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gency foods.
There is “Pootchky” for in
stance. This tastes liKe the finest
garden grown celery, but in the
ground smells like skunk cab
bage, looks like nothing an
American ever saw before and is
dangerous to eat unless precau
tions are taKen. The outer fiber
causes skin eruptions similar to
that caused by poison ivy, but
needs only to be pealed off to
reveal the delicious and nutrit
ious inside stalk.
“ This,” says Simeon, “is the
only vegetable growth I know of
that is even mildly poisonous.
Other edibles include Petrusky,
cowslips, ferns, wild rhubarb,
lupine and Indian rice.
There are plenty of birds too,
including ducka, geese and
t ptarmigan, but a bare few of
| them are not very edible, parti
cularly some highly-colored var
ieties. “It’s all in knowing just
what’s what.”
Of berries, Simeon grows ex
tremely enthusiastic — “To
name but a few, there are crow
berries, blueberries, thimbleber
ries and cranberries. They aren't
scarce, or scattered in growth
or hard to find, but profuse and
luxuriant in growth and rich in
quantity and taste. The soldiers
in many Aleutian posts have
been walking over them for
months without paying any at
tention to what they were.”
In the past, the wild strawber
ry has been popular on western
Aleutian islands. It is very rich
in Vi'amin C, at least as much
so as citrus fruits. i
For himself, Sgt. Simeon Ol-I
iver is looking past the days ofj
warfare. “The soldiers are look
ing and listening and reading
and talking Alaska Since the
war here began in earnest with
the bombing of Dutch Harbor,
the sales of my book, “Son of
tlie Smoky Sea” have quad
rupled
“Right now many soldiers, of
course, are discouraged about
their life in Alaska. But after
the war, they will remember the
rich commercial prospects, the
wonderful hunting and fishing,
the mining and timber indust
ries, the magnificence of the
country itself and the people —
plus the freedom from many of
the restrictions of modern civil
ization — and they will come
back. You can take that as a de
finite prophecy.”
“Far myself,” Simeon gets a
wistful look in his eye, “I'm
quite aware that most of the
Aleutian islands comprise the
richest and best sheep grazing
country in the world. After the
war, I may invest in a herd, and
if I do, and if I come back here
to visit, it wouldn’t surprise me
at all to find some of my soldier
friends back in the Aleutians
with herds of their own.”
A daughter, weight 6 1-2
pounds, was born Saturday to
Mr. and lArs. Norman Fjeld
heim. The new arrival has been
named Nancy Lee.
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