The VALLEY SETTLER is publ shed
every Thursday by the Mrtnnuska
Vnlley Farmers' Cooperating Asso
ciation at Palmer, Alaska
Mng. Editor, Mrs. Vorrr Easthnm
Subscription rates: fl.00 year
by mail:3,50 year
Mailed anw^crc: 10^ a copy
Reporter: Mrs.Carl Erickson
This paper is issued for the pur
pose of giving information and
news of the Mar. mu aka valley
Farmers.' Cooperating Association's
work, problems, accomplish: uts
and also news of local and general
interest; and to ho?p fosier the
cooperative spirit of the farmers
of the Matanuska Valley.
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WHAT TILL CO-OP. . .CORP. AGHELI.IENT
I.IEAF3 TO YOU - -
It is pin in to bo seen throughout
thg agreement that all the arrange
ments --for the. financing, the sales
arrangements and the establishment
of machinery to make possible the
transfer of the various enterprises
from the Corporation to tno Coopera
ting Association-“Woro temporary
steps. The Corporation was there
to help the Association"learn to
walk".
For it say3 in the Agreement that
all those transactions represent
"steps leading towards the complete
ownership, and management by the
Association of each and every one
of the industries and enterprises
now or subsequently operated by the
Corporation in connection with the
Matanuslca -Vclloy Colonization Pro
ject and the physical facilities in
connection therewith."
It further states that it is the
mutual desire of the Corporation and
the Association that the Association
take over those enterprises and fa
cilities just as soon as the Asso
ciation is "able financially and
otherwise to assume said ownership
and management and that the Board of
Directors of the Corporation as roll
a3 that of the Association will take
this ability into consideration" in
doing everything possible to bring
these objects to fulfillment as soon
as possible.
The election of n competent Board
of Directors by • the Association
ncr.ioor-; mi the of forts which that
Board is making to increase the
otrorr :h ancl reliability of the
Coop e rr t i:ig A s s o c i a t i on --better
sale;, prc.trori, better production
program rue in general a more ac
tive pn.’tisipr.tion in the policy
and nan,' go cent of the Cooperating
Ass .'C , at ion's activities--are cer
tainly steps along oho road to
"complete ownership ana management
by the Association" by representa
tives who ;re "able to assume said
ownership"e
More and more the Association is
taking i^s destined place as the
pie evict an and marketing organiza
tion of this our Cooperative Rural
Community.
This series of articles, like all
other editorial matter, were writ
ten by the Ed i tee1. Our only aim
is to give our ideas based on fact
in a sincere effort to help in
sene small way to "foster the
cooperative spirit of the farmers
of the Matanuska Valley."
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