every i'riday by the Hatanuska
Valley farmer's Cooperating Asso
ciation at Palmer, Alaska.
ling. Editor: Irving Kewvills
This paper is issued for the
purpose of giving infomation
and news of the Hatanusha Valley
Earner's Cooperating Associa
tions work, problens, accomp
lishments, also news of local
and general interest; and to
foster the cooperative spirit of
the farmers of the hatanuska
Valley__
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Lost persons do not know and
the majority of those who know, do
not realise the difficn.ltities in
volved in the operation of the
hat anus ka Valley farmers Coopera
ting Association, compared to the
average organization of that kind
outside.
The average Co-op in the State
is set up to specialize in one or
a very few commodities or services
as a cotton Co-op, a tobacco Co-op
or a coonerntive creamery or store.
These institutions generally
have 'eon built up in ' • old es
tablished communities where cut
throat competition and speculation
have made cooperatives a necessity.
These are situated where supplies
and services may be ordered over
the telephone and deliveries ex
pected, in most cases, within a
few hours.
The cooperating association
in the ^atnnuaka VanCy, in its
Trading Post, handles for its mem
bers, groceries, neats, clothing,
hardware, garden supplies, tools,
paints, drugs, et'e.-^ gara,e and
machine shop offers service in'the
line of repairs- to automobiles,
trucks, tractors, farm machinery
or practically anything else that
can be repaired, - The garage also
sells the International harvester
line of trucks, tractors and farm
equipment.- The v/archouse depart
ment buys and sells seeds, feeds,
handles fertilisers, building sup
plies and the Massey Harris line
of tractors and farm machi cry.~
ilk and cream are received at the
creamery, pasteurized, bottled and
delivered in Anchorage, or made
into butter, buttermilk, cheese,
ice cream and ice cream mi: . Rggs
arc ^raded and packed. - Root crops
and fresh vegetables arc trie on to
the produce department and cannery
vherc they arc nado ready for mar
ket in bunchc3, bulk or c: ns.- A
theatre is operated in the large
auditorium which is also available
for meetings, indoor games and
dancing, - A modern slaughter plant
is available who re meat ami. a is
are killed and arc sed. ;.rd,
j smoked -cats, a wide varie ty of
I sausages and lunch meats are pro
jpared in the sausage kite; n.
jHotel service is offered at the
A-'odgo.- Lunches, and'fountain
service may be had at the *-ecreat
ion center, furnished ho. s and
apartments, heated and lighted
b the Co-op power plant are rent
ed to employees and others.- A
modern hosgital is operated by the
Co-op as also arc fire department,
cabinet shop, hatchery an a news
paper. -Rebuilding the sn. ge dis
posal plant is another co- g head
ache. Land clearing and breaking
was taken on by the Assoc?rtion
last year.
The location of t’ c liat
anuska Valley Earners Coo. .-rating
Association established in a cor.i
r unity two thousand nilos,
wator and rail, fror.i its r. arco
of consumers supplies, whrre" two
to three weeks are require 7 for
deliveries requires the carrying
of larger stocks than would be
necessary if located in't. ■ states,
korc than a half r.iillion c" liars
in business was handled last year
by this organica tion on an oper
ating capital of less than fifty
thousand. Then the state; ont is
made ’‘The project is a failure”
(Con't on page 5)