Pacifio N»we Service, Wash. Bureau.
WASHINGTON,—Secretary of Ag
riculture Huston Is expected very
alertly to announce the deflnate se
lection of a site for the location of the
potash factory which will experiment
in extracting potash from kelp. Two
locations are under consideration one
near Santa Barbara and the other near
Long Beach Cal.
The plans call for a plant capable
of handling approximaely 200 tons of
wet kelp per day. Electric power
probably will be used for all machm
icel operations, while heat for drying
and distillation will be furnished by
crude petroleum. The equipment will
consist of drying kilns, distilling
chambers, vats, handling machinery,
and the necessary buildings to house
this apparatus.
f torn the 200 tons of kelp used daily
about five tons of murate of potash
will be manufactured. The product
Will be sold and the proceeds turned
into the United States treasury. The
prmary purpose of the plant will be
to determine the most economical pro
cesses for producing potash from kelp
und to work out methods for the re
covery and utilization of by-products.
Numerous methods will be employed
experimentally In operating the fac
tory with this end In view. For the
most part however, the department
will depend on distillation processes j
The department hns decided to lo
ca*c Its expermlntal factory In South
ern California because of the combin
ation In thl3 region of an edequate
supply of kelp and admirable operat
ing condition. The kelp grows In vast
groves In water about 60 feet deep
along extensive sections of the Pacific
coast. For use in the manufacture of
potash It Is gathered by ocean-going
harvesters which cut the plant be
neath the water
In some places the beds extend to
the three mile limit but in the neigh
borhoods now being considered by the
department as locations for the sta
tion the groves are much narrower.
The plants grow rapidly, and It is be
lieved that little difficulty will be °x
perienced in obtaining an edequate
supply of raw material
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ALASKA NOTES
After enjoying a successful and ]
prosperous season the Ketchikan saw-!
mill has closed down for the winter.
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The Ashing steamer Comet, Capt.
Hansen, arrived in Wrangle recently
with a catcli of 114,000 pounds of hali
but
C. L>. Gelslnger of Eagle River is
In custody at Juneau charged with
hr-ving wantonly killed a horse be
longing to another.
According to a late report the In
dians living at Klockshu lake, near
Dalton Post, are afflicted with meas
les. No deaths have occurred.
John Conners, of Fairbanks, Sam
uel N. Stevenson of Mendenhall and
Polly Panamaroft of Sitka have boon
recently admitted to the Pioneer's
home at Sitka.
Paul V. Woodhouse,- United States
Deputy Marshal at Yukutat, has been
stationed at Tenakee for the winter, j
Yakutat being practically deserted,
since the canneries closed down.
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Hunters all over the Territory re - 1
port a scarcity of ptarmigaD this year
while lynxes are reported to be un
usually abundant, which may ac
count for the absence of the birds.
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Manager Erling of the U. S. Whal .
ing Company’s station at Port Arm-!
itiong ,1s authority for the report thatj
6,000 barrels of oil were rendered at j
the station during the past season
which Is below the average
J H. McHughes of Atlin a well'
known mining man, died suddenly,
at Skagway a short time ago
—
E, J. White editor of the Douglas,'
Island News, delivered an address on
journalsm before the students of
the High School of that place.
Five husky Serbians recently pass
ed through Skagway on their way
from Interior Alaskan points to Eur
ope to enlist in the Serbian army.
Herman Qentseh ha3 purchased the
Clyde Coleman team of huskies and
will enter Into the freighting and pas
senger business on the Seward-An
chorage trull this winter.
Mr*. May DeSucca, wife of George
W DeSucca, proprietor of the Skng
Dream Theater
18th, Chapter
THE CHARM
AGAINST HARM
2 Parts
THE STOLEN .
MASTERPIECE X
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SPREE
BIG SHOW
Admission 25c.
wav Dally Alaskan from 1898,. to
■ 902, died recently at San Diego, Cal
fotnia, according to advices received
at Skagway.
Rev. John Bartlett Stevens, wtio
the past seven years has occupied
• ht pulpit of the ITesbyterian church (
at Juneau, has resigned the pastor
aU and will leave for Berkeley, Cal
ifornia, to reside permanently.
The National Cash Register Com
pany of Dayton, Ohio, will open of
.lt-cs and sales looms in Juneau, Jan
uary 1, and the Territorial trade will
be handled from the capital city. Sid
ney S. Jacobs will act as their fiscal i
agent
About SO natives are expected In
vVrangoll from Juneuu and Taku
ifibor. They will come In gas boats.
H'o purpose of their visit is for a
feast which will be In the nature of
obsequies for the three natives who
wt re asphyxiated on the Ella J. near
here some weeks ago
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Joe Spenard, who is running a
phnsuro resort at Lake Spenard, a
few miles outside of Anchorage, re
pirta the skating on the lake to bo ex
cellent. Ho has built barns,, garage
and dog houses for the accommoda
tion of any method of conveyance
that may be used to visit the place.
Stevan Karanovlc ha3 filed an ac
t'ou In the District court at Juneau i
against the Alaska Treadwell Min
ing Company for $6,000 personal
damages for total disability growing
out of an accident which the plain
tiff alleges happened to him while he
wus working in the company’s mine.
L. V. Ray .Maurice D. Leehey and
Clifford MooerB have recently taken
an option on the entire group of
claims located on Dollar creek In the
Cache creek placer diggings which
were formerly owned by Bahrenburg
and Bubb. Mrs. Bubb closed a deal
with Henry last week whereby she
became owner of the entire group ol
claims paying Bahrenburg $28,000 for
his interest in the property to the
Seward syudlcate for $150,000. The
pir.pcrty ia among the richest In the
dirtrlct
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GOVERNMENT TELLS
HOW TO ENCOURAGE
AND ATTRACT BIRDS
Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau.
WASHINGTON.—Birds of the Pa
ciifc Northwest have been made the
subject of an extensive Investigation
by experts of the department of agri
culture, and a bulletin has Just been
issued describing various methods of
attracting the feathered creatures.
Washington, Oregon, northern Cali
fo'.la, Idaho, and Montana are cov.
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ered by the survey.
The publication contains sugges
tions as to the best method of attract
ing'birds to build and nest about
country homes. The provision of
wa*er, supplying natural and artificial
food, protection of the nests and
ycttrg birds, and prope rnesting faci
li ties are described.
SPAIN RELIEVES
HIGH PAPER COST
TO NEWS PAPERS
WASHINGTON.—A recent Spanish
royal decree authorized a special ap
piopriation of {180,000 to aid dally
papers in tho present paper crlBls,
American consuls in Spain have re
ported to the state department. The
government will guarantee to the as
sociated paper mills of Spain the dif
ference between the price of paper for
dully periodicals sold in July, 1814,
and the price that now prevails.
The relief is in the nature of a loan
as It is provided that after the war1
when conditions shall have returned
to normal the monarchy'3 treasury
will bo reimbursed by tho publishers
taking advantage of tho assistance
the report states.
0.5. EXPERIMENTING
WITH ARMORED RAIL
ROAD GARS
Pacifio News Service. Waeh. Bureau.
WASHINGTON. Officials of the war
department are watching with Interest
the progress of the tost being made
by military experts with armored roll
road cars at Sandy Hook. The cars
mount one three-inch rapid flrer and
COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following ere the lowest recorded
lumperatures for this year and last
on the days leslgnated. The minus
sign before a dumber mini below
zero.
U. S. Weather Bureau.
191# 1917
Jan. 1. —12 - 10
Jan. 2. — 2t --22
Jan. 2 . —II ~2»
Jan. «. —17 - 84
Jan. I. .. ... —20 —40
Jan 5. —0 —40
Jan. 7. —17 —21
Jan 8 . 80 — 20
Jan. 9. ..... ....... 22 —28
Jan. 10. 19 -90
Jan. 11. 22 0
Jan. 12. 20 12
ajn. 18. ..... ...... 28 10
an. 14 . 11 —12
Jen. 15. .. 10 —10
Jan. 22 . 22 —12
Jan. 17 . 0 —10
Jrn. 18. —12 —2
Jan. 19. —25 - -10
Jan. 20 . —22 —II
Janl 21 . —20 —30
Jan. 23 . —15 --37
Jan. 13. —II -17
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are- armored to resist shells up to
these from guns of one-pound ca'lbro.
The department, it is understood, h<u>
for some time been working out plans
for a car armored to withstand bom
bardment from heavy ordnance. The
light armored cars can be made In
less than a month.
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