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and also the local news published herein.
reindeer farms
We have just seen a despatch which
states that the famous Arctic explor-'
or Vilhjalmur Stefansson is in East-:
etti Canada now perfecting plans for
the establishment ot* a vast reindeer
ranch some where in the north. He
has just returned from England,
where he is said to have obtained all
the necessary capital. Mr. Stefan *$on
is enthusiastic in the belief that the J
barren lands of the north will furnish
all ihi an at Tor North Anterior n a
comparatively short time.
Of tr ' many great industries tilth
are sure in the near future of Alaska,
is this one of raising reindeer to com
pete with beef. The meat is as edible
as beet* according to those who have
eaten it, and some claim that it is ev
en more palatable. Its foot! qualities
have been proven beyond a doubt, and
no argument on that score need be ad
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Yanced. The other questions of the
.speed of increase; the area of the
grazing land; the amount of care re
quired : and the markets for the meat
are now answered.
The-growth of the reindeer herds
in Alaska during the past 10 years
has demonstrated that the increase is
even, if not better, than cattle; and
even the limited surveys already show
that reindeer-moss flourishes over suf
ficient tei ritory to support millions of
head. The recent report of Mr. Lopp
that a vast area of land adjourning
the (lovernment Railway in the Rroad
Pass region is suitable for reindeer
grazing, adds to the known lands to
the west and north. As Seward must
be the shipping port for the meat
there will be great cold storage ware
houses here. Undoubtedly the slaugh
tering time will in the late fall just
as the snow gets deep and the weather
steadily below the freezing point. The
reindeer will lx* driven to the railroad,
killed and shipped by thrain load to
Seward, where it will be sorted ana
stored in the warehouses to await
the eoldstorage ships. Transportation
of the meat was the chief drawback
heretofore, but now that the lands
near the railroad are declared perfect
for the range of great herds, the last
objection to engaging in the industry
has been removed, and it is up to our
enterprising citizens to get in on the
ground floor of the meat business.
Think of 4he vast fortunes made
from the cattle ranges of the middle
western states by those Who began in
[ a small way when the business was
young. Many a man who started with
a dozen head of cattle is now a mill
ionair. Hrere is a chance to do the
same thing in an enormous virgin
[country. From the ease with which the
I natives tend their herds it is seen to
be a simple matter: all the owner has
to do it to keep track of them on the
grazing fields while they multiply his
fortune. Not a native, or white, who
has invested in reindeer has lost any
thing, as the hardiness of the animal
seems to have removed all chances in
the game.
It seems to us that this meat busi
ness should bring a bettor and quickei
return than agriculture, and gives ail
unlimited chance for expansion. The!
country is ripe for the “Cattle-man,”
and it will be f»0 or 100 years before
the fanner begins to crowd him out as
has happened in the States during the
past 30 years. Here, the herdsman do
esn’t need even a dog or horse; noth
ing but a camping outfit which he can
pack around on the reindeer’s backs;
and he need not kill his own deer for
his own use as the country provides
plenty of game. Just some baking,
flour, salt, etc. same as a prospector;
and speaning of prospectors manes us
think of the added attraction of the
business because of the opportunity
the herdsman has to constantly pros
pect while with his herds. Take your
“grubstake” and get a prospector’s
outfit, as many reindeer as you can,
get into the Proud Pass country, ami
make money while you hunt the region
over for the Mine. The longer you
keep at it the richer you grow, mine
| or no mine.
We believe the Government would
J make a master stroke for the opening
up of Alaska, if it would furnish eaeh
| prospector a bunch of reindeer if he
j would agree to herd them for two or
three years and sell only the increase,
j Enough of the men would stay with
the business to make it a paying ven
i
ituie in exploitation.
We prophesy light here that very
shortly there is going to be a big rush
into this business on a grfeat scale;
but as yet only a very few have wak
ed up to its possibilities for wealth.
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HONOLULU, T. H., Oct., 23
Thirty thousand tons of unclaimed
merchandise, including automobiles,
machinery and dry goods, are lying in
the customs warehouse at Yokohama,
according to a Tokio cable to the Jap
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j anese newspaper Nippu Jiji of Hono
■ lulu.
Because of business depression,
consignees prefer to abandon their
| shipments, rather than pay duty and
! claim them, the Tokio cable said.
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PERT PARAGRAPHS
OK SENSE AND NONSENSE
CAUGHT ON THE FLY BY
“ THE HUMAN TOOTHPICK ”
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Instead of trying to kill two birds
•\ifh of.e stone use a shotgun.
No man need hope to reach heaven
ty waiting over his neighbors.
Y h men and wome . ^no have b«J?n
postponing a visit to Pastor Carter's
church, because you have been busy,
or felt that the local movie offered
more attraction and recrecreation, will
be pleasantly and agreebly suprised if
you attend the services tomorrow ev
ening. You will have ample time after
the services to visit the movie if j m
wish. 'Try going U church a few
times and you will so.» get the habit
;n»d after you have d°vei«»i od the hab
it you will find it is a gf >d one. Re
member tomorrow night.
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The time grows close for election
day. Before you go to the election
booth on the 2nd. of November be sure
that the vote you are going to cast
will be for the best intersts of Alaska.
Do not let party affiliations affect
your choice of THE man. Think it
over and then cast your vote for the
future welfare of Alaska and not foi.
any man, be he either Republican 01
Democrat, who cannot nor will not
w'ik lor the benefit of the Territory
all of the time.
Many a man will give another mar
a letter of recommendation, though he
wouldn’t lent! him a dollar.
Some women are unable to play on
any instrument excepting the ear
drum.
A pretty girl is an opportunity that!
all young men like to embrace.
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If everyman kept his own counsel
what would the poor lawyer do for a
living?
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The longer a man lives the more
lost opportunities he collects.
The meeting of the Women's Club
next week is one of the things we
need regularly in the community. The
get together spirit is lacking. In a
town of this size the thing most need
ed, ia a united spirit oi
ness. The reconstruction period that
the country is now gding through wil
develop wonderful things for the fut
ure and it is the future that we want
to look out for in Seward. The time is
coming soon when opportunity will
stalk all over Alaska. Money for the
opportunity will stalk with it If we
get together and puli for he town it I
won’t be long before all of us will se<
u new Seward. A Seward twice the,
size of the present town and possibly
three times the size. A bigger Seward
is assured in the very near future so
let’s get together and lay the founda-'
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tic-ns now. What say.
The less a man says the more he |,
means it.
Notiling is so uncertain as the cer
tkinity of certain politicians.
When it comes to keeping appoint
ments you will invariably find the bill
collector on the spot.
With 1200 tons of canned salmon
and salt fish aboard, the steamship
Redondo, Southbound from Southeast
ern Alaska, dropped her propeller
near Bella Bella in Seaforth Channel
Friday leaving the vessel helpless. The
steamship Santa Ana, enroute for
Seattle from Alaska, will pick up the
: distressed vessel and tow herto Seat
! tie.
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theumanc aches».
HE’S Just used Slorn’s
Liniment and th e quick ■
comfort had brought a smile
of pleasure to his face.
Good for aches resulting
from weather exposure,
_ K. sprains, strains, lame back,
Ojt overworked muscles. Pm*
70 traits without' rubbing. All
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Sloans
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NEW TUNNEL
NEW YORK, Oct, 23— Construc
tion of a vehicular, tunnel under the
Hudson River between New York and
Jersey City has been started with the
breaking of ground for one of the j
tube's big airshafts. State, county and ;
municipal officials from both states;
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have been invited to participate in the
ceremonies in Manhatten this after- ;
noon. |
Engineers expect to complete the j
structure by 1924. The cost, estimated
at $29,000,000, is to be borne equally •
by the two states. Shore works, in- •
eluding shafts and approaches, will re- (
quire 18 months to construct, aftc*' j
which actual work of boring under the j
river is to begin.
Continued congestion at ill • feirit s
between New York and New Jersej
prompts the belief of tunnel engineer*
chat 5,600,000 motor and horse-drawn
conveyances will use the tube in 1924,
with traffic showing a steady in
resase, reaching an annual figure of
J2.000.000 vehicles by 1942. Tolls bas
ed on the ferry rates will be levied
for 20 years to pay for the tube, and
then it would be free for the use. of all.
hour driveways, two in each direc
tion, will be provided. A sidewalk, two
feet in width, also is planned. The
tunnel, comprising twin cast-iron
tubs each with an external diameter
of 29 feet, will be six feet wider than
the Pennsylvania Railroad tubes un
lev the Hudson East Rivers.
Traffic blockades, now common on
ferries, would be precluded by^provid
ing at eacii end of the tube derrick
.•quipped trucks to take stalled auto
mobiles in o\v. Three driveways in
mch direction will be furnished on the
approaches, because slight inclines
;,here are expected to slow down the
movement of the vehicular queues.
Ventilation to rid the tunnel
•urbon monoxide gases from automo
bile exhausts will be furnished by four
iarge shafts and also by an air duct
under the roadway and an exhaust
ibove. Smoky vehicles circulate pois
onous gas freely in closed place* but
chemists working on the tunnel ven
tilation system estimate that at the
highest point of saturation there will
be only 3 1-2 parts of carbou monox
ide to 10,000 parts of air in the tube.
It requires 8, parts of the gas to 10,
000 parts of air they figured, to give a
man a headache.
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» WEATHER REPORT
. Si’IWARD 42 Goudy Calm.
Anchorage 30 Cloudy Calm.
1 Matanuaka 30 Cloudy Calm.
’ Giickaloon 32 Pt Goody Calm.
‘ Wasilla 8f Cloudy Calm.
Talkeetna 37 Rain Calm.
Goldcreek 88 Gear Calm.
Hurricane 28 Goudy Calm.
Summit 20 Goody Calm. .
Healy 28 Goody Calm.
New 18 Gear Calm.
Atoaak* 12 . Mk flUm,
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