Col .C .F .Orison requests. that
the following artjiclo be printed■
in tho VALLEY'SETTLER. This
paper assumes no. .responsibility ’
for tho opinions or statements
in this article.
ftfith reference to r .D.Snodgrass'
contradictory articles under the
caption "Tho Economic Future of
the I'atnnuska Valley," published
in the VALLEY SETTLER Lovemhor
17th and November 24th.
Anyone writing articles, for pub
lication should ascertain facts
before bursting out in print,
also put their own house in
order before acclaiming leader
ship and advice to others.
Snodgrass has, of course, heard
that the I'atanuska Valley Farm
er's Cooper:ting Association arc
about to receive a loan and by
this attack on the Corporation's
Board of Directors he undoubt
edly hoped to get in the good
graces of the fratnnuskn Valley
Farmers' Cooperating Association
and land some kind of position,
or get on the Board, but do not
let this man fool you like he
fooled the people in the Tanana
Valley. You are'invited-to
inquire about his activities
in and around Fairbanks r;here
he loft a string of debts be
hind him and the reputation
that his failures to succeed'
was due .to his visicnafy ideas
and lack of managerial end ck
ecutivo abilities.
The Board of Directors of the
Alaska Rural Rehabilitation
Corporation has no apologies to
make for its conduct, and those
'in the Valley who arc acquainted
with the real facts know that
the policies of the projects
were formulated by the FERA in
Washington, .and. while- some--of
the Members of the Board of
Directors expressed dissatis
faction over non-authority, the
fact remained that the EERA
supplied the funds and had sev
eral similar projects under* ita
. char go in the. States, .which
naturally should have aided
officials of the FERA to wisely
outline policios and programs
for tho I'atanuslca Valley project.
ThS Board Of' Directors , however,
did assert itself at the time of
the individual debt adjustment
and decided that the various
items should be adjusted on the
basis of ability oft he settlers
to pay, which was done, we believe,
to the satisfaction of the great
er number of the settlers.
The Board of Directors also made
it possible for the old settlers
.in the Valley to borrow money
for the purpose of,rehabilitating
their farms, from the Corporation,
and the record shows that M.D.
Snodgrass was loaned $2,500.00
and his son, Roland, $800.00,
and it is very doubtful whether
Snodgrass could have borrowed
this amount of money anywhere else.
Again he shows that he either
does not*know or attempts to con
fuse you, as under its charter
the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation
Corporation must have a Board
of Directors; and they serve
gratuitously'* and the Alaska
Rural-Rehabilitation Corporation
is here'to stay for a long time,
further, under the provisions'of
the articles of incorporation,
all of the funds that remain to ,
the credit of the Corporation
after a period of.fifty years
from inception of t he charter
vrill revert to the Territory of
Alaska.
The turning.over of the-various
activities of the Corporation to
the Cooperating Association, in
line with-the original set-up,
has been carefully studied and as
soon as - it was determined that
the Cooperating Association were
competent to take over certain
activities, they were transferred
to the Association.
There have been some mistakes
made in carrying out President
Roosevelt's plan of alleviating
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