VALLEY SETTLER, PALMER ALASKA.
; Published every Friday at Palmer
Alaska, by +-he Mrtrnuskr Valley
(Farmers Cooperating Association
ifcr the purpose of giving news of
jthe Associations! nor1'.;, problems,
(accomplishments, news of local
(and general interest.
! Carl Kssmussen Editor. j
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RELAX FOLKS,IT ISNT TRUE.
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1 Some one,whom the Editor ^osent•••-.“ \
know passed the information that the;
valley Settler intends to hold a
certain p rsor. \ip for ridicule, in
colimis of the Settler. Of course
there might u< certs in people who
have guilty concicnccsT that might j
Y cone, rne^ if such a thing cam-: tej
• ss, but we wish to assure every !
jae th' t it is not our intention to1
1 o such a thing unc'er "nv circumst
ances whatever. i
In th< first pi; ce the Editor Jorfl
-nt o.vn 11 y Settler and we are
not working for ourselves, so that 1
we would be nr eng sots Isa's pep :.r 1
to have the nleasnre of r<v^nge or
the con? urration o° r practical .joke J
if we were to do so, and ttn.t is not
our ide;. of fr'ir deal.
Then again ’• e are -working for a 1
large nd import: nt Cooperative
Association that corsists of most of
the Frrnc rs of th? Fatnnuskn Valleyy
and under eho grace of he Board of
Directors of the Cooperative, whom 1
we believe to be the representives
of the me mbership* as a whole.
The Editor has confidence in the
integrity,- row. sty and competence of
the Board of Directors end hope that
the Board f-ejs the same way about j
the Editor.. And while wo do not
alwtys agree with : 11 of the policy^
of the Board wholeheartedly, we feel
that they nr; trying to do a good (
• ob with the material that they have
> work with an I hr. vent- any reason
„o criticize them for any overall
oolicy or project.
Therefore to abuse the power j
that those man have seen’ fit to give
the Editor would be a betrayal of
both the Board and the People of the
Association, who are our friends and
associates in the Cooperative, this
to our mind,would be unthinkable
and would hurt us as much in the
long run cs it would any one else.
We are proud of our membership in th
Co-op. and would do everything to
preserve and protect it.
However the Editor does wish to
state,ns we have previously, that
any time that any one tries to cause
trouble for the Association, by
giving out misinformation of any kind
th't. would endanger the Co-o- . in
any way that we will t.rv to cicertain
th ■ source and the object on the
disturbance and that it will reciave
fall publicity, when the facts can
be determined. But we are not look
ing for trouble and hope th't the
promotion of discord in th. Associa
tion will be small in the f.ibure.
If the desire for powo^ an" influ
ence is not pressed, to far * iv the
indulgence in vice of revenw is not
to great.by the 'men of infra ’.cc in
the Hatanuska Valley, we sh o lid pro
gress very fast in the next f’pw years.
The policy of resorting to ’cfamin
abion of persons with whom you disa
gree should be curbed, and j s long ns
the present World War continues, it
is our opinion that a man is just as
much of i Saboteau-", who promotes
discord, at home as the enemy who
spies in our midst.
CAN WE PREVENT PIRNS IN THE VALLEY?
The recent fatal fire causes the
Editor to wonder if we could do some
thing to prevent such fatal! a.
We all knew that our houses are very
similar in construction ar.r that we
all face this serious situation alike.
This is v.e believe, the sixth of
the Colinists homes to burn up end
there has been four deaths in these
firesf a vary large J-oll In compor
-ison to the total number cf people
who have been located here.
The Pmberg fire was caused by the
explosion of a gasoline lamp • nd two
lives were lost, then the Tom Anydor
home burned, cause unknown and the
fire started in the upstairs section
of the house, Marjorie Snyd r was
fataly burned in the preform; nee of
a very heroic duty,when si r scuecl
two small children with difficulty.
It night have been possiable to res
-cuo the two' children in the Snyder
fire if a ladder h.d been attached
to the outside wall at the window on
the side where the room, ccnsaining
tho children was, without the f: tal
burns that accompanied this rescue.
Wo too have an upstairs room that
has the stairway ’located in tho cen
ter of the house an'5 when .scape is
very difficult if the fire started
near the stairway. But this has been
v warning and wo will see v’r-t can
be done to correct this sin v on.
Perhaps it would be well t or all
ef us to survey our homes and prepare
for that firo, that may come anytime.