Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-02

There are rosy laurel and mink BRYAN
thus and little blue forget me nots
such AS we have in the States South
eastern Alaska has three varieties OF
orchids. aud II has other air plants as
we'll.
southeastern Alaska is a land OF
berries. 'rh. salmon berry is ripe
throughout the summer II Is twice as
!arS" as the largest raspberry. and IL
tastes much tho same. There are also
i'aspb"rricS that grow on the ground.
ana cranberrics of several varieties.
There arc wild stra wbcrrics aud blue
berries and red hucklcbcrrics. have
already written Of the cultivated fruit.
telling you Of the many crosses with
the native strawberry that have been
made at the Sitka experiment station.
Strawberries are raised commercially
iat iiaincs. and they are exported to
Juneau and other towns. They arc
ripe throughout the summer. and are OF
IN character that would command :,
ready market in any United States city.
Az to the cultivated parts Of south
icast"rn Alaska. they are so few at this
writing that they are hardly worth
mentioning. In the ooG-milc ride IN
the steamer from Seattle to Skarwav
you do rot see dozen farms as bip
as a bcdSprcad; and in most places tho
ihnd Is 10 steep that Il reminds Won
lof the farms OF West Virginia. wh.r.
u IS s"ih the corn IS planted with shot
guns from the opposite hills. Never
th"lcss II YOU go back into the valleys
You Will find little cultivated na,cbc.
where tho farmers have settled. Ed
ward 6 Russell. tn. editor Of Tho
ALASKA Dispatch. tells me that nf,v
honcatchds haze been taken out about
llaines aud that there are many small,
,"rh's ana vegetable gardens near
juneau
] took q photograph Of dairy farm
IN" other day during an automobile
ridc 70 the Mendcnhall glacier r. ".
Hchrcnds. the banker. who was my ,,ost
toih me- that another farmer nearby
Was clearing $4,000 or $4,000 n vc,r
IN raising beef for the markets NJ
Juneau. and he pointed GU, "A chicken
farm or so OH tho way
All Of these far,ns seem to mo ni.i.
i"i!y small. and ! doubt II they offer
an! great opportunities to their owners
ne !and Is 80 rough and so wooded
that II cost several hundred dollars an
70 "!ear ~ and moreover. the
crons VIII always have to comn.,.
WIN the grain and food products
nr"nen' in from Washington and
'resoh by tho steamers that call all
most daily al the Principal ports
WILL TAKE GENERATION
TO CLEAR AWAY FORESTS
-" the other hand. Professor q G
'""f erson. who - at tho head of I-ncl.
'afh farm experiments in the terri
,oTF tells me that there will eventual
"e many small farms scattered
'hF"NShoEi this part Of Alask, "a.
,"NS mat they Will grow up to SUNNY
M INNING ceHtcrs with Vegetables and
FRUITS lie does not expect them N
come soon. believing that II will he n
TASK or "a generation or so 10 cIca- ~.
'"ieSts ana take off the tnoss Iyo
'"'"hS IN. coast region Is hes, adapted
3" gardening, chicken raising and
carving, while the natural nn,,,ou.s
may %" utilized for stock raising
understand that small farms ,y.
growing up about many Of The n,,.i,
stations. One OF the hes, ~. 80,
'ha' OF {. y. Burckhard,. thu. nr..iI.n,
=, 'ne Aia.ka Pacific Fisheries ar
IS hhN ME- Burckha.dt tells m. ~.
" '''SeS FHnDarb with leaves az Ma,
az Il parasol and stems n. In,g S
D'Seoail bat. and quite as thick Ja
-, s'ra"perries that are four
III circumference, ana they keen
'"' Two months OF tn. summer
MT hurckhardt spends his .,rnn,
"hiE in Ala ska, and no brinps 80
~. "" ~ ana forth with him each s..son
ny 90" Jersey named Daisy Sh.
m"S hfst brought MP on accor,, w
'u' IN 'ath's little daughter hor, s,w
!ca,s ago. The baby needed on. $50
:; 81" 'hisN came along TO fu-ni.h
ne experiment worked SO wa,,
a.9N mas spent her summers f
So. $3.50, or since understand ;p,.,
o' seems 10 know when N. tj,,. hn
,"'he 10 hit southwark Sb. 80 eos
inc snip without urging 49,,
",.'"s under these changes
great possibilities OF sou,h.,s.
To- ia SKA lie In its fish. its wood. 49,,
Ns minerals The beds OF ~ ana
g, 20, win halibut. and million. -,
sn.sn ~ caught and canned ever
,"so"' mere arc FISH packine as,sh
nSh'hehts on many Of the ie,aS, "'"p
'h' towns are devoted To Hsb; "nu
'','"i.'E' hetchikan is perbaD. ~
chlcf hshing center. but there az ne
I t,,, also at Petersburg. WranreI,
al" Hiika The salmon run
season and the canncries ara -,
cateh near the mouths of tho stro,
where the fish can be brought T., 49,
ana cooked and packed fo- al, 80
OF the world ' parts
Towns GROWING Up
AROUND CANNERIEs
ABOUT the larger canneries u,,,s
Towns nave grown up. At the smaller
ones there may be only onn ~ nc,
q
ne AZ the wharves. Take Pctersbnrr
- :; .! . &c" on the mainland opposite
Napreanof Island. II lies in ,i,ti.
naInot win long wharves OF wood
eIr'tem on piles running out into tho
sea The chief street runs around ,ha
ma Dor. thts street has boardwalk
facing which is a bank "A newspaper
Office and half-dozcn stores. F'artbrr
hack on the hill is a two-story boteI
ana perhaps fifteen fine two-story cot
Petersburg is the headquarters Of y
mosquito Meet that brings in halibut
all the year round Ii has larrc c.m.
merry. and it ships many thousand
pounds OF salmon during the season.
lust below Petersburg is Wrangel
one OF the oldest towns i'm Alaska It
was established by the Russians
eiShty-tive years ago, and was named
after Baron Wrangell. a Russian OFF,
cia', who did much to keep the Hud.
sons Bay Company out Of Alaska
That cOmDarv tried IN CT b1icN ,,.a