RAISING OF STOCK
IS NOT PROFITABLE
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which is detached and falls off, great
ly enfeebling the animals and emaci
ating them horribly by spring. To
raise sheep succesfuliy, warm, dry,
shelters would necessarily have to
be provided for them, and the ex
pense would be too great to pay for
the few animals that could be thus
taken care of.
The practice of whalers and traders
in the old days was to bring up beef
cattle and sheep from the states and
turn thorn loose on the Aleutians,
where they speedily rounded out and
fleshed up into the very finest beeves
by the middle or end of October when
they would be sluaghtered. The ani
mals made considerable trouble for
the natives by climbing onto to the
roofs of the barabaras and caving
thorn in. to the great fright of the in
habitants. As soon as the owners
would leave many of the cattle would
be killed to prevent this, necessltat
ing a caretaker so long as 'the ani
mals were on the islands.
With regard to the raising of hogs
it is not profitable as the animals
ream the beaches devouring mussels
and fish to such an extent that the
meat is impregnated making it unfit
for food Corn costs so much that it
is unprofitable to feed it to swine.
There are many sections of the ter
ritory where vegetables in abundance
can be raised, but not to profit, as it
is impossible for the farmers to com
pete with the growers of the states
in shipping their vegetables, and the
rates would be prohibitive if they
could secure transportation. The lo
cal market is limited, one or twe
small ranches glutting the market,
leaving the farmer with his crop on
his hands, unless he can cat it him
self The government and a number
of land boomers are attempting tc
tout Alaska as a land of wonderful
possibilities in an agricultural way
but this should be stopped as it only
tends to irritate tho victims who have
ventured their all upon these recom
mendatlons, and who are sooner or
later bound to become disgusted and
leave for the state.s, giving the terl
tory a black eye. Wages ure high In
tho territory, which 1b another draw
back to successful farming. Feed Is
from two to three times as high and ‘
tho long winters require twice as j
much as in the states per animal.
The Intending settler can come to j
Alaska with the assurance that he ! I
can raise all the vegetables he wants I
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or needs for his own use. But he can i j
also rest assured that if ho raises : ,
more than this he will find no market ; |
for his crops.
Probably the best agricultural dis-j
j trict in Alaska is on the Tanana near t
[ Fairbanks, with the Matanuska dls-h
trict second. The Tanana region has j
dry summers and very little snow in
| the winters, allowing the farmer to
| prepare his ground earlier. Both sec
tions raise splendid vegetables but
! both have no markets beyond a few
i tons of truck.
There are thousands of opportuni
ties in Alaska to make money—but
wo believe that It will be many years
before truck gardening can be done '
on a large scale, as the population 1b
too limited.
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NOTICE
I). H. Sexton has purchased Robert
Gottschalk’s interest in the Alaskan
hotel, and all persons having bills
against the hotel should present them
at once to Mr. Sexton, who has as
sumed these accounts. 3-tf
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Oliver I,ee and Mrs. (Jerdrum of
N'enana were recently married at that
city. Leo is a well-known old-timer
in Alaska.
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The mining game in the West Fork
country has not been greatly devel
oped this season, no one having
reached bedrock yet. The miners
were late getting started, having to
wait for snow to freight in supplies.
The distance is only fifteen miles from j
Brooks, but the wait was unavoidable
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Your eyes fitted. Compound and
stigmatic lenses replaced. See Os- j
borne.
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NEW SHIPMENT
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Both in the Afternoon and Evening; Also Serges
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They are All Advanced Spring Styles
New Arrivals of the
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MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION
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AN OPPORTUNITY IS OFFERED YO
To Share In the Immense Wealth Which Every Season Is Taken From Local
Waters By the Canneries.
Local Company Organized to Engage in the Salmon Industry and Keep the Profits at Home
LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR YOUR FUTURE INDEPENDENCE
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The Hinchinbrook Packing Company has been or
ganized at Cordova for the purpose of operating a two
line cannery on the site now occupied by the Ohm Fish
and Packing Company.
• The new company has taken over the Ohm Fish and
Packing Company and will use the boats, gear, buildings
and other equipment of the latter company.
Gus Ohm, V. J. Swanberg and William H. King are
the organizers of the new company.
Everyone in Cordova knows of Gus Ohm. He started
at Cordova with a dory and fished for the local market.
By using sound business methods he prospered and soon
had a number of other fishermen working for him. Busi
ness men of the city became interested and he was given
capital to operate on a large scale, and finally the Ohm
Fish and Packing Company was formed, with him at
its head.
Now Mr. Ohm is convinced that although he has
made a success of the company there is more money to
be made in a salmon cannery than in fish packing, and
with the two men who have been closely identified with
him in the Ohm Fish and Packing Company he has de
cided to take over the latter plant and turn it into a
salmon cannery.
But to do this will requirq a large sum of money.
The new company will have a good start in possessing
the boats, buildings and equipment of the old company,
but money will be needed to buy additional machinery
and equipment.
The usual plan in such enterprises is to seek outside
capital—to go to the States and place the proposition
among men who are always on the lookout for such be- .
ginnings of successful industries.
But in this case the men interested have decided
that instead of going Outside for capital, and eventually
turning the largest part of the profits to people not of
the community, they will first offer people of Cordova
an opportunity to become interested.
The people here know something of canneries. They
know of the past successes of this industry in this imme
diate vicinity. They know that despite cries from the
cannerymen every year that their plants are on the verge
of ruin, yet every plant in the district is being enlarged
and improved and employs more men every season.
Fish packing is not a gamble, as is gold mining or
oil mining. The fish are in Prince William sound, and
when they are taken out they have a ready sale. The
industry yet is in its infancy.
Naturally it is impossible to guarantee a large return
on the stock, but people of Cordova who have seen the
canneries rise and prosper about the city can not doubt
the success of the new cannery.
Shares of the Hinchinbrook Packing Company have
a par value of $1.00 each, and will be placed on the mar
ket at par. All stock will share equally in the profits of
the company. Any quantity, small or large, will be sold.
No exaggerated statements about the company mil
be made. A large and profitable fish-packing company
which has every assurance of continued success is being
turned into a cannery because the men in charge believe
a greater success can be made. A man will be in charge
of the new cannery who has spent practically his entire
life in work connected with fishing and fish packing, and
who has made a success in this very community. Every
possible supply for the canneery will be purchased here
and local help and fishermen will be employed. The
profits will go to people of Cordova. Thus instead of
the largest part of the money going outside the city,
Cordova will reap the benefits in supplies purchased, sal- T]
aries paid and profits distributed.
This is an open statement of the new company and * <
its aims.
Remember there has never been a salmon cannery
in this district that has failed.
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Mr. V. J. Swanberg is at the Windsor Hotel, Room 9, and will be glad to give you detaileed information regarding the cannery. ij
Call personally or by telephone, or drop him a letter, and he will call upon you. SLi • j
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