SEWARD, Alaska, (UP) The Matanuska valley federal colony for drought stricken farmers of the Midwest looks good to John Stahler of Shattuck, Okla., he said today.  Stahler has been in Alaska for several months. He is returning to the states on the steamer Northsar to get his wife and six children and take them to Matanuska.  The 40 acres of lush bottom land in the Alaskan valley are a better bet for a life's work than his 1,200 dust covered acres at Shattuck, Stahler said.

The Stahler family will be the 201st signed for the experimental colony near Palmer.

Source:  Urbana Daily Courier, July 31, 1935

Submitted by Sandra Davis