Vol
Valley Settler - January 29, 1643.
No. 5
CO-OP. NOTES.
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New bids are being called on the
two cats number lc and 17, tractor
disc number 2 and plow number 7.
New bids will close on Feb. 5, and
be opened Feb, 6.
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS, ANTHONY J.
DIAMOND, DISCUSSES BUDGET.
In a letter dated January 13th,
the su-ss recommended by the offici
als to the President and Congress, 1
to be included in the 1944 fiscal
year for Alaska, from the Delegate
are enumerated in part. Of part
icular interest to the Farmers of
the Valley is the amount for the
Experiment Station and the Exten*
sion Service. The sum of $37,500
is recommended in comparison with
$25,000 in the last appropriation
for 1943. This is still a small
increase when the need and the val
ue of work of this kind is consider
ed, and the amount already accomp
lished is so small* However, the
Delegate should be commended for
his untiring interest in this work
and the fact that there has been an
increase which will very probably {
go through.
The Extension Service will get
the same as last year if the budget
suggestion is accepted, or the sum
of $23,950.
Roads, bridges, trails will get
an increase from last year. The
A.R.C, received $700,000 last year
and will receive $880,000 this
year, and an additional sum of
$152,000 for wagon roads, bridges
and trails. The Governor and Sec
retary will receive the same sum as
last year, or $15,600. The care
and custody of the insane will re
ceive an increase from, $208,000 to
$299,000, but the schools will get
only $50,000, the same as last year,
Indigent relief will be increased
from $25,000 to $30,000.
The Garage has received a shipment
of Naptha that has been recommended
to them for use in Gas Lamps, Blow
Torches and Gasoline Stoves. As
this product has not been used by
anyone in the community so far it
is not known for sure just what the
results will be, but, with high
teat gas unavailable, and necessity
for a substitute, this seems to be
the best so far, that has been
found to take its place. The Gar
age has it at 40 cents a gallon.
Avcro:..,cr: ooMRirT'..3 rationing
OF FLUID ,.TLK
Tl'.v -Gfor" €our'*I 9f • J54C-F or* „ r Is
inv :'ti0r tir^ "4.* rorr ' l'tf'Y of
hnvirjt, to r- tier: il’ • cn^r 'ffc„ t>#
nr-’io .porio, tv it If' 1 1 rftcd
that th< ; i. t*'1 *fc I on bos beco-e so
serious that it may require some
method of this kind to. supply milk
to those who need it badly, espec
ially children and persons -who are
ill. It is a condition where the
.supply cannot be increased by any
'known method so that more milk can
be obtained while it is nee-ed so
badly. This situation will put the
spotlight on the Valley for this Is
the only place where expansion will
;be possible in time to make any
dditional efforts effective.
‘man found frozen near highway
‘'Shorty*' Winkle, an oldti” :r in
this part of i.laska, was discovered
near Lila Lake on the Glenn high
way frozen to death this w. k. He
had been traveling over a trail
leading to the road from his cabin.
Another traveler discovered a
enowshoe sticking up through the
mow and, digging down, found the
bo {r, Evidently some illness had
s ; denly overtaken him, am ho had
coxlapsed.
A party, including Walter Huntley
Win. Bousens, Ed, Ueeck, Merle And
erson and Deputy Marshal M-.nf.ghan
recovered the body and brought it
to the Valley. Winkle was report
ed to be at least 70 years of age,
and had been prospecting in that
vicinity during last summer on a
grubstake. No relatives are known
but investigation may reveal some
one that knows of relatives that
can be notified.
V*
SERIOUS AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.
While driving from Anchorage to
Palmer, the car driven by Tr. B'lora
collided with a truck. The fallow
ing persons, rising in the U *• at
the time of the accident, were hurt,
Mrs. Flora and Mrs. Mullaney, and
less seriously hurt was Mr. Mullan
ey. Mr. Mullaney is Chief Account
ant for the Alaska Rural Rehabili
tation Corporation. The truck
struck them bn a curve where it
could not be stopped in time to
prevent the crash. The injured
persons were taken to Anchorage and
no serious complications have shown
up as yet. The car is a bad wreck.