. Alaska and the Klondike. command of Captain Perkins,who had a company of the Eighth Regiment. Here isfound one of the best demonstrations of the agriculturalpossibilities of Alaska, and the garden nearest to the Polewhere important results have been secured. The gardensof the post produce large quantities of potatoes, cabbage,cauliflower, lettuce, turnips and radishes. So far as theseproducts are concerned, the ability to produce them suc-cessfully on the 65th degree of north latitude has beendemonstrated. Other vegetables, peas, beans, etc., are alsogrown to some extent. Life in an army pos
. Alaska and the Klondike. command of Captain Perkins,who had a company of the Eighth Regiment. Here isfound one of the best demonstrations of the agriculturalpossibilities of Alaska, and the garden nearest to the Polewhere important results have been secured. The gardensof the post produce large quantities of potatoes, cabbage,cauliflower, lettuce, turnips and radishes. So far as theseproducts are concerned, the ability to produce them suc-cessfully on the 65th degree of north latitude has beendemonstrated. Other vegetables, peas, beans, etc., are alsogrown to some extent. Life in an army post almost under the Arctic Circle, ascan readily be imagined, has its drawbacks, and, indeed,all Alaskan military service Is counted In the war depart-ment as foreign service and calls for 10 per cent, extrapay. The mails crossing Alaska from Dawson to Nome,which Is the postal route by which Fort Egbert is suppliedin winter, are carried at that season of the year on dogsleds and may not exceed 400 pounds on leaving h o < 8o ALASKA AND THE KLONDIKE riiis means that no newspaper mail and magazines canbe obtained after the river closes in October until itopens in June; no mail can be carried except tirst-class mail,paying letter postage. Friends outside sometimes sendclippings from newspapers to their friends on the in-side under letter postage, but such packages must notbe large enough to excite the suspicion of the mail-carrieror they will probably be left behind till spring, as the regu-lar letter mail for Nome, awaiting transportation at Daw-son, often exceeds 400 pounds. The excess must alwayswait until the next time, even if it should be a letter fromhome to some weary, homesick soul; and the next time isthe next month, as the mail crosses Alaska to Nome notoftener than once a month. Eagle, however, is not without its social life. It has twochurches and these societies indulge in church socials, inmusicales and resort to such other devices of cultivatingthe social
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