet
about winter weather conditions in
the valley and you will get five
different answers. some of those
who formed premature opinions of
the impracticability of farming in
this region, and who are too stub
born to change their minds, will
even tell you that it freezes hard
every month in the year.
It is about time this question
was settled once and for all so we
turn to the only really authentic
record, that of the observer for
the U« S. Weather Bureau located
at the Experiment station.
Over a period of twelve years we
find that the lowest recorded tem
perature was 34 degrees below/ zero,
and the hottest was 84 above.
From the more detailed records of
an average year w/e learn that there
are only four months when zero
w/eather may be expected.
August is the wettest month with
around seven inches of rainfall,
and over the twelve year period the
average amount of snow that fell
was 43|- inches.
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The somewhat frontier-hardened
young son of one of the colonists
reported for school at Matanuska
on the opening day. He w/as ques
tioned by the teacher in an effort
to establish his grade standing.
The following conversation betv/een
them took place.
Teacher* ”Can you read?”
Pupil; "Hope.”
Teacher* ”Do you know your ABCs?”
pupil* ”Hell no, I only been
here fifteen minutes*”
LOCAL VETS TO MEET FRIDAY EVE
For the purpose of signing the
application for a charter, and for
the electing of permanent officers,
Temporary chairman Ed Coffey has
arranged for the use of the Lib
rary on ’C’ Street for Friday eve
ning September 13th.
At the meeting last week there
were twenty-eight present, but Ed
says he wants to see at least ten
more this time.
Rex Atwood, who has already
been elected permanent secretary,
says that complete paraphernalia
for the establishing of an Amer
ican Legion post will be here for
use at the next meeting after Fri
day » s.
BUDGET COMMITTEE TO BE FORMED
Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hansen, Assis
tant Director of Home Economies
for the University of Alaska’s
Extension Division, left Monday
on the MS Kasiloff for Homer in
connection with her work. There
are about fifty families there and
Mrs. Fohn-Hansen will hold classes
similar to those she has been con
ducting here.
When she returns, about Septem
ber 26, Mrs, Fohn-Hansen will form
a committee of the presidents of
the various Women’s Clubs to work
with her in the formulating of a
budget to regulate the purchase of
food and clothing. It Is expected
that the budget plan will go into
effect with all Colonist families
on the first of October.
COL. HUNT’S PROGRESS
REPORT REELECTS ACTIVITY
Lieut. Col. LeRoy p. Hunt’s re
port for last week shows only SI
houses left to be started, and that
is a small percentage of the hun
dred and ninety house construction
jots that the ARRC faced three
months ago.
Forty-seven wells have been com
pleted and besides the six rigs
which are working double shift some
are being dug by hand.
The dry weather has done wondert
to the Camp $10 road and those who
have been over across the river sa;
the Butte bunch have their housing
problem licked.
At the community Center build
ings are appearing on all sides.
The garage is framed and under roc:
and the hospital Is up one floor.
Foundation trenches are dug and t.L<
forms are going in for the bakery.
The two ten thousand gallon fue.
tanks are up on their platforms,
and erne of the sewage disposal pit,
has been dug with the second half
completed*