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'B1NDMER STEAK ON MENU Big Arctic Herds Naking Venison Connon as Sirloin. (John G. Holmes in the American Scandinavian Review.) The horior of 'being the pioneer i n Aladka's rapidly growing reindeer in dustry -belongs indisputably to Uncle Sam. 'He started the business thirty years ago and it -has flourished mighti ly ever since., The pioneers In the commercial development of Alaska reindeer were American -Scandinav Inns, mostly men of 'Norwegian des cent. They are now the largest Indi vidual reindeer owners in Alaska and it is not unlikely that they own the biggest herds in the -world. i 'Tlie introduction of reindeer into Alaska was initiated with the imlpor tation fron S'iferia of 171 animals, which were landed on the shores of Port* Clarence Bay on the nation's birthday, July 4, .1892. In the course of the next ten years, 1,109 more were brought over, the total importation being 1,280. In 1898 some reindeer were shipped from Norway to Alaska for the relief of the starving miners at Circle City, but theqe -were sled deer and contained no breeding-stock. The -purpose of the introsluction of reindeer into Alaska -was to malce of the Eskimos a self-supporting Ipeople, the management of the herds and dis tribution of deer being made under the auspices of the bureau of education, department of the interior. -In order to teach the Eskimos reindeer farming about sixty Lappa received for their own use a few deer on condition that after dive years they should return an etiual number of animals to Uncle Sam. 'lhey .were allowed to keel) any num ber in excess of what they had origin ally received. Both Lapps 'and Es kinm6s were forbidden to slaughter fe male deer during the time of their pro ductiveness-a rule that is still in force. This -policy of protecting the cows, while the steers have been used for meat and skins, accounts for the amazing increase- of the Alaska rein (leer herds. The original stock of .1,280 animals have multknlled. in less than -thirty years to a grand total of 360,000. Of this number albout one hundred thousand have been slaught ered, leaving about 1-4 million 'rein deer in Alaska at tWe .present time. Americans of Norwegian descent have been the first white men in Alaska to recognize the great possi bility of the reindeer industry. About eight years ago they began to purchase herds front La-pps and from missions which wished to dispose of their hold ings, and ever since individual herds have been passing into their hands. The largest reindeer owner in Alaska today is a syndicate, 'Lomen & 'Co., conmosed principally of American Nor wegians and headed iby Judge G. J. To men. The company owns about thirty thousand deer, or about 15 per cent of tile total stock in the country. About 70 'ever cent is owyed by a thousand Eskimos; the government owns 4 per cent, and the renlainder is distributed among a few ibapps and missions.. The Lomen company has a -big slaughter house at Nome and several smaller ones, all with cold storage plants, and it may be said to be on a biag -production ibasis. 'Several thous and steers are slaughtered annually and shipped to the 'United States by way of Seattle. Judge Lomen claims that the reindeer industry is nowv the most rapidly growing industry of Alas 'ka, and that, dfiguring on a basis of p~resent prices, should within twenty years range between four and flyve mil lion reindeer, which is all the coun try's .grazing facilities can supsport, and there avould then 1)e a surplus for slaughter of as hmch as a million ani mials yearly. Reindeer meat differs considerably from venison, the meat of the wild deer. It is said by experts to combine the juiciness of beef with the dlelicacy -and tenderness of venison. 4' * * * * -e * * * * * * * e * '110NORI ROLL * * LAURENS CITY SCHftOILS * * .' * V* e e* * * *' * * *' * * *' * ~Eleventh Grade: 'Highly Distinguish od, Sarah Katherine Darkadalo; Dis tin guished Beatrice iHellams, Margaret K~night, ilary Senn, Winifred Sit grn eaves, Ruby Ternpleton, 'Wyatt Wal drop, .Maude 'Wofford. Tenth Grade: Highly Distinguished, Panul Philpot; -'Distinguished, Janie H folmies David, 'Rose Rosenthal, Hilda Taylor, Ruby Todd,. -Ninth Grade, iBection A-Diatin guished, Willie K(ate Baldwin, Co~hran McCrayy, 1Perrin Wright. Ninth Grade, Section B-Distin guished, F'ay Chancy. *ighth Grade, Setiob A..-H ighly iflistinktuislied, B~artha' Power, iiarriett STodd, iLegare Blackwell; IDistinguish *ed, Hlarlow Mahat ey, Billy ,Bolt, Col lyar .Barkadalo, Bf uIce Thornpson. Sighth Grade, Seection flighly istinguished, Frances IFinley;. Distiti guished, Charles' &nn, tiarA Cheek, Sevenith Grade, 8edtfon A-Dftjg gtdshed,Pannie Rosenthal; John. Bolt Culbertsenm, Waillainl Bilrnnlett,' 2iar7 eRti iflal Dtidy, Willtam Crews, kragaMU W4n0s ~ r461m,8t't.oo 1AZw; rie Beacham., Seventh Grade, Section B-Highly Distinguished, Mary Ball; Distinguish ed, Martha Boyd, Mary Anderson, Ma bel Barton. Sixth Grade, Section A-Distin guished, James hlunklin, Jack Babb, Martin Miller, iRalph Ball, Emily Tay-. lor, Mary Delle 'Rowland, Jeanette Hamilton. Sixth Grade, Section B--Distin guished, 'Martha Franks, Arm inda 1-ough, Lillian Kitchens, Nannie Pow er. .Fifth Grade, 'Section A-Distin guished, -Hiram LangstoU, Sarah Dor row, Belle Hamilton. Fifth Grade, Section B- I-lighly Distingulshed, Dorothy ,Norwood; Dis tinguished, Louis Wham, C. T. ,Squires, Jr., 'lelen Vincent, Mary Ellen Owens. iourth Grade, Section A-Distin guished, Emily 'Babb, Mary ClrisIp. Fourth Grade, Section li-iighly Distinguished, llorothy Sitgreaves, Louise Taylor; 1)Istinguished, Bert Kennington, Roy Milleil, Joe Reid, Has kell Sanders, LRlIargaret McCravy, Sa rah .Riddle, Clemlegene Teague, Cecyle Ferguson. Third. Grade, Section A-Distin guished, James 'Divis, Robert Fleming, Billy Lancaster, I,"red Lanham, 'Mary Clarence Bramlett, Martha Susan Briggs. Third Grade, Section B--Distin guished, 'Lawton Vincent, Samuel Wilkes, Julia 'Parker, Bert'ha Sexton, Maudaline Sullivan, Mary Elizabeth Squires. Second Grade, Section A-Distin guished, Virginia Creamer, 'largaret Gray, Thoinaq (Babb, 'William Bolt, Robert Bolt, 'Maurice Cannon, Billy Copeland, Bob Childress, Edwin Lan ham. Second Grade, ;Section B-Distin g/uished, Rachel Norwood, Frances Putnam, Mary Frances Shell, Helen Tetupleton. First Grade, Section A-Distin guished, Dan Briggs, 'Harold Cheek, Lewis Jones, Mary 1Balle, Mary 'iern don m1avis, Virginia Finley, kMargaret Hellams, Alice -Henderson, Elizabeth Hicks, Cleo Tumblin. First Grade, Section B--Distin guished, R1obert 'Rose, .Hugh Gray Swain, IMalcolm Squires, Sadie Franks, Virginia McCuen, Katherine Owens, Sophie Sullivan, Jessie Teague. Laurens Mil School Fourth Grade----ighly 4)stinguished -Elmer Davis; .Distinguished, Bessie Davis, Ancel Martin, 'Lyda Snoddy, Al ma Templeton. Third Grade-VDistinguished, Elvira Cannon, Oia iDavis, Mildred Hill. Second Gradc-Distinguished, Chris tine 'Weathers, Hattie Wilburn, John Wesley Lewis, Clyde alcGill, Elmer Scay, David Watson. First Grade-Iflistinguished, 'Maggie Davis, iHelen Fox, 5arah Word, Ada May Griffin, Ray Bishop. ULAIMS METHOD CONTIROL WEEVIL AT COST $2 ACRE Planmut Conjmissioner of FlorIda Says Weak Point of Weevil has been Found and 'Farmer Will iNow be .Able to Lanud Himt a Solar Plexus low., Gainesville, Fla., Nov. 1.-.Develop ment of a satisfactory method of con trolling the boll weevil on short sta p~le, or 'uoland cotton, was announced here tonight by WVr. Wilson Newvell, p~lant commissioner for the state lplant board and director of .the University of IFlorida Exiperihhent Station. Dr. *Newell's announcement swas made ah the result of the -successful culmination of research work -by Gee. D. Smith, associate entomelogist, con ducted under the auspices of the State Plant Board. The method involves a principle of 1b011 weevil control heretofore not recc ognized by oler iuqvestigators, Dr. Newell said, and he added that the to tal cost of, treatment, labor included, does not exceed $1.60 or $2 an acre. In the filds treated, the cotton, crop in nearly every instance has 'been as large as that obtained prior to the ad vent ofe~the weevil. While some ioison is iused the amount is comparatively small, Dr. Newell said. .By means of the im proved method a cotton field is cleared of *ar.t'en'lly al! I l weevils early in June and r.-mni:n.n in'that condition for several weeks. 'During this period a good crop of bolls is set without wvee nIl interference. Both the st'atp plant board and the eoperi'ment station awill issue immedi ately bulletins on the improved method of .control, . "The boll weevil's weak point has now been found," declared Dr. Newvell, "and by this method of, control the farmer Wyili abe able to hand him a solair 'Pit~xus blew. 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