Douglas Island news., 1920-06-11
REINDEER QUEEN
 GATHERS BABIES
Her Fad Is Che Adoption of Orphans Who win Share in Her Wealth
 and Have Homes

spending fever and is now getting rid of much of her money She is becoming evtrawgont os are her white sisters iu tho stotos
 Hove is she sluondcr.ng hcr moucyg Diamonds?
 No. not diamonds
 Fine gowns. expensive um OrIcn- ml ruesg
 Nothing in that line at all
 Then she must be buying auto mobiles. or maybe she has become a dog uncicr2
 Not at all Just chldroni An her rc.udccrs and hcr growing cash account mean but one thing to "Rc.ndcer" Mary children. more children. an of them adopted chile dron'
 Whom but young Indian maiden, and extremely pretty Mary married a reindeer bcrdcr whose name was Charles Auusarlock Uc had been given a herd by tho government hc- cause government officials realized Che value of Che reindeer as a beast of burden lt has only been Iu re- cent years that thc government roe. ogn.zcd Che value of thc reindeer as a source of food supply The groat Western plains are gradually being cut up into small ranches and. 10 s said Che beef supply of America win grow less each year
 Alaskan reindeer meat according to government officials. win soon fnd its way to tbc tables Of thousands Of American homes Reindeer meat la similar Co both ycnIsou and bccf It has Che wild flavor Of vouisoD. how. cror The reindeer ranges in Alaska are virtually unlimited and therein deer herds are yearly growing larger say government officials
 AuUarlock proved faithful to bis uusl his original reindeer herd grow phenomcnally and shortly be- fore his doath Che Indian was called tbe Reindeer King oi he North TO Mary following her husband death. camc thc responsibility of Che horI Under her management It continued lo grow mUl now it is thc greatest In tdo world and Mary Is the queen ol the reindeer industry
 Wealth and health were bcrs. but Mary was not happy She loneoi for children
 sbo adopted her dut baby many years ago and thcn found happiness Mary hoard Of a my Indian papooso whose father and mother wore bott dead.
 |u be is father and mother both" she said. Bring it to me-"
 And so Che first baby came into Che home of Mary Since chat tmc to tbIs day. whom Mary hears of an orphan Indian baby sHe lays drt claim to it
 "Brne them to mc. have pIonv" she .s reported .o have sait. And 70 they have been bringing .ha orphans to Mary for ycas No one .erm. to know definitely just how many children Mary now has, An of chem are legally adopted and win share In Che profits of thc greatest reindeer herd In thc world
 Mary s supromeIy happy She's spending her woath on clothes for homeless babes upon tbe education of her many adopted children and for an the.r c.amorug wants
 News has been received recently at the Seattle o8.cc of Che U. s Bu- roau of Education. Medical and Rom- deer Service. chat bcr home was de- stroyei by drc The house repre- scnted considerable money but Che money loss didn't bother Che roIn- deer queen
 "Hw chief sorrow was the loss of a photograph Che only one she had. ol am adopted baby boy who had died." said J. c Hclvie. Of Che se- a,uc oGicc Undoubtedly she would have given twice Che value Of Che house to sayc thc picture u horo ever was natural born mother iu the world. it .s Mary"
 There arc now l5O.000 reindeer n Aasko or these. Mary owns a bis percentage "Thousauds and thousands Of them" is Che way Che government officials speak Of her holdings
 Each fall Che shipment of reindeer meat to Seattle erows in volume Next al tho greatest shipment ever made win be sent to chat port sc- athletics and people throughout Che country win bo paying 20 cents pound for thc food. One bis ron- deeor weighs 50o pounds and as Mary has "thousands and thousands of them Che chances are ahcIl cone