| Summary: | Newsletter of the North Dakota School for the Deaf. THE NORTH DAKOTA BANNER Meat Supply From Alaska. I* IKST Sh I PM KNT OF R KtjVpEER FliOM Bos.sibm.; Domestic Herd of 10,000, ()()(). With the first commercial shipment of reindeer moat' into the United States from Alaska, the process of providing the poeple of this country with a meat which will supplement oilr dwindling beef supply, has actually commenced, according to a statement; made by William T. Lopp, the official charge of the governments reindeer service. Mi-. Lopp has jlist returned from a 14.000 mile tour of inspection through Alaska on behalf of the United States bureau of education, which administers the reindeer service. Within less than twenty-live years, with the reindeer of Alaska increasing at the present rate, there will he 2,000,000 prime beef reindeer in the territory, on which the people of the United Slates can depend for much of their flesh diet. The first shipment of reindeer meat to Tacoma and Seattle consisted of 125 (;al eas*< s having an average weight of 150 pounds each. In flavor, reindeer me at is across between mutton and beef, hut has even more palatability than either. Pasturage for 10,000,000 Deer. Reindeer can lie raised for t he "market much more cheaply than cattle, for the reason that, they will thrive on wastes so barren that, evou goats would starve thereon. There are D u)):) miles of frozen tundra in Alaska, which at present is tit for nothing, but which, as reindeer ranches, would provide pasturage for 10,000,000of the animals. Reindeer raising was introduced into Alaska about twenty years ago by the United States government, as a benevolent and educational enterprise, suggested by the late Dr. Sheldon Jackson. It was desired to raise the civilization of the natives from the hunting t.o the pastoral stage as well as to provide them with a food supply to take the place of the whale, the seal, and wild caribou, the numbers of which had been greatly reduced by the use of tirearms in hunting. The work was put in charge of the bureau of education, which imported a total of 1,280 reindeer from Siberia. This number has now increased to some 33,000, of which 22,000 are owned by the natives. 4lie reindeer industry lias always been strictly supervised by the bureau of education, in order that the natives will not lose this source of food supply as they have lost their former ones, but the deer arc increasing at such rapid rate that it will probably he only a matter of time before the last restriction to their commercial development will be withdrawn.—- The, Minneapolis Journal. . j* Working in the Dark. Secretary Mac Vuagh, at a dinner in Washington, was urging the need of scientific financial laws. "But let us make those laws scientifically, ” he said. "We must lot in the light We must work in the light, if we work in the dark, you know, we will go wrong—like young Cornelius Husk. "Cornelius ITu»k was called one winter morning before dawn, and told to go and harness the mule to the dearborn. "The lad was too lazy' to light a lantern, and in the dark he didirt notice that oue of the cows was iu the stable with the mule. 6*As he tried to harness the cow, his father, impatient at the long delay, shouted from the house: "Corneyl Corney! what von doing?" “1 can't get the collar over the mule's head,” the boy replied. "His ears are frozen.” Signs of Honest Toil. After the plumber bad finished some repairs about his office the kindhearted business man said to him: "You will find soap and clean towels in the washroom and you are welcome to use them when yum get through.” The plumber spruced up after he had finished his work, but to the astonishment of the business man, he appeared a few minutes later with his face daubed with dirt and grease. "Why in the world did you blacken your face up again after you had washed yourself?” the business man asked. Grinning guiltily, the plumber replied. "If L went back to the office with a clean face the boss would think 1 had been loafing on the job.”—Youngs-town Telegram. j* j* j* Fair Play. While riding on an east-bound Woodland car a few days ago. 1 noticed an important looking gentleman board the car and while reaching into his, pocket for change a dime accidentally dropped to the floor and rolled under the seat opposite. When the conductor demanded Ins fare the important gentleman .said: “’There, is your fare under that seat, if you want it.” The conductor, who happened to bo the only Irishman on the line, went over and picked up the dime and deposited a nickel in its place, turned to the gentleman and said: "There is your change, if you want it.”—Exchange. There are many humorous anecdotes current among his countrymen, which Chcdo Mijatovich relates in "Servia of the Servians.” The following neatly illustrates the point that there are other things more important than mere etiquette: Nasradiri Chodja took much trouble to teach his pupils how to behave politely. Among other things he taught them always to clap their hands and shout, ^ fiftyjr Allah/” (God bless you!) whenever they heard an older, person sneeze. Once the Chodja, mending something in the open pit in his garden, slipped and fell in. Nearly drowned in the deep water of the pit, he called to his pupils to bring a rope and drag him out. The dutiful schoolboys soon found a rope and threw it down to t.hoir master, and when he had seized it, began to drag hi in out. Only a few feet more and he would be.out of the pit—when, unfortunately, thoroughly wet as he was, he sneezed! Ln an . instant all his pupils dropped the rope to clap their hands, shouting: 'lhn/ir Allah, Chodja/” The poor Chodja fell back down to the bottom of the pit. "Ah, it serves me right!” he cried. 4*1 ought to have taught these boys • common sense first and then politeness!” — 77/e Youth'* Companion. j* vb \4> ili | THIS IS THE YEAR f 2 that shows the difference" between good 5 ^ farming and poor far mini'. You can T. 3 make and save money by studying the % -3 causes for success of our most prosperous | farmers uud applying the results of their 5- ~ experience to your own farm operations * x The Dakota Farmer, of Aberdeen. S. D. f 3 makes a business of seeking out and ~ 3 analyzing these causes iiad presenting the & 3 results to its: readers. Thousands of 2 farmers have found iu the columns of this €- 2 great paper the ideas that have made «-• S- the*n prosperous. You can get three free * 3 copies by sending your name and address t 3 ou a postal. «-• -3 Sr
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