The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 9, 1914, Page 11

THE STAR-—SATURDAY, MAY SS Alaska Sur \laska’s ways of dealing alled by the gold lure were gentleness \ favored few yellow met The weaklings 1 { feet, Ott but n group concerne pockets of foul this enlightened ir less discerni satisfied Certain of them tunes over crude bar they quickly sold for kings’ ra Watching this pr of disappointed prospe raise crops And thus did men first possibilities To the great) bulk of outsid Alaska is still a dreary expanse of frigid wastes, with bleak, towering mountains a a coast lined with glaciers Get Bad Jolt. Tourists with these notions perience peculiar sensations wh they step ashore at one of Alaskan ports on a bright day tr summer and find themselves amid grass and flowers, with birds sing over the wonder of a new progressing ant alfalfa through a fie may also b Thriving gard ynd snug s and } 4 there he man with the hoe wages war fare with w Slow But Steady. Modest little farms, hewn from the Alaska forest, but still cling ing to the towns, afford another rebuke to the doubting tourist with their array of vegetables, varteties of berries and exhibits of grain The development of farming tn Alaska since da f the Klon dike rush has not been rapid, but it has been steady 1 highly sat the future omises: isfactory much Government experiment st at Sitka, Fairbanks, Rampart and Kodiak have opened the world's eyes to what the nort may be made to produc settlers are attracted tn sufficl numbers. And it is believed the! To be a success new railroad will supply the im-| petus Yum! Long hi king rows of good old I oes, luxuriant heavily-lad raspber ushes supplemented with radishes, tur nips, kal mustard, lettuce ear parsnips, parsley, peas, cress age, cauliflower, onions, spin ach, beets, rhubarb—all thriving rot s turned to the learn of Ala terprising biddy ex-| orth must st a products possible a Delicious Berries and Crisp Vegetables, Abundant Grain Crops and Foodstuffs Galore Raised in the Northern Country= 2S SS TTT | with the h who were first the most part not ways of rewarded with the covete the mi the failure she she merely disappointed ing to retreat beaten, they YOUN The potato,” says the re port of the experiment station “is the most important vege table grown In Alaska, Its cul ture being almost universal Next to turnips, radis! and lettuce, which require but lit tle care, the potato receives the attention of the prospector wherever he may locate. The potato is successfully grown as far north as Colcfoot, 60 miles north of the Arctic circle. It s a universal article of diet and is everywhere in demand “Thousands of tons of pota tos are shipped from the Puget Sound country every year. These potatoes could just as well be grown in Alaska, pro vided that the proper varieties are selected and that they are given the proper culture Th stato is of more tmport e in the interior than it nerea ntion to truck gardens to the miners are certain and profits are substantial fa of the and exp ort to science, just Added to the @ may be seen any summer now in/|bearing fruft with a rare flavor, Alaska and it is a sight not cal culated to discourage the home- are found tn abundance, and ex periments in crossing them with seeker, especially when consumers | domestic varieties have had sur are eager for the harvest at prices | prisingly successful results that seem impossible. Read what this Fairbanks farmer | blueberries, huckleberries, cran says in a letter to Hon. James Wickersham. It ts bard for out- siders to realize that the prices | named are really paid. The letter | is typical of scores of others from Alaska’s agricultural regions My Dear Judge: In answer your suggestion that I w letter about my farming I take pleasure tn doing » you and Mr. J at my p inst fal un to t 20 I had 3 acres of potatoes and they ylelded me 18 tons, and the market price was $120 per ton, for which I sold most of them. T had one acre of beets upon whic I had a crop of $ tons res carrots which yielded me 7% tons with a market price of $140 per t One acre of turnips from whic gathered 200 sacks the sack, or § tons rf ton IT had 2% tons of rutabagas upon rth of an acre of ground, for the market price was $100 per one whie ton: I had 1 ton of red beets on quarter of an acre of grou $140 per ton; I had 15 acres of bar which ut and sold for hay Thad 2% tons which I soid for $ per ton, and still have enough lef to fill by barn chuck full for my own use for the win 1 rained two tons of which I put away for the winter, b sides which I 1 between 34 4 tons during the summer average selling price of $140 per I raised 29 suckling pig pigs which weighed about 1 each, and 23 ogs. 1 sold my hogs to t tcher for $60 each at in 6 «of win I Blu ter m-—which T sowed | the second week in August, and be fore the snow came in October the wheat was up r 2 inches high and [ never saw a better stand of | | wheat anywhere er whent, fy farm made up of sediment and silt and sand brought down by the ri ages gone by. THE TANANA LEY OPPOSITE MY FARM MILES WIDE, AND THE y 5,600,000 ACRES 1s I kn on thh s made t thi ever Minnesota and the Dakotas ein no valley w from six y farm th are t farm valley can al I have several reigh' round the town in succenst ors immed AN OLD LINE LY $670,000.00 | produ yet agricuiture in its present stage more than @ substantial S| promise, It remains for a great} When |army of farmers to step in and traneform its id my cre un to fake an) acres into great garden spots. ‘DREDGE COMPANY ‘SUPPLIES NORTH ‘WITH MACHINERY Among the many companies sup- | plying dredges for operation in is better known! throughout the country, or has established a more enviable rep | tation for high efficiency, than the |American Dredge Building and Construction company of Seattle. 80 pounds to 1. at | Alaska none bbages years’ ¢ fices in Seattl has secure is planning to ¢ ARE ings and equip FAS 10D GROUND AS MINE IN THIS Irely successful e made to thing which can be in the north so wide and rich and variable for agricultural purposes as the Tanana Fairbanks farm: Just What You Want! LIFE, ACCIDE In ONE policy and for ONE premium You Monthly Indemnity for Time Lost Thru Sickness or Accident You Full Face of Policy for Loss of Hands, F Your Life Insurance Premiums, if Permanently Disabled, AL RESERVE COMPANY, Reserve and Surplus to Policy holders Reliable Agents Wanted. berries and salmon berries all grow profusely | Ready for Farmers. Alaska has shown that it o * food as well as gold. An little Started in 1911. The company was organized un | der the laws of the state of Wash ington in January, quipped with practical and techni cal knowledge gained by many perience with «actual dredge installation and operation in the field. This knowledge has enabled them to evoly that has proved a big success in Alaska The company, with general ‘of-| has installed equip- ment for the manufacture of its} dredging machinery in temporary | quarters at the foot of King st., tide lands property and ect suitable build- modern plant for the sole manufacture of the Ameri can” dredge Six of the company's dredges are now operating successfully in Alaska and it has at present under construction at its shops the ma chinery for a double flume screen | dredge, which is to be installed the} coming season and op York, Alaska, for the r gold _and tin valnes H. C. HENRY, President AND HEALTH INSURANC By fair mear and to or preyed upon end they were well exchange for for in supplies whieh} ka products are the were grown on a farm at Fairbanks and sold for $5 The little flower paradise shown The cantaloupes the wild food | stuffs. Wild strawberries, hardy} jlittle plants clinging to the hill sides and half hidden in the foliage, was also snapped at Fairbanks. kans love the beautiful as well growing field of fine “spuds” is prises Tourists With Richness of Farm Land CITY LIGHT PLANT CHOPS [Seattle Business M Red and black currants, raspberries, Verh tfonal ‘Hank 1 Union Savings & Trust company; -E the steamship Admiral Sampson, of the Admiral line, backs |away from the Grand Trunk dock RATES AND MAKES PROFIT Seattle, in its city light plant, has a strong argument in favor of municipal ownership. The plant is not only earning a gross revenue of approximately | |. $1,000,000 annually and paying interest on) an of $3,240,000, but it o'clock her decks will be crowded with scores of Puget Sound busi- men and capitalists, bankers, facturers, transportation offi- # and commercial Alaska to learn personally and at ig} first hand what may be expected, from the stimulus soon to come in rom Tacown. le thousands of Grocery company men, off to eting chair a bonded indebtedn has established a sinking fund to reti bonded indebtedness as it becomes due; has created a cash reserve depreciation fund, | paid its operation and maintenance charges| '"S., Northiand. and In addition has converted $1,500,000 of | »» its revenue into extensions to its plants and : Alexander Ba dent partoer Balfour Manufacturing ma Smelting all the comforts of a privat Forced Rates Down. & orthwestern pally owned and competition Alaska needs attorney: H c tatiat private conc pamship man proposes to the lowest rates for light and power in the) Alaska tell the big capitalists and the Niagara Falls King county has also been directly benefited and t the influenc country, except who do things in country just what Alaska wants. Aries, Campt return to Se. y of Seattle's example J. D. Hoge, president: ASW! Tidfargti) en to Visit Alash lattle Grain t Pacific Coast) Works: A company t Stewart & H Ank F pany; L. al Bank: J . - Lieber & Ven Bokkelen Jent National City Bank president Stimson L Frede ert president C. Hervey L . pital Rhodes vie 1 o Mille cx ° litor The Timi manager Hi ody, vice president Puget B. Barling i- | Nav nm company Pui St. P. Ry ‘esident cific Const Steamship | company; M. W. Baxter, vi 1B Boh 3 American bi nager Can lank at! ¢ Kitsep RM. Calkins, fic| company: D. M. & St. P. Ry.; M. J.jagent: Kosmos vieistant traffic manager | presi he rallway; Moritz| Metal company Washington nt sident ( erinial Mill] president company ct that she is Where They'll Go. The first atop will be at Ketchl to Petersburg. municipal light plant Power for Factories. officials have an eye agens Northern Pacift 1911, by men IIliama and Kodiak, thence back to superintendent of lighting of the city plant is to furnish an abundance of power at in order that Shackleford, @ machine Lister, of Washington, and | lates Gn6 binall Strong, of Alaska, are among to employ more men and establish the city as a manufacturing center. Seattle Can Do It ot noted as a manufactur tion system. ply of moisture is fed automatically mere to the soil during the growing sea- son by the slow thawing of the list includes New York is abundance. magnificent ha J. D. Ross, bors and shipping. Superintendent of Lighting. burg, nearer the coal fields, and to Niagara, Patrehtid-Gitm Puget Sound Flour where water power may be had in abundance, preferring to pay high-| er freight rates to thelr market we need and should ehairman Pi sident Tacomn ¢ solls have | material formed by glacial action. Wherever there has been sufficient | ticed that drainage and the vegetable matter 1 there is a rich that drainage of varying depths; | dentally, as has been done at Michaels in connection with bull FE, MeFarlan: work for is to build up the New president Fidel boundaries of one city Flourtng Mille MARINE EXCHANGE The Marine Exchange advertise-| ment is on page 14 of this supple ed near covery of up is thus uty collector, Nome eas are found in the small some of which are the, ing ‘operations, George Hutche- “| | takes. : | The alluvial deposits along the 4 | larger streams contain good soll, | but there are that have only a thin covering of Much of the soil, par AS FROST THAWS istis.20:."so"5 cose it age _ BELOW SURFACE ims a natural irriga-| Drainage is an important A well regulated sup-'to crop growing y in the Southeastern where the rainfall is so abundai but in the interior where the pre “| frost below the surface. The frost cipitation is so light that irrigation lin the ground retards drainage and | as it thaws it supplies moisture to | the surface soil. hills, is composed largely of ma» terial deposited by the ice sheet ered the land. Drainage Important. essential. soil structure. The lake beds their origin largely in! of these will tillage much good land. wherever the moss is disturbed in such. @ Wi nt Firet Na-ldried up beds of former shallow: ’. ANDREWS, Vice President, M. MORGAN, Second Vice President and Actuary MORGAN, General Manager. When it comes to INSURANCE You want the B! Address .,..- INSURANCE CO. HOME OFFICE White Building SEATTLE, U. S.A. T PROT You cannot do better than secure a OMPLETE OMBINATION ONTRACT as Issued by the NORTHERN LIFE Write now for full particulars—you incur no obligation whatever, Ocoupation co ..ceeccerees Phone Main 2795, Marmaduke, vice pr Washington he president 4 ting company of Califo: ¥ t The president . George Alberr, Seattle Brewini eattle Const Dock comp Joshua Green, — ce: Hf, ‘mith, eaple re, Scandinavian the melting of me to be a possible is thought by s Reclaiming Pot parts of Alaska vary Shallow lakes and partially dri The drains make available for and make a luxuriant 3” 1 ‘TION for the LE. “@niveg ‘291530 SUWIOHT 94} 07 ISP pue Hodnog sya dD