NEWS OF
LEGION
Nome, Alaska
< lomrades:-—
Have you given tlioupht, you form
ersdrvkv men and women, that not all
whin served in Che forces are as fortu
nate ;u* you? Thousands of those
splendid fellows are lying in the hos
pitals, sick and disabled. b> your form
er buddy there? Have you ever Riven
thought to his welfare? The Ameri
can "Legion has not forgotten, and it
is now directing the greater force of
its admirvistrative and influential am
munition to the bettering of condi
tions for these buddies. The welfare
of the sick and disabled has been made
t.h« especial care of itll Posts of Pile
American la-gion. a.nd you should as
sist in this program by paying your
3 921 dues NOW and by Retting new
members to enroll with the orgnniza
tion which is doinR so much to relieve
suffering among our more unfortunate
At our next regular meeting, March
6th. 1921 at 2 p. in. several candidates
expected and we will he looking for
THEIJR rs .WAVA VS ROOM FOR
n\’E MORE.
Harold O. Nielson
Adjutant. Thomas A. Ross Jr' Post
MoCARTHY SWEEPSTAKES
ADVT COME LATE
Oirculars addressed to the “Com
mercial Club" of Nome were de1ivere<l
to itihe Narrte Chamber of Commerce
last week brought the belated an
nouncement that the McCarthy Ken
nel Club of McCarthy. Alaska, con
templated holding n SO mile dog team
of $300 and solicited Nonfr entrtt-s
The roco was over when the circulars
arrived and the incident would be of
little moment were it not that the
envelop in which they were contained
bears the dab- of December 29. if days
bit-fore the nice, thus disclosing tha*
there is u sad lack of information even
in Alaska regalnding distances and the
slowness of the msalil service. Mr.
Ciurthy is situated on the upper Tana
tul some] seventy- odd miles beyond
Fairbanks and thktr*- was no possible
opportunity for the circulars to arrive
heix* in less than three weeks unless
a flying machine were employed. The
TTUtiils ordinarfly trike /twenty days or
more to com*e from Tangma wt$ch is
approximately 200 miles nearer to
Nome than McCarthy.
TERRITORIAL SCHOOL
FUNDS ARRIVF
School Board Treasurer Nels Swrui
berg. reported to the Council at Mon
day night's session that an apportion
ment of Territorial school funds
amounting to $4,690 had been received
during (the interval since the preced
ing council mre-ting. The money was
later turned over to the council and
turned into the city treasury.
In r^sjionpe to a request by Treas
urer SwnnbeVg, $3,000 was turned over
to the Schol Board to meet current
school expenses.
FOR A DISH OF ICE CREAM OR
A GOOD CUP OF HILLS BROS
COFFEE AT ARCTIC BAKERY.
FRISCO SEEKING
ALASKA TRADE
Siun Fnunoisco contemplates mak
ing an effort to capture the Alaska
•trade ami may estubliMh :i steamship
line to tile North, according to an As
sociated 1‘ims Selittlc dispatch prin*
t-d in an early Jan usurp- Issue of a
SoutheasUtm Alaaku paper.
TOu* disiw.U’h asserts that (k>vernor
lUgg* has lH*en iU'-hod by the San
Francisco t'hmnlier of Fomlinerree. to
supply 'information n.jgur<k>ng Alaska's
products and ndeds.
OLD EMENY SHOOTS SENATOR
Washington. Mob. 5—Senator Hen
4nt«m was shot in the wrist in the
Senate office budding today by a Ne
vadan maned Clroch. who has »>een rid
ing on thk* Senator's trail for thirty
years l>eeause of an old grudge.
No need to worry about the wash
woman not showing up on wash day if
you own a Cataract electric washer.
Pays for itself in a short time. Inquire
Nugget office for particulars
LETTER PICTURES BAD
CONDITIONS OUTSIDE
A letjtdr dated I>ocember 30. re
cefived by W. E. < IrsuTr-r from a
broflhter in Seattle points a decided h
depressing picture of condritirms on the
| Outside thps winter. The communic.i
tinn states that there are more idle
jx*iple fin itihe States than during 1912
nnd wuros and cottamotHtjes are fall
'img rapidly under the pinch of hard
“You sure used good judgement."
I the writer soys. “in not coming ot»t last
| fall. The country went to the. bow
wows and tin* bottom dropped out of
everything. Sconis jure going busted.
Tlhrtre aro more people out of work In
the IT. S. at present than there were
in 1912. The apple market is ih«ut.
Oranges are as cheap as apples. $3.50
per box. Metuls are down to 25 cents
again, wheat is $1.35 a bushel and
jr>CKm>thin«* $16 a gallon.
“The logging calmpjk are opening
up again on .Tnnuai-y 15 and some- are
already open now. Orpdoit? receive
$3.50 jpeft- day now. pay $9.40 for
board and $1.00 for hospital dues.
That gives them $40 a month clear.
.Loading engineers got $4.50 a day.
$2.00 less than last faiH. Clear Lake
pays $3.50 per day far labor. 38 cents
ipea* hour and no board. Hour sciles
men say 2 or 3 small bakeries ;lt« go
ing broke hare every- day. Mcmrfe
tiros. bond brokers, went busted hero
.afb^r doing more tihan $1,000,000
worth of business every day during
war period."
WELL KNOWN FORMER
NOMEITE EXPIRES
•Seattle. Feby. 28—Clearge Winter
mantle, a former Nome business men,
died iin Salem, Oregon. Friday, after a
I year of being in an insane state.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
The Postmaster has received on the
last mail notice of a. further change
iii the rales of converting money of
<the Crnited Slates into that of cer
tain European Countries in the issue
of International Money Orders.
(Treat Brito i
Netherlands
Sweden . . .
Denmark .
Norway . .
France . .
s follows,
pound $3.75
. . 1 krona
.13 francs
The Daily Telegraph Bulletin and
Weekly Nugget delivered by carrier.
Per month $2.00.
MARVELOUS GROWTH OF HERD
'OF REINDEER IN PAST WILL
BE SURPASED, SAYS NELSON
-If a . herd of 1.280 reindeer in the
process of 18 years shows a natumf
incrRisc to 200,000 head, in addition
to some 100.000 that have been killed,
what will he Kite natural Increase of
200,000 reindeer?" asks Hr. B. W.
Nelson. The answer to his question,
he said, will give some idea as to the
size of the ftiture reindeer industry of
Dr. NolsoH. says the Juneau Km
plre. is concluding a visit that has
lasted nearly all summer, during
which time he has covered a wide
portion of the Territory investigating
much of the work of the Miological
survey of which he is She head. The
most important feature of his work
was that in connection with the
reindeer industry which he dec-lares
is shortly to become important and
will not only furnish meat for Alaska
hut which will add materially to Al
aska’s export trade to the States.
The history of the raising of rein
deer in Alaska, from its inception to
the present time lhas been little fdiort
'of marvelous, according to Dr. Nel
son. Some 28 years ago the first
of these animals were brought from
Siberia to Alaska. In the ten years
following this number was increased
to 1,2.80. From this comparatively
sitkiII beginning without addition
from outside sources, there has come
into being in Alaska, herds estimated
today to number 200,000 animals.
In udditfion there has been killed, ac
cording to those engaged in the in
dustry. some 100,000 reindeer, making
the total of the natural increase ap
proximately 300,000. "It staggers the
imagination." stud Dr. Nelson, “to
figure what tlhe natural increase of
the present herd will be during the
next ten or twenty years."
A number of proldems which have
arisen, in connection with the growth
of the industry are being studied by
experts of the Biological Survey,
said Dr. Nelson. The three .main ones
are: Blimination of disease and ipara.
site*: establishment of definite graz
ing areas in suitable sections: and
increasing the natural vigor of the
reindeer. All of these, he said, are
being given close attention and he
is confident ^m.t solution will be
forthcoming at an early date.
A laboratory has been established
at Unalakleet in the Steward Penin
sula l-egrton. fully equipped for tbe
study of reindeer diseases and para
sites which attack the herds. It is
tin charge of two experts of the Rio
logical Survey who will remain there
the year around and keep in close
touch with the men engaged in the
Industry, cooperating with them as
well as making independent investiga
tions. The equipment for the inutl
tatkm was brought tTorih last spring
by Dr. Nelson.
The size of the herds on the Sew.
ard Peninsula make** lit imperative
that there be aa early allotment of
grazing lands for Individual owners
according to Dr. Nelson. For this
purpose, one of the* Survey’s exper
ienced men was brought Into the
country thts year. He has had years
of work in connection with allotment
of gracing lands in reserves in West
ern States, and it is believed that the
same system os used the: will be
eventually adopted in Alaska. There
is said to be unlimited areas for sum
mer grazing, but the qirostion of se
curing winter forage for the animals
is considered serious. The reindeer
feed on a moss which they dig from
'beneath Che snow. This muss is slow
growing and requires years to renew
itself after it has been fed over by tti?
big herds. Systematic feeding with
definite allotment it Js- .believed, win
solve the difficulty.
Owners of small herds encounter
not faced by those who run
the xre.it iKuute, acoording to Dr. Nel
the native who "w'ns a small
herd is content ‘o watoOi St fo- the
smn.ll returns he gats oUt °f it. but the
v.-hdte man can not do so. he explain,
♦.d. Consequently he loses much of
the natural increase- ^maJI bunches
of the ;u\imal* continually break away
fonn the main herd and usually are
found nittacbed to some other herd .The
cow Is generally marked by an ear
tag and can be recovered by Its own
ers. but there is no means of identi
fying tfhe oaJves which are therefore
lost to tihei-r tghtful owners. “It ia
practically tihie old ‘maverick' case of
the old W««t repeating Itself in the
Far North.” said Mr. Nelson. “I don’t
mean to say,” he added, “that all own*
ns would keep an unmarked calf if
he knew it wasn’t his own. but there
are othe’-s who probably would But
even if aP of the herd owners wanted
to do so. there is no way of them
telling the ownership of the unmarked
calves in tfhoir herds. The winter
coots of the reindeer makes it impos
wihde to brand them as cattle are
branded. The system used fs to put
medal tags in the ears. This is not
entirely satisfactory as marks on the
tags wear off :tnd the identity of the
an&mal is left doubtful.” The solu
tion for the smnTT owner, he believes
is cooperation. SeWeraJ of them by
combi nine grazing allotments can
throw thefr herds together and jointly
stand the expense of hiring a superin
tendent ami herders to look after the
animals.
The harmful (effect of Inbreeoing is
shown to a marked degree in tlhe Al
askan herds, he said. The strain of
the big hdrds that have grown out of
'the 1.280 .wiimtilis with lyhich they
started is weakened in vigor. The
Biological SudiWy js now studying the
practiciubility of cjtoaring the caribou
with Pie reindeer, which it is believed
will not only put now life into the
latter but will almoOt double the size
of the ^uitimals.
At present the avemge weiglit of
the dressed reindeer Is 150 pounds.
It is planned to cross with caribou
weighing 450 pounds, if they can be
secured. O. J. Muritan assistant to
Dr. Nelson is at product in the Fnir
hanks diattrict making preparations to
cat pure .a number rf young caribou
hulls. Before beginning, however, he'
will spend the winter ia the Chena
Hot Springs country, near the feeding
grounds of a big caribou herd. He
hap instructions to make a careful
study at ithe amUmato, both the Bar
ren Grounds type and the Woodland
caribou After this study is complete
the young bulls will be captured and
placed with thle -reindeer. Dr. Nelson
stated that two experimental herds1
would be started as soon as possible.
Tn the meant lime the owners of
Targe reindeer herds am making pre
parations to carry on the Industry on
a substantial scale. IrucR-cosed ex
ports are anticipated in the near fu
ture. Lomen and Company, located
at Nome, now own approximately 30.
000 rictindeer. Dr. Nelson states that
this company Is now building two cold
storage plants, each having a capacity
of 100 animals per day. They will be
ready for business next season When
It is planned to begin regular expor
tation of tlhe dressed animals. "The
industry in the nmr future.” Dr. Nel
son solid, “will not only solve the ques
tion of Alaska’s meat supply, but will
be an Important addition to the food
supply of the entire country."
Notice Is hereby given that the Pell
Books are now open for the registra
tion of all legally qualified voters of
the City of Nome, for the Municipal
and School Board election to be held
April 5th, 1921.
E. GRIMM
City Clerk.
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