THE VALLEY SETTLER is published
every Friday by the Matanuska
Valley Farmers Cooperating Associ
ation at Palmer, Alaska.
Mng. Editor Mrs-.-Ivan Wilson
Subcaription rates . $1.00year
by mail 1.50 "
mailed anywhere 1C^ copy
This paper is issued for the pur
pose of giving information and
news of the Matanuska Valley
Farmers' Cooperating Association's
work, problems, accomplishments,
and also news of local and gen
eral interestj and to help foster
the cooperative spitit of the
farmers of the Matanuska Valley.
IT HAS BEEN DONE
Some very good vocabularies have
been badly used and even strained
to the point of becoming quite
vulgar. The reason?-it seems
to bo beyond human endurance to'
stroll meekly about the streets
of Palmer without adding stress
to certain words discribing the
GOBBLE STONES about the door of
the Trading Post,
If one will take the time to loit
er about unnoticed for half an
hour or so, it will become evident
that there is a general lack of
appreciation'for stones, rolling
or otherwise,
Nov; it is an extremely sad state
of affairs, when we practise such
foul words- of expression. It not
only tends to spoil an otherwise
beautiful countenance, but if we
can depend upon reading our char
acter upon the face, it might be
just as well to become illiterat£
to say nothing of becoming deaf.
There might be a remedy, -If each
person so annojred would gently
stoop and take the stone with
them and deposit it in some re
mote place a couple of miles out
of town, in a’ surprisingly short .
time there would not be any left.
Or we might gather and sell them
ACCREDITED ACCOUNTANT HERS
Mr,William W.Hcad has been per
manently appointed chief Account
ant lor the Alaska Rural Rehabil
itation Corporation, Mr,Head says
u I am greatly interested in the
welfare of the Matanuska Valley
and will sincerely do everything
in my power to further the inter
ests of the Colony",
Mr,Head is well qualified to hold
his position and a great deal of
responsibility will rest upon him.
His presence will relieve those
who have in the past worked many
a long day to #eep the records
in order,
Mr,Head and family are at present
living in the house formerly
occupied by Mr,Leo . .Jacobs.
to the tourists for souvenirs of
Matanuska, it has 'been done.
Seattle-- Thousands upon thousands
who were to die will live-- for
at least a short time longer—and
the wings of the angel of death
which all but grazed the checks of
millions of Europeans has passed
on and for a moment lies watch
fully waiting. Everyone with a
vestige of sanity abhors war and
in our position of comparative
isolation from the European scene
it is easy indeed for us to in
dulge in virulent criticism of a
diplomatic course which tossed
honor to the-winds to avert war.
Dispassionate thinking is needed
even on this dido' of the Atlantic.
There never was any particular
reason for the r:public of CzcEho
slovakia. It has no tradition, no l
background 'of racial strength*
its population of Germans, Gulgars,
Rounmanians, and heaven knows what
else,. From any hard -headed,
practical view-point its dismem
berment to save the peace of the
world is just common sense.