ership of the little deer to who ever first brand
ed it.
“Slim” Rydeen, another with the Lomcn
brand on him, went to the legislature and used
his influence not for the betterment of the terri
tory nor to serve those who elected him, but
listened attentively to his “master’s voice” and
his vote was always against the people.
Now comes one Mr. Frawley before the people
cl Nome for election as representative to the next
legislature. He is an out and out employee of the
Loinen’s and already the Lomen brand has been
burned into his every act.
Last summer Alfred Lomen took Frawley and
two natives over to the Sand Spit, Nome to see the
lather of a boy, who drowned from one of the
Lomen lighters. These lighters are run to and
from vessels unloading and loading, using a crew
of one or more men on each lighter. There were no
guards or other protective appliance to keep the
men from going overboard, no protective lines or
gear to give aid if anyone fell overboard.
Two boys were on this particular scow, tired,
sleepy as they had worked many hours. One of
boys fell overboard, how or when it does not seem
to be known. It was very apparent that the Lomen
Lighterage Company was responsible—that they
had not taken ordinary precaution to prevent
accident and they should give due compensation
for the life of this young man, the main support
of an old man and woman and four or five little
children.
Alfred Lomen and Mr. Frawley went to the
old man and cajoled him into signing a release to
the company absolving them of any responsibility
from future claim for compensation. In return
they gave the father $30 in cash and about $60
v/orth of provisions, most of which were goods
v liich went through a fire.
Any man who will turn such a small trick,
deprive an old man and woman and helpless
children of their due compensation, is not fit
material for the legislature for as sure as the sun
shines he will place obligations of employer before
that of his duty to the territory.
The Lomen interest are opposing the election
of Senator Dick Sundquist and Mr. James Ander- '
son. They defeated Anderson in a previous elec
tion. In weighing the worth of any candidate, it
is always well to measure up the opposition and
the type of opposition that is given them. Men of
the Sundquist and Anderson type cannot be sub
servient to the Lomen interests and they will not
watch for the bended finger when corporate in
terests are being considered as against the intei
ests of the people. The people of Nome owe it to
themselves and to the territory to elect Sundquist
and Anderson and to rid themselves of the Lomen
brand which is emblematic of greed and chicanery
and the prostitution of the good interests of the
territory for private gain.
The Reindeer Situation
By L. C. Andrews
It is well known to everyone
in the Northland that the rein
deer were brought from Asia for
the relief and benefit of the na
tives of the Alaskan country
where the natural food supplies
had been destroyed by the oper
ations of the deep sea whalers
who came in hundreds of ships
and took the whales and walrus
from the waters. This threw the
ocean hunting natives, the Es
kimos, of the Arctic shores on
the seal and caribou, what few
fish they could get, and the
migratory birds of summer,
'">hich soon became scarce and
starvation was the inevitable
consequence. Thousands of the
Eskimos from St. Lawrence Is
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land to Barrow died between
1875 and 1900.
For their relief Sheldon Jask
son began to have reindeer
brought to Port Clarence to be
distributed to the natives in
1392. There Teller Reindeer Sta
tion was established and from
there the distribution was made
to other points from Bristol Bay
to Barrow. By 1915 there were
70,243 reindeer in Alaska and
were distributed in 76 herds and
of these deer 66% belonged to
the natives whose original stock
had been obtained through a
system o f apprenticeship b y
which the boys had been paid
their work in deer.
In that year the lands on the
Seward Peninsula had been de
signated, by the superintendent
of the Reindeer Service on cer
tain described boundaries, for
the native and mission herds
who owned reindeer on that
peninsula, and had been asked
to be allotted.
The distribution of the rein
deer had been largely delegated
to the missions who had stations
in the country, for passing out
to natives who served with their
herds as apprentices and herd
ers. They were to have certain
number of males for their use
and benefit, while the females
were to be distributed to the na
tives but not to be sold to others
than natives, according to con