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McCAKTHY WEEKLY NEWS
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Marc 11 8. 1879.
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Saturday Oct. 22nd. 1921.
UNCLE SAM’S SUCCESS
WITH ii uNDEER
(Literary Digest)
The announcement that a ship
ment of thirty thousand pounds
Of Alaskan reindeer meat has
just been received at San Fran
cisco calls attention, says The
Trade Record issued by The
National City Bank of New
York, to the remarkable suc
cess of our reindeer experi
ment in Alaska, where the value
of the reindeer herds, establish
ed a few years ago, is now
counted by millions of dollars.
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In the early part of our own
ership of Alaska, it seems, the
Eskimos were chiefly depend
ent upon the whale, walrus, car
bou and seal for their animal
food, but with rapid destruction
of these by the Whiteman’s rifle
the supply of animal food, an ab
solute essential in that climate,
was greatly reduced, and the
existence of the natives thus
threatened.
This condition was brought
to the attention of the public in
| the United States in the early
nineties by Dr. Sheldon Jackson
who had been sent to Alaska by
the Government to establish
j scnools among the natives, and
! lie conceived the idea of inr.ro*
| uucing the reindeer, then un
1 known in Alaska, but proving
extremely useful in Siberia and
Lapland. We read further:
Ah a consequence of this
establishment <. f the reindeer
industry in Alaska a quarter
centuiy ago, the number of
reindeer now scattered through
that territory is about 140,000
and tneir value betwfeen three &
four million dollars.
So liberally are the' reindeerr
herds now supplying the na
tives, their owreis, with meats,
milk, butter ard cheese, that
their owners are now able to
spare large quantities for the
white population of Alaska and
limited quantities for shipment
te the Pacific Coast cities and
thence to the great trade cen
ters of the country, so that rein
deer steaks may be had in the
markets of the great cities as
far east as the Atlantic coast
Where The Tax Monies Go
For a long time we have been
wondering what becomes of all
the money that Uncle Sam gets
in taxes, bacaasa there is always
a lack of funds in every depart
ment. At last we have found
out, — out of every 100 cents the
government cakes from us in
taxes, it spends ninety7 two to
pay7 past present and future
w.»,r bills.
Isn’t it about time we did away
with war? Write to the
Delegate and tell him you ap
prove of a big reduction in arm
aments.
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BRINGS THIS BANK TO YOUR VERY DOOR.
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in an envelope and mail to us. By return post you
will receive a bank book showing amount of your deposit.
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