Agencies Confer On Defense Food Production
HOW ALASKANS CAN “RAISE THEIR OWN",
DISCUSSED BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
Can Alaska feed her own people plus troops which may be stationed here if emergency cuts off
outside supplies?
That problem has been put up to various government agencies in the Territory.
Acting under government orders that all phases of work not contributing directly to national
defense must be dropped to concentrate on defense production. Territorial Bureau chiefs met Wednes
day in Palmer for discussion and report.
Here from Washington, D. C.,
was R. S. Kiser, chief of the di
vision of land planning, Bureau
of Land Management, to check
with leading Territorial experts
of the Agricultural Department of
Research and the Interior Depart
ment Bureau of Land Manage
ment and other representatives
who have been gathering ma
terial.
Reporting on the surveys they
have made were the following:
From the Agricultural Research
Administration, Don Irwin, direc
tor, I. Branton, Clarence Moore,
Hugh Johnson and J. J. Mechling
of the Palmer office.
From the Bureau of Land Man
agement, Anchorage, Don Grif
fith, Lowell Puckety, H. Spizer
and B. C. Jorgenseon.
From the Bureau of Entomol
ogy and Plant Quarantine, An
chorage, R. Baker.
I. M. C. Anderson from the
Farmers Home Administration.
Charles W. Wilson, soil conserva
tionist.
BUILDING BEE DRIVES STAKES FOR
FIRST ALASKA FARMERS7 MARKET
Seems there are pioneers today, too.
This past week under skies still bright at midnight, a group of
volunteer workers gathered to build, in Palmer, the first farmers'
market in Alaska.
On ground donated by the Matanuska Valley Farmers' Cooperat
ing Association, men and women and children cleared ground, dug
post holes, set uprights and laid the beams for roofing.
Next Tuesday night more volunteers are wanted to set in par
titions, put on the roofing, help finish the building of twenty booths.
From these booths farmers and homemakers will offer to the
public the finest produce and handicraft of the Matanuska Valley.
Grand opening is planned for July 14.
While the building bee volun
teers sweated (and swore) as they
pulled tough roots and dug into
hard ground and hoisted and
sawed heavy poles and built the
framework of the history-making
Farmers’ Market, other volun
teers built and tended a big bon
fire of white birch logs and
brewed a gigantic pot of coffee
and served to tired workers the
homebaked cake and cookies laid
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I of the Farmers’ Market become
known.
Local patronage already is as
sured.
The market will be open Satur
days and Sundays from 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Both permanent and
occasional booths still are avail
able to sellers, but reservations
should be made at once before
the market opens. To accept res
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Economic and production pha
ses of various areas in Alaska
were discussed with specjal at
tention to those which have been
under test and survey. These in
clude the lower Chena near Fair
banks; the Kenai Peninsula, the|
Big Susitna, the Copper Riveri
Valley and other undeveloped lo-1
cations which are potential pro- j
ducing areas.
Reports of their findings are be
ing forwarded to federal bureau
chiefs in Washington, D. C.
ervations and discuss general
plans, Miss Eby will be at the (
public library in Palmer from 1 •
to 5 p.m. each Tuesday. j
Help Needed
Meanwhile, the new-born mar
ket must at least acquire its swad
dling clothes. Lots of help is need
ed for next Tuesday night’s build
ing bee.
Those who pitched in on the
“rough draft” last Tuesday in
cluded Bob Busby, Tiny Busby,
Mrs. Mary T. Washburn, Robert
Lincoln, Miss Louise Kellogg,
Miss* Florence Eby, George Brew
ster, Max Sherrod, A1 Kirsch, Es
ther Kirsch and Robert Hartman.
Glen Schroeder was in charge of
construction. Cake and cookies
were donated by Mrs. Vera Rorri
son and Mrs. Max Sherrod.
Materials to date have been do
nated. Now, who’ll lend a hand
to put them together?
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
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The work was done efficiently
—as the market will be run effi
ciently under Market Master Miss
Florence Eby.
Free Parking
The Farmers’ Market is located
on a main road opposite the Co
Op garage. Location was chosen
on a site where tourists could !
easily drive and where ample
space for parking, both by farm
ers’ trucks and purchasers’ cars,
is available. Highway signs will
direct drivers on the main high
way to the market.
Publicity will be given through
press and radio during the week
before the opening on the fact
that there — at last — within
reach of the consumer, is ;
produce fresh from the famous !
farms of the Matanuska Valley—
eggs, poultry, vegetables pulled j
that morning, fruit freshly picked, j
homemade jams and jellies, per- j
haps pastries and butter—the j
things you crave and can’t find
elsewhere. Free booth for public
service, community, church, wel- \
fare and other constructive, non
profit organizations is being pro
vided.
Tourist Appeal
Heavy consumer trade from
tourists, and a steady patronage
from Anchorage and other nearby
points, is anticipated as the wares |
YOUR SUMMER NEEDS
at LOW PRICES
Garden Implements
Hose — Sprinklers
Rakes — Spades, etc
Building Hardware
of All Kinds
Saws — Squares, etc.
LAWN MOWERS (of all types)
Including 16 and 18-inch width rubber wheels
SCOTT ATWATER OUTBOARD
MOTORS
5, 7, 10 hp. motor with shift
COMPLETE FISHING TACKLE
Reels, Rods. Line, etc.
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Box 539, Anchorage—Dial 43401
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CAFE and COCKTAIL BAR and CABINS
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