Sitka, Alaska, Mar. 25,1916.
Mr.K Tv Van Ness,
Unalakleet, Alaska.
My Dear .Sir:
Your esteemed favor of jan.25,
re 1 died me a few days; ago .This
report arrived too late to go into my
report for 1915, lntt 1 will keep it for
next year. You ask fora remedy for
potato seal) The best remedy is to
mike a solution of corrosive supple
mate hi-chloride of mercury, of a
strength of ore to one thousand of
water,and soak your seed in this for
half an hour before planting.of course
corrosive supplemate is extremely
poisonous, as you kuo.v.und pot itoes
thus treated must not be used for food
by any mistake, and in other ways
care should be taken that the poison
is kept out of the reach of both man
and beast.
If you cannot o’>t lin corrosive sup
plemate, you can make a rather
strong solution of formaldehyde,
1 > per cent strong,is strong enough,
and so'.k your see ’ in that for an
hour or more before planting.
Avoid grp ving potatoes for about
two years 01 land where scabby po
tatoes have been grown as the germ
will remni 1 in the s 1 1 for some time.
Ye v truly yours,
C.<1 ieor yeson
V^lUilUIUlM til V. n.wye
WISE AND OTHERWISE
I I)II)X T MEAN TO
A naughty little bay sitting behind
timid grammar-school girl saw a
!/ \ raveling protruding above her collar,
which he began slow ly and carefully
pulling and w inding into a ball.
As the bell tapped for recess the last of the
innocent string slipped over the spotless collar
and a big ball was bulging from his pocket.
At night from the gill's bed room came a
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Supt. \V. H. Johnson is now stationed
at St. Michael.
Mr Floyd Allen, who wasopperated
on for appendicitis is now about fully
recovered.
Mr. Misha ivanoff made our village
a hurried and brief call somedaysago.
All are very sorry that Mr. Stein
hauser is going out Blit there is much
satisfaction in knowing that Mr.
Traeger takes his place.
1 )ue to the continuing of the school
we .lie getting out the June number
contrary .o statement in the May
issue.
As an experiment we left a row of
parsnips in the ground last fall. We’ll
not repeat it.The garden only was
left.
Those interested in pot itoe raising
h id better keep Mr.Georgeson’s letter
as printed in this issue. It may i>e
needed soon.
The continued cold weather has
kept the natives i 1 the village,and it
has dso blocked our gardening pos
pects thus far.
.■school is still in progress in the
Priucepal’s room. Only tluee
pupils have left for the camps thus
far . Will close next Friday May,
ip tli,
plaintive cry.“Mamma, mamma, there ate
twenty buttons in mv• dockings and my union
suit has disappeared.”
M IS-AITLI KI).
“Mike,’’says I’at,“ I can prove from history
that bee surrendered to Gen. Grant in the
night time.”
“Nothing doing’‘says Mike "1 know 1 etter
for me brother' Thomas, was there ami it was
broad day light." “I Jut,” persisted !’at' hist or \
says that Gen. Grant stepped forward dress
ed in a tattered ‘ 'union suit.”