cvoi*y Friday by the Matanuska
Vallcy Parmer's Cooperative
Association at Primer, Alaska,
Mng, Editor; . Mario Wilson
This paper is issued for the pur
pose of giving information and
nows of the Matai uska Valley
Farmer1s Cooperating Associations
v/orlc, problems, accomplishments,
and also, news of local and gen
eral interest; and to foster the
cooperative sporit of the farmers
of the Matanuska Valley.
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NOT ALL ALIKE
Go many disappointments hr.vc
boon cxperi need since the in
v* sion oT the Editorial confer- -
one , ui ich was supposed to put
Alaska ''on the nap" square and
lcvg.1; that it is a pleasure to
read wha t'Mr.. 11, Conrad has t o
say, Mr.*Copra 1 is publisher and
printer of The Star Nows of Mod
ford V'is, and w s president of
the Editorial Association, He
really understands Alaska like an
old Sourdough and what he has to
say makes ur for some of the ter
rible things which have been said
about us, he can repain same of
cur lost faith and confidence be
fore closing the door to invasion.
Each issue of his paper gives some
very interesting details on
Alaska’s resources and future
pcssibliltas of various cities
and parts of Alaska.as they really
are. If Mr.Conrad had stayed
hero another two weeks he would
have known wore about it than
any Alaskan,
Our only regret Is that he could
not have stayed in Palmer longer
when ho was here.
NEW STUDY COURSE IN
COOPERATIVES
To acquaint the people of Wiscon
sin with what the cooperative
novoment offers as a solution to
cur economic problems, the depart
ment wf economics and sociology
of the University of Wisconsin
extension division announces a now
correspondence study course in
cooperatives.
In Wisconsin there-are nearly
2,000 cooperatives, many organ
ized in recent years. Because of
the rapidly mounting Ctate-wide
interest in the - cooperative move
ment, the extension division has
prepared this course to give tho
historical background, basic
philosophy, fundamental principles,
possibilities, limitations, and
practical functions of cooperatives
and their relation to other forms
of business.
The course is divided into five
parts: (1) The evolution of cooper
ative buying and selling; (2) the
economic philosophy of cooperative
marketing in the United States;
(5) legal considerations of the
cooperative method of marketing;
(4) functional relationship of
cooperative organizations; (5)
cooperation in perspective.
The 24 lessens cover such problems
in cooperative buying and soiling
as management, financing, organ
izing, sales policies, pooling agr
cultural products, and•membership
contracts as they relate to farm-'
ers ’ cooperative selling agencies,
so-called ccncumcrs* cooperatives,
and cooperative service institution
All vocational and high schools,
Atatp teachers1 colleges, and
county norma.1 schools in Wisconsin
are required by law to provide
instruction in cooperative market
ing and consumers* cooperatives.
This extension course was set up
not only to provide a background
for those teaching these subjects
but to afford, the people of Ais
consin an opportunity to study
the cooperative movement.