GREAT DEMONSTRATION OF
ALASKA'S AGRICULTURAL
POSSIBILITIES AT FAIR
gangway's Fourth Annual Horti
cultural Fair was -held Saturday
aui\ it was a record breaker as a
demcustration of agricultural pos
sibilities in Alaska.
Practically every vegetable
known to the gardens of Oregon,
Washington and California was
represented by perfect specimens,
tno equal in size and quality of
the best that are grown anywhere.
Fotatces, turnips, carrots, beets,
&ugur beets, onious, rutabagas, fcoi
oribi, oyster plant, radishes and
other edible roots were there in
large quantity and showing the
laoet perfect development possible
anywhere. Potatoes, clean suiooth
skiuueti and uniform in size, shape
and quality were shown from many
gardens, the majority of them
weighing 1 pound and over, and
rnauv being slightly over 1& lbs.
Turnips were there ia all sizes
from a half pound to 12^ pounds.
Ke>J blood beets in perfect form
weighing up to 2% pounds, ware
numerous, and sugar beets tipping;
the scales between seven and eight:
pounds were said by their exhibitors
tc bo only about half grown, the
fair being held too early in the
Beason to show them at their best.
Tomatoes, cucumbers, lemon cu
cumbers, peas, beans, peppers, rhu
barb, celery, lettuce, Brussels
sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, pars
ley, mint—all of highest quality,
wer« shown in many pleasing dis
plays, much to the bewilderment of |
the judges and the delight of all
visitors. The cabbage head ^hich
took the prize weighed 30 pounds.
Dale Cowen brought in a bean
6talk which had climbed to the
top ol a pole 13feet above the
grojnd and started down again,
loaded its entire length with bean
penis r&nging In length from 3 Vi to
SK; inches. These beans are of
the striuglees ••Kentucky Won
der" variety, the vines of which
usually grow to a length of about
eight feet in their native state.
Iioy Gault exhibited some 11 ft.
raspberry vines (one season's
growth), together with raspberries
and jell.
The biggest cucumber shown,
which was -J2& inches long and
weighed 2V& pounds, came from
H. JL>. Clark's farm. Mr. Clark's dis
play allowed 27 varieties of vege
tables iu perfect development, which
ought to satisfy anyone of the op
portunity for diversified farming in
this district.
One notable exhibit was that
sent in from Atlin by E. L. Pillman,
showing purple top turnips up to
12 pounds each, yellow turnips
up to pounds, red beets up
to 214 pounds and carrots, purs
uits and potatoes of medium size.
There were many other displays
worthy of extended description
which canDot be given in this issue
o? the Daily Alaskan because of
lack of space.
The prizes for vegetables and
miscellaneous exhibits were:
General vegetable display:
Prize Awards, 11)15 Fair.
1—H. D. Clark, $10.00.
2—W. W. Wills, $5.00.
3—C. O. Walker, $3.00.
4—Roy Gait, $2.00.
Best celery:
II. D. Clark, $2.00.
Best potato:
Divided equally between,
Jack Phelps, $1.00.
D. X. Hukill, $1.00.
Best rhubarb:
Mr?. W. C. Ulanchard, $2.00.
Best tomatoes.:
II. D. Clark, $2.00.
Be?t cucumbers:
W. W. Wills, $2.00.
Special award first apple matured
in Alaska:
•Mr. Anway, Haines, $3.00.
Miscellaneous vegetable exhibits:
C. Brockmiller, honorable men-!
ticn. 41 i
E. L. Pillman, Atlin, honorable
mention.
Most original exhibit:
Mrs. i'ngefroren, "Doll Family,"
$3.0o.
Dairy products:
Mrs. II. D. Clark, $2.00.
Best exhibit chickens:
Mrs. G. V. Zinkan, $2.00.
Preserved jellies:
Mrs. Roy Gault, $2.00.
Best general display needlework:
I.r.difs Auxiliary, Methodist
church, $3.00.
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THE ALLAN LINER HESPERIAN
SUNK fl IRISH SEA
London, Sept. 6—The Allan liner
Hesperian, a twin screw steamer of
10,900 tons, bound from Liverpool
to Montreal, was attacked without
warning oft the Irish coast at dusk
on Saturda" night by a German sub
marine. Although the torpedo
found the mark aimed at, the
steamer remained afloat until all
of the three hundred and fifty pas
sengers who were aboard and the
crew of three hundred were saved.
Montreal, Sept. 6—The Allan lin
er Hesperian, which left Liverpool
for this port on Friday, Sept. 3d,
with three hundred and fifty pas
sengers and a crew of three hun
dred, had no guns on board.
Qubenstown, Sept. 6—The pas
sengers and crew of the steamship
Hesperian of the Allan line arrived
hero this morning. They report
that the force of the explosion when
tie torpedo struck the steamer was
terrific, but no one saw the subma
| rint that It is thought was respon
sible for the disaster.
London, Sept. G—Later advices
Just received from the scene of the
attack on the Allan liner Hesper
lau slate that the Captain tried
iti vain to 'reach Queenstown with
the disabled vessel, but that she
sunk before the journey could be
accomplished in water so deep that
it will prevent investigation into
wh-ther the steamship was tor
pedoed bv a German submarine or
struck a floating mine. Most of
the passengers are either English
or Canadian.
Amsterdam, Sept. 6—It is an
nounced in advices received hero
this morning that Germany will
deny the torpedoing, of the 6team
shio Hesperian, as German, subma
rine) commanders have been no
tified by the war department to
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Best embroidery work:
Miss Mary Patterson, $2.00.
Best lace work:
Mrs. E. W. Achison, $2.00.
rt.-st crochet work:
Mrs. J. W. Shearer, $2.00.
Mrs. Uugefroren, honorable men
tion.
Special prizes:
Mavis Huklll, rabbit skiu robe,
$2.00.
Jac'f Phelps, American flag of
sweet peas and daisies, $2.00.
Fred Fickardt, Mexican burros,
"Jinuy Maud" and "Rag-time
Joe," $2.00.
Fisher Blend flour contest:
Best pie. No. 13, Golden North
Cafe, one sack flour..
Beet cake. No. 2, Mre. L. H.
Pedersen, one sack flour.
Best bread, No. 14—Mrs. W. C.
Bluuchard, one sack flour.
Special prize largest cabbage:
C. O. Walker, $5.00 merchandise
donated by J. F. Anderson.
Mushroom exhibit:
Mrs. Ungefrorne, honorable men
tion. ,
FLOWER SHOW
The flower show was a grand ar
ray of the most beautiful blossoms
imaginable aud in almost ondless
variety, fairly rivaling the best
taat could be shown in the sunny
south.
Asters in many colors, gladioli,
dahlias, sweet poas. pansies, poppieB,
grass pinks, marigold, snap dTa
gons and roses predominated while
petunias, verbenas, nasturtiums,
coxcomb, mylopia and many others
added to the glory and gorgeous
nesg of *he array.
Will Blanchard and Fred Weber
carried off th« championship honors,
as anyone who knows their beauti
ful gardens would expect, but there
were several others well up in the
running.
The prizes awarded in this de
partment were as follows:
General flower display:
1—Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Weber,
$10.00
2—Mr. and Mra. W. C. Blanchnrd,
$5.1)0.
3—Mr. Frank Page, $3.00.
4—Mrs. H. D. Clark, $2.00.
Best display of sweet peas:
Mrs. F. J. Van de Wall, $2.00.
Best display of Dahlias:
Mr. F. J. Weber, $2.00.
Best display of pansies:
Mrs. F. J. Van de Wall, $2.00.
Display of potted house plants;
1—Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Blancli
ard $5 00.
2—Mr. and Mra. F. J. Weber,
$3:00.
SCHOOL EXHIBIT
The exhibit of the public school,
which occupied over half of the sec
ond floor of tha fair building was
very creditable. Here the children
had gathered together a miniature
world's fair, including in their dis
plays not only flowers and veg
etables, but curios, drawings, paint
ings, books, fancy work of all kinds,
cooking and manual training exhi
bits and several kinds of live
stock.
Prizes awarded to them were as
follows:
Original exhibits:
Baby carriage robe, Mavis Hu
kill, $1.00.
Scrap book of war pictures, Fred
Blanchard, $1.00.
Pressed leaves and flowers, Bea
trice Olson, $1.00.
(Continued on page 4.)
OF
STATE REVOLTS
Vera Cruz, Sept. 7—The major
part of the population of the state
of Tobasco, Mexico, has revolted
against the rule of Governor Colo
rado, an adherent of Carranza, and
the chief of police stationed at
S>n Juan Bautiste haa been killed.
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GEN. CARRANZA ORDERS REMOVAL
TROOPS FROM BANKS RIO GRANDE
Brownsville, Texas, Sept. 6—Gen
eral Carranza has ordered the re
moval of the Mexican troops un
der hia command from their po
sition along the Rio Grande banks
so that his men will not desert
and join the bands of raiders that
are now terrorizing the isolated
and unprotected ranchmen on the
American side of the international
boundary.
Seven Mexicans were killed in a
battle Saturday afternoon between
Texas rangers, on the American
side of the border line, and Mexi
cans believed to have been Carran
za soldiers, on the Mexican side of
the Rio Grande, near old Hidalgo,
Texas.
There were forty Mexicans in the
original attacking party, who fired
across the xirer at Texas ranchmen,
near where the fight was in the
afternoon. No one on the
American side was killed.
Nine more Mexican bandits were
killed by American p.06ses in ithe
ivcinity of San Benito on Friday
and Saturday.
Over a hundred shots were fired
at a United States army aeroplane
by Mexicans, late Saturday after
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PROGRESS OF EUROPEAN WAR
10LD IN BRIEF DISPATCHES
- - ■ ■ ■ * -a
Copenhagen, Sept. 7 — German
warships fire reported to have re
entered the Gulf of Riga and the
Russians are said to be fleeing.
The Russians aro alo reported to
have evacuated Dago Island, at
the entrance of the Gulf of Finland.
London, Sept. 7 — The Harrison
liner Dictator is reported to have
been sunk while bound from Brazil
to Liverpool. Her crew of forty are
said to have landed without loss of
life.
Paris, Sept. 7—The Czar is re
ported to have taken supreme com
mand of the Russian armies in
person.
Poston, Sept. 7—The third con
s'gument of gold and securities
from England arrived here today,
and is valued at eighty millions of
dollars.
Berlin, Sept. 7—The Germans
have lust completed a gigantic bi
plane capable of carrying eight men
at a speed of 100 miles an hour.
The biplane is now being put to a
practical test and should It prove
to he ud to the standard claimed
for it, will likely supersede the
Zeppelin. • 'fjjijji ;
The Turkish torpedo destroyer,
Yarhissar, has been sunk in the
Sea of Marmora.
An allied submarine, with its
crew, has been captured by the
Turks and several papers were
found which claim that the al
lies submarine policy Is unchanged.
Field Marshal Von Mackensen,
according to late advices, has cap
tured Drohyozin and Chomik and
is now within thirty miles of Pinsk
TAFT ATTACKS
WILSON POLICY
San Francisco, Sept. 7—Former j
President W. H. Taft In a speech,
delivered here last night attacked
the administration policy In the
Philippines and said the election of
Governor Harrison, a Tammany con
gressman of long standing, and the
passage o£ the Jones bill, will com
plete the demoralization of the
democratic party.
Ijos Angeles, Sept. 7—Governor
H W. Johnson, progressive, of
this state, in a labor day speech
la this city yesterday attacked ex
President Taft and said that the
stand-pat republicans continue to
live in the past and are complete
ly bewildered by the onward sweep
of the democrats.
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