The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-03
Notes of Interest In the NOrthIand

of the United States will arrive in Seattle from Nome about Septem-. ber 10. according to a statement made to the Seattle Chamber of Commerce by Carl J. Lomeu. of the company bearing his name. Five thousand reindeer are available for meat. but transportation facilities will permit only 5000 to be shipped. ! Men are now cuIling over the sur. plus young male reindeer in the Col. oviu herd, preparatory 10 slaughter ing and shipping, Mr. Lomen says. All meat will he stored in the giant. refrigertors of the Seattle port commission until transshipped to. other ciuees. The increase of lawns in the herds this year is substantial Mir. Lomeu adds. The steamship Victoria will bring the reindeer as
 fast as possible.
 ] Successfully completing iIs test "trip over the course which il win serve as a passenger service carrier. the 400-horse power flying boat of 1 the Pacific Airways Company. TO- turned to Seattle from Vancouver. .B. c. A o0e-day flight to Juneau will be attempted later in the month. With a desire to test the .uew craft in a long flight, and the expressed wish Of several local per sons 10 make a trip to Alaska hy air. the promoters of the passenger . service are considering a trip to Juneau some time this month. Tney expect to make the oue-way flight ,between dawn and uightrau
 Bringing 50.o00 cases of salmon. .tbc Pacific American Fisheries steamship Catherine D.. arrived at Beuugham this week. This is the Ivesseys second trip from Alaska this season with salmou-bcr first cargo being 55.000 cases
 ! Dr. c. c. Georgesou. director of |the agricultural experiment sca- ',Hous in Alaska. spent several days lin the inspection of the experiment. Isratiou at Natanuska and in looking lover the agricultural prospects o5
 the Natawsba valley. He was very much pleased with the work
 that has been done a, tho station
 during rhe past year He states that excellent progress has been
 made in au lines and particularly
 in respect Go the cleartue of the uad
 and in the construction of the farm
 buildings. Dr. Ceorgason eom-
 .meu,cd very fayorably on t1a live
 stock prospects of the valley and
 especially that of datrytng. and Is
 very enthusiastic over the sheep
 prospect and suggested that before Hong many farmers would have .thctr own Clocks.
 The Alaska salmon pack for 1921 Twin run l500.000 cases of reds. I500.oo0 cases of ptuks and 250.0u0 .chums. according 10 D. W. Branch. manager of the salmon department .of Libby. NcNetu & Libby who Foe
 turned last week from his annual. inspection trip north. Tn 1920 the Alaska salmon pack was 4.50o.0uo eases. a large percentage heiug
 chums from Southeastern AIssas
 Mr. Branch estimates rhe lo0.0H0
 cases of sockeyes packed on Puget ] Sound this season and 2-5.00o cases of Chinooks packed on The Colum-
 bfa river. The normal 1921 pack on Puget Sound should he l.20o.00.
 cases. and last year the Columbia
 packed 4S0.000 cases. and this year
 the pack falls back Jo tho record as
 1912. The total pack of salmon 5r .I92o in the North Pacific waters. from Columbia river 10 Ea;tu- sea.
 including British Columbia. was G. .500.000 cases. Last year South east Alaska alone packed 2.20oooo cases of light grades of salmon. This season the total pack. including
 British Columbia, will not be over . 2.5OO.000 cases.
 Favored with ideal weatlor and with labor. for the first time since :. the war. both plentiful and efficient. |the construction program for the season of the government railroad lin Alaska is two months ahead of schedule. according to advces re ceived from the Anchorage head quarters of the Alaska Eaurrcariuc Commission by Major c E. Dc'e. in charge of the Seattle offices ol The commission. The gap between -.e ends of steel is now only seventy --,- -,4f7rz and rnFs aDrE~a HFgr-r. I'd.