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MRS. EMMA DALQUIST
FROZEN TO DEATH ON TRAIL
The Nome Nugget of March 10 has an
account of the death of Mrs. Emma Dal
quist, wife of the keeper of the roadhouse
at Safety, from which the following is
taken:
The frozen body of Mrs. Emma Dalquist
was found by A. A. (Scotty Allan, partly
hidden in a snowdrift, some few hundred
yards north of the winter trail below Cape
Nome, about 2 p. m. yesterday.
What led her forth from the shelter and
security of the Safety roadhouse Sunday
evening to the place where she met her
death probably will remain a mystery. She
left the roadhouse about 5 minutes past 5
o'clock, and but a few moments before the
arrival of Mr. Allan, who was intending to
stop over night. Mr. Allan saw her but did •
not recognze her owing to the parka con- j
cealing her face. On entering the road- j
house Scotty askeil for Mrs. Dalquist, but j
was told by Mr. Dalquist that she had just j
stepped out, and after looking out of the \
window which overlooks the trail, added]
that she had probably gone for a walk, a1
•t ti t it - - » _! n_ v_...
It was blo'vng at the time, but as Mrs. |
Palquist was a thorough Alaskan, no fears j
were felt for her safety. Joe Sheldon, who
arrived a vw minutes after Allan, stated
that he had met and spoken to her, but
thought nothing « f her being out, as she
was not more than a few hundred yar Is
from the roadhome. Shortly after the i r- ■
rival of Sheldon Palquist again looked oa. j
of the window and could discern her walk- j
jig along the trail toward the west. Allan t
remarked that it was unwise to venture so
far on a cold, windy night, but the husband ;
remarked fhat she could not be going fur
ther than the native village, as she had j
nothing on her feet but low native slippers, i
and so would not go far. Mr Allan states j
that he felt worried, nevertheless, and some .
time later again remarked that he thought (
that Mrs Palquist was not safe. Apparently ,
Palquist was of the same opinion by this
time, and instructed his helper, Miller, a ;
half-breed, to take a dog team and go to !
the native village and learn if Mrs. Dalqi st :
had arrived. It was some time before Miller ;
returned and brought the information that ■
Mrs Dalqust had not stopped at the village (
but had gone forward. This news did not j
cause alarm, as Miller stated that one of «
the natives, Panos by name, had started
for Nome a short time after the woman
passed, and probably would pick her up and
carry her to Cape Nome roadhouse. Panos
did overtake Mrs. Dalquist. offering to take
her to the Cape, but she refused his prof
fered assistance, staling that she preferred
to w alk. Panes continued on his way, but
as the storm was gradually increasing, at
length decided to turn back. Returning to
the village, lie again met Mrs. Dalquist and
endeavored to persuade her to return, but
-1 e again insisted that she wanted to walk,
and was going to the ('ape. This was the
last time Mrs. Dalquist was seen alive, and
her further journey is told only by the
significant marks left upon the snows be
tween that point and Cape Nome.
After three hours had passed Allan and
Dalquist learned by telephoning to Cape
Nome that the woman was not there, and
they started out in search. At the Cape
Nome roadhouse they gained no informa
tion and turned back, continuing the search
all the way back to Safety. All day Mon
day and during that night the Search con
tinued. Tuesday morning Allan again re
turned to the Cape, after learning from
Lars Lunderson, en route witn tne man,
that one of his loose dogs had found the
slippers worn by Mrs. Dalquist some dis
tance north of the trail. Allan at once re
turned to that vicinity, and after some
difficulty, at length discovered the trail of
the missing woman. When found the body
was lying face downward and the hands
and lower extremities bore the visible marks
of the terrible light for life. The stockings,
which were thin, and the skirt were worn
through in the long crawl for the unfound
shelter. Some distance to the north of the
trail was a clump of willows, which, seen
through the driving snow, much resembled
a cabin, and it is believed that Mrs. Dal
quist was trying to reach this seeming shel
ter when stricken. The body was brought
to Nome.
Georg? Anderson, piano expert, on pianos,
player pianos and electric pianos, also fac
tory representative for high grade pianos,
will visit Iditarod the coming summer on
his sixth annual trip. Any person in need
of expert piano tuning and repairing, or
washing to purcahse a piano, communicate
Box 991, Juneau, any time before May,
1915. 3-17-1
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Alaska Exhibit an "Abomination”
A Seattle dispatch to the Nome Nugget
says that Harry Woodward of Fairbanks,
Alaska, who returned from San Francisco
recently, said in an interview that the
Alaska exhibit, at the Panama Pacific ex
position is incomplete in every way and is
^n no way descriptive of the industries or
resources of the territory. Mr. Woodward
declares that the exhibit is an abomination.
O O O
Alaska Moving Picture Man in War
Captain Frank Kleinschmidt, formerly of
Nome, is now a war correspondent for a
Berlin paper, and is with General Hinden
burg’s forces in Poland. It will be remem
bered that Kleinschmidt made a fortune by
taking moving pictures in the Arctic and
on the Siberian and Alaskan coasts. He
sold the films to a London syndicate for
8750,000. Louis Lane, who claimed to be
his partner in the enterprise, has started
suit in New York for his share of the
money. Kleinschmidt is a son-in law of Dr.
S. Hall Young, the well-known Alaska Pres
byterian missionary.
O O O
Soldiers Badly Frozen
While on a hunting trip, two soldiers of
Fort Gibbon were badly frozen while only
about two miles from the army post, ac
cording to word received in Fairbanks on
• March 4. The details of the case were not
telegraphed to Fairbanks. The soldiers,
j named Jones and McGagnan, were granted
Untifirwv n«ee TheV left the fort. llUt
failed to return at night. Fearing that
something was wrong, a searching party
started out, and found them about two miles
ironi the post, badly bitten by frost. It
was stated that the men would recover,
and no serious results are anticipated.
O O O
Thurman Was Victim of Bear
One of the most awful tragedies of Alas
kan life was the death of King Thurman,
as told to nte Seward Gateway by William
Austin, who found the body in the cabin
on Ghickaloon flats. Mr. Austin brought to
Seward a scrap of paper which carries a
few words written by Thurman, showing the
frightful agony of the poor fellow before
he brought his gun into play to end what
was left of life. The last words of Thur
man were written on a paper at the top of
which was a notice of location. As the
right hand had been torn by the bear, the
poor fellow evidently had to use the left
hand. The letters were printed laboriously
and some of them were illegible. They
vere written up and down the page like a
fist of names, and were as follows: “Have
ben tore up by a brown bear. No show
to get out. Good by.” Later Thurman
evidently tried to write again, but his suf
fering was too great. “I'm sane but I ill suf
fering,” he printed, and then came some
printed letters that could not be deciphered,
and his last effort brought out the words,
"the-of death.” Mr. Austin and J.
YVik found Ihe body on March 4. When
the other two men went to bury it they cut
open the clothes. The whole right side
was torn and chewed up from the shoulder
down, and the ribs were loosened from the
backbone. The left hip was ids,., torn up,
as were the right arm and calf of the right
leg. Mr. Austin believes the bear must have
attacked him about a hundred yards from
the cabin. Thurman hardly ever went un
armed, but in this case he had evidently
left the cabin to get a bucket of water. In
the cabin was also found a diary kept by
the unfortunate man. The last entry was
dated July 25. This entry was, “Came to
cabin last evening.”
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Detention Hospitai to Be Utilized
A message from Attorney General Greg
ory to Marshal Erwin at Fairbanks, dated
March 15, was as follows: "Immediately
utilize insane hospital. Confer with Judge
Bunnell in connection with expense incurred
in maintenance.” In accordance with the
, i- ... ...:ll n„
used to confine insane patents awaiting
transportation outside. Ed \oung will be
chief guard and will have for his assist
ants Edward Popped and James McNeil.
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Big Koyukuk Nugget
Word from Wiseman is to the effect that
the largest nugget found durng the winter
in the Koyukuk country was picked up late
in February on Jack Holtzer’s ground. No.
4 above, Hammond river. It weighed
$556.25 at $18 an ounce, which makes it
a very pretty piece of virgin gold, says the
Fairbanks News-Miner, and fully up to the
reputation of the Koyukuk for producing it
in chunks. The big nugget will be sent
Outside next summer. The last big Koyu
hug nugget seen in Fairbanks was that
brought down by J. C. Kinney last summer.
It weighed $4S0, and was seen by scores of
his friends.
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Good Reports From Tolovana
Every day new reports are brought from
the Tolovana district, says the Fairbanks
Times, and all of them seem encouraging,
much more so than those brought by re
turning stampeders during the middle and
latter part of February. Among the most
recent arrivals is Clarence Dorflinger, who
made an extensive examination of the
greater part of the Tolovana district. Mr.
Dorflinger reports that the Hudson broth
ers, on discovery, Livengood, have pay that
will run about $1.50 to the foot. They
drifted twenty-two feet and lost their pay,
but are in hopes of finding it again.
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To Enlarge Nulato Wireless Plant
On an inspection trip of the offices in
his charge, Lieutenant Mason of the signal
Vorps reached town this morning, says the
Fairbanks News-Miner of March 10. With
film was Sergeant Haineline. He intends
to continue on his trip, going from Fair
banks to McCarty, and thence to Eagle by
way of Tanana Crossing. Circle will then
pe visited, and the lieutenant will return to
Fairbanks' from that place and then leave
for Fort Gibbon. He hopes to complete the
whole trip by May 1. Before coming to
Fairbanks the posts from Tanana to Nome
pnd St. Michael had been visited. Lieut.
Mason announces that after the opening of
navigation the land wires Deiween munio
and St. Michael will be abandoned, and all
telegraphic communication will then be by
radio. A new ten-kilowatt set is to be in
stalled at Nulato, and this, it is believed,
yjvill be a material improvement over the
one now in use.
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he Susitna Valley
Hugh Dougherty, an Alaskan since 1898,
registered at the Seward yesterday en route
to the North. Mr. Dougherty spent the
winter in San Francisco, his former home,
but his business interests at Seward and
Fairbanks call him back to Alaska. “The
future of Alaska is almost too great to be
realized by anyone now,” he said. “Aside
, from the mining in the North, there will
be almost indescribable (to the Easterneer)
development as a farming and agricultural
region. I have a most abiding faith in the
future of the North, and believe that Alaska
stands on the threshold of an era of prog
ress.” Mr. Dougherty is of the opinion that
the Susitna valley will be largely settled
within the next live or ten years by emi
grants from Europe. “The climate and
the soil there are suited to the needs of
people who desire a self-supporting farm,
and 1 believe that the tide of immigration
will set that way in the near future,” he
said. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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Not a Profitable Industry
The Fairbanks News-Miner tells of an in
quiry from San Francisco for rabbit skins
in large quantities for manufacturing pur
poses. As rabbit skins are worth 3J/j cents
each, with wages at $1 an hour, a man
can’t make wages skinning rabbits, remarks
that newspaper.
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Sentenced for Mail Robbery
William Pyne, one of the crew of the
launch Waif, who was arrested at Cordova
on a telegraphic warrant from Valdez,
charging him with stealing from the United
States mails, was taken to Valdez on the
Alameda by Deputy Marshal Brightwell. On
arrival in Valdez Pyne was arraigned and
pleaded guilty to the charge, whereupon he
was sentenced to serve a term of four
months in the federal jail, according to the
j Cordova Times. Pyne abstracted a letter
! from a pouch picked up by the Waif at the
| Granite mine, at Port Wells. The letter
i contained a bank book and a money order
for $100. The owners of the boat, Messrs.
Crooker and Matthews, noting that the
knrl Knott f-liut itrKnrl phnrtrpO Pvnp
with having rifled it, and threatened to
search him, when he admitted the deed. On
J arrival at Valdez they called the attention
of the authorities to the act and then pro
ceeded to Cordova, where Pyne was arrested.
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Costs Mote to Whip Dogs Than Women
For beating a dog a man was fined $25
and costs, amounting to $100 in all, and
j went to jail because he hadn’t the money to
| pay it, and another man heat up a girl and
paid a tine of $25. The fine was inflicted
by a Cordova magistrate, and the Cordova
Alaskan comments on the “new standard of
values” established bv the local Dogberry.
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Rich Ore From Mother Lode
The shipments of ore from the mines
I of the Mother Lode Copper Mines Company,
near Rennecott. so far made this winter,
and from which reports have been received,
are two in number, consisting of three car
loads each, says the Cordova Times. From
these shipments returns have been received
aggregating nearly $29,000. or almost $5,000
to the carload. These two shipments were
made in January, and were received at the
smelter January 21 and February 8, and
aggregated 693.874 pounds of dry ore.
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Interceding Letter From Sulzer
The Knik News says that Jack Price,
sourdough Alaska miner, has received a
very interesting letter from former Gov
ernor Sulzer of New A ork, which reads:
“Glynn plotted with Murphy to steal my
office, but the voters refused to confirm the
theit. Tammany will never remove another
governor because he refused to be a party
to the looting of the state. We fought a
good tight a fight fi r principle- to beat
the bosses, to get the grafters, and to give
the taxpayers honest government. I want
to thank you for what you did for the cause.
I am glad I made the fight, and we can
console ourselves that we elected Whitman,
beat Murphy's crooked ticket, made Roose
velt ridiculous, and drove from public life
the conspirators who stole the governor
ship.”
BISHOP PETER T. ROWE
TOURING INTERIOR ALASKA
(Fairbanks Times. March 10)
On his tour through the Interior to in
spect the various missions of the Episcopal
church, Bishop Peter Trimble Rowe reached
Fairbanks yesterday morning, and is now
at St. Matthew's hospital. Bishop Rowe
i came llireci lrnm lanuua If.-ssiiig, ""'.M
he sneni some time looking into conditions,
holding services and attending to other
matters. Speaking generally of the condi
tion of the natives, the bishop says they are
well, and owing to the mild winter, experi
encing no very great hardships.
Shortly before starting for the Interior,
little 11-year-old half-breed girl, who had
little 11-year-old half-breed girl, who had
been made the slave and drudge of the
whole native settlement. The girl's mother
was dead and her father had abandoned her
to the care of the old native grandmother,
who was none too kind. After investigat
ing the case, the bishop found that the
girl had been treated unmercifully and was
broken in health and spirit. He insisted
that the natives free her and he made ar
rangements to have her taken to the mis
sion at Tanana Crossing.
At Tanana Crossing the bishop found con
ditions very comfortable. The good women
who are working there are treated with
courtesy by both natives and whites.
While in Washington, D. C.t Bishop Rowe
started a movement to have all the Alaska
natives segregated in large settlements,
where they would be given medical attend
ance and be educated by the government
The bishop thinks that if the government
would put the natives in villages and pro
vide occupation for them, the diseases that
are so prevalent now would be eradicated.
Although the officials listened with a
sympathetic ear to his plans, they offered
little encouragement.
To the many people who have known
Bishop Rowe in past years, his appearance
now will be a big surprise. Instead of be
ing a hale, hearty and robust man, as 1Jn
former year3, he is rather thin and inclined
to nervousness, while his eyesight is so
ban that he can read no more.
Last summer the bishop suffered a com
plete breakdown, and was unable to attend
to his duties for a time. At present, how
ever, he feels much improved, and thinks
he will be able to stand the trip to the Koy
kuk in good shape.
WHEN THE ICE STARTED
1911— May II, 6:57:30 p. rn.
1912— April 22, 10:40:00 a. m.
1913— May 9, 12:41:45 p. m.
1914— May 99, 10:41 :5I a. m.
1915— .
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cook in mining or lumber camp, or on
steamboat. Address Jim Yamato, Pioneer
office.
EES
BUSY
The all-absorbing topic of conversation in
| Iditarod these days is, “When will the ice
go out?” The extremely mild weather of
the early days of April promised an early
break-up, and wagers were freely offered
that the spectacular annual event would
take place anywhere from April 22 on. The
change in the weather, however, has shown
that betting on eventualities depending on
the state of the weather is far from being
a “sure-thing” game. At this writing (Fri
day) there appears to be little more likeli
hood of the ice on which rests the deter
mining flag moving down the river than
there was a week ago.
A couple of hundred feet below the flag, |
however, the river is clear of ice for a con
siderable distance, which condition was ,
brought about partly by the blowing up of |
the ice by dynamite in order to extricate the |
col 1 storage barge Trinder from a perilous j
position. The barge has been moved across |
the river, where it will be safe from the f
ice floes that will be released when the real j
break-up comes.
It is unlikely that the break-up this year j
will be attended bv the exciting and spec- j
tacular incidents connected with the break- !
up of last year. The winter of 1913-14 was j
notable for an extremely heavy snowfall, j
pnd when the warm spring sunshine got in j
its work the streams were filled to over- |
flowing and the Iditarod river attained a '
high >tage probably never before witnessed :
by white men here at that season.
This year the snowfall has been ex |
tremely light, and an exceptional rise of
the river is not looked for. There have
been slight increases in the flow recently,
however, due to local rain and snowstorms.
River Men Busy
The near approach of the break-up has
been the signal for much activity among the
river men. Boats and scows had to be re
lieved of the ice and water in their holds,
vessels to be moved to positions of safety,
painting, calking and repair work generally
was in order, and an air of general activity
has been noticeable during the past two or
three weeks where inactivity and quiet have
reigned for months. Most of the river ves
sels have been placed in good position to
resist the down-rushing ice. and in a few
days the river fleet will be in position to
move ad the freight and passengers that
are likely to be destined for this port during
the coming open season.
Mining Season Opens
On the creeks everything is being gotten
in readiness for the season's mining opera
tions. Quite a number of men have already
found employment, and more will be put
to work as the opportunity affords. Thp
Otter creek dredge is in operation, and the
open-cut miners are busy clearing ground
for their summer operations on both Otter
and Flat creeks.
PETERSBURG PREACHER
USES UNIQUE METHODS
‘“Lots of people do not care a rap for
religion, but they do love music, and I
find that my violin is a grpat magnet for
drawing them to my church. And after 1
get them in good humor with a few selec
tions, they are in the right frame of mind
for me to tell them something about God.
That’s why I love my violin.”
And Rev. T. K. Thorvilson. pastor of the
Norwegian ^nod at Petersburg, Alaska, and
.the only preacher in that village of 700
inhabitants, smiled happily in recollection
of his work in the North. Mr. Thorvilson
has just returned from an Eastern visit, and
has been the guest of Rev. B. E. Bergesen
\>f Zion church, Ballard. He will leave
today on tne steamer jenerson iur rnns
burg. For many years Mr. Thorvilson has
been known as the violinist preacher, be
cause of the manner in which he conducts
his services.
His methods are not those of the slam
bang revivalist. He simply takes out his
violin and plays several popular selections,
and then accompanies himself while he sings
hymns. And the crowds he draws prove
the popularity of his method of campaigning
for the Lord.
Last year Mr. Thorvilson decided to aban
don the lecture platform, and the people of
I Petersburg welcomed him with joy, building
! him a church and a manse. Of the 700
there, 90 per cent are Norwegians, and Mr.
Thorvilson has adopted the plan of talking
in Norwegian in the morning and English
in the evening. And as he plays airs on
his violin which are familiar to the natives
of Norway, they enthuse and ask for more.
Mr. Thorvilson gave a lecture last night
at the Ballard Zion Lutheran church. He
briefly told the congregation that Peters
burg, which is 800 miles from Seattle, is a
delightful place to live. Fishing is the main
industry. Social life plays as important
a part, he said, in the life of the people
as it does in Seattle or any other city. He
has organized an orchestra in his church,
and has a fine choir. Mr. Thorvilson played
several numbers on his violin. Seattle Post
Intelligencer.
Fresh Olympia Oysters, for cocktails, $2
can. Iditarod Meat Co.
FORMER IDITAROD MAN
DIES AT PORT ANGELES
(Ruby Record-Citizen, March 20)
PORT ANGELES. Wash.. Jan. 7.
Charles B. McDowell, proprietor of the
Alaska hotel of this city, died at his home
Monday, January 4, at 4* p. m., as the result
of cancer contracted in the Fortymile coun
try, Ala.-ka. The funeral services were con
ducted by Clarence Brown, reader of the
Christian Science church, from the parlors
of the Fulmer Undertaking Company,
whence the remains were conveyed to the
Ocean View cemeetery and interred yester
day at 1 p. m.
Mr. Me Do we'1 was 51 years old. He was
a native of North Carolina, but for the ^
past sixteen years spent most of his time in
the Interim' of Alaska seeking for gold. He
is survived by a noble wife. Jennie M. Mc
Dowell. and six children, of whom two are
boys, Charles W. and Harry F. McDowell,
who are at present in the Fortymile coun- j
try. The four daughters are Marguerite. ,
Theresa and L< la McDowell and Mrs. El
mira Schafer, all of this city.
(The deceased was one of the early ar
rivals in this camp, and was interested with I
Greig Stewart m the ]• airview tracing post 1
site the ground west of Willow street on
which the town of Iditarod is built. He (
left here in the fall of 1911 for the new j
camp of Ruby, and in 1913 he went Out
side to obtain treatment at Mayo Bros.’ ,
sanitarium in Rochester, Minn., for the dis
ease which finally caused his death. •
HENRY WATTERSON ON WAR
(Louisville Courier Journal i
Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are
marching; marching and fighting; food for
powder; brave lads from Severn and from
Clyde, from the Rhine and the Rhone;
little red-legged French boys out of the
sweet Provence country, and beardless, oval
faced German boys from Bingen and Stutt
gart; woodchoppers from the Black Forest, I
afld sailmakers from Belfast and Brittany j
what’s imperial Hecuba to them that they
should fight for her. bleed for her, die for
her? They, these noble youngsters, buried
deep under Russian snows and lost in the !
trenches of Flanders, who is to father the (
coming generations ?
Our civilization has crumbled beneath our
very feet, before our very eyes. There is
nothing left but Christianity, :f that be left
If it be not, what hope for humankind?
Has this blight come as a curse, or as a
revelation
It was not till Israel was crushed that
Israel hoped. The land had run rivers of
blood. When the people were not worship
ing Moloch in the vale of Gehenna they
were following Yahweh on the march of in
vasion and conquest. Then vanquishment. .
desolation, despair, and. rising above the i
wreckage of the living and the ashes of (
the dead, the dream of a golden time; the!
vision of the Shepherd-prophet “when the j
mountains shall drop sweet wine and all (
the hills shall melt, the plowman shall over
take the reaper and the treader of grapes
him that so wet n seed.”
May not these appalling cataclysms be .
the precursor of the realization forecast by j
the men of old9
May not Europe suffer and see, even as
Judea, and come forth in rags, to know at
last that in strife there is neither glory nor
gain; in war only the wrath of God and the
ruin of the world?
Yet, how long, oh Lord, how long?
When shall the lesson end, the travail
cease? Hear Thou, dear God, this day this
prayer; make the nations sane again; drive
out the devils from the hearts of men; give
us the eyes to see the light, the minds to
know the truth; give us the grace that pass*
eth understanding—peace on earth as it is
in heaven. _
CONSIDER POSSIBILITY
OF TEN YEARS OF WAR
WASHINGTON, March 30.—That Ger
man officialdom is preparing for a ten years'
war against Great Britain is said to be
proved. It is stated that Germany has
abandoned any hope of peace with Great •
Britain, irrespective of what the other na- j
tions might do. It is believed that the j
war may ue on me water aim ue a vvai uu
commerce. If so, Germany will continue
the conflict with her submarines until
France and Russia shall have been dis
posed of. and then she will build a navy
larger than England’s.
German officials secretly admit grave ap- ;
prehension over the developments in the ]
German warfare against the English ally
hunger.
The London Chronicle reports that Ger
many has appealed to all German children
to eat one slice of bread instead of the cus
tomary two for supper.
The London Morning Post says the war
bread regulations in Germany are not due
to scarcity, but the pretext to induce char
itable Americans to feed the Belgians and
the french to feed their people in the por
tion of France now occupied by Germany.
Already as a result a Franco-German con
ference has been held in Berne. The Ger
man government is expected to increase
food rstrictions and issue meat and pota
toes.
The Prussian diet has unanimously ac
cepted a bill appropriating $25,000,000 as a
subsidy to be used in alleviating the suf
fering of persons affected by the war.
FARMERS FORM ORGANIZATION
(Knik New.-. March 20
The Matanuska Farn^rr- Association ha
been formed by the settler- of the Mat
nu.-ka valley. The organization w.:- call-d
into being at a meeting hel i Ma.fh 1 at
the home of George Nylen. !. 1 Krueger
was fleeted president and Charles Merlin
secretary-treasurer. rI hirty-ihree set ’ 1 • • r
signed tlie membership roll and almost <! .iiy
more are joining. The object d tl
ciation comprehends mutual aid ami 1 i
fulness, so that the settlers may work t.
gether in all matters pertaining to their
mutual welfare and interest. The a.-.-ocm
tion starts out under favorable auspice- and
the settlers are entering with enthuse.-sin
into the matter. The next meeting will be
held March 28, at which time a constitu
tion and by-laws will be adopted.
Mr. Krueger, who reached town M miay.
is among the enthusiasts over the agricul
tural and stock-raising possibilities of this
section. Dr. Alfred IIuL-e Brooks, head of
the United Slates Geological Survey w rk
in -\ImA;a fold hin, i.f T11 • ■ Xu k r uri
try when he was on the ^ uk> n five years
ago. Dr. Brooks’ report was so favorable
that Krueger at the tin
ally locate in these { ts I i
conditions just as Dr. Brook r la’ i them
to him.
Mr. Krueger is well versed on matter
pertaining to farming, being a graduate of
the < )reg >n State Agr r ! 1 lleg
a study of the climatic conditions and soils
of the region, he declares that barky, oat-,
clover and some of the forage grass - will
grow well here. Wheat, he says, nr v not
mature until the soils have been cultivated
end made ready by first rai-ing other crops
Most of the root crops should flourish, he
thinks, while it is a natural berry country.
Krueger says he never saw nor ate better
potatoes an/where than those raised la.-t
year on his Matanuska farm. A half-acre
patch yielded over six tons.
Krueger thinks the country adapted to
raising meat products, and will devote his
nergies to hog and sheep raising.
Mrs. Krueger and two children will join
him in the spring, to take up a permanent
abode.
\xel Olson’s live stock was substantially
; - reused by the birth of fourteen pigs, the
brood of one sow, and a calf of the mas
cul-ine gender. One of the pigs is a “runt,
as often occurs in a large brood, but the
remainder arc a fine, healthy lot.
CAUSTIC COMMENT
(Valdez Commoner t
The Juneau papers say that a .-hipload < t
“expert stenographers” arrived in the cap
ital city last week to attend the legislature.
Tf this legislature is to follow in the foot -
steps of its illustrious predeces-or it is now
up to some feeble member suffering with
s’eno-ataxia to introduce a bill denouncing
President Wilson for appointing carpet-bag
gers to office in Alaska. If these stenog
raphers are of the right kind they will see
to it that we immediately have a “full"
legislature. Wine, women and a legislator,
properly mixed, produce something similar
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