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THU VALLEY SETTLER is published
every Friday by the T'c.ts.nuskr.
Valley Parsers Cooperr tine Associ
ation at Palmer, Alaska.
line.Editor: Marie Wilson
Subscription rates; ;i.50yorr
By nail; 1.75 y ar
Mailed anyvlioro; 10^ cony
Thi3 paper i3 issued for the pur
pose of giving information and
nows of the Matanuska Valley
Farmer ’ s Cooper: ting Associations
,r,ork, problems, accomplishments,
also, nows of local end general
interest; and to foster the
coopera tivo spirit of the farmers
of the Matanuska v lloy.
WHY NOT ?
rhorc- is c largo amount of Gov
ernment 1: nd lying idle in this
valley, somo good rich soil r.nd
some not so good, but ell h; a
some timber. Y.hy not threw it
op. .n to sottl^m^nt? Give the
volley settlers 90 days to file
on additional lend r nd then
throv? it open to the general
public. It would give every
body a chr.noc to get more past
ure :nd more tillir bio lend.
It is generally agreed thr.t 40
r.cros of market g rdon is suf
ficient to satisfy the ambitious
efforts of most of us, but 40
acres is not enough for those
engaged in sheep raising or
dairying.
The cry is for more settlers in
Alaska, be Alaskans are opposed
to bringing in refugees from
any foreign country. Lot our
own people have the chance, such
C3 it is, to root hog or die.
Many of our people from the
States would be glad to try to
make a go of it here. Why give
the preference to war refugees?
The Homer country is being
settled with out roads, rail or
auto. We hs.vc both c nd very
good ones at that. Why not use
them? Lets ^’Of r them out as
fast as we can, that is v-hr t
th„y are made for.
If you stop and think this is
a nighty small community. Vhy
not increase it without any
expense to the present settlers
or the Government? Light be a
good idea to adopt 'some of the
Canadian ideas as to the amount
of money outsiders have, so they
will become an asset and not a:,
liability.
as are going to bo taxed on
real and personal property some
of those fine days. ?ish and
gold are not going to be the
fair haired good boys much
longer, fisory loves compa.ny,
lets have more company.
LOCALS
The response to the Christmas
seal siklc hr.s boon very rood
this year, much hotter then ex
pected. To dr to, this community
including I'atr.nuska, V/r.sil'lc.,r.nd
T- lkeetnr. hr.s contributed over
..300,, nearly one hundred dollars
more than lest year.
T.L. Doland checked out of tic
colony last ^celc i nd expressed
pirns to return north in the
spring.
Robert Gore left his -tract some
time ago and moved to Anchorage.
hr. and hrs.Chuck Cepe have re
cently signed up for the Bisson
place across the river.
These arc the only changes which
have boon made in the farm tracts
since Oct.
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