--COMINGS AND GOINGS —
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Father Bernard Hubbard, S. J.,
familiarly known as the '’Glacier
Priest,” visited the colony on the
16th, bringing with him a party of
31 tourists. Father Hubbard plans
to return In the early fall.
Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hnnson, Assistant
Director of Home Economics of the
Extension Division of the University
of Alaska, has established headquar
ters at Palmer Camp. She will have
a display of handicraft to show in
connection with her helpful sugges
tions on homemaking.
Arville Schalebon, who has been
representing the ’’Milwaukee Journal”
and. other news services here since
the project started, is leaving on
Thursday for the States. We wish to
thank Mr. Schalebon for his helpful
suggestions in starting this paper,
also for his stories on the Rogers
Post funeral arrangements and the
c on s t rue t i on p ro gr am.
Miss Dorothea Campbell, Director j
of the Bureau of public Health Sdu- !
cation of the West Virginia Health
Department, has reservations on the :
”Alaska,” sailing from Seward on the j
33rd. I
Colonization projects are not now j
bo Miss Campbell for she worked on
che development at Red House, W. Va,, '
with Mr. Eugene Carr when ho was
sent there as trouble shooter for j
the PSRA. Miss Campbell came here j
last week from Hoonah, Alaska, where j
she had been visiting. Our thanks
to her, also, for her cheerful help
in getting the PIONEER started, and
for her article on health conditional
HOSPITAL NOTES
Mrs, Johnson of Camp 7 returned
home Wednesday from Anchorage where
she underwent an operation.
Mrs. chancoy poor and infant
daughter returned Tuesday to their
home at Camp 7.
TWO NEW WELL DRILLS
HERE READY FOR WORK
The arrival of two big new well
drills from the States was believed j
to insure the completion of at least j
;0 wells before winter. Drilling op- j
.rations will be continued as long ■
\. nto the winter as is necessary to |
■ut a water hole down on every tract.]
Thirty-two wells had been com- j
leted Tuesday according to Forrest j
•Iso, chief of the operations. Sov-j
al have boon dug by the Colonists, j
The two new drills gives Kelso's |
four large and two small ones,
it is expected that they will
linue to keep them going for two j
^ s dai ly.
CROP OF ROOT VEGETABLES
GOOD THROUGHOUT VALLEY
Ross Sheely, Director of Ag
riculture Extension of the Uni
versity of Alaska, reports a
Vvjry satisfactory crop of pota
toes and other root vegetables.
The White Bliss potatoes he
brought in from the Experimented
Farm were smooth, shallow-eyed
and all of a size; just about
right for a meal serving. There
are 45 acres'in pot a toes for th
colony this winter. About their
keeping quality Mr. Sheely said
that the secret was in their
preparation for storage. They
should be left under cover in
the air for ten days or two woo
after harvesting. When they hav
lost some of their natural mois4
ure and are thoroughly dried on
the outside they are ready for
the root cellar. He says he ha;
seen the growths from two years
exhibited side by side at the
produce fair, and that the olde?
one was still in marketable con
di t i on.
SEEDLING FROM THE NORTH
Mr. Sheely also had some
Early Ohio, Irish Cobbler and
Arctic Seedlings. The Early
Ohio is r'se skinned and of fin
appearance, but hardly up to th
Bliss. The Irish Cobbler is th
earliest to mature, but is roup]
an d 1os s dosir ab1e.
The Arctic Seedling was devuj
oped at Wiseman, far within the
Arctic Circle. Three potatoes
were sent to Anchorage. When th
yield from, this seed was dug Mr
Shc-ely weighed up 78 pounds of
marketable tubers. He says th;
the eating quality of the Seed
ling isn’t what it should be, to
that they are experimenting to
try and improve it.
The 35 acre colony garden w:1
produce an abundance of other
vegetables. Cabbages set out .
the 13th of June cut a five pou
head on July 21. Last year the
heads ran as high as 50 pounds
when harvested In September. Cm
non purple-top garden turnips
grown frm seed purchased in t]
States weighed up to nine p mm
and the potroski variety even
more.
MARKET ASSURED
Mr. Shesly has made a survey
of the markets and finds that
f;26 0,000 w irth of produce that
can be raised here in the vail.
Is sold every year by the Anch
orage merchants. Through Sew
ord, the terminal of the rail
road, ,^750,000 worth passes an
ually.. All this goes over the
rails that run through the hear
of the project, find no finer
vegetables or dairy products
cone from the States than can bv
raised right here in our valley
rfTho Breadbasket of Alaska.” .