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The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-08-05
Alaska Greatly Needs
 Advertising, Says
 New York Editor
Crowded out last week.

NOio"dCu OuI ictoI NSShD
 George J. Hurst, a prominent editor and publisher of New York City, who in company with Mrs. Hurst has been spending the past two weeks in Wrangell and vicin- ity left on the Princess Mary Fri day evening for their eastern home.
 MT. Hurst is at the head of the New York News Bureau Associ. ation which publishes a number of newspapers, one of which is Financial America. which is so we'll known in business circles.
 When asked for his opinion concerning Alaska Mr. Hurst said that Alaska is sorely in need of proper advertising. Accord ing to MT. Hurst the people of the north do not realize how firmly intrenched in the minds of the eastern people is the be- lief that Alaska is a land of per petual snow and ice inhabited by eskimos, polar bears and wal ruses. He said: When get back to New York if l should tell people that while in Alaska wife and 1 feasted on strawberries which we picked there ourselves they would be apt to say, What are you trying to give us, George?' The majority of the people in the east do not think of Alaska as having any agricultural possibilities at all, and it would be hard for them to believe that substantial food product like spuds could be grown here. :"
 Having spent some years as a mining engineer before entering the newspaper business Mir. Hurst naturally takes notice of the min eral resources of Alaska of which there has been very little devel- opment. He says the coal in Alaska should not only be big factor in it's development, but be a great source of revenue, for instead of coal being shipped into Alaska it should be exported from Alaska.
 MT. Hurst thinks it not im- probable that oil may be the means of putting Alaska on the map. He says there is no ques- tion about Alaska having oil, and that owing to oil being a subject of current interest an oil boom in the north would attract the at- tention of people who have here tofore scarcely ever thought of Alaska.
 Owing to the almost limitless timber resources of the north Mir. Hurst thinks that the mere word Alaska should be the solution of the paper crisis which IS so acute in the States at the present time.
 MT. Hurst is one of the stock holders in the Bon Alaska Mining company and expects to visit Wrangell again next summer.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-08-05

careful scrutiny. Send me your full personal descriptions, photo, etc. Every man will be treated with confidence and respect. Again say, help some good woman and yourself to human happiness.
 Sincerely yours,
 Alexander Thompson. 72 Market Street,
 Manehester, Eag2ana.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-08-05
Story of Newlyweds
 In Wrangell Will
 Appear in Next Issue

A story of the newlywed couple, MT. and Mrs. Joyce of Indiana and their visit to Wrangell busi- ness houses will be printed in the Sentinel next week, as will also their trip up the Stikine river. The story also speaks of Wrangell two years hence.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-08-05
Dynes People Will Publish Directory
 Town of Wrangell

w. M. Dynes, ofDynes' Alaska Directory company, has been in town the past few days working on directory for Wrangell. The advantages of directory for Wrangell are too apparent to need any comment.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-08-05

Miss Mary Louise Bihler ar- rived from Seattle on the City of Seattle for visit with Mrs. P. c. Mccormack. Miss Bihler was formerly a member of the faculty of the Wrangell public school and has host of friends here.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-08-05

LOS ANGELES Tuesday = Lieutenant Ormer Locklear, mo- ted stunt" aviator, and Lieu tenant Milton Elliott were killed today when their plane crashed to the earth from height of 1000 feet.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-08-05
Air Squadron Still Having
 Tough Luck

The Army air squadron are surely having their trials and vicissitudes in the attempted flight from New York to Nome. The flyers are expected in Wran- gel shortly, but the time of their arrival is a matter of conjecture. However, Wrangell will be more than glad to welcome Captain Street. and his companions when ever they do arrive. Neither the Sentinel nor Sergeant McLaugh- lin have received any word from the flyers since Tuesday when the following message was sent out by the press service:
 PRINCE GEORGE--Tuesday-- Three of the four army planes comprising the Alaskan squadron which is blazing trail from Mineola, N. Y. to Nome, Alaska, arrived here yesterday from Jas per. Captain St. Clair Street., commander of the squadron, and pilot of the fourth plane, was forced to put back to Jasper shortly after the hop-off, but ar rived here later in the day. He damaged his plane again while landing and may be forced to dis continue the flight temporarily. The other three probably will hop off for Hazleton late today or tomorrow morning.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-08-05

There was a dance at the Rex Theatre Monday night for the young men aboard the Lydonia which was in port,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-08-05
Wrangell Man
 Doing His Best
 To Get Married

There is one man in Wrangel who wants a wife. Of course there are other men in the same boat with him, but the one tC which we refer evidently means business, and does not propose to wait any longer than is necessary.
 Recently this man wrote to the Anglo-American Association at Manchester, England, soliciting the service of that worthy organ ization in enabling him to get in touch with some good woman whom he could induce to come all the way from England to Alaska in order to let him make her hap py. The writer of the letter be- came so excited over the proba- bility of getting a wife that he forgot to sign his name.
 Alexander Thompson who is the director of the Anglo-Ameri- can Introductory Association for merly lived in Alaska, and there fore felt a kind of personal inter- est in the Wrangell wife seeker who forgot to sign his name. Ac- cordingly MT. Thompson wrote to Postmaster Stedman about the matter, thinking that he might happen to know the man who wrote the letter. MT. Thompson enclosed the envelope in which the Wrangell man sent his letter. It is a two-cent Government en- velope on which an additional stamp has been placed. The printed blank return notice in the upper left hand corner shows that it was purchased at the Wrangell postoffice, and the post mark shows that it was mailed at Wrangell. The address is plainly written in violet ink, and the handwriting is apparently that of an American.
 In his letter Mr. Thompson says he would not have gone to all this trouble trying to locate the author of the unsigned letter were it not that he knows Alaska so we'll. He says he bought the Juneau News from George Car penter some years ago, but dis posed of it in a short time in order to join in the stampede to the Klondyke.
 MT. Thompson enclosed a cir cular letter telling of the work of the Anglo American Introductory Association. The letter follows: Anglo-American Introductory Association
 eAlex Thompson, Director
 72 Market Street
 cManchester England
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-08-05

Miss June Elliott of the Wran- gell Sentinel force returned on the City of Seattle Saturday from a three weeks visit with relatives in Spokane and Seattle.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-08-05

Mrs. E. R. Wilcox and children who have been occupying resi- dence on Cassiar street, left Sat. urday for the Towers camp where quarters have been provided for them. This will make it possible for the Wilcox family to be to- gether.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-08-05

Mrs. E. J. Heacock arrived from Seattle on the City of Se- attle Saturday afternoon to join her husband who is connected with the Harrington Transporta- ton company.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-08-05
J. G. Grant, Mayor, Wrangell

Please extend on behalf of the citizens of the Capitol City of Alaska a hearty greeting to the gallant avi- ators who are making their entry into Alaska through your city and a cordial in- vitation to fly over our city and Gastineau channel where six thousand Alas kans are eager to see their flight.
 R. E. Robertson,
 Mayor
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-08-05
Message from Governor
Grant, Mayor,
 Wrangell

Had hoped to get to Wrangell to greet Army aviators, but find I am un- able to leave. Express my welcome and the welcome of the Territory to Captain Street. and his daring com panions, and wish them ev- cry success in their trip to Nome. RIGGS,
 Governor.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-08-05

eAnglo- American Introductory Association eAlex Thompson, Director
 72 2Market Street
 cWanchester England
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-06-30
WHAT WILL THE HARVEST
REo

An estimate of the Department of
Agriculture places the probable wheat
crop of 1920 at 7Sl 900 900 bushels. This
is a very large drop from 1919 and five
per cent under the average for five
years previous to that time. In add
ton there are al ,032 600 acres OF oats
and 7,437 600 acres of barley now grow
ing. Providing the work Of the harvest
is successfully carried on the country
will likely not be very bad off. since
the European market will not be as
strong as it has been in recent years.
The difficulty that can be forcScen at
this time will be in harvesting and
transportation. At the hearings now
being held under the federal authority,
attempts are being made to straightrn
out the railroad :angle. and to make
the legislation by which the roads
were returned to their owners efficient
to the point of making the railway
properties pay returns on the invest
mentS. while at the same time enabling
them to secure new equipment and
make extensions. The sober thought of
the nation, as ii is being digcstcd at
the interstate commerce commission
hearing. seems to Indicate that the rail
road problems will be successfully
solved
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-06-30
LOOK OUT FOR THE ARMY
WORM

The army worm which has in the
past consumed crops valued at mil
lions of dollars has been detected near
Iowa, says the entOmologists at Wash,
ington in the u. S. Department OF
Agriculture.
This worm which is a striped cater
pillar, nearly naked is about IL iches
long. He has a green body with three
dark stripes running down his back.
The head is greenish brown speckled
with black. - g. -
The fields of grass and grain should
be watched for the next few weeks
when he will attack, If he gets into the
state, and if suspicious worms are
found, they should be sent to the de-
partment of entomology at Ames.
These worms travel in hordes, WHICH
gives them their; name, and they con-
sumo every thing in sight which is
green and edible
They have been caught in the past
by digging bitches into which they
fall and are then killed in masses. A
bulletin issued by the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, Farmers 731, de.
scribes the pest and gives the manner
Of their control.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-06-30
POOR BUTTER is EN-,
:,4t.- pENSIVE

There is such wide variation be,
tween the market price of fancy but
ter and Of thesg poorer grades OF cream
cry butter that,fit ought to set every
farmer who sells cream and every
creamery management to finding and
applying ways to get the top prices,
says M, Mortensen, head of the dairy
work at Iowa State College.
This difference, Mr.. MOrtensen points
out, has often amounted to Is cents
per pound or more. Moreover the
heaviest demand is always for the high
priced butter, while the poorer grades
are in small demand because trade that
used to take the poorer grades is now
buying oleomargarine and other cheap
err preparations whose flavor is con
sidered to be as good as that of poor
butter. The demand for the best grade
of butter is always greater than the
supply.
IF a creamery is going to make
money for its producers, it must make
butter that will rank as extras, says
Mr.. MOrtensen. But this cannot be
accomplished unless there is co-Opera.
ton on the part of the producers in
supplying the creamery with sweet
cream. If a creamery making 10000
pounds of butter annually, makes
poorer grade because the cream 1t re
ceives is not the best, it will sell its
product at ten cents below extras.
That means a loss of $4,000 a year
for the community. No farming com
munity can afford such a loss and no
individual farmer can afford his part
Of it. The loss can be prevented by
intelligent attention to the production
of sweet cream"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-06-30
SEEK WAY TO DISPOSE OF THE
CREAMERY REFUSE

Max Levine, bacteriOlOgist, and q
w. Burke, chemist of the Iowa cngin
eering experiment station staff. are on
three,day trip through the north.
western section of the state gathering
data on creamery refuse wastes. Iowa
creameries are experiencing consider
able difficulty in disposing Of their
wastes. At present there is no known
way to treat them as ordinary house
hold or city refuse is treated. The in
PRODUCTION of creamery refuse into the
ordinary sewage disposal plant inter
feres seriously with the operation of
the plant and usually gives rise to very
offensive odors. TO dump these wastes
in the raw state into an open air drain
or stream also gives rise to a very Of
fensive nuisance, usually forbidden.
These problems are being studied
bacterioloGically and chemically by the
station staff members with the idea of
developing a satisfactory method of dis
posal or treatment. AS a first step in
the Investigation, existing conditions
will be studied in the field. Later la
boratory investigations will be under
taken with the, idea Of developing a
bacterium that will destroy the often
sivc elements of the wastes as they
now exist.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-06-30
&AEVE FARM At $500 PER
AEssiN

The Schleswig Leader says: Perhaps
the largest land deal that has ever oc'
CURED in SchleSWis tlunspired last f'ri
day when Louie NAcvr sold his fine
farm to Carl F'ri",'ri"h.;rn at $500 per
acre. The deal Involves larger cOnsid
Grafton than has over been recorded be
for and il appears MS though the price
of land will not become lower rs WAS
expected. Hugo i<Ivhnkc engineered
the biga exchange.
In the deal Nh. Nacvc obtains Mr..
Friedr;chs"n's fin" farm of so acres,
northeast of Schlcs\IiG, at $500 per
acre. The Macy" farm comprise" some
two hundred odd acres and Mr.. Fried
richscn purchased Il littl" better than
one hundred and eighty acres. Mr..
NaCVe keeping IT," western strip. This
piece contains about tWcnty-lIN" acres
and was recently added TO the town,
being known as Nirv"'S addition.
The Nacve farm bounds the town
on the east and is ON" Of the finest
farms in Crawford county. 1t is high
ly improved and cultivated to the great
est degree. Tho buildings arc all mod
crn and in the best Of condition. This
f;lrm is in fact an ii"al place and Mr..
Friedrchscn will meyer regret the Dur-
chase. Possession will be given him
the first of March.
MI. N;tNr bought tlN' l)ElCt F'Nclill
years ago from his father. Henry
Nacve, at n pric" which was then re-
gartlcd as extremely high. but it can
not he compared with the price piud
today.
III
Members of the Iowa State Vetorin-
airy association held a meeting in ,Des
MoincS last week and discussed mat
tcrS of Importance to the livestock in
tcrcStS OF the state. Il. IL. Cunning
ham, secretary OF tho Iowa Farm Blu
rcau Federation, presenting the side OF
the farmers. expressed q hope that the
deliberations Of the veterinarians would
result in q closer and more cOniidcn-
tiul relationship in the future between
the farmer and the veterinarian. Mr..
Cunningham pointed Out, in his ,ad-
dress, that serum is now being sold by
the manufacturers at lc. per cubic cen
timctcr.. The farmer is able to pur-
chase this serum ut the state hioloSl-
cal laboratories at AllcS at cost. The
veterinarians, in an executive session
after Nh Cunningham's talk, volutar-
lily recommended that the charge for
serum 10 the farmers in the future
should carry n profit of not exceeding
% per cent Of the manufacturers cost,
or Inc. per G.. c.. exclusive of profess
Sional services. According to figures
presented by Secretary Cunningham.
this arrangement will save the farmers
of the state approximately 100000 q
year, based on last years serum out
put,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-06-30
DEP A r + NJ E ~ T
THE NEWS OF THE FARMER AND BREEDER OF
PURE BRED LIVESTOCK
PURE BRED LIVESTOCK

Enough black hair was removed from
the craw of an old hen by w. l.. Boyce,
OF Clinton. one day last week, to make
Il Woman'S switch. The hair was rolled
up i'll Il solid pail. The hen had a great
growth on the side of her neck for sew
eral weeks and Mr.. Boyce. seeking to
know the cause. took a safety razor
blade and cut into the growth. After
he had removed the hair, he took "a
needle and thread and SeWcd up the
incisiOn. The hen cackled her thanks
and began eating heartily.
I'LL r.
Fifty thousand pounds Of wool will
he shipped out of CasS county this sea
son by members of the CaSs County
Woo! Growers association.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-06-30
IOyVA'S FAME EXTENDS
C0ITTH

Iowa's fame in horse and mule pro
duction extends throughout all south
ern states. according to d. w. Chittcn
den, who has justareturned from an eX
tended tour Of the south for the Horse
Association of America.
In his report to Secretary Dinsmorc
Mr.. Chittenden says: I'm my opinion
the southern states do not produce
one.tenth of the number of work ami
mails they use. Travelling through Zen
nessee Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia
and the Carolinas, L noticed there were
practically no horses or mules being
produced except, perhaps in Tennes-
see. In the entire period l saw only
three foals, and they were mule colts.
Good crops and high prices have
brought wealth to the southern farmer
in recent years, land. in consequence
better grades of mules have been
bought than formerly. These owners
have discovered that bigger, stronger
mules, standing 15.. 3hands and weigh
ing from 1900 to 1850 pounds. are capa.
BILE of doing more work per day ana
doing it more effectively, than the small
cotton mules previously used. The
southern farmer is, now won over to
the use Of larger itype animals Tor
farm work. Ht..s
$50 long as cotton, sugar and tohac-
c6 crops, however, maintain their pres
emf profitableness, the south will hard
w let its acreage go to pasture. 1t will
huv its work animals out of the horse
and mule producing states, OF which
Iowa is the center, and where the rails
ing of good work animals will be CORE
spondingly profitable"
-[F1-
Canker worms are working on the
foliage of apple trees and elm trees IN
some sections of: !the state, according
to Secretary Hedrick. of the state nor
ticultural department They can be
controlled he states, by an arsenate.of-
lead spray, using one half pound of ar
senate of lead, .or three pounds of the
paste to fifty ngallons of water. Al
though it is late ito spray against these
insects, much can still be accomplished.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-06-30
HIGH LAND PRICES CUT
INCOME

That the high prices paid for Iowa
land during the land boom of the past
year are not justified on the basis o.:
income from the land is the conclu-
sion from an investigation of land val
ues in 60 Iowa counties conducted by
the United States Department OF Agri-
culture in cooperation with Iowa State
College.
,, The survey shows that at the high
level OF prices it is impossible for any
but the exceptional farmer to make 4
return of more than 3 per cent on his
capitalization. During 1919 land val
ues increased on an average Of $63 or
80 per cent an acre, a bigger increase
than during the so years from 1850 to
1900.
Figures on 1,414 farm sales between
January 1st and September 18th were
collected in the investigation and were
supplemented with data on incomes on
400 selected farms.
Only about 10 per cent of 1OWa'S
farms changed hands during the boom
and more than half of the buyers were
farmers. If the percentage of income
from the land were considered, hOWcv-
er, farmers would do better to sell at
the high prices than to buy. as invest
mcntS of other sorts would return a
better per cent Of profit. A further
efforts of tenants to buy farms.
-[Fl--
. Never in the history of Crawford,
county have crops looked more prom,
Using. Corn, and oats are in splendid
condition.; a large share OF the oats is
headed at this time; barley never look
ed better; the corn has an exceptional
color, and the fields are for the most
part free from weeds and morning SlOr-
les. Pastures are in the best OF Condi-
ton. timothy and clover hay is making
a fine crop: alfalfa was never better.
Favorable weather has been q great
blessing to the farmers, and men and
women on the farms are working hard
day after day blowing corn. haying and
looking after gardens. There, is no
eight hour day with the farmers during
this SaaSone Of the year. They.4.are in
the fields early and late, and no time
is lost. Livestock is looking at its best,
and everything promises an abundance
in yield.'
1t is; understood that M. Ferdinand
R;inniger. of DeniSon, is to become the
manager OF the Farmers Union rclcVn-
tor at DcnisOn, and he will take his
position july first. Mr.. Chas. Menagh
who has been manager of the elevator
ever since it was established some six
years ago has resigned in order to give
his Dakota land interests his Undivided
attention. Mr.. Menagh has built up a
splendid business for his concern, and
many of the patrons will regret his
leaving. Mr.. RannigCr is n well known
farmer and stock raiser, is FAMILIAR
with the wants of the farmers, and will
no doubt make a good man for the po-
sition Of manager of the elevator.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-06-30
II
HOWARD SAYS 1T

Speaking before Il special meeting OF
friends of agriculture at the scmi-ccn
tennial celebra ton of Iowa State col
lege, Pres. j. r.: Howard of the Amer
lean Farm Bureau Federation, said tina;
it would be the part of wisdom for Iowa
farmers to enlarge the work of the ag
rcultural experiment station through
increased cooperation and support. u
"The farmers of Iowa never made a
better investment" said Mr.. Howard
than they made in their land grant
college and experiment station, 1t has
literally meant millions of dollars to
them" He illustrated his point by Il
reference to the two new varieties OF
oats, the Iowa 1913 and Iowa 1O5 orig
mated by the experiment station ut
AmeS some years ago, which are an
nually making the oats crop worth at
least a million dollars more. THAT one
item alone" said Howard. '.is practical.
ly enough to pay the entire bill of the
state college every year.
-[Fl-
a G. A. Oldsen, living in section &c.
Clinton township, Sac county, is max
ing some wonderful improvements to
his already well improved farm. This
farm is located OH the fine gravelcd
road between Odeholt and Lake View,
and is greatly admired by all who pass
that way. Just now Workmen are busy
building two new buildings. one Il barn
at Il cost of $4,000. and the other u corn
crib and granary with elevator at Il
cost of $4,000. The buildings are con.
structed of glazed hollow tile and are
covered with asbestos shingles, and are
absolutely 6reproof. The barn is one
Of the largest in Sac county. Other re-
cent improvements consist of 4 large
cement silo. A few years ago Mr.. Old
sen built substantial farm house, all
modern, and the grounds surrounding
the house are so well kept, the lawn
so well trimmed and the shrubbery so
clean, that the entire place compares
most favorably with tn" best kept city
property. Mr.. Oldscn is a breeder of
pure bred ShorthOrn cattle and has a
large number of head on the place this
season. Recently he took out an in
surance policy of 2.o03, dating from
June | and for q period of five years.
The policy covers the buildings of the
place and also the fine herd of cattle.
I'M
One of the largest land deals in Sioux
county was closed last week. Ed Dur
band and VIM. Nicholson, of StrubIc,
sold the farm known as the Whitman
farm, located q mile west of Gran
vile, TO John Ney for the sum of SALE
an acre. The farm. which is a fraction
al square section cut by the railroad,
brought $257 900.