VALLEY SETTLER
Published every Friday by the Matanuska
Vrlley Farmers Cooperating Association at
Palmeri Alaska,
By L, H, Allen
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IT PAYS TO KICK
Delegate Dimond relays the follov/ing
letter to Mr, Stock. It is a letter to
Delegate Dimond from the Colonel of the
Quartermaster Corps, Office of the Quar
termaster General, Var Deoartment, Wash
ington, D. C, He sayst
"The Secretary of ’far has referred to
this office your further inquiry in be
half of Mr, L. C. Stock, General Manager
of Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating
Association, Palmer, Alaska, who protests
discrimination by the Army against Alaska
farmers and farm produce.
"The matter of furnishing subsistence
supplies to troops in Alaska has been
carefully reconsidered, and the Quarter
master General has written to the Command
ing General, Headquarters, Alaska Defense
Command, stating that, i: fresh fruits and
vegetables can be purchased in Alaska in
desired grades and quantities at a cost
not to exceed the cost of comparable items
purchase^ in the States, plus estimatec
cost of transportation to Alaskaf prefer
ence should be given to the purchase of
Alaskan produce.
"It is hoped that the policy, as set
forth, will meet with your approval."
«C** TO ESTABLISH CEILING PRICES
Methods by which retailers can readily
establish their ceiling prices for a re
stricted list of summer apparel, furni
ture and certain other warm weather mer
chandise that was not sold generally in
March, are contained in a nev; order issued
by Price Administrator Leon Henderson.
This is in accordance with a news release
made by Mildred R. Hermann, Alaska Direc
tor of the Office of Price Administration.
Briefly, the new regulations require re
tailers of the seasonable goods listed to
obtain their maximum price by applying
last seasons percentage mark-up to a cost
figure that cannot be higher than the high*
est manufacturer's price in March.Covered
by the new seasonal regulations are the
following artiolesi men's and boy's clo
thing, adapted especially for summer wearj
(Continued page 4).
EXTENSION CLUBS ACTIVITIES
The "Defenders" 4-H cenning girls will
meet at the McAllister home Friday, June
26, its, Virgil Eckert is their leader.
The "Defenders" 4-H clothing girls met
yestercay at the Adam ,/ernor home. Dress
es were made at thi3 meeting under the
leadership of Mrs. Rorrison and Mrs. Ker
ttula.
The Jonesville-Sska Homemakers club
will meet July 2 with Mrs. Kacer. The
topic to be discussed is preparation of
rags with which to make rugs,
A general meeting of the Eklutna 4-H
girls was held last Tuesday evening under
the leadership of Miss Louise Davis, Re
ports wore given on work bein? done in
the following projects: garden, home im
provement, Baking 1, baking 11, clothing
11, and clothing 111. After the business
meeting, games were played and refresh
ments were served.
Nineteen girls in the Eklutna Camp
Cookery club met Tuesday afternoon. a
demonstration was given in the cooking of
toast, bacon, eggs, using a No, 10 tin
can as a stove. Plans were made for
meetings to be held once a week during
the summer. Mrs. Anderson is the leader
of the club.
The 4-H clubs in the Anchorage counun
ity are planning their annual 4-H Camp to
be hole' June 27 to 30 at the King's Lake
camp with Hies J. Hazel Zimmerman, Terri
torial 4-H club leader, in charge. The
local Extension Agents, Miss Mee Stephen
son and Harold W. Rice, will assist with
the Camp together with local leaders from
Anchorage.
The next time another 35,000 ton battle
ship goes to sea, remember that it took
42,000 acres of land to launch it. It
took 169 acres of flax to produce the oil
to paint that battleship just one coat.
It takes the annual food production of
155 acres to give wings to one American
bomber. It takes the food from 71 acres
to start a heavy tank rolling.
That's what we mean when we say farm
ers are in this war. Every hour of the
day, our farm plant is turning out 6,468,
000 quarts of milk. Every day 5,236,000
eggs roll off the production line. Every
hour of the day 130 carloads of hogs are
ready for market. These production fi
gures are on a 24 hour basis of 365 days
a year, Wheels can't turn in the factory
and tanks can't roll on the front without
food from the farms, according to Fred
Wallace, head of the Agricultural Adjust
ment administration.