The VALLEY SETTLER is pub 15rh«'d
svery Thursday by the Matanuska
Valley Farriers’ Cooperating Asso
ciation at Palmer, Alaska.
Mng.Editor, Mrs,V e rna Sastham
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Reporters: Mrs.Leonard Bergan
Mrs.WaItor Hunt1-y
Mr.Francis Henry
This paper is issued for the pur
pose of giving information and
news of the Matanuska Valley
Farmers' Cooperating Association's
work, problems, accomplishments
and also news of local and cen°ral
interest; and to help foster the
cooperative spirit of the farmers
of the Matanuska Valley,
WHAT THE CO-OP....CCRP.AGREEHSUT
MEANS TO YOU -
A few years ago the United States
Government set aside a large sum cf
money to be used in the development
of organized rural communities.
And our president, Franklin D,
Roosevelt, said "The great objective
aims at making country life in ev
ery way as desirable as city life
an objective which will, from the
economic side, make possible the
earning of an adequate compensation,
and on the social side, the enjoy
ment of all the necessary advantages
which exist today in the cities."
An ideal plan"::"for organization and
development was worked out and if
the details as set forth in this
plan for organized rural communities
could have been carried out exactly
as prescribed, doubtless the several
projects which were started as a
direct result of the Federal grants
would have shown Utopian results.
'■le can; only regret the mistakes of
humankind and continue to strive for
perfection with the faith and hope
which is our heritage.
One of the sorriest of human traits
is the almost general unwillingness
to cleave to the rule of ’all for
each and each for all’. High and
low alike subscribe to the selfish
policy of ’I--first, last and al
ways'. It seems to be the rule of
the "pack" that the man with the
most--money, time, energy, brains
should takp from the man with the
expense. It is equally trun cf the
man with ten million dollars or tan
It was to give the man with the
least a 'break' that these organized
rural communities were established.
Part of the money set aside by the
Government was entrusted to the
Alaska Rural Rebiiitation Corpora
tion to promote such work In the
Territory of Alaska. And after
careful thought and study, the Board
of Directors with the assistance of
the Government selected the Matanusk
Valley in which to setpup a Colony.
And th^n to carry out the Govern
ment's cooperative policies, the
Matanuska Valley Cooperating Associ
ation was formed--the Corporation
and the Cooperating Association to
work hand in hand for the advance
ment of thi3 Cooperative community.
Both have the same aims--to make it
possible for v/orthy and qualified
persons to acquire a home for them
selves and their families ... and
enjoy the benefits ... on a cooper
ative basis in accordance with
adequate standards of American
citizenship<
And now. the Government and the peo
ple of the Colony and those agricul
tural producers in the Valley had
become organized with common aims
and each needed the assistance of
the other to carry out these purposes
And so they made an agreement -
(Continued next week. Sorry)
* Any one interested in reading the
Government's plan for Organized
Rural Communities could borrow
one of the files which Mr.Jacobs
has in the A.R.R.C. office.
TAKE A DOSE OF SOCIABILITY --
7/e1 re glad to notice that several
of the Districts are having social
gatherings after their regular busi
ness meetings. One of the best
boosters for the Cooperative spirit
is a good big dose of sociability.
If you like your neighbors and can
have good times with them, then you
can work with them and make "good
times".