PALMER ALASKA. .
CARL RASMUSREU, ALITOR.
Published every Friday at Palmer, Alaska, for the Matanuska Valley
Farmers Cooperating Association, for.the purpose of giving news,of the
Associations, work, accomplivshemnts, problems and news of interest.
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WHERE IS MY PLACE FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR?
Many people are asking them selves the above question, some wonder if
the job they have Is necessary or of any importance and sometimes it is
rather difficult to decide. When some plodding individual sees some of
their frJ nds working in the much publicized essential war jobs, at wages
so much 'igher than theirs and who are recieveing so much praise for
their efforts, it Is hard for the plodder to keep from quitting his job
and trying to join the glamourous war workers.
But just stop and think it over, isn't it just ns necessary for the
average Individual to keep the ball rolling.- in the snail business or
job that he had,as it ever was, ordinarily? «ell v;e think so, the str< t.
need swe ping, the garbage must be removed just tie same and the field.!
must-bo ploughed md cultivated for if the many small jobs are abendone'
or neglected we soon have such congestion by lack of public services,
ana shortages of food and other nccesscties of life, that the wnr-wprker
finds it difficult to get to work or to-got food and transportation to
his job f nd it slows down the whole effort.
No if you have a business or a job that helps to provide for the
comfort, health or welfare of the comunity in which you live you should
think vary seriously before you quit it and try to do something that you
don't know anything about. The men and material that are needed by the
Armed i rces are selected by the Government and if you are needed you
will probably be called for some job that you are capable of doing. •
But we doubt if it will help much for mapy people to just quit what
they are doing and rush out trying to find some high priced job that
might provide a soft snap for you. You will probably be dissapointed and
most of your effort will be waited.
FARMERS IN THE MATANUSKA VALLEY SHOULD nCT.
Due to the difficulty ns regards transpcrtation and supply the farm
operators In the Valley should indicate new just how much machinery,
seer’s and fertilizers are needed for the corning year. There is no reason
to bell ve that the demand for .our products will be any less than* it was
during t’.e last season and it Is reasonable to thinl: that we could sell
mueb nr r next year than we have In the past, as most of ruir products
arr- going to the Armed Forces and to construction workers it is, as has
been pointed- out many times, very important that the formers of Alaska
raise just as much as possiable. Every ton of food rni.sed in the Vail' '
will save shipping space and added cost to the diatributntion costs.
And the more that we can produce will not only benifit the country
as a whole but it will add to the income of the farmers here, who need
all that they can get. The Co-op. is trying to determine the amount of
seed needed now, so it can bo ordered In time for delivery, six months
from -now the crops should all be in the ground and that Is not very
long when seed, fertilizer and machinery have to be ordered and shipped
to this part of Alaska from our sources of supply. Please get your
requirements written out and Into the Co-op. office this week.