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SOLUTION OF THE REINDEER PROBLEM
The Indian Bureau has a total of 343,000 reindeer
on its hands and is seeking a way for disposing of a large
portion of them. These represent deer owned by natives.
In addition there are 82,000 animals owned jointly by
whites and natives, exclusive of 87,360 owned by one large
reindeer corporation.
Figures compiled by the Bureau set these deer down
as worth $3.00 per head, that being the price received by
the natives when disposing of them to the company now
having,-practically the only marketing facilities in the
reindeer country. The only agency through which native
deer may be marketed is the Bureau of Education ship
Boxer, capable of handling approximately 700 carcasses,
and like the company, these may be shipped only in sum
mer, between the time when the ice in Bering Sea opens
up and closes in.
It is a well known fact that in Norway and Sweden,
smoked reindeer meat and smoked reindeer tongues are
everywhere available in the markets, the former at 10
cents per pound and the latter at 10 cents apiece. There
are wealthy merchants in these countries who deal ex-;
Clusively in reindeer products. Reindeer skins are sold
&t from $1.50 to $2.75 each, and are used for gloves, riding
Trousers and for binding books. - As the hindquarters of
a reindeer will average 60 pounds in weight (being that
portion smoked for market) this gives a value of $7.60
per deer. The same meat in the United States would bring
double that amount and the skins in proportion. Thus
we have a market of approximately $15 per deer—if the£
could reach it.
The key to the situation is The Alaska Railroad. Fbr j
several years the question of utilizing the railroad as an |
outlet has been discussed, and surveys of routes for driv-1
ing the deer from the ranges to the railroad have been
made. The wonder is that the plan was not carried thru.
It had the endorsation of the deer men, who were willing
to make the drive- The plan called for holding the deer
in a large corral to allow Them to recuperate from the
drive, butcher them and ship them in prime condition to
the markets of the United States.
Experimentation with various feeds show that the
reindeer is not, as popularly believed, purely a moss eating
animal. It will eat anything that a goat will, likes grain
and hay, and its moss diet is simply an expediency of na
ture where no other vegetation is available.
It is estimated that a revenue of $100,000 annually
would be given to the railroad and industries that would
have a marked effect upon all lines of business which
could be developed here if these deer were shipped to this
point, butchered and prepared for market. It would bring
tanneries, glue factories, cold storage or packing houses
where the meat could be prepared in its every stage from
smoking to canning, and thereby relieve the Indian Bu
reau of an annual appropriation of $486,000 for adminis
tering native deer as represented in the 1930 budget. The
native would have something like $800,000 to spend for
necessities-of life.
It is estimated that there is range sufficient to accom
modate 4,000,000 deer, and this not including such prom
ising regions .as the Kenai Peninsula. Transference of
deer to the railroad would make it possible for many per
sons to acquire herds, which could be ranged in this vicin
ity and have a ready market the year around. Those who
have explored the region pronounce it capable of sustain
ing large herds.
. Modern girls may not be food experts, but they know
their applesauce and bologna.
Men put off things they ought to do, and women put
off things they ought to wear.
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HOOVER ADMINISTRATION
TO PRESS SALE ALASKA
COMMUNICATION 0R9IIS i
Attorney J. L. Reed and Mrs.
Reed will soon move into the
Thody residence on Second Ave.
where they will make their home.
Mr. Reed is Assistant U. S. At
torney for the Second Division. Mr.
and Mrs. H. Thody ate moving i?
to the residence adjoining their
former home.
Legislation directing the War De
partment to sell the United States
Signal Corps’ cable, land telegraph
lines and radio stations comprising
the Alaska-Seattle communications
system, will be introduced in Con
gress this winter, according to a
letter from Charles D. Garfield,
manager of the Alaska department
of the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce reports the Juneau Empire.
Proposal for a sale was first made
last year but no action was then
taken. That it will be renewed this
winter, is considered practically
certain, Mr. Garfield said.
This opinion is based upon in
| vestigation of a special committee
| of the Alaska department and a
I discussion with Jack Underwood,
Washington representative of the
Seattle Chamber. The sale of the
system is an announced policy of
the Hoover administration which
desires to dispose of all of the gov
ernment’s communication inter
ests in the Territory to private in
terests. “I have come to the defi
nite conclusion that the people of
the Territory would much prefer
the continued handling of the sys
tem by the government,” said Mr.
Garfield, but he asked for an ex
pression from this and other Cham
bers in the Territory.
“I am satisfied,” he added, “that
if the system is sold, private own
ership would only take over those
stations which furnish the maxi
mum receipts or show a profit. This
would mean the elimination of the
nonproductive, or a provision for
wireless telephonic communication
with the major stations, such as
were arranged for by the last Leg
islature in taking care of the sit
uation at Marshall. This would re
sult in placing a heavy obligation
upon the Territory for installation
and maintenance with no requisite
return therefor. It is doubtful,
also, if the present rates and effi
cient service would be maintained.
“The communication service is
the only Federal activity in Alaska
that is on a paying basis, and with
relief from the financial load of
the cableship, it will likely pay a
profit above the entire cost, includ
ing the handling of government
messages.
“It is believed that the bill pre
pared by the War Department, up
on the request of the President, for
the sale of the system will again
be presented to Congress this win
ter, and if the Territory is unfav
orable to such legislation a line of
action should be prepared now for
bringing its objections to the at
tention of the administration. Any
effort that is put forth in this di
rection will be supported gladly
and pursued vigorously by this de
partment.”
FUR COUNTRY
That fur farming is destined to |
be one of the leading industries of i
the upper Kuskokwim is the opin- |
ion of E. B. Collins, assistant U. S. J
attorney for the Fourth Division, ■
reports the Fairbanks News-Miner. ■
A plentiful supply of fish, which J
reduces feeding costs to a mini- J
mum, and a productive soil in which i
can be grown cereals necessary for [
the feeding of fur-bearers are fac
tors which make the Kuskokwim a -
strategical point for the establish
ment of fur farms, says Mr. Col- J
lins. t
REWARD
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