every Friday by the Matanuska
Valley farmer's Cooperating Asso
Mng. Fditor: Irving Newville
This paper is issued for the
purpose of giving information
and news o*f the I.lahanus-ka Valley
Farmer 1 a Co - op era ting A s-s o ci a t---»
ions work, problems accomp
lishment, also news of local
and general interest; and to
foster the cooperative spirit of
the farm ;-rs of the Mat anus ka
Valley,_ ■ -_
elation at Palmer, Alaska
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sTti'f ;:ts or the university
resident3 cf the territory, Of
the remaining 59, one comes from
Mexico,'and the others live in
the states. ^hese figures are in ;
sharp contrast to-various statist
ics now tjing circulated in an ef
fort to rove that the University :
is enrolling 50 per-cent of its
students from outside of Alaska, j
Prior to September, 1940, be
fore a non-resident tuition fee
was charged, students werp. not
required to file their legal resi
dences, Often, they listed only
their home addresses, which in
most cases were the addresses.of
their parents. Many who had been;
in Alaska for several years gave
non-Alaskan addresses. The tab
ulation of these-addresses from ■
the University Catalog has led to
erroneous conclusions.
Director Lorin T. Oldroyd
left for Fairbanks Sunday after
spending several days in the Val-;
ley in the interests of the Ex
tension Service.
Sc, naturalists observe^ .'a flea
Has smaller fleas that on him prey;]
And these have smaller still to
bite ’em, , I
And sc proceed ad infinitum. 1
(Swift) ; i
A.RiR.C. ASKK-jSIGST TC MOVK.
In a statement made today by
Dr. Hv C, Hanson, General Manager
of the Corporation, lie said “Notice
to vacate has been given to eight
colonists, for one -or vriore reasons.
One of which in each case is, fail
ure to make payments, or arrange
ment to make payments on their ob
ligations to the Corporation."
STATEHOOD HAY EE CONSIDERED IN 1942
Representatives Egan and Mc
Cormick introduced'a bill in‘the
Legislature this week calling for
a referendum on statehood to’be
placed on the 1942 general ballot.
COW TESTING FOR BANGS &
Ccw ‘testing fir Bangs and T.3.
has boon going on the last cou
ple days. Cards have been sent to
farmers notifying them of the date
on which the testing officials will
be at their "f arras. There will be
no charge for "testing cows ’for
I. 3. but a small charge may be
made to cover the cost of materials
used in the Bang's tost. It is •
expected that more time will bo
required for the present test be
cause of the necessity of calling
back after makeng the T. B* test.
I vFO P. GET
OL FJJ.C I ION
Sat u ;\D/\y
PALVER PLACES “SECOND IN RENDEZVOUS
tournament
'The opening game played with
Seward was won by Palmer 28-24.
• The" second "game" played with
Fairbanks ended 25-23 in Palmer's
favor.
The local boys lost to Anch
orage in the third game of the ser
ies'. Palmer's op. cnents in these
games were’’tough moat and *the Moose
boys played some good ball to fin
ish in second, Fairbanks had not
been beaten by a -highschool in six
years,