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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-17

shipped TO Seattle The meat placed
sale and sold at from 20 to IS cents per pound
More meat shipped the following year, and Just
they beginning to slaughter the animals for
this seasons shipment | the work going i'll
slaughter house back of Nome. The reindeer hal
been brought in from the surrounding country and
the beginning the killing. There in the
pens at this time than ono thousand deer ready
for the butchers and perhaps fifteen hundred
casses will be shipped south this year
The killing OF the reindeer is interesting. The
butcher shop is large galvanized iron building, with
corras adjoining, and passascWays by which the deer
dragged into the slaughter house | climbed 10 the
roof and looked at the animals, There fifty in
each corral They lat as butter and i'll spen-
did condition These reindeer had enormous antlers
but they were not at all fierce The men went into
the corrals and dragged them out almost easily as
many sheep | had expected to larger and
heavier animals They OF the average size Of their
kind but taller than Jersey calves at three
months OF age, Each will weigh, when dressed from
$50 to Us pounds. The deer of different colorS
some brown some gray, and some white
Others spotted.
The who handle the deer and do the killing arc
Esquimos They are short, siocky. YeoW-faced and
slant-eyed and lusty. The two who did the work to-
day were dressed in skins and high boots of hide
They went into the corral and dragged the deer one
at time up inclined roadway to a plat form in
front of the slaughter house door. Here they threw
the animal to the floor and one held him down by the
horns while the other sat on his side keeping him
quiet by holding down his hind legs The first man
then drove knife to the heart OF the deer, which
gave forth cry noise The animal barely strug-
gled after the knife thrust and the Esquimos held him
quiet until the blood had well drained out of his veins
They then dragged the carcass into the slaughter house
and skinned it. taking off the great antlers and throw
ing them to one side They dressed the meat just as
our butchers dress beef and it was then hung upon
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-17

teaching the Esquimos, and had conceived the idea
OF Introducing reindeer to help them. He proposed
to bring deer the strait from Siberia at about
the time that Dr. Sheldon Jackson brought his
first deer to the Aleutian islands little later a
number Of deer brought from Siberia and put in
charge OF Mr.. Lopp, station Boring strait,
and from then until now he has had much do with
the reindeer owned by the natives All of the reindeer
herds owned are under the charge Of the bureau
of education, and today Mr. Lopp may be said to be
the patriarchal head of the industry. He knows all
about the deer from having been engaged in breeding
them and in teaching the natives how to do So
Moreover Mr.. Lopp has travelled great part
of Alaska with reindeer and at one time, he drove
herd of deer $50 miles country to relieve
party Of whaers who were starving on the coast OF
the Arctic ocean. This trip lasted two months 1t
in the winter when the average temperature
20 degrees below zero Part of the journey
the floating ice of Kotzebue sound, and when
they to the end of the ice the reindeer had swim
a short distance the mainland During that journey
Mr.. Lopp had only four Esqumos with hm,e but
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-17

on hay, and you cannot drive reindeer long dis
tance on moss, especially if it has to travel all day and
hunt for its moss night As it is now il is only in
the coolest parts OF Alaska that reindeer are used as
teams, and there BY the Esquimos only. The usual
sled load is about three hundred pounds although as
much 1000 pounds has been carried BY a SINGLE deer
Most OF the freghting is still done by dogs"
The most interesting news relating to the reindeer
industry Of Alaska" continued Mr. Lopp as that con
corning the reindeer fairs recently established a,
regular thing in different parts OF the country One
Of these is annually held at Akiak ON the Jppcr Ks
kokwm river, and the other at Marys Iploo on the
Seward peninsula. These fairs are like the great stool
shows OF the United States but their stock is rein
deer. The Esquimos bring their deer in from MANY
miles around. They compete 10 the finest of the
animals, and also as to such matters as assoing but
cheering, driving. feeding and herdine They hav.
Of kinds and also prizes Tor the best kind
of harness, sleds and lnr clothing The prizes arc
contributed by the merchants OF Nome Seattle and
elsewhere. The fairs last for several DAYS. They are
the great events Of the Esquimo year"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-17
hooks preparatory to its being chilled and sent in cold
storage to Seattle.

The deer saw slaughtered belonged to stock COM
pany which had been organized at Nome to develop the
industry. The company is close corporation, with
authorized capital of $750000 None Of the stock
is for sale, and the principal owners Of large
means. One, for instance is Jafet Lindeberg, of
the three lucky Swedes' who discovered the gold
fields of Nome, and Of the chief owners and
managers of the Pioneer Mining company, which has
vast gold properties here. Mr. Lndeberg
ployed by the United States government to bring
herd of reindeer from Norway Alaska, along about
1893 the time of the great famine in Dawson. The
idea then to land the reindeer the Alaska coast
and drive them the mountains to the Klondike
to feed the American miners. The deer landed,
but the undertaking not success far as giving
the miners large supply OF food was concerned.
After that Mr.. Lindeberg northward to the
Seward peninsula, and made his great gold strike here
He is greatly interested in the reindeer industry and
tells that he expects to make more from selling
venson than he has made from mining gold.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-17

nevertheless they got the deer through and saved the
lives of the whalers.
Mr.. Lopp tells that the government had great
trouble in teaching the natives to handle the deer.
Siberians imported for this purpose, but they
did not succeed and it not until Mr. Lopp took
tie Young Esqumos and trained them that they were
able make much progress Today the Esquimos have
learned all about the deer They are expert in breed
ing them and caring for them They have large herds,
single owning many 900 reindeer. One
such might be called the Esqumo reindeer king. He
IS OF the who accompanied Mr.. Lopp i'll his
OF the whaers. His deer worth $4,000.
said Mr. Lopp to me Deer herdne can be learned
eas rs sheep herdng, and the Esqumo boys
readily take the business Six eight lerders
take care OF a thousand head of deer. The animals
have to be driven about 10 where the patches
are, and watched lest they stray too far away The
berders live in tents temporary hus. In the winter
The deer liable stray several miles from camp,
and the beys go out in the morning round them up
Some OF the animals have bells them and the bells
tell where the deer They easily frightened
and they will scatter like flock of sheep if approached
BY dogs The animals chew the cud like COW and
il left to themselves will feed for time and then lie
down"
] asked Mr.. Lopp the value of reindeer for
ryne freight and passengers referring the fact that
the government once expected to them in trans
porting the Alaskan mails
lie replied: Such attempts have been made, but
they have not been successful Many OF the stories
that have been published the speed of the rein
deer he ordinary deer so
than forty miles day. and it make more than
twenty-five miles day on long journeys The REIN
deer is hardy, and five six days is as long as
one should be driven at time.
THE trouble is that the deer has to get its own
food on the way 1t lives upon moss. the nutritive
qualities OF which not great those of hay.
You would not expect to drive horse long distance
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-17
are lighter.


Tell something Of the reindeer possibilities Of
Alaska"
fley great, said Judge Lomen. The first
deer only sixteen, introduced twenty five years
ago. They were brought across the Boring straight
from Siberia and the first reindeer colony was
tablished at Unaaska in the Aleuan islands. That
experiment was not success and il some years
before real start made by the importation OF
Siberian animals. The government began TO import
in 1893 and deer brought in of and until
1902, when the Russian, government prohibited irr
thcr expectation. At that time fourteen years ago,
nine herds had been established, and the governments
owned about ZOO reindeer, worth $4,000 In add
ton the natives had Zoo. valued at ST. 900 Today
tic natives have about $4,000 reindeer which worth
than million dollars, and they get income
OF S38o,o00 per annum from them. In addition, the
government has large number OF deer and there
other deer owned by private parties
As 10 the number oil deer that Alaska will sup
port, continued Judge Lomeu, lit is difficult 10 say.
The Whole country is adapted to reindeer raising, and
vast amount OF it is lit for nothing else This is
OF all the land north OF the Yukon. and the OF
that which borders Boring At a low estimate
should say have here territory six times large
as the state OF New York, upon which reindeer
iced. They Craze upon peculiar kind Of moss that
tile greater part OF northern Alaska. This
is yellowish-white in color L is hard and tough, and
looks like coral 1t seldom grows more than three
inches high but spreads the ground and Is
a fayoritc food OF the caribou Il i sometimes called
caribou moss
Among the other men have aet i'll Alaska who
have had much TO do with the reindeer industry IS
w T Loop, who has charge Of the government schools
Of the territory under the general direction OF the
bureau OF education at Washington Mr.. Lopp to
Alaska than quarter Of century ago to
gage in teaching, and his first station was at Cape
Prince Of Wales, which is directly opposite Siberia,
across Bering strait While there lie engaged in
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-17
Abroad In War ime

ment, coughed and said:
Il can explain that better by an in
cident which occurred recently on the
Somme. ! have been in the army for
"A year. but il took a German prisoner
to explain the matter clearly to me.
THE GERMAN OPINION.
One afternoon we captured a Ger
man sniper. He was taken behind the
lines and duly cross exarained in this
manner:
Question: What inducements are
offered to you to make you become a
sniper?'
"Sniper: We get a sliding scale Of
pay. We get one mark for each head
of cannon fodder" two marks for
each junior officer, and SO on, accord.
ing to rank
Question: And what do you get
for Staff Officer"
"Sniper: .Himmel, What is a
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-17

Staff Officers?
He was told that a Staff Officer
wears red band on his hat and red
taps on his tunic.
Bonner nnd bitzen!' he replied.
II we shoot one of those we get court
martiaIed.'
] rather like Picadilly. It Is splen-
did street, witt the usual whirl of
traffic going along the left hand side.
II is not a very wide street. like Re-
gent street, which is suggestive of an
American city in the breadth of its
planning. The chief difficulty of Re-
gent street seems to be that the build
ers along that street seem to like to
paint their chimney ported office
buildings an awful yellow.
A SAD SPECTACLE.
loathe the Strand. 1t simply
swarms with women OF the streets.
and as there are no In - against
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-17
Jermyn street. st. James, S. w.
AN INTERESTING DECORATOR.

Right across Jermyn street from me
tNo. rs believe>, is the establishment
of man named Macdonald. Mac
Donald deserves fame. He is the per-
son who invented the electric tatooine
needle, and in his little office on the
roof of the Hanmt-m Turkish baths
he has tatooed many famous men
Englishmen go in rather strongly fol
tatooing
incidentally Macdonald is the man
who tatooed the re .gning king Of Eng
land.
friend of mine who went to Mac
Donald to have his regimental crest
tatooed on his arm, asked whether the
king carried on from the pain while he
was being tatooed.
mo. sir" replied Macdonald la
conically: "he sworei"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-17
WOMEN OF BRAVE DAYS.

1t was natural that the women of the
Revolution and the women OF the Civil
war should have been radical, outspok
en- and determined, because they aspir-
ed to an understanding of those great
political issues-and they were lifted
out Of domesticity and frivolity bv their
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-17

How the Deer Are Being Slaughtered for United
States Consumption Stock Company Which
Owns Four Thousand Animals Enormous In
crease in the Herds They Will Reach Thirteen
Millions Within Twenty Years-How the Ami
mails Are Handled-Reindeer Fairs.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-17

Another OF the stockholders of this company Judge
d. ]. Lomen, who came here from St Paul, and who
is engaged in the practice oil law at Nome.
During my stay | have had interviews regarding the
reindeer industry with Mr.. Lindebere and Judge Lo-
They are enthusiastic as 10 the prospects. Mr.
Lndeberg says that the value Of the reindeer i'll
Alaska is two or three million dollars, and that not
outstanding it cost the government only about three
hundred thousand dollars establish the industry. He
says the company has desire to complicate thc
rangements which Uncle Sam has supplying tile
natives with deer and private parties only acquire
reindeer from the I.apanders who brought the dee
over, and the missions, who have deer OF their
independent Of those belonging the Esquimos.
These laws will probably be changed with due regard
to the protection OF the natives.
said Mr. Lindeberg THE government has from
the beginning prohibited the natives from selling tier
breeding animals. We heartily approve OF this,
shall not kill the females OF herds, and We
would like keep the local Alaskan markets for the
natives only. Our plan is to develop demand for
the meat i'll the United States, and to handle any SUR
plus that the natives may have in that way Such stock
we have has been bought from the Laplanders and
the Swedish mission We have altogether about three
thousand deer, and present increase per annum is
about 40 per cent
DO you think market for the be created
in the United Statesf'
Yes. There is already such market in Europe
Norway and Sweden well Finland and Russia,
have been shipping large quantities Of reindeer
for years. They send it TO the chief European cen
tiers, and to the United States. When |
at Panama year ago | saw reindeer meat from
Norway among the government supplies 1t bought
Tor the working upon the canal. The northern
part of the Russian empire eats reindeer
than either beef mutton.
"As you know, importing fresh meat from
Australia and New Zealand San Francisco and
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-17

New York is getting of its beef from Argen-
tina. As it is now it costs cent and a half a
pound in freight to send venson to San Francisco
and this rate will probably be in the future
expect the deer meat to compete with the present do
mestic and foreign meat supplies, and that shall
be able to put it at price that will make it possible
to do The meat is delicious and there will be
demand for it among the meat-eatcrs who like TO have
change of diet and then"
In my talk with Judge Lomen | asked as to the by
products of the industry He says that the day will
when the packing houses here will have as many
by-products those of Chicago.
At present they able to sell the skins and horns
only in addition to the meat but in the future the blood
will be used for tankage and the hoofs for the making
Of glue and certain of the bones for other purposes
Today the horns sold by the pound to men i'll
Nome, who cut them UP and ship them to be used as
knife handles The hides are in demand for buck
skin gloves and for shoe uppers. Some of the skins
are tanned and sold as furs. The reindeer fur is
dyed and such it is beautiful than the pony
skin coats now The fur is finer and the skins
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-17
Copyright. 1916. by Frank G. Carpenter)
NOME Alaska.


CSNfS|NHE day will soon come when REIN
I !: G: J:
XE(@SASSNH3L deer meat will be
M ITI EM beef and mutton in our American
I'M I'LL 9M markets. The meat will
VIC j bM from Alaska. 1t will form the
NV---~gn basis Of large packing industry
49, $3.50 and will be shipped in cold stor-
age steamers and trains to
town in the United States. There from U.s.
600 to 100000 reindeer i'll this territory. They are be-
ing handled under government regulation and are
doubling in number every two three years, At the
present rate Of increase there will be 100000 within
six years from this writing, and 100000 in 1925 BY
1881 this number will have increased to more than
three million, and five years later it will be almost
thirteen million That will be only twenty years from
now and after that the increase will be great that
reindeer meat will probably be cheap any other
in the American markets.
The reindeer packing industry is at its very begin
ming The first shipments made about three
years ago when twenty-five thousand reindeer
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-17

In addition to the above contests there were four
deer races two-deer and eleven mile race In
the two7deer race ten teams eleven miles in less
than fifty minutes, and in the four-deer race the dis
tance was five miles and the time less than twcntyour
minutes
And then there fur clothing exhibit, In which
the five best suits made of reindeer skin received
prizes, and there sled-making and sed-lashing
contests
Altogether these fairs proving great success.
and they promise TO increase interes. and profit
the years so
FRANK G. CARPENTER
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-17

Since this talk with Mr. Lopp | have learned more
about these reindeer fairs. They are doing wonders
in the development Of the Esquimos Tie Marys
lgloo fair was held last winter Thousands of Esqu-
mos present and there were burden races sled
races lassoing competitions and wild deer driving con
tests. The fair began January II and lasted several
days. Part OF the time the thermometer was s. de-
2rees below The people slept on the snow i'll
tents without fire and all comfortable in their
sleeping bags of reindeer skin. The first event was the
butehering of deer by three different, methods and
discussion TO the best. In this Esqumos
drove theit knife to the heart one blow. Another
severed the uenlar vein at the first stroke.
Among other events were the shooting contests at
fifty yards and hundred yards and that evening
one OF the Esquimos gave lecture good shooting.
A burden for distance of five miles
The burden consisted of 250-pound sack, and the
winning time sixteen minutes The lassoing con-
test through three days and the who lassoed
the most deer in ninety minutes won. There
eight hundred deer in the herd used for this purpose
and the winner assoed eleven in ninety minutes
The wild deer driving contest had fourteen entries
and each of the contestants had to herd and
rope, throw, harness. hitch up and drive horess bull
one-half mile to the river and return He had then
to unhitell, unharness and remove the halter all I'M
assisted
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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-17

Another of the stockholders of this company is Judge
d. ]. Lomen, who came here from St. Paul and who
is engaged in the practice OF law at Nome
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-04-28
JAPS To REMODEL
FORM Of k|NONO

TOXIC, April 28.-A movement has
been started by number of Japanese
women to remodel the present form of
the kimono. 1t is led by Mrs. Irisawa,
the wife of DR.. Tsuneke Irisawa, a
prominent physician. She thinks that
tie kimono in it's present form is not
uited for practical purposes.
1T is very inconvenient when at
work." she said, "and it is rather I'M
necessarily expensive. The people Of
the middle classes and below have to
spend one third ftheir income for
clothes, and the lowest class spend
nearly all of their money for clothes.
The number of rolls of colth need
ed for a set Of suits for man or a
woman in winter is on teh average
about s; the length of thread needed
to sew them about 800 feet, and the
number of stitches about 10000 The
garments have to be made by the wo-
man Of teh family by hand, not by
machines, and it requires days to do
the work. The women folk have to
devote much of their time to it all the
year round. For educated women to
devote their time to such service is un-
economical from the point of view Of
the conservation of human energy.
I'VE propose to find some way by
V hich all these unnecessary expenses
may be eliminated"
Prizes have been offered for the
best models of kimonas, and all sorts
OF kimonos for men, boys, and children
at home, for visiting and Off school
Use are to be included. An exhibition
will be held and a committee will
judge the deLfgns and award prizes.
One reason why so many Japanese
men wear western clothes today is
that they find them less expensive than
the Japanese dress. Different kinds
kimonos and other garments are re-
CURED Off various functions and the
tailor bill of we'll dressed japanese
gentleman is very- high.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-04-28
ADVANCE AGENT REDPATH
CHAUTAUQUA IN CITY

j. T. Hughes, advance agent of the
Redpath Chautauqua bureau, arrived
Friday to begin campaign of street
advertising for the coming attractions.
Mr. Hughes is a graduate of Cornell,
and is thoroughly acquainted with the
duties of advertising-pres agent work
Saturday, with a corps of assistants,
MIR. Hughes will make a canvass of
the stores and streets of the business
section and the residential portion CT
the city. Very attractive posters will
be placed in places of prominence. The
telephone poles will be used as ad-
yertising mediums for the smaller
signs, while streamers will be placed
on all prominent roads. Mr.. Hughes
will be in Americas several days.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-04-28
On Her Way
To Big Show

ATLANTA, Ga, April 2S.-Remember
the Cd negro nanny" who operated
the old-fasnioned spinning wheel at
the Southern Textile exposition in
GreenTillc, S. G., last fall?
Of course you do, if you were one Of
the thirty thousand who went through
the halls of that industry.
Well. Matte Lolis-for that is her
name-llas passed through Atlanta OF
her way to the Boston Textile show
which is being held in that city this
week, as one of the star attractions Of
that event. Aunt" Matte received
free transportation from Chester /.
Campbell, secretary of the Boston Ex-
hibitors' association. The old spinning
wheel vas Grated and shipped by ex-
press.
The spinning wheel was used before
the civil war and Aunt" Matte prov
ed herself adept in the art of making
hcmespun cotton goods. She is great
curiosity and has attracted more at
tention at textile shows that any single
exhibit. The attention of the New
England visitors was riveted on her on
their visit to the South, and she was
asked by President Bishop of the Bos-
ton association, if she would consent
tc enter the Northern textile show this
spring.
"Yas, sar, l sho wood luf to-"
So Aunt" Matte has gone.