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Alfalka Still Lives; |
Forgotten For
Fifty Years
WASHINGTON (/P)—Plants ob
tained. from Russia more than 40
years ago—-but forgotten until re
cenly—may help the great plains
put more meat on the American
dinner table.
They are yellow-flowered Al
falfas brought to this country
from Siberia.
The prospects were disclosed by
Dr. B. T. Shaw, deputy adminis
trator of the agriculture depart
j^ment’s research division.
He» told a recent meeting of de
partment staff officers that the
Siberian alfalfa provides a basic
germ plasm for development of a
legume which would enable the
great plains to produce much
more livestock.
When first brought to this
country nearly half a century
ago, the alfalfa was tested at a
number of experiment stations,
but was abandoned because it was
found to be low-yielding. At that
time interest was centered on
high-yielding strains.
Recently, Shaw said, plant
breeders have become concerned
more with the possibilities of
strains which will persist under
extreme climatic conditions such
as characterize areas of Kansas,
Nebraska, North and South Da
kota, and Montana.
‘At one of the field stations in
South Dakota," Shaw said, “plant
breeders found growing some of
the Siberian alfalfas that were
planted almost half a century ago.
These plants had come through
the years of drought when they
were eaten into the ground by
livestock. Despite this severe
treatment and weather they have
persisted and weer able to come
back when conditions became
more favorable.”
Some of the seed were sent to
Alaska for testing about the same
time/ but they too were soon for
gotten. Two years ago, they were
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came famed in World War II as
“Castner’s cutthroats” for their ac
tivities along the coast and in the
Aleutians.
Colonel Alexander, who also is
coordinator of the Alaska civilian
defense program, %said ground
would also be broken here today
for a $98,000 warehouse for stor
age of arms and equipment for
the national guard, the Territory’s
“watchdog force.”
Alexander said both the nerve
center warehouse and the hangar
are due for completion in Novem
ber.
The colonel said there has not
been any special alert issued for
the Scouts since the start of fight
ing in Korea.
“Their missions are being car
ried out with routine alertness,”
he said, while here for a civilian
defense conference. “We are issu
ing arms, uniforms and special
cold weather equipment—as we
have intended doing since the
Territorial guard was reactivated
in May, 1949.
“This is a continuing process
which has been going on for some
time. The actual normal supply of
Scout units has now been reached.
“To date there have been no in
cidents of intrusion by foreign j
agents or aircraft.
“The Scouts, however, have
been instrumental in assisting the
ill and injured in remote villages.
Their training puts them in good
stead on rescue missions for
grounded or wrecked aircraft.”
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WASHINGTON, (^—Adminis
tration leaders were reported to
day to have decided to put aside
the $1,010,000,000 excise tax
slashing bill, pending develop
ments from the Korean war.
found there growing within ten
inches of ground permanently
1 covered with frost.
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More Electricity '
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Alaska by 1960 will be using al
most seven times as much electric
power as it did in 1947, according
to an estimate by the Federal
Power Commission published in a
report entitled “Alaska Power
Market Survey.” The study, dated
March, 1950, was made at the re
quest of the Corps of Engineers.
The Power Commission’s 1960
estimate is that Alaska will re
quire 864 million kilowatt hours
of electric energy. The 1947 re
quirement Was 126 million kilo
watt hours. The estimate assumes
development of a wood pulp in
dustry in Southeast Alaska, pro
duction from the Arctic oil fields
and continuation of present mili
tary activity.
Generating capacity of Alaska’s
non-military electric power plants
would have to be increased from
the 71,000 kilowatts of 1947 to
173,000 kilowatts to meet the de
mand estimated by the Commis
sion.
Estimated 1960 energy require
NOTICE
Sealed bids for repair work on
the Nome Public School Building
will be accepted by the Clerk of
the School Board until July 21,
1950. Specifications can be called
for at the City Clerk's Office.
BOARD OF EDUCATION,
By Helen B. Olsen, Clerk.
Pub. July 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 1950. j
NOTICE
Sealed bids for the installation of
fluorescent fixtures in the school
rooms of the Nome Public School
will be accepted by the Clerk of
the School Board until July 21,
1950. Specifications can be called
for at the City Clerk's Office.
BOARD OF EDUCATION,
By Helen B. Olsen, Clerk.
Pub. July 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 1950.
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NOTICE ROTARIANS
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There will not be a noon lunch- i
eon Thursday, but instead a Din
ner Friday Evening at 6:30 p.m.
to meet the District Governor at
the Bering Sea Club.
DON LYLE, Pres.
NOTICE
All real and personal property
taxes for 1949 due the City of
Nome, become delinquent after
July 15, 1950. The delinquent tax
I roll will then be prepared with
1 ffenalty at 5% and interest at 6%
calculated on unpaid taxes.
CITY OF NOME,
By Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk.
Pub. July 7, 10, 12 and 14, 1950.
WANT ADS
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2 RELIABLE MEN, above 50 pre
ferred, for local year around
route work. Permanent. $20 to $25 j
per day. See W. D. Campbell, Wal-;
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ments by cities include: Anchor-1
age 222 million k.w.h.; Fairbanks
147 million k,w.h.; Ketchikan ^33
million k.w.h.; Juneau 128,500,000
k.w.h.; Wrangell 116 million k.w.
h.; Sitka 73 million k.w.h; Nome
18,400,000 k.wJi,; Kodiak* 7,600,
000 k.w.h. (not including require
ments of Naval Base and industri
al generation); Petersburg 7 mil
lion ktw.h.; Seward 3,400,000 k.w.
h.; Cordova 3,100,000 k.wii.;
Skagway 2,700,000 k.wJi., and
Valdez 2,400,000 vk.w.h. The re
port. notes that Haines was not in
cluded among the 13 principal
load centers for want of sufficient
statistical data.
The Federal Power Commission
report, first of its kind made in
Alaska, shows that 66 per cent of
the 1947 generating capacity was
owned and operated by industries
principally for their own use. Of
the 71,000 kilowatts of capacity
approximately 28,000 was hydro
e 1 e ctric; 30,000 steam-electric,
and 13,000 diesel.
Of the amount of power requir
ed in 1947, howeveri only -34 per
cent was industrial. Thirteen util
ity systems produced 83 million
Nome Power Rate
Highest In Alaska
Ketchikan enjoys the lowest
residential electricity rates in
Alaska and for some classes and
quantities of service offers lower
rates than many cities in the
United States, according to a re
port just issued by the Federal
Power Commission.
For 250 k.w.h of residential ser
vice the typical net monthly elec
tricity bill in various Alaska com
munities would be as follows:
Ketchikan $7, Petersburg $8.25,
Juneau $8.57, Wrangell $11.05,
Kodiak $12.25, Skagway $13, An
chorage $14.33, Cordova $15, Sew
ard (city system $16.50, Seward
(private company) $17.10, Sitka
$17.50, Fairbanks $18, Valdez
$22.75, and Nome $37.50.
k.w.h., of which 78 per cent was
i nthe four principal load centers.
These were: Anchorage 32%;
Ketchikan 21%; Juneau 14%, and
Fairbanks 11%. Nine other utili
ties combined used 22% of the
i power produced.
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