Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 275, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1911 — Where Everything Is Canned. [ARTICLE]

Where Everything Is Canned.

At the session of the House of Bishops which was held at Boston last fall, the Bishop of Alaska told the following story: The difficulty in obtaining and transporting fresh food in Alaska has resulted in an excessive use of can ned* goods. In fact, the natives con slder Americans and canned goods as inseparable. Recently some one sent a phonograph to the Bishop. It was the first one is Alaska, and was made the drawing card at a meeting held in Sitka. The natives were much interested. and gathered about to hear the first piece which was the Lord’s Prayer . After it was concluded there was a moment’s impressive silence, and then one of the Indian chiefs, point Ing to the phonograph, said: •'Him canned missionary?"