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Takutna, Alaska. May 7, 11132.
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•ORGANIZED OPERATION FOR
ALASKA REINDEER INDUSTRY
WASHINGTON, April 4.—A new
industry under the sun may be said |
»to have taken definite form on a basis
«of organized operation this week when.
Secretary Wilbur ordered two veteran
field representatives of the Depart
ment of the Interior to Alaska to as
sist the local officials in the actual ap
plication of a carefully-worked-out
plan for reindeer management. j
These men are Charles R. Trow-1
ibridge and Howard M. Gillman, both
whom long have been associated with
probems of the public domain and
■the indigenous American. They will
ibe followed soon by an expert in
irange management who will remain i
permanently in Alaska.
The problem is an unusual one. Iti
iis that of assisting the Governor of j
-Alaska, who has administrative juris-!
•diction over the natives’ deer, in!
Ibringing order out of the chaos of a
venture which originated 40 years
utgo i na missionary’s attempt to help
an isolated people and has developed
iinto a livestock industry that covers
an area as big as Texas. It is an in-;
«dustry built on the reindeer, an an- j
nmal which never before formed the i
Ibasis for such an enterprise. It is i
3ocated in the north and west of
.Alaska, within and near the Arctic
Circle, where for months the sun for
;gets to rise in the winter and to set
in the summer. It is based upon
-Arctic moss buried under the snow in
3ieu of corn or hay, and the instinct
•of an animal of the North for uncov-.
<ering it and flourishing upon it.
Eskimos, who are native born citi
zens of the United States, own a
ilarge portion of the reindeer. Aside
Trom food, the reindeer offer the
prospect of a “cash crop” to the Es-1
Ikimo. The plans are to assist the na- i
itives by proper guidance in the de
velopment of the industry to avoid
the pitfalls of the early Cattle indus
try, and to see that every orphan re
ceives his correct certificate of own
ership in the reindeer associations
■which have been formed.
This formal reorganization of the
reindeer business in Alaska has fol
lowed a year’s study by a special
committee set up by Secretary Wil
bur and headed by Senator John B.
Kendrick, of Wyoming, who brought
to the problem ail experience of 50
years as a cattleman in the West.
Cattle experience has not been found
to be sufficient in solving reindeer
problems, however, for the reindeer
obey instincts peculiar to their kind.
One of the reindeer’s habits, for ex
ampe, is to return, ike the salmon of
the northern streams, unerringly to
the place of its birth to bear ita
young. This interferes with the man
agement of herds.
The first step recommended by the
reindeer committee already has been
taken. It constituted the establish
ment in Alaska of a reindeer council.
The members of this council are the
Governor of Alaska, the chief of the
Aaska division of the Bureau of In
dian Acairs, the superintendent of
reindeer in Alaska, a representative
chosen by the Eskimo, and a repre
sentative of the Lomen interests,
large reindeer owners. This group
was authorized to draft range rules,
which has been done.
Definite plans for the ensuing sum
mer have been drawn and are to be
put into effect. It is to aid in work
ing out these plans that Messrs.
Trowbridge and Gillman are going to
Alaska. Among the problems with
which they will wrestle are those con
troversies of reindeer ownership that
are not greatly different from the
issues that used to arise in the Amer
ican West when various claimants
contested with each other for the un
branded animals on the arnge. Cer
tain of the ranges as, for instance,
that around Teller and Buckland in
the Seward Peninsula, are to be evac
uated by white owners and left entire- i
ly to the natives. Unit managers are
to be appointed for given districts
and assisted in their duties. Com
plete roundups are to be made of cer
tain areas where native deer are
largely unbranded and the ownership
of those deer determined. Prescribed
areas are to be listed undet the di
rection of the Land Office for the
gra/.ing of certain herds in accordance
with field investigations that have
already been made. Courses of train-1
ing are to be set up for native herds <
and for herd managers. Native herds j
are to be protected as completely as i
is possible. The Government l-epre- j
sentatives are to meet with the rein-;
deer council for the consideration of!
revision and perfection of range j
rules and other problems. Study of'
general administration, the distribu
tion of supplies and deer, and market* |
ing problems, will be made. The skill I
of these combined agencies will be!
brought to bear on directing the or-!
ganization of this new-born indusry j
in such a way that it may function
competently.
NEW YORK.—An 87-year-old man,;
sightless for twenty years, looked!
into a mirror today and watched him-;
self comb his hair. Removal of a
bandage from the eyes of James Lie
berman after a successful operation
for a bilateral cataract sent the old
man to marveling at the new world,
but not until he had ooked into the
mirror. Traffic fascinated him. He
wanted to see an, airplane. He tried
to recognize his friends by sight, but
was forced to wait until they spoke.
HOLLYWOOD.—Two thugs, posed
as detectives looking for a still,
gained admittance to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. R. O. Browning and robbed
them of more than $4,000 in jewels
and cash, police reported today.
FIRE INSURANCE
Yeu should carry a liberal amount of fire insurance
for the sake of your credit and your peace of mind,
Needieea to say this insurance should be of the very
highest quality.
That’s the Kind Written By
Alaska Insurance Agency
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
Inquire of Busko Times.
BEARS DO NOT ALWAYS
ATTACK HUMAN BEINGS
(Stroller’s Weekly.)
Billy Kirkpatrick of Ketchumstock
had a demonstration last fall that not
all bears are querulous, and that once
in a while a grizzly may be sweet and
amiable in temperament. While mush
ing his dogs over the old telegraph
trail they became entangled in the
wire, ending up in astruggUng, fight
ing heap of canine -savagery. Billy
ran around his sled and attempted ta
straighten the team out, which he
found no small job, as dogs, wire,
harness and sled was in a tangled
heap.
Hearing a slight noise behind him,
he whirled, and, standing over the
man and dog team was a large griz
zly, peering down at them, as if im
pelled by curiosity. So close was the
bear that he towered over Kirkp&tridk
like a giant among pigmies.
Kirkpatrick jerked out his S5-re
volver and held it aimed at the bear’s
head and the impasse lasted for what
he said seemed hours to him. He
stood like a stone and the bear like
wise, his nose wrinkling and twitch
ing as he scented the man and dogs.
After what seemed an eternity to
Kirkpatrick the bear stepped back a
few feet and, dropping to all fours,
walked back to his caribou kiU, growl
ing softly to himself as if he were
dissatisfied over something but did
not know what to do about it.
Kirkpatrick believes the bear was
in a good humor that day, or else his 1
angel protected him. To stand within
a foot or so of a grizzly without
being molested is an experience few
can cite. He believes -the bear was
well fed and not used to human
beings and that he was merely curious
as to what was going on.
Another Man Has Similar Experience
In the Fortymile district one day
last summer a well-known local man
had a similar experience, and also
with a grizzly. Mushing along the
trail, with two horses, he ran into a
grizzly unexpectedly and quite close.
The horses became badly frightened
and to prevent their bolting the man
grabbed them by their bits and held
on. The bear walked up to the strug
gling trio anid, raising up over the
man and horses, peered uncertainly at
the struggle, evidently wondering
what was being pulled off. He was
so close that the man could have
touched him, and yet after a few min
utes’ inspection he dropped to his
feet and waddled off. He was also
fat and well fed and evidently had
never before seen a human being.
These two cases are exceptional, as
more often when the bear gets that
close he is coming, and coming fast,
if run onto unexpectedly. Most ani
mals, if they have the time, will run.
'from human scent, but there are ex- !
ceptions. And these exceptions are
not able to tell of their experiences
afterward.
SAN FRANCISCO.—San Francisco
opened its Golden Gate today to wel
come the greatest armada of Uncle
Sam’s fighting craft to enter in years.
Before sundown nearly 125 gray
hulled midgets and monsters of the
combined battle and scouting fleets
were anchored in Man-o’-War Row to
join the score already there. For
neary three weeks the 40,000 officers
and men will be free to enjoy the
visit, which will be more warmly wel
comed by the men because it comes
after weeks of maneuvers that took
them to sea and virtual war duty out
on the Pacific and because elaborate
recreational and entertainment pro
grams have been arranged for them !
here. No formal welcoming cere
monies were planned for the day. No
fealutes were fired, because this is not
the annual official visit of the fleet.
Monday the eighteen admiras will ex
change official calls Shoreside Navy,
Army and Marine Corps and civic
leaders at Twelfth Naval District
headquarters.
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