The Nome nugget., 1920-03-20
UNALAkLEET
 NEWS NOTES
CnaLakleet, March 3, 1920

! NiSiia lSdnOH, Super1ntendent ul lthe Shaktolit reindeer herd, reports Ia large number of deaths among ths reindeer of that section in recent days as result of unknown agencies Ivanoff. who arrived in Unalakleet to- day, says there are at least one hun |dred dead reindeer lying on the Shak- tohk Hats as q result of the peculiar Visitauon. The carcasses of the dead animals show no sign of violence. save that in nearly every case the ear is missing. indicating that hl1na n agencies are in some way connected twith the situation IvanofY said as fur as he observed the dead deer were in good condition and he has no idea regarding the cause of their death, aside from the possibility of their having been poisoned. He said tf re Is rumor that the strychnine pros- pectoi' is abroad in the land and il is possible that the deer may have eater slme of the poison. Very little CT d ence is given to this prospect. how ever.
 1 Regardless of the possible causes the fact remains that. owing to so many deaths, the herd is not increas-
 ng as it should. Also there is a pros pect that the same agencies may at tack adjoining herds and work tre- mendous harm to the industry so care fully fostered by our Uncle Samuel in addition to bringing much suffering to the natives and loss of capital to white investors.
 should be carefully investigated by the proper authorities to determine the cause and find d remedy
 1 The Eotzebue mail carrier was talk en seriously ill at the Foothill road house on his last trip and had to turn the mail over to Henry Ivanoff, who carried it through for him. Henry reports |. hard trip--deep snow and lots of water in the creeks, along with a great scarcity of dog feed,
 Owing to the Kotzebue carrier on the next trip being late. as a result of the bad trail conditions. Ivanofr was forced to wait at Dime. thus causing the mail to arrive here somewhat late. lThe mail was also late leaving here lbeca use of some difficulty in getting |, tcarrier for the contract price. The obstacle was finally overcome by ou: diplomatic postmaster and the con- Isignment left this morning under the iguidance of Ivanoff.
 Major Hunter. the army surgeon latat toned at St Michael, arrived here Bradley. who was suffering severely tfrom stomach trouble. The patient is now doing nicely under his excel lent care. The Major had a sloppy trip and also became the victim of an accident which might have resulted |seriously. While negotiating some floating ice in attempting to cross T ttide crack opposite the coal mine lMajor Hunter slipped ond fell intu Ithe icy water. The water was so deep The was compelled to swim to avoid drowning. His native driver hurried to the rescue but also slipped anl Hound himself in the same predicament las tho Major. After hounderins |around for some time they succeeded lin getting on the slippery ice and after slipping back again several times managed to get ashore. Luckily the weather was warm, the coal mine lcabin close by and the contents of the sled dry. 90 they soon had a fire. a change of dry clothes and were on Itheir way, nothing the worse for their Iadventure.
 1 The Last mail coming through from Ithe Nome section had to plough thru lwater in crussing nearly all the creeks encountered eroute. Judging from the |dampness of the writer's mail. the res, of the consignment must have oo- Isorbed some water. If there were any