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Valley Farmer’s Cooperaning'Assy, .•
ciation at Palmer. Alaska,
Mng. Editor: Irving Nowville
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ley Farmer's Cooperating Associ
ations work, problems, accomp
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foster the coo erative spirit
of the Farmers of the Matr.nuska
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Jr.cl: Tyler, loft .'aimer at
2:30 Thursday naming for McKinley j
Park, in the interests of the Tiro i
Control Service. Carmen in rig ■ a
the fire that has boon raging the
past several days not far Iran
Fairbanks he said, owe fire
running thru cotton and spruce,
faster than a nan cojjd vr-wt had !
burned ov r an area of a h-ndvod i
square v.iiles. Flan,os or n.n.os j
reached a height of prodaoay ore
hundred f eet, generating hrnhr !
heat. 7/hi la the fire is sc w . -giy 1
under control, if is sti if toiug j
carefully watched, oopocia hvy j.rl i
the neighborhood of a rv.v null ncaej
by. The fire was started oy a I
sparkfrou a locomotive, ar.d oouid !
easily have been put out if diocov
ered in tine."
Big fires start fron littDc begin
nings.
CONSTRUCTIVE THINKING
Ernest V/eschenf elder, local
patrolman for the Fire. Control Serj
ice, investigating the causa of a i
snail awoke, found a group of
small boys starting a fire. As j
Ernie approached the boys ran, all)
but one. To the stand-patter Ernifc
said, " why did the other fellows
run? There's no objoccion to build-l
ing a fire, call them back 1*4 like
to talk to them. Stand Pat round- i
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SATURDAY J U ilt 2i
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4 T H ! M FA N T ;= Y
D-A-N-C-E
O R C H £ S TIX A
ADM I S S ION i;.°°
J
od an the other hoys, and hrnie
said v/ith a grin/'when trouble cat
ches up with you, don’t run, stay
and face it., It may not, be very
serious after all-. Now I want to
show you fellows how to bu.il:. a
fire.''He cleaned the infls'nable ma
terial off a spot of ground a few
feet3.quare and built a fire accord
lug to Scout Methods instructing
them on the prevention of the spree
or fires, etc,,and gahiiu their oo:
f Hence., Tnei1 he sai I'll need
some Jon"or fire ward'- ns :i i this
b\ nonet tc help mo on rn job and t,
show other youngsters how to prevent
fires from getting out of control
and for pay, I ’ll have some candy
and gum at the office., done and see
me„" hrnie likes boys an<. their co
operation, Ho merits the coopera
tion of all of us
Men are only boys grow, tall.
N0TIC3
During the hot summer weather
all farmers supplying mill' to the
Creamery may make deliveries every
day if they 30 desire.
Colonel Otto I’hOhlso ' was a
business visitor in Palmer Thursday
The secret of happin -ss is not
in doing v/hat one likes, but in
liking what one has to do.
American iSGioifniKSTc:-: - Trufra 21.