PALMAR ALASKA.
DACAMB^R 17 1943.
NO. 49
Thr annual Convention of the Nat
ion.*. 1 Or?ngo was held last month,
with d 2 jntes from all parts of
the Nation. Nr. Goss the Notion? 1
Grange !* st> r was supported by the
del gat s in his policies for the
last ya? -p, Th° Grange do. s not
liV Pr ‘-idont rioosev-lts pl^ns fo
e Gubsi to Farmers to bolster
prices h* certain farm products,
th President and his followers
sp ■ th*1*-. uncontrolled prices will
cans'. inflation nnd hurt the far
mer ns 1] as th- consumer.
The Gr- nge asks for the rsumptio
of the policy of price control by
th method, of supply end demand.
Gr* ngo 1 aiders hav e been opposed
to most ^f the farm policys of the
Adminstr tion for some tine now.
In contest to th Grangers, the
Montan; Convention of the Form rs
Union f.r-nrovo of the Subsidy nlrn
rn'1 ? r- ..or king with the adminstr
ation on r/erly • 11 of th- ir plans
Th harm rs Union is alarmed a.bout
th possibility of the Farm Credit
Adminstr-ation being merged with
several other Government Agoncys
supolyin ^ Cr.dit to the farmers of
the T'ftion and beinu pine d und ,r
the control of men who ore not at
all favorable to long tim- loans
to the snail farmers at low inter
rat^s. Th-’-ir theory is that the
country c n be h'lp^d most by giv
ing he3r to the smalle r farm rs
ard by • iding thorn in financing
Ccoperr- Ives and Marketing Associa
tions. he F.A. is one of the
Co-ops net,the Farmers Union is
concern d about.
It is reported that Farmers Union
President,James Patton is slated
to run for Senator from Colorado,
his hoir state, next year. Patton
has a. splendid record.
Several hunting parties l'rom this
Valley took advantage of the mild
weather It Ft week and formed hunting
parties for the pursuit of Dull .loose
One large party got three moose
and it was estimated that over o ton
j of merit was bagged*
The animals were in very good shape
as the season has been fine for past
.uruge. Most of the pnrtys went up
jon the new highway and hunted in the
i districts that have been hu rd to get
(into, prior to the. time the Hi^hwav
lw<-s built. •
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! Of course as usual the largest and
Jfinest specimens, got away, on acco
junt of insurmountable difficulti.es,
jin the way cf the hunter.
! Sometimes we do meet people who are
jtruthful enough to say that they
iust didn't hit m, even tho th'-y
had a good chance. On man admitted
this much to the Dditor this we k
end if we had any second hand medals
wr would certainly bestow the same
on this man who was frank enough to
DR. HOEHtI RETURNS.
Dr. Foehn returned from the States
today and did not hr.ve time to tell
it about the trip, but nays that he
will do so soon. Kis impression of
the outside checks pretty v;e31 with
what most other people have said,
who have r turned lately.
ANCHORAGE FACES POWEhSIlGRTAGE
According to the Anchorage Radio,
there may bo o power shortage unles
its unoss&ry use is curtailed. So
far th' Local K.D.a. has not made
any statement on the local situation
which may be affected.