THE VaLLEY SETTLER is published every
Thursday by the Matar.uskr Valley
Earners' Cooperating Association at
Palucr, Alaska.
Managing Editor, Mrs. Verna Easthen
Subscription rates: $1.00 a year
$1.50 a year by nail
Mailed anywhere: 10^ a copy
This pap.;r is issued for the purpose of
giving information a:id news of the
Matanuska Valley Earners' Cooperating
Association's worn, problems and
acccnplishnents and also news of loc.-l
and general interest; and to help
foster the cooper tive spirit of the
farriers of the Matanuska Valley.
We solicit the frank and honest ex
pressions of opinion and ideas from
aeubers and employees of the Cooperat
ing assocI-ticn and the people cwf the
Coauunity at largo.
IS THxlBE a LaSKET ?
recently hr. John W. Curtis, vho handlcs
the srJ.cs cf produce for the Coe’err. tiny
Association, made a trip along the 3,-ii
Belt into Fairbanks and waypoints for
the purpose cf a market survey. He cru.c
back with the assurance it v s his
opinion that merchants of Fairbanks,
Talkectna a.nd other pl.aces nlcn ; the
Bail Belt are rilling and anxious to
buy "Mrtanuska Maid" products and really
prefer then, providing cur prices are
equal to these of the Seattle market
plus freight charges, ar.d they can secure
the some quality goods they require in
the quantities they need when they want
them. "Doubtless, next soa.son vhen the
general public has become even nore
aware of the excellent facilities vro have
in the Valley for producing and handling
high-grade commodities, fresh and canned
neats and vegetables will be as much in
demand as cur butter and eggs are nor, "
hr. Curtis assures us.
Fliers going into the Interior report
that many minors and trappers arc much
interested in securing the fresh products
of theValley. In air-minded Alaska, it
seems logical that efforts should already
have been made to establish an "air
delivery" service into tlic Interior for
the sale of Liat onus tea products. Mr. Loo
3. Jacobs, General Manager cf the Corpor
ation, and Dr. H.L.Colvin, Legal Counsel
for the W.?.a. , who is new in Washington,
D.C., are wording with the W.P.A. to have
them furnish the means to establish an
airport at Pnlmer. There is every rea
son to Lope this can be dene, for it
vould not only make it possible to help
furnish those in far distax.t parts of
■nlr.ska vrith fresh food products, but at
the sni.ic tine it would be a safety measure
for pianos going into .anchorage by fur
nishing an alternate landing field in
case of unfavornole conditions in the
.anchorage v/eather. Fo ; sonctincs nakes
the anchorage field inpossiblc to land
on and Pafncr is almost entirely free of
fog conditions; and furthermore it has
ra.il connections tc Anchorage and other
points in case of emergency landings and
has modern hospital equipment.
The people of Alaska generally arc be
coming more and more willing tc co-operate
in the development of the iiatanuska Valley
ns a thriving agricu] tural center of
Alaska able t serve local markets.
Figures and investigations s .or that the
jtlaska ma.rket absorbs each year a great
deal more food produce than the Alaska,
farmers are now able tc produce. With
this proven market and a definite effort
on the part cf each individual farmer to
supply a. high-quality product, the Valley
can expect to furnish an ovcr-incrensing
proportion of the food requirements of
Alaska.
Our chief competion is, of course, from
the States but re do have very obvious
advantages: wc can supply fresh produce;
re are able to make jsrempt deliveries;
and wc have a freight differential which
gives us consic crn.blc advantage over
outside distributors.
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WHERE jiRE CHRISTENS DECORATIONS?
We notice the lack of all those decora
tions that make Christnas Christmas
around the Civic Center.
Isn't it up to our Civic Council t /ret
this started and usher Santa Claus into
our midst this year? Scens tc us he
brought bays of candy for the kids last
year, toe. We have hoard that the Alaska
Steamship ship of ye■■ d cheer will not
arrive here until after Christnas.
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BUY YOUR CKr.I STkiS SikLS HOW!!
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