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Show REINDEER INDUSTRY OF ALASKA SEEMS IMMENSE ! CORDOVA. Alaska. Dec. 15. Alaska's reindeer industry, which has assumed importance during the last two or three V. promises to be-j come one of the chief assets of the western and northwestern districts of tho territory, according to Iester D. Henderson, commlf sloner of education, educa-tion, who recently returned from an Inspection tour of thoso sections, "Alaska affords grazing grounds for approximately 50,000,000 reindeer," rein-deer," said Mr. Henderson. "There arc now ubout '00,000 In the lerri'i tory, and when one consider that the average herd will almost double in! size every year, there seems to be no limit to the possibilities of the future. fu-ture. lCven with the Increased killing kill-ing which has grown out of the shipment ship-ment of carcasses, less than a tenth of the herds arc killed each season."! nn |