THE VALLEY SETTLE!? is published
every Friday by the Hat a?. uska Val
ley Farmer's Cooperating Associa
tion at Palmer, Alaska
Ling, editor: - Irving Newville
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also news of local and general
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Two years rao a Frenchman was
as fr.;o as y u arc. Today what
does he think
--as he humbly stops into
the gutter to lot his conquerors
swagyer past,
--as he works 53 hours a week
for 30 hours* pay,
--as he sees all trade’un
ions outlawed and all the ‘‘rights"
for whieh lie sacrific;d his coun
try tra vpled by his foreign r.as
ters,
—as he sees his wife go
hungry and his children face a
lifetime cf serfdom,
'.That does that Frenchman—
soldier, workman, politician or
businessman--think today? Tro
bably it's 3one-thing like this—
"I wish 1 had been less greedy
for myself and more anxious for
my country; I wish I had realized
you can't beat off a determined
invader by a quarreling, dis
united people at hone; I wish 'I
had been willing to give in on
3one of my rights to ether French
men instead of giving up all of
them to a foreigner; I wish I
had realized other Frenchman had
rights, too; ^ wish I had known ■
that patriotism is vv rk, not
talk, giving, not getting,"
And if that French nan. could
road our newspapers today, show
ing pressure groups each Hand
ing things he done for the:-.selves
instead of for our country, would
n’t he say to American business
r.cn, politicians, soldiers, and
worlcncn—"If you knew the hor
rible penalty your action is
bound to bring, you'd bury your
differences now before they bury
you; you’d work for your c .•mitry
as you never worked before, and
wait for your private ambitions
until your country is- safe. Look
at mo... I worked too little and
too late.”
BUY DEFENSE BOFDS
HORSE 11' IAT V/AKT3D
3, J. Ohman, fur far tor, noar
Anchorage needs meat for his an
imals, and is offering from $20.00
to ,p30.C0 depending on the size,
for horses.
NOTICE
Do not consider this as a
suggestion for convenient disposal
of horses running loose on the
highways.
NOTICE E2
Fight be good policy for those
who have horses running at largo
to keen them at homo until the fur
bearing animals appetites arc
satisfied.
Alu.il. H. Ajl o IU IliiiiViio'i
Several farriers in tho ^at
anuslca Valley appealed to the Army
for help in harvesting the bumper
crops grown on their farms this
season. Considerable argument
•was necessary to convince army
officers that an emergency exis
ted in labor shor.ts.go. Defense
projects had absorbed all labor
and there was insufficient help
available to 3tore farm crops
before winter set in.
Given consent, many of tho
boys from the Base have worked
with enthusiasm digging,potatoes,
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