The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 21, 1930, Page 8

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY, DEC. 21, 1930. REINDEER GAINS | tion of the annual increase. There |is grave danger that within the | next few years the grazing grounds Ev I EwED | will be stocked beyond their carry- ing capacity and some means must be found to relieve the situation. | “During the years when the rein-j deer were in charge of the Office! of Education the herds were dis- oo | tributed over a wide area and prac- tically every Native who so desired was afforded an opportunity to acquire deer. Marketing of Slaughtered Animals Is Problem ctrv ’ Division of Ownership 0£ Indu:tl_\ NO\\ “The division of ownership, dis- tributed as it is among more than 2,500 Natives, is evidence of the roughness with which the Of- fice of Education discharged its gations. Some conception of the extent of the industry can be obtained from the following statis- mals were brought in from ea Siberia and durin; e next de additional importations increased the total to 1280 deer,” declares Gov. George A. Parks in his an-|tjes: nual report to the Secretary of | «According to the best available the Interior. information there are more than “These animals were imported be- cause it was belleved they would 2,500 Natives who own deer and approximately 13,000 Natives who de a means of livelinood for |are dependent in some degree on Eskimos of Alaska and furnish |the reindeer for their food and them with food and clothing. The ¢lothing. The Government owns less original herd was established near | than 12000 deer and has 30 ap-| r on the Seward Peninsula. | prentices who will in time be given “The Office of Education, De- gufficient deer to serve as & nu- partment of the Interior, Was cleus for their herds. There are 78 charged with the administration of | reindeer herds ranging in size from the reindeer herds because they gz few hundred to over 30,000 ani- were in control of the education | majs: 59 of these herds are owned and the medical relief for the Na- | py Natives; seven are owned by tive people. The Eskimo did not|white men: three by Lapps; three possess knowledge about the rein- deer and in order that he could white men and natives; and one! be trained so that he could care|py g Mission. There are 320 herd-| for his herds, several reindeer herd- | ers on the ranges occupied by the| ers from Lapland were imported | Native-owned deer. | and they were given the task of training a certain number of ap- prentices each year Apprentices Under Contract Supervision is Changed | “Prior to November, last year, the | reindeer industry, insofar as the| Natives are concerned, was directed “The apprentices were placed |py the teachers and superintendents under contract and required 10 of the Office of Education. This| perform certaln services Over 2| garrangement was satisfactory while period of four years. After they|the herds were small and -easily had completed their apprenticeship | handled, but with the increase in they were given a certain number | he number of animals and the| of deer as a nucleus for their oWn | eonsolidation of the herds it was| :(“'d'iAd“‘f‘:;;‘crfg:‘s;ar‘i‘ee‘:ebi“‘l’\‘;,’qune evident that the teachers| ar oLt e ! ¥ the | could not devote the necessary most optimistic supporters of the : time to a proper supervision of the{ plan. The original purposes, “)‘remdcer herds and at the same provide food and clothing, havelyme gischarge their other duties been achieved m_ne.uly every Sec- | atficjently. tion where the reindeer thrive. The “To meet the new conditions it herds have increased until NOW | was decided to create an organiza- there are setimated to be MOre| (i, ynder the Governor of Alas-| than 600,000 animals in the region |, ang transfer all matters affect- between Point Barrow and the|,g the reindeer to Alaska. At the Alaska Peninsula. Many of the | esent time, there are three regu- herds have been acquired by others | .. employees in the Reindeer than Natives, and the local market PO WE EXTEND GREETINGS Our wish for you all is just a good, old-fashioned Christ- mas and a Happy, Prosperous New Year. The Hayes Shop DAILY troubles and cares “go up in smoke” if there is always a good- ly sapply of his favorite brands of cigars and cigarettes on hand. Re- member him at Christmas time with a liberal assortment. A LARGE SELECTION 2 TO CHOOSE FROM BURFORD’S CORNER will not absorb ever a small prropor-l by the Government; five jointly by |- Service, and they are assisted by‘(ln reach of available transporta- 38 Government teachers who act | tion facilities to supply between as local reindeer superintendents.| 100,000 and 150000 carcasses each A comprehensive plan of adminis- | year, and available data indicates tration has been prepared and sub- that the reindeer meat can be mitted to the Secretary of the In- | placed on the market, especially on| terior. |the western coast of the United Increase of Personnel | States, at a price which will bring “It is proposed to increase the | it into competition with other meat personnel of the reindeer rganiza- | products. tion as rapidly as funds will permlc‘ Conditicis are Unusual and it is hoped that within the“ “The industry is subject to many next five years the teachers will ynusual conditions. The deer are ve relieved of all responsibility. It in their best condition in Novem- is belleved that a sufficient num- per and should be prepared for ber of Natives have now been market about that time of the tralned so that they are capable year. Practically all of the herds of handling the deer in a satisfac- are in those sections of the Terri- tory manner. Many of them are|tory that can not be reached by well able to transact all business| water transportation .uring that matters incident to the sale of season; hence, at the present time deer, but before the Government | it is necessary to hold them in cold can withdraw from the field it will | storage until the opening of navi- be necessary to instruct all of those gation in June. The reindeer, u! who own herds so that they will js the case with many other ani- be able to transact business in com- | mals, is afflicted with parasites; | petition with other owners. The|the warble fly and nose fly are| first necessary step is to provide | particularly destructive. The rein- each herd with a definite grazing deer hides make excellent lnchen! ground. Applications are on file and if it were not for the para- from nearly all of the owners and | sites, each hide could be sold ro:‘f investigations are under way which frou $5 to $7. The larva of the| will permit the Secretary of the Interior to grant the necessary leas- along the back and leaves a scar es. | which appears when the hide i “The greatest problem now con- | tanned. These scars are so humer- fronting the entire reindeer in-|ous that they render the hide al- dustry is that of a market for the most valueless. | reindeer products. It is believed | Fund to Fight Parasites | that there are sufficient deer with-| “The Territorial Government, re-| = [Ny For Christmas 1930 I wish .you an abundance of Happiness and Prosperity. 1 thank you for all that you have done for me in the past year. Dr. R. E. Southwell OPTOMETRIST Office in Valentine Building CHRISTMAS GREETINGS TO OUR MANY FRIENDS AND PATRONS--- We are unable to meet you all personally. We can’t clasp you by the hand and wish you the Season’s Greetings, so we take this means of saying MERRY CHRISTMAS warble fly bores a hole in the hider alizing the value of the reindeer industry “to Alaska, have appro- priated $30,000 to be expended in cooperation with the Biological Sur- vey in an effort to devise some practical method of eradicating the reindeer parasites. Comprehensive studies and experiments are being carried on at the present time, Much data is available, and it is hoped that satisfactory results will be achieved during *‘he next year. “The reindeer require & much'| greater range than domestic cattle, They thrive on a tundra country and travel rapidly while feeding. Because of the nature of the coun- try practically all of the herding and rounding up must be done by herders on foot, with aid of small dogs. It is almost impossible to gather all of the herd at any one time; hence, only an estimate can be made as to the number of deer now on the ranges. The Reindeer Service of the Govern- ment and the other owners have endeavored to arrive at a reason- ably accurate estimate, but their reports vary widely. It is probable that there are between 600,000 and 700,000 animals and about two | small bug called thirds of this number are awn.d'bred by the millions and turned by Natives. Comparisons are Favorable “Reindeer meat compares favor- ably with other meat products, dnd, no doubt, it it can be made available in the markets of the United States it will find a ready sale. There are vast areas in the Territory capable of sustaining these animals and in the course of time reindeer meat will be a factor in the meat supply. The region which will support reindeer is prac- tically valueless for any other pur- pose; this industry is of great importance to Alaska. - - e — $4,000,000 Is Spent Kill fornia citrus growers have spent nearly $4,000,000 this year war- ring on insects. The weapons included other in- sects” and airplanes. flew low over groves dusting the trees with clouds of sulphur. “ladybird” was ~— WE HOPE . btz ¢ YOUR CHRISTMAS , may be Merry! YOUR NEW YEAR May be Prosperous and Happy. Winter & Pond Studio TO ALL Frye-Bruhn Meat Co. PHONE 314—TAXI SERVICE e e brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeees I SRS ST IR T TESOC SR SO { WE EXTEND Hearty Christmas Greetings -~ and Sincere Good Wishes for the New Year to All | OCEAN waArkxs HAVE ;real as those of the air, although hence, the development of iclouds of plants or animal in sur- |face layers of water obstruct and loose to devour the mealy bug and other pests. Approximately 25000 acres were dusted with sulphur, 58,000 were fumigated and 80,000 acres sprayed. — - CLOUDS SAME AS AIR LA JOLLA, Cal, Dec. 20.—The ‘waters of oceans have clouds as their substance is different. “It 1s well known,” says Prof. W. E. Allen of the Scripps Insti- tution of Oceanography, “that absorb radiant energy of the sun it ! C ? Pe’h‘ol the light and heat they might {have had in clear water. LOS ANGELES, vec. 20—Cali-/ 1wmponent of the sea.” | The planes| g,yg BELGIAN FAITH FAILS | A| BRUSSELS—"The Roman Cath- Just as clouds do in the air, so that deeper layers fail to get much “It is only recently that living material in the sea has come to receive recognition as an actual —_————— classes,” according to Le XXe Sie- cle” (Catholic) which laments that “nine Walloon workers out of ten have given up religious faith al- together and so have two-thirds of the Flemings.” Light Rays and Medicine Compared as Ricket Cure ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. Zi—Two hours of sunshine daily in June equals one minute of a 70-volt ultra-violet light three feet away in curing rickets. Or it equals 20 milligrams a day of high grade cod liver oil. These findings of comparative values of various remedies for rickets are reported to the Amer- jcan Chemical Society by Arthur Knudson of Albany Medical Col- lege. Ricket cure by sunshine in May took one hour daily longer than in June. ———— RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 20.—West~ moreland county, Virginia, has a distinction unrivalled by any other in America. It is the birthplace of three presidents—George Washing- olic faith slowly but surely loses lgwund in the Belgian working Monroe. ton, James Madison and James Britt’s Pharmacy GIFT | Suggestions BRIGHT NEW STOCK SHAVING SETS CUTEX SETS ... SETS SETS mix, 5 pounds for WE DELIVER Who Pays for the Big Prize? 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