TH3 VABL.B. SETTLER in publinhod
every Friday by the I'atnnuska
Valley Barriers1 Coop or riling Asso
ciation at Palmer, Alas'
; ing. hd.itor: Irving Ihe vi lie
Subscription rates: yljOO year
By Hail: !jpi*75 year
Railed Anywhere: .10 copy
This paper is issued for the pur
pose of giving information and
news of the Liatanuska Valley Far
mers Cooperating Associations
•./or!:, problems, accomplishments,
also n 'V,3 of local and general
inter st and to foster the coop
erative spirit of the Farmers
of the Fatanuska Valley.
£p r i ng t inc 'is fire t imc. T t
is clean-up tine, the best tine
probably to burn up the winter
accumulation of trash and to rid
the farn fields of stump piles,
brush piles in timber areas should
hevo boon disposed of last winter.
To avoid the destruction of valu
able property, groa.t care should
bo exercised to prevent'fires from
becor.iing out of control,
In 1940 rpproxinatoly 4,433,82C
aers wero burned over'in Interior
Alaska and in 1941 - 3,280,874
acres„ ho figures are available
as to cor.1r.1er cl a I value of the ’ -
timber burned in 1910 but the 1941
fires represented a timber~ 163s o 1
tore than 92 million dollars,
by the observer who has lived
in the'big timber areas in the
States, the trees found in the
hat an-.-.slca Valley have boon do- .
scribed as "scrub stuff" and are
considered by many atanuska far
mers as a nuisance to be got rid '
of. However,”^6,880oObrhivio' ,
Timber •- $3,300,00 - . .ino lagging,
382;500i00 - Sawed lumber,
u30,355,00 - Fuel‘Wood making a
total of $123,035,00 in timber
products was harvested in the Mat
anuska Valley botwocn Jan. 1,1940
and Jan,1,1941.
V/ood products may well be the
nost valuable products ev ' to be
raised on Alaska lands, i .aska
woodlands belong not only to our
selves but to future generations
as well, and‘wo have no right to
dcs troy then.
AHFJAL FIELD D,.Y EVLMTS C TIIIUED
WhoeIbarrow Race
Edison Tlr.ua cc Paul McGii icy
Jerry LaV/nIters & Jin Car. tins
Montio Larsh & Kenneth Leg er
Chinning
Duane Peterson - Lynn Lar< vik -
Marion Bryant - Miles Hy nd - Bar
bara Heckor - Edison Thru a - Barah
Cr.iith - Jack Onlcka - E011:110 Larsh
Loo Plunlcy
B a. s e b a 11 Thr 0x1
Larry LaRoso - Evelyn Fee er -
Verne Macllcvon - Vivien : ,;.cr -
Dick Iiodsdon - Roberta IT tier
The first grade’b-ys won a
relay over the girls.
A relay against tine for
5th and 6th grades and tko Running
High Junf is scheduled for Monday
weather permitting.
The cooperation of the tea
chers of the Intermediate and
?riuary‘Grades, Mr. Herr-"nan
and Rev, Ilurth ’uve rude "ossible
1 the success o^f th.is yearly event.
Dr, and Its. Hanson enter
tained a group of tcacho?: r. on
Thursday evening at dinar, during
tie cveningcolored slides of the
Valley, horseback riding and
other activities were enjoyed.
Among the guests present './ere:
Alice Bromley, Celia Hied*,, Bar
garct Cope, Joan Anders".., ' Hay
Kroinbrlng, Hattie Jeffrey, Lucille
Hossnan, Louise Cchomoif tor,
Helen Bv/ar t, Jylvia ..‘ill .ar.:s,
Gladys Jehuster and Bar, /ret Jane
and Bdward Cope,
The first 4-H club nnitiation
of the season was hold by the
members of u Our Gang1' cT. d, at the
hone of their loader LorlO Anderson |
five new members wore adnittod, |