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gust 29th. PJ23. at the psstoftioe at
TokQtna, Alaska, under t.he Act of
March k, 1879.
T;dkulna. \laska_ Apr if 21, 1926.
RICHER 111 FRANK IN EARLY
LIFE EV1NVEO V GREAT l.OVK
FOR FORTH I'ETl R VI. WORK
Santa Rosa, Calif.—Early in life
Luther Burbank, famous horticultur
ist, who died ai his home, here on
A pril 11, evinced a great love for
growing things, selecting plants
rather tha nanimals as his pets. His
first notable, success was ^.achieved at
the age of 22, win n he happened to
find a seed ball ot' the Early Rose po
tato, which rarely bears seed. From
this he developed the world-famous
Burbank*, that has spread to every
portion of the globe and. which is
said to nxer*. a greater influence upon
the food supply of humanity than any
other single food plant.
Soon after breeding- this potato,
winch brought him neither fame nor
money at \ e time, Burbank moved
to California, where ne obtained em
ployment as a farm hand. He con
tinued as a laborer until able to ac
quire a . mall farm ip the town of
Santa Rosa, .soma fifty miles north of
San- Francisco. With..this small be
ginning he undertook.the -.cries of ex
periments which long he. 1 been up
permost. in. has mind-, T; creaftev his
work was continuous and tireless, oc
■upying nearly foagtaJCp hours a day
on t,he average.
Burbank was horn at Lancaster,
.Mass., March 7. IS i' , son of Samuel
ami; Chive (Rossi of English and
Scotch ancestry. lie .v s the thir
t.eiith of fifteen children born on his
father’-* doO-acre farm, lie attended
the Lancaster Academe, from which
he was an honor gradual .
Next to 1 he potato- th - accomplish
ment which brought tii i fame to
Burbank was the spine.ess cactus,
whereby he turned a worthless d sort
growth into a valuable forage and
fruiting plant. In recog cion of this
work he received in l'.i 1 a United
States’ grant, Congress under special
act turning over 7.G80 acres of non
irrigable land to be ocated either in
California, Nevada or Arizona.
It has been estimated that Bur
bank’s 100,000 or more experiments
with plant, life involved the planting,
pollenation, observation and propaga
tion or destruction of a billion indi
vidual vegetable growths. From this
vast number, however, only 385 were
selected and recommended by him as
of value to humanity. Some of these
were under his observation for 25
years! before being given.to the world.
Several fine varieties of spineless
blackberry, now grown around the
World, were bred from a wild variety
that was considered useless in its na
tive state. A certain variety of rhu
barb, under Burbank's magic touch,
: increased its stalks from the size of a
lead pencil to that of a man’s wrist,
and was made perpetual, instead of
, bearing for a few weeks only. Can
! ners appealed to him for a perfect
pea, one which would mature all of
! its crop, retain uniformity of size and
all rip* n at the same., time, a After
three years of work he met the de
! niand.
| Flowers, fruits, graphs* grasses,
1 vegetables, even orchard and forest
, trees, were improved and given to the
1 world in new usefulness through
months and years of patient and fre
, quently discouraging experiments'.
Wonderful as many of Burbank’s
achievements with vegetable plant
. and dower life seem to the layman,
■ the methods by which, they were ac
I comphshed were not in themselves
: remarkable. Patience .was* the chief
‘ requisite to his success. Deciding
I first what he wanted to create, re
maKe-or improve on m the Vegetable
! world, he liegan by carefully selecting
i robust specimens, allowing them to
go to seed,- t hen experimenting with
the seeds under widely different con
ditions of climate, fertilization and
nourishment.. The product would in
turn tie submitted to radical changes,
! from the natural ’elements, and the
product of thfe would undergo further
1 experimentation, and so the artificial
evolution progressed until the final re
sult either met the wizard’s require
ment.-» or was abandoned as useless.
When experiments with seeds-alone
•were not entirely -satisfactory* craft
ing upon the - seeds or upon fresh
young shoots often was employed. It
was through a combination of these
methods, fortified by his inexhaust
ible patience, that enahled Burbank to
im, *rt delightful odors to naturally
ill smelling flowers; to grow gigantic
pants, from dwarf varieties, and to
produce a calls lily only one inch in 1
diameter when fully grown. These j
are but a few of the queer anomalies 1
resulting from the herecelore unheard j
of liberties he took with, nature’s veg- J
elating.
Burbank’s experimental-. farms at
Santa Rosa and Sebastopol, nearby |
town, became a Mecca for statesmen,
kings, princes, philanthropists, horti-;
culturisis, biologists, botanists and i
humanitarians as the fume, of their:
owner spread. Never of a commer- j
rial turn, Burbank permitted an asso- t
ciation . known as The Luther Bur
bank Society, chartered by the State
of California and,-endowed by wealthy'
patrons, to disseminate the knowledge j
f plan: and vegetables- which he:
worked ant. j
in ackliUm to the Congressional:
•■■rant of lund, his work was recog- :
Statehood for Alaska!
i
M Years a Resident
of Alaska
10 Years a Member
ol Alaska Legislature
8 Years Chairman
of Finance Committee
Territorial Senate.
i
Past Grand President
Pioneers of Alaska..
VOTE FOR
Senator Frank A. Aldrich
Republican Primary Candidate
for Delegate to Congress
Primary Election, April 27, 1926
(Paid Advt.)
nized by the Carnegie Foundation in
1905 "by a gift of $10,000 annually for
a period of ten years to insure a con
tinuation of his experiments. In 1921,
when the city of Santa. Rosa com
pleted a new $300,000 park, it was
named after Luther Burbank. He
turned the first shovel of earth in the
construction, and later laid out the
gardens, which cover a 41-acre tract.
The Stat eof California also hon
ored its distinguished resident some
years ago by naming March 7, Bur- j
! bank’s birthday, as Bird and Labor,
Day, and the occasion has since been '
celebrated as a school holiday!
throughout' the State.
Recently Burbank aroused much;
comment and criticism by announe-1
ing his disbelief in a Supreme Being;
or a life after death.
ALASKA game commission
CANCELS GUIDE’S LICENSE, j
AND FINES VIOLATOR $100
luntviu, March 18.—The executive j
office of the Alaska Game Commission
announces that the guide license of ■
Allen Williams, who claims his resi-1
dence as Fairbanks, has been, canceled
by a formal action of the Commis
sion, during its recent session, for
having allowed a member of his hunt- j
ing party, Kenneth Walker, of West-;
wood,? Calif., to kill a mountain
sheep before the opening of the sea- j
son last year. Kenneth Walker was i
tried on October 1?, J925, and upon a
plea of guilty was fined $100 and his i
sheep trophy seized. The action of!
the Commission in canceling Wil
liams’license renders him ineligible to
act as .a licensed guide for a period of i
five years. The cancellation of this!
guide license emphasizes the former;
announcement of the, uramiffiioii ttmt >;
guides will he held strictly account
able for the conduct of their parties ;
in violations of the game laws.
A Tecent report of cases presented
is that of Kokrines Kriska, a native
of Nulato, who on January 4th was
taken .before Wm, H. Lehman, U. S.
Commissioner at Nulato, und on a
charge of illegal possession of beaver,
skins was fined $215. Thirty beaver
skins were seized, and proceedings |
ara.being instituted for the forfeiture t
of the skins.
Max Simei
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought and ,
Sold
Miners", Prospectors’
and Trappers' ,
! Supplies *
Steamer Service On the in aka ;
Rivet ,
Ault the People of Ophir about u«.
STATION
fairview. Innoko River
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Machine, Black
smith and
Sheet Metal Work
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Stoves Built
and Repaired
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Modern Youth.
“Modern young people are a sad
lot. Heaven only knows what’s going
to become of them,” said oOttlandt
Bleecker at a Piping Rock luncheon.
“Some folks hold that th« girls are
worse than the men,” he went ,on,
“but—
“Well, 1 was talking to,' one of
these modern young men«’he other
night, and he said to mei
“‘Girls are the limit. . You ican’t
trust ’em. There isn't a girl alive to
day.t hat I’d trust out of my sight.’
“‘You’re bitter,’ I said. ‘What
makes you so bitter?’'’
“ ‘Well, I’m engaged at the present
time to five girls,’ said he, ‘and there
isn’t one of them, not one of them, I.i
van trust.’ ”
A Speaker of Merit.
Representative Schuyler Merritt,
whose eloquence is remarkable, said
in an afteh-dinner speech in Stam-'
ford:
‘‘Modern oratory is simple. No big ;
words, no lofty flights. Speech should ;
be simple to be understood.
“A gentleman-went to his favorite
Tokotna *
Pool Hall
OH, BOYS! '
Fine Assortment of Pipes
All kinds of Tobacco*,
Cigarettes and Cigars
New Line of Stationery
Notions, Etc.
Fresh Candies and
Soft Drinks
Tooth Brushes
Tooth-Paste and Powder
Canvas Gloves
Jack Mutchler
Proprietor
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restaurant for luncheon and missed
his favorite waiter.
“‘Where’s RudoLph.?’ he asked the
maitre d’hotel.
“ ‘Gone, sir.'
“‘Gone? Do you mean, he is de
funct?’
“ ‘Yes, sir, and with everything he
fcould lay his hands on.’“
And now they announce a sardine
merger in Maine. Just how can you
merge a sardine any more?—Chris
tian Science Monitor.
| Do Rand’s L
! Cafe and |
| Hotel | -
Flat City . |
B.&E Store
McGtath, Alaska
Groceries
Hardware
Miners’ Supplies
of All Kinds
I.adiva’ Furniahiags
Furs Bought and Sold
Moose Skin Mitta end Roots
King isnr.d Muklulu
Haheeab er Slad I.ashing
Voigt’s Do* tiaraaas, the yary
Bait
FRESH GARDEN SEEDS
A. R. Eldridge
FREIGHTING
] General Transportation
How About Wood Hauling?
Joe Ferris- - - Takotna
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