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Valley Settler - April 23, 1943.
U,S.O. COMMITTEE STARTS ACTIVITIES
The U.S.O. C 'mmittee f t 'Primer,
w rkinc un^er the Inch rnLe set-up
helc? it's first business meetin0
lcst Monday, April 19th, in the
Clubr ms, and the r0anizati n was
c r.pleter'. Carl R. Rasmussen was
elected Chairman with Elen-'re En^
dall as Secretary.
It was decided tr make it a j int
C-mmittee, with both men cn^ w men
participating. Lieutenant Patter
son, Lieutenant '.Vi Hi a ms , Lieuten
ant Vet nal^, Rev. Beyer, Mac
Stephens n, Mrs. Mullcney, Ge r^e
Small, LeR-y Edwards, Charles
ChirpinL, Erie R rrism, Ten. Gi 11
ispic were present.
A committee f'r social activities
fxr the Valley w men was app inter’,
with Mrs. L.C. Stock as chairman
in'* Mrs. Miller, Mrs. ’.Zimmer, Mrs.
Payne end Mrs. Goodrich tr assist.
Mrs. Mullcney was appointed to c n
tact the ther women n the Com
-'•’ttee as temporary chairman, and
vi.ll also act as a member f the
C -mmittee.
An athletic c 'mmittee was appoint
od with George Small at chairman.
The other members are; Edwards,
R rris n, Gillispie and Chirping.
Rev.. Beyer was appointed Chair
man of the Fishing and Hikin^ Com
mittee, which also includes Mr. and
Mrs. Matt Onklca, Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Snodgrass and George Small.
Kiss Mae Stephens n was appointed,
chairman ~f a committee to secure
a co~d spot f~r -utin^ activities,
including swimmint and other .ut
dor-r sp-rts on s^me y d inke.
Kind's Lake was surested and Mrs.
Victor J' bns'n, Mrs. Lee Marshall
and Lieutenant Williams will be
asked t ■ secure inf rmation, and
_;et a location for this pur
P' ss.
Several ether activities will be
considered err’ it is the desire f
the committee, that all pers ns wh
hr.ve ideas and wh wish t ' help n
the program, will attend future
neetincs. The committee members
' c have been appointed will need
Ip, and ethers wh-- desire to as
iisfc^ will be welc omed in the var
1‘"us committees. The next meeting 1
■7ill be held next Mr-n^ay, evening
■.t 8:00 o'clock, in the Co- operative
xecreati n Hall Clubr ^ms.
3try war bones
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I^LEGi.TE c IMONL PROTESTS
relecate Dim'-nd entered a str.n0
pr test against the ren val of
G vernment Lands from Honest ad en
try n}onL the new Highway, in nlas
ka. It appears that a strip 40
miles wide was reserved fr m entry
by the Lcpartment ;f the Inter!.r,
at. the request of the /.rmy hef )re
the r ad was built. Just w) at the
object was, is n t quite clear, and
it w uld be interesting to know why
this and other Government Lands in
Alaska have been withheld. Just
what the purpose of h> ldinp such
lands is, is a deep, dark secret,
and Delegate Limond, a 1 •:n^ with
many other citizens f Alaska,
w uld nke to have the quest! 'n
answered.
The Matanuska Valley nls has the
same question starln^ it in the
face, and as far as we know, no one
who c uld, has made any attempt te
explain why many thousands f od
f rtile acres, lyin^ adjacent t;
cr d roads, is withheld fr o per
sons who' wish to secure hones and
develop the land.
It seer.3 t ' the noit or, tt at if
the U.S. Gevernment is ever t'■ re
c -ver the immense investment in the
Alaska Railr ad a nr other pr jects
of £>. like nature, that it will be
necessary t tpen up the c natry’
in this secti' n and secure r lnrce
en uch p pulati n t' enable the
Railr ad t 0et onrush business to
make it pr -fitablc t ' run it and
still repay the investee'1 funds.
We read in the Yearb ■ k f the
department of Agriculture, s me
years a,_ , that the theory f Home
steading ha'-’ not been a success,
and that s. me new method should be
developed t ' take it»s place. With
out -in^ int the merits of the
H mestead pr ceedure at this time,
we think that if some other method
is bein^ tried that it should be
C'nsidered by the Con_ress of the
U.S., as the ri^lnal law was pass
ed by C n^ress, and, in acc r^nnee
with the s: - called r>ezi erntic pr e
ceedure, it would be advisable t '
c nsult the Representatives f the
Pe. pie, before making changes f
this kind.
OPRRRTTA HIGH SCHOOL CO t:UN
ITY AUriTORIUI.:, SATUiiEA Y AP
RIL 24, 1943.