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VALLEY SETTLER
JULY (9 1943
NO. 26.
THE BRYANT HOME ROBBED.
foe home of Mr. and Mrs. Bryant
woe robbed one night last week by
persons who have not been located
ns yet. Tfle Bryants live about six
miles north west of Palmer in one
of the Colony houses, Mr. Bryant
Is employed by the Road Comission
end came home for the Holidays.
While the family were sleeping
some one entered the house and
removed the purses of both Mr. and
Prevent, took the money and checks
out of them and threw the purses
down in the 'jzrd.
The loss amounted to several
hundred dollars, Deputy Marshall
Monahan has been investigating all
of the clues found, but has been
1nable to locate the thieves so
r.
SOCIAL MATING OF THE-HEALTH
COUNCIL, THURSLAY JULY 15 TH.
^Very member of the Her. 1th Counci
is expected to bo present for the
next meeting on Thursday July 15th,
at 8.00 P.M.
Be prepared to assist in planning
for a larger and more effective
Comunit’’- Health Program.
Rev. H.E. Beyer
Program Comittec- Chairman.
FOURTH OF JULY TOURISTS STUCK IK
THE MUD. READ HARROWING DETAILS:
A considerable number of our
local citizens.stntrtcd out on the
Fourth, to vr.rfous rendevous, but
while many were called, few arrived
Owing to the restrictions placed on
news publishers by the Govt, we
ernt tell you where they tried to
go and mabe they didnt know cither.
However to those to whom Jackass
' ulch and Red Mountain are names
* at mean some plrco it might be
iiteresting to state that it was
some place before or beyond that
parta.rcular country where the mud
came up and slapped them in the
face. After requisioning large
Cats" and various other mechanical
animals' and pressing them into
service, nil parties were
and returned safely home.
rescued
Our deepeg
sympncty goes tc the gentleman who
was rideing on the back of a Truck
that vvnant there when he c> me down
after the driver Jumped & mudpuddle.
'even the best of friends must part
but this was near the limit.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MEN ARRIVE.
Three young men have arrived in
Palmer who are going to work under
Supervision of Geo. Cates, t-he man
in charge for this District, the
men arc Thomas Payne, Richard Larsen
and David Hopkins.
The nature of their work will be
to make maps of the coal fields In
the Moose Creek section, csp&cirly
the Wishbone Hill district.
The boys are getting ready to
establish a camp near their work,
and from what we gather fr n their
conversation it looks like some good
Sourdough cook might be of iuch
use to them until they can got the
tricks connected with the throwing
of flp.pjr.ck3 in the nir thn-t will
come down right side up.
A.R.R.C. UNLOADS TWO BULLDOZERS.
The Alaska Rural Rehibilitntion
Corporation unloaded two 1> rge
L Bulldozers- from u railroad err
that will be used to clear now land
in the Colony Project.
These Cats, wore used by c contra*
tor down ne/ir Homer and were
purchased by the A.R.R.C. to add to
their Land Clearing Equiptment.
BOB BAIN IN MARINE CORPS.
According to Radio report fron
Anchorage, Bob Bain, who war. employ
cd at the Co-op. Garage for some
time and who married one of Pclnors
popular school teachers, enlisted
in the Marines and is now a Cepporal
and hrs been detailed to recruiting
service at San Diego, Calif.
NEW POTATO STORAGE MAKING PROGRESS.
The new potato storage cellar Is
being pushed r.s fast as possiable,
the cement block crew r.re turnin0
rut a large number of blocks each
day and the Cherry Picker and the
Bulldozer have almost compl ted the
excuvation of earth from cellar rnd
forms will soon be set for foundation.
Ruins during- the lust week hf.ve
improved the condition for th , benifit
of crops that needed moisture.
Some fields of cabbage arc coming
along very well and it looks like we
might have matured cabbage in two
weeks, spuds also.