The Wrangell sentinel., 1923-08-16
NOME REINDEER PROMOTER
 PUT INDUSTRY ON FEET

Carl Lomen returned to Nome re- gently from the East where he spent the winter in the interest of the reindeer industry of Alaska and re- ports very Favorable results from his extended visit to New York and other eastern cities. MT. Lomen's trip, says the Nome Nugget, will serve to boost the reindeer industry in the States to the highest degree as well as to acquaint the outside public with lots of true facts con- cerning Alaska.
 MT. Lomen reports that an or ganization has been formed in New York known as the Lomen Reindeer & Trading Corporation. Among the eastern directors are; H. B. Walms- ley, we'll known eastern attorney who was formerly associated with Joseph Choate an attorney for the Dupont Powder Works; Edwin ] Clapp, financial editor of the New York American, and Archibald B Roosevelt, who needs no introduc- tion to the public.
 MT. Lomen states that his propo- sition at first met with many ob stacles which took both time anG patience to overcome. Owing to the fact that many people on the Out side did not have any idea what the domesticated reindeer was. every detail had to be gone over carefully Some of the people approached or the subject of the reindeer industry never had any idea that the rein. deer could be domesticated. The! were under the impression that dur ing the winter months a herd O" reindeer came down from the hills and a number were shot down b! employees of the reindeer industry and the meat shipped outside. Wher they were informed of the reindeer being kept together in herds tho year round they were immediately interested, and the results that MT Lomen obtained are proof of thir fact.
 MT. Lomen states that reindeer meat is being served at all the leading cafes and restaurants il New York. The Ritz Carleton, tho Waldoff-Astoria, and many other of such prominence serve the rein deer meat now. An overflow ship ment of reindeer meat was shipped out on the steamer Victoria this spring, this being the remainder O a shipment that could not be sent out last fall The Company expectG to have six thousand reindeHr rea6y for shipment to outside rlark";S be tween now and the first of January MT. Lomen states This is a known industry, the pioneer work of intro ducing the reindeer meat into tho States is over; the futnre of the i'll dustry is assured" He also states that he has been able to line up meat sales contracts on the outside All the eastern shipments will be made by the Panama canal to Now York, which is the largest market in the States flor the product. The placing of reindeer on the market in the States is not in competition with other meats, bu: will serve tc overcome the shortage of meats o; other variety.
 The following is paragraph o| an article broadcasted by MT. Lo- men by radio while in the States
 "The domesticated reindeer O. Alaska is not native to America. but was imported from Siberia by our Federal Government. The reason for this importation was to make tho Eskimo, who are wards of the Gov ernment, a self supporting people The total importation into Alaska was 1,2S0 animals, brought over during the decade of 1892 to 1902 By 1905 the herds in Alaska num- bered some 10000 reindeer and to. day are estimated at 100000 ami mals. In addition more than 125, 900 have been butchered for food and clothing"