The Nome nugget., 1921-05-07
WILL BE PLENTIFUL
 SAYS NELSON

l There will be plenty of 1Tindet r
 meat available. in the course. of :, very i short time. to supply all the require | the nMnimr of IJr F.. W. Nelson
 chief of th.. biological survey. depar:
 nlsnt of agriculture. who ~;ls in Nena.
 na last fall e,Irouts to Fairbanks from
 the lower river says the Nenaaa
 News
 Tn conversation Nelson pointed out 1 that the natural incTtziSs, m tn. mum ! Der of reindeer has been sufficient 10
 encourage the belief that the future ed. Tl3 first animals were imported 2s years ago, 200 of them. and during l the ten years immediately followinG G l -2S0 more wer.. brought in. sinoe whicl, time there have been no uidi- I tional importatiDnS. And there are i1 ! the territory at the present time 200. 1 900 reindeer, m addition to which l00, | 900 hay" been killed. Wh;.i the in | crets. uiii be during the next 20 years runs into big figures and Dr. Nelson 1 is of the opinion tirlt the animals win 1 be so plentiful at the end of another 1 five years that AIa*Skans nes.d not I look t,lsewht-e for meat. There will ! be plenty reindeer meat and tt n price 1 that will remove the temptation to kill l moose and caribou for ths inral mar kets
 Dr. Nelson came north on one of the, .irst boats leaving Seatyc for 1 Nome And. as Ire puts ;t- hs has ht~,n 1 ever slnts, getting up the river to Ne l mana In fat, the trip has been such Il long one that he is convinced that
 one of the interior countr>'s chief re- ouir.auents is Improved Transportation l f;lcilities.
 1 nr. Nelson c4InI. north ujti' sev@ri assistants, four of whom h. 'ef, at | tnal:,lLfnt. where a station has been i established for the close stuly If the 1 reindeer industry. The four men are ] experts in thelr respective lines and it 1 i., believed that the,r u''S VII! result l in marked impru, elment in the r"tn-
 deer h.l-is.
 Efforts are to b., madr to pHndu""
 an improved stock by ciossia" rAr'Aon
 with the reindeer: and steps vii! be taken also to ,ppnrtion terr:fr;y ,p | the various herds. 90 as to eliminate overcruwdinS of grazing lands, An
 other innovation vii, te the encnuI
 agenrent of cooperative her1is. the | combining of numerous s,n;hf' herds into fewer ia.ps.- ones. so as tn 'lm- ina te losses of which thfe Snila hertlers }now complain Under presen, rondi- ,icns it is iireposssih.. To keep the herds 1 se parated and the mixing is il snurr~
 of constant troubhc nnd loss Trr. Nelssm Says that two cold s.or- ag., plants for the storage Of re 'ndper meat will soon be in operation ia the lower country. one on t:olovin b..y and
 the other 15 miles north of unaia'iee'. They are being built by IA,r'"n and 1 Company who own 10000 reindeer. The
 rest of the reindt-r in Alaslst trc 1 owned by natives and the SoNerr- Iment. Steps also have been taken to
 get a cold storage barge for .'t Mich aai where q considerable number Of animals ar-e to be slaushter"I as soon
 as provisions can be maic for the
 care of the meat.
 Dr. Nelson is not d chechaco, al i though this is his first trip to inter for Alaska. He first came North in 1877 and spent four years in the f'er- ing country, his headduarters heinz ;t' St Michael. He recalls that Jack Me
 Questin, Mayo and Harper were tt
 that time about the only whites m
 side. 7" They came up the Yukon and reported having found gold on the
 bars of the Panama river. pr. Nelson
 saw some of the gold.
 In addition to being chief of the blo-
 logical survey, Dr. Nelson Is charged
 with the administration of the fur bearing land animals and is also m
 charge of the administration of the
 game laws. of which. by the way. he says he has found evidence of consid- erable violation. particularly with re-
 gard to the sale of meat out of sea-
 son.