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Show TURNIPS SHIPPED FROM ALASKA SEATTLE, Wash., Oct 1G Twelve tons of turnips from Matiunska valley val-ley said to be the first shipment of its kind ever sept to the "states" from southwestern Alaska, arrived in Seattle Seat-tle recently aboard the Alaska Engineering Engin-eering Commission's crook. Farmors of the Matiunska district of Alaska estimated recently that they would have 2000 tons of potatoes to ship to Seattle this fall, but late reports re-ports say tho crop will not reach tho expected tonnage. W. J. Bogard, one of the potato growers of the valley, haB purchased a potato digging machine. |