RAMPART STN.
MAY BE USED
AVIATION FIELD
DR. GEORGESON SAYS ALASKA
NEEDS PEOPLE WITH MUSCLE,
SATISFIED WITH LIVING A MOD
EST LIFE.
Interesting Experiments
AGRONOMIST BEEN IN ALASKA IN
AGRICULTURAL SERVICE FOR
PAST TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS.
“The people who will develop Alas-1
ka are not those who expect to raise
crops to sell for profit, but are those
who will till the soil, and raise what
their family requires. They are the
kind of people who will make Alaska
a success. It is a mistaken idea that
settlers can come to Alaska locate on
a homestead, and later cut it up into
lots to sell, or that in a few years they
can become rich from the products of
the soil.” So stated C. G. Georgeson,
Director of the U. S. Experimental
farms in Alaska, a position which has
been held by him for 27 years, he be
ing appointed by Secretary James un
der the McKinley administration. Sec
retary James informed him at the time
of his appointment that Alaska was a
long way from Washington so there
fore gave him liberal instructions to
this effect, ‘run it as if you owned it;
just produce results.’ These orders
Dr. Georgeson remarked to the Seward
Gateway, have never been recalled.
Continuing the nationally khown agro
nomist said, “Alaska needs people
with brawn and muscle who wrill re
main satisfied with a modest living.”
Rampart Station Suspended
The Rampart experimental station
was suspended this summer, Doctor
! Georgeson said, on account of events
! which followed the construction of the
! Alaska Railroad. Traffic fell off to
| almost nothing in that region, with the
i completion of the railroad. During
; the many years of operations at the
Rampart farm, some of the most val
i uable work, especially in the breeding
of grains, were produced. The money
which otherwise would have been
spent at the Rampart station, will now
be deflected to the other stations in
the Territory, Dr. Georgeson stated,
and this money will probably go to the
Matanuska farm.
Make Good Aviation Field
An interesting development has tak
en place with respect to the Rampart
station, he continued. Governor G.
Parks sought information from him
I quite recently, if the station would be
suitable for an aviation field. Mr.
i Georgeson wired the governor that in
his opinion the suggestion was a splen
did one, and he believed the site would j
prove an ideal one. Fine cottages ;
are on the ground, making ideal head
quarters for homes for aviators and
their families. Rampart lays 75 miles
above the confluence of the Tanana
and Yukon rivers.
Rotation Plats on Farms
Dr. Georgeson has established a sys- ,
tem of rotation plats on ground at the
Matanuska farm for the purpose of
studying the exhaustion and variety of
the soil and the rehabitilation of the
crops. There are about 48 plats at
Matanuska and 64 at the Fairbanks
station. These plats are one-tenth
of an acre each in size and the same
experiments were reproduced four
times so that the average could be
obtained.
Was Professor in Kansas
Just prior to his departure from this
city last week, Dr. Georgeson receiv
ed a telegram from Washington, D. C.,
notifying him to report at onee. He
planned making a hurried trip to his
Sitka headquarters, thence proceed
East immediately. In speaking of his
earlier experiences and later his ar
rival in the Territory. Dr. George
son said at the time McKinley was
elected president of the United States,
he was a professor of agriculture at
the University of Kansas. Together
with three professors and three oth
ers, he took the civil service examina
tion held at Wichita, for government
work. The examinations revealed he
was the only one to pass the tests. He
was sent to Texas on rehabilitation
of grazing lands and armed with full
authority to carry on the experimental
work he was turned loose on a large
Texas ranch. A month after his ar
rival in the Lone Star State, the ques
tion of the departments work in Al
aska came up. It was decided Dr.
Georgeson was the best man available
according to the chief of department,
so he accepted. And at 74 years of
age, he is still on the job.
QUIGLEY GETS
LARGE RETURNS
FROM HIGH GR ADE
CAL BROSIUS MEETS FORMER AC
QUAINTANCE OF THIRTY TWO
YEARS AGO, WHILE IN THE IN
TERIOR.
While in the Interior recently with
the Seattle Shrine delegation, Cal. M.
Brosius, Seward lumber and building
material dealer, met an old friend of
many years’ acquaintance, Joe Quig
ley, who is also known to many local
residents. Mr. Quigley has been op
erating silver-lead claims in the Kan
tishna district for a number of years
past, and his recent trip to Fairbanks
after mail, was his first trip out of the
region in nine months.
The Quigley mine has long been
known as a wonderful producer, but
operation of the mine has been han
dicapped by lack of proper transpor
If
With
If you are sending your cash out of town—doing business
with mail order concerns—keep mum about the growth—the indus
tries—the advantages or beauty of the town. You have no boast coining. It
is a good town not because of you, but in spite of you.
If you are not a Home Trader You are a
Traitor to the Best Interests of the Town
> r,
This community is made up of individuals. Its prosperity
depends on individual effort. It you send your money away for goods
that can be purchased here, you injure the town—and yourself.
When you buy from a mail order concern—your money is
gone for good. Not one red cent of it ever comes back., None of
it pays for taxes. None of it pays store rent, clerk hire—or does a blessed
one of the dozens of things accomplished by home-spent money.
Suppose everyone in this city sent away for their mer
chandise. The town would go to rack and ruin. You wouldn’t be
able to give property away. There would be little employment for labor.
Schools—churches—everything of a public nature would be stripped to poor
house poverty. There’s no reason why anyone should deal with mail order
concerns. Your home town merchant carries the best grades of merchandise
on the market. They are goods of recognized merit. They are sold at
practically one price the world over. You know you are getting full value in
quality. The biggest manufacturers in the country insure that with their
trademarks. Your purchases are protected. There is no buying dissatisfaction
—long waits—long distance return costs—or delivery charges.
Your dealer appreciates your patronage.' He puts forth
every effort to hold your trade. He becomes intimately acquainted
with your likes and dislikes—consequently can serve you in the most satisfac
tory manner. And to top off all of these important advantages—your local
merchant can save you money,
By all means talk up your town—but first win the right to
speak by spending your money at home. It is the solid worth of home
spent money — not words that,establishes the public wealth and welfare
of the community..
Donate to the good of the town by trading IN town—and get the greatest value for your dollars.
The Calumet Baking Powder Company
paid for the preparation of this article.
tation. However, every so often, Mr.
Quigley ships out, in various manners,
quantities of high grade ore; general
ly sledding the ore in the winter 30
miles to the river and in the spring
by boat to Nenana. Across country
direct from McKinley station, the dis
tance to the property is estimated at
ninety miles. This route is used by
Mr. Quigley in coming and going to
the property, three days being requir
ed to make the trip one way.
Mr. Quigley was relating to Mr.
Brosius the outcome of his last ship
ment of high grade' ore to the States,
and the results are surprising. He
shipped out thirty-two tons of silver
lead ore, the gross value of which
amounted to $7,145.69. From this
amount there was credited to his ac
count $6,632.53. It will be seen from
these figures the ore is of the highest
grade.
Mr. Brosius. who was in the Inter
ior country with Mr. Quigley thirty
two years ago, says that the trip Mr.
and Mrs. Quigley made to the States
last year, was the first in twenty-one
17
years he had seen salt water, and the
first time outside since 1891.
There is no real profit in war, un
less you count thepleasure of swat
ting somebody you don’t like.
Among the many unimportant
things in the world is a cynical old
bachelor’s opinion of censorship.
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