TEACHERS NEEDED
FOR GOVT. JOBS
An "urgent" appeal for engin
eers and teachers, positions which
demand well qualified applicants
has been made by the Civil Ser
▼ice Commission. ..The engineer
jobs pay $4600 to $6400 a year and
are located in Washington. D. C.
.. .The teaching positions are with
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for
elementary grades, and pay $3100
a year. Further information and
application blanks may be ob
tained from F. E. Craig, room 32
Federal building. Anchorage.
It’s surprising how many peo
ple pay for a doctor’s advice—
and how few take it.
Which would you rather do at
a railroad crossing—stop for a
minute or forever?
FRIDAY. MARCH 30 ONLY
Shows 7:15 and 9:00
^Sunday and Monday April 1, 2
Shows 2:00 — 7:00 — 9:30
Monday—7:00 and 9:30
■ww!iaMa»i*k»uuajM
M," Samson and
WED. THURS. APRIL 4. 5
Sgt. York
Valley
Theatre
“BORDER
LAND”
Shows 7:15-9
Community
Calendar
SATURDAY. MARCH 31
AP^IL FOOL’S dance sponsored
by American Legion, Post 15,
school gym, 9:30 p.m.
PIONEER GRANGE game party
Co-Op club room. 8 p. m.
SUNDAY. APRIL 1
BOARD MEETING, Community
Chest at Miss Louis Kellogg’s
home. 6 p. m. Old and new
members, wives and husbands
MONDAY. APRIL 2
BETA SIGMA PHI regular meet
ing. Mrs. Blanch Ryan’s home.
KIWANIS, regular meeting, Co
Op clubroom. 12:05 p. m.
VETERAN’S TRAINING CLASS
Co-Op club room, 8 pm.
TUESDAY. APRIL 3
SCHOOL BOARD election. Vot
ing at school gym.
LUTHERAN LADIES AIDE
meeting, parsonage, 8 p. m.
ANCHORAGE LODGE B.P.O.E.
1351, regular meeting. All Val
ley Elks, Anchorage.
MATANUSKA VALLEY OUT
ING CLUB, regular meeting.
Co-Op club room, 7:30 p. m.
WELL BABY CLINIC, health
council rooms. 1:30 p. m.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 4
SPORTSMEN CLUB, Rec hall
basement, 8 pm.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
regular meeting. 12:05 p. m.
Co-Op club x'oom.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 4
MATANUSKA LODGE UDF &
AM, regular meeting. Carpen
ter’s hall, 8 p. m.
THURSDAY. APRIL 5
AMERICAN LEGION & AUX
ILIARY regular meeting. Car
penter’s hall. 8 p. m.
TUESDAY. APRIL 10
INCORPORATION ELECTION,
Voting at Palmer Drug Build
ing
A fair deal to most people
means that they secured a slight
advantage for themselves.
Coffey Insures Everything!
Remember?
TRAVELING?
K_
2=2
If Planning a Trip
Outside or
In the Territory
See • • •
'WnicjJtti.
Travel Agency
at Bert's Drug Store
Authorized agent for all
[ scheduled air lines and
steamship lines.
i
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN!
In reply to CRR’s editorial in
the Valley Settler regarding the
proposed telephone co-op. may I
set forth some facts:
Yes, there can be better tele
phone service and we the pres
ent system, the Maianuska Valley
j Telephone Co. Inc., now are pre
| pared to give it.
It is true that we never were
properly financed. We started our
system in the only way it could
be started in a new, undeveloped
and unorganized community.
The service we have furnished
: while it left much to be desired,
nevertheless was better than
Palmer and the Valley could sup
port at that time and since indi
cations of future growth were not
positive enough to warrant ex
penditure of large sums at that
time, I, on the very best telephone
engineering advice, continued to I
operate as we were until the ex- !
tent of growth could be determin
ed with reasonable accuracy.
The Valley now has reached :
the stage of development for |
which we have been waiting since j
we began operation here, and we
are ready to greatly expand and !
impx'ove our service.
What happens? Certain inter- ,
ests, seeing we are about to ac- j
complish what they once consid
ered impossible, propose that you
give—that’s the proper , word,
give $70—to a Co-op which will
in turn boi'row hundreds of
thousands of your money and
mine to set up a competing tele
phone system and run me, a pri
vate enterprise—who has, with
the help of my wife, single-hand
edly pioneered telephone com
munications in the Valley—out
of business.
j Our system was at no time
' paralyzed. Even during winds up j
i to 100 miles an hour, less than 10 j
' percent of our lines were inoper- j
| ative and when the winds died!
down that percentage was im- j
mediately cut in half. I do not
believe any type of construction
except underground wiring could j
(have withstood the terrific .beat
ing better.
Better telephone service IS pos
sible, now that the Valley is ready
for it, but let us do it the Ameri
can way. If anyone in the Valley
wishes to invest, and I use the
word in its proper sense, let him
invest $25, $50, $1000 or more if
he chooses, in capital stock in our
company and he will have every
right he has in a co-op plus many
more. He can vote every share
to help govern company policy
He can share in the profits and
when necessary sell the stock at
market value.
But let us not exclude service
from anyone because he does not
have $70.
Our plan of profit-sharing
stock has been ready for nearly
two years, but I did not want to
sell any until I was reasonably
sure of success of tfle enterprise.
I am not promoting stock. I
want a telephone system in the
Valley second to none. But I
could not honestly seek investore
until I was sure the investment
was good.
That time has come.
M. S. (Sandy) SANDS
(Signed) Pres, and Mgr.
MAT. Valley TEL. CO., Inc.
As the national emergency
progresses we’ll all have to da
more—more doing without.
Many a gal worries less about
the shape of the future than the
future of her shape.
Valley Grocery
Cash and Carry
HUNT'S
Cut Green Beans
Case of 24 No. 2 Cans
$6.25
COMPLETE LINE OF FRESH MEATS
Also full assortment latest magazines
Al Hagen announces an added attraction
The Dimer Hot Shots
IN PERSON - With Regular Show
Sunday April 8
Matinee: 2 p. m.-7:15&9:15
3 Showings Only!! - By Your Tickets Early
Valley Theatre