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SEATTLE, May 10.—Although the
price of seed potatoes in Seattle and
other Washington cities is five cents
a pound and likely to go higher, the
acreage planted to potatoes in Wash
ington promises to be larger than ever
before in the history of the state.
Farmers and city dwellers alike have
been convinced that it will be impossi
ble for potatoes to be cheap, no matter
how much ground is planted.
The newspapers have drawn atten
tion to the fact that western Wash
ington is a natural potato region, the
acid^soil counteracting scab and other
diseases so common in the limestone
districts. Newly broken soil in Wash
ington produces enormous crops, and
no potato land has yet been worn out.
The newspapers have pointed out that
stable manure and lime are not need
ed for potatoes, but are required for
many other crops. Owners of weedy
lawns have been urged to dig them
up and plant potatoes thus getting rid
of the weeds. In some towns and
cities planting of parking strips in
front of residences is permitted.
At the state university members of
the faculty are growing potatoes on
an acre of the campus. The circular
of the United States department of
agriculture, showing how parings may
be used for seed, provided the eyes
are preserved, has been reprinted in
the daily newspapers, also other hints
on economical seeding. Newly cleared
land is nearly all to be planted in po
tatoes. The Seattle icemen’s union is
cultivating a tract of land cooperative
ly.
Farmers in the Alaska potato dis
trict, which is contiguous to the route
of the United States railroad, have
been urged to plant potatoes in large
quantities, and will do so. The Alas
kan engineering commission promises
a market for all the food products the
farmers raise. For several years
Alaska has shipped rutabaga turnips
to Seattle for sale. Great success al
so has been obtained in Alaska with
yellow turnip from Finland, which
baffles the cabbage-maggot fly by
placing its lower leaves on the ground,
so that the fly, whose habit is to lay
eggs close to the root of the turnip
when ^he plant is small, cannot ap
proach the root and lays the eggs un
der the leaf, where the maggots are
hatched and die of starvation.
FOOD PRODUCING SERVICES
CALL FORTH 253 STUDENTS
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
May 8.—Two hundred fifty-three stu
dents have already withdrawn from
the state university to fill vacancies on
farms and in the Alaska canneries.
Thursday morning, May 10, a ship left
for an Alaska cannery carrying 18
students who have dropped their stud
ies that they might assist in the prob
lem of food production.
Most of those who have already
withdrawn are to work on farms or
ranches of their parents, friends or
relatives. Many openings are known
to Dean Arthur R. Priest, who has
charge of this work. He said, “I
know of one ranch over at Wenatchee
which employs 10 men the year round.
Seven ^ the men from this ranch
have enlisted. The condition is the
same all over the valley. Over 300
men have enlisted from this section,
I understand. Their places must be
filled in order that the fruits of this
valuable district may be harvested.
“We have received a call from the
Puyallup Valley Fruit Growers’ asso
ciation for help. The Spokane Cham
ber of Commerce has also written me
for men. Many calls have come di
rect from ranchers and in most cases
these have been filled.”
The faculty has decided to grant
full college credits to those who have
done good work and who find it neces
sary to withdraw from school and as
sist in food production.
The Alaska canneries pay on an av
erage of $50 a month and '-oard. Most
of them pay the fares of tne help to
and from the canneries, a matter of
some $30. The 11-hour day is the
basis, and extra time is paid for. The
work has been kown to require 18
hours a day for as long as 16 days in
succession, with no rest on Sundays.
In spite of this work has attracted
63 men.
Sixty-four of the 253 who have
withdrawn are from Seattle. Tacoma
ranks next with 18 and Spokane third
states, including nine from Idaho, nine
from Oregon and eight from Mon
tana.
Ten from North Yakima have been
excused and seven from Bellingham.
The remainder were from small towns
throughout the state. Five of the ap
plicants for withdrawal were from
women.
Approximately 20 have withdrawn
from the college of mines, practically
all of them to enter the engineers
corps of the army, according to Milnor
Roberts, dean of the college.
“The junior class was hit hardest
when 11 from a class of 14 in metal
lurgy withdrew,” said Mr. Roberts.
“About eight freshmen and sopho
mores have, gone, but the seniors are
sitting tight and finishing up their
work.”
No classes in the college have been
suspended and wil not be, says the
dean, unless they are entirely deplet
ed.
We are prepared to locate miners
on good placer ground, also dredging
and hydraulic. Anchorage Abstract
& Title Co. 503 Fourth Ave. 56
Fred Carlqutst, wno !s a graduat*
optician from San Francisco, is per
manently established with George Os
bom, the C. St. Jeweler, and will ex
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MAKES A CAPTURE '
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The government pays $25 to any j*
boat that captures and tows in a float- ! s
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ing mine, says the London Times of j
recent date. A Liverpool fisherman j
lassoed a mine and dragged it several ;
miles. The sea was getting high, j
however, and fearing he would lose |
his prize, the fisherman hailed a pas- j
sing ship.
“I’ve got a big mine in tow,” he j
said. “I can’t handle it. Please tow I
it in for me.”
Panic ensued aboard the ship.
“Take the infernal thing away s
quick,” shouted the captain. “It’ll; ■
blow us all up.”
“No, it won’t it’s harmless,” the ' [
fisherman bawled back. “I knocked j
the horns off with an oar.”
The horns of a mine are contact j
points. The moment they are touched j
the mine explodes. The fisherman |
had knocked them off, ignorant of his j
danger. The mine had a bad deton- I
ator, which happens about one in a j
hundred times. The fisherman got the I ®
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