■r.ic Vx.LhEY SkTTOk is published
cv hriday by the ' atanuska |
Valley harrier's Co operating ...sco- |
elation at Palnor, Alaska,.
kng. Editor Irving hevvillc
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Thi3 paper is issued for the
purpose of giving inferration
and news of the hatanuska Val
ley earner's Cooperating iss-’C
i at ions work, problems, accn-op
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and general interest; and to
foster the cooperative spirit of
the I’arners of the hatanuska 'alio
RANGERS- EEL 4-K CLUB
The boys that Ernie Jo sell en
fcldur took under bis wing two
weeks ago have 1 etched out, a d-F
Club. They meet every "ondr.y
night.
* rojoct - Citizenship
Among the many setivities of
this ^roup will be tho gathering
of bottles and broken glass. del
egating some special authority to
each member of tho club when on
some- expedition that *'rnio lias in
mind will tend tu develop respon
sibility,
Tho making of box traps in
which to catch rabbits and things
will furnish a good deal of ex
citement for the boys on rainy
days, and Ernie will probably dis
cover why tho traps he made when
he was a kid, wouldn’t work. - 7
he learn by teaching.
Tho boys in the Banger Club
aro holding their loaders interest
by bringing him gifts of airplane
pictures - the collection fast
growing to library proportions.
Hr. Wcschonfold-r has mention
ed many instances that indicate
good sportsmanship among the boys
in this Club, and tho proper re
spect for their property and that
of others.
About ten weeks ago, v. moose
calf mostly cars and wobbly logs
wandered into the Airchop and ;link
farmstead.
An orphan, possibly a disown
ed twin, maybe a calf when . mother
had boon killed. She appeared to
bo about four days old and in need
: co something resembling food and
! care. SI10 came to the right place.
nrcstrained, she non goes . way to
brou3o and grase and comes back to
drink nilk, about five quarts a day.
fmil firebar st- t '-s that the
moose calf is tamer than the reg
ular farm calves.
The Valley Settler 3.3 heartily
[It. accord with ' r.-->outhworth's op
inion on the school tax collection,
problem* appearing in an tutorial •
in the : Alaskan1 June 27, entitled,
!lThe School Tax. i
Alaskans ought to bo :"ntcrest
led in getting all the school tax
[money into the Territorial treasury
that it is possible to collect, both
because it is needed by the Terri
torial school system and because a
very considerable number 1 those
persons who are supposed i pay the
tax do not contribute to the support
of the Territory in any other way.
The men who make thoir homes
permanently in Alaska are she ones
who do most of the school tax paying
the trans .ont worker, who stays in
the country only as long as ho can
earn good wages,finds it easy co a- »
void the tax collector unless his
employer cooperates with the Terri- v
tory in assisting in the collections.
Cooperation of that sort is es
pecially needed in these Alaskan '
communities whore the Government has
many non employed on defense proj
ects at wages amply largo to permit
of a nominal contribution to the
Territory's school fund.
The Alaskan roa.13 zes that the
school tax is not a popular one and
that the method of collection is
.considerably short of boi: • satis
factory; but the tax is a Territor
ial requirement and tin, method of
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