ME KUSKO TIMES
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Entered as second-class matter Au
gust 20th, 1923, at the postoiEca at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the fxt-. of
March 3, 1879.
Takotr.a, Alaska .February, A, f-t2T.
REINDEER INDUSTRY PROMTS ES
TO RE IMPORTANT TOfcALASKA,
OPINION BIOLOGP \L,SURVEY
The reindeer industry in Alaska
promises.- to .become an important
lector. ui the future development of
ti '• Territory, • ws the Biological Sur
vey of the United States, Department
of Voi. culture. It is comparatively a
recent undertaking, and as a com
mercial, enterprise dates back only a
few years. The original stock of
lpe j, animals..imported from Siberia
ab.-uu 2? .years ago has increased to
about 350,000, distributed throughout
the. Territory in 110 herds
The rapidly growing industry re
quires that scientific studies be made
for its best development, and under
Congressional authorization such
studies were begun by the Depart
ment in 1020 through the Biological
-Survey. Improved methods have been
recommended, tp herd owners for
handling reindeer and utilizing the
range. A study of the range is now
being made with a view to inaugurat-.
ing a permanent system of grazing
allotments. Careful and mitinuous
inspection will-, be reci.uived ..to .deter
mine whether an area is being under
ir over-grazed,,
One of the- mPst fundamental of
th problems studied has to do with
'he relation of lichens to grazing.
Some of the results of this study are
published .in - Department Bulletin
1423-D, just issued. Plans for future
work contemplate studies chiefly
along such lines..a£ the development
of interior ranges, conditions govern
ing forage and range management,
breed, improvement of! reindeer, and
the control of The diseases and para
sites to which animals are subject. In
view of the fact that conditions . ;in
Alaska are so different from those in
the States as regards the kind of
animal under consideration, the na
ture of the forage, and the climate,
it is particularly importaut that thor
ough studies he made.
Full progress in the > reindeer in
! dustry can come only fn,m.-the adop
tion of better management methods,
not only in ranee control and regular
. out in herd management and
ions for transporting and mar
g the meat. This involves »pen
g, reduction of the. pro- >rtion
11s in me.herds. .-.election ot the
x stock for breeding, infusion of
new blood' tiv -cross-breeding with na
'ive caribou, adoption of ’ improved
| methods of corraling and breeding,
, keeping slr-d reindeer in each herd,
v«nd providing for herd ownership on
the percentage basis for increases,
with one registered brand for a com
| vmmity herd.,
Gopiesof the new bulletin may be
obtained, as long as the supply lasts,
I by writing to the United States De
j partment of Agriculture, Washing
! ton ( D. Ci,
I
• •DTfWCCT rUDlttTM AC” !C
| SHOWN BY POSTAL RECEIPTS
| WASHINGTON.—Uncle Sam, Santa
Glaus' messenger, raked in a neat bit
| of money for his services the past
i Christmas. The exact amount he has
j net had time to calculate, hut his
workers estimate the American public
; paid approximately. §18,000,1)00 to his
postal service for handling,
j Total postal receipts for December
j are estimated at about $0; 00,000,
j while the average nmnlhly,, receipts
for the year prior to DeDc,ember were
about §51,000,000. The. increase . in
' revenues for December represent
roughly the cost of carrying Christ
mas gifts and greetings.
Never before nos such a. huge sum
been paid to .th" ,postpl .service for
handling Christmas mails, por, has
such i..«iuautity4pf gifts ever bee-n
handled during the holiday season.
Postmaster General Ne,w» proud.
his postal workers in distributing the
vast quantity, at the same time gives
credit to. the, public for its on-operas
tion. in mailing early.
LONDON.—Beer is better for -the
■ health than tea or coffee, because of
I its vitamin content, said Dr. J. Lewis
Rosedale ,of St. Thomas Hospital, ad
dressing the People'- Leagug. of
Health on co.mmon errors of diet.
“Our valiant and.stout-hearted an
cestors were far greater meat eaters
than are we, but they balanced their
excess of protein with beer, .which
.contains vitamin B and has a large
dietic value, instead of ,.with -the vai
neless tea and coffee of today,”, said
'the physician.
FceshFniits ,
Fresh Groceries, Just Arrived
Up-ta-Date line of Clothing
New Suits
From $5.50 to $45 Per Suit
THAT "BEAUTIFUL" SNOW. .
j I read a poem a few days ago,
j Monikered thusly, “Beautiful Snow '
i 'Tis plain, good folks, as the nose on
J your face,
The composer’s footsteps never did
trace
A trail in the Ipaid of the Midnight
Sun
V\ hen the summer’s- over and winter's
begun.
jit goes on to say that the beautiful
snow
Is pure. a>«i gentle and lovely, and so
I have «o state.in contradictory line
The composer's /lews are much differ
ent than mine.
Did' the composer ever, when ’twa®
thirty below.
Hear of such a thing as be&utiiul
snow,
Or hear it called gentle and pure?
Such stuff!
We say in the Northland,. “Enue is
enuff.”
We don't clasp- our hands when it’s
forty below,.
Look out the window, yelp “Wonder*
ful snow!”
| We don’t get outside, turn our face
to the sky,
| Let the snow kiss our.Hips as it
sweeps softly by.
! Heck, no—we just sit by the fire and
, say,
“Wa'I; I reckon tomorrow!!! be worse,
than today." . '
IN EXCUSING MYSELF
| I shouldn’t have written what’s jot
ted dawn here—
| The composer is gone, it can’t jar on
his ear.
He is gone, and never more will we
know
Of his wonderful, beautiful, marvelous
snow, -
SPARKS.
PRESS SQUIBS.
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\ • A cynic fays that double jeopardy,
j which we hear so much about nowa
j days ,is when your doctor calls in a
j consulting physician.-jr Detroit News..
It is going to be pretty lianj, for
such Keptihlicaja edjtors>if any, as aro
affected by it to be properly at the
Democrats if they reduce.ta te-s.—Ohio
State Journal. ...
Congress, required by. law to ?re
apportio/* its membership, quietly
does nothing. Yet it wonders why
people donjjt respect, ,its laws.—
oungstpwn. yindicator. >
Eastern scientist says the intelli
gentsia of. America is committing.race
suicide, ^nd leaves you,- to guess
whether;.he meant, it as bad jtqws Qr.
good.—Macon Telegraph.
I _
Siam is rejoicing over, the birth of;
Groceries :
Hardware*
Miners’ Supplies
of All l&nds
I.auiea> Jar makings
Furs Roaght andSold-.y
Moose. Skin. Mitts and Boots
King Island .Mukhiks
Babee>W, or Bled 'Lashing r
, ■ Voigt's Dog Harness, the very
Best
FRESH GARDEN SEEDS
I A. R. Eidridge
mmmmmamrnmmmm"*
B&tSloia
McGrath, Alaska*
a brand-new white elephant, which is
considered a divine indorsement of th<
present king’s administration. Siair
is luckier than our G. O. PP., whict
has to keep whitewashing the same
old elephant.—Chicago Tribune.
A boy’s best friend is. hia, mother
and if he comes home late enough he
^ may find her there-.—Dallas News.
The one agency that promises to
doom the moth and boll weevil .is the
trend of styles.—-Washington Post.
Too- many of our newt ■ Senators
seem to be turning up in, Washington
with a past instead of a future.—De
troit News.
: ' The ship of state is one, of the few
vessels whose navigators do not hesi
tate to move in,a fog.—Norfolk Vir
ginian-Pilot..,
Russian comma ais -s -JtuVev given, uj
hope of the “world -revolution,”, anc
Takotna
Cigar Store
I nrrar’
j Tobaccos
j Cigars
i ;
Soft Brinks
j Fred Dubois
I Proprietor v
the world keeps on revolving just the
same.—Rockford Star*
When, a statesman .says war is nec
essary. to reduce surplus population,,
he is tfaipking of some other country’a
surplus,—Portland Oregonian.
K yp<f think politics.easy, try stand
ing on the fence while, keeping one
ear on the ground.—Wilmington Dis- ..
patch..
Perhaps the doctors are. right. It’*
the teeth in the Volstead law that
cause all the trouble.—Akron Beacon
Journal,
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr, is quoted ;
as saying that it hard to be a rich -L
man’s son. Most of us And it impoa- .
sible,—Seattle Argus.
[Max SiiDfill
Y The Pioneer Trader j
: Furs Bought and.
| Sold
j Miners’, Prospectors’;
\ and Trappers’
J . Supplies
L i
I Steamer Service On the Inafefc^
» *• River. } '
1 ;
J Aak.fcha-Ifropl# nf i >phtr shout. n«
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| STATION
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General Transpprtation
How Abouta Wood Hauling?
Joe .-Ferris - - . Takotna
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