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A new branch of the farming indus- j
try is bidding for place in the de-1
velopment of the agricultural future
of the Tanana valley. The growing
of sugar beets, which to date has been
carried on only in an experimental
stage, promises to take its place as one
t " of the ranking branches of the farm
ing industry, and may prove the co
ordinating factor necessary on account
of the different qualities of the soils
and their various growing qualities,
caused by geographical location.
A sample of molasses refined from
sugar beets grown on the Rickert
farm in appearance and taste proved
so nearly akin to the product of the
Outside refineries that, like the first
flour to be milled from Fairbanks
grown wheat, the possible future of
the industry was immediately brought
to mind.
The soil of the bottom land, which
is a loose, friable loam, is better adapt
ed to the growth of beets than the
hill slopes, where the soil packs
tightly about the large tap roots after
each rainfall. It has been learned in
the past few seasons of experimenta
tion in this locality that the valley
land will produce a very good yield
per acre, and that each season’s crop
is practically sure of maturity. Sun
shine is the great factor in maturing
the beet, and also in determining the
sugar content. In this phase the In
terior has all the advantage, as dur
ing the summer days of nearly contin
uous sunshine the home product is
* given nearly double the advantage
over the crops grown in the beet belts
of the States.
The sugar content of the beets
growrn in the Tanana valley has not
vaf hooti Hotorininpoil but in Q fpct nf
beets grown in the Matanuska valley
the content was shown to have ranked
above 16 per cent. The percentage of
sugar present in all beets so far test
ed by the department of agriculture
has run from 12 to 20 per cent, with
the average under 14 per cent. Since
the Matanuska product is well above
the general average, it is believed by
Fairbanks farmers that a test of the
beets. grown there will make an ex
ceedingly creditable showing.
The pulp of the sugar beet, after
the saccharine juices have been ex
tracted, is an ideal food for cattle,
and as, according to Superintendent
Snodgrass of the local experiment sta
tion, the Interior is certain to become
a cattle country, the ideal cycle is
established. Beets and cattle on the
lowlands—grain and potatoes on the
hill slopes. The pulp will feed the
cattle, the cattle will fertilize the soil
for future bumper beet crops, and the
wheat will wave on the hillsides. In
the meantime the lowly spud is tiding
the pioneer farmer over until the
dream can become a reality.
Sugar is a big item in the readjust
ment of the post-war situation. The
demand exceeds the supply, and the
price has risen to stimulate produc
tion. Each year the'per capita of con
sumption of sugar increases, especial
ly since candies, soft drinks and pas-1
1 tries are increasing in public favor.
The best aiithorities predict that sugar
in the States will continue to rise in
price, and as it is retailing at 20
cents per pound in Fairbanks at the
present time, it is practically certain
that the new shipment will sell at a
price not under 25 cents for the next
year. The per capita consumption
throughout the United States for the
past year was 85 pounds.
It can readily be seen that the sugar
industry has a big future, regardless
, of the fact that the Tanana valley is
a considerable distance removed from
* the chief source of demand, after the
local demand has been cared for—but
in that respect not at a much greater
disadvantage than the Hawaiian
islands, where sugar has been exported
to the States for many years.
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POWERFUL DRAMA
BOOKED FOR TONIGHT
“The One Woman,” at the Empress
tonight, is a powerful drama. The
story is of a brilliant young clergyman
who becomes imbued with socialistic
ideas that gradually lead him to giv
ing up church, wife and, family. He
builds a “temple of man” and tests
his theory of free love.
Who is “the one woman”—the wife
he divorced or the woman he took by
common law? Who “stood by” when
the storm broke? How far should a
woman forgive?
It is a play that goes beneath the
surface of things, down to the very
roots of our social and religious life—
a play that is peculiarly apt at this
time of questioning and threat. It is
not a play that will amuse you, but
it will make you think.
FAIRBANKS TO HAVE
FLOUR MILL OF OWN
The next industry which will start
working in Fairbanks, and which will
form the nucleus of future manufac
turing wealth, will be a real flour mill,
to cost not less than $15,000.
The farmers of the Interior have
been working on this proposition for
two years, and last fall they went at
it seriously and with business in their
eye. They applied to Delegate Grigsby
to introduce a bill or get into the ap
propriations bill an appropriation of
$15,000 to build a flouring mill and to
build it now. They have not as yet
heard from Grigsby as to what steps
he has taken in the matter, and he
has evidently introduced no such bill
to now or the telegraph would have
told of it. So, leaving nothing to
chance, the farmers have gone ahead
along those lines, reaching for assur
ances and backing there, provided the
government should do nothing in the
matter, and it is safe to say that they
will have that mill this summer.
ROCK WORKER BLOWN
TO ATOMS AT NENANA
The first fatality to be recorded in
connection with the grading opera
tions in Nenana canyon occurred the
other day near Mile 354, when Her
man Nelson, a station laborer in the
employ of Contractor Ed Lund was in
stantly killed by a blast. The unfor
tunate man was decapitated and his
right arm was also blown off by the
explosion.
Nelson was engaged in “bulldozing”
and had put in a shot, which failed
to respond promptly. After awaiting
results for some little time at a safe
distance, Nelson concluded that some
thing was wrong, and went back to
make an investigation. When he
reached the spot the shot went off.
The deceased formerly mined on
Slate creek, where he had a partner
named Charles Swanson, and it is be
lieved that he has funds in the First
Bank of Valdez.
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SUMMONS
In the District Court for the Territory!
of Alaska, Third Division.—Annie!
Stephens, defendant. No. C-192.
The President of the United States!
of America, greeting, to Clyde C.
Stephens, the above-named defend
ant:
You are hereby required to appear
in the district court for the territory
of Alaska, Third division, within thirty
days after the ccftnpletion of the pub
lication of this summons, to wit, within
thirty days after the 8th day of June,
1920. and answer the complaint of An
nie Stephens, the above-named plain
tiff, in the above-entitled cause, which
cause is an action for divorce in one
of the cases prescribed by law, wherein!
the plaintiff prays for a decree dis
solving the bonds of matrimony be
tween herself and you, and for such
other and further relief as to the court
may seem right and proper in the
premises. And you are hereby noti
fied that if you fail to appear and an
swer said complaint as herein re
quired, the said plaintiff will take
judgment against you for want thereof,
and will apply to the court for the re
lief demanded in her complaint, as
hereinbefore 3et out.
The order for publication of this
summons was duly made and entered
on the 24th day of April, 1920.
Witness the Hon. Fred M. Brown,
judge of said court, > and the seal
thereof, this 24th day of April, in the
year of Our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and twenty and of our inde
pendence the one hundred and forty
fifth.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk District Court, Third Division,
Territory of Alaska.
By C. H. WILCOX, Deputy.
Edward F. Medley, Cordova, Alaska,
attorney for plaintiff.
Date of first publication, April 27,
1920.
Date of last publication, June 8,
1920.
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