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29th, 1923, at the Post OHice at
Tokotna, Alaska, under she
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TOKOTNA, ALASKA. AUG. 16, 1924
Encroachment Driv
ing Native Reindeer
Men Out of Nome
In the opinion of William T. Lopp,
superintendent of the Alaska Division
of the Bureau of Education, the time i.-,
last (approaching when tha encroach
ment of private enterprises on Seward
Peninsula will soon drive the natives
out of that district, says the Seward
Gateway. The reindeer situation in
certain districts of the Seward Penin
3Ula?at the present time is very similar
to the cattle days in the States when
controversy over land arose
There are no land-leasing or grazing
awsinthe North, and, regardless of
the natives’ prior rights to the lands,
their herdsare being slowly crowded
out.«
There are a great many Eskimos on
the iSeward Peninsula who have al
ready signified their intention of mov
ing their large reind^lr^t/^rds down to
Cantwell, and the firsfftf these herds,
owned by an Eskimo named Simon,
whodias ranged his reindeer over the
Norton Sound district for many years,
ioldiMr. Lopp last summer that he in
tended to start driving his herd, of ap
nro^iraately 5,000 reindeer, last 'all to
Mitarod, where he would winter them,
andihen this coming fall complete the
drive to the railroad or into the Cant
well' belt. In al! probability, there
fore) starting in at the Cantwell dis
trict, within a year’s time will see
gre^t herds of reindeer streaming over
the great belt of moss, which ic approx
imately fifty miles wide and a great
mamy miles in lengths
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Machine, Black
smith and
Sheet Metal Work
is All Kinds of Repairs □
Stoves Built i;
and Repaired
Robi. E. Lowrie
Tokotna,r Alaska
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Says Sea Gulls Are Sal
mon’s Worst Enemies
Adam Brede, in Outlook.
Seagulls, which are so well protect
ed by the United States government,
have long since proven a menace up in
Alaska.
It is doubtful if there is any place in
America where gulls are so plentiful
and so destructive as they are in Uncle
Sam’s territory on the north.
While the sea gull is graceful and is
looked upon as the sailor’s friend, it is
a great enemy to fisb • consequently
wherever there is a iishing industry
gulls are most plentiful.
The chief industry of Alaska is not
mining, but it is fishing, and amounts
to more than. *'’0,000,000 annually,
which is nearly three times as much as
the United States paid Russia for
Alaska fifty-si:: years ago.
Less than ten years ago salmon were
so plentiful along the "acific that in
some waters they jostled each other out
on the banks. The salmon of the Pa
cific are the most valuable fish of the
United States, and take a yaluable
place in the fishing industry of the
world.
Where the Pacific salmon come from
and where they go to, nobody seems to
know, but everybody in Alaska knows
that they are becoming more and more
scarce every year, and this, the na
tives and government officials say, is
due to the fight sea gulls make upon
them.
Sookeye salmon stand in first place
when it comes to commercial value;
then comes the humpback, or what
is known in the commercial world
as pink. Of course, there are other
varieties, but they are not so much in
demand. The humpback spawns every
two years and tbeD dies.
The salmon run up the narrow
streams and lay their eggs in sand and
then die. There is considerable dis
pute relative to the length of life of
these fish, and no two persons seem to
agree upon just how long salmon live.
But all x\laskaos agree that sea gulls
are the salmon’s greatest enemy; that
they are a menace to that territory,
and that the government should take
steps to have them exterminated.
It is easy to tell whon the salmon
run has commenced, as there are vast
clouds of gulls screaming and flying
about them and constantly picking out
the fishes’ eyes—thus killing millions
and millions of salmon every year, !
Alaskans say that if the fish industry
is to be protected, then it is the dutv of
the United States government to de
clare war upon the sea gulls.
The gulls breed very rapidly. They
are hearty birds and have their nests <
almost within a stone’s throw of the
glaciers. They are not easily fright
ened, and a half docen of them will |
make an attempt to attack a man who
goes near their nests,
screeching and crying
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around their breeding ground, would
he enough in itself to drive one awav.
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
Iditaroci, Alaska,
LAWYERS
Practice in all Courts.
For a Nice Lunch
or First-Class Meal
Call At
Durant’s Cafe
Flat City
Yanks and Legionaires
Of every $1,000 v;bich the United
States spent, in 1923 for a!! purposes,
she war department proper spent about
B100. _ _
The aviation force of the new French
irtny will include 209 airplane squad
rons and U companies of captive bal
loons. _
Tho enrollment in citizens' military
training camps throughout the United
States last year was 24,483. In 1922
the number was 22,119.
The chief if stall of the United States
urmy draws a salary of 810,000 a year.
There are 35 major generals who each
Sravv $8,000 a year, and 07 brigadier
generals each receiving $9,000 a year.
The maximum sentence awaiting
Grover Bergdoll upon his return to the
United States is six years in an army
lisciplinary barracks, the five years
which constitute bis original term for
lesertion and the maximum of one year
For escaping while under sentence.
Eight big hospitals are now under
instruction and eight or nine more
ire planned for disabled veterans of
,he world war. When the buildings
ire finished all of the government's
iharges—more time 24,000 men who
laid a part of the war’s total—will be
rider roofs owned by the United
states*
Germany had 384 submarines afloat
luring the world war. There were 12
lilTerent U-boat types, ranging from
.25 tons diplacement to 1,500 tons. Of
he 199 submersitles lost, 7 were in
erned in neutral ports, and 14 were
lestroyed by explosives upon order of |
heir commanders. The remaining 178
vere destroyed in action or sunk by
ceident.
As the result of absence of claimants,
nore than 185,000 medal- and me- *
norials of the world war are going
legging in Canada. The Dominion ,
government, incurred a considerable
xpense in having the medals made so
hat those who served the nation over
eas might have some enduring me
nento of their deeds, but because the
iddressesof the intended recipients are
tot available they cannot be delivered.
During the world war, chemical war
are put more men out of action with
ess hurt to the soldier than any other
iranch of the service. It put more
han 70,000 American soldiers out of
he war with usually slight and tem
porary injuries who otherwise would
tave continued to be exposed to the
You folks work mighty
hard for your living, d
Why Take Chances
When Insurance
Is So Cheap?
Wire me collect if you want
protection.
San Francisco is headquar
ters for all companies
on Pacific Coast.
Maurice A. Gale
General Insurance
38’ Sausonie Street
San Francisco
damaging effects, severity and crueltv I
of guuGrc. To this extent, gas may be
looked upon as having protected this
particular group.
A new national guard coast artillery
regiment, equipped with tractor-drawn
155-mm. guns, to be stationed in San
Francisco, is now being organized. At
war strength it will have 77 officers
and 1,737 men, and at peace strength
57 officers and 1,063 men, and will be
equipped with of the high-power 155
G. P. F. guns, originated by the
French, whose destructive effect was
seen during the world war. This
weapon weighs about 13 tons, and will
thrown projectile, 95pounds in weight,
to a maximum of about 10 miles.
The ‘‘fourragere” (originally a for
age cord or rope used for tying hay or
grain) is a French military decoration
for bravery. Several generations ago
the grain band was worn by soldiers as
an ornament. It is now a collect ive
lecoration which is conferred by the
French and other European govern
ments, a colored cord having been sub
stituted for the band of grain. Fifteen
American organizations were awarded
hefourragere by the French govern
ment for heroic deeds in the world
>var.
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