The Nome nugget., 1932-05-28
SECRETlRH WILBUR SENhS TWO MEN TO NOME TO ASSIST NATIVE REIN
 DEER OWNERS

Tn" following article is released by the department of the Interior in reference to the reindeer in dustry in northwest Alaska, and explains the reason for the ar rival by plane Thursday. of Chas. R. Trowbridge and Howard M Gilman, Jr.:
 "A new industry under the sun may be said 10 have taken definite form on a oasis of organized op- eration when Secretary Wilbur ordered two veteran field repre- sentatives of the Department of the Interior to Alaska, recently, to assist the local officials in the actual application of carefully worked nu' plan fur reind TT managrmpnt.
 TheSe men are Charles R Trow bridge .ud Howard NJ Gilman, of whom long have been associat- ed with problems of the public domain and the indigenous Amer ican. They will be followed soon by an expert in range manage ment who will remain permanent ly ill Alaska.
 The problem is an unusual one. It is that of assisting the Cover nor of Alaska, who has admins trative jurisdictiou over the na- lives deer, in bringing order out Of the chaoS of q venture which originated 40 years ago in a mis- sion.ry's attempt to help an iso- lated people and has developed into a livestock industry that GOV CTS an area as big as Texas, It
 is an industry built on the rein deer, an animal which never he fore formed the basis for such an enterprise. It is located in the north and west of Alaska, within and near the Arctic Circle. where for months he sun forgcts to rise in the winter and to sci in the summer. II is based upon Arctic moss buried under the snow in lieu of corn or hay. and the in stinct of an animal of the north for uncoverins f and hlurishing upon it.
 Eskimos, who are native born citizens of the United States. own la large portion of the reindeer Aside from food the reindeer of fer the prospect of cash crop
 to the Eskimo. The plans are to assist the natives hy proper suid- ance in the development of the industry to avoid the pitfalls of the early cattle industry. and to see that every orphan Eskimo receives his correct certificate of ownership in the reindeer as~o- citations which have been formed
 This formal reorganization 0t the reindeer business in Alaska has followed years study by d special committee set up by Secre- taIy Wilbur and headed by Senatu" John B kendrick of Wyoming, who brought to the problem an exper- fence of 50 years as a cattlema3 in the West. Cattle experience has not been found to be sufficient in solving reindeer problems, howev- CT, for the reindeer obey instincts peculiar to theil kind. One of th" reindeer's hahits. for example. is to return like the salmon of tn" northern streams unerringly to the place of it's birth to bear its young. This interferes with tho management of herds.
 "The first step recommended by the reindeer committee already has been taken IL constituted the establishment iii Alaska of q Rein, deer Council. The members of this Council are the Governor of Alaska, the Chief of the Alaskan Division of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Superintendent of Rein deer in Alaska, representative chosen by the Eskimo. and 8 re presentative of the Lomen inter ests, large reindeer owners. This group was authorized to draft range rules which has been done.
 Definite plans for the ensuing Summer have haan drawn and