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Vol.l No.20
Palir.ov, AlnsPa, Apri'i. 1.5, 1958
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A fast-message TELEGRAM
TO: Mr. Colonist
Matanuska Valley
Palmer, Alaska
, Prospective members and those already
members invariably ask the question:
WHAT- ARE THE CHANCES OP IvIAKiNG A
v EIVT.AO -I,N. TRE KATA’NJHPA •
A tfo* i si "this question to be jansvs«red?r
This is a community of workers. Here
there are no Idle rich. V/e must all
- EARN OTir own bread and butter and
other necessities. Each of us must...
answer this question for .ourselves.
Here are some of the facts:
1. The Security and Development Pro
gram makes available to Colonists
an average of §75.00 per month,
or §900 per year-, to bo earned
by improvement work on tlicir
lands.
Ha'/LVER. THIS PKOGh/L 7, LL BE
COUP LISTED BY TPS^.VhRAOif'
COLONIST ON SEPTEMBER 31, 1958.
2. Indications are that crops
raised in the Valley this year
will have a market value of
about §120,000. This means a
return of about §30. for each
of the 4000 acres cleared and
under cultivation in the Valley.
It also means that th„e 335 pro
ducers, INCLUDING THE 168 COLON
ISTS, will receive AN AVERAGE OP
§360 apiece for their crops.
3. The figures above indicate that
the completion of the Security
and Development program will cut
the average family's potential
income from these two sources by
more than HALF.
4. As far a's this project is Con
cerned, THIS REDUCTION WILL HAVE
.10 PS MADE UP PROM PRODUCE GROWN
FOR HOME CONSUMPTION. It will
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CO-OP BOARD AND CIVIC COUNCIL
DIOCUSS DISTRIBUTION MACHINERY
Board Sponsors Reduction In Peed
Trices; Sawing Colonists1 Logs
Sv.ft^ostions for tlie disposition of
sinr.il machinery now on traqts but
not charged to individual tracts
vant*o :aalced for by Mr,Leo Jacobs,
:.v- a- go’f ef‘-the iron.the
Co-op- Board at their woo ting, last
vu?ck:. The Board was also asked for
suggestions as to possible revision
of rates for laud clearing, plowing,
.discing, etc,, by the Mechanical
equipment department of the A'.R.R. C.
With regard to change in ratos,
Mr, Jacobs advises that he and Bob
Laurie will have the Board's sug
gestions in mind when they draw up
price schedule to be announced next
week#
In a letter read to the Civic Coun
cil 'from Mr. Jacobs it was explainec
that farm machinerywould ho distri
buted as follows, following out the
policy established last summer:
The 10* Cultipackers
The 10’ Discs, the 121 Grain
Drillers and Breaking Plows
will remain the property of the
A.R.R.C. and will be loaned on_a
rental basis to those who desire
to use them-* ' ■
The Binders, the 7* Cultipackers,
The 7* Discs', drills, Spring »
Tooth Harrows* Potato planters,
Potato Diggers, Lime Spreaders
and Manure Spreaders
will be distributed among the dif
ferent districts in the same manner
as the Mowers and Rakes were dis
tributed a year ago.
Mr. Jacobs also states that distri
bution will be made as soon as a
survey can be made of the require
ments of each district by the Coun
cilman. Further that it will be
(Cont. Page. 2)