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LAND US I PLANNING LIEFl'IEC JU >.7 . |
A special mooting of the Land ;
Us^ Flanning Committee ’.vac he.?d in !
the 7/omon • s Lounge on Luos day . vc- i
ning, Juno 17. tc discuss agr.icv.1 - .
tural problems in the vajlcy with ;
Lorin T-Oldroyd, Director cf out on-;
sion Dork m Alaska. and Dr, From
me, Experiment Station Inspector
from 7/ashing ton, D, 0,
Dr.Frcmmo stressed ::h.c import
ance of hov; much tho farmers arc
no-.v relying on the Experiment Sta
tions all over tho States in the
land use soil testing experiments
and special crop v/orlc., He also
discussed Experiment Station finan
ces, stressing the small amount
that was available for the stations
in the Territory as compared to
stations Outside. Dr. Frommc, like
Director Olaroyd, was very n oh
interested in the activities of the
Land Use Planning group in the Val-j
ley. Tho Director assured the
group that the veterinarian will, \.oj
stationed hero permanently and is I
definitely under tho .luuisdicrion 1
L o’ O
of the Governor!s office,
the much desired piano broebo
be stationed at Fairbanks and
work ir. cooperation vith the
exper
iment Station hcref
A general discussion followed
concerning the- possibilities of
cranberry production in this area,
cost of producing fnm produce in
contrast vith that in the States,
and the possibility of competing
v/ith prices or farm produce on the
Scattl. market,
The long av/aited program,R,E.A
(Rural Electrification Administra
tion) was disclosed to the group«
hr.Ross Shccly discussed the early
plans for this work and what has
been done by tho Committee, com
posed of Huntley, Shocly, Pr,Albre
cht, Arndt and Wincck and said that
now that the engineers arc here and
ready to go to v/ork on the project
tho remainder of tho program lies
in the hands of tho people of tho
Valley, I.!r, McCarty, Engineer for
the R.E.A., discussed tho immediate
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NOTES
'x. K?oik , pioaidort 01 ipo Vcg
• t"oj.c Grot/ors as calling .1 meeting
of a:.:j organa 2uti.cn Tor Tuesday oi
tcrn^on, «Tuno ‘j?4 at «;30< Inc Meet
ang -.73.11 .Vo ho3 J i n my off• eo? or
if tho crowd is too ' arge In the
Recreation Hall. It is important
that all vri'o ha/o vegetable* for
r.alo att.end this mooting and rork
on the plans for the year.
Also I ha/o some important in
formation regarding Sales to the
Army as a result of my conference
with General Buckner and hie supply
offacers this week*
The meeting is hold ' i the af
ternoon so as not to interfere v/ith
the R E,.A, meetings at night.
I also conferred v/ith felon 1
Chison voile in Anchorage
.liable
in TiX. in; plans
erne very valuable
an-., re*
that wall 1 assist u:
t\ r the future*
V/e have been promise' i he pie
arc taken of the Valley tv/o veers
earner Brothers for
snowu Several
this nicte.ro.
local p >nj.
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FO'C.R AND LIGHTS III S"
During the past year,
Earl Albrecht, Ross Shod.
Arndt, Waiter Huntlc;/ and
pru T~-^vvr>
l)r.
Lawrence
d7/1 n
eck have been voided3 as a c0 ranittoe
and as individuals, receiving and
answering toiegruus, and by riming
personal calls i:i Washington naioii
ly and diligently unwinding gov*
eminentai rod tape in the interest
of obtaining electric Hip1 u and
power for the Matnnuska Volley.
Thoir work is nearly fini.,nod, and
to then a very 3incor 3, Thank You
is in order, from every ne.ioor of
the Coraaunity, for their generous
gift of tine and energy,
Late last week'Justin HeCarty,
R«E,A. engineer, Hr. Tucker.Super
intendent and Howard L„Wiis on,con
tractors assistant, arrived in
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