Valdez daily prospector., 1916-11-16
ALASKA WINS HONORs :: . ] LAND PRODUCTS SHOW

In Seattle from october 4th to 14th, attracted a great deal of interest and comment. The wonderful display of grain from the Panama and Yukon Valleys was later placed on display in a Second Avenue window of the Bon Marche, where it was the center of attraction for crowd that block ed the window for the entire week.
 To c. H. Anyway, of Haines, Alas ka, was awarded the first prize, A silver cup donated by the Arctic Club, for the best individual display of agricultural products exhibited in the Alaska section of the Northwest Land Products Exposition. MT. A r. ways display consisted of three vari- cities of apples, Duchess of Olden- burg" Seedlings" and Grabs '' Strawberries of greater size than any of our local berries. White clover, nine feet long. Oats; spring wheat and winter wheat; celery; three varieties of rutabagas and cabbage.
 To H. vermeire, of Haines, Alaska, was awarded the second prize do- mated by the Western Dry Goods Co., His, exhibit consisted of beets, tur. hips, kohlrabi. carrots, cabbage, eel cry and potatoes.
 To Benjamin & Gillsinger, of Eagle River, Alaska, was awarded the third prize donated by the F. S. Lang Stove Company. Their exhibit consisted of turnips, potatoes, ruta- bagas, carrots, parsnips and beets.
 Other Alaska individual exhibitors having most creditable displays were w. Wills, of Skagway; F. F. Win chester and Mccain Gardens, Anchor age. Eakin & Whitaker, Matanuska and Ed Adams of Skagway.
 School Work of Alaska Natives
 The exhibit of school work by the Alaska natives attracted much atten- tion and praise. It consisted of pre- served fish, clans and berries from Yakutat by the Yakutat school chill dren. Preserved vegetables from Klukwan and industrial work of the native boys from Metlakahtla and other districts embracing miniature houses, picture frames, iron heaters and tin work and a most creditable display of needle work by the native girls consisting of doilies, pillow cases, guest towels, table runners. mocassins, etc.
 Exhibits of Commercial Bodies
 From the Fairbanks Commercial Club came the greatest grain exhibit ever sent out of Alaska, which proved a revelation to those not familiar with the agricultural possibilities of the north. This exhibit consisted in great part of grain grown at the Az ricultural Experiment Stations at Fairbanks and Rampant, and com prised some eighty bundles of grain in the sheaf and some six bushels of threshed grain. The exhibit embraced winter rye, Rampant Hybrid Beard less Barley, Canadian, Finnish-Bl Black and South Dakota oats. Romanow Spring and Kharkow Winter wheat. Of particular interest at this time is a news item to the effect that the Panama Valley now boasts of a flour mill. MT. MagnIs Nelson, one of the ranchers of the Panama recently received a flour mill and is now prepared to make his own flour from wheat grown on his farm. This mill is but the beginning. marking the commencement of an epoch in the history of agricultural interior Alaska.
 Fro mthe Ketchikan Commercial Club came an exhibit of ores from the Elliot & King mine at Helm Bay The Apex Mine, McClean's Arm. The Cymru, Dean and It. Gold Standard, Wakefield, Goodrow & Chilbers Hickman & Thompson, Copper Ready Bullion, Poor Man. Crackerjack, c. Reynolds Wright, Tom Stevens and other mines of the Ketchikan district.
 The Cordova Chamber of Com sent an exhibit consisting of coal from the Boring Field; Copper ore from the famous Kennecott Mother Lode, Tjosevig mines and from the Chitina, Nizina, Taral, FL liot Creek, Spirit Mountain, Fidalgo and other districts. Gold quartz from the Port Wells District and a man. moth clam measuring eight inches in length.
 The Anchorage Chamber of Com merce sent an exhibit of vegetables from the Anchorage and Matanuska regions. Coal from the Matanuska Field and ores from the Center Star and Bluff mines in the Willow Creek District.
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