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August 13, lv 4JL -:aJLrner,_ * laslca _
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Under our American system no
one may uso anyone else's property
without permission. This rule app
lies to the Latanuska Electric A so
ciation as well as to any organiza
tion or individual. Tut if farmers
are to have electricity, there must
be poles and wires to briny it. If
these poles and wires wore to fol
low highways, the cost would be so
high that the farmers1 cooperatives
couldn't afford them.
hat power lines can go across
fields if the owner of the Holds
>_ives his permission. This permiss
ion is called a ''right-of-v/a^ ease
ment . '
-.11 f.T.A. cooperatives obtain
such permission from all property
owners across or along whoso land
the linos may bo located. They do
not ask or accept any deed to or
mortgage upon the farmer's land - -
not even the strip which is called
the rieht-of-way.
The legal form which the at.
"loct. ;ss'n asks the farmer to sign
was drawn up by the cooperatives
-.iwycr, Thomas Donahue and has re
ceived the approval of tho Pural f
lcctrification '.dministration. The
form docs no more than permit the
cooperative (1$ to place its poles
upon tho land, (2) to clear trees
and underbrush away from tho line
far enough so that storms will not
c_.uso falling branches to interrupt
service, and (3) to go upon tho land
to make whatever repairs are necess
ary so that the community may have
continuous p^ctric s^rvic .
Everyone in the community is
asked to give the same permission on
the same form. Since k.k.A. cooper
atives are community undertakings,
and since the cost must bo kept at
the lowest possible figure, the fat.
■ loct. Ass’n. cannot pay for those
easements.
Uh.on the Ass'n asks the farmer
to sign this permission or casement
form, it cannot know exactly where
(Continued on Pago 3)
CO-G? TTOTjG
After more than a year of nego
tiation, the land, buildings and e
quipment located in the Civic Center
in Palmer have been transferred to
the Matanuska Valley "’armors Cooper
ating Association.
J.C.I’ri:: president, Gt*rl' R. Pas
mussen Lecretar -treasurer and Thom
as honahue Attorney, actinv. for the
) . . . G.A. net with Colonel Ohlson
president and I. . h"' '"ccretary and
Attorney for the A." . AC. ..odnesday
and completed the sipninp of the nec
essary papers.
Under the terms of th.e transfer
the Jooperatin^ ..ssociation lias 50
years in which to make payment to
the A . d • A. J. for th.e nr op o r ties.
rTI0;’J
nLk i±X
/3 would appreciate . t if you
could deliver your milk earlier each
day. ;ur sales o Ice cr 1 mix,
Ice cream, bottled Li 11: and other
products have increased to the point
where an earlier start must be made
each day on the processing if v/e arc
to fill our orders. '.Ye dc not want
to loose our markets for loose pro
ducts by not bciny able to deliver
the yoods, so may we ask for your
Cooperation.
J n O
IT ’V/ MAITAGLA au A CART,
hdith Ango 1 vn, \;h o
employed as Dietician
tal has just arriv. d f
to take charge or the
Room.
formerly v/as
in tfu hosni
rora i'airbanks
Co-op Lunch
Jen i of f itt, v/ill assist her un
til, Coptoiaoor 15 at which time she
has asked to he relieved.
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RRTTR'TS TO FAT-] T2II*
.Graves, To10 '•itorial
Veterinarian, after a trip through
out a large part of Alaska returned
to Pa Leer yesterday.
His tour of inspection and tes
( Continued on i ac,o 1J