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pay ueecks to come
EARLIER
3ecaiise of the many requests
that all employees be paid on
the first of the month, the
Accounting Office announces that
this will become effective
March l3t. To accomplish this,
it will be necessary, each month
hereafter, to close the pay
rolls on the 25th. For the
month of February only, in order
to change the procedure as re
quested by many, it is necessary
that the pay roll bo closed so
as to include time'worked to the
24th. of the month.
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PRICE ESTABLISHED FOR
LOCAL SEED
Following discussion and recom
mendations, it has been decided
to offor the following prices
for local seed delivered to the
warehouse:
Wheat base 97/b germination
$4,00 cwt.
Barley- Hulled base 92/£ germin
ation -$3.50 cwt.
Barley-Hull loss base 92 % ger
mination -- $4.00cwt.
Oats base 85;i germination
$3.00 cwt.
To be accepted all seed must be
recleancd and have been tested
by the Experimental Farm or Ex
tension Service and the test '
ccrtificat accompany the seed,
also? all seed should be sacked
before being brought in.
When it can toe determined how
r.mrah rehandling is required, the
sales price will also be announc
ed.
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COUNCIL MEETING
-mswc'T's
There will bo a Council meeting
at Earl Heckers on February 27
for the folks in that District.
It is expected that a fine
crowd will be represented and
some delayed business attended
to.
(The following letter has been
received from Ilr.E. J.Loduc for
publication in the paper)
"To the Editor,
The Valley Settler.
About four years ago our generous
Government, in a sincere and con
structive effort to rehabilitate
unemployed and needy citizens,
established the Matnnuskn Valley
Colonization Project. In the
spring of 1935 two hundred grate
ful and happy families were
transported from their homes in
the states to this beautiful and
fertile Alaska Valley that they
might establish homes, obtain
subsistence and gainful employment
fromthe soil and coordinated en
terprises of the project, and en
joy the benefits of a cooperative
rural community.
For the first time in years there
was something real to look forward
to SECURITY--- the best known
barrier against the well-known
wolf. The assurance of a liveli
hood, a future for our children,
a permanent home, took the form
of a beautiful picture on which
to feast our eyes; a picture
lacking only a suitable farme to
make it complete. But why worry?
Millions of dollars were made
available to finance the building
of that frame.
Eureka J Hurrah I Happy days i
Then, unsuspectedly, the big,
bad wolf entered the picture in
guise of a non-profit corporation
organized, apparently, to unself
ishly maintain, operate and man
age the project. Thus, unwitting^.*
lH, the groundwork was 'laid not
for the construction of our framo
of security, but for the destruc
tion of a noble plan conceived
by a noble man. Hot only have we
deceived, our President and the
people of Alaska, too, have been
tfecoived. I am very sure they are
not aware of the unwarranted
tactics and coercion employed in
an attempt to subjugate a once
happy and grateful group of Ameri
can citizens into one of capitu
lation.