The daily progressive-miner., 1918-11-02
ALASKA WOMEN
 DOING WAR WORK
Mrs. Philip Moore Tells of Patri- ctic Activities Carried on in
 The North

Alaska is intensely patriotic and very busy with war work, according to report made by Mrs. Philip Moore, secretary of the woman's committee, Council of National Defense, who has just returned from tour of that Ter ritory
 While at the present time women are not to any great degree taking the places of men in industry. they un- doubt adly will, and it is interesting to know that the same wages are paid to men and women for the same form Of sers jce," says Mrs. Moore Alas ka has no big industries beyond can- ming and mining, and is largely de- pendent on the States for supplies. All men called by the draft receive their training in the United States training camps.
 Alaska can not be expected to fur nish nurses and physicians for war work. for there are few medical aids n Alaska and the hospitals are rather short of help IS it is. To take the places Of men leaving the Territory, Chinese half breeds and other native labor hlve been largely employed.
 T made it a special point to advo- cate tae establishment of community canning centers next summer, in order that women may can their surplus crops of vegetables and small fruits. There is really very little canning of this kind done in Alaska, which is a pity Tor the vegetabl es are delicious. and he small berries, Iaspberries. etc.-are larger and of a much finer flavor, than those grown in the States.
 women have been called upon to do thus far has been volunteer service. Alaska1s are saving sugar and econ omiZing on fuel just as carefully as we are doing at home. The food ad- ininis:ration is we'll organized. I re-
 
 member on one occasion the machin- cry of a canning factory broke down. The boats had just come in filled with fish. and it was recessary to procure large quantity Of ice to keep the fish from spelling The icemen immediate ly raised the price of ice out of all reason, when the food administrator stepped in and ordered the icemen to sell their product at the lowest figure possible. The government has bought elmos. all the products of the canner- ies.
 Women are working with men to further Liberty loan and Red Cross drives, and are not generally organiz- cd in woman's committees, the way We have organized in the States" continued rs. Moore. Ut takes long time for news to reach Alaska. They receive . war cable every day, but gen. eral news is very scarce. I remem- Der there came call for funds to aid the suffering Armenians and Syrians, md al Though they didn't know very much about the situation, they respon- ded most generously. During the last Red Cross drive they went over the top.
 At ine present time there is a great exodus from Alaska. Men are at tracted by high wages paid in the States to shipbuilders, munition work CTS, and those employed in other war industries. Then, of course, the draft has taken a great many. However, when the Red Cross asked the women of Alaska to make garments, basing the quota on the membership secured during the last drive, the women made up the full quota, despite the fact that heir membership had been greatly decrea3ed
 The Liberty lean drives and the war savrng-stamp drives also have met with great success. School chill dren of Alaska are saving their pen nies for thrift stamps as conscien- tiously as the boys and girls in the States The schools in Alaska are ex. cellen-, but the idea of making the public schools community centers has not been developed yet.
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