The Nome nugget., 1924-06-21
LOMEN REINDEER AND
 TRADING CORPORATION
 PLANS BIG OPERATIONS

Carl J. Lomen, president and gem eral manager of the Lomen Rein deer and Trading Corporation. who returned last week on the Victoria ! from the States, in an interview ! SAYS the company is now getting il, to fine shape to handle reindeer neat !h large quantities. on the markets Outside.
 ! Mir. Lomen says that special att tention will be given to butchering | the animals next fall II is plann- ed to kill 1000 reindeer between | September 18th and January 18th and ample deer meat will be kept or hand in the cold storage plant i tc supply the Nome markets at all times from now on. On the last l trip of the s. & Victoria this fall 1 q capacity cargo of Reindeer car cases will be shipped to the States. 1 the balance of the deer slaughtered ! Curing the killing season will be i kept in the Cold Storage plants of l the company for shipment on the first boats next Spring. The new | cold storage plant to be erected on i the shores of Port Clarence will have a capacity of 25OO carcases.
 the machinery and equipment for this plant will arrive on one of the tnext steamers.
 1 The following interview which was printed in the Alaska Weekly is about all that Mr. Lomen has to say at this time:
 "The Lomen Reindeer and Trad ihg Corporal tion, with headquarters at Nome. Alaska. hes been ade- quately financed for it's future op- e,ations in the Northland. largely due to the efforts of Carl J. Lomen. president and general manager of the company. who passed the great CT part of the winter in New York and Washington. and who arrived in Seattle recently.
 This reindeer company was brot itto being several years ago by MT. Lomen. who stayed with the pro- ject through thick and thin. until success is assured The additional moneys secured this winter will Tut the project over in big shape. as well as liquidate all debts against the company. While the assets of the concern largely exceed the liabilities immediate funds are required to carry on with. until such time as the project has gotten on big producing basis.
 The company owns about 50,000 lead of reindeer. divided into six i herds and located at Kotzebue, and Nunivak Island. Cold storage plants have been installed at Nome. Golovin, Egavik and Keewalik.
 Another plant will be erected at Teller this season and additional plants will later be installed at points to the northward.
 There are some 45O,0OO head of reindeer in Alaska. Of this num- Der. perhaps seventy per cent is owned by natives.
 Mir. Lomen announces that the company has secured the services of John NJ. Ornes. of Minneapolis. who has been designated as sales agent in the United States,to handle the reindeer meat shipped outside. Mr. Ornes will make his headquar- | ters in Seattle. Mir Lomen is con fdent that good market will be worked up. not only in this country. but in Europe as we'll Some of the reindeer shipped out last fall by the company was sold to the Savoy and the Claridge hotels in London. The big New York hotels have reindeer meat on their bills of fare. Mir. Lomen points out that Alas Eans themselves. when on the out side on business or pleasure, could vastly aid the reindeer industry by telling the people about the meat. thus adding in it's introduction. He is pioneer in this business, being the first to go into 1t on big scale, e.