The Alaska citizen., 1914-09-14

Alaska Hay the | nlted states gov
 ernment is trying to operate farms. as well as coal mines and railroad The first farming eN- pericnce by tie government, not in cluding. of course. its experimental stations. was in the making of hay for use this winter. How this was r.fr i- told in the following, pub lshed in the Seward Gateway
 HOMER. Alaska The Alaska en- slneering commission has decided 10 winter a hundred head of horses in this vicinity and has employed thirty of Alaska's best haymen to put up the winters crops. They are now at work cutting on the ranch of Joseph Falardean which is located at the mouth of Fox creek up the bay.
 John Sutherland. the foreman in charge. expects to put up about 10 tons on Fox creek, This is fine hay, running two and a half tons to the acre and standing six feet high Be hind Anchor Point he expects 10 put up 500 tons and will build hoy els in both places to winter the stock
 Among the haymakers are men from all parts of Alaska. All join in the belief that this is the best natural grown hay they have seen.
 From Fairbanks and Rampant fields are Edward Bensel and Art Henry. From Beluga and Susitna come Omar Hansen and A. G. Smith. Edward lIenbach comes from kuskokwim. Jack Wilson and V, Remore lined up from Knik country. Charlie Huff came from Matanuska. Joe Jackson. Scotty McCra1y, Mir. and Mrs. Wood ard Joe Olson and many others Of the boys" from Homer and vicinity are also In the gang.
 Late People in Fairbanks have Fall been freely predicting Is Due that there is a late fall
 before us, on account of the long rainy season of the sum- mer. There have been other reasons presented for late fall, but it has been left for the Indians to declare ina, il is due to the unusually large number of house flies that the late season can be expected. The follow ing concerning the Indian forecast of the weather is taken from the Whitehorse Star:
 Never in the history of White horse have house flies been so num- erous as at present although they are nothing here as compared with what most people have seen in the east and south. Indians say house flies tt this season of the year means late, warm fall"
 Government It looks as though the After government is going 10 Criminals go 10 lOl Ol lTOuDle
 to locate some of the criminals that have been operating in various parts of Alaska. At lcAst that is what is indicated by the following item appearing in Valdez paper:
 "Chief Deputy Marshal Bouse has sent to Washington, D. C.. a full account of the finding of the body of a third man murdered within year on the government road to the interior and has urged that i'm mediate steps be taken by the au- thorities to apprehend the murder CTS.
 Protective Mcclure, who has been working on the case since last sum- mer when Ole Nelson and Herman Anderson were killed about August l near Willow creek, has been or dered by the department of justice to leave Juneau for Copper Center at once and to make every effort 10 locate the murderers. It is al so believed that several other de- tectives and special agents of the department will be sent to the scene because of the urgent request of the chief deputy"
 New Now that schools have School opened, stories about Story school children and
 teachers are in order. Here is brand new school story, but am not ready to assert that it involves Fairbanks teacher, though it is probable that each eX- perienced instructor in this city could relate similar occurrences:
 The teacher was having some trouble with little fellow in her spelling class.
 Bed, spells bed" she explained, over and over again; bed. Do you understand"
 "Yes'm"
 Well, cat spells cat, dog spells dog, and bed spells-What did l tell you bed spells?"
 Dunno"