Tin VAL”V rs "published
every Friday by the . atanuska
Valley Parmer’s Cooperating Assoc
iation at Palmer, Alaska.
Mng. Editor: Irving ITowvillo
Subscription rates: ,,>1.00 year
By mall: 1,75 year
hailed anywhere: .10 copy
This paper Is issued for’ the
purpose of giving information
and news of the batanuska Valley
Parmer’s Cooperating Associa
tions work, problems, accomp
lishments, also news of local
and general interest; and to
foster the cooperative spirit
of the farmers of the Llatanuska
Valley,
I
ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPATION IS THE
ANSWER.
A 'Cooperative association may
have a good balance sheet and a
good record of performance in its
field of activity but, until its
members feel a sense of responsi
bility for and ownership of the
association, it will have a found
ation unlikely to withstand a per
iod of adversity. Without such a
feeling of ownership and. respensi
bility on the part of it's memb
ers, some of them are likely to
look upon the Cooperative as just
another buyer of farm products or
vendor of supplies and services.
Read ;tCOOPERATION IN MINIATURE" in
April issue of "News for Earner
Cooperatives," where-In thirteen
school-boys formed a potato grow
ing and marketing Coop that will •
grow.
Read, also what Canadian far
mers did about lowering the'price
of gasoline in their Community
from 26^ to 13^ by Cooperative of- ♦
fort, in the same issue of News for
Parmer Cooperatives.
Many Alaskans lately have giv
en much thought to the possible d.
pletion of fish and game, due to
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- • increase in population in the
Territory. As Alaska develops,
more, and more people undo\v'tedly
will live here. In time greater re
strictions may possibly be placcdcn
hunters and fishermen. The jreatest
gain In the Conservation o:. our wild
life resources, however, will be
made In the control of fires, in the
protection of wild life and game cov
er» Sportsmen interested in the per
petuation of fish and game in Alaska
will do well to heed the advice of
Brig. Gen,Simon P0Buckner, Commander
of the Alaska Defense Command con
tained In a General Order to soldier:
stationed in Alaska.
"GAT,IS AND PISH PRSSSHVA'. I ON"
1. Alaska is one of the world's best
hunting-and fishing grounds. There
is an ample supply of game and fish
for all time, provided that proper
measures of constructive eonservatioi
are enacted and enforced.
2. ..11 members of the ..las. a defense
Command are enjoined not only to
comply strictly with all game and
fish laws but to conduct tv ..ems elves
in a sportsmanlike, manner to the end
that the present supply of game and
fish be conservec,
3. a true sportsman hunts and fishes
for s, ort and net to see how much
meat ho can get. he avoids taking
game and fish in excessive numbers
and does not try to establish a rep
utation for .the amount of amo that
be kills. Excessive slaughter only
serves to brand a mar. as a game or
fish.hog.. The sportsman brings homo
only enough .game so that Ik may en
joy some of it at his own table and
distribute a limited amount among
bis close friends. The real test
ef his sportsmanship is his consid
eration cf others.
1. In taking fish, he should. be- care*
Ful that none of it is wasted. If hi
ms all that he needs and < osires to
continue fishing, he releas s the
remainder,taking particular care not
bo kill them. If a fish is to be
released, it usually dies if it is
landled with dry hands. The action
3f dry hands on. fish has a tendency
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