davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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and large areas of barren rocks that did not afford forage. Furthermore, the hunting population was never .arge in muskox territory, the trade in robes was never large, and the muskox country does not show re- mains (skulls, bones, etc.) in the quantity which was found on the buf- falo range before the bones were picked up or plowed under"
 It is much easier to arrive at the approximate number of the animals still available in the bleak Arctic plains. Most of these are on the Arc tic islands of Canada, with a few on the mainland of the Dominion, while a few hundred survive in Greenland. Dr. Anderson places the probable total at 14,42O, distributed as follows: Melville laand, 4,O00; Ellsmere 1s- land, 4.0OO; Axel Heiherg Island, 1000; Devon Island, 200; Baathurst Island, 1,500; Prince of Wales Island. 1,50O; Cornwallis Island, 200; Vic aoria Island, ,s20; Canadian mainland, 500; North and East Greenland, 1,g00.
 From scientific standpoint the muskox is of the greatest interest, as it occupies unique position in the animal world. While it is not, strict " speaking, a link between the two families of sheep,son the one hand, and cattle on the other5 g. relation in- dicated by it's scientific. name "ovihus moschatns," it nevertheless combines anatomical and other, characters be- longing to the two large groups. In size it equals one of the small breeds of Welsh or Scotch cattle, and in ap- isaarance it resembles a small buff falo.
 Paul G. Redington, chief of the Bi- ologica Survey, gives this description of the animals:
 "Muskox resemble somewhat. a small-sized buffalo or bison. They have distinct hump, though. it is not so conspicuous as.,the buffalo's. Their color is dark brownish to black with ! lighter brown or cream color on the back. They grow an undercoat of thick wool and through this wool grow. long, black guard hairs that
The Kusko times., 1931-05-23
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pounds and the largest 131 pounds" ."
 MT. Palmer reports that the ami malls proved disappointingly uncon- cerned upon their release at the ex- pertinent station and that some had o be forced out of their crates. They are being held this winter in a 40- acre enclosure and are being fed on various kind of hay. He continues:
 "'i he animas are continuing to do wei and are m excellent condition. heir coats have glossy appearance and the animals are fuli and rounded n outline. During inc period Nov. 5 70 Jan. ', ppT54l.nately TWO months, the calves saoWed an sg zage gain in weight of 2o.65 pounds per head and the yearlings B pounds. Thus it may be stated that the animals have made an approximate gain per head of half a pound per day since arrival at the station.
 "The muskoxen clean up all that we give them and are proving good feeders. We are holding them to 8 maintenance ration of about five pounds per head per day. Between feelings the animals forage a bit in the pasture for low shrubs. We have successfully fed so far the following feeds: Alfalfa hay, a mixture of all fafa meal, molasses meal, brome hay raised locally, oat hay raised locally, wild sedge hay and wild redtop hay. The muskoxen have showed them selve to be superior feeders. and also we have reason to belive should prove good rust.ers on the open range.
 "The animals show strong pro- tective instinct, resent handling, but are not vicious. The calves are read lly amenable to friendly approach, but the yearlings are more cautious. in feeding, however, the herd shows considerable confidence and one can approach with impunity. As herd .nay may be driven and handled by corraling. We employ chute and squeeze gate for holding individual animals"
 In prehistoric times the muskox was distributed over a wide range of territory. Its fossilized remains have been found in fairly recent geolog- ical deposits in Siberia, Russia, Ger many, Austria, France and England, proving that, it's habitat once includ- ed Northern Europe and Asia as wlel as Northern North America. There is evidence that the animals were found in Alaska, although not in /. large numbers, within. the ast hun- dred years.
 Ernest Thompson Seton estimates that the muskoxen of the United States had range of about the same area as that of the plains buffalo, that is, about 2,OO0 by 5000 miles, and that "the 5O,O0O,0OO of plains buffal were probably contemporane- ous with less than 100000 musk oxen." With this opinion, however, Dr. R. M. Anderson, chief of the Di- vision of Biology, National Museum on Canadian fauna, disagrees. He says:
 My opinion is that this figure for the muskoxen is probably greatly overestimated, as much of this coun- try was not muskoxen range, includ- ing great lakes, extensive glaciers
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of B days, when they continued their long pilgrimage. L. J. Palmer, who is in charge of the United States Bi- ological Surveys reindeer experiment station at College, Alaska, and who made the trip with the musxoxen from New York to that station, de- 5crjbes it in these words:
 'The animals were fed on native hay en route to New York, but upon reaching quarantine were immediate .y placed on alfalfa hay. They took to the new feed at once, and no dift- .culty whatever was experienced .n the feedin. Salt was also given, and a considerable amount was taken. The animals drank much water, due to the warm weather prevailing. The muskoxen seemed distressed during warm weather, breathing heavily and feeding less. They much preferred the cooler days.
 During the quarantine period, Sept. 16 to Oct. IS, total of about S,400 pounds of alfalfa hay was used, or at daily rate of 2 1-2 pounds per animal. Approximately one-quarter of the hay was wasted, so that the actual used was probably about 5 pounds per day per head.
 "No disease or sickness developed, and the. animals were released from quarantine on the afternoon of Oct. IS, when they were loaded onto two long express cars, IT animals to the car. The, cars were picked up the ext morning for Jersey City. We arrived at Seattle Oct. 23. Next morning the animals were loaded aboard the Alaska Steamship Com- pany steamer Yukon, leaving the fol- lowing morning. We arrived at Sew ard, Alaska, Oct. 31, and unloaded cnto four box cars for the journey to | tairbanks via the Alaska Railway, ,his requiring four ,days by slow e.ght. En route much interest was disp.ayed in the muskoxen shipment, and we had many visitors.
 "In leaving Jersey City, the tenn perature in the cars was about 60 de- grees. We soon encountered cooler weather en route, and the. average temperature in the cars dropped to between 40 and 50, the lowest B de- grees. At Seattle the temperature climbed to 60. The first two days aboard ship the temperature was up to 72 degrees. By insisting on keep ing the hatch wide open We succeed ed in lowering this for the remainder of the trip to temperature of be- tween Q and 60. Arriving at Seward we encountered snow and freezing weather. En route to Fairbanks the average temperature in the box cars held between 20 and 40 degrees. When the animals were released at College the temperature was at 16 above. Weighed in at the experiment station, the yearling muskoxen aver aged 2O5 pounds, the smallest weigh ing 175 pounds and the largest Ca cow probably two years old) weigh ing 2s4 pounds. The calves averaged 1O4 pounds, the smallest being "A
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's. rEELseUE INTRODUCTION OF MUSKOXEN INTO ALASKA
s4 (By W. E. aP,ayfair, in Boston Even-
 o.ing Transcript.)

ns.ing Transcript.)
 a,One of the most ambitious game .i. stocking experiments ever attempted .s is off to good start, the plan ot the United States Government to restore :. to the Arctic ranges of Alaska that queer animal, the muskox, extinct in }. that pat of sthe world for more than :. a century. From College, Alaska, comes. word that a herd of thirty | four, young muskoxen which arrived |. there last. November from Greenland are thriving in their new environment i. and there is reason to believe that D thi sventure may be as successful, $. albeit on smaller scale, as the trans planting of reindeer from Siberia to < Alaska.
 The. decimation of the caribou l. herds with the introduction of the rife among the native hunters of the . North has made it necessary for gov , ernments to consider the problem of food supply for the denizens of the
 Arctic waste. The reindeer was the :. first answer to sthe question and be- cause of the notable success that at ! tended the Alaska reindeer experl- < ment the government of Canada more
 than a year ago purchased 5000 head . of reindeer in Alaska for shipment to the Mackenzie river delta. This herd, < considerably augmented during it's :. long. trek, has not yet reached it's des- |. tination and may not for another year. Canada had considered musk oxen before embarking on the rein |. deer venture, but decided, on the ( quicker and easire method.
 t remained then for. the United i. States to make the first experiment =. on record in transplanting the musk OK. that strange beast which is said ! by naturalists to be descendant ot prehistoric animals that ranged the regions of ice, snow and rock, which
 in former times spread over the land |. areas of the northern polar hemi- :. snhere. Canada and Greenland are /. the .ony two countries in the world ' where the muskox is to be. found to- {. day in it's wild, state, and as Canada
 is making an effort to preserve the :. species, Greenland was the logical /. source of supply. The Alaska Legis- lature sett he ball rolling by sending /. a memorial to Congress on the sub ject. Congress last year voted $4o,- | GOO to the appropriation of the Blo- : logical Survey for the purpose, and last summer the muskoxen were cap
 tured in Greenland and started on : their long journey.
 The thirty four animals, haf ot
 them calves and the rest yearlings or { older, were shipped via Norway on <, the Norwegian-American Line vessel
 Bergensfjord, arriving at New York 1. September 15 last. Still in the crates in which they had been kept while on /. board the ship, they were taken to
 Athenia, N. J., for quarantine period
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BROOKHART GIVES
LIBERALS STATES
IoWan Tells Illinois G. 0. P.
of Chances-Against
Third Party.
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. June Ex-senator Smith
w. Brookhart Of Iowa told conference
of Illinois Progressive Republicans yes
terday that he believed the Progressives
could carry Indiana, Ohio, Illinois,
Wisconsin, Nebraska, Pennsylvania,
California and the Dakotas in the COM
ing presidential campaign.
Senator Brookhart denied that he IA
vored third party. What am ad-
vocating is a fight by Progressives for
Progressive candidate in those States
having presidential delegate primaries
and in the national convention" he
said
Brookhart said he would introduce in
Congress a bill amending the present
Farm Board bill along the lines Of the
Haugen- McNary bill, substituting the
debenture plan for the equalization fee. ="
Prosperity Restorative.
"Prosperity can be restored to the
country in that way" he said. The
present bill, sponsored by the President,
has failed in its purpose"
He opposed the equalization fee as a
tax on the farmer" He said the de-
benture plan would be a farm subsidy,
but defended it by saying the Govern
ment subsidized the railroads for their
wartime losses and is paying form
Of subsidy to the merchant marine.
Would Tax Incomes.
1.-THE debenture plan would raise the
price OF farm products. would apply
it to all such, not wheat alone. 1t
would restore the buying power OF the
people 40 per cent. But to bring back
prosperity we should limit the surplus
profits of all lints Of business. finance
and industry to an amount equal to the
annual increase of wealth in this coun-
try.
MY original bill. which got five votes
in the Senate last year. will be intro
duced again. l will probably amend
it to limit surplus profits to 4 per cent
through the income and corporation
taxes instead of per cent"
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VENEZUELAN HEAD
WARNED TO RESIGN
Congress Demands Action by
Dr.. Perez at Today's
Special Session.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CARACAS. Venezuela. June l3.-The
Venezuelan Congress, sitting as a COM
mittee Of the whole, has served upon
DR.. Juan Bautista Perez a demand
that he resign as President Of the re-
public at today's special session OF the
Congress.
A special committee presented the
President with resolution reading, In
view of the fact that private sug-
gestions, both oral and written. by
members of the Congress to the Presi-
dent requesting his resignation, have
been answered by evasion and delay,
the Congress now formally requests
that at today's special session the
President present his formal resigna-
ton, the supreme interests of the ma
ton so requiring.
For the past two months reports
have come out Of Venezuela by way of
Colombia that there was rebellion
against the Perez government. In April
the government issued an official denial
that there was any revolutionary move
ment anywhere in Venezuela.
Or. Juan BautlSta Perez was elecUed
to the presidency by the Congress in
May, 1929. for seven-year term. At
the time Of his election he was presi-
dent of the Federal High Court of Ces-
sation and serving as President Pro
Tempore of the Republic.
He succeeded Gen. Juan Vincente
Gomez As chief executive when the lat
ter declined to run for reelection to
the post he had held for 20 years. Gen.
Gomez said his advancing years die
tated his retirement from politics.
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commission with a request that all the
new alignmentS involved be approved at
once. or whether the commission will
merely be asked to substitute four
party plan for its previous flve-party
plan and then consider each individual
acquisition on its own merits.
The latter course is considered the
more probable. While this would in
volve more time, the railroad presi
dents look upon their general CONSOLE
dalton scheme in the light of an emer-
gency measure similar to that OF the
proposed freight-rate increase and,
therefore, they will request the commits
sion to act without undue delay. The
usual practice in rate matters Is for the
commission to suspend all changes for
a period of 80 days, during which time
they will hear all complaints, but under
emergency conditions this period may
be shortened.
New Direct Entry Into City.
A major part of the new expenditures
which would be undertaken by the car
riers, if they could have the uncertainty
of counter consolidation proposals re-
moved, would be involved in projects
to give the Baltimore & Ohio and the
Chesapeake e. Ohio-Nickel Plate direct
access into New oYrk City. The other
two systems, New York Central and
Pennsylvania, already have this advan-
tage.
Following the December announce
ment, Daniel Willard, president Of the
Baltimore & Ohio. who has taken
leading part in all the consolidation
maneuverS, said the major systems
would be built up. piece by piece,
although a formal draft OF the agree
ment would be filed with the commits
sion when complete. He made it clear
at that time that no blanket applica-
ton to cover the entire plan was con-
templated, and it is believed the same
procedure will cover the present case.
At that time the only major problem
seen in the way of the presidents max
ing an agreement was the question Of
the Pennsylvania Railroads desire Tor
trackage over the Nickel Plate line
along the southern shore OF Lake Erie.
No intimation of how this was settled
at yesterdays meeting was made pub
lie
Mr.. Willard said last December. in
speaking for the proposal following
President Hoovers announcement, that
he knew of no single factor which
would contribute more toward stabili-
cation of business. insure financial sta
bility of the railroads and increase en-
ployment than the mergers agreed
upon. Mr.. Willard took leading part
in formulating the original four-party
program five years ago, which was pro-
tested by the Pennsylvania and event.
ually discarded by the commission III
favor of its five-party lineup.
The present four-party plan differs
from the five-party plan in that it
makes no provision for Wabash-Sea-
board system. The Seaboard is now in
recefvership and the Wabash, under
the Presidents plan, goes to the Penn
sylvania Mr.. Willard has been the
principal contact between the railroad
heads and the administration at Wash
ington.
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Deaths Reported.

=, The following deaths have been reported to
hours: '
Grace S. Spencer 80. Garfield Hospital.
p4lal.
Minnie Tolson. SO, George Washington
Emma E. Miller, 60. l49 r st. ne.
Annie M. Watson. g. 1903 LIST ST.
Edward Penn. So. rear oil N ST. Sc
Anna n. Clapp, 80. Army War COLLEGE
Helen B. Grab, 49, GEORGETOWN University
Hospital
George J. vereb, 2s. United States Naval
Hospital
Epeenie v Addor. 49, National HomeO-
pathic Hospital
Marion Shorb. ~. Childrens Hospital.
Lois NJ. Pumphrey, z. Providence Hospital.
Russell Morgal. S days. Gallinger Hospital
Sarah Casty. 80. 220 H st. ne.
Jane Digs. rs. Gallinger Hospital.
Gertrude Sescoe. So. 1928 D st.
James Alden. so, 100 Shepherd cout.
John Sewell. AZ, Gallinger Hospital
Huie Moldin; SO. Walter Reed Hospital.
Harvey Faulkner. 81. 1870 2nd ST.
Blanch Lucas, rs, Freedmen's Hospital.
Sarah Ma1kin, 2, Gallinger Hospital.
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OIL COMPANY LOSS
SLATED FOR PROBE
Los Angeles County Jurors
to Investigate Charges
of Fraudulent Acts.
BY the associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
los ANGELES. June 13-Alleged
unauthorized Withdrawals Of funds Of
the Richfield Oil Co. of California by
certain of its officials will be investi-
gated by the new county grand jury
under plans announced by Chief Dep
uty District Attorney r. F. Stewart.
No further action will be taken. he
said, on charges made by the State
corporation commissioner, r. L. Haight,
that $3,500,000 worth Of stock was is
sued in violation of the corporate Sc
curities act, and that there had been
false statement in an application for
a permit to issue stock in 1927.
Stewart said the statute of limita-
tons would apply to the first charge
June Is, or bG fore investigation posi-
bly, could be completed, and that the
second had been barred by the statute
OF limitations for more than a year.
Stewart said this elimination left the
major statements With regard to unau-
thorized Withdrawals of funds, changes
in company records and other alleged
violations of the corporate securities act
open for investigation.
Haight recently furnished report to
the district attorneys Office in which
he charged maladministration Of Rich
field business had resulted in a S54.-
100000 deficit.
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WESTERN BEET GROWERS
ASK SUGAR DUTY BOOST
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Western beet growers have petitioned
the Tariff Commission for an increase
in the sugar duty.
This rate, which caused more debate
in the last Congress than any other in
the Hawley-Smoot tariff act, is now 2
cents pound on Cuban raws, Before
1880 it was 176 cents. The Cuban re-
fined levy is PIP. In the 1922 law it
was 191.
j. C. Bailey of Colorado Springs pre-
sented the application for raise under
the flexible provisions in the duties on
raw and refined sugar and edible black
strap molasses and cane sirup.
He said he represented beet growers
of Colorado, California, Idaho, Mon
tana, Nebraska and Wyoming. Reasons
prompting the request were not made
public The commission has yet to set
a date for hearing.