SEWARD, April 16.—There will be
operated along the coast of Alaska
from Ketchikan in the south to the
Nushagak section in the north, 104
salmon canneries this season. Ap
proximately 30,000 men will be em
ployed for an average of 90 days.
It was the old idea that a salmon
cannery must be located on or near
the mouth of some river up which
the salmon run to the spawning
grounds, but this fallacy has been
exploded and the salmon packers are
looking for the places where the most
fish can be caught at sea with purse
seines.
Fish taken in salt water are of su
perior quality to those caught after
reaching the fresh streams, where the
salmon at once begin to deteriorate.
For the most part, however, these
canneries are grouped near the fresh
water streams, in many places there
is from 500 to 600 miles of coast line
taking into account all the indenta
tions and deep-cut fjords without a
cannery in sight.
Many new canneries are being
constructed this spring, including
three on the Alaska peninsula.
Already the packers are beginning
to take precautions to safeguard the
supply of fish and to seek the de
struction of any animal which preys
upon or destroys the salmon. To this
end a bill has been introduced at Ju
neau before the territorial legislature
by which a bounty of $5 per head will
be placed on hair seal. This animal
and the so-called sea lion eat more
fish each season than would keep
many canneries supplied. A herd of
several thousand live just outside
Resurrection bay, which it is estimat
ed by those informed, eat more in a
day than could be handled by a two
line cannery, or about 110.000 fish
daily.
Another improvement being tried
out is the establishment of a cold
storage plant in connection with ev
ery cannery. When the run is at its
height in Bristol bay more fish arc
, caught in a day than can possibly be
packed before the time limit placed
by law within which the fish must be
canned after being caught expires.
The result is the left-over fish are
wasted.
WANTS SMALL AMERICAN
DETACHMENT SENT OVER
WATER, TO CHEER THEM Cl*
LONDON. April 17—The Specta
tor, discussing the military aspect of
American intervention in the war, ap
peals for the immediate dispatch of a
small American force to this side as
a ‘ visible pledge and a bond of union.”
“A single brigade would be suffi
cient," it says. “The delight of the
British people would be unbounded if
the brigade could come to England
first. Americans coudd have but a
dim idea of the reception wating such
a force.
“We venture to say that if an
American brigade marched through
the streets of London before re-em
barking for France, our houses would
almost crack with the cheering.
“We are told that American sym
pathy runs stronger with the French
j or the Russians than with ourselves
and that if Amercan troops come to
Europe they won’t come to the Brit
ish front. Frankly, we do not be
lieve it. We believe the American
brigade would feel 10 times more at
, home with its own flesh and blood,
talking its own language.”
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Wood and coat delivered to any
part of the city. Thone 43-Y. Uni
versal Taxi and Transfer. 125
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Dr. W. A. Rystrom, dentist, over
Harmony- Theatre- 810
Dr. W. A. Rystrom, dentist, over
Harmony theatre. 810
Fine lob Printing at 'l imes Office.
NEXANA, April 23.—It is difficult
for one who has never seen the antics
of an Alaskan stream when the sun
moves southward in the fall to realize
the trouble it can cause. In the sum
mer the ground in the Yukon, Tanana
and other valleys of the interior thaws
out to a depth of four to eight feet,
under which depth there is perpetual
frost.
When fall comes frost encroaches
again until it finally reaches the sur
face. Often this will occur before the
first snowfall and the only sign of ap
proaching winter will be ice forming
along the bottoms of small streams.
This causes the stream to overflow its
banks and spread over the country,
more ice forming all the time until it
has increased to an unbelievable ex
tent.
A stream normally two feet wide
and six inches deep in a ravine ten
feet deep will till the ravine with ice
spread out over the landscape, first
on one side and then on the other un
til it builds up a regular ridge of ice.
ranging from twenty to one hundred
feet wide. During the early fall and
oftentimes in the winter the unwary
traveler gets into these overflows and
unless he is experienced in the ways
of the north or receives help quickly
he will be lucky if he does not lose
one or more of his fet through freez-:
ing. An attempt to cross a stream
which could be pumped in the fall i
often results in a ducking and loss of j
life.
This condition is more noticeable j
at this end of the proposed Seward- j
Fairbanks railroad than it is at the'
southern end, for near the coast much ;
of the ground is entirely thawed.
Railroad builders quickly discovered
that where culverts should have been
sufficient under ordinary circumstan
ces substantial bridges must be built
to stand the vast accumulations of ice.
With a view of inspecting these
conditions, Jack Fulton, resident en
gineer of the Commission at Fairbanks j
is making a trip along the route from
Fairbanks to Nenana and on toward
Broad Pass. He estimates that be
twen here and Fairbanks there are1
at least twenty such places where the |
glaciering this winter has shown that1
the streams to be crossed must be J
trestled extensively, although previ
ous estimates allowed for nothing but
culverts.
Tendency of moisture bearing earth
to glacier also has caused the Com
mission to avoid tunnels wherever
possible, for in a bore when the sec
tion of perpetual frost is passed and
thawed ground found further in, this
thawed ground gives forth water dur
ing the winter. Keeping such tun
nels from filling with ice in midwinter
jnder Arctic conditions has been found
nne of the most serious projects con
fronting the engineers.
TREATMENT OF BURNS.
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ROME, April 24.—Queen Elena, of
Italy, has received in private audience
Dr. Barthe de Sandfort, taking a
?reat interest in his invention of a
nethod of treating burns, which he is j
now using for Italian soldiers.
Alto Coffee has no equal, in 1 lb. Jars.
A 50c Coffee for 40c pound.
At Brown & Hawkins. 924
A trial lunch at the North Pole Bak
;rv is convincing of its superiority.
The Electric Bath House, K and:
Fourth, is now under the management
of a graduate masseur and chiropo
dist. Electric and Turkish baths. Open
day and night. 862
Peterson’s Billiard Parlor for ’latest
war bulletins. 400
Cotton felt mattresses, bed springs
and linoleum, at Crocker's. 459
Try a Times Want Ad for results, j
POTATOES OF
WASHINGTON, April 13. — (By
mail.)—A farmer in Alaska has an
nounced a record yield of seventeen
tons of potatoes an acre on his farm.
His statement is printed in a recent
ly published report of the Alaskan Ag
ricultural Experimental stations, and
has particular force coming as it
does at a time when potatoes are
fast becoming a luxury in the United
States.
Nine hundred tons of potatoes were
produced during the summer of 1915
in the immediate vicinity of Fair
banks, an increase of 100 tons over
the crop of the year before.
Fifteen varieties, tested at the Fair
banks demonstration farm last year
covered three and a half acres of
land, 40 per cent of which was on
the north slope. The production was
eighteen tons. Officials at this point
and at the Rampart station are mak
ing comparative tests to see what
varieties are the most satisfactory
under existing climatic conditions.
New Variety Evolved.
It is said that a variety has been j
evolved whose equal can not be |
found from Idaho to County Cork, in
size, shape or flavor. A great trans- j
continental railroad company has de-l
cided to make a specialty of “Alas-1
ka Great Big Baked Potatoes,” and j
each potato served on its dining cars'
will weigh at least a pound and a half.;
Much of the agricultural soil in j
Alaska is favored with volcanic ash, I
and this condition is a proved advant- j
age in the growing of potatoes. Soil
containing this ash warms up readily,
drains easily, and can be worked
with little difficulty. Farmers are
kept posted by government advisers,
and furnished with as much seed and
information as they can use. Letters
sent in by homestead operators
throughout Alaska prove beyond w
doubt that the watchful and pruden*r
farmer is given every opportunity to
make a comfortable living.
George Roll of Cook inlet (has re
ported 575 to 750 bushels of potatoes
to the acre and adds that all other
vegetables do exceedingly well. He
grows beets, cabbages, carrots, tur
nips, rutabagas, cauliflower, parsnips,
peas, celery, radishes and lettuce.
Splendid Crop Reported.
To the government station at
Haines, James McGuire reported a
splendid crop.
“I had about four acres under cul
tivation,” he said, “and I raised ap
proximately 300 sacks of turnips,
about 100 sacks of rutabagas, 150
sacks of potatoes and about 100
pounds of cabbage. I also raised eight
Hubbard squash that weighed twenty
pounds each, all ripe, and I had ten
pumpkins that weighed sixteen pounds
each, that were also ripe. I would like
to have some of your currants, goose
berries and some grapes to try next
year.” ^
Since writing that letter, McGuire
has more than doubled his acreage,
and he has a strong opinion of people
who still persist in speaking of his
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country as the frozen north.
DOME REMAINS DARK
TILL WAR IS ENDED
BOSTON, April 19.—The gilded
dome of the statehouse, with 500 elec
tric lights visible at night for many
miles, will not be illuminated again
until the war is over, it has been an
nounced. This action was taken at the
request of the Massachusetts commit
tee on public safety.
Chase & Sanborn’s Teas and Co^.ts
have stood the test for 50 yeaw.
Try Them. y
At Brown & Hawkins. 924
O-Cedar Mops and Polish at Eck
mann’s Furniture Store. 874 I
. Lunch once at North Pole Bakery
and you ever after. 920
Best music at Peterson's. 444^ aj
A PUBLIC |
BENEFACTOR 1
DENTIST
I am opening- my Dental Office in the Peterson Building,
on Fourth Street between C and D, where I will conduct a mod
ern Dental Office with all the modern equipments.
My Prices for Dental
Work
Will be such that ALL can afford to have their work done. I
care for all forms of tooth trouble. Crown and bridge work a
specialty.
Call and see me for estimates. *
CONSULTATION FREE.
All Work Absolutely Guaranteed.
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The Cache Creek Gold may prove to be
one of the Best and biggest Quartz
MINES IN ALASKA.
The property consists of nine quartz claims of 20 acres
each, or 180 acres, located at the head of Nugget Creek, Cache
Creek country, Susitna Mining District, Alaska.
The company owns over one mile of the Mother Lode ledge,
in the camp. This ledge shows in width from 30 to 100 feet
and can he easily traced for seven miles, and assays in gold
from a few dollars up, and into the thousands to the ton. Nug
gets are found in the quartz which are worth from 25 cents up
to as high as $5.00. The company also owns a mile in length
of another parallel ledge, one-half mile from the Mother Lode
that shows an average width of 80 feet. The rock on this ledge
{tans from 20 cents and up, as high as $1.00 or more to the pan.
Some of the rich ore can be seen in the display window of the
Chamber of Commerce, Anchorage, Alaska.
As soon as the snow is gone, the ground will he thoroughly
prospected by practical mining men to ascertain the amount
of ore tonnage available for a milling plant; also the actual
value of the ore per ton, and the character of the ore treatment
required.
For a short time you may purchase Treasury Shares in the
Cache Creek Gold Mines Company at the ground floor price of
10 cents per share, 10 per cent discount for cash,
i You may buy the shares on the installment plan, by paying
10 per cent down and 10 per cent monthly, for nine months.
Five hundred shares is the smallest allotment sold.
This may be your only and last chance to get in and get
some of the 10 cent shares, so dotft delay. Send in your order
at once.
YOURS POR THE ASKING. ' 3
If you haven’t the cash to spare just now, write me a letter,
stating how many shares you wish to subscribe for, and what
time you think you will be in a position to pay for the stock in
full, and the shares will be reserved for you.
Should you wish to purchase the stock on the installment
plan, let me know how many shares you wish and what time
you think you will be in a position to make your first payment,
and the stock will be reserved for you.
Don’t delay if you feel like taking a chance with us. About
June 11 will leave for Nugget Creek to inspect the mining prop
erty, and will st;%y on the ground at least a month.
Orders for Cache Creek Gold Shares should be mailed not
later than May 20, in order to get the shares reserved and book
ed before I leave.
Detailed information appeared in full pages in the Anchor
uge Daily Times from April 1 to April 20.
GEORGE ANDERSON, Campbell Bldg., 4th and F Sts.