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Show i Volcanic Ash Brings Death to Reindeer ANtfntonAniC. Alaska, flent. 21 By A. PI-The government rain-deer rain-deer herd st Port Heldea, an Bristol Bris-tol hay, has suffered recently ba-cauae ba-cauae of volcknle ash from a peak to tha westward whlrh covered the fad range to a depth of about an Inch and a half, according- to ad-vles ad-vles received here. Tha ash. ettmd by tha hooves of the reindeer, rein-deer, caused arute throat and lune; troubU and won away lha hair and skin from the Hue, vaiisln suffering suffer-ing and often death. All th herd-era herd-era uffrrd. and Fred It. Talt. government gov-ernment teacher, hail a narrow a-rap a-rap from death. An attempt to mo lha herd arm the Alaskan peninsula finally was abandoned. The reindeer hrd placed by the ovrntr""nt In the Broad I'ass re -glnn last year ha prospered re. mnrkahly. F.aklmo and Indian hrdra hxva renily been ensaged In ear-marking tbe late crop ol lawna and In r re-ting corrals pre-j pre-j paratory to lbs fall round-up and count. 1 Act-ordthg to tha herdra, caribou will eoon be enierin the hrd a the rutting I'Hion approarhea. The tarlbou and deer crnea freely ail there are a number of croaa breetla In the Itroad I'ass herd. When the deer were heli.g drive from the Good Nes Hay dbatrlrt. along the tattle lnde or the Alaska range, thousands of rarlhou migrating- In an opposite direction were mat. There waa no alternative but to atrlke Into th mass and some of the deer were lost, althouah the reindeer dxa reclaimed many. The government herd at Allak. on tha south end of Kodlak Island, la reported to he thriving. The original or-iginal herd waa driven from Port Helrten to Ihignik hav, placed aboard the Inlted Htates eoaet guard ruitsr 1'nalaga and landed j at AJMak In 1JI Itanga conditions condi-tions llwrs ars aald to ba almost tdual. |