The Seaforth News, 1931-03-05, Page 3Canada to Acquire
Herd of Reindeer
Will Provide Food arid
Clothes for :Esk'imo
Tirbes •
The reindeer, whieli for many years
has been need in northern Europe by
the Laplanders and which every
child knowsas the traditional means
of transportation for Santa Clans, is
being imported into Canadato Pro-
vide food and 'clothing for the Eski-
mos, A herd of 3,000 Is on its way
from Alaska to the mouth of the
Mackenzie River and will be deliver-
ed in Canada next Winter. Itis now
camped on Colville River. Two thou-
:M.4
hou-
e ind young are .expected to be born.
in tbe Spring. The herd, when turn-
ed over to Canada, will thus number
about .5,00.0.
As long ago as 1919 the Canadian
Government began its Investigation
of the possibility of pasturing ISM -
deer in northern Crnada, in the great'
tundra country which stretcbes.north
from the timber line to the coast.
The plan was ,brought about fly the
change in habits of the Eskimo and
their -need for food to take the place.
of caribou, which have changed their
routes of migration. The scaroity
of caribou often brought tribes -of'
Eskimos near starvation, and the
problem of preventing their 'extine.-
tion was a; serious one.
Warning to Hunters
In Rabbit Season
New Disease — Tularaenia
Contracted Through the
Handling of Wild
Game
•According to recent reports receiv-
ed • by the 17.S. Public Health- Ser-
vice, an. ;unusually large number of
eases of Tulareamia are occurring
this winter inn a special article issued
by this, service. We read.
Tularaemia is a disease caused by
a germ which is found 3n nature,
principally in certain infected ,rod-
ents. Tularaemia was : discovered
by Dr. Edward Francis of the Public
Health Service, Wild rabbits are
the main source of infection of this
disease. Among ' wild rabbits tul-
araemia is a very fatal disease. Men
sometimes contract this disease from
handling rabbits. Hunters' who dross
rabbits, or cooks'_ who prepare them
for the table; are very frequently 'fn.
faded wiht tularaemia if the rabbit
has this disease. A few cases have
been contracted from such unusual•
sources as the skinning or dressing
of woodchucks, muskrats, opossums,
skunks, .coyotes and tree squirrels.
The three chief sources of infec-
tion with. tularaemia :are tick bite,
Ily bite and the dressing of wild rab-
bits. Casea of •the disease have ac-
curred .in the United States in every
month of the year. The great re-
servoir ot.infectien, and the greatest
Change in Eskimo'•s Habits
Since fur -trading posts invaded the
Far North; the Eskimo has changed
-from hunter to 'trapper. He for-
userly killed sufficient caribou •w`ith
hie native weapons, ,jest enough to
enable him te exist and not sufficient
to drive the certaiou away from the
routes they traveled every year.
They used to migrate from the Bar-
'ren Grounds, as the tundra was then
Balled, and cross over the doe to the
Arctic Islands, returning in the Fall
to the mainland where there was bet-
ter Winter pasture. But when the
Eskimos obtained rifles they killed
more caribou than they needed and
the wary animals turned east 'before
reaching the northern coast and went
Intothedesolate interior where the
Eskimos seldom travel. The result
was famine.
The le''kimo has also chauged his
'habits since becoming a trapper, and
instead of spending his time catching
seals and hunting caribou for fsod he
has turned to trapping foxes, which
he: gives to the trades for food. The
change from a Cell and meat ,diet to
canned fondfi i,seete and other foods,
,which are net gree for the natives,
and tbe glowing eee of white men's
clothing, have lowered the Eskimo's
vitality and made frim more suscepti-
ble to disease. So it was determin-
ed to give him reindeer to herd under
supervision, so that a constant sure
ply of clothing and food might be
available.
Animals Now Plentiful
The same situation arose in Alaska
many years ago, and 1891 a herd
of 1,280 reindeer was imported from
Siberia. They have increased to
more than 750,000, and of them the
natives own two-thirds. Clothing
and food both are obtained from the
animals, reindeer skins making ex-
cellent outer garments. So success-
ful was the breeding of reindeer and
the use of reindeer meat that an at-
tempt was made some time ago to
introduce canned reindeer meat in
the United States. An investigation
of the reindeer industry in Alaska
was made by the Canadian Govern-
ment, and then a survey was made
of the tundra country in the North-
west territories to determine what
pasturage was available, As a re-
sult, Canada ordered 3,000 reindeer
from the Lemma brothers in Alaska,
the herd which is now on its way to
the Mackenzie.
The reindeer will be .pastured at
first in two large areas, one running
along the coast .and' some -distance
Inland from the Alaska -Yukon boun-
dary to Cape Bathurst, in a region
where are lakes known as the Eleki-
mo. Lakes. This area provides about
15,000 square miles of pasture -land
for reindeer. The tundra is firm
and rich in lichens known as rein-
deer moss. At some distance from
the coast there is suitable Winter
grazing, the land being partly tim-
bered at the south: There are few
natural boundaries to keep small, in-
dividually owned herds intact, but
community herds could easily be
maintained by the tribes.._ It is esti-
mated that 250,000 head of reindeer
Could be kept in this one area,
North and east of Great Bear Lake
Is another grazing area, Stretching
as far east as the Coppermine River
and running north to Coronation Gulf.
This tract comprises about '38,000
?Mare miles and could probably
Jtupport 800,000 'reindeer.
It is hoped by the Government
that the importation of these herds
and their subsequent increase will
solve the food problem for the Eski-
mo. Although the natives will prob-
ably still trap fos, the domestic rein-
deer needs so little care that it will
probablysurvive as it has survived
Si Alaska. Even as far north as
Point Barrow reindeer owned alto-
gether by Eskimo have lived and in-
creased for many years, but because
of the climate and sometimes'
by the native owners, they have de-
creased in size. Unless they are
ruthlessly killed, however—and Gov-
ernment, supervision may prevent
that—they should remain . to take the,
place of the wild caribou in. the na-
tive's diet. Also, the carillon may
lettere to.their .normal routes.
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source of human infection, is the
•wild rabbit—jaek, eottontail, and
snowshoe varieties—but, owing to the
agency of blood.sutiking insects cora-
mon to rabbits and man, we also
find cases resulting from tick bite 1
and fly bite.
Although a new -disease of man,
tularaemia has now been recognized
in forty-three States of the United
States, in the District' of Celumbia,
Canada, Japan, Russia and Norway.
November, December and January
have been the months of onset for
the majority of the cases 'occnrrieg
east of the Mississippi River, result-
ing from the dressing of wild cotton -
tall rabbits for food. ` These months
embrace the "open season" when,
owing to the relaxationof the game
laws, the hunting of "cottontail rab-
bits is generally permitted, and, con-
sequently, these rabbits are then of
fered.for sale in great numbers in
the markets,
As a rule, when the iufootion has
come from a rabbit some injury has.
been inflicted on the hand, although
a manifest injury is not necessary
for infection to occur. Usually an
ulcer develops at the site of infec-
tion, ,accompanied by_ enlargement of
the lymp glands ' which drain the
ulcer. Fever is, always present and
continues fortwo to three weeks.
The primary lesion .may, be located
on the eyelid or on parts of the• holy
other than the skin. of the hands, if
due to tick bite or Ay bite. The
diagnosis is confirmed by -a blood
test. One attack of the disease•con-.
fens immunity in man from further
attacks.
There is no special treatment for.
this disease, 'Rest in bed is the
most important measure. No pre-
ventive vaccine or curative serum
has been perfected, nor has 'any
special drug been found' effective
against tularaemia.
Rabbit, meat, thoroughly cooked,is
harmless for food; and it has been
found that a temperature of 66 deg.
Centigrade, or 133 deg. Fahrenheit,
kills the germ of tularaemia. The
ordinary disinfectants are effective.
Rubber gloves should be worn by
those who must dress wild rabbits.
Immune persons should be employed
to dress them where possible. In-
fected rabbits kept in cold storage
at a temperature just above freez-
ing
reering may retain their infection for
three months, but not for four
months. Market inspection of rab-
bits is impracticable, because only
about 10 per cent. of the rabbits
found in the market stili have the
liver in place.
Finally, beware of the wild rab-
bit which the dog or eat has caught,
or which a boy has killed with a
club—it is probably a sick rabbit,
•
Fallen
I love those woods; but here and
there a tree
Sprawls like a broken -•wrestler
where it fell;
And I go softly, even fearfully,
As one who looks on death. It
may be well
That these unprofitable, ragged,
strong
Free things should perish. Yonder,
line by line,
The squat, green orchard trees ad-
vance along
The hillside, making it demure and
fine.
The vagabound must go, in man and
tree,
Whose being is not building; and
hie place
Shall be for one who serves pros-
perity,
Saith the busy world with sober
face;
But barefoot dreamers have ,lbeen
known to bless,
And cities have been lost In wilder-
. nem.
—Ethel Davies, in the Anstraliasian.
Be penitent and for thy folly eon-
trite.—Milton.
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They call it indigestion. It means
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One Hundred and Fifty Years of Service
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The retirement recently of Mr. Ii. J.
Dunstan, Vice -President of the Bell
Telephone Company.4ijf Canada, after
fifty-three years'
...2o0 e, recalls
some
outstanding
"fi uhav•lthe telephone
world in Cana•ds"P'9 :get during'. the
last visit of Dige'd !I -Raeder Graham
Bell to'Brantford, a ;` birthplace of
the' telephone.
In the group' above appear, left to
right: Lewis B. McFarlane, ex -Presi-
dent •.of the Bell Telephone Company
of Canada; Dr. Aleaantler ,Graham
Sometimes the .father gives the
bride atvay; in other cases the bride-
groom has to find her out for him-
self. •
The Old Un—"Pluck, my boy, pluck;
that is the one essential to success in
business."
The Young Un—"Yes, .of course, I
know that. The trouble is finding
some one to pluck."
Your Talent
We all are not blessed
With a gilt to be great
In music, in science, or play;
Few are possessed
01 a talent or gift
To make then outstanding today.
But God gave us all
One talent at birth,
Tt's used, oh, so rarely by few;
It's a talent the poorest
Or richest can have—
Be honest, straight -forward, and true.
Friend—"But you dont' mean to tell
me that you bought this just to satisfy
a whim of your wife's?"
The Other (sadly)—"Ah, you don't
know her, old man. She's got a whim
of iron."
Mentioning au old flame has caused
more than one flare-up.
Woman (in crowd)—"Stop push-
ing,"
Hefty Man—"I wasn't pushing; I
only sighed."
The .young mistress of the house
entered the kitchen, carrying herself
with great dignity. She had come to
call the cook to account.
Young. Mistress -"Jane, I must in-
sist that you have less company in
the kitchen. Last night I was kept
awake by the uproarious laughter of
one of your young women friends.%
Jane (cheerfully)—"Yes, mum, I
know, but she couldn't bele it, mum, I
was telling her how you tried to make
a cake yesterday morning."
Signs over a drug
"Our chocolate is
ourselves."
"We don't know
pop is on ice,"
"Not eating here
slakes one weak."
store fountain:
so good we eat it
where ma is but
for seven days
When a fellow talks about himself
vocally, we walk out on him. Then
he starts writing it in a signed column
and we eat it ]1p.
When a girl tells how much she
pays for her millinery—gbe may be
high-hatting you.
Visitor (to merchant) — "How's
business?"
Merchant (thoughtfully) - "Well,
the last I had was pretty good."
The knocker, just like the growler,
Fault Anders, large and small,
What do they need for each days'
deed?
No brains, no sense-juet Gall.
The rixpert—"He had just stolen a
kiss."
The Girl (indignantly)—"Don't you.
know any better than that?"
The Expert—"Sure., But they take
more time.
The minister called on Mrs. Mac-'
Shoddie.
Minister (after a while)—By the
way, I' was sorry to see your husband
leave the church last' Sunday right
in the middle of my sermon. ,I trust
nothing was seriously the matter with
him;"
Mrs. MacShoddie—"b, no, sir. It
WAS nothing very serious, but you see,
Bell;, if., J. Dunstan, ex -Vice -President,
and A. T, Smith, former Division
Manager, who retired in 1929 after
fifty years of service.
As will be seen, the combined ser-
vice of the three Canadians 'totalled
over 150 years. Dr. Bell, a Scotchman
by birth, maintained : his interest in
the telephone until his death in 1922.
At the gathering at Brantford re-
ferred to above, Di'. Bell confirmed be-
yond possibidity of contradiction the
claim' of the city of Brantford to bel
the birthplace of the telephone. I
the poor man does have a terrible
habit of welkin' in his sleep,"
Those Good Old Days
London Free Press (Cons.): Any-
one who knows anything of politics is
well aware of the fact that several de-
cades ago in every riding were to be
found hundreds of men who were will-
ing to assist in elections and political
campaigns for the loyalty to their
party, affection to a leader or love of
the political game. They would scorn
being paid. To -day such men in the
!average constituency can be counted
cn the fingers of ones hand. The aver
age political worker expects to be ye-
imhursed. The cost of elections to-
day is not corruption—the day of buy-
ing votes is largely a thing of the
past—but the expense of paying the
wo'rkers. The scretinee rs, the can-
vassers, thedrivers of automobiles,
all have is be paid. Followership is
a forgettsn art. There is nothing
wrong with the leaders of to -day. The
I trouble Is with the utter indifference
of the average voter.
Greyfriar's Bobby
Xareei
Classified Advertising
A Story of aog s Unfailing
Loyalty
More than sixty years ago a poor
old shepherd died, and was buried in
a graveyard at Edinburgh, Scotland,
his only mourner being a little Skye
terrier. Ore the two succeeding
mornings the sexton found the dog
lying on his master's grave, and drove
him away with hard words, dogs be-
ing against the rules of the ceme-
tery.
Tlie third morning was cold and
wet, and when the sexton.' found dim
shivering on the new -made graver he
hadn't the heart to drivel him away,
and gave him something to eat.
From that time the dog made, the
churchyard his home,' every night.
for eleven years and three months.
No matter how cold or wet or stormy
the night, he could not be induced
to stay away from the beloved spot
and if shut we would howl dismally.
Every day,. when the castle gun
was tired at ten o'clock, he went
punctually to a restaurant near by,
where the proprietor fed him, At
one time Bobby was in great danger
of being seized and done away with
by the dog-catcher because his tax
had not been paid. Whereupon the
boys and girls of the neighborhood
collected the amount and tendered
it to the Lord Provost. This official
was so moved` by what thechildren
had done that he promisedto stand
good for Bobby and so exemptedl
him from the dog tax, and to mark.
his admiration of his fidelity, present-
ed him with. a handsome dollar in-
scribed "Greyfrairs' Bobby, present-
ed by the Lord Provost of Edin-
burgh."
Bobby had many friends and visi-
tors, and many, besides the men em-
ployed about the yard, tried to win
Itis affections; but he refused to at-
tach himself to any one person. For
more than eleven years he kept
watch over his master's humble
grave, and then died quietly, of old
age, and was buried in a flower plot
nearby. The master's grave is un-
marked by any stone, but a marble
fountain was eree'ed to the memory
of the homeless dog, and a bronze
statue of Bobby stands on top of it.
It was the gift of a kind and weeithy
woman, Baronees Burdett Coutts,
and may be seen to this day just out-
side the gate of the churchyard
where Bobby's beloved master was
buried—the spot that was watcbed
and guarded by the faithful little dog
to his lying day. Lady Coutts said
she built the : monument to Grey-
friars' Bobby to teach the boys and
girls of Edinburgh the meaning of
that single word—"Loyalty."—This
synopsis is taken from "Our Dumb
Animals," but the book, "Greyfrairs'
Bobby," is a delightful addition to
the book shelf.,
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Continent's Rocky Base
Cambridge, Mass.—Rocks in the
surface layer of the earth are heayier
and more elastic under the sea than
beneath the land, says Professor K.
F. Mather, geologist of Harvard.
This causes earthquake vibrations
that travel through this outer shell
to prove at different rates. Vibra
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example, travel faster to the west
through the floor of the Pacific
Oceanthan they do to the east.
through the rooks of the North'
American continent.
Spring Waits
Somewhere the Spring is waiting
And while she eager stands
She fully fills her hands.
Her hands she fully fills
With song and daffodils!
With hyacinths and tulips,
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Shuddered at Food—
Don't
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Don't say that indigestion can't be
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" I first started taking iyrusclien
Salts three or four years ago.
For years previously I had
suffered agony with indigestion.
Night after- night, for weeks on
end, I had very little sleep
and I was becoming a evreck
of my old self for want of rest.
I got so run down that I was
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willadmit, but after the first few doses•
my attacks got less and less. I kept on,
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I have been a regular ` liruschenite'
ever since. I ant now 50 years of age,
and I can eat anything at any time
without any ill effeetsy and I sleep like
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a top—thanks to Kruschen."—J.H.C.
Indigestion is caused by a failure in
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