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Saturday Mai»cl) 22, 1924
\g;.ir.— i he Cannery
W. have poken, edtorially. about
the kasibn.ty of vegetable and small
iruit can »er es in . \laske, and for once
v.e haVv^fouml s uneone that think-;
tne s::rne way , s we do.
t a recent meeting of the Settlers
so; soon, i f Matanuska, the advis.
bii:ty 01 erecting a small cannery cair.e
in for a great deal of discussion and
from ah ndi at.ons, one will soon be
constructed.
Numerically, there are more farms |
in Matanuska than in this section: yet
the productivity per acre is about the
samt, to ,e is fully as much and as
easily cultivated land in around McCar
th> as any place we know or.What the !
land needs is a plow' ho run tne plow,
we must have tne settles: and that t:ie j
settiet may live, he must have a market j
the most logical way to market true ; is '
by the can and tne:e’s when a cannery
i needed.
ally packed foodstuffs would iinj
a ready market at the mines and !;I
the towns on the ailroad. With the
irehh adding to cost, outside vege
abh-- could not compete with local pack
and the trade would prefeer the Alas.ua
product a;tei it was once sampled, any
way.
contrary to popular coiiception, the
equipment of a smaJ plant is not torn
b:y expe »sw_, in i with a little co-op
eration, the farmers could put one in.
vv cn an assured market ior their
produce and vv.tr, a little judic ot s ad
vesusing, :e.tiers w, uld be drawjj in ’
and would fend to boom the .ection
Seward Pulp Mill Assured
According to the Gateway, a
shipment of m ichinei \ is now
on the way to Seward tor use m
the pulp mill that is to he • rod
ednear that place. The shipment
Consists of dial's, rompiessors*
etc. that are to he used in t. e
construction of an immense hy
dro-electric piani, near the outlet
of Ke.iai La,k e, on the Kenai Ivi\
e r.
11 is expected that the pla
| will i!t*m ntle sul’iieient emu-..
I to opt.;rate he la rg- pulp plan
wi ich is to he installed m the in
mediate virinity of tiie lake.
Another Strike iiepoi ted
In 13 uckiand Uisi ri •
A report was received in Norn;1
recently tint .snootier new strike
has bet n nun le in t he i Lwki i d
district. Andrew Santo, tin1 na
tive who m at'* tin* first sink" on
Kopuk Creme, a trihu' * ry <•, tp ■
Bit o aland River is tin* man who
m ale the new oisco\er.v which
is located on lie'.'. Creek, a few
tildes up the river from ivopuk.
S t.ito, it is said, notified the
1 itives o! U11 tiakloeC ahofrt t'a*
discovery, but warm*.I !n*m to
no mt the i n h> *.ua ‘ i > .out i . tm
wintes. as the lafler were mu
wan ten. Tom v/io >re inev.*,,
ji'ot wind of nm !i.. I .ill*! siai ;.*. 1
onion the hot trad of lie* muu
outfits.
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No intoi'inalion as totiie mi.r
ol toe strike has ne *n receive i.
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Vol untoers i n.j : r< d
By Snow Cave-in
P» ter Henry.C lrl Eri • ;sou and
Mim* JuiMvich iro all i i the iios
pHal at Anchorage as the ;'e~ ii!
o' a cave in on the face of the n or
slide that has been clocking tin*
Ahtska Railroad at iVlde <1.
file rotary heinc; stalled, volun
teers were asxed to pick down
the face of the cut. The above
named men jumped in and when
nearly dnisu *d were cauyln by
the cave of the snow. Besides be
im* hruisu* ! each man sustained
t broken lee.
Tin* men were inh \ n i d that
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Ve»; Yet bet 1 go to
THE OWL
For a game of cards
Or s o see the boys
It s that new place
Just opened on
FRONT STREET
I j >ii is Mhi n i Prop.
oxhi •, nutom-itie arrangement,
will run six months and will
r. i i e: 1 ve ry t w► *n ty sec* *n ds.
Guard l>hm<i Signal Station.
Bendy Koi ! iiisaiHss
The i i w $40,000 signal station
widen ha* b» en under construct
ion lor o\ r a ;,--;tr h .s 'n on com
pleted Too stolon I- on Guard
i slanu, !'.oa ; h eiohikan.
Tii'* sexual is a dia phone oper
•lied b\ com pressed air blows
eviTV live* seconds and can be
beard twelve miles. Lt. replaces
the'fog hell that was in use
A new fog bell is to be instal
led at Angle Point, Bold Island
ind will be the only one o! its
kind in Alaska. It is a carbon d.
Jo-in Tbt* Army And See
Akmka-On Snow shoes
Troops stationed at Haines re
cently paraded on snowsboes, a
thing' never before attempted in
the l . S. Army.
The alignment of men passing
the reviewing stand was said to
have been perfect, every dough
boy hoisting his six foot webs at
the proper time. When using
this method, the ranks are sin
gle. as it is impossible to execute
mauuevers in the standard fash
ion.
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