Douglas Island news., 1917-10-26
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 The Stroller Is pleased Co note that Che movement Co conserve food ! is moving iu this community and ho hopes lt win keep moving; not only lthat. but hr has plans for Che iu- turc production of food that hc be. |ucvcs will rebound Co Che houog. glory and benefit ot Che entire coast uf Alaska. for coast is necessary Co Ithc promulsatiou of Che scheme. which Is this:
 The Stroller believes thc razor back hogs cf thc far south would do we'll u tbis country anywhere along Che coast where they could romp and rcycl on thc beach at low tide. for rccediug tides invariably leave behind them that which could bc eaten by and which would iaftcu hogs. And when it is considered ItLat Alaska has nearly J5.ooo miles of coast line. it must bc admitted .that it would constitute % splendid Ihog range.
 The common ranch hogs wcull ! not do we'll iu Alaska os they are too dclicatcly constituted Co with- stand Che rirors of our variable cli- mate: but thc razor-bIcks of che far south could daily patrol che coast for. say four hundred miles. and .suu come home every night Some people may not believe tbis. but they know nothing obout razorback hogs Listen.
 It happened in thc land of the orange blossom and alligator che land oi Che sweet magnolia bloom and malaria. Che land of thc yellow icssamiuc and ol Republican cone ycutious that smell lIkc tigers cage. 10 was this
 Tho arcut ot Che ChiIs x Fever railroad at Mobile Alabama had been "pcstcrcd" by % uzor-hack hog until he was almost distracted The only reason hc did not resign his position was that a large and rop. Idly increasing family looked to him for hog and homiuy thrcc times every day and seven days every week. That Is why Joe did not tele- graph his job Co thc division super iuteudcut
 Every morning when that rail- road agent went Co work he found that thc warehouse had bycu rl.ded during Che night by a hos After mailing up all Che knot holes iu Che notwithstanding and putyiuF an thc cracks. save one. he lay one night for thc marouJcr and after Che hog had entered through che one remaining aperture hc steal- thiy stopped that with a cork from a bottle ot old Crow.
 Next morning that razor-back was driven into corner chloro- formed and nailed up iu a box that was au but air tight The box was marked. Glass Handle With Care ' and shipped Co Che agent ol Che Chius G Fever road at Tallahassee. Florida. a distance of 325 miles
 Two days later the Stroller was a passenger from Jacksonville. Flor ida. to New Orleans. and just as che train reached Tallahassee Che hog which had been lelt n Che box on che depot platform. escaped che warm sun having caused Che lumber from which Che box was made Go shrink slightly That sbotc cooked one car and was. for a brief moe mcut. apparently wrapped iu dgcp thought But it was only for % moment when it bumped its back and started for thc westward ou a long. clean trot
 10 was co o'clock iu thc p0ruing when Che limited express lclt Tal- ! |lahassee and an that day and until 6 o'clock iu che evening chat hog and train were neck and neck. As darkness came on Che hog finally disappeared from view as thc train gradually fcll behind
 An Che passengers had become in- tercsted in Che race and were out Of their bcrths with Che first gray strcals of morning and cranine their uecks at tho ear windows. but uaught was seen of Che hog.
 'Wc must have passed it during thc night" said thc conductor. "aud
 if We did, Che road will have made
 a record. for it will be Che first time
 one of her trains ever outrau a
 razor-back hog. ] win buy for Che
 entire train when we reach Mo- Ibuc."
 At 9:l5 that train pulled into
 Mobile with more than a dozen hot
 boxes. An Che way from Pensacola
 it had made % miles am hour. lJust here Che Stroller pauscs Co