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? "I ,7 r:.1-rr SETTLE1!: is published
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V: 1 ] • ; El. m • r1 s Cooocra tive
Associ- tlon at Palmar, Alaska.
tiny. Editor: !Tario V.3Ison
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Eamrr's ^oopsrutiny Associations
v: ork, r noble ms , a c c otupl Lshrx- nts ,
and rd so, naas of local ■ nd yen
er: 1 inter .st; arid to fost-r the
cooper; tiv spirit of the ft mors
cf the Matanuska valley.
YVHE1J IS THE STORAGE CELLAR
AVAILABLE ????
On th ninth of August pl«ns ror^
drrvn up and construction started
on a cold storage basement under
wc rehouse number f, for the pur
’'oof storing £.] 1 farm produce
•diich v ould bo reedy for mrrkot
about nc- / .
At least throe ne-cessary rusons
hove boon advanced for this stor
rr. spree. First-the majority
of f nm collars c ro .not forgo
enough to hold oil the potatoes,
carrots, end c.ob-br.ga ror ready
to harvest. S .cor.d-the farm
cellars will greatly very in tore
ro r' rare end moisture content of
tiro sir, ms king storr.ro on the
fern unndv.lsc.bio for uniform
market produce. And third
tho most important point is the
necessity of c. cash crop at this
time of the year in order to moot
obiin tions.
In answer to all those frantic
inquiries, with‘Old Han Frost
nipping our heels, this much can
h. said-first the Farmers Cooper
ative i_s not in charge of this
construction job end is not in
authority overii it.' Second--tho
construction boas, Hr.Vic Chapman,
has done everything in his pov;or
to hasten tho work and has been
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continually confronted w 1th to.o
lock of material to complete the
job. Nobody seems to knor why
the me to riel is not a vr liable.
At any rote, ".•ben the construct!or.
6m' Is i.Mo uo obtain tho .rococo \>_
mrtoriel, tho job will bo quickly
completed end roedy for use.
£e there you are, which reminds
no of something which happened
to me recently. Nr.Hoffman took
yours truly for e rido to see
. cert- in crop. ’.Then we returned
to town he stopped in the center
of a deep mud hole and says,
M7i'oil, I’m sorry but this Is as
fa'1 as I go. T hope you can
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SPECIAL
By request, each member of the
Co-Op BoM’d of Directors bos prom
ised to write on editorial for
tbo Volley Settlor, Tho Board of
Directors ore olooted to roprosont
tho members of tho organization
end I c,m sure everyone will bo
glad to hoar from each one in turn,
romomboring - literary ability
Is net an essential qualification
of a good first class Co*op board
director, but practice 1 cooperative
administration, conservative plans
veil laid for the future and the
ability to carry out administra
tion beneficial to the majority
without radicalism, is -priceless.
Tho following is the first written
By Waiter Huntley
Speaking of Cooperatives let us
take the word BUSINESS. Heve you
ever noticed tin.t the U comes
before the _I? The same thing
applies to you end I in a cooper
ative. Also have you noticed the
I is silent and that the IJ sounds
Tike I? It wouldn’t be BUSINESS
if U and I weren’t there-- so it
is with a Cooperative. You and I
have to be In business together
and v/ork together, before it can'
be called a Parmer's Cooperative.
This is a fundamental principle
upon which every cooperative must
( sbo' noxt pegc)