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Evening star., 1952-03-02
By A. c. Borrett

Past President. Potomac Rose Society
There are several well-known
ways Of planting roses, any one of
which win probably give the home
gardener quite satisfactory plant
growth and bloom production, de-
pending on the varieties chosen.
The planting conditions can usu-
ally be narrowed down to two.
The roses will be planted in a
location where it is necessary to
make a new bed or in already es-
tablished Deeds or spots where
requirements are being made.
Preparation Of the soil for a
rose bed should be made prior to
the actual time of planting, in
order to allow the soil to settle.
II the. ground can be worked a
month before planting, tn e
chances for the rose bush to settle
below the proper ground level
have been reduced substantially.
In digging the soil for the rose
bed, dig the entire surface one
shovel deep, 8 to IL inches, laying
the soil to one side beyond the
limits of the bed. Now dig out the
second layer of soil of the same
approximate depth and put this
soil on another side from that
first removed.
Put the first soil or top soil
that was removed in the bottom
and at the same time, some well
composed material or well rotted
stable manure, Is per cent in
volume, should be worked into
this layer together with bone meal
at the rate of / pound to 10 square
feet Of bed surface. The balance
Of the soil may now be put back
and with this should be incor-
porated more well composted ma
terial or well rotted stable manure,
adding superphosphate at the
same rate as the bone meal in
the first layer Of soil. If the bed
has not been prepared more than
a week in advance Of the proposed
the surface of the bed
should be tread to settle the soil.
For Replacement.
In spot or replacement planting,
dig a hole Is or 18 inches in di-
ameter and Of the same depth.
If the soil IS heavy clay, a shovel
full Of sand or of humus of some
sort can be mixed with the soil
before replacing it in the hole
Put enough Of the soil back in
the hole to form cone after you
have mixed a handful Of bone
Evening star., 1952-03-02

meal with it. Also mix a handful
of superphosphate in the soil re-
naming outside of the hole so
that it will be ready to use. The
cone is made to spread the roots
of the bush when placed in plant
ing position, which means that
the point where the lowest cane
come of the main stalk should
be at ground level when the nec-
essary amount of soil is put back
in the hole.
The same planting procedure
is used in the newly-made bed
with the exception of the use of
bone meal and superphosphate,
which were mixed in the soil and
will not need to be added at the
time of planting.
Now that you have tried the
Evening star., 1952-03-02
Protecting the Bush.

After the water has settled be-
low the surface. if you can see
holes around the roots, put in
enough more soil to fill the holes
Evening star., 1952-03-02

roots of the bush over the cone
to get the proper height of the
cane for the final setting, put in
enough soil over the roots to fill
the hole within 2 inches of the
top. At this point. some people
tread the soil over the roots be-
fore putting a 10 or II quart
pail of water in the hole to settle
the soil around the roots, elimi-
mating air pockets. I personally
have experienced broken roots
and resulting root trouble from
this method. I prefer not to tread
the soil at all, but settle the soil
in the hole by water alone. Roses
can be successfully planted in
mud, in which case water would
not be needed, or treading neces-
Sary.
Valley frontiersman., 1952-01-24
WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER
BY MARY LEE COUNCIL r, l.. (Hobl Bartlett. Aiaska's Delec

| the progress Southerners have made in solving the great racial and economic problems that have saddled them So long.
 That makes it easy 10 under. stand why some Southern lead CTS have become resentfui and suspicious, and why some South. ern congressman have come to the point where they see a dis guised threat to the South in every new proposal,
 "A few. unfortunately, take that attitude toward statehood for Alaska and Hawaii. There is even talk of filibuster by South err senators to prevent those bills from coming to vote.
 They fear that the votes of four new senators from Alaska and Hawaii might be cast at some future time in favor of such proposals as an FEPC law and civil rights, bitterly opposed in the South.
 Tn this case, the Southerners are seeing things under the bed.
 Nowhere on earth do peoples of different racial ancestry live in as much peace and harmony ass in Hawaii not because any law commands it. but because that is the Hawaiian way of life. It is also the way of life which all good Americans seek.
 Tn fact a few years ago an FEPC law was introduced in the Hawaiian legislature. It was de- feated, because the legislators felt that it would encourage re- cial antagonisms.
 alaska admittedly has ra- cial problem, with its minority of Eskimos and Indians, but has made great progress toward solv- ing it--again, not by laws, but by schools, hospitals and other peaceful methods of helping these native people live better.
 "The right of Alaska and Ha- waii to statehood has nothing to do with the quarrel between the South and it's critics. It would require tortuous reasoning in deed to portray the peoples of those territories as 'anti-Southern --on the contrary, they share with the South desire for freer trade, for their own industries, and for
Valley frontiersman., 1952-01-24

building their own economics a make them less dependent on dc. ciSions made in New York and Washington.
 There Is nothing under the bed here. The people of Alaska and Hawaii are good Americans who have served their appren. ficcship. They deserve the full citizenship that only statehood can give them"
 Reports On Bills
 Life time appointments of judges of the United States Dist rict Court for Alaska would be provided under the terms Of one of the bills which has the approy- ll of the Administrative Office of United States Courts and the De. partment of Justice. If enacted, Delegate Bob Bartlett's bill would accord the same tenure of office to Alaska judges as is allowed judges of the United States dist rict courts in the continental Uni ted States. At the present time district judges in the Territory are appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate for four-year terms.
 The Catholic Society of Alaska would be permitted to purchase 40 acres of land south of the junc- ton of the Glenn and Richardson Highways for use as a mission site under the terms of the sec ond bill favorably reportd by the
Valley frontiersman., 1952-01-24

year and SIG million for the Al aska public works program whlen got under way during the laSo fiscal year.
 Postal Deliveries
 Ketchikan. Juneau and Fair. banks are scheduled shortly to join Anchorage in having deli very mail service. Assistant Post master General Lawler told Dele. gate Bartlett this week in in- forming the Delegate that the re commentators he has long urg ed have been approved by the Post Office Department.
 Three delivery routes for let ter mail have been authorized for both Juneau and Ketchikan, with seven delivery routes ap proved for Fairbanks. Tn addition to delivery to all homes within the three cities. three parcel post routes at Fairbanks covering the majority of the city will be inaue urated
 Coast Guard
 The i7th Coast Guard District will have new director in March when Captain William W. Kenner succeeds Rear Admiral Joseph Greenspun as commander of the Alaska headquarters. ac- cording to information given Delegate Bartlett this week.
 Captain Kenner, who served in Alaska waters in the sos, is now Assistant Chief of the Coast Guards Office of Personnel in the
Valley frontiersman., 1952-01-24
Delegate Files

Delegate Bartlett has filed for nomination as Democratic candi- date for reelection to the United States House of Representatives seeking his fifth term to represent Alaska in the Congress.
 Elected as Delegate Co Con gross from the Territory m i944. Delegate Bartlett was relected n 1916, i945 and 1850
 Alaska Statehood
 In rapid order this week the President assured Delegate Bart lett that he is still in there punch ing for statehood for Alaska and Hawaii, the Senate Democratic Policy Committee scheduled the Alaska statehood bill as third on the agenda for Senate censidera- ton and the Chief Executive s State of the Union message deliv- cred to a joint meeting ef the Congress urged prompt adoption of the statehood bills.
 It is expected that the Senate bill calling for Alaska statehood will be placed before the Senators the week of January 20 shortly following consideration of the Home Rule bill for the District of Columbia. The Senate version, sponsored by l9 Democratic and Republican Senators, was report ed favorably to the upper house last May.
 Pm glad" President Truman stated to the members of Cong ress, to hear that home rule for he District of Columbia will be the first item of business before the Senate. I hope that it. as well as statehood for Hawaii and Alas ka, will be adopted promptly"
 Nothing Under The Bed"
 The Alaska and Hawaii state hood bills are receiving nation wide support from leading news papers following announcement shat the enabling legislation will soon be considered by the Senate.
 The Scripps-HoWard papers strong advocates of statehood carried the following lead editor ial this week on this subject:
 The South has been much put upon by critics who blame 1t for everything wrong with Amer lca, and refuse to recognize any of
Valley frontiersman., 1952-01-24

Interior Department. The trae; pf land included in the blll con. fliets with proposed iownsite de. velopment and the Interior Dc. partmeni has proposed anosher tract, which. 1t is understood. would be satisfactory for the pur- poses required.
 The University of Alaska. un. der the third bill, would be per. mitted to issue leases for lands reserved for its benefit for oe ,ears instead of the l0-year max mum period now in effect under I law passed in 1915.
 Alaska Appropriations
 Over a billion dollars have been appropriated for Alaska during he past seven fiscal years. ac- ,ording to figures compiled by Delegate Bartlett.
 The total of $l,l03,365.296, ex- elusive of military funds for the 946 fiscal year which were then held secret, includes the major appropriations of $572,06l, ,79l for Army, Air Force and Navy con- struction. Sl02, ,642, 500 for road construction, $7l,500.000 for re- construction and rehabilitation of the Alaska Railroad beginning in the l948 fiscal year, $4,885, l29 for control and investigation of di- sease in Alaska inaugurated in the l949 fiscal year. S1,945, 5,880 for the agricultural research pro- 5ram started in the l947 fiscal
Valley frontiersman., 1952-01-24

Washington iFesdauartcTs. MrS Kenner and their daughter. Hllda Mary. uill join Captain kenner in Juneau
 Admiral Greenspun ~iil return io Washington.
 Visitors
 Mir. and Mrs. Don L. Tram of Palmer are Washington visitors Mir. Irwin Is Director Of the Alas ka Agricultural Experiment Sta ton al Palmer.
Valley frontiersman., 1952-01-24
YOU W4NTH

Here Is your invitation to test drive the automotive engineering triumph of the year-the great 1852 Pontiac with Dual-R0nge performance!
 No description can give you com plete understanding of the spectacular performance built into this new Pontiac. Only your own hands at the wheel, your own foot on the accel- orator can tell this great story-for there has never before been driving like this!
 Just set the new Dual Range Hydra Matte in the Traffic Range and feel Pontiac's hieh-compression engine whisk you out in front with the most
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-06-15

WIRE-TIE BALER featuring exclusive
pIunger drive design is announced by
New Idea Farm Equipment Co. The
plunger is pulled instead of pushed by
two connecting rods attached outside
baling chamber. Offered with either
mounted engine or power take-off.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-06-15

FENCE CONTROLLER controls out
put according to drain on line and in
dictates with green light the intermit-
tant timing of discharges. If fence be-
come shorted, on-periods increase, and
if fence line is shorted, a red lamp
CLOVIS. Made by International Electric
Co.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-06-15

MILKING MACHINE improvement an
nounced by the Universal Milking Ma
chine Division is said to prevent mois-
ture condensation from airIines from
getting in to milk. A deep well in the
lid collects condensed moisture and
keeps it far below the check valve.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-06-15

LIoUIJECToR is new tractor-drawn
machine designed for direct applica-
ton of liquid anhydrous ammonia by
injection beneath the soil surface. AM
monia fertilizer is applied from a 100
gallon pressure tank to depth of
to 10 inches under constant, pump reg
ulated pressure. Made by Dempster
Mill Mfg. Co.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-06-15

EXPANSION CONTROL for twine
binding balers automatically produces
bales of uniform size and density re-
gardless of toughness of growth and as
sures unbroken bales, according to the
makers, Henderson Mfg. Co.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-06-15

freight the farmers rich and varied produce
every America thus giving him truly nationwide market
good farmers eoeryUhee that today the Average
freight train carrying freight and carrying faster than
beore This record that spasses the peak World W0r
By almost 25S.
Of this record didn't just happen In the past years the
railroads have spent billion dollars improvements and
equipment Of all kinds 100000 and better freight $4,000
and better locomotives improved tracks, signals yards and
repair shops.
This continuing billion dollar program will
able farmers and railroads better Job of supplying
America with the food feed and fibre needs stay strong and fee
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-06-15

Anywhere from Maine California, families may down
good bread made from this wheat of That's because have
railroads carry my the mills and then take the -four any
place the country And in providing this big wide market for
farmers the railroads help that the counys wefed tool
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1952-03-29

Wrangell (R)-A fire wiped
out more than half of Wran-
CELLS business section last
Saturday, destroying 20 frame
buildings and a residence per-
ched on pilings along the
towns main street.
The damage was estimated
to be close to a million dollars.
Eighty-five persons were made
homeless before the flames
were brought under control.
The fire ragged for approx
mately four hours.
Crews of two Coast Guard
Cutters joined firemen in the
fight. The blaze started In a
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1952-03-29
Briggs Returns
From Trip

! Maurice L. Briggs, Kodiak S
postmaster, returned home
Saturday after spending seve-
raj weeks in the states. While
outside he visited his home
town, Greenfield, Iowa. after
an absence of so years.
While in Greenfield he at
tended the 50th anniversary
of the Clara Chapel church, in
the old neighborhood in which
he spent his boyhood. He met
a number of his old friends
there. During his stay there
he was the guest of Walter
Piper in Richland townsite.
He and the Piper boys for
merly lived on neighboring
farms.
To arrive for the 50th an
niversary of the church was
an Odyssey for Briggs. He
! flew from Kodiak to Seattle
and rode a bus from Seattle to
Omaha. He went by train from
Omaha to Creston and took a
taxi from there to Greenfield
arriving in time for the SER
vice.
The church Briggs attended
was the one in which his
mother and father had their
membership.
Briggs also visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth Briggs, his son
and daughter-in-law, and
grandchildren in California.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1952-03-29
Fire Sweeps WrangelI;
Loss Set At Million

hardware store when a boiler
exploded.
Mayor George Beck of
Ketchikan offered support of
that town in caring for the
homeless. Governor Ernest
Gruening and Beck were due
to arrive in town. A plane
was reported bringing Red
Cross supplies to aid victims
of the fire.
Dynamiting Of buildings in
the path of the raging blaze
failed to- stem it's advance.
Not until the collapse of the
only hotel in town was the
fire controlled.
Only one casualty was re-
ported. Cpl. Darrell Miller,
ACS, was hit on the head by a
flying timber following the
dynamiting. His injury was
not serious.
The entire water side of the
towns single business street
was a scene of destruction.
For four blocks the narrow
beach was Uttered with the
smouldering remains of build
ings.
Every able bodied man tur-
ned out to fight the fire which
was the worst since 1906 when
the buildings on the land side
of the street were destroyed.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1952-03-29
Cannon After
Clam Contract

Pat Cannon, president of
the United Fishermen of A
laska, AFL, left this week for
Aberdeen, Washington to
negotiate a CLAIR contract with
representatives of G. P. Hal
ferty Company for the 1852
season.
Cannon will confer with
representatives of the Alaska
Salmon Industry while in
Washington regarding the
coming fishing season. he said
Wednesday. He expects to be
gone one week.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1952-03-29
Lawrence Larsen
browns

Funeral services for Law
renee Larsen, %, were held
March 18 at Larsen Bay. Lar
sen was accidentally drowned
March Is, around $50 pm
while attempting to change a
shear pin on an cupboard
motor.
His body was discovered
under an overturned 12-foot
skiff by Mr.. and Mrs. William
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1952-03-29
Lamn1es Scheduled
To Sail Today

Mr.. and Mrs. William Lam
me are scheduled to sail today
from Seattle for Paris, via the
Orient, for a year abroad.
Since they left Kodiak a
month ago they have been
visiting relatives in Caldwell,
Idaho, and Eugene, Ore, and
have also spent some time in
Portland and Seattle.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1952-03-29
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lager.
Lawrence Larsen was porn
at Larsen Bay on July 10
1928. He spent most Of his life
on Kodiak Island. He is sur
vived by his mother, Mrs.
Fanny Hughes, his step
father, William Hughes, two
sisters, Ellen Carlson and
Emma Larsen and two
brothers.
The Palisina, ASC freighter'
was in and out port at Kodiak
Naval Station this week.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1952-03-29

Eric Blankenburg, owner of
the Kodiak Jewelry Co.. is in
Seattle and Auburn on bust
ness.
Evening star., 1952-05-11

but there were little things that woman would have
noticed that the man didn't even see. Her plaid
coat which had been hung in the little steel closet 50
that the back was to the door, had been turned 50
the buttons were toward the door. A little thing,
but significant thing which had been the first to
catch her attention, leaving her, for the moment,
cold and numb. Now, seated in the club car, she
strove to maintain an attitude of outward calm by
critically inspecting her hands, Actually she was
taking stock of the men who were in the car.
Her problem was complicated by the fact that she
was compactly formed young woman, with smooth
lines, clear eyes, complete quota of curves, and,
under ordinary circumstances latent smile always
quiverng at the corners of her mouth 1t was there
fore, only natural that every male animal in the
club car sat up and took notice.
The fat man across the aisle who held magazine
in his pudgy hands was not reading. He sat like
Buddha, motionless his halfclosed lazy-lidded eyes
fixed upon some imaginary horizon far beyond the
confines of the car yet she felt those eyes were
taking sreptitious interest in everything she did,
There was something sinister about him, from the
big diamond on the middle finger of his right hand
to the rather ornate twentyfve-dolar cravat which
Evening star., 1952-05-11

begged for attention above the bulging expanse Of
his vest.
Then there was the man in the chair on her right.
He hadn't spoken to her but she knew that he was
going to, waiting only for an opportunity to make
his remark sound like the casual comment of fellow
passenger.
He was in his late twenties bronzed by exposure,
steely-blue of eye. His mouth held the firmness of
man who has learned to command first himself and
then Others
L HE train lurched. The mans hand reached for
the glass on the little stand between them. He
glanced apprehensively at her skirt.
Sorry" he said.
1T didn't spill, she replied almost automatically
IN lower the danger point, " he said, raising the
glass to his lips. Going all the way through"
T.. .er .er yes"
I'm getting off at six O'Clock in cold Wyoming
morning"
For moment her panic-numbed brain failed to
appreciate the full significance of his remark, then
she experienced sudden surge of relief. Here then,
was one man whom she could trust She knew that
the man who had searched her baggage hadn't found
Evening star., 1952-05-11
fIcoN o Woman snes in 'sSts tSs e1aS haS tnf ess

ever known panic - not merely
fear but the real panic which parayzes the senses.
That had been in the mountains when she had
tried to take short cut to camp When she realized
she was lost there was sudden overpowerng desire
to run What was left of her sanity warned her, but
panic made her feel that only by fight could she
escape the menace of the unknown. The silent
mountains, the somber woods had suddenly become
enemies. leering in hostility. Only by running did
she feel she could escape by running - the very
worst thing she could have done.
Now, surrounded by the luxury of crack trans
continental train she again experienced that same
panic Once more there was that overpowering de-
sire to run.
Someone had searched her compartment while
she had been at dinner She knew it was man. He
had tried to leave things just as he had found them,
" AUTHOR! A recent Gallup Poll proved
Erie Stanley Gardner Americas most popular
mystery writer. His Pocket Book editions alone
have sold more than forty-six million copies.
, 1952-04-08
Cutholic Students
Now Eligible for
HATS. Scholarship

Students of the Roman
Catholic schools Of St. Croix,
|St. Mary's of Christiansted
and st. Patrick's Of Frederik-
sted, are now eligible to take
the tests along with the public
schools for the Hands Across
the Sea Scholarship it was
made known recently by the
Committee.
The Fund" was originally
intended for the combined
Virgin Islands, the money
raised in each Municipality
was matched BY funds raised
on the mainland. Only the st.
Croix Committee continues to
function, however. The money
raised is matched by funds
raised BY a New York group
headed BY Mrs. Marie Poston,
The Pledge is a $1,000 scholar
ship for each pupil.
Two students have thus far
been beneficiaries, Lloyd Abel
and Gladys Richardson, both
of whom are studying on the
mainland.
Examinations will be given
for the next contest shortly.
Papers for this examination
are sent from the mainland
Mrs. Ann Holland is chair
man Of the Special Com
mittee.
, 1952-04-08
Speeders Get Ten
DoIlur Fine; Youths
License Suspended

EEE Eco
Sitting for the second time
in Christiansted yesterday,
Judge Moorhead imposed a
$40. fine on Ezekiel Williams
for speeding; a youth still
attending school lost his Ii
cense for 4 stipulated period.
Judicial mercy was shown the
youth to avoid giving him a
record Both were racing
along the highway and failed
to notice that Police Director
Davis had been looking with
displeasure upon their perfor-
mances.
Cyril Maynard received a
SO. fine for having an UNI
! sensed gun. The charge was
! oed .0ainst him BY Ser
ant 2laskett.
, 1952-04-08
Contest for Queen
the Edster" Ends
Tomorrow Night

The annual contest to select
the Queen q the Easter" will
close officially tomorrow night
at 3 o'clock and the votes will
be counted at the Christian
sted Grammar School Annex
Immediately after, the Library
COMMITTEES announced.
The three contestants are:
Ana Della Brignoni, Ruth
and Ana Mcneil. The
one receiving the highest mum
Der Of votes will be declared
winner and will be crowned at
10 o'clock at the jungle Casino
at a dance on Saturday night
April IL.