GREAT COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT
SINCE THE BEGINNING IN 1810
During 1935 five states alone
California, Illinois, New York and
Minnesota and Iov/a—did more than
$675,000,000 worth of business
through Cooperative organizations.
This is a long way from the small
cooperative cheese business which
was established in 1810 and the
first cooperative of which we have
any record.
- The National Grange was started in
1867 and their agencies increased
so rapidly that their business
under cooperate arrangements in
18G0 was over $10,000,000.
The Grange was not alone in the
development of Cooperatives. Pur
chasing and Marketing Associations
were started throughout the United
States for the handling of cotton,
grain, dairy products, fruit and
vegetables. Every year shows new
cooperatives bein0 formed and
becoming successful.
In 1810 there was one cooperative
in 1935 there were 10,700 coopera
tive associations with a total
membership of 3,280^000 and an
annual turnover of $1,530,000,000.
PIONEER GRANGE NO. 1 APPOINTS
COMMITTEES; PL/,NS SOCIAL
At a meeting of the Pioneer Grange
#1 held in the Grange Hall January
13, the following coramittees; were
named:
Executive Committee: M.D.Snodgrass,
Don Irv/in, C.V.King
Committee of Candidates: Harold
Thuma, Mrs. Prank Linn, Mrs.
B.J.B3ngle
Membership Committee: Walter Hunt
ley, Mrs.I.M.Sandvik, V.fl.Falk
Refreshment Committee: Mrs.Seth Cool
Mrs.Rex Monaghan,Mrs. Don Irv/in
Visiting Committee: Mrs. Irving
Newville, Mrs. Laurence Rorri
son, Mrs. Carl Erickson, C.C.
Brix, William Hoskins, C-. C.Lamp
Publicity Committee: Mrs. Fred
J ohns on
Social Committee: Mrs.M.D.Snodgrass,
MissMyr11e Klovstad,Mrs.J.W.
Curtis
Every one in the community is in
vited to attend the Grange Social
meeting Thursday evening, January 27
\7E HEAR THAT:
The Palmer Democratic Club's atten
dance is increasing by leaps and
bounds. The meeting on the 17th
was chiefly for the purpose of hear
ing the reports of delegates to the
Divisional Convention at Seward re
cently. There was much interest
shown. Irwin Metcalf and Mrs. C.H.
Perrine, members of the Divisional
Committee, will go to the meeting
of that group to be held January 22
uninstructed with "everything up
to them."
The A.R.R.C. Board had a meeting in
Anchorage on the 18th and the Board
of the M.V.P.C.A. had its annual
meeting on Saturday, January 15.
The Sausage Kitchen and smokehouse
have been 3et up under the creamery
and locally smoked bacons are now
available at the Trading Post.
The Carpenter Department of the
A.R.R.C. have started to move a
house to Robert McCully's tract and
are havir^g quite a time due to the
freeze. Others of the crew are work
ing on Pcarle Archer's new house.
Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Black of Palmer
are staying at the home of the Fran
cis Henry's and assisting them with
the work on the tract.
THERE 'HAVE BEEN 108 BABIES BORN TO
COLONIST FAMILIES SINCE THE COLONY
WAS STARTED. Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Kind
gren's baby girl was the 108th.
Bill Bouwens talked Col. Ohlson out
of a 35# halibut, whieh was sont frc
Southeastern Alaska to Matanuska
freight prepaid.
Nancy Boice had a knee operation at
the hospital last week.
Jacob Onkka, four year old son of th
Dave Onkka*s, will return on the
.BARANOFF with the Albrecht's. He
left here in August for a foot cor
rection at the Seattle Orthopedic
Hospital.
Alice Mikami and Gaye Bjornson gave
a party for the A.R.R.C. office fore
on Saturday evening, January 15.
Fr. Leo Dufour spent the week-end in
Palmer, having masses twice on Sunda
morning. ... • 7
The Hoganson and Ruddell familes lea
for the States this week-end.
A nbw term started in the* schools
Started this past Monday.