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Show 'H t SOUTH CACHE COURIER. HYRUM, UTAH If LS LAND'FOft I f I v f ALASKA- -' c.c.ceoftcesoN It has been demonstrated both at government experiment stations and by hundreds, of settlers scattered over the country, that Alaska has agricultural capabilities of considerable range . But it is not without its drawbacks and prospective settlers should get all available information before deciding upon a move into tins section FAR as topography, soil, and determine the , matter, has probably 100,000 of area on which there miles square are possibilities for farming and grazing. The larger portion of the farming land Is in the Interior, In the Yu' kon drainage. Currants, raspberries, gooseberries, strawberries, blueberries, and cranberries are plentiful In Alaska. Some varieties of . wheat,' oats, rye, barley, potatoes and many other vegetables have matured every season since the United States department of agriculture starred Its work. The department has four stations ; one is on the Yukon within 75 miles of the Arctic circle, another Is also in the interior, while there is one in the southeastern and another in the southwestern portion ' of the territory. It has been" positively demonstrated that forage crops may be grown in the southwestern and central portions as well as potatoes and other garden vegetables. Chicken raising is also proving feasible. It has also been estimated that a great number of farm products are shipped in that might easily be raised on the ground. A recently issued bulletin on Alaska, while citing many optimistic facts, also warns the homesteader that there are many difficulties to be encoun- SOclimate Alaska . ; , tered. little of the available land has been surveyed, but that work is now in progress. One may locate on unsurveyed land, file a claim, and establish lines by metes and bounds, but he cam not secure a title until a survey has been made by an authorized surveyor and the survey approved. If the survey is made in advance of that made by the government, it is done at the expense of the homesteaders, and that is heavy. In a recently published report showing the results of the governments experimental work, and the agricultural progress in Alaska, we find the follow- ing: The most favorable season for farming known in Alaska for many years occurred throughout the territory in 1915, according ,to the annual report of the four Alaska agricultural experiment stations for that year. Grain, of all the varieties grown, ripened and matured unusually early, while vegetables and berries produced abundant crops. An agricultural reconnolssance of Matanuska valley, through which the projected government railway is to pass, and to which many settlers have somed at the Rampart station about 75 miles south of the Arctic circle. Promising results have been obtained in breeding more prolific early varieties of grains. Especial success has been had with spring wheats and but little with winter varieties of the grain. During the year work was resumed at the Kodiak island experiment staA recommendation was made tion. for provision for the crossing .of cattle with the hardy The report Galloway beef cattle. states that It has been demonstrated beyond question that sheep do well on natural pastures throughout the Island and coastal regions in the vicinity of the station, and that in normal winters these animals can maintain themselves with little feed. For the development of a satisfactory beef anlmal for central Alaska the report recommends anew the importation of yaks from Asia for crossing with hardy cattle. It Is recommended that horse breeding be taken up at the Kodiak station, since at present none are bred in Alaska, while many are imported at great expense from the States. A circular for the use of those who are thinking of settling in Alaska has just been Issued by the Department of Agriculture as Circular No. 1 of the Alaska Experiment Stations, under the title of Information for Prospective This circular is Settlers In Alaska. designed to answer questions as to the climate and agricultural areas of Alaska, the best places to locate, the ways of obtaining a farm, the means and cost of transportation, cost of living, what crops can be grown, possibilities of live stock production, labor conditions, school facilities, game laws, etc., etc. The publication Is intended primarily for the benefit of homesteaders. It is stated that the agricultural area of Alaska (mainly in the Interior valleys) Is as large as the combined frost-proo- - J -- from a female trouble; with severe pains in my back and sides until I became so weak I could hardly walk from chair to chair, and got so nervous I would jump at the slightest noise. I was entirely unfit to do my house work, I was giving up hope of ever being well, when my sister asked me to try Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. I took six bottles and today I am a healthy woman able to do my own housework. I wish every suffering woman would try Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable lfympnivnd1 a.nd find out for herself how good Mas. Karl A. Kieso, 596 North Ave., Aurora, DL r it is. Could Hardly Get Off Her Bed. I want you to know the good Lydia E. Pink-ham- s Vegetable Compound has done for me. I was in such bad health from female troubles that I could hardly get off my bed. I had been doctoring for a long time and my mother said,! want you to try Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. So I did, and it has certainly made me a well woman. I am able to do my house work and am so happy as I never expected to go around the way I do again, and I want others to know what Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound has done for me.' Mrs. Josie Copner, 1668 Harrison Ave, Fairmount, Cincinnati, Ohio. MediIf you want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham be will Mass. Your letter Co. opened cine (confidential) Lynn, answered by a woman and held In strict confidence. read Cincinnati. Ohio. FAILURE IN THE HOME , tJ Atww --jM&vkp Pneumatic Tires for Hiking 8hoes. Taking his inspiration from automobile tires, and going the ordinary rub-- 1 ber heel one better, Oscar Mussinatt" of New York city has invented a pneumatic tire for his own shoes. Th tire "differs very decidedly from th ordinary heels in that a partition of rubber is built in it, half way up it thickness. The partition thus form an air chamber with the bottom of the leather above it, and still another on with the ground when the heel come down upon it, explains the Popular Science Monthly. Each of these twO chambers is connected with the out side air by a small opening. When the heel strikes the ground, the air jn the chambers becomes slightly compressed, causing the Jolt of the walking to be very greatly cushioned In a manner very much similar to that In which th automobile tire cushions the jolts of riding. To prevent the air from be coming too suddenly compressed and so putting the bottom of the heels out of shape, the air is allowed to escap slowly through the openings. , Growing laxity in mental and moral training and discipline in the home is responsible in a large measure for the unprecedented growth of population at Californias prison and reformatories during the last two years, the Sacramento Bee observes. This is charged by the state board of prison directors In the biennial report fl'ed with Governor Johnson. There appears to be an Increasing disposition among parents to place pleasure above duty and to place much An Alaska Settler's Garden and Cabin, Eight Months' Development Rab- of the responsibility of parenthood on Fences. the state, a condition that should not areas of is of It states the been attracted, Pennsylvania, be tolerated, the report says. already reported. The responsibility of the home is Is stated that the region is well adapt- Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Con taken raisanc to Vermont ed up in the report. general farming and stock necticut, Massachusetts, be made the imperative should New successIt cn and be should and for that the it Hampshire, prospects ing ful farming probably are as favorable pable of supporting a population near- legal as well as moral duty of parents there as anywhere in Alaska. ly equal to that supported by the agri- to rear children properly, it is declared. JTf the moral training of chilcultural products of those states. durwere attained Promising results dren is neglected; rethey are not of in the a circular contains The the year development ing special Experts. no ; rules of home if hybrid strawberries combining the port on the agricultural possibilities of taught Willcox of Cornell univer Professor hardy characteristics of the native the valley of the Matanuska river conduct are promulgated or being pro- slty has compiled statistics showing stock and the quality of fruit of sorts through which the government rail mulgated, children are permitted to that between the ages of thirty and cultivated in the States. The hybrids, road is now being constructed and disregard or evade them, it may be ex- fifty the death rate among married most of which were developed at the where,' as 'a "result, settlement has re- pected that such children, when grown, men is less than one-hathat amon Sitka station in southeastern Alaska, cently been rapid. The great problem will not give due attention to rules of bachelors, thus Indicating how expert have not been distributed because of here, as elsewhere in Alaska, Is the organized society, the benedicts ' become at dodging the belief that something still better clearing of the generally heavily-woo- d trouble. Indianapolis Star. Not for Chewing the Rag. will b& produced in the near future. ed land. The soil and climate have Success has been achieved in growing been found favorable to general farm' Laffen Old man Squibs has a very Slight Error. , certain varieties of apples in the coast ing, the experience of the past few biting tongue, hasnt he? is the price of this embroidWhat Grof at Guess he needs one. His ered skirt? country, and what is believed to be years having shown that a considerthe first apple tree to bloom in cen- able variety of field crops, vegetables, teeth are all gone. i , , Madam will find the skirts on the tral Alaska a Siberian crab blos- - and fruits can be produced. next table that which she has Is thr The Way of It. new cape collar How 'on earth can they weigh souls St. Peters cathedral In Rome will as they say they do? accommodate 54,000 people. use a level. . I guess they spirit -- bit-Pro- . -- self-contr- ol f lf , - , 1 Porto Rico Is Good Market - $42,-000,0- - . -- $100,-000,0- There's a good way to keep growing boys and girls healthy and happy and that 1 to give them Grape-Nut- s for breakfast. This wonderfully nourishing food has a sweet, nutty flavor that makes it popular with children. $59,-000,00- 0. $30,-00- 0, n One of the few sweet food that does not harm digestion, hut builds them strong and bright, $40,-000,0- Bru-not- ? E. country who continues to suffer without giving Lydiaeviall the Pinkhams Vegetable Compound a trial after dence that is continually being published, proving beyond contradiction that this grand old medicine has relieved more suffering among women than any other medicine in the world. Mrs. Kieso Cured After Seven Months Illness. Aurora, 111. For seven long months I suffered , J s It hardly seems possible that there is a woman in this Growing Laxity In Discipline There Declared a Crime Cause by' Prison Directors. of the merchandise passing out of the Island Possession Buys About 95 Per island in the calendar year 1918 Cent of Its Merchandise From amounted to $75,000,000 against United States. in 1914, $38,000,000 in 1910 and $10,000,000 in 1899. About 90 per cent Porto Rico promises an enlarged of the merchandise passing out of the market for the products of the fac- Island is sent to the United States and tories and farms of the United States. about 95 per cent of the merchandise Reports from that island indicate that entering the island Is composed of dothe sugar crop will be the largest in mestic products of this country, being the history of the island, and, at the chiefly cotton goods, boots and shoes, present high prices, will add greatly machinery, manufactures of iron and to Its purchasing power. A compila- steel, flour, meats, rice and fertilizers. tion by the foreign trade department of the National City bank of New York Largest Coal Storage Pit. shows that the trade between the UnitA huge pit, 150 by 800 feet, in plan ed States and Porto Rico was and 25 feet 6 inches deep, with side in 1916 as against about $75, slopes, will "provide the Duquesne 000,000 in 1915, $65,000,00 in 1914, Light company of Pittsburgh with safe in the fiscal year 1910, storage space of a 100,000-topile of 000 In 1905 and $7,500,000 in 1899, the coal, says Record. Engineering the year of annexation. Merchandise ment are deterrent features at pres- sent from the United States to the The danger of spontaneous combustion will be prevented by submerging ent, but they will disappear in time. island In 1916 aggregated about The federal homestead laws extend value against $32,000,000 in the coal in water up to the top of the h Alaska, excepting that instead of 1914, $27,000,000 in 1910, $14,000,000 in pit, which is located near the coms W acres, 320 may be filed upon. Very 1905, and $4,000,000 in 1899. The value panys main generating plant on island. y For Forty Years Lydia E. Pinldiamo Vegetable Compound has Relieved the Sufferings of Women. SEE f On the, south coast, where the climate is mild, tillable land is scarce, because of the proximity of the mountains to the shore line; elsewhere In Alaska the winters are long and very cold and f buildings must be provided for shelter of family and stock. The ground freezes to a great depth end there is but a short period during which this can thaw, and the surface Is covered with an accumulation of undecayed moss and other vegetable material serving as a protection to the frost and a reservoir for moisture. The frost fine under natural conditions sinks but a few feet during a season, and the thawed layer Is usually a morass of muck in all portions of Alaska where tillage is possible. This condition makes land travel almost out of the question during the summer until wagon roads shall have, been built, and these must be largely of the corduroy type. Meantime the farm home must generally be located close to nav... igable water. The swampy character of much of the surface of Alaska makes It a great breeding ground for mosquitoes and gnats, which are - almost intolerable pests to both man and beast. It also makes drainage a prerequisite in order to remove the surplus water so that the land can be worked, raise the temperature of the surface soil, lower the frost line, facilitate the decay of the accumulated organic matter, and bring about chemical changes which will transform the soil from a very acid condition .to one much less so.' , Nature requires much time for this last process. Where the vegetable accumulations are largely moss, this must be destroyed, either by burning or by carting it from the land, for if plowed under it decays very slowly and seems to have an Injurious effect on most crop plants. , The timbef growth, which occurs on practically all the land suitable for tillage, must, of course, be cleared from the land. All this work building houses and barns, draining, clearing land of moss and timber, is very slowly accomplished in the short, outdoor working season if done single handed by the homesteader, and costly, almost prohibitively so, if hired labor is used, because of the high wages and living ' . expenses. ' Lack of general transportation which would open up the country, of local wagon roads, schools, churches, and other features of present-dalife, and of the markets in. which to sell farm products and from which to obtain home supplies and farm equip- M JH groceri everywhere. . |