BOLIVIA’S QUININE.
JBxtemlve Groves That Furnlsli Bark
for the Market — How It
Is Gathered*
'ihe quinine plantations, or quinales,
as they are called, which have been
started in this country by the Germans,
are usually found on rough and broken
mountain sides and at altitudes of 3,000
or 4,000 feet above the sea. The trees
will grow at an elevation of 8,000 feet,
but they flourish best at about 4.000, for
they require a great deal of sun, rain
and wind to reach perfection.
Most of the groves have been raised
from the seed, which is gathered in the
early summer months and planted in
hothouses. When the plants are about
six inches hi eh they are transplanted
upon the hillsides, which have been
cleared of underbrush and plowed up
beforehand, so that the young roots
can secure the benefit of all the mois
ture and plant food in the soil and the
heat of the sun. For shelter thev are
partially covered with twigs, straw or
other light stuff, which also serves to
keep the moisture and heat in the
ground. Afte^ about two years this
shelter is raked off, the plants are care
fully inspected and those which are not
promising are replaced by new ones*
The ground around them is kept clear
of weeds and the young trees are care
fully trimTaed twice a year. In five or
six years the tree will have reached a
height of 12 or 14 feet and its trunk
will be straight and slender, with a di
ameter of about six inches. It resem
bles the oramre tree in size and shape
and the peculiar gloss of its leaves.
Two or three times a year three or
four strips of bark about two inches
wide and from two to eight feet long
are cut from the trunk and thrown up
on a paved yard to dry, where, as the
moisture evaporates, they curl up like
cinnamon. Within a year or so nature
replaces the birk that has thus been
stripped off and the tree is stripped
again in other places. As it grow s older
smaller strij* can betaken from the
stronger branches, and a mature tree
w ill produce an annual average of about
four pourds of bark.
The bark dries in a few* days and is
packed for shipment in rawhide bales.
The most of it is shipped from Arica
and Mollendo.—Chicago Record.
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LEGAL NOTICE.
In the Probate Court, District of Alaska,
Rampart Precinct.
In the Matter of the Estate of Peter b.
Peterson, deceased.
Notice Is hereby given by the undersign
ed, John W. Spencer, Administrator of the Es
tate of Peter B. Peterson, deceased, with the last
will and testament of the said Peter B. Peterson
annexed, to the creditors of, and all persons
, having claims against, said deceased to exhibit
them with the necessary and proper vouchers
in support thereof, within six (6) months after
the first publication of this notice to said admin
istrator w ith the wdll annexed at Rampart City,
In Rampart Precinct, Dtstrict of Alaska, the
same being the place for the transaction of the
business of said Estate.
Dated Rampart City, Alaska, this 17th day of
June, A- D. 1901.
John W. Spencer,
Administrator) etc.
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