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i. gravel fill was made on the
site of the sub-station of the ...k.
A, this v/eok sta ting the 3:0 ornd
work on that phase'of construction,
Some poles nave arrived nd more 'arc
on tk "■ v/ay. hole digging has begun
and thcro is every indication that
the erection of the lino will be
completed on schedule. bho pole
line has been staked to Palmer, and
the lino serving the. Experiment sta
tion, Prank Linn was the first cus
tomer to bo served a stake (steak).
Application has been made to
R. L. A, for funds with which to make
loans to members for wiring and plu
mbing.
Pino cooperation has been re
ceived in mo t districts in the
signing of easements and apelicai-s
ions for membership. fhe line will
not be built in those s' ctions whore
the necessary signatures have not
boon received.
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Several cooperative weather
stations ha/e been established in
the natanusla Valiev, to be used in
a climatological survey of local
weather conditions. The equipment
and i nstruments usod are the prop
erty of the Soil Conservation Ser
vice. Installation and maintenance
by experiment Station and hire Con
trol Service.
r’eadings are taken aver^ day
by cooperative observers-on maximum
and- ministum temperatures, humidity
and precipitation. It is expected
later to install wind equipment to
determine direction and velocity of
wind, honthly reports of observers
will be forwarded to the .Gather
Bureau office in Anchorage.
Stations have been set up on
the farms of Max Sherrod, ,Toii : id
ler and Irving rewville and. another
one will bo set up in Vasilla soon.
A soil thermometer has been
added to the regular equipment of
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VALKIY LADIHS hr POST
lives of officers at ort
hichords on. entertain . ’ sivoriJ of
the ladies of the hatanusla \ alley
at- a very delightful noon luncheon
at the officer a clvb Tucs
Af t e r t he 1' m che on ;. r a, Sira on
Vfuc’mer, spoke of the v- leone ex
ijOiiCiod tho ladies or cno os <_* toj
the ladies of the Co-op ( nild, last
fall and drew attention to the fact
that they in their efforts to make
homes in a nov; country have inton
es to in common with women of tho
Valley,
In rcsoonso Mrs,Dorothy Boll,
told of progress made in the Valley
; during the past year.
i ohLI w .Ai/ih vi
hiss VoIon Tohnson 1
from range11 to take on
sponsionities of Cormpuni
health hurso, a post mad
th~ marriage of harm ha IT.
fabian Cary last spyin0.
r . come
tho rc
ty -ublic
.■".cant by
Ivan to
Dorothea Poison from, vancap
oils, hinnosota, is visit:'dig here
with i.ac Stephenson,
Harold Bice, District fxton
- sion agent, is conducting v:tension
i classes at Homer this wo.; .
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A.uAofjtY R^R. TO jL.Jii.ji.' j.i . Lji'.)i
A call for b5.dc for construc
tion of a new depot at Anchorage
will be issued soon. The nr:; 5 st
ory building will bo of • aerate
construction, £13 fee t long .n<? 45
f ot wide, costing $£50,0 0. The
lower floor of the eh..,pot ,;ill house
a modern waiting, baggage room, ex
press and other accomodations*
second and tnird floors vlll be oc
cupied by railroad offices which
now arc located in the Federal Bldg,
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