Vol. 6.
Valley Settler - March 19, 1943.
No. 11
i ARMY I'T'.TRUCTCRS VISITORS AT
LOC/b UNIT OF A.T.G.
Army ir tructors were visitors
at the local Unit’ meeting of the
Alaska Territorial Guard last Mon
day ni‘chtFilms were shown of the
dramatic lattic of Midway Island.
This col ”ful and inspiring film
was rece’i : d with enthusiasm by
• the members. In addition there
• were fil"" issued for training pur
poses incl iidinu the use of Booby
traps an" • he method of firing the
pistol.
A trar.l * c lecture was delivered
on the ur of the hand ^renade and
also th ifle ^renrde. Demonstra
tions wer made and the various
t7fpes of renames examined and
studied ' - members of the Luard.
Our loc 1 members will be inter
ested ir ’ nowin^ that steel hel
mets, c; rid^e belts, canteens,
trench sh vels, mattax and other
material "e now on hand and will
be issue’ in the near future.
Plans • ,-c boin,_ made for a twenty
two rifli ran^e to be established
somewhere in Palmer for use of the
uuarc:. j. should ee an Indoor
course a-." so far efforts to Oot a
suitable 1 catiin has boen a fail
ure. New twenty-two rifles and
ammunition have been received for
this prac' ice and it is hoped that
we cab jet this program under wajr
in the n r future.
Members and prospective members
of the un’t will he interested in
knowing V ■ t our basic training
now bein, nearly completed, wc will
have re, n'or army instructs rs ever;/
week for 4 he purpose 'of supplement
ing our r u'lnr drill.
This summer all basic arms nn^
their use ns weapons in home de
fense will be studied'ns well as
actual f‘ .Id traininj and stratecio
maneuvers. There are some vacan
cies for 'embers and it is expect
ed that ior authorized strenjth
will be ‘ rouwht up to date in the
next few weeks.
Seth. Cook,
NOTICE TO DOG OWNERSJ
Don Irw4: n reports that a bi,_ sled
doc killed a sheep and severely in
jured another recently. He states
that he will kill any dots found
trespassin0 on the Experiment Farm.
These sheep were used to make a
test cn feeding,. costs, and it will
make it difficult to conduct tests
while such conditions exist* .
MANAGER STOCK ANNOUNCES. CONTRACT
SECURED FROM ARMY FOR PRODUCTS.
A contract for the largest amount
of vegetables ever produced in the
Matanuska Valley, was negotiated by
Manager Stock and signed, this week.
The Army agrees to pay the high
est price allowed under the O.P.A.
for tills district. The items wanted
are potatoes, carrots, cabbage and
lettuce. As the contract calls for
more then twice the amount ever pro
duced for the local markets, and
considering the fact that the normal
markets must also be supplied, it
will be necessary to raise about
three times more than usual. This
is a real challenge to the farmers
of the Valley, but we believe that
it will be done* The cooperation
received from the Army officials in
the matter is very commendable.
For the first time in the history
f tho Valley a profitable market
is guaranteed for all of these pro
ducts that can be raised.
It n w lo-ks like wo will either
have to put-up or shut-up, on the
vegetable ^reduction.
MRS. USE HARRISON FOUND DEAD
NEAR SUTTON, CAUSE UNKNOWN
Mrs. Lee Ferris on, a native woman
who has teen known as "ChickaIcon”
Annie to the residents of the Mat
■ nuska Volley, was found ^ead by
Jack Corey about a mile and one
tir.lf above Sutton cn. the Esko Brand*
of the Alaska Railroad lost Monday.
Mystery surrounds the cause of
acr death and a coroner’s inquest
was held in x^nlmer on Thursday, to
determine the cause. The Coroner's
Jury decided after hearing the de
tails of the case as <_iven by wit
nessess called, that the cause was
unknown.
Commissioner Huntley conducted
the hearing, Deputy District At
torney Arne 11 from Anchorage ques
tioned the witnesses and was assist
3d by Deputy Marshall Monaghan who
^rou0ht the body to Falme'r.
According to the testimony ,_iven,
<irs. Harrison accompanied ty Keefer
£ivasnikcff, a miner from Eska was
Ln Palmer the evenin^ before her
leath, the couple ate dinner at one
3f the local cafes and drank two
jottlcs of beer each. They hired a
[*0x1 driven by Al Kin0 and drove to
;he R. R. crossing near Sutton on
;he Glenn Highway, where they left
;he car and started to walk to Eska
(continued on pa0e 3) .