Show ALASKA WHEAT I 1 the alaska wheat boom has been exploded about a year ago this paper published publish edVie the first story on the wonderful discovery of a new seed wheat the article was vouched couched tor for by a representative of the agricultural department but later on we made amends by publishing the warning of one of tile lit irber authorities of the department I 1 who said there was no merit to alaska ka wheat other than that of ordinary beat lately a number of utai utah papers have rediscovered discovered re the alaska 11 wheat A special dispatch from washington says the department of agriculture advises american farmers not to buy Al alaska aslia wheat at 20 a bushel or at any other price alaska wheat Is not a new discovery twenty years ngo ago this country and france were deluged with this same identical grain called at that time egyptian wheat or cir mummy wheat wheal then as now the exploiter of the grain had come upon his first seed in a rather remarkable way he had boen been journeying through egypt ono one day he was overtaken by a storm and sought refuge in a cave lie ho discovered that the cave cava was an abandoned tomb a re relic I 1 I 1 c of th the 0 days of pharoah looking about him he be die discovered covered a single stalk of wheat rowing growing out of the decayed remains of a mummy the arkin was of phenomenal size so the explorer plucked it guarded it carefully planted it when lie he got homo home and from that single bingle head bead in the course of years had raised a great quantity which he like farmer adams was philanthropically offering to the public alaska wheat has been cleverly advertised from one end of the united states to the other through the medium first of country ne newspapers ws papers then through weeklies and latterly tl through the dally daily press and a creditable magazine but never has the advertising ver been done in the advertising 1 columns columns so thoroughly has the country been covered with stories telling of thc wonderful productivity of this wheat that the department for more than blk months has been answer answering ln inquiries from farmers who con contemplated tern investing in the juliaetta Jul laetta wonder AU such inquiries have been answered and in every instance the department part ment has advised against investment M not alone because use the price 1 la exorbitant but because the wheat bot come up to the standard claimed by its distributor 11 |