Show Reindeer Today Could Repay Alaska Purchase W WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Dec 3 9 I By A. A P. P General use of ot Alaskan reindeer venison enlson in the United States as an article of diet soon will be possible ble depending merely on the the he matter matter matter mat mat- ter of ot transportation the bureau ofed of ed education catlon predicted today in an annual annual annual an an- nual report which said that Alaska's domestic herds 1 now are e worth 1 l g t g more than h this government r paid nus Russia ia in 1867 for the entire terri territory tory Tho industry which began In 1892 when the bureau imported t the e first of ot the animals from Siberia has developed until th the herd at present numbers some about of ot which belong to the he natives na na- natives tives who rel rely upon deer eer for a livelihood as well as for Jor food tood and clothing A problem confronting t the bureau u a 1 Is to reorganize I the industry r on nn a cooperative basis so as to handle the Increasing herds more efficiently efficient efficIent- ly and to market th meat more eco eco- |