Alaskan Butter
Is Produced
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Experiments in grass and grain grow
ing for stock feeding purposes at the
government experimental station at
Kenai have proven very successful,
says the Seward Gateway. No attempt
has been made yet to mature the grain
but oats and barley produce fine straw,
and makes excellent grain hay.
Sixteen pounds of butter from cows
fed at the Kenai station were brought
back by Prof. Georgeson. He is much
encouraged by the results so far attain
ed. He said frankly that he doubted
whether the coast of Alaska could be
made to produce successfully anything
but hardy vegetables, grasses and grain
< for hay. There is not enough sunshine.
Prof. Georgeson proposes to place
Black Galloway cattle at Kenai. This
is an extremely hardy breed, whose
natural habitat is a cold damp climate,
and he thinks they will thrive there.
“They are the only cattle which face
the storm,'’ said Georgeson. “All
other cattle tnrn their tails to it. The
Galloways have a thick covering of
hair in their faces and do not seem to
mind the storm at all.”
Rockefeller Will Retire
New York, Sept. 24.—John .D Rock
efeller will soon retire from business.
William G. Rockefeller will succeed him
as head of the Standard Oil Company.
John D. Rockefeller jr. is too ill to at
tend to the business.
Will Investigate New Route
It is authoritively stated that the
Northern Commercial Company will in
vestigate the feasibility of the newly
discovered route into the Koyukuk, as
published in last week’s issue of this
paper.
The mail contract for the Koyukuk
service will be let next spring and the
call for bids specify that the service is
to start from Rampart. This demands
the selection of a route that will com
bine directness with safety for winter
use.
At present the mail service into the
Koyukuk is via Ft. Yukon.
Government Inquires Into
Condition Alaska Indians
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Post-Intelligencer Special Service Bureau,
Wash ins: ton. D. C„ Sept. 23.
An extensive report of explorations
and observations among the natives in
the Copper river valley and tributary
region in Alaska has been forwarded to
the war department by .Gen. Constant
Williams, commanding the department
of the Columbia.
The report gives the personal experi
ence of Lieut. Bernard Sharp, who con
ducted the investigation under special
detail for the work. Lieut. Sharp dwells
at length on the life and habits of' the
native inhabitants,, and recites many in
teresting incidents.
Although he found many cases of des
titution among the natives, conditions
proved to be on the whole not of a dis
tressing nature, and it was found nec
essary to distribute rations only in iso
lated instances. ’Lieut. Sharp distribu
ted in all about 24,009 pounds of food.
“It does not appear,” he says, “that
the condition of these Indians has been
necessarily altered for the worse by the
advent of the white man. While it is
true that mostof the moose and cari
bou have been driven out by forest fires
the loss has probably been more than
repaid by increased facilities for trad
ing fish and furs for clothing and by
opportunities to earn occasional wages’ ’
Lieut. Sharp recommends supervision
for these Indians, but believes they
should not be placed on reservations.
An honest and intelligent supervisor
with a few assistants of the same class
scattered over the countrs could be of
great assistance in improving the con
ditions of living and health among the
natives, is Lieut. Sharp’s conclusion.
Airship Saiis Eighteen Miles
Portland, Ore., Sept. 22.—Professor
Baldwin’s airship carried a message to
day from the exposition grounds to
Vancouver barracks, a distance of nine
miles, and returned safely, making the
round trip in forty minutes.
The journey was made without mis
hap and both departure and return were
witnessed by immense crowds. The
of the ship was watched by many with
field glasses from high buildings, who
agree that her course was remarkably
true.
| ON THE CREEKS J
W. M. Sinclair returned from a short
visit to Little Minook Thursday. It
was his first trip to the .creek in some
years, and he noted many changes ther^
particularly on 3b and 4b. On thei
claims the groundsluicing of Louie She
quin and Frank & Graham have altered
the landscape. Mr. Sinclair will leave
in a few days for Ray river where he
will prospect this winter. He bright
in the following news items frc ;he
creek:
C. B. Allen is doing representation
work below discovery.
C. W. Peck is-sinking a shaft on the
famous No. 8.
Langford, Peirson & Williams have
not yet reached bedrock on 6a.
Ireland & Kronk had not reached bed
rock Thursday. Their shaft was down
50-feet with thawing points 6-feet deep
er. They are in a deep chanel and ex
pect something at 60-feet.
- Chadwick, Heine & Diedrich, on 5a,
have got to bedrock. It is thought pay
was struck. Chapman, Olson & Jamie
son, also on 5a, are on good pay in three
shafts. Pans running 50c are common.
August Peters came in from H ier
for supplies yesterday.
Geo. W. Ledger and Mr. Brown are
doing representing work on Big Minook
property, as is also Tom Antonson.
D. McLean moved his prospecting
boiler yesterday from Junior to Hoosier
where he will do some representing and
prospecting.
• Bob Roberts is at leisure uutil next
spring, so far as his bar claim is con
cerned, and he is getting ready to put
in the interim prospecting.
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