APPLES BLOSSOM IN ALASKA
NEAR THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
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Pacific News Servioe, Wash. Bureau
. WASHINGTON, D. C.—Great pro
gress 19 being made in agriculture and
stock raising in Alaska, and accord
ing to officials of the Department of
Agriculture the current year promises
to give even more satisfactory results
than last year, when the most favor
able season for farming known for
many years occurred throughout the
territory.
The annual report of the four Alas
ka agricultural experiment stations
for 1915 have Just published showing
that grain of all the varieties grown,
ripened and matured unusually early,
while vegetables and berries produced
abundant crops.
An agricultural reconnaissance of
Matanuska Valley, through which the
projected government railway Is to
pa^a, and to which many aettlers have
already been attracted,- is reported. It |
is stated that the region is well adapt
ed to general farming and stock rais
ing and that the prospects for suc
cessful farming probably are as favor
uhle there as anywhere In Alaska.
Promising results were attained
last year in the development of hybrid
stmwberries combining the hardy
characteristics of the native stock and
the quality of fruit of sorts cultivated 1
ir. the States. The hybrids, most of,
which were developed at the Sitka |
station in Southeastern Alaska, have j
net been distributed in the belief that \
snmethlrg still better will be produced
in the near future. Success has been
achieved in growing certain varieties
of apples in the coast country, and
what is believed to be the first apple
tree to bloom In central Alaska—a |
Siberian crab—blossomed at the
Rampart station about 7& miles south
of the Arctic Circle.
Promising results have been attain
ed in breeding more prolific early
varieties of grains. Especially suc
cess has been had with spring wheats
ard but little with winter varieties of
thn grain. Work in breeding strains
of alfalfa better adapted to Alaskan
conditions than those now in use has
continued. Encouraging growth was'
made during the season by a variety
of vetch, which seems to indicate *hat
this plant will bo of considerable value
in Alaskan agriculture. Experiments
along this line will be continued.
During the year work was resumed
at the Kodiak Island experiment sta
tion following the volcanic disturban
ces of 1912. A recommendation was
mode for provision for the crossing
of Ilolstein-Frlrs.... cattle with the
hardy Galloway beef cattle. The re
port states that it ha3 been demon
strated beyond question that sheep do
well on natural pasture throughout
the island and coastal regions in the
vicinity of the station, and that in
normal winters these animals can
maintain themselves with but little
feed.
For the development of a satisfac
tory beef animal for central Alaska
the report recommends anew the im
portation of yaks from Asia for cross
ing with hardy cattle. It is recom
trtnded that horse breeding be taken
up at the Kodiak station, since at
present none are bred in Ala3ka, while
many are imported at great expense
ficm the States.
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WIRELESS IN MEXICO
PHENOMENAL CONDITION
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Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON, An Interesting
scientific radio phenomenon hus been
discovered by the wireless service men
o' the Signal Corps with General Per
shing's punitive expedition in Chi- j
huahua and along the border, officials!
of the war department declare. It has
been found that physical conditions in
the occupied territory for a successful
operation of wireless telegraphy are
exactly the reverse of those generally
prevalent in the United States. In
our own country wireless operators
I'flnd that dispatches can be transmit
ted faster and clearer during the night
but along the border, and particularly
between El Paso and Colonia Dublun
and Columbus and Colonia Dublan,
the daytime Is much the better time
to operate.
Padio authorities In the States j
claim the great activity during the
day of the telegraph, telephone, and
of elcctriclty-con3uming Industries In
general results In the atmosphere be
ing charged with electricity of the
static variety which interferes with
wireless transmission. The "buzzer
boys" at the front, however, are hln
drred during the daytime by similar
atmospheric conditions, but from on
entirely different cause. They claim
the aerial disturbances are Induced
not by the altitude, which Is 7,000 feet,;
but by the huge mineral deposits, es
pecially Iron ore, In the Chihuahua
mountains. The action of the sun, ac
cording to their theory. Increases or
heightens the sphere of the minerals'
influence which wanes at nightfall.
All kinds of sleigh and ski wood on
sale at Roe*’ mill and ahop. Alao
building and mining timbar.
LETTER CARRIERS ASK
PENSIONS ANO MORE PAY
~ Paeifio News Sen/ioe, Wash. Bureau.
WASINOTON Congress Is shortly
to be asked to pass a bill providing
for a pension system for the letter
i furriers of the country and for an In
C’ease in salaries of the curlers to
meet the high cost of living, according
to the plans 't the national council of
administration of the National As
srelation of Letter Carriers._
The council, at a recent meeting in |
Washington, recommended a re«. 1
tustnie.it o' the salaries of the letter
cut Tiers with $1,500 as a maximum.
However, they recommend that the in
censes should come at the rate of
$100 a year until the muximum is
rt ached. The maximum salary of a
letter carrier now is $1,200. If the
i plnn should pass it would mean that
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endar providing for an Indefinite leave
of nbsense for postal employes. The
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salary of $600 a year regardless of
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CHAMP CLARK
SAYS KEEPj^
HENS IN YARD
Pacific News Ssrviee, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON, Champ Clark,
. picturesque Speaker of the House of
Representatives, has a new way to de
feat the hligh cost of living. Keep
hens in your back yard and eat mush
i arid rice, is his advice. Anyone wtihi
1 a plot of ground 20 feet square can
k<cp a few hens and thereby beat the
egg trust. These foods are highly
nutritious and when properly cooked
are extremely palatable.
Merely Psychologic*!.
Processor sternly—You smoke an
enormous number of cigarettes, Mr.
Puff. How do you do it?
Puff—Just wllll power, processor,
just will power.
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From Our Exchanges
Jack Keller of the Skagway Alaskan
was recently wedded in Juneau to
Hiss Myrtle Lindsay of that city.
A telegram from Iditarod to Judge
Punnel of the district court of the
Fourth division, asks for aid for Mich •
ael Powers, who has been a resident
of Alaska for 23 years and is now
suffering from tuberculosis. The
.:udg« .mintdifitely wired that fundH
would be set aside for him.
The Alaska rifle team which went
to Florida to compete at a govern-!
meat riile shtoting contest, has ro
It'ined home. The team won a prom- ,
inent place among the contostaa.s. de
feating a fmge number of the States,
and F. V. Berger, a member of the
tram won a bronze medal in the In
dividual match in a field of 930
The three orphan children of Fred
Soderstrom, who lost his life by fall-'
mg overboard from a boat In the Kus
kokwlm river, has been taken In
.n charge by the court of the First Di
vision and will be sent to school at
Kent, Washington. Mrs. Soderstrom
appealed to the court for aid, saying ,
.hat she could not support them.
The workmen engaged in the con
struction of the new Labor Union
Hall at Anchorage struck recently for
time and a half for Sunday work. The
demand was granted. The citizens of
Anchorage contributed, the monov.the
lumber and the lot for the new build
ing and then the workmen compelled
i them to pay time and a half to get
the building erected.
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